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Heroes, Villains, and Vigilantes

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There's a recurring theme in my classwork this semester that covers ground of whom we look up to, or down upon, for that matter, and whom takes up that middle chunk of not being wholly good or entirely bad, either. Heroes - the selfless amazing individuals that are loving, self sacrificing, humble and also non existent. Villains - the bad but irresistibly cool wardrobed person with bad habits and bad company. Vigilante - the dude who thinks it's okay to kill 1,000 people, as long as you save that one bratty child with the dopey looking eyes. Ahem.. so here's my $0.02. The vision people have of heroes have become so warped and the title used so liberally that everyone from Lady Gaga to your Mailman is in some form, a hero. And hey, we all want to aspire to be good people with good rapport, yes- I'm with you there. But where do we draw the line, people?! If we keep this up, in five years the President and Congress will be considered heroes! I'm going to focus ...

Nina vs Protesters

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I know, I know, before you go klonking me on the head with the 5 Freedoms, I'm fully aware that the government allows the right to Assembly in a nonviolent manner. But you know what bucky? It also states this fun little right called the Overused and Abused "Freedom of Speech", so put a sock in it. Here's my protest against protesters : After hundreds and hundreds of pointless marches and walks down avenues holding catchy rhyming signs.. doesn't the purpose get lost in translation? And what objective does protesting have anyway, besides creating fantastic traffic blockage and making driving a horrible nuisance? Pardon my rain on your parade, but there's gotta be a better way to stick it to the man. Let's take this past weekend's protest on the Manhattan bridge. Did this protest impact me? Sure it did, as a commuting vehicle, the bridge was blocked the moment we were about to go on. Was it a positive impact? No, it was misery to drive in heavy traf...