Israeli Public Gender Integration

                Currently Israel is trying to end public gender discrimination. They say that this will change many aspects of the current culture and everyday life in Israel including transportation wise. I personally think that this is a great idea and an awesome way for them to grow as a country. The attorney general even said that this would make this country more efficient. I wonder if other people in the country believe the same. My guess is not everyone is too happy about this change and my guess is that it has a lot to do with religion. I think it is time for them to move on though.

                I think that the gender discrimination has a lot to do with religion and that many people are probably not too fond of the idea of gender integration. I believe that religion needs to be separate from the government though; they need to move on and if the men of other religions don’t like that then that is too dang bad. Everyone needs change everyone once in a while and I think that this will benefit the country very much and apparently so does the attorney general, he thinks it will be a lot more efficient! I just don’t understand what the problem of integrating genders would be, they don’t have coodies and to be honest no gender is better than the other, I understand that it may be what your religion preaches but that doesn’t always mean that it is going to be better for the country or that it is correct. If your religion didn’t believe that genders aren’t equal then the segregation that is going on currently would be a huge pain in the back. I am just really happy to hear that countries are becoming more open and are opening up some of their harsh restrictions and I think this will benefit the country amazingly. (317)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/world/middleeast/israel-moves-to-end-gender-segregation-in-public-spaces.html?ref=world

Bangladesh Building Collapse

On Wednesday in Bangladesh a garment factory collapsed and killed at the very least 800 people. Many of the bodies had decomposed horribly and had to be sent in for DNA identification. This has caused many people to have the government act quickly to improve working conditions in Bangladesh. I wonder how bad that factories condition was before it collapsed; obviously if it collapsed it was in horrible condition, which I agree they should have better working conditions if buildings are collapsing on the workers and killing a majority of them.

I think that the government should get more involved if the conditions of work places are that bad, to the point where it kills almost a thousand people. I also think that that factory should have been shut down if it was not stable enough in the first place. If they were really that vital to the society they would have been able to afford better working conditions and a better building to work in for the people who worked there. Now they are dead because of some serious neglect on a lot of people’s part. I just don’t understand how anyone would let such a huge building get so bad, especially one that many people go in and out of every day, they should have just taken care of it and none of this would have happened and 800 families wouldn’t be suffering today. I don’t think that the government can and needs to fix everything but there should not be this much neglect to such a big building that over 1000 people go in and out of every day. 800 is a big number, too big if you ask me. There is no reason that these people should be dead right now. Bangladesh needs to get better working conditions for their people so they have no reoccurrence’s. (311)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/world/asia/death-toll-passes-800-in-bangladesh-disaster.html?ref=world

Opening Our Eyes to Different Views

                Recently in the news all I am reading about is violence and violent acts that end in tragic death or horrible injury, mostly dealing with religion or political views and to be honest I am just getting sick of it. I don’t want to hear about these people who are getting killed, innocent people because of what they believe in or because of their ethnicity or political beliefs. Not to mention all the talk of poor countries and horrible economies, the only economy I know is doing extremely well right now is China, because they make everything. Then other countries, the US included wonder why there is no money because we spend it on stupid stuff, or on wars that wouldn’t be necessary if everyone would back off each other for a while and stop worrying about how the person in a different country sees God.    

                The last happy blog I wrote about was about a new project in Africa, getting the children out of the slums and that was more than a month ago and I am pretty sure that it was the only nice blog I wrote as well. I would love to write more about these amazing projects across the world that get children out of the slums and makes their future and the future of others, brighter. I am just afraid that if the world does not start opening up their eyes to different views that we will all end up destroying one another trying to be number one or taking down your biggest enemy. It sounds so cliché to talk about world peace but if we don’t start getting along soon what is going to happen to everyone? My guess is that we will be no more if they don’t start coming to terms soon. We all need to open our eyes to different views maybe not accept them but be more open to others ideas and beliefs. (324)

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html

Neo-Nazi Trial

                It is sad to think that even after 68 years there are still Neo-Nazis out in this world and that even after killing millions of Jewish people they are still out massacring anti-immigrants in Germany. A woman in Germany is accused and going to trial for killing many anti-immigrant people in Germany, 10 people specifically, a policewoman, 8 Turkish men and one Greek. She and four other men are being tried, most likely in some kind of terrorist group in Germany still running and believing in the Nazis. They are accused of two different bombings that went on in Germany.

