Last Blog of the Semester!
Refer to the "The Filipino and the Drunkard" to answer the following questions.
*Do you think it is acceptable to defend yourself even when you know there will be consequences? Provide reasons for your response.
*Is it in our nature to experience emotions-one thing which has been said to separate us from animals. Do you think that we must, as humans, control our emotions? Are there reasons why we should or shouldn't control our emotions? Explain and give reasons for your response.
Make sure your response answers both questions and is at least 5 sentences! These are controversial questions which should generate discussion-if you don't respond to someone then your not really making your voice HEARD. Respond at least twice!
In my opinion I think that you should defend yourself even though there will be conseqences. Say you are getting bullied and there no one else around and what are you suppose to do.. defend for yourself. I dont think that you should hold in youre emotions. Because sometimes you have to talk to someone to someone to move on, and not build up on youre problems.
ReplyDeleteI think it is acceptable to defend yourself even though you know there will be consequences.The outcome could be positive and I mean you never know what will happen until you try it. I think that you,yourself, control your own emotions because people react different in every situation and its you who decides how you react. You have to control your emotions because it could effect how someone around you reacts and how they are affected. It also effects the whole outcome.And if someone else controlled our emotions things could go wrong.For example what if someone dies and the person who is controlling your emotions tells you to laugh; that situation would end bad and people could take it the wrong way and it would take them awhile to recover.
ReplyDeleteNo because the consquences can be worse then defending your self.It depends on the situation but if I was the filipino. We should control our emotions because in a bad situation someone could get hurt.
ReplyDeleteI think it is right to stand up for yourself. He could have hurt him and the man wouldn't stop. Something bad could happen if you dont stop it. He was telling him repeatidly to leave and in the end he did what he needed to leave the man. I think that we should show emotion. Without it how will we express how we feel. We aren't animals and showing emotion is right when the time is right. The boy was scared and showed that when he was telling the man to stop and running away from him. He was upset and telling people why didnt they do anything. He was showing how he was scared and it was what was needed.
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ReplyDeleteI believe sometimes you can't control your emotions. If you try not to you sometimes can, but sometimes people try not to cry and yet they do.
Ahowell5
ReplyDeleteIf you don't defend yourself you can die. What is better to get in trouble or die? And if its self defense you wont have consequences.
I say yes because if i were being attacked by a person and they were going to kill me i would defend myself.Also if you were being attacked what would you do.I think that it is a little wrong though because the guy was super drunk and that dose not help the fact at all.I would still do something to the guy but mabye not kill him.
ReplyDeleteI think it is very reasonable to defend yourself if you feel threatened or worried about your safety. you have rights as an american to equality so you shouldn't have to suffer because of your race, your religion, your beliefs, or even your culture. everyone has emotions even though some people might not express them as easily as others but that doesn't mean that we don't have them. we as humans have to learn to control our emotions. you can't just give up on something because we're having a bad day or are upset you have to push those emotioons aside for you and everyone around you. sometimes letting your anger or hate get in the way you could get you into a dangerous situation and sometimes controlling your emotions too well might cause people to think you are apathetic and that you show no emotion to anyones problems but your owm
ReplyDelete@nlowery6 what you said was very reasonable don't start trouble there will be no trouble
ReplyDelete@Spena6 totally agree with what you said he was one hundred percent justified to ask the bystanders why they didn't do anything to stop him. He was angry and hurt but he did what had to be done so no one could blame him they could only blame themselves for letting it get to that point.
ReplyDeleteI think that if you are being attacked you should defend yourself even if there are consequences.For example, if someone slaps you your not going to just let them get away with it, you might defend yourself by hitting them back. I don't think we should bottle up our emotions because then we will have that emotion with us all the time.You may not be able to move on with your life if you don't share how you feel and face your problems.Bottling up your emotions is just an extra burden that you have to live with.
ReplyDeletelmartinez5, I absolutely agree with you and your example is a perfect way to put it.
ReplyDeleteastephens5, I think your opinion says a lot. You put so much thought into it. I couldn't have said it better myself.
