Trevor Barthel
Prof. Oneil
Effectiveness in Writing
19 May 2012 1) I am writing this essay because I am a huge advocate of a free internet. The internet should not be able to be monitored by the US government or anyone else. In this essay, I plan to inform the reader on what the US is trying to do to the free internet. 2) I learned a lot by completing this assignment. Most importantly, I learned how to write a Rogerian essay. It was interesting learning about my topic, but learning how to write this essay will benefit me more in life. 3) The only difficulty that I encountered was the sorting out people’s personal views, and facts. Everyone seems to have his or her own view on this issue. 4) I really enjoy anything
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This bill was highly unpopular throughout the internet community. On January 18th, 2012, Wikipedia and 7,000 other websites went down for a whole day. They did this to raise awareness of the bill, and the unfairness to the American people. SOPA did not pass all the way through Congress and become a law. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act was introduced shortly after SOPA. CISPA was promised to be a more refined version of SOPA that would be more effective. CISPA is designed “with the intention of allowing more sharing of cyber security threat information between the private sector and the government” (Greenberg, 36). This bill is currently very lax on certain aspects of internet privacy. The bill was written so that companies would be required to share certain personal information with government agencies without limits or proper security measures in place. “… the bill 's vague language would allow too much of users ' private information to be leaked to the government and that it doesn 't go far enough to offer real defenses against digital attacks” (Greenberg, 68). CISPA has passed the House “by a comfortable margin of 248 to 168” (McCullagh,1). Many American’s are opposed to CISPA. This is because of the hidden, loose terms that would allow their personal information to be freely shared with the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and other government
The Internet was first used in the nineteen sixties by a small group of technology professionals. Since then the internet has become an essential part of today’s world, from communicating through texts and emails to banking, studying, and shopping, the internet has touched every aspect of our lives. With the growing use of the internet, protecting important information has become a must. While some believe they have the right to privacy, and feel that the government should not be at the center of their lives. Others feel that the Internet has evolved into a weapon for our enemies, and believe the government must take action by proactively
Roger and Me is a documentary that was made in 1989 and it was a Michael Moore film. The film focused on the General Motors (GM) layoffs that happened in Flint Michigan, Michaels home town, in the late 1980’s. The CEO, Roger Smith, decided to layoff over 30,000 people and to close down the GM factory that is in Flint. Smiths new plan after closing the factory is to open one down in Mexico and to hire people in Mexico because the labor cost would be a significant decrease. When Moore found out about the layoffs he wanted to find out more about it and to also speak with Roger Smith. Many of the people of Flint were very angry with Smith. There was a production of people who wanted to interview and talk with Smith and also the people who were laid off and also the people who just lived in the town of Flint.
Many people think, blacks cannot do many things, they do not have the same rights white do. Some people, even after the segregation times are over, still have in their mind “blacks stink”. Many are also racist about women and girls. They say women cannot achieve as many goals as a man. Well let me be the first to tell you. This is wrong. No matter what skin color you have or what gender you are; you can still accomplish many goals. An individual I know that goes by the name of Roger Arliner Young, is a woman and a black. She was a hardworking woman born 1889 in the town of Clifton Forge. Throughout her life, she faced a set of difficulties that threw her so far from success in her life. Mrs. Young after graduating even became a zoologist and
Roger Martin was born on January 5, 1947 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Carl and Marjorie Martin. Roger had one brother that he was 10 years older than and a sister that he was 2 year years younger than him. Both of his parents worked so they were called latch-key kids. His Dad was a chef and his mom at a was a switchboard operator in a hotel. His dad went to work at 4:00am to 1:00am then he went home and power naped till 4:30 and then worked until 8:00 His dad let him work at the restaurant he worked at. He started out washing dishes and then his dad made his own restaurant and then he worked his way up to chef. One of Rogers chores was mowing the acre of land with a push mower. Roger also raised a calf Bufford and sold him to his neighbor. His neighbor slaughtered the cow and brought hamburger over to Roger home. His little brother would not eat it because he knew it was Bufford. Roger spent most of his time outside for entertainment, playing with neighbors, and his siblings. They made forts and dug tunnels. In the summer, his mother and the children would go to his grandma’s house in Kansas for a month at a time. There they played with their cousins, they swam
This course has taught me that an argument will be most effective when both sides are presented to the reader. It is not enough to persuade the reader to agree with the opinion of the writer by only presenting evidence that proves his/her view point. Every person will have their own personal opinions on a topic. Most of the time there is no definite answer as to whether or not they are right or wrong.
