Life, liberty, and the pursuit of *EXPLOSION*

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Our country is based on a very simple idea its one we've all heard and if you haven't it's kind of the title, but not quite. 

The idea that I want to discuss is George Orwells' idea of making someone and unperson. This idea in the book seems so casual to Winston. Earlier in the book he goes over the fact that "Mrs Parsons would be vaporized. Syme would be vaporized. O'Brien would be vaporized" ... as if it was so very simple (61). A person's death. Gone from this world. Their society seems to complacently abolish the principle our government is founded on. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Although if we really consider it, neither does our country today. Around here it seems like the principle of Life, liberty and the pursuit of * EXPLOSION*. Yes, that's the title but what I didn't include in the title is is final outcome *DEATH*.

 If your in Rhetoric you might have recently watched the movie Digital Nation. A fascinating movie that discusses the effects of technology on people in general. Our behavior, society, and government. In the final part of the movie they discuss the current military advance, drones. Drones that aren't piloted b y people in Afghanistan or Iran. Drones that are piloted by men sitting in control centers in Syracuse, New York. If you've never heard of this feel free to find information here. The idea of young men and women being trained to do aerial strikes for thousands of miles from their target. Dropping bombs on black and white  figures on a screen. No consequences for them, sitting in complete safety and comfort. A person walking in Afghanistan unknowingly a little too close to a supposed terrorist hide out dies suddenly with no one knowing who they were. Could say they were vaporized. Not dead, just collateral damage, or simply an unperson. 

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. First an foremost life. Life, you guys. The right to live. To carry on in this world without the fear of being killed at any second. Winston and everyone in Oceania lost that a long time ago and have we lost it here? Okay it's not necessarily in America, but shouldn't we protect our own morals? Yes, it's not in the Constitution but in the Declaration. The declaration that we used to be freed from a mother country exploiting us. Now we betray those words to "help" others? 

You might of guessed, I don't quite agree with these ideas. Our nation has a lot of amendments and articles that protect us from things we don't think twice about, but life is one thing no one should be concerned about  losing. Now once you've got life locked down I think liberty and happiness should only follow.