Chapter 6 Question 2

 The risk of losing my friends or even a job

For me, I have not been in a time when I stood my ground on an issue despite the risk of losing my friends or even a job. I believe most of us have faced the situation that is tough to make a decision. However, if we can find the balance point that can smoothen both sides, things will be much easier in our lives. There is an example I have gone through when I was fourteenth. I still remember on that day, I hung out with a group of friends. We were just chit chatting and mentioned about different religions. They were saying that God does not really exists. In their mind, the story of the whole holy thing was just a foolish joke to the world. People who believe in God are dumb. I was strongly disagreed with what they said and we had a different opinion on that topic. Even though I am not a baptized christian, I do not like to ridicule or to make fun of God or other religions. Unfortunately, they started to get mad at me because I was not at their side. At that moment, I realized that if I continued to stay strong on what I thought, it would result in a horrible fight between us which I may lose my friends. So I stood back and tried to clam them down by slightly changing to another topic. At the end, it worked out. Concluding what I am trying to state from the above experience is that if we can consider the consequences twice before we take any actions, we surly have the ability to make the situations better. It is not necessarily to take the risk of losing friends or anything important to us.

Chapter 6 Question 1

"Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage"

President Barak Obama opposes legalizing same-sex marriage on a federal level but supports civil unions and equal rights for same-sex couples. There seems to be a contradiction between his words and actions. Since Obama is the president of the United States of America, his decision can definitely influences the whole country. He is trying to remain neutral to the argument by not stating his thought clearly. However, his position is not consistent with his beliefs in equal right. He did not really go into the sensitive topic of gay and lesbian marriage. People in the country still live under a life that is full of variety. For the respond to Nava and Dawidoff's argument that prohibiting same-sex marriage is a denial of the basic rights of gays and lesbians who wish to marry, I think Obama will stay neutral as well. As long as there is no law to restrict the gay and lesbian marriage, Obama will not declare whether he is for or against same-sex marriage. 

Self Intro

HI EVERYONE

My name is Meii Un which pronounce as "May yi". This is my first year college in San Jose State University. My major is International Business. I came from Macao,China to San Francisco last year. And now I am in San Jose. Since I am new to this city, I would love to know more people and make some friends with all of you. Besides, I used to think in a random way without any senses. I hope to learn more about critical thinking in comm41 so that I think in a rational way.