Week 2 Summary

Charissa started off the week by answering the following question, what are the implications of these events for "citizenship", understood in either its legal or its moral meaning? This question was to be answered about the two major events that had taken place not too long ago; the Tucson shooting and the comments given by our governor.
She started off by giving a brief background about the Tucson shooting and commenting about how the shooter, up until this point was a law-abiding citizen. His actions will be prosecuted to the fullest extent and he will pay for the lives that he stole. She then went on to talk about the comments made by our governor. Governor LePage made a statement towards the NAACP saying how he would meet with all inmates, not just the African American inmates. He then claimed that the NAACP claimed that they found that “unacceptable,” when in fact they made no such statement. He then topped everything off with telling the NAACP to “kiss [his] butt.” His statement is morally wrong and unacceptable for someone with his job title.
Next, was TJ’s post. He again talked about these two topics by beginning with how we all have rights but some people take it too far. From here, he goes on to discuss increased security. He mentions how security has been increased in just about every level including, recreation events, travel facilities, and even at educational institutions. He then goes on to talk about Governor LePage. He talks about how LePage had plenty of rude and unnecessary comments to cover national headlines. He declined an invitation by the NAACP saying that, “[he’s] not going to be held hostage by special interests.” TJ then ends by commenting about how LePage has a lack of morals and needs a filter on what he chooses to say publically. In TJ’s post he provided a link to the Portland Press Herald web-page, where an article and video about what LePage said is provided.
Stephen ended the week by talking about the Tucson shooting. He discussed how the shooter had shown his discontent towards the government and had recently dropped out of Prima Community College in Arizona, when he refused to take a mental health exam after disturbing classes and calling the school a scam. In this discussion, Stephen provides a link to Wikepedia, where President Obama gives his Tucson memorial speech, where he honors the shooting victims. Stephen ended his discussion by talking about the comments made by Governor LePage. He talks about how LePage chose to attend a funeral of a slain Maine State Trooper instead of taking place in the events honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
Overall, this week was very informative and there were some great links provided. These two issues are very controversial and it was very interesting to see what everyone had to say about them. These events will not be forgotten anytime soon.