Fall 2019
Creative Writing
America and the Enlightenment
Digital Painting
Spanish
Bella Voche
Voice Lessons
Institute
America and the Enlightenment
Digital Painting
Spanish
Bella Voche
Voice Lessons
Institute
Creative Writing
America and the Enlightenment
FREEDOM OF LIES
By Emmalisa Horlacher
Dec 4, 2019
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” -The Constitution, Amendment 1.
It is generally accepted that lies are bad. Such claims appear in the Ten Commandments and in stories about George Washington and cherry trees, but such a claim does not word-for-word appear in the constitution. The constitution mentions freedom of speech but it is vague enough that there are no clear parameters as to what that includes. Now, if you were a government official and had a specific agenda to push, you would find that lying would be a very effective way to accomplish your needs. You would not want such lies to be deemed outside of the umbrella of freedom of speech.
A lie is using words or actions with the intent to deceive someone else. Lies improve self interests while creating strain in the life of the victim being lied to. If you’ve been lied to, then you know how lies burn bridges of trust and how they hurt the victim. If you’ve ever successfully lied, then you know about the guilt, as well as how nice it is to see how the outcome you were striving for becomes reality. From 1960 to 2008, a man named Bernie Madoff made money doing a Ponzi Scheme, which swindled over $50 billion dollars (Frank, Lauricella). He was arrested for fraud and based on his confession to guilty, he was sentenced to 150 years in prison (Vlastelica). If you were Bernie, with two private jets and a fancy boat, wouldn’t it have been nice to keep lying and get away with all that money?
Not everyone, however, uses lies to steal from others. Often, lies are used by officials in elections as a way to defame and incriminate their opponents. Perhaps you are running for Mayor and begin promoting pictures of your opponent being depicted as a monster with a caption that reads: “William Snurchill is a monster!” It is obvious that he is not a literal monster, but by spreading that lie, others might see him as such and therefore, vote for you instead. Lies can be used to destroy the credibility of others as well as hiding secrets.
If you were a government official, would you like to have to admit all your personal and private matters? In Portland Oregon in 2009, Mayor Adams was found out for lying about a sexual relationship of his, the circumstances of which lead to people demanding his resignation ("A Mayor’s Lie Throws a City Into Turmoil”). After apologizing for lying, he said that he would not resign (“Oregon Mayor in Sex Dispute Is Staying Put"). In this circumstance, Mayor Adams was lying to protect a very personal and private matter. If you were in his position, you would need to consider how you are a representative of the people. Would you want your representative to lie to you? There is a fine line between lies and protecting.
The Russian government has been posting ads on YouTube’s website. (Dwoskin, Entous, Timberg).The ads had 10,492,598 views over the course of 32 days (Orttung, Nelson, Livshen). Many of the posts have misinformation with a direct manipulative motive to influence elections (Nicas). People are seeing these posts and as a result, it goes to follow that they have an effect on the viewers votes, whether it be for or against. These lies are manipulating mass opinions.
Not all government officials and business owners are seeking to build their own career at the expense of others, but many do. There are consequences for fraud, but there are not consequences for manipulative lies. If you were a government official, lying would give you the ability to protect yourself, to push your motives, and destroy the trust of others. Lies can feed greed and instigate manipulation. Yet, if you were a government official, would you allow this method of ignoble work to exist, or would you do something about it?
Word Count: 699
Works Cited
Frank, Robert, and Tom Lauricella. "'Uncle Bernie' and His Angry Clients --- Madoff Created Air of Mystery." Wall Street Journal Dec 20 2008, Eastern edition ed. ProQuest. 30 Nov. 2019 .
Vlastelica, Ryan. "Bernie Madoff is Cornering the Prison Market on Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate; 'Ponzi Supernova' is Based on Hours of Previously Unheard Interviews with Madoff." Wall Street Journal (Online) Jan 18 2017 ProQuest. 30 Nov. 2019 .
"A Mayor’s Lie Throws a City Into Turmoil." New York Times Company. Jan 23 2009. ProQuest. 30 Nov. 2019 .
"Oregon Mayor in Sex Dispute Is Staying Put." New York Times Company. Jan 25 2009. ProQuest. 30 Nov. 2019 .
Orttung, Robert, Elizabeth Nelson, and Anthony Livshen. “How Russia Today is using YouTube.” Washington: WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post, 2015. ProQuest. 30 Nov. 2019 .
Nicas, Jack. "Russia Capitalizes on YouTube." Wall Street Journal Oct 24 2017, Eastern edition ed. ProQuest. 30 Nov. 2019 .
Dwoskin, Elizabeth, Adam Entous, and Craig Timberg. “Google Uncovers Russian-Bought Ads on YouTube, Gmail and Other Platforms.” Washington: WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post, 2017. ProQuest. 3 Dec. 2019 .
By Emmalisa Horlacher
Dec 4, 2019
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” -The Constitution, Amendment 1.
