Welcome to Walle World

My Wonderful trip to Walle World

The bulk of my house hold goods are provided to me by an International “Retail Giant” by the name Wallmart. I don’t really care if the products come from China. At this time in my life only one thing matters and that is how cheap can I by my daily essentials or whatever else is on the overly stocked shelves. Honestly, since I shop for myself only, I loath waiting in the long lines behind multiple families who shopping carts are full. However this time different, I am on a secret mission only known to me. I will sit in a lawn and garden chair and feel the shopping experience.
I entered Walle World through the plants department and having forgotten about my secret mission. I headed straight for the Palm Trees. I was hopping the 30$ price tag would be anything but. I see an old Filipino man attempting to lift a 20 pound bag of potting soil. “ Hey! Ta Ta you like me lift that for you?” He smiles and says “bom-by I almost break my back.” “Can! Then we can sue and be rich” I replied as I lifted the Miracle Grow into the cart. We laugh and go or separate ways. Heading towards the lawn and garden display, I made a point to choose the best fitting chair to absorb my surroundings. They were in the same open set up so I choose the red set because it matches my shirt and will help me blend in.
Flop Flop Flop! The sound of middle school boys running around in slippers as they pass by. Mommy! Mommy! Can we have Mc Donalds? A 6 year old pleads. Only if you do your homework replies the Mom. “So did you get that chicks number at Tiki Lounge last night?” Two young men are conversing while stocking up on Pedigree. “You know that! shootz! she took me to her house” All smiles he becomes, “but we neva do nothing she just went to sleep.” After four bags of Pedigree loaded they walk away. Um French fries are being dropped all over the ground as the lil boy just learning to walk holds the lil bag. J.r J.r where are you! If you don’t come here I will leave you J.r J.r. A concerned mother walking through the store. Flop Flop Flop! Man slippers are every where I think to myself.
A hand grabs my shoulder from behind, I scream on the inside. “What you doing in here boy?” I turn around and see Markus, greeting me with a smile. “Shit you scared me! I almost pulled my knife on you” I jokingly reply. “What you doing here writing notes and staring at people? Plotting to blow up the store!” Markus asked. Yeah I’m going to sell this information to Marketing Company’s and Osama. “Na I’m dong this for English class.” “Oh that what’s sup! Well hope you get an A I gotta go back to work.”

“J.r J.r get off that bike! The police are going to arrest you if they catch you!” J.r mom’s yells trying to manipulate the young boy. Five a clock is a perfect time of day to do an observation as such. I am able to see people from different walks of life interact with each-other. The Family with costumes to celebrate Halloween reminds me of the fun day that I can eat all the free candy I can ask for. The “amazingly beautiful Filipino girl” who’s wearing a pleasantly attractive summer perfume that complements her warm smile and long brown hair makes me very happy to be here in this very moment even if I’m to shy to say hello.

Toxic Garbage Island

I felt very disturbed while watching this movie. This movie was based on a bunch of currents that pushed all of the garbage that lingered in the Pacific Ocean into a huge pile named The Eastern Garbage Patch, which is located a couple of hundred of miles off of Hawaii. Watching this movie makes me wonder how the hell did all of this garbage end up right off of Hawaii? It makes me think of grateful I am to live in this beautiful place and we are slowly killing the Earth by doing horrific things like polluting. I feel like we are setting up our children and our future for disaster, by not taking care of our environment.

Plastic Garbage Island

I thought that plastic garbage island was very scary to see. I had no idea how much trash has been collected within our oceans. Here in Hawaii we depend so much on the ocean and we live for what the ocean can provide to us. To see that people have no respect for the ocean is sad and how much gargabe has been accumilated together and all that garbage out there could be larger that then island that we live on. We need to be more mindful of where we put our trash and what we throw away. Anything that we can do to recycle correctly and to try and as they say these days "go green".

To each their own

After recalling the videos that we watched in class I picked the Landlord one.

