assignment #4

what am I going to write about...I'm really bad at picking something. the one thing that I can think about right now is spring break. I think this year, spring break is kind of early i think because of the easter. This year, easter week is the third week of March. I don't have any special plan but I don't want to stay at home for whole week. Somehow, I feel like I need to do something this year. Both my sister and dad is going to get their break too, so our family can spend more time together. On the other hand, I still have to do my fieldwork/service learning for my EDEL class. If we are not doing anything, I might just do some fieldwork, which might help me. I can't wait for the spring break even though its just a week :)

assignment # 3

How does this image represent John Stuart Mill's ideas of the dangers of popular opinion and Tyranny of the Majority? Use one example from contemporary American society to support your point.

According to John Mill, the tyranny of the majority defines as when people have money, access to media and power, they use these to get people's attention and force others to believe what they believe. This picture represent this idea because it looks like people are falling off the cliff even though it is wrong but they fall because person in front them is falling too. The concept of cult is same thing as this picture. Members of the cult know that things are wrong but they do it because the leader told them to do it. In worst case, this leads to death of all members of the cult. They killed themselves because the leader told them to do it and others were doing it. In America society, Tyranny of the majority works best in media. For example, parents pay almost thousand dollars on Hannah Montana concerts just for their children. Hannah Montana was just another Disney Channel TV show. Her tour is number one among the kids and her movie is number one in America. Parents know that she is 15 years old but they still pay all those money for their children to take them to concert, buy her CD and now even dolls. This shows even though people know that she is just singer and actor, children wanting to become just like her and traveling Across the America just to see her concert, it proves how strong the media or one "pop sensation" kid can affect on children's life. 

about Milton...

According to Milton, why or how does truth become a "heresy" if a person only believes things because his pastor or his government tells him so? 

According to Milton, people have a tendency to believe things that pastor or his government tells them because their position is higher. This tells people that pastor or government had a better education. Also, people believe them because these are the people they look up to and think only people they can rely on. This is same concept as little kids believing everything that parents told them and realizing that parents are not always right when they grow up. 

Why does Milton find that dangerous?

As I mentioned above, the pastor and government cannot always be right. Milton believed that in life, there are things that government should not interfere and censorship tests people's own faith. Because church and government is not always right, after people made certain decisions based on what they  were believing and found out that they could have mad better decision, it is easier for regular people to feel somewhat betrayed because what they used to believe is not right. Another point that Milton made is that government and church cannot take away people's voice and decision. They also cannot force them to believe.

Do you agree with Milton? Why

I agree with Milton because it is true that there should be a line between how far government and church can interfere with people's lives. Everyone has their own opinions and they cannot be always be same because they all have a logical reason why they believe that way and others cannot really force them to change their opinions because they think their ideas are always correct. Also, personally I think that there are reasons why we have first amendment and bill of rights because it it important to give citizens a chance to present their opinions.