Term 3 Blog Prompt 2

It was a hot and humid Sunday afternoon at Orchard Road with the Great Singapore Sale going on with many customers from all over the country thronging the shops to snatch up the best deals at Ngee Ann Shopping Centre from jewelry perfumes and the atmosphere was so lively and almost everyone had bright smiles of satisfaction having been able to buy all that they wanted or needed at such affordable and good bargains especially at shops selling branded goods as they are usually sold at exorbitant prices and this was one of the few and rare opportunity to be able to buy them.

Same-sex marriage

I feel that same-sex marriage should never be legal in Singapore. Same-sex is definitely not normal and it means that the people who are gays and lesbians have a problem. By legalizing same-sex marriage, it would not solve the problem. Instead, you are encouraging them and influencing others around them too. I feel that we should not be encouraging them; instead, we should be helping them to change. For example, psychiatric treatment would be best for them to realize that what they are doing is abnormal. In fact, same-sex relationships should not be considered a crime too. They should be just brought to seek treatment. Not dealing with the problem effectively and legalizing same-sex relationships would lead cause many complications such as angering them. These activities would cause unrest within a country and a riot would mean people getting hurt.

Legalising same-sex marriages might be able to appease the same-sex people, however, that is definitely not addressing the issue and in the long run, it would be very damaging to the society and the people. If same-sex marriage is made legal, many people would be bolder in announcing their gay or lesbian tendencies and not be afraid to carry out their personal activities in public. In my opinion, this is very unhealthy for the society. Moreover, another major problem that will arise is prejudice. Just like the racism that the Whites had against the blacks, there would be a new form of prejudice that the Straights have against gays and lesbians.

In conclusion, I feel that legalizing same-sex  should not be legalized and that all same-sex people should be able to recognize that there is a problem with them and getting married with someone of the same gender is definitely not normal and that psychiatric treatment would be the best way out for them.

Journal Entry of a day in World War II

It has been three days seen I have been sent out to fight in Germany. Since the day that I have parachuted down, I have been camping in the jungle for two days. We are running out of food as we were very lightly equipped when we jumped out of the plane. We are subjected to constant ambushes from German forces and we cannot advance until we have reinforcements. Our task is to capture a German bridge. Our commander repeatedly reminded us that German forces would be weak and limited for they were all sent out to battle elsewhere. However, I am beginning to doubt that. In fact they seem even better equipped than us. Reinforcements were supposed to come by yesterday night, but they kept being delayed. War is really very cruel and whenever we press the trigger and kill a German soldier, we feel far from being a hero or being patriotic for we know that another innocent and young life has been lost.