Less Wikipedia For Me

After investigating just how inaccurate and unreliable Wikipedia can be at times, I am definitely less likely to rely on it as any type of source of information. I will only use it to see how accurate it is on some subjects I am well educated in. I didn't use Wikipedia that often before I investigated it, so now I will only use it as a means to look at the accuracy of the information it has. I most likely won't join the discussion myself, unless some facts on the subject pages that are just completely inaccurate. There are too many people just like me trying to lead the discussions on Wikipedia when there are far more experienced people that could better lead the discussions. I am hoping one day that Wikipedia does change to an encyclopedia that is considered scholarly, and can be considered a reliable source that everyone in the world has access to.

Communal v Authoratative Acquisition

In my experiences, I have mostly experienced tensions between authoritative and communal acquisition of knowledge when I simply cannot choose which source to listen to. For example, in high school, when our teachers gave us different insights then my fellow students, it was tough to decide who to believe. This was true for solving math problems, writing essays, and a paucity of other subjects. Personally, I find it more useful to listen to the authoritative source, because he or she is specifically trained to help me in that area I am requesting help for. In addition to this, when using a communal knowledge source, there are often opposing sides to the same subject, and it becomes even tougher to decide within the communal source who to believe and trust. Therefore, even though I can get a variety of knowledge in a communal source, it is more beneficial if I just use one authoritative source so that I can be confident that the source is trustworthy, rather than trusting the opinions of many people I'm not completely sure about.

Logical Fallacy-Advertising

This is an image of a billboard in the United States. Religious billboards tend to controversial, and I found this one to be specifically misleading. This one simply provides a false conclusion in its advertisement. This means the billboard incorrectly labeled atheism as something that causes civil war. This is an oversimplified conclusion, and this can be classified both a false dilemma and a false cause fallacy. This sign is first misleading when it claims that atheism is anti-American. Then it claims that being anti-American is treason. Lastly, it claims that therefore since these things are true, then being an atheist leads to civil war. This is an oversimplified statement with a false cause conclusion and thus it is a fallacy in advertising.
here is the link to the image: http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1280&bih=666&tbm=isch&tbnid=drs80n4JeQdMZM:&imgrefurl=http://godlesspaladin.com/2009/01/13/anti-atheist-billboards/&docid=LV-14vp2GxB42M&imgurl=http://www.bored.com/billboards/images/atheist_billboard.jpg&w=500&h=375&ei=PEXAToqjFoz9iQKK4vCPAw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=365&vpy=264&dur=913&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=138&ty=114&sig=112444100257690343710&page=1&tbnh=139&tbnw=182&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:0

Japanese Immigrants-1940s

I will be writing about the Japanese immigrants in the 1940s, around the start of World War II. I find it extremely interesting how this group attempted to keep close ties with homes even at the onset of World War II. As executive order 9066 was issued, the loyalty of the Japanese people in America came under question. Thus, it became extremely difficult for Japanese Americans to even attempt to assimilate into the American culture, because they were already seen as different people, and it was actually dangerous for the Japanese people to keep close ties with Japan. Therefore, Japanese immigrants did not have the best reception during the 1940s, considering they were seen as the enemy in World War II. The internment camps reflect this reception, since clearly the Japanese Americans were not completely trusted in the eyes of America. In conclusion, the Japanese immigrants did face a multitude of barriers in their attempts to assimilate into American culture during this time period, and the 1940s can be considered one of the most troubling times ever for Japanese immigrants to assimilate properly into the American culture.