Prompt: Blog #2 on Mailer
Evil is defined as something morally wrong or bad and throughout the world today, we are faced with evil. I do not understand why people would want to be cruel to others. Haven’t we all grown up to know the golden rule? Treat others as you wish to be treated. You do not see much of people treating others the way they should and see more acts of evil than good.
Whether I am at school, work, or at home, evil plays a part in my daily routine. People are cruel to me all the time, especially at work. Being a manager, I have to deal with the unhappy customers who approach me in a rude way and then expect to get what they want. I guess that just shows the evil that is inside of them. They are so busy ranting that they do not know how it might affect someone. I just learn to ignore the stubborn people and know that I shouldn’t treat others in a wicked way.
In Norman Mailer’s book, Why Are We at War?, he discusses how Bush uses evil in his speeches and that he uses it as a narcotic for the distressed American public. Bush believes that America is the only hope for the world and because it is slowly falling apart, there is only one solution. That solution is to strive to make America a world empire.
I do not really know if creating an entire world empire is the right decision, but I think any direction towards less evil is the direction we should take. The main concern I have is if Bush supposedly wants to take over the world, how is he going to do it? There is not much time left for him to be in office, and the only way I see him taking over nation by nation is to defeat those lands. The war in Iraq is already causing enough problems and depression, so how are we to react when we have to fight hundreds of others to get power? I support George Bush and his decisions, but I am also open minded to Mailer’s opinions; therefore, I can only hope for the best.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
For All the Wrong Reasons
Prompt: Blog on Mailer
Reading Mailer’s essay, I found that he makes many good points to try to explain why America is at war today. One point he makes very clear is why we shouldn’t be at war. I agree because it seems we are now at war for all the wrong reasons.
Mailer points out that most Americans are against the war on terrorism and that all evil is connected. He states that war with Iraq will satisfy our need to get even with what happened on September 11th. He suggests that it will never be admitted, but oil is also a reason we are at war. Also, Mailer says that Americans are violating their religious beliefs as well as the Muslims are violating their Islamic beliefs. Our religious beliefs should not be to get even with violence, but to make peace with one another.
Since the attacks on September 11th, America has been living in fear. Even while fighting this war, Americans still worry about the safety of America in wondering if something tragic will happen again. It seems that we are causing the Iraqi people just as much fear. Does that make us terrorists to them? I would think so. This goes back to Mailer’s point that all evil is connected. Bush seems to think that since the terrorists were from Iraq, that all Iraqi people are evil. This statement is false! I think it is wrong to be causing so much fear among the Iraqis and making them hate us even more.
It is hard to know the real truth behind the war and we Americans will probably never know. We are supposed to be fighting against terrorism, but we are just making it an ongoing battle. Although, killing their innocent people seems like the right thing to do, just to make them see how much pain we went through, could easily be resolved another way to help put a stop to terrorism. We need to think about the Iraqis and remember that all of them were not responsible for the attacks.
So the real question is what are we really fighting for? We shouldn’t be in this war. It seems we are fighting for our way of life, but we should respect that the Muslims have their own way. We have no right to say that their way of life is wrong, just because it doesn’t match up with ours. We should be helping the Iraqis instead of making them live in fear. After all, fear will not win us this war.
Reading Mailer’s essay, I found that he makes many good points to try to explain why America is at war today. One point he makes very clear is why we shouldn’t be at war. I agree because it seems we are now at war for all the wrong reasons.
Mailer points out that most Americans are against the war on terrorism and that all evil is connected. He states that war with Iraq will satisfy our need to get even with what happened on September 11th. He suggests that it will never be admitted, but oil is also a reason we are at war. Also, Mailer says that Americans are violating their religious beliefs as well as the Muslims are violating their Islamic beliefs. Our religious beliefs should not be to get even with violence, but to make peace with one another.
Since the attacks on September 11th, America has been living in fear. Even while fighting this war, Americans still worry about the safety of America in wondering if something tragic will happen again. It seems that we are causing the Iraqi people just as much fear. Does that make us terrorists to them? I would think so. This goes back to Mailer’s point that all evil is connected. Bush seems to think that since the terrorists were from Iraq, that all Iraqi people are evil. This statement is false! I think it is wrong to be causing so much fear among the Iraqis and making them hate us even more.
It is hard to know the real truth behind the war and we Americans will probably never know. We are supposed to be fighting against terrorism, but we are just making it an ongoing battle. Although, killing their innocent people seems like the right thing to do, just to make them see how much pain we went through, could easily be resolved another way to help put a stop to terrorism. We need to think about the Iraqis and remember that all of them were not responsible for the attacks.
So the real question is what are we really fighting for? We shouldn’t be in this war. It seems we are fighting for our way of life, but we should respect that the Muslims have their own way. We have no right to say that their way of life is wrong, just because it doesn’t match up with ours. We should be helping the Iraqis instead of making them live in fear. After all, fear will not win us this war.
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