First Constructive

              If you could give up one daily activity that you do to be healthier, would you? How about if this activity saved you not only time but money also?  What would you think if giving up this activity would make you be more of yourself? If you think these ideas are great than you would have to agree with me that women would benefit if they stopped using beauty supplies, and not only women but men also.  As I bring that to light you might be changing your mind as to what you thought of when I asked you those three questions. As we break down each of these points it will become clear to you the benefits of stopping the use of beauty supplies.

              There have been many studies done on the effects of beauty supplies and the chemicals each of them are made of. There is a list of harmful chemicals in an article titled "Chemicals of Concern" on the webpage of "The Campaign for safe cosmetics". In this article there are listed the most common chemicals found in beauty supplies and the dangers of them. It also lists what kinds of products these harmful chemicals are found in. In studies, scientists have found that these chemicals are absorbed through the skin when applied. This does not even begin to discuss other effects of beauty supplies such as makeup which can cause dryness or clogged pores and acne. Isn't it funny how some people use makeup to cover acne when all in all it is a big factor as to why people experience acne?

              In an article titled "beauty or bust" it states the average woman spends 20 minutes per day applying makeup. Not only do women spend that much time applying it but it takes almost as much time taking it off at night before going to bed. How many moms would kill for an hour of more time per day? How many things could a mom get done in an hour if not spent on applying or removing makeup?

               In the same article "beauty or bust" it states the average women spends $15,000 dollars in their lifetime just on makeup. That does not include hair products, lotions, nail polish etc... Another article titled "beauty at any cost" made this comparison of one year of tuition and fees is roughly $6,185; five years of beauty products savings is $6,423. Moms and dads, how big of a stress relief would it be knowing that your child's college would be paid when he/she becomes the age? This is just one useful thing one could do with the savings they would gain not spending money on beauty supplies.

               Not only does beauty supplies effect our health, time and our wallet, it can effect women psychologically.  On the website named debatewise the question is posted 'Is makeup bad for you?' In this article it states bad psychological effects. It states "makeup causes women to become dependent to an artificial mask and to have a negative image of their true selves." An example of the psychological effects would be this: how scared are girls/women to have their significant other see them without makeup for the first time? Ask yourselves how long it took you as a woman to have a man around without wearing makeup. As for the men, ask yourselves how long it took for your significant other to be comfortable enough to not wear makeup around you for the first time. If it takes so long for girls/women to feel comfortable enough to do so, how true is the statement above? Also stated in this article, "it promotes a shallow view of the world where beauty can be bought with money."

              There are many  benefits to stopping the use of beauty supplies. Not using these products means the opportunity to have more money and time to do other things that are important to us. It can help us be healthier and reduce the chances to get deadly diseases later on in our lives. It can also help us be our true selves and allow our natural beauty shine. I believe everyone would benefit in some if not many ways if these products were not used.

Cogent and Fallacious Reasoning in Mediated Communication Assignment #1

As I was looking at my Facebook not too long ago I came across a news report showing a man with the title underneath "Good guy with a gun stops second beheading...". I am waiting to take the concealed weapons permit class to get mine so I clicked on the link interested to see what it had to say. Although a lot of this news article talked about how the Muslim religion is a terrible thing I wanted to focus on the fact that a life was saved by a man carrying a firearm having  his concealed weapons permit.
This news article was all for the right to be able to carry a firearm as am I. A lot of people, on the other hand, say this is a huge reason as to why there is more violence in todays world and why more people die. I am not convinced because there are people out there with firearms having a concealed weapons permit there is more violence and death in today's world. I still believe the people who decide to take other lives will do so with or without a firearm. For example, the man who was shot had decapitated a women and was in the process of doing so to another woman. There was no firearm involved in this incident. The man had a knife and was stabbing his victims and succeeded in decapitating one of them. The man was stopped in his tracks only because another man shot him with the firearm he was legally carrying.
In the post it talks about how many people dial 911 in a crisis like this waiting for the "good guy with a gun" to get there. It also states that "we, as a society, trust a person with a gun as long as they have a badge on".  I believe this to be true. I do not believe one person would have questioned this incident if a police officer had shot and killed the man. Since it was a regular citizen who held a concealed weapons permit it is now questionable to some people. One comment on this news article stated "for every one life that a gun saves, there are 100's that are killed". Again, as I said above, if people want to take another's life they can do so without a firearm and have done so many times in the past.
I believe this reasoning is cogent. People are convinced since firearms are the most used weapon causing death that they all should be banned. This does not mean the people who use them to commit crimes will not get their hands on them if they are banned. It also does not mean that crimes will stop taking place if they are banned. Crimes will always take place whether firearms are allowed to be carried by people who carry permits or not. Lots of crimes, such as this one, have been stopped and lives have been saved because of people who hold a concealed firearms permit and carry a firearm. I believe most people, if the situation was presented, would use a firearm if either they or their family was the victim in a crime such as this one.