Recently in the US, other Casey Anthony was acquitted of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee, even though she didn't report the little girl's disappearance for over a month, and circumstantial evidence pointed to other suspicious behaviour.

Now that Casey Anthony has been acquitted, should the general public show mercy by accepting the court decision and leaving her alone?

The general public should show mercy by accepting the court decision to a certain extent, but they should condemn her ignorance of not reporting her daughter's disappearance. As a mother, she has the responsibility to look after her child, and in this case, he daughter when missing and she did not report her. This definitely raised suspicions that the mother had a part to play in her daughter's disappearance. However, since the court decided to acquit Casey of her crime, they must have several solid evidences to do so. There may also be several reasons why Casey did not report her daughter's disappearance. She may be too devastated by her loss of her daughter's that she could not bring herself to even think about her daughter. In this case, when Casey is being accused and publicly condemned, she will feel even worse, like causing her internal wound to worsen. So the public should show mercy.

Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper News of the World was recently found to have illegally hacked into the phones of British royalty, famous actors, murder victims and families of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Is it ethically right to participate in the newsroom culture Murdoch fostered, "where you do whatever it takes to get the story, take no prisoners, destroy the competition, and the end will justify the means?

Blog Prompt #4B (Expository)
“Largely as a result of sex-selective abortions, Asia today is short 160 million women. They have disappeared silently over several decades, but their absence can be seen in classrooms filled with boys, in huddles of bachelors on city streets and in higher rates of bride trafficking and prostitution elicited by growing numbers of sexually frustrated men.”
What will be the effect on Asian society by such a large gender imbalance if this trend continues? Write in SEE format.


With this large gender imbalance trend continuing, Asia will start to face several problems such as higher rates of bride trafficking and prostitution elicited by growing numbers of sexually frustrated men

As of right now, Apple has only allowed the App Store in Singapore, but not the full iTunes Music Store, which means that iPhone owners can buy apps but not music, movies or books through Apple. Their reason is rampant piracy throughout Asia.
What are the negative consequences of Apple’s decision?

I feel that Apple's decision will not result in them losing a lot of money, but they would be making a lot less profit. What they say about the rampant piracy throughout Asia is undeniable, but have they thought that those selling illegal stuff would not go to other continents and buy their product, and sell it illegally here? Many Apple users who bought their products from Epicentres or Apple stores, would most likely want their device to be corruption-free so that it would not screw up and stuff like that, to do this, many people will prefer buying the real, authentic though expensive product to be installed into their devices. I feel that this is something that Apple overlooked.

With humans not being optimistic, i think that the world would be a very different place. either people would be extremely successful but feeling down, or everyone would not have confidence in themselves.

People not being optimistic, means that people do not really have a high level of confidence in whatever they do, and thus, they make more than enough preparations for it, make many backup plans, in case of a failure. often, people who go the extra mile, usually succeed. However, if everyone do not have a certain level of confidence in themselves, they may be a failure in life, as they are not sure if whatever they do make pass, so many of them will just forgo what they are doing.