ReplyDeletei think that every body is right to there opinon.
ReplyDeleteI do believe that people should defend themselves no matter what. Honestly I think that if someone is defending themselves there should not be consequences. I think we should control our emotions because your emotions might hurt someone elses emotions and no one would be getting the help they need. I think you should let your emotions out when your alone or with someone who you can trust and be calm around. Always defend yourself when needed, never let your emotions out the wrong way, and treat people how you would want to be treated.
ReplyDeleteLMartinez5:
ReplyDeletei totally agree with you.
Spena6:
ReplyDeleteI can understand what you are saying about what u commented about my post but I totally disagree.
you shoule nontrol your emotions because they could get you killed or into trouble. also i think its acceptable to defend your self because if you dont you could be the one who gets stabed to death
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ReplyDeleteI think that you should defend yourself if you need protecting even though the consequences are large. We could even die or get hurt if we didn’t fight back. We should control our emotions when it is not time to show your emotions. Cause sometimes you shouldn’t. Such as policemen on a case, they can't show a lot of emotion or it will affect the case.
ReplyDeleteAhowell5 Sometimes the consequences are better than not fighting and getting hurt.
ReplyDelete* Yes, I believe it is okay because if somebody is trying to kill you, then you have a right to save your own life. In the Philapino and the Drunkard, the man who was drunk was out to kill the Philaphino so he had a right to defend himself.
ReplyDelete* Yes, we should control our emotions but we shouldn't keep them all bottled up. If you are sad, then you should tell somebody and not let your problems build up.
Nlowery6, I completly agree with you!
ReplyDeleteAStephens5 it would end badly if you laugh at a funeral!
ReplyDeletelmartinez5; You're very correct, and people should never build up their problems.
ReplyDeleteI believe that it is acceptable to defend yourself, but only if you are in serious danger, even if there are consequences. This is because if you do not defend yourself you can get into serious trouble. I also believe that it is important to retain most emotions such as the ones that could endanger your life. Emotions are dangerous things when too many are expressed. I say this because human-beings are renowned for being impulsive when they give into emotions such as anger and jealousy.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is accpetiable to kill someone if he locks you into a bathrrom and threatens you.Only if he locks you into a bathroom.That is the only way you can kill someone.I think that a drunkman is acceptable to kill anytime becasue they choose to be a drunky and try to kill somomne which gave them a bad name boo hoo to them.
ReplyDeleteYes I do believe it is acceptable to defend your self because if an assailant then you wouldn't even get in trouble. Not me my nature is to just say okay and go away. yes as humans we should control our emotions because we don't want to hurt someones' feelings because we might really like them.
ReplyDeleteahowell5 the consequences would not be worst because if you're defending your self it self defense which means you can kill the assailant and not get in any trouble.
ReplyDeletecrichardson2 I also think it's acceptable to kill an attacker.
ReplyDeleteI think it is acceptable to defend yourself even when you know there will be consequences. You can't just let somebody hurt you, everyone has rights. I think people should be able to control their emotions. Not bottle it up, but just know when to show them at the right time. We need to know when it is okay to show an emotion, and when not to.
ReplyDeleteJdewitt6, I agree! If people need help with something they shouldn't have to feel afraid to tell someone. It's not very good to let your problems build up.
ReplyDeletelmartinez5, Being able to control your emotions in your example of the bullies is very important. You can't show fear because they will probably want to bully you more.
ReplyDelete@drumore2- I agree with your response and I think it is acceptable to kill or also attack someone who is attacking me.
ReplyDeleteI think it is acceptable to defend yourself even though there are consequences because if you are the only one around, no one can defend you except for you. I think it is in our nature to experience emotions, but we also need to control them. Like if someone makes you mad, you have to control how you feel. You can't just go off on them for not doing anything that physically hurt you. It is different if someone physically hurt you because then others can hear you and try to help. It is acceptable to defend yourself and to experience our emotions.
ReplyDelete@crichardson2- I like your response, there is a lot of detail and you explained it well. I agree with what you said.
