Assignment Four

   I don't necesarily agree with all points the article "This Valentine's Day, Occupy the Romantic-Industrial Complex" made. I do agree that Valentine's Day is a commercial holiday and people buy into in and spend their money, however I don't think it's the only holiday that does so. Christmas is a great example of a holiday in which people go out and pour their money into buying gifts. Neither of these holidays are about giving gifts, though. But, because Valentine's Day isn't necessarily about buying gifts, that doesn't mean the people that do are blinded by the point of it. Is there a point to it, really? The article argues that the tradition of buying gifts for this holiday takes away from old tradition about true love. I disagree. People can receive gifts without forgetting that love doesn't have much to do with gifts at all, and those who don't receive gifts aren't guaranteed to be upset because of that reason--what does love have to do with giving gifts? Not much.

     I agree with Elie Wiesel that Romney "should speak to his own church and say they should stop" performing posthumous proxy baptisms on Jews. I think it's horrible that people who have passed away are more or less than being taken advantage of. It isn't fair that people are making their decisions for them when they don't have the ability to voice their thoughts. I think Romney should take action and recognize the bad that is happening. It's horrible to see that these people who have die one religion, are being taken and baptized a new religion. If they were alive I highly doubt they would accept that, so them being dead and having these decisions made for them is unfair completely. There is no other way of looking at it. The Mormons are just taking advantage of passed people and forcing their religion on them.

   Personally, I think that what MIA did at the Superbowl is being taken way overboard and people are making it more dramatic than it really is. Sure, showing the middle finger to an audience of all ages isn't the most respectable thing to do, but the song is called "Bad Girls". It's not too outrageous and honestly if people are offended by it because minors are watching TV, they shouldn't have let them watch Halftime. Knowing Madonna was preforming should have alerted parents, anyway, considering she's always been risky. And also, the performance with Justin Timberlake was much worse--actual body parts were shown to the audience. Why is giving the middle finger worse than exposing your body? I think people are taking it too far and they should understand the point MIA is trying to make. Though she could've done it differently she showed her middle finger as a form of expression rebelling against what is expected of her culture. She's showing freedom, rebellion, independence, etc.