Monday, December 6, 2010

The Modernization of Society.

Throughout the past century and even a decade before that many changes have been made in society including the way we dress, the information we share with the public, the way we share that information, and even the relationships. Just to get an idea of how things have changed look at the way we dress now compared to the 1920's. Here is a little line of pictures dating all the way back to the style of clothing in the 1920's.

1920 Pictures, Images and Photos
1920

1930 Pictures, Images and Photos
1930
1940 Pictures, Images and Photos
1940

1950 Pictures, Images and Photos
1950

1960 Pictures, Images and Photos
1960

1970 Pictures, Images and Photos
1970

1980 Pictures, Images and Photos
1980

1990 Pictures, Images and Photos
1990

As you can see fashion has changed in many ways and it is influenced a lot by what happens in society. I believe that the color and style of clothing can begin to express the economic situations through out the nation. During the Great Depression many families stated that they wore potatoe sacks because their family could not afford any type of fabric that would be used to make trousers or dresses. So their clothes were sown from potatoe sacks. You can tell when most people are homeless because of the clothing they wear. Although all of that is true, history is what truley inspired the designers including the economy and the environment.






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVtAzb11_pM&feature=channel


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmozsGBYAV8

Death Penalty

Agree with capital punishment? death penalty? execution? If you answered yes to any of those then you believe that the killing of a person by a judicial process as a punishment is acceptable. If you answered no you might believe that the person who may have done a horrendous crime should stay in prison instead of being placed on death row. This is a very controversial issue. One arguement made is the government does not have the right to take a life. Some agree with John Locke stating that life is a natural right along with liberty and property. I personally agree with the death penalty in the terms of a murder; I believe if you take someone elses life you do not deserve yours. There are many other factors that could be a key part of my belief in the death penalty. One factor is maybe the murder was not intentional maybe all the evidence shows that the murder was an act of self defense. The main problem is you never know what truley happened unless you are there. The person convicted although all evidence leads towards them they could be the wrong person. You never know, the person could of been set up, anything could of happened and one of the pther problems is people are capable of lying about anything.

According to a recent poll conducted by gallup.com majority of the public agrees with my opinion. 64% of the population polled agree with the death penalty. 69% of those people are white, 58% are women, 78% are republicans. I could fall under any of those three groups.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/144284/Support-Death-Penalty-Cases-Murder.aspx