Saturday, May 20, 2006


Gabriel Sanchez

Danger for the future of the world

There are people killing themselves around the world. Hate and intolerance are on the schedule from now on. The main reason is the environment where kids, who determinate the future of the culture, are growing and watching is full of violence and chaos, which have a lot of influence in them. Not just the younger ones, also the grownups have the same problem with the sensationalist press and news with the same nature. The media has a massive damage power over all kinds of minds, but the immature ones are the more sensitive to media dangers.
In the case of children, it must be know their childhood has been killed by unsupervised television and the internet. They don’t have an appropriate development; if we compare the older generations’ development we will find a very marked difference: our parents didn’t have a TV or their TV was only for give informative shows. The children just sit in front of the TV and absorb all the information they can, good or bad doesn’t matter only the fact the program is exiting to watch, things like fights, explosions, shooting and more, which means the bad shows, because now the TV shows are focused on education are considered as not cool.
Also the parents of these children are people totally dedicated to work and don’t pay attention to their families. They just think about their careers and the families stay in second place. But is unfair blame only the parents, because the main guilty of this problem are the owners of the TV stations whose just don’t care about the minds of kids and the coming generations. Money and the audience are the objective for them. They play all kinds of shows and series, most of it with violent or sexual content. Children don’t have the right orientation about these contents, so they can't make a correct interpretation of the messages, and will take it like reality, things in the case of cartoons, which with their funny way to show the things, they make the violence less perceptible, but the bad message is still there.
Other problems with these programs are actions heroes. In cartoons and regular movies and series, our TV superheroes, it is hard to say, are promoters of violence and antisocial behavior. They solve their problems with the others and the world using their hands, punching, kicking, shooting, and even killing. So the innocent kids want to do the same things and this is wrong.
The dialogs have been lost from the kids’ minds, always the first option is fight and the second one is fight, too. The resource for solving a problem without conflict is considered a girl’s thing. Only the weak ones don’t fight, so it became a social problem, too. Studies have demonstrated that children who watch violence on TV became potentially violent adults, so the thing isn’t a phase which will pass when they get older. This is forever. The other side of the same problem is that in some kids, violence on TV doesn’t inspire bad behavior, but the opposite: a fear of the outside world making them depressed and too sensitive, damaging a very important phase in their process of maturing.
Defenders of the media may be having a point when they say, “it’s better for the kids stay home watching TV than be outside in a gang”, but we have to analyze, why do they form a gang? The same studies reveal that a group of violent children may want to be with people with the same philosophy and of course because they’re watching it on TV. So when we leave them in front of the television, they’re learning how to form a gang.
Now we can have an idea of how the future is going to be if we let the problem of media violence continue in our homes, the named so many times future of the world will have desire of destruction, so it wouldn’t be very pretty. The only recommendation that can be posted is this: take care of your kids are watching, if there are watching something not good for them, just explain them that isn’t real and is dangerous if they do it. Because the media world would not disappear for keep children’s minds clean of bad things.

Works cited
“Research on the Effects of Media Violence.”




