Zeyad Jabra
Comp 106
Professor Amy Erks
October 2, 2008
I’m a Lover not a Fighter
War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing! We live in a world where war surrounds us; the spectrum includes: video games, T.V. shows, movies, and 22 on-going wars at the present time. In a society where war has become so desensitized, I’ve decided to present my advocacy of pacifism and a general love for humanity, between all of humanity, not defined by race, ethnicity, beliefs, or personal benefit. I present the War on Iraq as the main issue requiring change. I present economic, social, moral and personal structures that are being affected by the war, and the necessary reasons for change.
The presentation begins with a slide covering the cost of life in war. I present the hard facts to begin with; the death totals of the Iraqi War and Vietnam are illustrated in the facts. I also note that those numbers are not only the immediate lives lost, but that their offspring will also never exist. I include a picture of an egg bearing a child, and the egg then becomes empty, signifying that will the loss of the parent, the offspring will cease to exist. The background image depicts a graveyard of soldiers, to make a greater impact on the value of life to the audience.
The next slide begins with a graph of the rising cost of the Iraqi War from 2002-2008. The economy has not been as bad as it is now, since the Great Depression, which can be attributed to many things, one of which includes the War in Iraq. Not many facts are presented in this slide, besides the ridiculous amount of money that has been spent on this war. The cost of this war as of January 2008 is estimated at $500,000,000,000.00. To add a greater effect, I present the amount spent as a bullet. Every bullet following on this slide includes the same text, increasing in size with each bullet. The final bullet covers the entire page and changes colors, to add greater emphasis to the amount spent, hopefully increasing awareness by the audience.
Unemployment is also an increasing problem in our nation. The next slide connects some, but not all of our unemployment issues with the War on Iraq. Based on research, I found a number, 670,000, of jobs that have been lost as a result of the War on Iraq. In order to present this material, I first presented a chart that shows the change in unemployment from 2007 until 2008. Following the chart, I present the facts of the change in unemployment due to the war. I also introduce the idea that we as a nation are attempting to enhance the security of a foreign nation’s land, at the expense of our own people’s lives, which leads me to believe that there must be ulterior motives to the war.
The next slide covers morals that we go against in fighting this war. The first moral law that we break deals with the murder of innocent people. We are fighting a war in order to prevent the death of innocent people, but more people have died in this war, than ever would have during Sadam’s regime. Also, I point out the fact that we are deciding what is right and wrong as far as the governing body’s decisions of foreign nations. I point out that what we say is right, has to be right for Iraq. But the Iraqi way, which was right to them, is wrong, because we decided so. To push the fact that we are acting as hypocrites, I attached a comic to the slide. The comic presents the irony of the situation that we as a nation have put ourselves in.
The next slide includes a few ideas on the war. First of all, the fact that we never found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is presented. Secondly, the fact that we are still looking for Osama Bin Laden, and that in this effort to find him, we’ve spent more money and lost more lives than we did during 9/11, the reasons for searching for him. I include a comic strip that pokes fun at the politics of the search for WMD’s in Iraq, as a satire.
Finally in the slides, I present a personal story, to bring the idea of war close to the audience. I present my life story, and my growing from Iraq and riches, to a poor America, and the struggle I faced, that wasn’t necessary until the war tore apart my life. The point of this is to bring an emotional side to my advocacy to help sway the opinion of the audience.
After presenting personal, economic, social and moral structures for my advocacy, I hope to influence the audience to become more peaceful and loving towards the rest of humanity. If I can affect one life, than hopefully that life can affect one more, and continue the cycle through a chain. The ultimate goal is to end the need for war, but a closer goal is to spread awareness of the war prominent in our lives, and better inform America, to create a more educated democratic public I said War! Whoa, Lord; what is it good for/ Absolutely nothing! Listen to me.
Comp 106
Professor Amy Erks
October 2, 2008
I’m a Lover not a Fighter
War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing! We live in a world where war surrounds us; the spectrum includes: video games, T.V. shows, movies, and 22 on-going wars at the present time. In a society where war has become so desensitized, I’ve decided to present my advocacy of pacifism and a general love for humanity, between all of humanity, not defined by race, ethnicity, beliefs, or personal benefit. I present the War on Iraq as the main issue requiring change. I present economic, social, moral and personal structures that are being affected by the war, and the necessary reasons for change.
The presentation begins with a slide covering the cost of life in war. I present the hard facts to begin with; the death totals of the Iraqi War and Vietnam are illustrated in the facts. I also note that those numbers are not only the immediate lives lost, but that their offspring will also never exist. I include a picture of an egg bearing a child, and the egg then becomes empty, signifying that will the loss of the parent, the offspring will cease to exist. The background image depicts a graveyard of soldiers, to make a greater impact on the value of life to the audience.
The next slide begins with a graph of the rising cost of the Iraqi War from 2002-2008. The economy has not been as bad as it is now, since the Great Depression, which can be attributed to many things, one of which includes the War in Iraq. Not many facts are presented in this slide, besides the ridiculous amount of money that has been spent on this war. The cost of this war as of January 2008 is estimated at $500,000,000,000.00. To add a greater effect, I present the amount spent as a bullet. Every bullet following on this slide includes the same text, increasing in size with each bullet. The final bullet covers the entire page and changes colors, to add greater emphasis to the amount spent, hopefully increasing awareness by the audience.
Unemployment is also an increasing problem in our nation. The next slide connects some, but not all of our unemployment issues with the War on Iraq. Based on research, I found a number, 670,000, of jobs that have been lost as a result of the War on Iraq. In order to present this material, I first presented a chart that shows the change in unemployment from 2007 until 2008. Following the chart, I present the facts of the change in unemployment due to the war. I also introduce the idea that we as a nation are attempting to enhance the security of a foreign nation’s land, at the expense of our own people’s lives, which leads me to believe that there must be ulterior motives to the war.
The next slide covers morals that we go against in fighting this war. The first moral law that we break deals with the murder of innocent people. We are fighting a war in order to prevent the death of innocent people, but more people have died in this war, than ever would have during Sadam’s regime. Also, I point out the fact that we are deciding what is right and wrong as far as the governing body’s decisions of foreign nations. I point out that what we say is right, has to be right for Iraq. But the Iraqi way, which was right to them, is wrong, because we decided so. To push the fact that we are acting as hypocrites, I attached a comic to the slide. The comic presents the irony of the situation that we as a nation have put ourselves in.
The next slide includes a few ideas on the war. First of all, the fact that we never found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is presented. Secondly, the fact that we are still looking for Osama Bin Laden, and that in this effort to find him, we’ve spent more money and lost more lives than we did during 9/11, the reasons for searching for him. I include a comic strip that pokes fun at the politics of the search for WMD’s in Iraq, as a satire.
Finally in the slides, I present a personal story, to bring the idea of war close to the audience. I present my life story, and my growing from Iraq and riches, to a poor America, and the struggle I faced, that wasn’t necessary until the war tore apart my life. The point of this is to bring an emotional side to my advocacy to help sway the opinion of the audience.
After presenting personal, economic, social and moral structures for my advocacy, I hope to influence the audience to become more peaceful and loving towards the rest of humanity. If I can affect one life, than hopefully that life can affect one more, and continue the cycle through a chain. The ultimate goal is to end the need for war, but a closer goal is to spread awareness of the war prominent in our lives, and better inform America, to create a more educated democratic public I said War! Whoa, Lord; what is it good for/ Absolutely nothing! Listen to me.
