10. June 2009 by Mr. Andoscia.

Some really good posts below.  Everything has been graded up to this post. You have all done a great job exercising your sociological imaginations.  Your strengths are definitely in finding the social facts.  That’s a good start.  Now start tying these social facts in with larger social structures. Ask yourselves, what are the social causes and consequences of what I’m talking about? How does the prevailing culture influence what I’m talking about? Also, tie in the three perspectives. Good stuff so far.  Some of you are really getting into this form.  Others are lagging behind.  Remember, two blogs are required.

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10. June 2009 by student.

Car accidents are an extremely common and ultimately negative problem that people are faced with everyday. The enforcement of seat belts has been seemingly maximized through-out the last few years. Almost every state in the nation now has a law that requires passengers to wear seat belts. Some states require only the people in the front seat of the vehicle to wear them and some states require all people to wear them. According to the Governors Highway Safety Association, New Hampshire is the only state that has not enacted a law that requires adults to wear seatbelts; they do have child passenger safety laws for children under 18. New Hampshire really needs to catch up with the rest of the nation. It is hard enough already to get people to wear seat belts WITH the laws enacted!

Because there are so many accidents that happen, you would think that besides the fact that it is the law, everyone would be willing to abide by these rules. I’m sure almost every person has known someone (and in many cases had a loved one) that had been killed or injured in a car accident. It is a shame that still there are so many people who do not put on their seat belt as a ritual when getting in their vehicles. It is really not a hard thing to do. Just get in the car, turn it on, but the seat belt on, and go…. Statistics show that 63% of people killed in car accidents were not buckled up. Statistics also show that males 16-25 years old are the people less likely to put on their seat belts. That is something that personally, I can definitley see to be true. It seems like that is an age when people tend to be drawn more into “being cool” and less into being responsible. Maybe seat belts “cramp someone’s style” or may seem to look “dorky” but really, who is the fool in the end? I wish that more people would take their own lives into consideration when they get into a vehicle. Driving is actually very dangerous and can turn fatal quickly. You never know what state of mind the other drivers on the road are in and in reality, anything can happen that may put you in harm. It would be nice if more people, especially young people, set a good example and just put their seat belt on!

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10. June 2009 by student.

Recently there has been much talk about the murder of Doctor George Tiller, who owned an abortion clinic in Kansas. Dr. Tiller was one of very few doctors in the United States that performed late-pregnancy abortions. He was killed at his church on May 31st, 2009 and there is much evidence that leads to suspect that a man named Scott Roeder was his murderer. Roeder is being held in solitary confinement at the time and will not admit that he killed Tiller, however has not completely contested that he did not do it. The family of Dr. Tiller has decided to close his clinic, which some people do not agree with because there will not be a place available for women to receive late-term abortions in the regional area between Kansas City and Denver, CO. Personally, I feel that is a wonderful thing. Late-term abortions should never be available for any woman. Due to the controversy of this issue, late-term abortion should be recognized as something negative that obvious causes ill feelings for people and is just not necessary. I do not agree with the practices that Dr. Tiller performed, however I completely disagree with murdering a person over an issue that one feels is morally wrong. Like the old saying goes “Two wrongs don’t make a right”…

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10. June 2009 by student.

There are several reasons why material on the internet should be censored or controlled to protect the public. For example, sometimes some internet content contains explicit sexual or illegal themes. Nowadays, a considerable number of children and teenagers access and surf the internet, and in many cases this explicit publicity is easy to find various web sites. On the other hand, it is important for the government to monitor the internet because there are many sexually obsessed people online and will try to gives false information to meet up  with a person  and then rape them or sexually harass them. According to the ”Chicago Tribune” there are  many school shootings in which the criminal has posted his or her plans prior to the attack. Imagine if the police had monitored that and stopped the horrible crime and save a lot of young student’s lives. In addition, the internet should be monitored because it allows ordinary users to publish information and express opinions as well as to retrieve information and opinion. Therefore, it is necessary to control and censor undesirable explicit material which could be injurious to our children.

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