Verena Schwarzfischer

I agree! I disagree

 

 

1. The punishment  for murder  should always be murder

 

I agree to the statement that murder should always be death, because if you kill someone then you do not deserve to live as well.  But it’s important that we distinguish between actual murder, which is when a person willingly murders another person and accidental murder, this is when the murder was an accident. I believe that only willing murderers should be punished with the death, as they can’t decide who lives and who doesn’t. And as the punishment they have to give their own life to make up for the one they took. For example, in allot of states in America there is a death punishment for murder.

 

 

2. Teenagers can't understand what true love really is.

 

About this topic I’m neutral, because I think it depends on the maturity of the teenagers and the age. For example, a thirteen year old person doesn’t know what true love is, because they hadn’t had enough experience to differ between a crush and true love. On the other hand a sixteen year old, I believe, is capable of distinguishing between having a crush and actually truly loving someone. For example, allot of thirteen year old post of how their boyfriend is their big true love on Facebook and after 2 hours they broke up again. Other teenagers have been together since ninth grade till the end of High School, and those are able to understand what true love is.

 

3. Killing someone in revenge for killing a close friend is okay.

 

I disagree with the statement that it’s okay to kill someone in revenge of killing a close friend of yours. I believe that, the person who killed your friend shouldn’t be released from his life. He or she should rather see how their whole life and what they build up starts to crumble. This is a much better way to revenge for someone’s death, because they will be tortured their whole life and not just the few minutes before they die. As an example the TV show Revenge. This is about a women, who revenges the death of her father by making the people, who are responsible for his death, life's a living hell.

 

4. Good friends should stick together at all times no matter how wrong a friend may be.

 

  I disagree with the statement that you should stick together with a friend at all times no matter how wrong the friend is, because if it’s a wrong friend, he is not going to be loyal to you. In that case your relationship would be a one way street, which means you give and they take without returning any favours. In that case the friend who gives won’t look after himself and starts to fall apart inside. Also a wrong friend who only takes is not true friend, and you should only be there for  true friends.

 

5. Parents should make the decisions about their children's lives.

 

  I strongly disagree that parents should make the decision over their child lives, because their children got minds of their own and should use them. At a certain point parents can only advice what their child does, but can’t make the decisions for them, as it’s not their life and they don’t have to live it. Parents are not suppose to decide what the child does, as they don't know the whole situation. For example, if the child wants to go to university, but the parents want him to work in their shop. The parents shouldn't have the power to decide over their children live, as they don't have to live with the decision they made for them.

 

6. Is it possible to fall in love at first sight.

 

I agree that it’s possible to fall in love at first sight. It might not be a strong love, but you will still get butterflies from seeing them. This is, because when people like each other, they like how the other person smells. Meaning that each person sends out hormones which have a certain smells which is different to every person. When another person decides they like that smell it becomes love. This can happen immediately or it can take some time.

 

7. Telling lies or hiding the truth is acceptable for the right reasons.

I agree that you can lie to a person or hide the truth for the right reasons. For example, when you are trying to protect a loved one, you would hide the truth from them so they don’t break apart in the inside. In that case it’s okay to lie, because you are protecting a person, so they can keep on living their lifes normally without having to worry about the problem.

 

8. Family feuds only affect adults.

I strongly disagree that family feuds only affect the adults, because the children do realise that there is a problem and it puts allot of weight on them if their parents aren’t happy. Children often realise when there is a problem at home or between two families and this puts stress on them.  Most of the time the children won’t show it that they know about the problem, because they are scared of the consequences they will get. Also it could be that they like to be friends with a child of the enemy family, so they can’t and that puts an extra weight onto the child.

 

9. There are times when arranged marriage is appropriate.

I strongly disagree that there is a time when arranged marriage appropriate. It’s only another way the parents are trying to have control over their children life’s. Marriage is a bond between to people who love each other and people who get arranged for marriage do not love each other. Most of the time, they don’t even know who they are going to marry till they stand before the altar. Arranged marriage is only another business carried out on the back of their children.

 

10. Each person has a soul mate.

I agree with the statement that every person has a soul mate, because I believe that in the world there is the perfect match. But I also believe that not everyone  will find their soul mate. Most people find people who a very close to their perfect match.  As not all people find their soulmate, most of the people don't believe in the idea of an soulmate.