ReplyDeleteI do think it is acceptable to defend yourself if you are being attacked even if you get in trouble. I think that because if someone is attacking you, you have the right to defend yourself .It's common since.Yes, we should control our emotions. I say that because it is not right to take your anger out on anyone if they did not cause it.
ReplyDeletedrumore2,
ReplyDeleteI would have still defended my self and if I had to, kill the guy. Would you rather die or kill someone for your saftey?
nlowery6,Your grammer is all over the place. I agree on your response though!
ReplyDeleteYes, because if you don't defend yourself something terrible could happen to you and then the consequences you get wouldn't be as bad as being severely injured or killed. The Filipino boy in the 'Filipino and Drunkard' had the right to defend himself because the man would have kept persisting to hurt him and eventually killed him. The boy knew he would have consequences if he killed the man, but it's better than being killed first. Yes, we must control our emotions as humans because if we don't, there will just be more problems when it would be better to just hold it in or just talk about it. Instead of physically getting hurt or doing something insane, you should handle things in a calm, responsible manner, so nothing bad happens to you.
ReplyDeletesnadon6,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. Like in your example you are right because the police man can't just show his emotion and start shooting randomly whne it is not appropriate in that situation.
imartinez, I agree you should always be able to defend yourself.Great response.
ReplyDeleteastephens5; i agree. you must put alot of effort into ur blog it was briliant
ReplyDeletedrumore2 i agree. no one can tell us what to believe in
ReplyDeleteNlowery6,I agree with you.
ReplyDeleteI agree that you should defend yourself despite the concequences. To me, your life is the most prized posession. It is illeagal to attack someone unless they are attacking you.
ReplyDeleteAstephens5, i agree with you :)!
ReplyDeleteI think that someone would have the right to defend your self if they were in the situation that the filipino was in. He was being threatend and he could not get out of the lavatory with out getting hurt. I think if he wouldve used his fists instead of his knife it coulve ended better. I think that you should control your emotions because it could really harm you or someone else. Your emotions should be controled to a sertain extent.
ReplyDelete@LMartinez5:I totally agree with you!!!!!1
ReplyDeleteI think we should control our emotions partly. You shouldnt keep eveything bottled up on the inside if its something small. But if your being bullied or something and you get mad and want to kill the person you should definitely control that. emotions like anger and sadness should be controled but if your happy then you should show it. it is in our nature to get angry or sad or happy because we're human.
ReplyDeleteI think we should be able to defend ourselves even if there are conesquences. Say the person is harrasing you and they say they are gonna beat you up. You should be able to defend yourself. I also think you should control your emotions because because if we are very angry we need to control ourselves or we will do something we will regret.
ReplyDeleteyes i think it is exeptable to defend yourself during a physical conflict. [consealed weapon permit] because if you are being attacked you need somthing to defend you self with so that you have a chance to live. it is in our nature to experience emaotions. no i dont think that we should control our emotions all the time. yes there are reasons because if you get into a fight you need adrenilen to help you.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is acceptable to defend yourself, in certain situations. For example, if someone is just picking on you, nad not hurting you and you overreacted, it would be your fault in a way because you should learn to control your emotions. However, if it's a life or death situation that your in, i think that it's your right to stand up for yourself. Yes, it's in our nature to experience emotions, but we also need to learn to control them sometimes, but not always. There needs to be a ballance between insane, and dull.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is acceptable to defend yourself, in certain situations. For example, if someone is just picking on you, nad not hurting you and you overreacted, it would be your fault in a way because you should learn to control your emotions. However, if it's a life or death situation that your in, i think that it's your right to stand up for yourself. Yes, it's in our nature to experience emotions, but we also need to learn to control them sometimes, but not always. There needs to be a ballance between insane, and dull.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is acceptable to defend yourself, in certain situations. For example, if someone is just picking on you, nad not hurting you and you overreacted, it would be your fault in a way because you should learn to control your emotions. However, if it's a life or death situation that your in, i think that it's your right to stand up for yourself. Yes, it's in our nature to experience emotions, but we also need to learn to control them sometimes, but not always. There needs to be a ballance between insane, and dull.
