Comments on: Pd. 3 WotW post 4 Shaun Ditzler http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/2009/03/07/pd-3-wotw-post-4-shaun-ditzler/ Shanks for Bloggin! Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:46:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: war_of_the_worlds http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/2009/03/07/pd-3-wotw-post-4-shaun-ditzler/comment-page-1/#comment-536 war_of_the_worlds Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:30:18 +0000 http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/?p=580#comment-536 Kody...two words. GROW UP! Kody…two words. GROW UP!

]]> By: war_of_the_worlds http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/2009/03/07/pd-3-wotw-post-4-shaun-ditzler/comment-page-1/#comment-498 war_of_the_worlds Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:03:45 +0000 http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/?p=580#comment-498 Okay Kody Okay

Kody

]]> By: war_of_the_worlds http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/2009/03/07/pd-3-wotw-post-4-shaun-ditzler/comment-page-1/#comment-482 war_of_the_worlds Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:06:29 +0000 http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/?p=580#comment-482 Actually, what Paula said was basically my point exactly Actually, what Paula said was basically my point exactly

]]> By: war_of_the_worlds http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/2009/03/07/pd-3-wotw-post-4-shaun-ditzler/comment-page-1/#comment-481 war_of_the_worlds Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:05:24 +0000 http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/?p=580#comment-481 Thanks guys! Good responses -Ditz Thanks guys! Good responses
-Ditz

]]> By: war_of_the_worlds http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/2009/03/07/pd-3-wotw-post-4-shaun-ditzler/comment-page-1/#comment-479 war_of_the_worlds Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:01:10 +0000 http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/?p=580#comment-479 Okay....... What does that have to do with anything? Kody Okay……. What does that have to do with anything?

Kody

]]> By: war_of_the_worlds http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/2009/03/07/pd-3-wotw-post-4-shaun-ditzler/comment-page-1/#comment-477 war_of_the_worlds Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:41:10 +0000 http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/?p=580#comment-477 ahhh sorry ^Paula^ ahhh sorry ^Paula^

]]> By: war_of_the_worlds http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/2009/03/07/pd-3-wotw-post-4-shaun-ditzler/comment-page-1/#comment-476 war_of_the_worlds Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:40:00 +0000 http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/?p=580#comment-476 Wow, this post is amazing Shaun!!! I think we are a little bit of both; the ants and the Martians. When, as you said, a boy sprays an anthill with a hose, what do the ants do? Obviously they try to run. But other ants, soldier ants, try to attack and bite the attacker and save whats left of their home. Their resistance may be futile, but they attack anyway because it's their home. This is how humans relate to the ants. We are like the Martians in the sense that we do think of ourselves as higher than the other inhabitants of Earth. We kill animals for food, we take away their homes in nature to build homes for ourselves, and we use them to experiment on anything from shampoos to medicine. Many people don't give a second thought about what we do because they think these creatures are lower than us; they exist only for our benefit. The point is we do these things in order to survive, just like what the Martians are doing when they attack Earth. So you see, we are like ants to the Martians; mindless, weak, unfit to have such a good life on Earth. But we are also like the Martians themselves in that we will do anything it takes in order to survive. Wow, this post is amazing Shaun!!!

I think we are a little bit of both; the ants and the Martians. When, as you said, a boy sprays an anthill with a hose, what do the ants do? Obviously they try to run. But other ants, soldier ants, try to attack and bite the attacker and save whats left of their home. Their resistance may be futile, but they attack anyway because it’s their home. This is how humans relate to the ants.

We are like the Martians in the sense that we do think of ourselves as higher than the other inhabitants of Earth. We kill animals for food, we take away their homes in nature to build homes for ourselves, and we use them to experiment on anything from shampoos to medicine. Many people don’t give a second thought about what we do because they think these creatures are lower than us; they exist only for our benefit. The point is we do these things in order to survive, just like what the Martians are doing when they attack Earth.

So you see, we are like ants to the Martians; mindless, weak, unfit to have such a good life on Earth. But we are also like the Martians themselves in that we will do anything it takes in order to survive.