                When I first read this article it just angered me. It angers me to think that there are still people out there that are Nazis, not to mention that they are killing and bombing as well. Are you kidding me? You lost the goddamn war now get over it. What you are doing is so WRONG! You do not have the right to kill anyone from any kind of religion or whatever kind of ethnicity you are. You do not get to play God. You would think that after 68 years people would open up their freaking eyes and stop doing this, stop killing innocent people because of who they were born to be or what they believe in. I am so sick of hearing stories about violence but I really thought by now people would get their head out of their butt and realize that what they are doing is not okay, especially after you lost the war and were dominated by Super Power. Grow the heck up, you are not better that the people you are killing and by killing them you automatically become worse than that person. I hope that all of these people accused go away for a long time, preferably for the rest of their life for doing bombing people that they think they are better than. Grow up. (324)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/07/world/europe/trial-of-neo-nazi-beate-zschape-in-germany.html?ref=world

Violent Protests in Bangladesh

                This past week in Bangladesh 22 people died because of protesting against the anti-blasphemy law. Not only were 22 people killed but many stores and businesses were vandalized during this huge protest. These people causing the protest wanted a law passed about anti blasphemy. I think that the people protesting want the church mixed in with the state a little too much. Granted that it is not the United States, the government over here runs pretty well for the most part, maybe they should take note. The economy over here is not that great but you do not hear of such violent acts over here about different religious views, so maybe if they separate religion for their government they will reduce the level of violence and violent related deaths as well.

                I think that they need to get the aggression and violence under control in countries in the Middle East and across Europe so things like this, 22 dead, does not happen as much as it truly does. It is just awful to hear about these violent stories all the time and mostly because of religious views. And I know it sounds a little ridiculous but why can’t they just open their minds to others religions enough before more violent acts and death occur. You don’t have to agree with it but my goodness nobody should have to die because of their beliefs! Maybe where they are from they shouldn’t try to enforce them or try to persuade others to believe what they do but that shouldn’t mean that they should change their views because that is not what the majority of the country believes. Just because someone’s beliefs are the minority does not mean that they should be persecuted for their beliefs. In conclusion I just think that they should not mix religion so much with their government and maybe these violent acts wouldn’t happen as much. (318)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/07/world/asia/two-days-of-riots-in-bangladesh-turn-deadly.html?ref=world&_r=0

Egypt's Overpopulation

                In the past few years Egypt's tourist rate has gone down along with its economy and one of the reasons they are saying this is happening in because of the major increase in the Egyptians birthrate. Egypt is trying not to talk about this huge population increase and to stop advertising awareness. The new president is trying to raise money for the Family Planning organizations throughout the country but medical officials are in disagreement with the government about the situation. They think that it is poor economy and poor government skills for the lowered economy. The government is trying to raise awareness on contraceptives to lower the birth rate and the increase population.

                I think that the government is doing a good job in trying to raise awareness of contraceptives to slow down the population increase. I don’t like that medical experts are blaming the government for the population increase and saying that it is the governments fault for the poor economy but high population is a problem for many countries across the world and to be completely honest It has nothing to do with the government. If it has become a major issue then everyone needs to take part and help stop what is going on. Granted that over population is not necessarily the worst problem, people are bringing in new lives but if they cannot take care of them then it is no good. When they grow up they may have wished they had never been born if they are living a life of misery. No one wants to live that way, with stuffed streets and no one can find jobs so they are living on the streets. It sounds horrible. So everyone should be helping to end the over population and the government should keep what they are doing up, promoting the contraceptives and advertising awareness. (309)

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/world/middleeast/as-egypt-birthrate-rises-population-policy-vanishes.html?ref=world&_r=0

Afghanistan Suicide Bombing

                On Monday there was what reports are saying a Taliban bombing in the middle of an Afghanistan street that tragically killed nine and wounded 29 people. The bombing killed a police man which is supposedly the alleged target and civilians that were standing nearby, diplomats and officials were also killed in the bombing. They say that there was no specific target which is what makes this case so unique and is why they is still an ongoing investigation. They think that the Taliban (if that is who did it) was targeting the public as well as the police because they are trying to influence the oncoming election.

                When I first read this article I was confused as to why these bombings keep happening. This has just got to stop. You would think that the people of the Taliban would start realizing that these bombings are not getting them ANYWHERE! It is ridiculous! You have been trying for years and it hasn’t gotten you anywhere except a bad rep and innocent dead people. I am so incredibly sick of constantly hearing about places being bombed and innocent civilians, police and army men being killed. My god this has got to stop there is absolutely no point! It is not getting you anywhere and it sure as hell isn’t helping anyone else. I also think the government needs to be more involved in getting the Taliban to stop and stopping the spread of the Taliban beliefs. I understand that it is easier said than done but something has got to be done if so many innocent people are dying. They need to be put in their place. Give them a taste of their own freaking medicine and stop the retaliation they will be planning before it happens. I am just really sick of hearing about innocent people dying over something as trivial as politics, it shouldn’t and doesn’t have to be going this damn far. (323)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/world/asia/suicide-bomb-pakistan.html?ref=world