Humor is humor. Who's to say what is to be censored and what isn't. I believe that if you don't want to see certain things then don't watch them, if you don't want younger people or your children to see them then set limits or monitor while they are on the web. But no I don't think they should be censored. Everyone is old enough to know what they want to watch or should watch while on the internet, or on television for that matter. To each their own right? its good to have a sense of humor and to laugh every now and then

Pacific Patch of "Nastyness"

The post that I thought changed my perspective the most was the video we watched about the Pacific Garbage Patch. I was never a very "green" person. I don't tend to chose organic things over plastics or non-recyclables. Yes, I would collect HI-5 bottles but that was only for the pleasure of the extra 5 cents that one could get. A couple of my friends are completely "hippy-fied," and I never understood why. This video made me want to be more conservative about where trash goes. It's not only plastics that are killing our environment, it's ourselves. We leave our trash everywhere and this is the reason for the Pacific Garbage Patch. It really is a site to see, not because it is beautiful, because it makes you want to be aware. Seeing all of that trash in the water makes me want to go up there and do something about it. For now, all I can do is stay aware of what products that I consume and make sure that they make it into the trash instead of the ocean.

Landlord Response

I feel that inappropriate information should be censored on the internet. This video presents a kind of humor that should not be accessible to young children. The video paints a vivid image that its is acceptable for a toddler to use obscene language and terms. Accessibility by adults is ok because they posses the maturity to distinguish that the video is humerous and unrealistic. Children however may watch this video with the impression that it is ok to rant and rave obscenities as a child. Therefore an appropriate age limit censorship should be applied to internet browsing.

Take Responsibility of Trash Entering Our Oceans.

In the clip we saw of Toxic: Garbage Island, the whole purpose of the clip is to open not just America's eyes but the world's eyes on a topic that people ignore, however we can't anymore. Because its getting bigger and more noticeable that we can't hide that fact that its there. Toxic Garbage Island is something important and we should do something about it. In the state of Hawaii, there are many conservation programs for high school students, it shouldn't be in the hands of high school students only it should be placed in the hands of everybody right now. There is no time to wait, it will only get worst.

Many families use the ocean for family activities or just to fish or dive. It's a place where families grow and share lessons of fishing or the ocean. Can you imagine if instead of catching fish, we start catching loads and loads of trash and plastic. I wouldn't want my future children or future generations to experience fishing or other ocean activities like that. We need to conserve not destroy.

In conclusion, the clip reminded me of all the conservation programs that I joined during high school. During each program we learned about how its our responsibility to take care of our aina and ocean. We should remind ourselves of how the past Hawaiians were, very subsistence ( living off the land). We should turn our backs to plastic, canned, glass bottles or containers, and instead use our natural resources.

entertainment or offense?

The video that sparked my interest most was the Landlord clip. It was the first video we watched and my freewrite was pretty long. I believe that good information should not be censored. If a means of information is needed by anyone, it should be available to the public. If you don't want children seeing these kinds of things, they make things called "parental control" that prohibits them from seeing it. As for humor in this video i thought it was fine. It made me laugh and wasn't too obscene. I don't swear a lot and i certainly don't find the video offensive. It didn't make me uncomfortable either. When it comes down to it, it's purely about entertainment. A lot of people would enjoy it so why not be able to make people laugh. The baby was cute too, she wasn't in a "bad influence" kind of situation because she doesn't even know what she's saying so it doesn't really affect her.

Tainting the Future

I chose the Landlord prompt. I think that the Internet should be censored because there are so many people of different ages and different views out there in the world. Some people find it funny but some find it very offensive. I personally think that in a shallow light this is funny but when you look deeper into it, they are scarring that little girl for life. That might sound a bit dramatic, but the point is that their telling or teaching that kids those words is harmful. She will say it all the time now. In other areas of the Internet, it should be censored as well. An example is provocative pictures, these should not be able to be on the Internet where anyone can access it. Many kids use the Internet for entertainment and schoolwork so they shouldn't be tainted or tempted by this. They shouldn't even have to worry or deal with it. Do we really want to put this into our kid's minds?

