Thursday, October 25, 2007

China is doing what any other country would do (most likely a better job )

China is doing what it can to gain from Africa but they are not just taking, they are also giving many things to Africa. By investing in Africa, this is helping them build relations in trading with Africa and get money by selling their own goods to African people. It’s obvious that the African companies won't like it as they are losing all their profits to Chinese companies who can afford to produce and sell at a lower cost. By doing this, china is not helping African countries but rather helping themselves filling their pockets. But then again, what would other countries have done?? They would have done the exact same thing or probably worst. They all would want to gain some kind of advantage in trading and by investing money, they would be able to do so. China needs Africa's natural resource to keep increasing its economic growth and Africa need china's aid financially. Now there are around 800 Chinese companies in Africa, and china mainly imports oil. That's the thing they are mostly interested and that's why the US is alarmed as they are also interested in importing oil from there. China has already invested in the Angolian oil sector but Angola doesn't allow any single country or company to dominate its oil. Since China couldn't control the Angolian oil, they entered the Sudan market and now control Sudanese Oil sector. African governments are welcoming the aid from china, it’s only the African companies that are not happy as they have to compete with small Chinese businesses. Overall, China is doing probably better than what any other would have done and if the African governments are happy about it, I think that china is doing a good job.



Sunday, October 21, 2007

People are already attached to their gadgets, so why not marriage?

I agree with David Levy when he says Humans could marry robots. They are already in love with their gadgets and I’m pretty sure most of the time they are playing with it. Most husbands probably spend most of their time playing with their gadgets than with their wife. Not everyone will marry or have sex with a robot but there will be certain people that will do it. Robots are starting to look more human-like and for some people that have relationships problems, this might be the solution to their problem. Humans are also curious creatures and I'm sure that as soon as some people try it and say it was great, some people will go try it just to see how it is. People keep getting divorce because they realize that they don't love their partner anymore or they are too different and what not but if they were to marry a robot, all these things could be fixed. Also, some people have difficult personalities or are too shy to commit but with this revolutionary creation, they could make their partner the way they like it. Just like gay marriage was weird at first, this will be as well but with time, people will get use to it. This might help reduce rape, control the criminals’ sexual urges and reduce prostitution. It might prove to be a great invention that will help humanity in many ways or it can be terrible but only time will tell.



Saturday, October 13, 2007

MMP the new system for the new generation

As we know, the percentage of people voting has been decreasing over the years and this is mainly because the majority of tbe young adults don't vote. MMP was a new system that would have benefit all of us in the future. MMP would have provided more accurate results and made use of everyone's vote. MMP is the representation of democracy and it will make elections fairer as the candidate with the most votes might still get a chance even if his party loses.It would have created an assoiation between politicians from different party and make them work together more productively. Also, this system was developed by individuals not politicians. The new MMP system would definitely have been better for our society and help our future generation as well.If the old system is good then why is it that the amount of people voting decreases every time? The only reason the MMP didn't get chosen was because people weren't inform properly about it. The current government didn't advertise it properly because they were scared they might lose because of that.Since people didn't know the system very well, they didn't want to take risks and voted for the old system. As we all know, peple don't usually like change so if they are happy with the old system, they will stick with it even though the new system might be better.The MMP would have been a better system for the new generation and now we will have to wait another four years before maybe adopting this new and improved
system.



Saturday, October 6, 2007

The importance of Marriage

Marriage is very important to our society as it provides stability, growth and structure. The reason people are not getting married nowadays is because they are selfish. Then again it is human nature to satisfy only their wants and needs. Marriage is about uniting and becoming one with the other person and it also mean sharing responsibilities. Every individual just wants to enjoy their freedom, focus on their careers and enjoy their life. Another reason is that people have such high expectations when it comes to marriage that it never happens. People watch so many movies these days that they believe that when they get married, their life will become perfect and everything will be fine. That is not the case, but marriage is a tradition that has been practiced for ages. Saying that marriage is not important is like saying our society is not important and that needs to be changed. Not getting married has resulted in a decline in our demographics and this will affect our society in the future. As it said in the video, children brought up in a family are more likely to do better in life and not have behavioral or emotional problems. Studies have also shown that women who are married are more likely to be happier and healthier than single women. It has been proven that men and women who are married are better financially and also that they both become more responsible and caring when they get children. It is clear that marriage is an important aspect of our society and if it continues to decline, we will be living in an unwholesome society.