Body Modification

This Lecture was the best yet although it ran over by 30 minutes. This was OK though because this meant at 8 we got a brake so that people could leave and not see the pictures after (which were supposed to be more gruesome though to be honest weren't that much). I was amazed that most forms of body modification started of as tribal traditions and that some of these body modifications had great meanings to them and were not just for looks (though apparently that was always a consideration (its all about sex apparently)). I also found it interesting that most of the so called tribal tattoos are no more then a bunch of doodles and that in most cases they have no meaning to them at all. The most interesting point however of the entire lecture was that the facial tattoos that Maori have are not for decoration but were in fact the identity of a person. Each swirl or line meant something to do with that persons life and the people who copy these tattoos are taking away a person's identity.

If you click the following link it will take you to some information on the Maori and the tattoos that they have done.
http://www.crystalinks.com/maori.html

Bandits and Outlaws

The lecture was not the best. This was probably due to my lack of interest in the subject despite the fact that I chose to use one of the Bandit and Outlaw titles for my 300 word shiort story and 300 word rationale ‘Fight to the Finish’
First line: “They had been betrayed.”. However non the less I am still required to write a blog about the subject so here goes.

The mention of Robin Hood Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and some other well known bandits and outlaws made me think that most of these kind of people are famous and they are famous because people saw them as both bad and good people. Why people saw them this way was different in each cases but the basics were very similar. This is all due to differences in opinion and the belief that the bad they do is for a good cause.

For more information on Jesse James click on the following link http://www.ci.st-joseph.mo.us/history/jessejames.cfm

For more information on Robin Hood click on the following link

http://www.robinhood.ltd.uk/robinhood/index.html

infidelity

Well to be honest I was a bit shocked about the subject. Maybe I was being naive to think that infidelity is always considered as a bad thing and that no-one would think that it was a reasonable option. HOW WRONG WAS I.

Not only do many people see infidelity as a solution to a problematic relationships there are websites that help these people to meet with others to have an affair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And to be honest when the discussion we had in the lecture was over I found that in some cases I myself may see it as a way out and that maybe it is not so bad after all.

To take a look at a website that promotes extra marital affairs click on the following link http://www.illicitencounters.com