Being Watched

The Internet has become a very useful tool that most people use these days. I read Kiss Your Privacy Goodbye by Larry Flynt. This article discuses how Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace that are used by so many people may be impossible to keep your files private. “The minute you sign onto the Internet you are being watched, not just by our government, but also by our major corporations”. This quote scares me because I use the Internet every day and knowing that people are watching what I do could give out a lot of information. He said that major corporations can watch me, if they can then why not strangers? If that is happening then we all could be giving out personal information like where we live, what we like, and even conversations with our friends. If I am telling my friend something very personal or even where I will be the next day then a stranger could intercept that information and be there or use that personal information against me. With the technology these days it is very easy to put out a picture or type something that can get all over the Internet before you can delete it. Even when you hit that delete button it still out there, it doesn’t just go away forever. This is how I feel about Internet privacy. 

Marijuana should not be leagal http://healthland.time.com/2010/10/07/prop-19-analysis-will-marijuana-legalization-increase%C2%A0use/?xid=rss-topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

I have just read the article Prop 19 Analysis: Will Marijuana Legalization Increase Use? By Maia Szalavitz this article struck me in many different ways, first maybe it will decrease the use of it, next is the use of it sense we legalized it for the sick, and last is will it lead to more drug use.  First of all this could actually work having it legalized because some kids probable do it just to be above the law. If that is true then will they move on to do other maybe even worse illegal stuff? The second thing I noticed was sense we legalized it for the sick the cost on the street has gone down and more and more people have been arrested for using it. So if it becomes completely legal then will even more people be tempted to try it? My last point is that if we legalize marijuana then will we be getting closer to legalizing other drugs? If you think about it then after its legalized there will be another drug out there that people will go to that is illegal and if that drug becomes more popular then will we legalize it for less use? That is some thing to think about.