Gamal Abdel Nasser: Solution or problem
By: Gabriel Sanchez

Gamal Abdel Nasser showed the Western world the things that a man with desire for vengeance can do to his own country and people to reach his objectives. When he became a military leader, he organized an armed group named “The free Officers” with the objective of giving back the control of Egypt to the Arabs no matter what. In those moments, the Egyptians did not have a free nation. They were living under the control of the British Empire. On July 23, 1952, the military allies of Nasser gave a coup of state to the government and dethroned Faruk I, the representative of the Egyptians. In 1956 Gamal Abdel Nasser became president of Egypt and that is when everything in this Arabian country started to change radically.
As soon the Egypt control was in Arabs hands again, the new political order began to nationalize the lands of the nation in British control, almost all the times by force. Besides others political parties were forbidden, all kind of democracy was erased to secure the ideological domain of the Free Officers.
In these nationalized lands was the Suez Canal, a very important territory that determined the entrance and exit of crude oil from all Europe. This situation was the cause of the Sinai War (1956), a very violent conflict between England, France, an invited Israel and Egypt, who refused to surrender to British control again, the war last almost a week. The blood spilling ended in the moment when USSR threatened England and France with international war if they did not leave the Sinai zone.
These kind of confrontations happened many times in different proportions, but the desire of get back his territory motivated Nasser to keep going with his nationalization project. Another important event was the Six Days War (1967), in which the Arabs nations united against Israel. This conflict for Nasser did not mean getting back Egyptians lands from the enemy; it was about supporting his Arabs comrades against the Jewish threat. The war didn’t end well for the Arabs nations and more for Egypt who had a lot of military downs. The president Nasser recognizing his mistake left his charge, but his people did not accept it and asked for his return.
The relevance of all these conflicts and blood spilling was only the desire to rid the world of all Jewish peoples. Gamal Abdel Nasser was a very good example of that desire and he was just one person with a radical behavior. It is important to know what extremist thought and a little bit power could do in nation like Egypt. In those wars the Sinai Peninsula was invaded and the people who lived there suffered directly and numerously times chaos and destruction, all this because the Sinai Peninsula is a very good strategic point in war times.
It looks like Abdel Nasser didn’t care the safety of his followers and the people who believed in him, leaving us a puzzle to solve ¿why when Nasser abandon his charge the people asking him return? The answer is easy for the same reason they chose him, an enormous hate for the occidental countries shared by all Arab people. They do not mind dying for his beliefs. However, there were people who were not disposed to die in those lands. People who appreciated life and care for it, they do not wanted to be worried all day about their safety or if the children will come back when they go to play at the street.
The Sinai and Six Days wars have taken thousands of innocents’ lives of both cultures; these kinds of conflicts only bring spite to the Arabs and Jewish people making at the same time an endless vicious circle of death and hate. And how the things can get when somebody as Gamal Abdel Nasser, reach some power, try to imagine if someone fanatic lead your country to war against a more powerful nation the results will be awful. The desire of eliminate a rival culture does not worth the well be of an entire nation.

Word cited
Encyclopedia Encarta 2006 DVD version search “Gamal Nasser”

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A Hell’s Batlle
By Gabriel Sanchez

Almost a month has gone by since the destruction of the eighth circle of hell’s boss and now everything’s quiet a disturbing silence invades all “Rat’s Alley”. Our hero, once known as Al Simmons, an ex-assassin who made a pact with the devil itself in change for revenge of his murderer, is thinking in his next move. His mind stills thinking in what happened one year ago when he had to kill the being who gave him a second chance, the same who turn him into a hell's spawn, a armored warrior with infernal weapons with the purpose of command the hell's troops to the victory against the entire world in exchange of his revenge. Hell spawn, that’s how he was named, had a different thought about this infernal alliance. He did have the intention of lead troops to war, he just wanted to get vendetta, so this situation became an infernal war.
Now with his thoughts messed up he can not see what’s coming next, so he's still waiting in the shadows for demon’s counterattack. The anguish consumes him like flames on paper, but it wasn’t fear what he felt in that moment was uncertainty of not known his own future.
One stormy night in special when he was watching “Rat’s Alley” from a church’s ceiling. He heard screams of agony and joy at the same time somewhere deep in the street which can have an only one meaning: the demons are back for the traitor. The hell’s spawn started to run to the screaming direction, the lightings and the rain seems raising the sound of the demons, all that it could be hear besides the agony shouts is the crashing of the heavy boots and the chains of our hero on the buildings roofs, these were breaking with the strength of his falls.
When he got there, the screaming was gone and a dark cloud began to rotate around him. Suddenly a hundred of skinny claws started to scratch hell spawn body like hungry dogs, but the pain caused by these claws was nothing to him if we compare it with the suffering the demons would feel. In the moment when hell spawn threw his full of spikes chains against the demons, it started piercing their thin bodies and mutilating their arms and legs. The chains seemed to be possessed, turning around to inflict more damage and holding back all the demons. Later our hero took out of his wounded body an enormous sword; it was the same that he used to kill the hell’s ruler. In that moment the entire infernal group screamed again, but this time the fear was the reason. The hell spawn started to swing his blade around cutting everything on his way, the black blood and the smell of dead covered the entire alley and the dark of the night was cut by the gleam of the gigantic sword. The battle lasted at least an hour, it was the endless fight he has ever had. In the middle of the cadavers pile, was hell spawn dripping a mixture of his blood and demons´, scarcely breathing, almost bled to death, but at the same time with a big smile like he enjoyed the battle. After he recovered his energy he went to the only place he had considerate his home, the last church in “Rat’s Alley”.
The belfry looks like the best place in the world now. He just sat there and wait that his injures heal by themselves and think about what had just happened. Whereas the green blood reentry to our hero's body, he started planning what he would do with the rest of the demons, he has just killed a little part of them and they don't have any intentions of staying under surface.
The only thing he can figure was, even though seems ironic, take the hell himself. Have the throne of the king of devils looks like the only way to guarantee his own safety and humanity’s, so when he felt ready to leave he get close to a fire because it's the connection with the hell.
When hell spawn arrived to that infernal place, he realized that the second in charge known as “the annihilator”; a really big demon with great powers, twice the size of our hero, was preparing the next attack. Hundreds of creatures formatted around the throne waiting for orders. The hell spawn knew that was time to act, so he jumped like there wasn’t a tomorrow and a red blood cloak cover the hell's ceiling, when he finally landed with a big clatter; spawn was just in front of “the annihilator”, this one reaction was to attack hell spawn, but the fist of hell spawn was already full of spikes and getting into the demon mouth. A yell of pain resound in the all Hades, the claw of Annihilator reached to pierce the hell spawn's body, the enormous demon threw what he thought was the lifeless body of his enemy, but in the moment that the body was in mid air the powerful chains of hell spawn flown to the annihilator’s neck inviting him to fly too. Both infernal warriors strike against the floor, but they immediately got up and continued fighting. Have just been some second when the battle started, but seems like an eternity for the devilish watchers. They knew everything will finish soon.
The roar of the Annihilator could be heard for all the Averno and the both blood was scattered for all over the places they fought. Then in a moment of weakness the enormous demon disregard his defense, moment that our hero take advantage of and threw his chains over the diabolic neck of his opponent and start to saw it with its spikes finally taking his head off.
Tomb silence covers all the hell. Every demon got quiet and began to kneel with acceptance to the new ruler of the hell. Hell spawn, understanding the situation got sit his painfully earned throne. Laying there and resting quietly, thinking again, but this time he is safe because no one in hell can defeat him on battle, so he can concentrate in have under control the hell and only he can decide in doing good or evil on his life or the entire world because that is the power the hell's throne gives.