It is generally accepted that lies are bad. Such claims appear in the Ten Commandments and in stories about George Washington and cherry trees, but such a claim does not word-for-word appear in the constitution. The constitution mentions freedom of speech but it is vague enough that there are no clear parameters as to what that includes. Now, if you were a government official and had a specific agenda to push, you would find that lying would be a very effective way to accomplish your needs. You would not want such lies to be deemed outside of the umbrella of freedom of speech.
A lie is using words or actions with the intent to deceive someone else. Lies improve self interests while creating strain in the life of the victim being lied to. If you’ve been lied to, then you know how lies burn bridges of trust and how they hurt the victim. If you’ve ever successfully lied, then you know about the guilt, as well as how nice it is to see how the outcome you were striving for becomes reality. From 1960 to 2008, a man named Bernie Madoff made money doing a Ponzi Scheme, which swindled over $50 billion dollars (Frank, Lauricella). He was arrested for fraud and based on his confession to guilty, he was sentenced to 150 years in prison (Vlastelica). If you were Bernie, with two private jets and a fancy boat, wouldn’t it have been nice to keep lying and get away with all that money?
Not everyone, however, uses lies to steal from others. Often, lies are used by officials in elections as a way to defame and incriminate their opponents. Perhaps you are running for Mayor and begin promoting pictures of your opponent being depicted as a monster with a caption that reads: “William Snurchill is a monster!” It is obvious that he is not a literal monster, but by spreading that lie, others might see him as such and therefore, vote for you instead. Lies can be used to destroy the credibility of others as well as hiding secrets.
If you were a government official, would you like to have to admit all your personal and private matters? In Portland Oregon in 2009, Mayor Adams was found out for lying about a sexual relationship of his, the circumstances of which lead to people demanding his resignation ("A Mayor’s Lie Throws a City Into Turmoil”). After apologizing for lying, he said that he would not resign (“Oregon Mayor in Sex Dispute Is Staying Put"). In this circumstance, Mayor Adams was lying to protect a very personal and private matter. If you were in his position, you would need to consider how you are a representative of the people. Would you want your representative to lie to you? There is a fine line between lies and protecting.
The Russian government has been posting ads on YouTube’s website. (Dwoskin, Entous, Timberg).The ads had 10,492,598 views over the course of 32 days (Orttung, Nelson, Livshen). Many of the posts have misinformation with a direct manipulative motive to influence elections (Nicas). People are seeing these posts and as a result, it goes to follow that they have an effect on the viewers votes, whether it be for or against. These lies are manipulating mass opinions.
Not all government officials and business owners are seeking to build their own career at the expense of others, but many do. There are consequences for fraud, but there are not consequences for manipulative lies. If you were a government official, lying would give you the ability to protect yourself, to push your motives, and destroy the trust of others. Lies can feed greed and instigate manipulation. Yet, if you were a government official, would you allow this method of ignoble work to exist, or would you do something about it?
Word Count: 699
Works Cited
Frank, Robert, and Tom Lauricella. "'Uncle Bernie' and His Angry Clients --- Madoff Created Air of Mystery." Wall Street Journal Dec 20 2008, Eastern edition ed. ProQuest. 30 Nov. 2019 .
Vlastelica, Ryan. "Bernie Madoff is Cornering the Prison Market on Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate; 'Ponzi Supernova' is Based on Hours of Previously Unheard Interviews with Madoff." Wall Street Journal (Online) Jan 18 2017 ProQuest. 30 Nov. 2019 .
"A Mayor’s Lie Throws a City Into Turmoil." New York Times Company. Jan 23 2009. ProQuest. 30 Nov. 2019 .
"Oregon Mayor in Sex Dispute Is Staying Put." New York Times Company. Jan 25 2009. ProQuest. 30 Nov. 2019 .
Orttung, Robert, Elizabeth Nelson, and Anthony Livshen. “How Russia Today is using YouTube.” Washington: WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post, 2015. ProQuest. 30 Nov. 2019 .
Nicas, Jack. "Russia Capitalizes on YouTube." Wall Street Journal Oct 24 2017, Eastern edition ed. ProQuest. 30 Nov. 2019 .
Dwoskin, Elizabeth, Adam Entous, and Craig Timberg. “Google Uncovers Russian-Bought Ads on YouTube, Gmail and Other Platforms.” Washington: WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post, 2017. ProQuest. 3 Dec. 2019 .
Digital Painting
In this class I learned how to use the app ProCreate on the IPad. It was a very good and stretching class.
These three pictures create a story which was my final project.
We had to do self portraits. One was more realistic while the other was cartoony.
Spanish
In this class I learned the basics of Spanish.
Bella Voche and Voice Lessons
I met regularly, practiced, and performed a large variety and style of song. The songs I performed solo were "Find yourself" by Brad Paisley and "Smile" by Charlie Chaplin.
Institute
A religious class