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Rich's blog.

Rich wrote a blog connecting freedom vs. security to the matrix and then gun control. Here is my response to his blog.

Rich, freedom and security are both powerful elements that require a complex balance  with in our society. With gun control, I can see how that can be seen as freedom vs. security argument. I would also add though, that the pro-gun people believe owning a gun is security because it allows them to defend themselves. They feel without their guns: A- They are not secure, B- Their freedoms are being violated, and C- a tyrannical government could take over which happens to be quite illogical because no matter how many guns we buy as a people, there is no way we could out gun the US military. They have something called missiles, planes and tanks. Additionally, in Australia, this same dilemma occurred in the 90's and they dealt with it. They based a ban on assault rifles, going against much public outcry. But it worked, there was no revolution or anything, and they have not had any massacres since 1996 when they passed this legislation. I hope the United States will come to our senses and do the same.


Jordan's Blog

Jordan wrote about truth vs. reality and the matrix. How taking the pill, really is you making that choice. 

Jordan, the question of whether our world is true always fascinates me. How do we know our world isn't fake? We don't. We just accept our world like how we accept what we are ignorant to. If I am ignorant to the truth, I will believe in my own ignorant truth. Now is it bad for me to live with this ignorance? Is it really hurting me? Probably not, who cares if I am living is an ignorant reality. I will never know the difference between that world and the truth. Sure we would like to know the truth, but there is really no way for us to know, or at least for thousands of years, when our science advances enough to find this out. 
Now onto the pill, I personally have no idea which one I would have chosen. It seems like it would have been more fun to take the same pill Neo chose and I think I would have felt pressure to take that one regardless because they would have came over to me for no reason.