To what extent do you think that it is your duty as a citizen to be 'informed'? Are you informed? How do you get to be informed about serious issues?

When looking at a question of this scale it is important to break it down. For example what makes us a citizen? Could it be somebody who is a member of a certain country or just a member of the human race? In my opinion I believe everybody is equal weather they are black or white; regardless of their religion; of weather they are a member of a social elite or living in a YMCA; and living in a rich country or a developing country. This means everybody deserves to know. Obviously there are some serious issues such as security issues regarding the special forces including in the navy, army and air force where matters of national security mean that it is in the best interests not to tell the public things as it would be dangerous and may create a riot. An example scenario would be that if a certain impending disaster was to strike Britain then everybody may attempt to leave the county like a bat out of hell which would cause pandemonium.

Some complicated decisions have to be left for the scientists and other intellectuals who are better trained to deal with the certain situations then it is best left up to them. However it can also be argued that some ordinary person can be clever enough to solve certain problems so the situation rather makes me wonder whether or not it would be a good idea to allow uninformed members of the public to flex their opinions on certain matters.

On a personal level I wish to be informed as I believe it affects my personal life and I don’t wanna miss a thing that could possibly affect my life. For example there are many things that people would like you to believe can be solved with a million dollar bill which is not right?

One worry I have is that no matter what is actually the truth politicians cannot help but spin the truth and I want to break free of this manipulation of the true .

Al Gore an Inconvenient truth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Before watching Al Gore’s an Inconvenient truth I knew of him as a politician and as the runner up in the 2000 American presidential elections. I had also heard his name mentioned in the media when talking about the Environment. When he realised the film I had no intention of Watching as I personally would not find this film very appealing to watch due to my personal tastes

The most interesting part of the film was the predictions Al Gore made about the future of the planet. Ocean current was something that Al Gore mentioned that interested me. . The Water Cycle of the Earth is a closed system and the fact that the pattern is changing is a very worrying prospect.

Another thing that I found about the Film was the comment made that Had Al Gore Won the Election then we would live in a Very Different World. This is obviously true due to the widely acknowledge failure of the Bush administration but also if
AL Gore Had focused on the Environment during his term maybe we would be living more sustainable.

One criticism I had was when AL Gore was talking about the recent hurricanes around the world and most notably the southern United States. I was in Florida in 2004 and felt the full Force of Hurricane Charlie which was one of the larger hurricanes to hit that year. A year later when Katrina hit it caused unbelievable damage to Louisiana and in particular the New Orleans. He mentioned these to make the point that hurricanes are getting worse. However since 2005 the Hurricanes and Tropical storms that have hit Florida have not matches the scale of Katrina.

Al Gore is arguing a point and although some of the things he said are obviously true and need to be considered I also felt that he was very manipulative of the evidence and when watching the film you must be critical of some of the things he said.