Source #1:
Where to Invade Next http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4897822/ In the documentary Where to Invade Next, Michael Moore the man himself deliberately put the pretty picture of shame into the minds of Americans. He did just this by being the “invader” himself, traveling around the world to different countries. Such as Italy, France, Finland, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Norway, Tunisia and Iceland. While roaming the sidewalks of the empowered areas, his main purpose was to take some of there deep cultured wisdom, laws and rules and basically “steal” them.Then bringing them back to the U.S where the help is much needed. Whether you are to agree or disagree with his attempts to do so, the facts and the lives of these cultures were powerful and prominent. Most of the people who were interviewed by Moore were somewhat surprised of the things we as Americans do on an every day basis. Others were confused and almost afraid. The topics that were discussed ranged from, school lunches in France, to paid vacations in Italy, to the security in prisons in Norway, to college tuition in Germany, and to practice safe sex . Everything in between was just the icing on the political cake. The main purpose of this particular documentary was to mostly inform, but also to persuade the viewer to open his or her eyes to the difference in health, happiness, love in other cultures compared to the culture in America. Are they happier and/or healthier? Well that is for the viewer to decide. Moore decided to take matters into his own hands and discuss with multiple people ranging from police officers , to chefs, to doctors, to students and to everyday people form different cultures about how they think their rules and laws that they obey are more beneficial to their citizens. Most citizens in other cultures felt almost ashamed to talk about Americans because they stand in a different belief system. The invasion consisted of very blunt questions and actions that were answered very straight forward. Apparently our way of law and order is the wrong way and has stood in the wrong for many years, current and future. The invasion consisted of very blunt questions and actions that were answered very straight forward. But Moore had a plan. A plan to invade. Source #2: Economy Rowe, Abigail. "Economy." Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment, edited by Yvonne Jewkes, and Jamie Bennett, Willan Publishing, 1st edition, 2007. Credo Reference, https://libdb.dccc.edu/login?url=http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/willandpp/economy/0?institutionId=5109. Accessed 29 Nov 2017. I guess you can say that this title doesn't explain much about my argument but again it has everything to do with it. This source describes the drug market of prisons and with inmates who were arrested for narcotics and drug possession. The abuse of drugs and the culture behind it is ideally framed around how its misused in prisons. Majority of security let the inmates “slide” when it comes to drug consumption because they only have so much say when the drug capacity is something most couldn't fathom. People will forever take advantage of the little grace they have, especially inmates, so if the path to that is to take drugs then thats where they fall. The verdict should not be on the drug they were using, but the person who committed the crime, if it even comes to that. The funny thing is that the inmates who were arrested for having possession of drugs are doing the same thing just under federal surveillance. The channel of the the drug market is has so much influence and power that is can equal up to the amenities necessary in a prison. Also, “ Debt is thus inevitable in prison markets (Sparks et al. 1996).” Source #3 Legalizing Drugs Will Reduce Crimes: Husak, Douglas N. "Legalizing Drugs Would Reduce Crime." Legalizing Drugs, edited by Stuart A. Kallen, Greenhaven Press, 2006. At Issue. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, libdb.dccc.edu/login?url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010018216/OVIC?u=pa_de_ccc&xid=b47fb73. Accessed 28 Nov. 2017. Originally published in Legalize This! The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs, Verso, 2002. This documentary separated into three categories that should be addressed more. First, the drug-crime connection and how that triangle can get confusing and very complex. The buyer not being satisfied or refuse to pay etc. That is a personal issue that the actual person decides to handle the situation the way he she wants too, the drug itself did not partake in the crime. The person did. Second, the economic crime, the whole point behind this topic is addiction. That drug addicts will go to extreme measures to get a hit. They need the materials, and if low on cash then the next choice is theft. Again, like Ive said before it is the persons doing, not the drug. Putting the drug addicts at the bottom of the list can put them in a minority that makes them forced to steal for a bump. We as a society need to change our perspectives in people, its time for trust to be let free among us all and know that we are all living our lives the way we are entitled to. People always want what they can’t have and I believe that if the easier it is to get a hold on for adults then the the craving goes way down. It’s all in your sub conscience. Lastly, drugs and violent behavior, and how society makes you believe that the drugs are the issue, when actually only 3 percent of inmates are who were arrested for violence had cocaine in their systems, but majority was alcohol, but that’s legal so its ok.
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