Gambling

Gambling - would you class this as bad? For me, personally I wouldn't class it as bad, however gambling has never caused me or people close to me any trouble. By trouble I mean bankruptcy, loss of family and friends or financial debt.

There are several forms of gambling for example;

• Bingo
• Fruit machines
• Roulette tables
• Lottery
• Scratch cards
• Bets (Horse racing, football scores etc.)

Gambling can be bad if don't know when to stop, however gambling can be a form of an easy money earning scheme, however if can be the root of a serious addiction.http://www.gamcare.org.uk/

Walking home from a lecture and what do I see?

Because I live on a little crescent situated on the city’s main car park, which is seconds away from the University, people feel that it is OK to throw, chuck and drop there little in the bushes opposite my garden. This really annoys me, especially when I see one of my ‘being bad’ lectures doing it also, what made the situation even worse is she looked at me and laughed, how rude is this?? This is one thing of would definitely call as BAD!!!!!
http://www.guildford.gov.uk/GuildfordWeb/News/litterlouts.htm

People talking over others!

Is this bad?

Whilst sitting in week 10’s lecture, I noticed a number of students chatting away like there at the ‘pub’ or any other place where learning does not take place! Whilst students who were making a contribution to the lesson discussion, others were being damn right rude and talking over them and not even giving them the ‘time of day’!

Yes this is bad, not only did they disturb my attention and concentration but possibly and probably others. Its bad because we pay £100 a day to attend University to learn, but how can when whilst others are disrupting and jeopardising this experience and learning process.

If you are one of these people, please click on this link and read about how to listen to others effectively!

http://www.goodcharacter.com/GROARK/Listening.html

Lying continued.

Is lying gender based?

• When thinking about this question, I feel that my answer would be NO, as even though many women would argue that men lie more than females and men would argue the opposite.
• However I feel that gender is not an issue in lying and that everyone and anyone can lie. Is it possible to lie and gain nothing?

I feel that if a person lies you always gain!

• Even if the gain isn't positive to oneself, you will end up with a feeling of guilt from lying which is a negative gain.

What do you get out of lying?

• You may say that you can benefit form money if you like, e.g. receiving job seekers allowance whilst you actually have a full time job.
• Protection of others - keeping a divorce secret form your children.

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2006/11/03/detecting-lies-trust-tech_06trust_cx_ee_1103lies.html

Lying

This weeks lecture was based on 'lying'. In this lecture we discussed why people tell lies. My thoughts on this are; people tell lies to protect themselves, for example one might lie about being late in, in order to protect themselves form being punished or told off.



Lies can be made also to hide information, for example surprise parties or not telling people when your driving test is, for this point I feel that this example is not a form of 'bad' lying.



In discussion with the class, we made a differentiation between lies which are;

• White Lies


• Major Lies

Personally I would class white lies as lies that do not hurt others or yourself and major lies are ones that do hurt others.

A few lies that come into my head, when thinking about white lies are;

• The truth about Santa clause


• The tooth fairy


• The Easter bunny

http://www.blifaloo.com/info/lies_eyes.php

Comment on Marlenes Blog!!

Marlene's blog is very good, she has reflected back on each lecture and has given her opinion on each of the weekly subjects. She also used experiences from her everyday life and has analyzed whether or not these experiences should be classed as bad.

In commenting on her recent post about 'violence on the street', I have to agree with her on how people who cause fights and aggro up town, when enjoying a night out should be classed as bad. My reasons for this are that hurting one another is bad and that anti social behaviour should not be tolerated. People go out to enjoy themselves, not to be victimised or to be constantly watching over their shoulder!
http://marlene26.blogspot.com/