Freedom to Speech

I believe that the creater of this video did violate the first amendment because the first amendment states the freedom of religion,press,petition,assembly,and speech. He discriminated the muslims by mocking their prophet Muhammad which caused them to protest in fury about religious sensitivity,demagogy and resentment.If the United States wants these rights for themselves then they should apply it to muslims to and not disrespect them the way they did by mocking Muhammad and their religious beliefs. They should "treat others the way you want to be treated." Because I'm sure that if the muslims made a video about mocking Jesus Christ, I know people who are catholic wouldn't like it either. We might not have the same religious beliefs but people should be treated with respect. Well, this right was broken and that's how we know that we need to draw a line because this is affecting our nation and the muslims. And the video should be taken off Youtube because the fact that they don't want to remove it is how we know that they really crossed the line. If it's really disrespectful to muslims and we should really keep away from problems to prevent anyone from taking this to seriously and taking it to war. At this point anything can happen and I wouldn't blame them. It was an American made video and if we disrespected them I wouldn't be surprised if they would want to do something to us. I just think that who ever did this should have the guts to stand up and say sorry even if it means having to hide after. Sorry may not do anything but why should get Americans involved into this. If muslims take this to seriously then America can possibly have a bad outcome,possibly war. For example, Ali stated that "we never insult any prophet-not Moses,not Jesus." And I really agree with this statement because if they didn't insult us or say anything about Jesus then why should we be disrespecting muslims and their faith.

Do We Need a Hero?

I believe that anyone can be a hero and that we don't necessarily need just one person to be a hero. A firefighter, police officer, and anyone else can be a hero. But, yes I do believe that our society does need a hero. The qualities that people need to be a hero are awareness of your surroundings, willing to help others, speed to get at the scene on time, respect, and manners.I think it's possible to "combat" these "forces of evil" for example, in the summer a life guard was interviewed for saving the life of a person who was technically on the opposite side of the beach at where he was working. He got fired because he went out of his section of the beach to save this person who was drowning. His heroic action saved the life of this person who was drowning and he is currently or was at the hospital. He did a good thing and in return he got fired. He asked for nothing in return but he got a certificate for doing such a heroic act. He said that it was "an act of impulse" and that he just did it. A few days they later, the company decided to hire him back and he chose not to accept the offer because he was unfairly fired for doing the right thing. And he wants to keep helping people. I think this a perfect example of who a hero really is. He did fight the "forces of evil" because he stood up to his boss and he refused to be rehired again.

Education

I believe that education in America is really important because we are the future of America and if we are not well prepared for the world then we're only going to make America worse instead of helping it. We are also the new generation and so there is going to be a point where teachers, doctors, and etc. will retire and we as college graduates are going to obtain these and or other jobs and if we are not well prepared then America is going to be worse because people aren't going to be well prepared and therefore, we won't be able to help the economy rise or help people.Also, having a degree in something has a huge benefit. For example, the article Even for Cashiers, College Pays Off states that "construction workers, police officers, plumbers, retail salespeople and secretaries, among others, make significantly more with a degree than without one.This is because "education helps people do higher-skilled work, get jobs with better paying companies or open their own businesses." Education is very important in my life because I actually want to do Early Childhood Development or do Teaching as a career and so if I go to college it will help me in the long run. Yes, it might be expensive but I think that it's worth it because I will be able to work with kids and I will actually have a job that I like as to someone who has to work in something they don't like because they chose the wrong career or they didn't have the money to go to college to study a career they wanted. My plan is to go to community college first and to make sure that I take the right classes so that I'm able to transfer to S.F state on time. And this is why I believe that college is important to America and myself.