Reaction Article (At the Bridge Table, Clues to a Lucid Old Age

It’s the first time that I heard playing cards can improve and slow down dementia and amnesia. If the research is true, I think it should be used in every elder in every country, for t can really bring abundant benefits.

In 21 century, dementia is really a serious problem, and more and more elder have this problem. Actually, if we can improve this phenomenon, the elder can be useful and they will not feel being deserted. They can do more activities but not endure the pain of dementia. For example, they can weave, play chess and even write a novel. We should not abandon them for their age. After all, they are also human beings. They should be treated in a proper way.

Recently, I heard some of my friends’ parents sent their parents to a sanatorium. I think it is a very cruel deed. The reasons they sent their parents to a sanatorium are just their slow living pace and their dementia. Think about it, if we can improve their memory, they would take care of themselves and even do some trivia for us.

To make the elder happier, we should do our best to help them. Other countries can do it. Why cannot Taiwan do that as well? Maybe we should think about it carefully. (218words)

Reaction Article (Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work?)

It is great that Portugal’s decriminalizing drug possession success in some ways. For other countries, they may not enforce this proposal because their countries’ size and culture are different from Portugal’s. For Portuguese, this law may be good for them since illegal drug use among teens and HIV infections dropped a lot. For these two phenomena, Portuguese should be happy for their government’s wisdom. However, I think decriminalizing drug possession can also provoke some bad phenomena. Since everyone can possess drug like marijuana, cocaine and heroin, the country’s labor rate may decrease and the atmosphere in the country probably become weird because a lot of people are in their illusions.

Maybe every country’s government can pass the law, but they should analyze their people’s thoughts and whether proper or not. After all, people may worry about the bad consequences, such as the increasing rate of robbery, suicide and murder. For instance, some people will choose robbery to have money to buy drugs; others may take suicide because of the illusion drugs causing, and the others will kill their parents or friends just for money. These horrible consequences should be taken into mind seriously, or once the law publish, everything will become a mess. (219 words)

Reaction Article (Does Facebook Replace Face Time or Enhance It?)

Sometimes, I’ll think that the internet world is very real, because we can make friends now! What an amazing thing! Making friends on the internet is extremely convenient. We just need to click the mouse and type some introduction to ourselves. And then, if some people have interests to us, they also just need to type some words to us. Eventually, we maybe can be very good friends. However, the internet is not real. Whatever we chat so happy on the internet. It doesn’t mean that we can be very intimate friends in the real world. After all, on the internet, we can just see their photos and the words without any emotions. Once we face to face, we may be shocked with their appearances and their talking style. Because of this, a lot of people were cheated to do something bad or stolen money. For example, some girls fall in love with their male friends on line. In the end, they meet in person and some girls maybe be raped.

There are a lot of ways to make friends. For me, the friends on line are not real at all. Maybe we can be very intimate friends, but I am not sure if we meet that the friendship can last forever. In brief, I think making friends on the internet is great, because we can exchange our mood and experiences with them. It can help us relax. However, we cannot neglect our friends in real life. Compared with them, they are real. If we have some problems, the person who can help us is our friends with us. (269words)

Reaction Article (A Quiet Revolution Grows in the Muslim World)

In this article, the soft revolution brought up by Ziada was a brand new index for every Muslim, because it was a challenge which nobody had no courage to do so. In my opinion, Ziada used the correct way to reform Islam. She published a comic-book history about Martin Luther King Jr. to promote civil disobedience. The deed overthrew the system of Islam world which has existed for over 14 century.

She did it from many ways, including political parties, education and economy and so on. Reforming form the overall parts of society is the most efficient way. However, to reform the Islam world is not a easy mission since the traditional thought has rooted in people’s mind for a long time. I think the revolution has to be publicized from more ways which people would contact to everyday. For instance, she can utilize the news paper or even magazines to tell people her thought. One more thing, the thought has to be published by easy and understandable words or pictures.

To make the long story short, the old tradition and conservative thought may be have to be reformed, but the most important thing is the way to reform. The revolutionist has to let people identity with him/ her, or the revolution may have great possibility becoming a riot. This is also the biggest advantage Ziada has. She reformed the Islam world with quiet and effective ways. (237 words)

Reaction Article (India's ultracheap car arrives with load of uncertainties)

For many people, buying a car may be a very difficult thing for them. However, the cheapest car will be sold in India’s car market. The car challenges to the current car market so much that every car company is afraid that their sales volume will fall down extremely.

I think the car can bring India a brand-new business chance. After all, the car is merely a little more expense than normal cars. Although it is not equipped with stereo, air conditioner, Supplemental Restraint System and burglarproof lock, most Indians will not mind it. For Indians, they just need to pay a little more money, and they can get a new car but not just a motorcycle. Because of the new cheapest car, a lot of Indians pawned their motorcycle for buying a new car. However, what they don’t know is that the car cannot protect people’s safety. According to some tests, they showed that those cars would be smashed once colliding to another car or something else.

If consumers want to buy this car, they should think of it carefully! For me, the car is just be added to an iron surface. The company should take consumers’ life into consideration. Though they want to earn money, they should assure every part of the car is safe. The government also has to strictly control the quality. For consumers, although the car is sold in India only, they must consider the car’s quality but not the prize. (246words)

Reaction Article (A Web Awash in Liquor Ads, Promoting Moderation)

In my opinion, it was very smart that the vodka company used the campaign to promote their sales volume. Most of alcohol companies avoid mentioning the disadvantages of drinking but speak of many advantages of alcohol. However, every consumer knows they are lying. To my surprise, the company introduced not only good sides of alcohol to consumers but also bad ones. It was a courageous deed, because buyers may not buy their products, but actually, they succeeded. They won consumers trust.

For the government, it is a kind representation. The government can save a lot of money and strength of forcing alcohol companies to mark or advertise the sentences such as “Drinking much is harmful”. For alcohol companies, they can win consumers’ trust and advertise their brand. It is a convenient way of advertising on the Internet. Nowadays, no matter adolescents or adults can surf the Internet, so the Internet must have tremendous affluence on them. If companies can use this aspect, they can succeed easily.

Although the company introduced the bad and good side of drinking to consumers, consumers may be confused. After all, no doubt, drinking too much will hurt our health. I believe that the company must not emphasize on this aspect, so consumers must know that capitalists won’t do anything disadvantageous to themselves. We should know what is good for us. (225words)

Reaction Artical (Oakland Turns Violent Over Shooting)

According to Jesse Mckinley in “Oakland Turns Violent Over Shooting,” he reported that a peaceful demonstration turns into a violent one. Furthermore, the police even shot on an unarmed man’s back.

In my opinion, every demonstration needs a balance between the police and citizen. First of all, citizen should apply to a request of demonstration, and the process should be peaceful and quiet. After all, every citizen has rights to speak out their demand in every democratic country. In contrast, the police should keep the public security. Moreover, if the demonstrators don’t have any prove of the request for demonstrations, the police should dismiss the citizen nonviolently firstly. Using the violent method is the last choice, not to mention shooting people.

In the democratic countries, demonstration is a common scene. I think the governments have been used to the way which people speak their demand to the country, the society. It is a not bad way to speak citizen’s demand out loudly; however, it is also an easy way to become a chaos. If the scene usually exists in democratic countries, those countries must be chaotic and the democracy cannot be carried out completely. (194words)