Chasing Bohemia's blog

 I originally wrote this as a response to someone else's entry, but felt that it would stand alone effectively and would love to hear some feedback on this.

 Paris Hilton is an example of one of the shallow, hollow role models in today's society. What is there about her to appreciate than her looks, her body, and her power in wealth? I, personally, don't find her convincingly congenial. However, it is hard to establish good and solid role models in the mind of a teenager, which is still developing and essentially looking for trouble to get into.  Read More »

This past Friday, a man named Dominic Sacco, who died at war in Iraq 6 days before his 33rd birthday, was scheduled to receive a burial/rememberance for those that loved and knew him while he was still alive. It was also for those who wanted to pay respect for another soldier tossed away in a controversial war like a small casuality.

What people who came to witness this spectacle were not expecting was a band of protesters, who held signs that read such things as, "God is Your Enemy", "God Hates Fag Enablers", "Priests Rape Boys", and so on, addressing America's homosexual population. This band of protesters gained the public eye by picketing the funeral of Matthew Shepard, who was a young homosexual male who was killed in a hate crime against his sexuality. This group of protesters is from the Westboro Baptist Church, headed by a man named Fred Phelps.  Read More »

Due to a volume of plagiarism of the previously posted title, I am forced to take this essay offline. I merely posted it to share my opinion on the title with others, and found, much to my displeasure, that others were using it to structurize their own TOK essays. I'm very sorry.  Read More »