Alcohol and tobacco ads

I think that the reason alcohol and tobacco advertising is such a hot topic because it shows the people watching that it helps you relax from a lot of stress, and it shows that it you will have fun. But the thing is, they dont show all the reality to it.You dont see the comercials showing the disadvantages of drinking and smoking, like harming your health, or getting addicted and messing up your life. The advertisments are usually funny, or they show that the people doing it are having fun and becoming more social. They usually make the advertisments catch the eyes of the people watching. Someone watching that wants more friends and to become more social is probably more likely to use alcohol and smoking to do that. It sends out the message that its cool to smoke and drink and that everyone is doing it, when thats not the case.I think that it sends out the wrong messages of what smoking and drinking can do.

The video we watched about the internet and making sure you stay safe when being on the computer was, to me, very interesting. I thought it gave a good point to all parents to make sure that your kid is not abusing the internet and doing things they shouldnt be doing. I think that the video also gave a good point to kids that they really have to watch the things they put on the internet because anyone can get that information. I thought that the thirteen year old boy that commited suicide was really sad, and the fact his family didnt have a clue that was going on.Also the "friend" that basicly supported him doing it,and saying "It's about time". Internet bullying happens all the time, and I think that those people doing that, need to realize, that the things they are doing can really affect that person. I also feel that kids all over need to learn that it might happen to them and how to deal with it, without taking it too personally. I thought that it was a good point that people who bully people on the internet, usually only do that, but would never say anything to their faces. The internet is an easy way for people to bully people and to find out information about, basicly, anything. For example,the two people on the video, how to become anerexic and how to kill yourself.

Urban legend

My favorite urban legend that I heard of is the Paulding light. This is a story about a guy that was killed when he was crushed between two railroad cars.This is my favorite one becasue i actually visited the paulding light and seen it.Its hard to believe thats the true reason why it actually happens, but its been going on for so long and no one knows why. In the Upper Peninsula a light every night of a latern appears above the trees where the track used to be,where he died. People have tried to follow the light but they never find anything that could have caused it.Ripleys Believe it or not offered $100,000 to someone that could explain the light. It was first founded by a group of teenagers. They think that it was headlights of cars driving on a hill, but they blocked off the roads and it still appeared. It has been going on since the start of the 20th century.