" The founding fathers created the government to unite, and protect The United States. The government must also be able to protect citizens basic rights. These rights are written as amendments to our constitution. Our government has a duty to protect United States citizens, and with new technology this need for protection has extended to the internet. Federal, state, and local governments have a duty to protect their people, and to do this minimal forms of internet monitoring are needed.
The expression argument has two meanings in scholarly writing. First, it means a composition that takes a position on one side of a divisive issue. You might write an argument against the death penalty, or for or against censorship of pornography. But argument has another meaning, too. It means an essay that, simply, argues a point. You might assemble an argument about the significance of ancestor myths in a certain aborigine culture, or you might write an argument defending your understanding of any poem or essay that is read in your philosophy class. (Winthrop University) You are not necessarily taking one side of a divisive issue, but you are required to defend your points with credible evidence. You are taking a position. In a sense,
The internet is a vast global interconnected network enabling numerous people to access countless information and communicate with others miles away. When browsing the web nowadays, however, many forget what’s really happening behind the scenes. Internet cookies and complex algorithms are being downloaded behind your back allowing big brand companies and even the federal government to track what the people are doing. This is a major violation to our right to privacy which is implied in the Constitution.On the other hand, it’s understandable for the government to have a substantial amount of surveillance of the internet to monitor terrorists and people seeking to cause harm, but the extent the US government controls over the web is absurdly large and unnecessary. Overall, surveillance and order must be maintained throughout the internet to deter fanatics intending to cause harm, but the United States government have increased their range so wide it has
These days the internet has become an essential part to living for almost everyone but one of the controversial topics that people bring up is that whether or not the government should regulate information on the internet. Both sides have valid points which form a reasonable argument. Some people would say that they need to because of the dangers lurking around in the cyber world but the reasons for why the government shouldn’t regulate the Internet outnumber the reasons for why they should. The federal government should not regulate or censor information on the internet because doing so violates the first amendment and citizen’s right to privacy, degrades the educational value of the web, prevents the promotion and facilitation of
Most people go through life not worrying about others thoughts, just throwing stereotypes around without any justification or knowledge of the person being alienated. Some are ungrateful for the religious freedom that most of us are able to carry. Some do not realize the fight that people went through over 300 years ago to gain religious freedom and work through and around the profiling given by the hierarchy of society. No one worked harder for the freedoms to be provided and stereotypes to be dissolved than Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island. Williams, born in London in 1603, was a seasoned young man early on, after witnessing many burnings at the stake of puritans for being "heretics" and not following the religion of the
The U.S. Government has turned the Internet into something it was never intended to be: a system for spying on us in our most private moments. Out of control government
Roger And Me is a documentary that carries a considerable economic significance by presenting a modern version of capitalism, and by depicting an interesting example of Gunnar Myrdal’s theory of the circular and cumulative causation. Flint, the hometown of the filmmaker Michael Moore, has been built around the factories of one of the largest auto corporations in the world – General Motors. For decades on end the company has been prosperous, making high profits and keeping its workers loyal and content with their jobs and payment. Everyone in Moore’s family has worked for General Motors; the Flint residents have become not only economically but also spiritually and culturally connected with and influenced by the company – a
The Internet provides a gateway for an individual to speak freely and anonymously without being targeted to what he or she said. With this said, one of the biggest issues concerning the Internet today is freedom of speech. The issue of free speech on the Internet has been a topic of discussion around the world within the past years. It is a unique communication medium and is powerful than the traditional media[2]. Because the Internet can not be compared equally to other mediums
The internet was a promising technological advancement designed to make the world’s information more accessible and the public’s participation in government more feasible. However, according to John Dvorak in his column titled “The False Promises of the Internet,” the stability and freedom of the internet is on a downward trend. He conveys this idea with the use of his negative connotation and his appeal to ethos.
Today, society is affected by the many advances in technology. These advances affect almost every person in the world. One of the prevalent advances in technology was the invention and mass use of the Internet. Today more than ever, people around the world use the Internet to support their personal and business tasks on a daily basis. The Internet is a portal into vast amounts of information concerning almost every aspect of life including education, business, politics, entertainment, social networking, and world security. (idebate.com) Although the Internet has become a key resource in developing the world, the mass use of Internet has highlighted a major problem, privacy and the protection of individual, corporate, and even government