Friday, March 12, 2010

Blog 23: Issues in Our American Society

Driven to Distraction
The author supports his statements against texting and driving with statistics about how any people have died as a result of the act. He states that texting and driving is equivalent to drunk driving, and uses the example of the death of two men to support it. My personal opinion agrees with that of the author. After reading about all the deaths and accidents that have occurred since text messaging on the roads became an issue, I think the penalty should be heavy. My idea is that, if you are choosing to text and drive, it is very similar as choosing to drink and drive, and the penalties should be alike if not the same. The author uses a picture to depict his opinions. The picture shows the driver texting with both hands while the passenger takes control of the steering wheel. I think this is a realistic depiction of how dangerous texting while driving can be.

Should I take a job promoting cigarettes?
This author starts out by using outstanding statistics telling how many people die as a result of smoking each year. The picture he uses shows a factory worker handling hundreds of packs of cigarettes. He asks the heavy question of: would you want to be responsible for millions of deaths a year?

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