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February 25, 2011

MOVIE EDITING

Filed under: Writing to Persuade 2011 —— Jordan Jacupke @ 9:29 AM

I like this article. I agree with the author that people editing movies and selling them is completely wrong and violates all sorts of copyright laws. When you edit a movie, you take away from the original creativity and you lose the intended effect.
The author makes a good point though, saying that if movie makers dont like their movies being edited, then they should edit them on their own and sell them. Why not make more money?

February 15, 2011

Beer taxes and STD rates– Obviously.

Filed under: Writing to Persuade 2011 —— Jordan Jacupke @ 4:14 PM

So the author here is trying to “prove” that cheap beer is the leading contributor to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. He even uses a government report that claims increasing the tax on a 6-pack of beer by 20 cents could reduce gonorrhea by up to 9 cents.
This is very interesting to me. Although I think that alcohol and STD s have some bearing on each other, they are not that directly related. The studies used did not consider other variables that may have affected the rates for gonorrhea. Also, this article only looks at a single sexually transmitted disease. What about syphilis or chlamydia? Or how about HIV and HPV. Does increasing the tax on a 6-pack really affect all of these–not likely.
It’s kind of funny to think about but i don’t see it as logical.

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