Osama Bin Laden...Can we feel safer?

Osama Bin Laden dead..Can we feel safer? 

Terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden, who masterminded the 9/11/01, killing 3000 people and bringing down the twin towers, was caught by the US Navy Seals and killed as per order of  President Obama on 5/1/11 because Osama was a war criminal after committing such a horrific act. As a result, we are left with many questions that remain unanswered, for instance, is the world a safer place now that he is gone and are we really sure that a 9/11/01 will not happen again? 

             When President Obama ordered the murder of Osama people felt his murder was justified especially those who lost someone in the 9/11. However, some also stated that it will not bring their loved ones back home. Osama may be dead but the fear of terrorism has now grown even more and it has spread a mistrust about every day living. As we try to go on our every day lives we are worried about our safety and security. Airports now literally pat you down like they do criminals.  There is no more trust. This is not going to go away it is here to stay. Osama may be dead, but he has left future generations in fear. 

               President Obama who has received two Nobel Peace Prize can surely find a better way to lead us into the future. It is not an easy mission for our leader's to keep us safe from harm, but I don't believe it will come in a manner which means putting young people in arms way by sending them to fight wars. How can we have peace if we continue to kill each other. The whole idea doesn't make clear sense to me and I don't support it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/world/02osama-bin-laden-obituary.html?_r=1&scp=9&sq=osama%20bin%20laden&st=cse

Memento

 

What is your purpose in life? Many existentialists believe that you should live your life with a purpose and meaning. The movie Memento portrayed exactly what an existentialist would think. Leonard lived his life purposly to try and find, as well as kill, the man who murdered and raped his wife. 

The main character, Leonard, was on a search for the man who raped and murdered his wife but on top of that he suffered an accident that caused him to not be able to make new memories. This was caused by a man who was thought to have helped out on the killing of his wife. Leonard may have lost his ability to remember new memories but he has the help of Polaroid pictures that he writes notes on as well as notes and tattoos that he uses to pick up on where he left off before he forgets what he was doing. Everyday he wakes up to try and continue the search to find the killer and that was his meaning of life. To not be able to make memories sort of puts a hold on what your purpose of really living is when your limited to what you can remember without your control. Leonard may not have understood completely as to what happened after the murder of his wife but he wakes up uses the clues he leaves himself to try and figure it out on his own.

I personally didn't like the movie at first because it started with the ending. I thought to myself the ending of movies are always what you anticipate for and when you find them out before the movie is over it's technically ruined for you. As I continued to watch the movie little by little I began to pick up on the pieces that were missing and I wanted to know what happened right before. This movie you anticipate to learn what actually happened in the beginning. To understand the movie completely one must watch it for them self.

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest; Existentialism.

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey was originally a book that was made into a movie in 1975. This movie (and also book) is about patients who rebel against the rules and regulations of the ward they live on. Existentialism is about the meaning of ones life and this movie shows exactly that. The patients on the ward are there because of psychological disorders. This ward is like their own society in which they try to find meaning in themselves. It challenged what society originally would have thought of them as "insane" or "crazy" but they dug deeper in trying to find out their purpose in life and to not just listen to a nurse who belittles them. McMurphy, one of the main characters, helped all the patients see that there was more to them then just what the nurse says they are. He tries to make them see that there is a meaning behind their lives and existence in the world. He didn't think they should just sit around listening to the nurses rules that he found absurd and to just live life in the moment.

The book and the movie were completely different. I didn't like the movie at all. I liked the book and it was upsetting seeing that the movie wasn't as god. I like the existentialist topic and how it was shown better in the book then the movie. Even though I am not an existentialist I do feel they have a point and it makes me view things differently.