blog 6-freebie

There is nothing like the sound of two football pads hitting each other early in the morning. The National Football League has been producing big hits for centuries. Many of these hits have become illegal and rule changes have been emphasized to protect the players. In this video, Tom Brady releases the ball and an opposing team player is pushed to the ground infront of him. The Ravens player did not even make contact with Tom Brady of the Patriots but because of the rule change, there was a 15 yard penalty and a first down issued. This call was very controversial because Tom Brady looked at the referee and demanded a penalty be called. I also agree with Rodney Harrison when he tells Tom Brady to, "Take off your skirt and put some slacks on." I agree with this because you cannot be losing a game, demand a penalty, and then later in that drive win the game. The rules are important to protect quarterbacks but this season is getting rediculous. With Tom Brady, you dont even have to touch him to get a penalty. But, if you do the same thing with San Fransisco's quarterback Sean Hill, I can guarentee that there will be no penalty called. The reason I am posting this blog is to tell people that the NFL used to be a game devoted to big hits and hurting the quarterback. Now, the quarterback barely gets touched and there is a penalty. I want to see the game go back to its more violent nature where big hits are on the regular and the quarterback is not an exception to hits.

The Death Penalty-Blog 5

How you would you feel if you were sitting on death row getting ready to get executed? Would you want to serve life in prison or would you just like to die? The issue of the death penalty is very controversial in my opinion. 34 states in the United States of America have the death penalty and somtimes they even have an express line for some hardcore criminals.


My opinion

I believe that they should get rid of the death penalty. I believe this because it wastes the taxes that we pay, it costs more money to execute a criminal than it does to keep that criminal in jail for life. I also believe that it sends the wrong message to people: why are we killing people who killed people to show that killing is wrong? That is a very hypocritical statement because if people see that the government is killing people and saying killing is wrong they will get confused. Even jurys are reluctant to make a coviction because they know the result will be the death penalty which in turn leaves these bad criminals on the street. The final reason that i believe that they should get rid of capital punishment is how they execute their prisoners. The first way and most common is lethal injection. This way is very effective and kills the prisoner with almost no pain. The next way is with electrocution, which in my opinion is cruel and unusual punishment. More than half than the time the prisoner experiences enormous amounts of pain and sometimes they did not die. Another way is with a gas chamber, that is disgusting and horrible considering how many jews that Hitler killed with gas chambers. Hanging is another way to execute the prisoners along with the firing squad.

Question
Do you think that they should keep or remove capital punishment/the death penalty?