Facing The Future

Losing Against A Won War

Over several years our world, has found one  major way to solve issues. The way we solve it is with violence, even though at a young age we are embedded with the term, "Violence is never the answer." Our society still hasn't grown from the violence game. Many men and women are sent out to fight these battles, to either help our ally countries, or defend our own country. "Protect and serve," is a term many soldiers are told, but what happens when many soldiers come back and suffer from PTSD, does our government still, "Protect and serve." Not normally, as the speaker said suicide has been a common way for soldiers to deal with the trauma they faced while trying to protect us. Sadly, how often do you hear of us helping them, or celebrating them other than one day a year. I think, our society and government has a lot of room for improvement when giving thanks to the men and women who have helped defend our home and native land.

Is All Hope Gone? Halloween Taken Wrong

When I was growing up Halloween was know to be a time when a person could be someone else for a day. It used to be about the fear of what goes bump at night, and what was lingering under my bed, or what was behind that door in the scary movies my parents didn't let me watch. As I grew up I noticed less and less kids were celebrating the known traditions and it started to become a adults realm. Children have been decreasing in the know spirit events, while adults are seen to be making a terrible choice making this night into a 'slutty' time to enjoy. Many advertisements are heard about the sexy nurse or the flirty school girl on commercials for "Stage Shop", corrupting the wholesomeness  of getting dressed up for Halloween, creating younger crowds to view the holiday as a party day rather than a day of sweetness and fright. Over all my view on Halloween has been shot due to the idea to sexy rather than cute or creepy.