ReplyDeleteYes, i do believe its ok to defend yourself. If someone picks a fight with you, you will fight back no questions asked. So even if you know youll hurt them or even kill them, they shouldnt have picked a fight with you. I think we should if its the wrong place and the wrong time because sometimes your emotions can get the best of you and it can cause harm to others but then again not all emotions are bad. If your really mad at someone and you take it out on someone else thats wrong but if your over joyed you couldnt hurt anyone or their feelings.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion I think it is okay to defend yourself, but to an extent. Because you would be getting in trouble then I would only do it if you are in a situation where there is no way you will come out alive unless you defend youreself. We also should control our emotions to an extent as well. If we don't share some emotions then if it was something like killing yourself thren it would not end up in a good situation. But if the emotions are about like a boyfriend breaking up with you or a friend saying they dont want to talk to you keep it to yourself. I would try to control all my stupid emotions like crying when there is not a reason.
ReplyDeletelmartinez5,
ReplyDeleteI like the point that you made about bullying
AHowell5
ReplyDeleteIf someone picks a fight with you shouldnt you beable to protect yourself?
AStephens5
ReplyDeleteI thought that your point was very good, and i believe that what your are saying is true
JHouston6
ReplyDeleteI agree. ONLY TO PROTECT YOURSELF!
@NLowry6.... I like your thoughts, I agree with how the filipino kid defending himself is some what legal, because of self deffense. I however don't agree with you on the emotion part. What if you were being bullied to the extent where if you don't figure something out you make a fatal decision.
ReplyDeleteYes because you have the right to defend your self if someone is trying to hurt or kill you. It is in our nature to experience emotions. At sometimes we should control our emotions like if you are in a meeting and someone disagrees with you, you should hold that anger inside. We sometimes shoudn't because no one want to hang around someone who has no emoitions. So i think sometimes we should control our emotions.
ReplyDeleteI think lmartinez has a good point. We should defend our selves when getting bullied.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Spena that we should show our emotions at the right time.
ReplyDeletei think that if you are about to be attacked then you should do ANYTHING to defend yourself. Even if there will be consequenses, atleast your not dead!
ReplyDeleteI think that it depends on who you ask. I think that the time and place matters, but others dont care.
Yes, I do believe it’s acceptable to defend yourself. For instance, in Filipino and the Drunkard, the Filipino kept warning the Drunkard and never meant to cause any harm. But the Drunkard kept persisting, and that’s why the Filipino had to take action and kill the Drunkard, in a means of self defense. I believe we shouldn’t control our emotions, because if we just held it in, then others won’t know how to help us. We should let it all out, at a reasonable time, like the Filipino did when he yelled at the people for not helping him.
ReplyDeleteAStephens5:
ReplyDeleteThat is a really good reason for holding in your emotions! I understand, how you explained how laughing during a sad time could cause bad consequences!
SNadon6:
ReplyDeleteThat is a good example of why letting out your emotions causes problems! I mean, if the police had a bad day, you don’t expect him to cry about it, you expect him to defend you and stay strong.
Yes at times you will defend yourself if your life is in danger no matter what happens next.Yes we nmust control our emotions because if we don't we could harm someone by accident just because we are mad.There is always a reason we do something maybe out of curiousity or maybe out of anger.Harming someone just because your mad isn't a thing to be praised. But harming someone out of protection is okay.
ReplyDeleteimartinez5: I have to disagree.
ReplyDeleteahowell5: I agree we must controll our emotions
ReplyDeleteYes. Its not your fault if someone you don't know try's to hurt you just because of your race. Even if you know them and they go after you, you should have the right to defend yourself without going to jail or something like that. I do think we should control our emotions. For example if a guy breaks up with a girl and the girls wants to cry, she might try to control that emotion till the end of school where shes alone.
ReplyDelete@ Ahowell5 ,
ReplyDeleteI disagree. If we don't depend our self's then we can die! Which im pretty sure beats the consequences of defending yourself.(;
Yes, you shold defend yourself in any reason. If you won't it could be fatal for you. I thing better have some difficulties than die. My opinion is that we shouldn't hide our emotions.Actually it depends on situation. For example, you mustn't show how much you hate some person, if don't even know him/her, or you might not sit with a poker face, when you really happy for some one.
