Wednesday, September 30, 2009

The Disaster Between Our Ears

Some nutritionists believe that people are responsible for the food they eat. They claim the unhealthy food we eat infulences the way we behave and our mental health and causes fatal diseases. A nutritionist named Alice Brown says that eating unhealthy food, like white bread and sweet deserts, can trigger delinquent and criminal behavior. Well, here comes the question, should food manufactorers be held responsible for producing unhealthy food?

I think that the consumer is the only one who is responsible for his health. The consumers know how dangerous unhealthy food is and decide to buy it anyway. They ingore the risks in eating unhealthy food and by that, they damage their health condition themsleves.

Moreover, I don't think the food manufactorers should be held responsible for the food they produce because it is their livelihood. A lot of food manufactorers, all over the world, earn a living from producing it, and if we prevent them from doing it, we will damage their economic condition.

To conclude, in my opinion, people should be more health-conscious. They should delete the fast food from their daily food-menu and replace it with vegetables and vitamin supperlements.


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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

A letter to the editor

................................................................................................. 22 Hatzionut Street
........................................................................................................Holon, Israel

..................................................................................................September 23, 2009
The Editor
Ma'ariv
P.O. Box 63
Rehovot.

Dear Editor,

Concering the article "Israeli TV star Dudu Topaz found dead in jail", I would like to state my opinion. The article is related to Dudu's career as a television star, and to his unpredictable death. I believe that Dudu didn't have to get suicided and his death is unnecessary.

I want to start with the fact that some people say the media killed him because of the bad publicity. I don't agree with that, and I think Dudu was responsible for himself. I don't believe the solution to the problem was suicide, but placating the punishment. Some people even say he didn't commit the crime, but we can't forget he was an unstable person.

However, I don't think we should remember Dudu as a criminal, because he helped many people he didn’t even know without taking money from them. He gave a lot of opportunities to many unknown artists, who are nowadays extremely popular. Moreover, he reunited families and solved other families' problems.

To conclude, I think Dudu's death could be prevented. He lived for fame, and when he felt it was over, he decided he didn't have a reason to live for. I think Dudu had to reach his punishment and after that get back to his family, instead of killing himself.


Yours truly,

Reut.


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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The Killing In a LGBT Club

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3755400,00.html

The 2nd of August was supposed to be a regular day, but it turned to be a disaster day. In the evening of that day, the GLBT community planned to meet at the "Bar-Noar" club in Tel-Aviv. Not much after the meeting began, a man dressed in black got into the club and shot many of those innocent people. Unfortunately, the man hasn't been cut yet.

I protest against this act and I think the man has to be punished. It has opened my eyes; It had clarified me that we live in a place that educates to egoism and in a society of people that don't respect each other and cancel other opinions. I concider this act as a killing of the innocent.

This murder reminds me Itzhak Rabin's murder. In those two cases one guy decided to play with other's life and acted from an impulse. Igal Amir and the other murderer both represent a lot of people in the community. I think the solution to all this egoism and thoughlesseness is education. We should educate to tolerance, patience, respect and much better things.

In my opinion, it is fine not to agree with what one is doing and thinking, but we shouldn't act against it, and undoubtley - we shouldn't kill because of it.

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The Dudu Topaz Scandal

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32493900/ns/entertainment-celebrities/

Dudu Topaz, one of Israel’s most famous television stars died at the age of 62. Dudu had been in prison for a few months for the crime he committed – he paid criminals for hitting Shira Margalit, who works for Reshet and Avi Nir, Keshet's current CEO. He couldn't stand it and decided to commit suicide. Dudu tried to kill himself several times, but his prison officers saved him at the last moment. After a few days those prison officers found him hanged in the jail cell's shower.

Some people say the media killed him because of the bad publicity. I don't agree with that, and I think Dudu was responsible for himself. I don't believe the solution to the problem was suicide, but placating the punishment. Some people even say he didn't commit the crime, but we can't forget he was an unstable person.

However, I don't think we should remember Dudu as a criminal, because he was helping many people he didn’t even know without getting money from them. He gave a lot of opportunities to many unknown artists who are nowadays extremely popular. Moreover, he reunited families and solved other families' problems.

In conclusion, I think Dudu killed himself because he was living for the fame; when he felt that "the show was over" and he had no fame anymore, he didn’t feel he had a reason to live for. He was addicted to fame, and constantly produced noise around him; alive or dead.


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