Firewalls vs. Responsibility

The free write topic that stood out most to me was Internet censorship or “The Landlord”. I think that if you look hard enough, you can find virtually anything on the Internet, legal or not. But should people be taking time out of their busy schedule to put firewalls up on their computer for their children? Or should the other people be thinking about how their clips may affect people before they post them, or at least post them in places where children won’t be able to get to them?

Personally, I couldn’t help but think that the video clip was a bit humorous, but I’m a high school student that is graduating this year at the same time. By a lot of other people’s standards, this clip may be extremely offensive. If I were to go into the topic of morality in America, I could go on and on about how we are entertainment-wise compared to places in conservative Eastern Asia, but I wont.

My point is, even if people don’t like some of the things that are on the Internet, they will be there, and you should prepare to see them. Whether or not society is wrong is another discussion.

In my opinion, posting things like “The Landlord” in places that are easily accessed shouldn’t happen. The poster/s should take into consideration who will be able to see their content and post accordingly, or at least provide a warning of some sort.

Don't Censor the Internet Bitches!

I chose to post my guided freewrite on The Landlord. I definitely do not think that info on the internet should be censored. The person using the internet should do his or her own censoring. If you don't like it, don't watch it. And if you have children in the house, take control. There are ways to limit what they see. I believe in "Freedom of Speech", and as long as you're not posting child porn or anything else disgusting and illegal, I feel that it falls under this very important amendment.

This video clip is hilarious! I've seen it a few times before, and it just gets funnier. It's funny partly because it's so ridiculous. And anytime I see a baby swear, in real life or not, I laugh. It's completely harmless too because that little girl has no idea what she is saying, and will not remember saying it. There is a certain innocence to it. I would say it is definitely appropriate for an adult audience, but I could see how some people could take offense to it. I'm so glad I'm not one of them, because they're missing out on some funny shit bitches!

The Landlord.

I am just beginning to use the internet and after watching this clip I know realize why I am so strict with what my daughters do when they are on the computer. I am appalled by how many of us can find this kind of entertainment humorous and how many will use other children to get a cheap laugh. We as adults should be examples for our children . Making our own mistakes is bad enough. I am disturbed that our children our watching these clippings and gathering their own train of thoughts on the situation. People who put these kinds of clippings should be ashamed of themselves but it will never happen because society applauds this twisted type of humor. I have lost respect for the parent of the child in that clip.

Should the Web be Censored?

I feel that the information on the web shouldn't be censored, the only reason for it to be censored is for the children but if their parents were smart then they would have set-up a parental control system for the Internet, so that they can control what their child is exposed to. But, if it had to be censored I would think it's because many children search the web for school or amusement and the web is just one of those factors that influence how the child turns out in the end. Many adults don't necessary allow their child to be involved with the type of languages they use on most websites. This kind of humor isn't appropriate, especially when you show a young girl who doesn't even look over the age of four, swearing. What message is that telling our children? But looking another way, if people don't approve then they can always get off the website. The funny thing about inappropriate web pages is that come parents won't allow their children to watch or listen to certain things on the web, but they allow themselves to, which makes no sense at all, it's like they have double standards.

Landlord Clip

I think that the computer is a good resource for gathering information, and yes somethings on there are really funny. Unfortunately, I did not see the HUMOR in using little children to play adult roles to me that is so wrong. I don't think this type of behavior is appropriate..MY opinion! Our Children are only innocent for so long cause soon after that LIFE has it's way. Like I said It's my opinion....

Obscenities are entertaining

I don't think the internet should be censored, it's a useful resource that is available to everyone and should remain that way. When watching the video "The Landlord" I thought it was hilarious, and enjoyed the happy endorphins I got from laughing. Some people definitely will find watching this video offensive, but it their choice to watch it or not. The talk of censoring the internet I think is stupid and selfish. People who freak out about internet obscenities should not overreact and ruin the fun for everyone else. Anyways it's a choice everyone has to make it's not like people are being forced into watching obscene content on the internet. I like to watch funny videos on you tube, and sometimes part of my idea of funny is fowl language. So I'm against internet censorship.