a couple of things riled me up a little yesterday, but at the same time seemed to send some totally unrelated brainwaves through me as well.

in our class discussion yesterday, some retarded fuck from under the rocks came up with this stupid notion that just because Australia has contributed to Indonesia while they were under the tsunami crisis, that the Indonesians should acknowledge Australia’s soveriegnty.

excuse me while i puke.

money doesn’t make you a soveriegn in any manner for any reasons. if indonesia is not happy, they are entitled to it. it’s true, perhaps they shouldn’t use cartoons to further damage Australia’s image to the locals, but again, if there’s freedom of speech here, it should be applicable there too. Just coz you contributed to their tsunami crisis, does not indemnify you to that.

similarly, contributing aid to their country, doesn’t grant you the allowance to show signs of disrespect. different cultures work differently, everything is interpreted differently. the recent issue of Howard being asked to apologise might be due to some other political factor that the news isn’t saying, the officials doesn’t know, considering that it is an issue of the refugees being granted visa.

charity doesn’t create obligations. just thought you should know. retard.

mysteriously though, that and something minor in another class kinda propped something up in my head about my internet regulations paper that i have to hand in as well somewhere this week or next week (not a compulsory paper, just part of a larger report).

there are a few things i kinda need to sort out, not just how to write it but mainly how i have been “doing well” so far. it’s kinda a hard mark to live up to but anyways….

i have a few questions with regards to the paper i need to have to find out.

1) if something happened in America, and Australia have a similar case now, with no precedent case whatsoever in any of the countries using similar UK laws, could they use the precedent case in America for Internet law cases?

2) Considering how Dwight Whorley got arrested, however the laws are terribly vague still with regards to child pornography and its relations to lolicon. and then consider how the laws on that issue is a little more clear in Australia, how would the local courts in Australia deal with this case (if there is no precedent, since i haven’t really done any research on that portion yet, i wouldn’t know if there is one), base on those precedences in America (if they have to and it’s ok to).

3) considering point 2), if the case happened in both countries, whereby the server and part of the staff on the website are located on American Grounds, and the actual server owner is within Australia, which country’s law do we look at? i know this sounds like an obvious question, but what if there is two owners, and one of them is aussie? does the entire court issue settle in the united states or only the server owner gets tried out here?

if that’s the case, since both country’s laws and punishment differs, then wouldn’t it be unfair if they get different sentencing?

4) what if it’s vice versa, when the server is in Australia and the owners are american? or more than half is?

lots of brain waves, need to settle them down ~.~

meanwhile, i have uploaded my 2 other essays, for your reading displeasure since they were not erm…. really looked over before i converted them to pdf. gomenasai…. i was kinda rushed for time to get them printed as well since people were hogging the machines. but never fear! one day you would get a proper CORRECTED essay before i load it up ^_^

International communication – this is just a draft, but most of it is ok, sans the grammar (As usual la… what else is new about me?) and a few sentence structuring i suppose.

PCF Informal Essay/report/journal – this is something that’s meant to be academic and informal at the same time. i don’t quite get it but whatver, i tried in the best academic and informal way that i could.

i know it took me eons to put them up from the time i promise, but net has been gh3yed for the last 2-3 weeks, so spare me. i guess in the next one you will get to see the internet regulations one, since i have no fucking clue how to scan in my econs assignment (and also i am totally ashamed of it )

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with a paper right beside me due in like… in 4 hours, and a class in an hour or so, i am kinda fucked, but  i honestly can’t get myself started on this paper.

 

not so much as in that it’s boring, but at some point my brain decided to register that 500 words is simply not enough a length to write something that’s pretty controversial (internet and regulations on the internet). i have tonnes of things to say (e.g hongfire and child pornography) and then i remember her promise NOT to mark my papers if they are WAY over the limit (aka 45 pages in total).

 

so…

 

yer, i am kinda screwed.

 

i don’t get this anyways, about lots of things in conjunction with writing essays. not so much what the college is forcing me to do, but on the whole about lots of things related to just purely essay writing.

 

1) why make us write something that you guys intend to judge anyways?