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ReplyDeleteI like your point of view and i agree with it!
sbogue2
ReplyDeleteYou are right! But we don't have to contol our emotions always.
In my opinion I think that we should be able defend ourselves even though there will be good or even bad consequences. Because if you are getting harassed or bullied and there is no one else to help you what are you suppose to do? Not just sit there. you defend for yourself. I don't but then I do think that you should hold in you're emotions. Because there are times that you have to talk to someone in order to move on. But then I do because there's always a time and a place.
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ReplyDeletei agree your so right
I think it is acceptable to defend yourself even when there is consequences. If you are going to be injured, then you can defend yourself. As humans, we must control our emotions. If we do not control our emotions, things might go too far, as in the Filipino and the Drunkard, when the Drunkard acted very negatively towards the Filipino man. People may become senseless if their emotions get out of hand.
ReplyDeleteJHouston6;
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you; People should defend themselves only when necessary.
nlowery6;
ReplyDeleteAre you saying that it was legal for the Filipino to kill the other man?
I think it is beyond acceptable. You have to think it is only an instinct to and if some1 is acting abnormally it only intensifies that factor. I think exposing our emotions should be limited. For say, your in a public place at that point you should control them. Other wise if it is something like happiness that is a whole other side to everything. At home though you can sometimes express both feelings as it would be appropriate.
ReplyDelete@AStephens5 i agree with everything that you have written and it is all perfectly pieced together. Except that sometimes, you shouldn't try something just so you can test your luck.
ReplyDelete@crichardson2 You put out a great point and have great writing to support it. But aren't beliefs, cultures, and religions essentially the same thing in saying they are the way you live.
ReplyDeleteI think you should be able to defend yourself, even if there are consequences. Although, I don't think you should kill people. I think it is very necessary to control our emotions. For example, if you feel angry at someone, you can't just start screaming in their face and start beating them up. If you're excited about something, you can't get up on the table and start dancing. It would be a disturbance to people around you. That's why you should control your emotions.
ReplyDeleteAStephens5,
ReplyDeleteI agree that you should be able to defend yourself because it can turn out to be positive. But, you can't really take it too far. I think that the Filipino shouldn't have killed the drunkard, but instead try to defend myself in a different way.
Ahowell5,
ReplyDeleteBut, if you don't defend yourself from a murderer, that person could kill you. I don't think that there is another consequence worse than death.
Imartinez5
ReplyDeleteI totally agree
Astephens5
ReplyDeleteI agree because the drunkard was trying to kill him
I think it's ok to defend yourself if someone is threatening your life no matter what the consequences. Although if their just picking on you, you should try to use your brain to figure out a solution to what is going on. For example in the story,The Filipino had no choice but to defend his life because the drunk would not leave him alone and was threatening to kill him. I think as humans it is in our nature to control our emotions. We have the intelligence to figure out how to respond to most any situation and what level of emotion to use. Some people have more problems controlling their emotions then others. Most of the people we interact with on a daily basis have good control of their emotions.
ReplyDeleteJdiehl6, I agree with what you said that it is ok to defend yourself if your life is being threatened.
ReplyDeleteAstine2, I agree with the point you made that people should try to control their emotions so they don't get out of hand.
ReplyDeleteI think you should always defend yourself, because if you don't it could be the difference between life and death. For example if the Filipino boy did not defend himself he would probably be dead instead of the drunkard. I believe you should sometimes control your emotions, and sometimes you should not. It all depends on what the situation is. For example, you should show emotion during a sports event; but you should not show emotion during school otherwise there could be consequences.
ReplyDelete@nlowery6 I completely agree with your first answer.
ReplyDelete@dbenjamin6 I like your example in your first answer it is very clear and makes sense.
