Throughout your blog entry you stated that you preferred Math and Science to English because English and History are products of humanity, which is flawed. However Math and Science were discovered, but they were not always there. In general I do completely agree with you on the subjects of Science and Math are not flawed because they were not created by human beings but they were discovered. However when it comes to Math, can this subject be flawed because who really did invent the numbers system and all of these complex equations? Honestly when analyzing the subject (Math)how do you know that someone or multiple people just invented the mathmatical system like in the cases of history and english. Many of the applications do make quite a bit of sense but is the subject "organic", demonstated in the "Hard Sciences" (Physics, Chemistry, Biology etc.)? Truly the equations were "man made" but the logic behind the subject is more or less organic, in which humans did not create science but instead discovered it. For instance as Dr. Johnson stated the past week during class, fire did not exist but it was more of the idea and theory. In general a homosapian discovered that combining flint and tinder makes a fire complete and there is some type of scientific process happening, chemically.
However I agree with you completely that English and History are completely "man made: and thus flawed. When I personally examine the subject of history,how does the existence of these events actually happened. For example with the Adams presidents do possess some type of existence due that their bodies are buried in the heart of Quincy center and there are numerous historical markings that also do prove their existence. But on the other hand with some early historical events, such as the events in Greece and in Rome, how do we as humans know that there was such of an existence? Truly there are artifacts that would prove that these events were real but were these artifacts replicated by humans during the 17th, 18th, 19th,20th, or 21st century.Perhaps these events were false but how can this theory be proved? Generally it cannot and if not proven to be true are all of these events being false? Transitioning to the subject of English there is no arguing against this because humans did create language in the form of English. This subject is completely flawed and how do we know that with the rules of English portrays the correct form of the language?
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Why the U.S owes Haiti Billions - The Briefest History
Why does the US owe Haiti Billions? Colin Powell, former US Secretary of State, stated his foreign policy view as the "Pottery Barn rule." That is - "if you break it, you own it."
These are some of the principles that are stated in the article, "Why the U.S owes Haiti Billions - The Briefest History by Bill Quigley (also posted on Dr.J's blog. Mainly what I derived from this article is that the United States and Haiti do not possess the greatest relationship with each other. Quigley states that we owe Haiti a matter of justice, not charity such as the 100 million dollars that President Obama has vowed to give Haiti in which is "Powerball Money". However the question comes into play, why do we owe Haiti charity? Is the reason because we are a major country and in most situations the United States would help an ally in need? Or is it because we have exploited the Haitian population, drained their economy financially over countless decades, and invaded them militarily as Quigley proclaims? Anyone is entitled to their own opinion and there is no incorrect answer and I would like briefly view some history to generate some type of conclusion for this data.
Historically the United States and Haiti have not had the best international relations whatsoever. In between 1915 and 1934 President Woodrow Wilson sent troops to invade the country, killing over 2000 Haitian citizens. For about 19 yrs after the United States collected taxes, controlled customs in Haiti, and ran government institutions, siphoning billions of dollars under Haitian dictatorship. Also Haiti used to be a mass producer of sugar, well not anymore, their product has became rice due to that the United States had ruined their agriculture. Again the United States has sexually exploited the Haitian people for years, recreating the events that happened in the slave plantations.
Truly the United States has caused a good amount of turmoil to Haiti morally and economically. It would be true to say that the United States does owe Haiti quite a bit of money (billions) but this article comes from only a journalist which is one opinion out of thousands of journalists in the country. Quigley does express his opinion rather harshly and does get his point across. However we must look at both sides of the story and even the truth, in which sometimes does not get discovered. First and foremost how do we know that these facts are extremely true why would it justify that the United States owes Haiti. Honestly if you look at many situations the involve the United States, we truly owe many countries what they have done for us and what we have not done from them. But why Haiti? Probably because it took a major earthquake to finally make the United States develop a conscience and help a country that needs help, Haiti.
Does the United States owe Haiti as Quigley states or do we owe them in the sense of charity?
These are some of the principles that are stated in the article, "Why the U.S owes Haiti Billions - The Briefest History by Bill Quigley (also posted on Dr.J's blog. Mainly what I derived from this article is that the United States and Haiti do not possess the greatest relationship with each other. Quigley states that we owe Haiti a matter of justice, not charity such as the 100 million dollars that President Obama has vowed to give Haiti in which is "Powerball Money". However the question comes into play, why do we owe Haiti charity? Is the reason because we are a major country and in most situations the United States would help an ally in need? Or is it because we have exploited the Haitian population, drained their economy financially over countless decades, and invaded them militarily as Quigley proclaims? Anyone is entitled to their own opinion and there is no incorrect answer and I would like briefly view some history to generate some type of conclusion for this data.
Historically the United States and Haiti have not had the best international relations whatsoever. In between 1915 and 1934 President Woodrow Wilson sent troops to invade the country, killing over 2000 Haitian citizens. For about 19 yrs after the United States collected taxes, controlled customs in Haiti, and ran government institutions, siphoning billions of dollars under Haitian dictatorship. Also Haiti used to be a mass producer of sugar, well not anymore, their product has became rice due to that the United States had ruined their agriculture. Again the United States has sexually exploited the Haitian people for years, recreating the events that happened in the slave plantations.
Truly the United States has caused a good amount of turmoil to Haiti morally and economically. It would be true to say that the United States does owe Haiti quite a bit of money (billions) but this article comes from only a journalist which is one opinion out of thousands of journalists in the country. Quigley does express his opinion rather harshly and does get his point across. However we must look at both sides of the story and even the truth, in which sometimes does not get discovered. First and foremost how do we know that these facts are extremely true why would it justify that the United States owes Haiti. Honestly if you look at many situations the involve the United States, we truly owe many countries what they have done for us and what we have not done from them. But why Haiti? Probably because it took a major earthquake to finally make the United States develop a conscience and help a country that needs help, Haiti.
Does the United States owe Haiti as Quigley states or do we owe them in the sense of charity?
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