BLog Session 8: Personal Opinions

- Choose 4 of these questions and give your opinions about them.

- Make comments on 3 of your partners' posts + a comment on your teacher's post.
- Number of words: 240 minimum (60 per answer aprox.)

What is your opinion about nuclear power?

What is your opinion about women in the military? 
What is your opinion about the legalization of guns?

What is your opinion about the immigration situation in Chile?

What is your opinion about tatoos?

What is your opinion about animal testing?

What is your opinion about legalizing marijuana and other drugs?
What is your opinion about the Chilean tradition called ‘mechoneo’?
What is your opinion about cloning?

What is your opinion about recycling?

What is your opinion about “barras bravas” (hooligans)?

What is your opinion about legalizing abortion in some cases?

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I have a very strong opinion about "mechoneo", because I hate it. I didn't like it when I experienced it and I don't want others to go through it. What's the point? To welcome new students? If you go to my house I will not welcome you throwing eggs and flour to your face, or putting a fish head to your neck, because that's what I got. I believe it is a major way of violence disguised as play, it is not humane to cut another person's clothes, take their shoes and make them walk barefoot on Alameda Avenue in the summer, with all the heat, smelling like garbage to ask money to strangers to get your bag back. 

After all that experience, I had to throw away all of the clothes I wore that day, even my underwear which had fish flour in them, they also dyed my hair and when I got home I had to shower like three or four times to get rid of the smell. One of the most disgusting experiences of my life. 

In relation to legalizing abortion, I believe that women should be able to decide what to do with their bodies, no matter the reason, I believe in free abortion. At this moment in my life, I wouldn't have an abortion, but that doesn't mean that my choice should affect the life of another woman. My point is that having free abortion doesn't mean that every woman will have one, but all the women will have the option to decide if they want one.