Question Description
DISCUSSION POST MUST BE 7+ SENTENCES AND THE PEER REVIEW MUST BE 5+ SENTENCES PLEASE USE YOUR OWN WORDS AND DO NOT COPY FROM OTHER SITES STAY ON TOPIC ,BE POSITIVE , AND DO NOT COMMENT ON GRAMMAR ERRORS.
1) DISCUSSION QUESTION
“Looking at the Other Side of the Coin”
- Select one (1) of the approved topics from the www.procon.org Website and state your position on the issue.
- From the Procon.org Website, identify three (3) premises (reasons) listed under either the Pro or Con section — whichever section opposes your position.
- For the three (3) premises (reasons) that oppose your position on the issue, answer these believing questions suggested by Elbow:
- What’s interesting or helpful about this view?
- What would I notice if I believed this view?
- In what sense or under what conditions might this idea be true?”
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NOTE: All students are required to post a minimum of two (2) posts per online discussion thread. Students must have one (1) original post and a minimum of one (1) other post per discussion thread. |
2) PEER REVIEW
Hey everyone,
For this discussion, I chose the gun control topic. Personally, I am for guns. I feel like the constitution allows it as a right. However, where I land at on this topic is that I do think that there should be laws enacted about them when speaking of ownership. I think the average Joe/Jane that wants a gun to protect themselves would not need high capacity military grade weapons.
One of the arguments against my position is that the Second Amendment protects individual gun ownership. Another is that gun control laws do not stop crime, but gun ownership does. A third is that gun control laws infringe on the right to self-defense and deny people a sense of safety.
From the first opposed position, the helpful thing is that the Second Amendment does give people the right to have guns. If I believed this view, I would take notice if I felt like someone was trying to keep me from having a gun. And the idea in this position is true in my opinion. The amendment says that people can have guns.
From the second position, I think that it is interesting that there are studies that prove that bans assault rifles did not really affect murder rates over a given amount of time, but the states with the biggest increases in gun owners had the largest drops in violent crimes. If I believed this view, I would notice how the finding in these studies correlated with where I was living. It makes sense that places where people were allowed to carry guns that the crime rates may go down due to the fear of being shot.
From the third position, I thought that it was helpful to know that 79% of men who own guns and 80% of women that own them feel safer according to a Pew report. What I would notice if I held this belief would be the feeling that I may not be able to protect myself or my family. I could see it being difficult for someone to properly own a gun if the laws became too restrictive.
Willie
3) PEER REVIEW
In response to week 2 discussion:
I’ve chosen the Police body cameras topic. I am with the notion of equipping police officers with body cameras. However, I prefer a different method from the one used nowadays. I believe that everyone especially a police officer would dislike being micromanaged but I do think that if body cameras will reduce controversial incidents of violence, then it would be a good idea to utilize them.
The three premises that oppose my position on the subject are as follows:
1- people respond negatively even violently to being filmed by police, especially people who may be drunk, on drugs, or suffering from mental health problems.
2- The use of police body cameras can be psychologically damaging to police officers as “nobody does well under constant surveillance.”
3- Additional equipment becomes an encumbrance and a safety issue for those carrying it.
The first reason is concerned about peoples emotions and the way they react to police officers actions or appearance. The interesting thing about this reason is how police appearance and actions are perceived by people who are obligated to interact with the police. The second reason is concerned about the psychological well-being of police officers and how they perform under constant surveillance. The third reason is worried about the additional weight burden that body cameras comprise.
If I believed this view, I would notice that it is leaning towards how people safety is the primary concern and neglecting the circumstances within a given situation and that the police officers job is becoming more psychologically and physically demanding.
This view could be right in some conditions where the police officers are dealing with an emotionally or mentally unstable individual or when they are under a great deal of physical or psychological stress.
