Leaders never follow

The town of Salem would be a good look into the future of American politics. The witch trials represent how intollerant of differences the public can be. I think that the witch trials and the injustices before the civil rights movement are eerily similar. In the south Black males were often accused of crimes they didn't commit for reason that were unknown to them, in Salem peoples accused of witch craft had never actually commited the crime but were just suspected because of their look and or how they acted. This is how it was like in the civil rights movement people of color were randomly selected and accused of crimes that most of the times they did not commit. As we can see that through out the history of Salem, that I know of. The towns people also reacted harshly to Hepziba because they assumed that she was a mean old woman because of how she looked.

Baseball is America

I knew i love baseball in 2005 when the Chicago White Sox won the world series. My love for the game has only increased since. I always loved the game don't get me wrong, one of my favorite things to do when i was younger was play. I would look forward to playing my games on the weekend, especially because my dad was my coach until i was in sixth grade. I think that is the reason why I love it so much, whenever i think of baseball i always think of my family or just of really good times with better friends. I have never looked forward to something as much I have been looking forward to this baseball season. There is no way that this year's jv team is not going to be dominate not to mention how fun the year is going to be also.  

John Procter is

John Proctor is the man, he is smart enough to see through the BS of the rumors of witch craft going around the town and does not give into the panic that follows. I admire John Proctor most for his intellect, while mostly everybody else gave into the hysteria he stayed out of it. This was probably because he knew what Abigail's true intentions were not to free herself from the grasp of the devil but to draw the attention of the town upon her and to hopefully win back her once lover, yours truly. While John did not give in could you really say that you would of been immune to it if you didn't have the inside scoop about what was going on. I don't know if i really would have been, a modern day example is islamaphobia. I know that the stereo types about Muslims are not all true but I know this because of out side sources but in Salem there were no outside sources to speak of. What I am trying to say is that the great fear that took place during that time was not as crazy as it may seem today, whether  that fear was real enough to justify the killing of what we know as innocent citizens, I don't think so.     

Us VS Them

When in a conflict it is almost human nature to stay loyal to your argument rather than admit what you said was wrong and agree with the other person. We would rather argue our point to the death that admit we were wrong. This has happened to all of us whether or not it was a big argument or just a simple disagreement between friends we  feel that if we agree with the other person we relinquish the rights that we have and become a lesser person. In a way this is exactly the opposite by agreeing with the other person you can show that you are a smart enough person to realize when you are wrong and to not give into the pigheadedness expected of us. While our human culture would not be the same if everyone always agreed with one another we would probably set back to the stone ages if fierce rivalries or just the drive to accomplish or create something just because we were told that we couldn't. But maybe that competitive drive is what keeps us moving forward, forward towards the next big discovery, the next big invention, the next big innovation, the next big THING really. That drive is what makes mankind a hideous and wonderful thing, would Gandhi have liberated the Indian people from the British if he agreed with what they were doing, or would the British have ever delved into affairs in India if not for the competition between European nations in that time. If the competitive nature of mankind did not exist would there be new ideas and if there these ideas would stand uncontested without a doubt in anyones mind that they were a good idea. If not for the competitive nature of our race we could still be in caves roasting rabbits on a spit or worse than that we wouldn't even exist.