ReplyDeleteWell i think you should protect yourself. Like if your in a life and death situation you should do any thing to protect yourself. you should know how to control your emotions. Defending yourself is good< but you shouldn't take it all over board and stuff. Don't start problems if you don't know how other people are going to react
ReplyDeleteawilson2:
ReplyDeleteI agree with your response.
twilson2:
No you can defend yorself.
I think it is acceptable to defend myself even if when there are consequences. Like "The Filipino and the Drunkard", there could be consequences if I don't defend myself. Yes, I think it's in our nature to experience emotions-I also think some animals have emotions. I think we should control our emotions because if we didn't, I don't think there would have been a difference between wild monkeys and angry bussinessman. If we didn't control our emotions, there could be difficulty in society.
ReplyDeleteI think it's acceptable to defend myself even though I know there will be consequences. Let's say there's someone trying to kill you and there's no one to help you...If you don't wanna die, than you should defend yourself. I think we don't have to control our emotions. If you keep bad emotions at someone for long time it'll just become a trouble. The other reason is if someone had an car accident and if you hold you emotion and pretend if you are not sad at all than people will misunderstand you.
ReplyDeleteanichols2, I agree with you.
ReplyDeleteImartinez5, your examples are good.
ReplyDeleteAhowell5, I don't understand that we shouldn't defend our selves just because of the reason that consequences can be worse then defending your self. You won't want to be killed just because of that reason...
ReplyDeleteSpena6, I totally agree that showing emotion is right when the time is right.
ReplyDeleteYes I do think you should be able to diffend your. I think you should have some control over your emotions. If you don't have a little control over your emotions you would be a threat to society.
ReplyDeleteI think that its perfectly fine to protect yourself. Because if you don't you could get killed and get hurt and be in extreme pain. Also its self defense. I think we should control our emotions because no one wants to see a man crying like a baby. Then again if you cry you will start to feel better and become comforted.
ReplyDelete@nLower6 agreed but on the emotions disagree, and watch your spelling.
@spena6 I completely agree with you and your completely right.
I think it is acceptable to defend yourself even if there are consequences. The Filipino was getting attacked by a drunk moron. It is in our nature to experience emotions. It separates us from animals. Although, we do have to control them depending on the situation.If something bad happened at school, you shouldn't look like a screaming lunatic. Just wait until your get home. For the Filipino, his homicide was purely off of letting his emotions run freely.
ReplyDeletei think it's ok to defend your self in an attack situation that threatens you physically. I don't think the consequences are worth it to defend yourself when you are threatened verbally. Since the consequences may be strict, you should think about them before you act in self defense. If you defend yourself in an attack situation, the punishment won't be nearly as bad as the actual attack.
ReplyDeleteIn some situations, I think it is important to control our emotions. You have to control your emotions so that you can think before you react. For example--if someone offends me or my family and I get very angry there is a good chance I would hurt someone if I didn't control my emotions. Controlling your emotions lets you think about the consequences before you do something that will get you in trouble.
dbenjamin6, I agree that you should not bottle up your emotions.
ReplyDeleteaneal2, I agree that you should control your emotions because it would be very bad to severely hurt someone by accident.
ReplyDeleteastephens5, I completely agree with you and I like the example you gave of what could go wrong.
ReplyDeletespena6, I like your example from 'The Filipino and the Drunkard' because that was a perfect time to show how standing up for yourself can be better than controlling your emotions even there are consequences.
ReplyDeleteI think that you should defend yourself on some occasions. If someone calls you a loser, you shouldn't go out and murder them, because you'd would have taken it too far. But if someone is harrasing you and attacking you, killing might be the only way that you could stay alive.
ReplyDeleteJust like I said about the previous question, controlling our emotions depends on the situation. You shouldn't have to sit back and let a peroson be rude to you or bully you, but you don't have to take things too far.
AStephens5,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. I think that people should defend themselves. You can't just let someone try and KILL you!
SPena6,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Sachi, people don't have to just not control their emotions.
nlowery6 that is a very good statement.
ReplyDeleteimartinez5 good statement.
ReplyDeleteI think it is right to defend yourself because if they are attacking you then you have the right to defend yourself. It is in our nature to expereince emotions.At some times we should control our emotions. only in private places shpuld you let out your emoitions unless it"s a happy one. Say you are in a meeeting and someone disagrees with you. You should hold that anger in. Still no one wants to hang aruond a person who has no emotions.
