Blog Post #4

Article 1

This article is clearly more on the biased side of the spectrum. There is an absence of cold hard facts and statistics, but a whole lot of opinionated statements. The writing was very confusing to read and comprehend, negatively affecting my view of the article. What interests me in this article is the author's creative writing style, that not only makes it a very tricky piece to read, but gives it a different style than that of a regular blog post. I don't exactly know what to agree or disagree with, for I am not sure as to what the point is that they are trying to make. The article starts out talking about some group called MIA and then mentions Madonna, and jumps to talking about Vernon. This person obviously has way too much time on their hands, and is watching so much TV and is spending so much time on the internet I question whether or not they see the light of day very often. I would not recommend this article to anyone, for it makes little sense after the first read, and probably requires one to sit down and take it apart piece by piece to figure out what the heck the author is trying to say.

Article 2

This article I found very interesting. The author seemed to take a negative viewpoint of Valentine's day as a waste of money on a lot of silly things to shower upon your lover. She uses statistics to show how much money America spends on Valentine's day alone, and then goes on to describe the decline of marriage in America due to the failing economy. She claims that marriage has become something only the wealthy can achieve. When I scrolled down, I noticed a comment titles "Utter Crap," and read it. This three paragraph comment made more sense to me than the entire article written by the blog author. This comment ripped apart the blog, by noting points such as the fact that the 17.6 billion are being spent on Valentine's day gifts, and the blog author is complaining about this, when the comment brings up the point that we could be buying guns instead. So why is this lady complaining? He also notes that Valentine's day does not have to be an expensive affair, and that he and his spouse had a great time and he spent only $15.

Article 3

I agree totally with Eli Wiesel that performing proxy baptisms on the dead is a very wrong thing to do. First of all, these people are dead, and cannot speak for themselves, so what right do the Mormons have to just assume they would have preferred to have been baptized by someone of a religion other than their own, when they are dead? Holocaust victims included, nobody should be subject to proxy baptism, since it is an intrusion of one religion into another. Romney should definitely be taking responsibility for the foolish actions of his Church, and try to make peace with those afflicted. If someone died Jewish, why on earth would they want to be baptized Mormon? Where does the Mormon church see justification in their actions? I personally do not want the country to be lead by someone who represents a church that practices such questionable acts. Religions should not impede in each other's beliefs, and by performing proxy baptisms they are committing an act of intrusion.