Tuesday, May 14, 2013

What is the second Amendment

    With the aftermath of Sandy Hook, Aurora and the Boston Bombings far behind us, I came across this article in that breaks apart the second Amendment and dissects it, getting down to the meaning of it. The author does defend the 2nd Amendment but from a point people don't here very often. he asks the "why?" question. whether or not you support the second amendment or not its worth a read.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Youtube's New Subscription idea?

The article talks about how YouTube came out with the idea to make 30 or so channels (for now!) make users pay .99 cents up to $7.99 a month in order to view their videos. Many of the YouTube creators think this is a great way for channels to get money. They have also included a "14 day free-trial" so a user can decide on whether or not to pay for it.

I honestly don't like this idea, not only because of the money; but it's unfair. The people of the world made YouTube and now since Google took it over, they want us to pay for something we made? Uh...no. I can understand certain channels that would want their videos to be paid for, but those videos shouldn't be on YouTube then. I also believe that many teachers use YouTube for educational purposes. What happens when all the channels end up having to be paid for for the subscriptions and the school district doesn't want to waste the money? There goes a good, fun education for the students. Lastly, Google will probably end up doing what Apple did (if not already doing it) and will raise the price per subscription.

What do you guys think?