Culture Letter Rough Draft

Dear Father,

There are a lot of things that I wish I could change in society, but the main thing I would change is discrimination. Discrimination has just gotten to the point where it seems to put our society in a quagmire and it just seems to be damaging things in society. I believe that every truly has equal rights. Some people may not like change, but it is time for change to come.
The highest form of discrimination that we see in today's society is that the homosexual community cannot marry one another. That is one a very touchy subject, but it is one that really needs to be talked about. The idea that gays cannot marry is ridiculous. It's in every persons civil rights to be able to marry. Even if that person is gay or straight, I believe that it should be done that way in today's society. Yes, most politicians see things differently, but even though in their generation being gay seemed wrong, it is time for them to move on. We need equality among everyone. One of my favorite quotes about being gay is said by the lead singer of Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, and he said "We are all born bisexual, we love one another for who we are, not for what gender we are. Society just raises us to love the separate gender." Now, I may be paraphrasing that a bit, but that is the gist of what he said, and I completely agree with him.
Another form of discrimination that really bothers me is having tattoos. I don't think that it is a big deal if anyone has tattoos, I think they look good. Among the general public, I see so many people with tattoos. They all have suffered from some sort of discrimination, either it being something as simple as someone bashing on their ink (even if they just have 1), to something as complex as not being able to get a proper job just because they have tattoos that show. Even jobs that don't require you to mingle with the general public won't let you have tattoos. Sadly, I know when I get tattoos it is going to be extremely difficult for me to get a job in today's society, just because I will have something on my skin that someone else doesn't like. One of the strongest (yet stupidest arguments) is "how will you look when you get old, you won't be able to even tell what they look like," frankly I don't give a damn how they look when I get older. If you can honestly tell me that you are gonna be fantastic looking when your older and that your skin will look the same as when you were young, then I will barely think about not getting tattoos. The way I look at it is that if you don't like it, you should just keep your mind to yourself, that was the way I was raised and that is the way it should be.

Sincerely Your Son,

John Long

Annotated Citations

"A Short History of the Department of State: Iranian Hostage Crisis" No date of said publishing.

http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/short-history/iraniancrises

In this link, it explains all the main point of the Iranian Hostage Crisis. It is a very short link compared to the other one. This link explains the details which are needed to be said. With the details said in this link I got all the specifics that I needed. This link told me the typical when and wheres. It also told me the general people who were involved in the whole Iranian Hostage Crisis. This link also talks about what is going on with the Department of State when the Hostage Crisis occurred. With this link I really was able to start the whole paper. I had writers block until I saw this and then all the information just started hitting and then I was able to start writing about the Iranian Hostage Crisis with ease. Without this article I don't think I would have been able to start my paper as easy as I did.

"United States History: The Iranian Hostage Crisis" No date of said publishing.

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2021.html

With this second link, I was able to fill in all the minimal details about the Iranian Hostage Crisis. I got all the smaller details about "Operation Eagle Claw". This link also told me about the information where Iraq invaded Iran and all the miniscule details that I would not have been able to get other wise. It also told me about all the details with the Presidential Race between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan and how their administrations had helped with trying to find a possible solution to the Iranian Hostage Crisis. It said how Ronald Reagan's administration had helped by having secret missions with the Iranian Government and such things. Without this link I would not have been able to get all these miniscule details that I was able get after reading it. This link was definitely a huge help to me and being able to finish this essay.

(for some reason it decided to change the font size for the second link annotation, apologies.)