ReplyDeleteI think lmartinez has a good reason.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Imartinez5
ReplyDeleteI agree with AStephens5 to sometimes hold your emotions inside.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with nlowery6
ReplyDeleteUnder some circumstances, it is acceptable to defend yourself to save your life if endangered. Like the Filipino boy he needed to defend himself so the drunkard would leave him alone for good. Defending ourselves gives people a warning say we will do whatever we can to be free from your clutches.Our emotions should be controlled because we need to decide our decision ourselves. We can't just let go of our emotions and let our emotions decide.
ReplyDelete@nlowery6
ReplyDeleteI agree we do need to defend ourselves
@lmartinez
I totally agree
JDEWIITY
ReplyDeleteI feel you on that....
imartinez
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ReplyDeleteI understand what you're saying, but what if, because you are allowed to vent certain emotions, others like rage and jealousy escape?
I think it is acceptable to defend yourself if someone is attacking you. You have to save your life no matter what punishment. It is in our emotions to experience emotions animals have. Humans have evolved to hold there emotions at most times.
ReplyDeleteImartinez5, good example.
ReplyDeleteAStephens5, I agree with you.
ReplyDeleteI do think that it is good to defend yourself in an attack. If you dont you are basically letting someone push you around and the person attacking you is given the impression that they can do whatever they want. I also think that we should control our emotions in certain cases. If someone doesnt show emotions at all, people could think they dont care about anything at all. However in some places it's good to show emotoins like when your happy about something or really sad.
ReplyDeleteAstephens5,
ReplyDeleteThat was very well written.
Lmartinez5,
ReplyDeleteI liked your example about when people get bullied.
I think that in a life threatening situation you should do what you have to do to get out of it, even if it means you have to hurt someone in the process. Yes, it is in our nature to experience emotions, and also I think that animals have emotions just like we do. I think that humans should control only certain emotions. For example, if it was anger or a bad emotion then it would definately be better if you control it because it's not good to have outbursts of anger because it almost always ends badly. If it's a good emotion then sometimes and can be upliftting to other people if you don't control it and let it out.
ReplyDeleteawilson2, I agree with you that if someone is just defending themselves then they shouldn't have consequences because it's self defense not them purposly hurting someone.
ReplyDeletenpegg2, I completely agree with you, it really depends what emotions it is that we choose to keep in.
ReplyDeleteYes its okay to defend yourself. If somone is attaking you you shouldnt just stand there and get beat up. In the filipeno and the drunkard the filipino was using self difence. Also i dont think you should always hold in your emotion because sometimes you need to let them out. But not everyone needs to let out there emotions everywhere. Not everywhere is a good place.
ReplyDeleteAStephens5 yea there will always be consiquences to every action no matter what it is.
ReplyDeleteASthephens5,
ReplyDeleteIf a someone laughs when a persons dies that would be very awkward.
Spena6,
ReplyDeleteI think he should have showed his emotion to the cops on the ferry and maybe he might no of killed the drunkard.
Spena6,
ReplyDeleteI think he should have showed his emotion to the cops on the ferry and maybe he might no of killed the drunkard.
Of course you should defend yourself. its better to be in some trouble than to be dead. Besides,if there was another part to the story, the people on the boat could tell the police that the drunkard caused it all and would have ended up killing the filipino. For the second question, i think at times, if something realy outrageous happens, you should cry and be angry ( within reason). But like if your pencil breaks in class and you have a breakdown, then thats not a good time to let your emotions out.
ReplyDeleteYes, because it is pretty much instinct for people to fight back. And it should be legal that you defend yourself, if the other person fights first. Your not supposed to just stand there. We should control our emotions so they don't get out of hand. Like fear, jealousy, and sadness.
ReplyDeletelmartinez5,
ReplyDeletei agree about the defending self, but not with the emotion part
lmartinez5,
ReplyDeletei agree with the defending yourself, but not with the emotions