]]> By: war_of_the_worlds http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/2009/03/07/pd-3-wotw-post-4-shaun-ditzler/comment-page-1/#comment-470 war_of_the_worlds Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:43:50 +0000 http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/?p=580#comment-470 I don't agree with you Abbey about how the Martians were just looking out for themselves and trying to start a new colony. You have to remember that when they eat they just suck the blood out of their victims while they are still alive. Yes I know we still eat other creatures but at least they are dead(usually). But my point is that the Martians were hunting, they weren't here to start fresh. The book says that the Martians had silicon based creatures(made in a laboratory) that had all the same functions as humans. They were definately in the wrong in coming to Earth. They had no reason to come to Earth. Now we aren't just blameless victims in this. We as humans would probably do the same thing IF and only IF humanity was being threatened. Otherwise we would not do anything like that. Kody Bell I don’t agree with you Abbey about how the Martians were just looking out for themselves and trying to start a new colony. You have to remember that when they eat they just suck the blood out of their victims while they are still alive. Yes I know we still eat other creatures but at least they are dead(usually). But my point is that the Martians were hunting, they weren’t here to start fresh. The book says that the Martians had silicon based creatures(made in a laboratory) that had all the same functions as humans. They were definately in the wrong in coming to Earth. They had no reason to come to Earth. Now we aren’t just blameless victims in this. We as humans would probably do the same thing IF and only IF humanity was being threatened. Otherwise we would not do anything like that.

Kody Bell

]]> By: war_of_the_worlds http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/2009/03/07/pd-3-wotw-post-4-shaun-ditzler/comment-page-1/#comment-451 war_of_the_worlds Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:29:27 +0000 http://journaling.clsd.net/mr_shank/?p=580#comment-451 Whoah. Holy in-depth! I think that you hired someone else to do your blog. Haha. I really like these questions. I don't nessarily think that we treat creatures like this, but other human beings (human beans?). There is a wrong, but that wrong is different for everyone. It depends on the background that you have grown up on. People come from different backgrounds (such as different religions) and different rules. I don't think that the Martians were in the wrong. They were just trying to look out for themselves. I don't think that they meant any harm (well maybe a little), they just wanted to find a place where they could live and start another colony. If you really think about it, everyone does the same thing that the Martians, just not the the extreme. A majority of humans live in a house or apartment and they just didn't pop out of nowhere. Trees were sacraficed to accomadate our needs. And animals, we kill eat animals so that we can eat, but animals kill other animals to eat also. We are all guilty of doing things to make sure that we can live. It's a way of life, everyone does it. I don't believe that the Martians were neccessarily the bad guys, they were just trying to look out for themselves. Look at the movie "Wall-e". Earth got bad so they went to the moon to live. Earth wasn't satisfying their needs so they just abonded it. I think that the Martians did the same thing. If we are in danger we look out for ourselves. Wow. I am almost in tears. Haha. Abbey :) Whoah. Holy in-depth! I think that you hired someone else to do your blog. Haha.

I really like these questions. I don’t nessarily think that we treat creatures like this, but other human beings (human beans?). There is a wrong, but that wrong is different for everyone. It depends on the background that you have grown up on. People come from different backgrounds (such as different religions) and different rules. I don’t think that the Martians were in the wrong. They were just trying to look out for themselves. I don’t think that they meant any harm (well maybe a little), they just wanted to find a place where they could live and start another colony.

If you really think about it, everyone does the same thing that the Martians, just not the the extreme. A majority of humans live in a house or apartment and they just didn’t pop out of nowhere. Trees were sacraficed to accomadate our needs. And animals, we kill eat animals so that we can eat, but animals kill other animals to eat also. We are all guilty of doing things to make sure that we can live. It’s a way of life, everyone does it. I don’t believe that the Martians were neccessarily the bad guys, they were just trying to look out for themselves.

Look at the movie “Wall-e”. Earth got bad so they went to the moon to live. Earth wasn’t satisfying their needs so they just abonded it. I think that the Martians did the same thing. If we are in danger we look out for ourselves.

Wow. I am almost in tears. Haha.

Abbey :)

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