Word cited
Based in hell spawn character created by Todd McFarlane.

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

diferences between two equal men


There were also several differences between Washington and Lincoln.The first one is that Washington came from a wealthy aristocratic backgroundand and many years of schooling. In the other side Lincoln came from a poor background and had very little schooling. Another difference between the two involved their military roles. Washington was a general and a military leader, then he became president. Lincoln never served in the army. He was a lawyer who early on became a politician. When he became president, he took on the role of commander in chief, as all U.S. presidents do. Despite his lack of military background or training. Lincoln made several strategic decisions that enabled the U.S. military leaders to win the Civil War. However he was assasinated after winning the war, leaving alot of things unfinished for the country.
Finally, Washington served for two terms and therefore had eight years to accomplish his policies. Nevertheless
this two men were the basis for what is america today and if they had something in commun was they loved america.

Thursday, April 06, 2006

People of Gaza


Based in the movie "Gaza Strip" i gotta say is hell in there. They can not do anything. Their homes are bulldozder every day.The israeli army throw posionus gas to kick them out of their houses. The jewish shot to kill when the arabs get close to the fences, or throw stones against the tanks or when they protest.
Every day the border between the two territory grown to the jewish side, the palestines have to move on more and more close to the sea. Even the roads are in the beach now. And the situation is getting worse with the time. But there is a theme we can`t forget is the fact that in the video we could see the palestine situation, the jewish point of view is missing. However the thing doesn`t look good for this people

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Generals Guidelines

The real importance of known a lenguage, lie in the fact of his well use. There are diferents ways to known it, but maybe the best would be the definitions of terms,things than we use to talk or write, but we dont realize where the come front or if they are offensive, sexist, etc. we just say things in the way we think they are right and this is because we think that is the only way to say it.
Aslo the fact that the pseudogeneric "he " has became the a big determinant in our way of talk this habit has crossed the border of time and culture, almost every term use a suffixes man or prefixxes man or they refer an action that a man do, sounds like he would do it.

Personally i think this document is very important to the people who want to know about the real situation of aour language and want to imrpve his way of expression.

Thursday, February 02, 2006

a carnival


I am not a carnivals man so i dont have many memories of carnivals but my finest experience was few years ago when i just go with my friends and the freedom was my partner i did what i wanted and in my original way and nobodys cared so i planning do it again. i invite you to celebrate and enjoy in your own way no matter the people says about you.