"Guilt, you may be thinking warily. Isn't that what we're supposed to feel? But guilt doesn't go anywhere near far enough;the appropriate emotion is shame-shame at our own dependency, in this case, on the underpaid labor of others. When someone works for less pay than she can live on-when, for example, she goes hungry so that you can eat more cheaply and conveniently-then she has made a great sacrifice for you, she has made you a gift of some part of her abilities, her health, and her life. The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society. They neglect their own children so that the children of others will be cared for; they live in substandard housing so that other homes will be shiny and perfect; they endure privation so that inflation will be low and stock prices high. To be a member of the working poor is to be an anonymous donor, a nameless benefactor, to everyone else. As Gail, one of my restaurant coworkers put it, 'you give and you give (Ehrenreich, 221)."
Guns, the cause of 85 deaths per day. Do you know anyone killed due to gun violence? Hunting, and leisure are no excuse for guns; innocent kids, fathers, mothers, family members-the people we love, taken from us, taken by guns you want for leisure. When you know someone personally whose life was taken from you, for sure, the pain never goes away even though time may pass and people may forget-you will always remember the person you lost, how a gun could ruin a life in the blink of an eye, a tragedy, tearing you apart. It's "gun violence," that has ruined many lives, and continues to take the lives of our loved ones. In two years it has killed more than the 58,000 American's who died in the Vietnam War; less men who were fighting on the front line died than here in our country; how shocking that gun violence could kill so many innocent people here in America. Due to gun violence we are not safer at school than anywhere else, yet it is ignored, little change has occurred. How sad, today many fail to notice "a loss is a loss."
Facts from:
"Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence – Gun Law Information Experts." Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.
Joe,
ReplyDeleteI like your blog. The information is very informing and convincing. I like how you try to personally relate to the readers. I got the feeling that you were personally affected by gun violence, but I'm not sure if that's true. That was really good. Your grammar is just a little weird. There's commas where there shouldn't be commas, and words in quotations that don't make any sense. Also, the topic seems like it would be a little hard for you to be able to change in 6 months. The voice you're talking in also doesn't seem appropriate for the topic. Otherwise, I really liked it!