Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Week 2 Citizenship

The first important event was the tragic shooting in Tucson, on January 8th of this year. The young man that opened fire on that shopping center is considered to be a member of society, here in the United States. He was a law-abiding student up until this day. Prior to the shooting Jared Loughner had contact with the primary target of his focus, Representative Gabrielle Giffords. In his prior dealings with Giffords, as the law of this land states, Loughner had the freedom of asking her a question. During that encounter Loughner managed to keep his composer, completely disconnecting from society thereafter. People would describe him as a person that was a social outcast. The actions he took are definitely not in accordance with that of the perceived views of society. That being said, he will prosecuted to the full extent of the law; serving out the punishment that is deemed fair for lives he stole.

The second important event of the week is the comments that the Governor of Maine made towards the NAACP. In his comments, Steve LePage said that he would only meet with all of the prisoners, not just black inmates. He made the claim that the NAACP found that to be “unacceptable.” However, the NAACP never asked to only meet with black inmates and never claimed that anything was “unacceptable.” To top off his remarks, he commented that the NAACP should “kiss [his] butt.” Some claim that the accusations LePage has made towards the NAACP have been fabricated and hold no ground. Either way, LePage is a government official whose actions are morally wrong and unacceptable to society. His comments are unnecessary and completely inappropriate for someone in his occupational position.

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