 

writing essays from a levels onwards was meant to be argumentative, to encourage critical thinking, analytical skills and what have you WITH relations to the english language capability.

 

when i was doing my A levels though, i find that many teachers force us to read info about the relevant topics that would be examined on in general paper in A levels, AND expecting us to regurgitate similar point of views. i find that very annoying really. ok, maybe as students, some are totally research stupid, but to spoon feed us with information, and then accused us of being the spoon fed generation, don’t you think you guys are such hypocrites?

 

and then, expecting us to regurgitate similar opinions, isn’t that another contradictory issue? we are all supposed to have opinions, to be widely read, to be analytical, to have some form of critical thinking. if we are to have the same point of views, this world is going to be a fucking boring place (albeit perhaps less wars…).

 

at uni so far, i have been all right, just been mark down for either grammar, or lack of sufficient research or both. it doesn’t bother me so much though, other than the constant "we need drafts to ensure that you are on the right track".

 

i believe we are all in uni, heading towards uni or graduating soon or something you know. some students need help, yes i agree. but that’s what the academic skills center is for. if there’s always going to be some fool "along the way", then there’s also going to be students who would slack and depend on these help on the time.

 

in general though, all these "draftings" do sometimes make me feel stupid.

 

we ARE meant to be writing our own opinions. it made me feel like handing in my work so that people can see if it was matching up to THEIR point of views.

 

2) time limit

 

i know i am kinda in a prep course now, so everything is slightly more packed in since they are supposed to incorporate elementary stuff with the first year of uni’s education. but still, doing so much draftings and research and essays within a 3 month time frame sounds a bit off the rockers for me.

 

i have 2 groups works, and 3 mains essays due, not to mention 1 mid term test, one "project" and 4 main exams as well.

 

between all the research, trying to kill my group mates and draftings and re-draftings, i am about spent. while some people would say, "oh doing your essays would help in your exams," i have to announce some things for you. 

 

essays concentrate on just a small area of the entire subject.

 

i am sure it’s not news to you, but think about it. if a 1500 word essay = 1 small area, do the maths. 3 months, 13 weeks or so, 1 small essay = about 1.5 week’s worth of "knowledge", so how much more is the exam anyways? ah hah!

 

3) bloody internet.

 

no, i am not talking about my net in general. yes i know, my net has been crappy, and one of the main reasons why i am even typing this than running away into some games is because i am lagging like a motherfucker anywhere else.

 

but, that’s not what i intended to say.

 

universities nowadays are trying to slowly adapt into an internet world. of course, not every university is dying to do that, but the net trend is pretty prevalent from what i can see. however, in courses like mine now, there are obviously convenors who see the benefits behind going online and just showing them the net world and what have you.

 

and then you have tutors who have 0 inkling of what the net is about.

 

i have a lecturer who didn’t know how to even use the technology within the lecture halls (*cough* speakers issues *cough*), and others who have no idea what i am talking about when i told them to TURN OFF THE SPAM FILTERS SO I CAN EMAIL YOU MY HOMEWORK.

 

of course i can bring the work to class if i can get it printed. but printed on the course guide too was "please email your draft to your tutor by 287382178398732217 date of this wonky year". it drives me nuts and i want to chew on the carpet till cows come home trying to explain to them that spam filters can be ridiculously STUPID.

 

PLEASE. don’t USE THE NET if you DON’T KNOW how to AND DON’T BELIEVE OTHERS when they say YOU are the problem.

 

*stabs*

 

4) Sugar  levels

 

i know this doesn’t apply to everyone, probably only me. i have to drink farken coke and sprite to keep myself awake every night.

 

DOESN’T EVERYONE KNOW THAT ESSAYS ARE HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH?!?!!?! sugar + late nights + essay stress = dead people.

 

less assignments, more constructive shit please. ugh.

 

it makes be bouncy in class, and then all emo later on. i had bring rocks to school to throw at group work mates, or lecturers/tutors that i dislike *hint*

 

but rocks are heavy.

 

i am digressing. it shows that perhaps it’s time to stop procrastinating.

 

tata. 

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