Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Im a criminal and so are you

Reporter of CNN Michelle Alexander wrote an article about the way prisoners are treated after trial. She says prisoners are treated as of they aren't regular people, they cant get certain jobs, they lose the privilage to vote, ect. Not saying that someone who is a sex offender should be able to go out and get a job around children. Or someone who is labeled as abuse to a child shouldn't be ale to go get a job a daycare or something. Im just saying they should be able to get any job that doesn't have anything to do with what they were locked up for. For example a sex offender should be able to go and get a job being a trash man, they're not working with people in close contact. They should also be able to vote as well, what is the harm they are causing by voting for a president. Sometimes it also takes their privilage to get welfare; if your stopping them from getting a job then how are they supposed to live on nothing? I don't think they should take all of those privilages away. I believe they should just take away the neccessary privialges.

In China, Human Costs Are Built Into An Ipad

This is an article that is about the employees safety working on Ipads. It started off with an anecdote talking about worker Lai Xiaodong. I think it started off with that anecdote because the article is about the safety of the employees, and Xiaodong was caught in the explosion that ripped through building A5 on friday evening last May. They also talked about the living conditions after a long day at work. They worked 24 hour shift everyday. They went home to share at three bedroom apartment with about 30 different employees. So basicly this was like slavery, but sugar coated. They worked long shifts, had to share an apartment with several workers, and still didnt get payed what they worked for. There were also problems with the ipads because of the long shifts with hardly no sleep, and the unhealthy living. Workers say that apple didnt care about the workers nor the problems that were going on with the Ipads.As you can see with the explosion with Xiaodong.