Bourne with an opinion
Destroying terrorism not worth more innocent lives
 By
Jason Bourne
Staff writer
Looking back on the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and the events immediately
following Sept. 11, I was reminded of a very important passage from
the Bible. The passage I am referring to is about the Ten Commandments,
and specifically the commandment "Thou shall not kill."
If you will read the Bible, it says that killing is wrong and should
not happen. Exodus Chapter 20, Verse 13, of the Adventure Bible
New International Version says, "You shall not murder."
The terrorists who crashed the planes into the Pentagon and World
Trade Center committed the ultimate sin. In my opinion, by killing
innocent people, they committed an act of war.
Now comes the issue of American forces assigned to go wipe out terrorist
cells around the world.
I do not think that wiping out terrorism is worth risking the lives
of innocent people. I think that the terrorism issue can be solved
by the leaders of all nations sitting down and calmly discussing
a plan to stop terrorism from ever happening again.
I think the leaders should make a peace treaty that lasts for all
of eternity that says that terrorism is forever banned from existence.
I know there are some of you asking, "What can I do to make
sure terrorism doesn't happen in my community?"
My advice is to just be on alert at all times and if you see anyone
that looks suspicious, tell a law enforcement officer immediately
so the person in question can be monitored for any strange behavior.
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Spam on your plate, good; Spam in your email, bad
 By
Sandy House
Staff Writer
Everyone gets it, it is extremely annoying and nothing can be done
about it. It is called Spam. No, I am not talking about the lunchmeat.
The term "Spam" means "the same article posted an
unacceptably high number of times to one or more newsgroups."
My own personal analogy for it is Simply Placed to Annoy Me. Spam
is flooding the Internet with many copies of the same message, in
an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise
choose to receive it. Most Spam is commercial advertising, often
for dubious products, get-rich-quick schemes or quasi-legal services.
I get around five to 10 junk emails daily. While it may not require
much energy, it's still a great hassle to sort all my email and
delete the Spam and Forwards.
I do not want to work from home or consolidate all my bills. The
only real way to rid oneself of these treacherous emails is to use
a personal email address such as a Georgia Highlands College email account.
No one can obtain this email address unless the individual deploys
it.
As for Internet providers such as America Online, CompuServe and
NetZero, there is not much that can be done to prevent Spam.
Another email hazard is Forwards. I hardly ever read them. Who comes
up with all this junk anyway? Most Forwards are either religious
messages, poems and stories or sappy stuff about friendship.
Then there are the ever popular "Johnny has cancer and for
every person you forward this to he will receive a nickel towards
his chemotherapy." It is a hoax. Little Johnny does not receive
a nickel, and nothing will magically appear on your screen after
you send this email to 10 people. I will not have ten years of bad
luck if I do not forward and my wish will not come true if I do
forward.
In my opinion, Forwards display the senders' lack of intelligence.
Perhaps once in a lifetime there is that Forward that is actually
worth reading. Those are the ones with funny jokes or good poems.
There is another breed of Spam that tries to tell me that I won
some contest that I never entered. "Congratulations Sandy,
You just won a new modem; all you have to do is fail the idiot test
by filling out this form and sending it back."
Once I open the email, casino ads and whatnot overtake my screen.
No matter what kind of Forward or Spam, it is still a hideous sight
to open one's email to.
This unsolicited commercial email has to stop. Boycott Internet
Spam at http://spam.abuse.net/.
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