The Amish

http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-arrests-7-amish-haircut-attacks-ohio-153051950.html

Hate crimes can be very violent and malicious. The events in today’s news always have a horrible story ending with death or someone being hospitalized. There’s a recent event going on in the news today about a hate crime against an Amish community in Eastern Ohio. Knowing that a hate crime is a federal offense, I never expected the FBI to be involved in such an outlandish crime. This hate crime caught my attention due to the severity of cutting of an Amish man’s beard or an Amish woman’s hair. The reason this is considered a hate crime is because, once married; the men of an Amish community grows the beard out, and the woman don’t cut their hair. So a group of Amish that wanted to leave the community was harassed for attempting to do so. So as revenge the group of seven went to the community and began heinous crimes against the Amish community in Ohio. I feel that a hate crime is never to be dealt with lightly, but as for it being a federal offense; thats ridiculous. Especially if its not a Death or beating. On the contrary, I can see it as being the beginning of a never ending cycle that can cause violence. In this case I do feel that the Amish should jsut ban the the group of seven, it shouldn't be taking into federal offenses because its within the Amish community where it started so it should end there.

All Insipired

When I think about inspiration, I'm drawn straight to my brother. He may be younger, but he's the reason I wake up in the morning. Literally; he's my alarm clock. In the grand scheme of things if it wasn't for him I wouldn't even want to get up in the morning. Besides that, he is my younger brother. He's 15 going on 30. On a serious note, I’ve tried my hardest to make sure he doesn't take the same path I did in my teens. Since he was able to speak I’ve made sure everything he's seen me do as to the best of my ability or just done correctly. He's always tells me I’m his inspiration so that motivates me to keep giving him something to look up too. I talk about him to other people as if he is my older brother, because he’s actually the one I look up to, he just doesn't know it. He’s mainly my inspiration because I have been living through him vicariously. I know it may seem selfish, but he’s been given opportunities that I wasn’t offered so I’ve been trying to make sure he utilizes the tools he has developed. I can honestly he is probably more responsible than I am right now. He definitely has priorities in order too. Maybe it’s because he attends De La Salle the private high school or because he had someone to watch and see the problems I created for myself. I feel that without my brother I would be in a worst predicament that I am now. He gives me the motivation to continue everything that I start and with that said, I can truly say I love and respect my brother as more than just my little brother, he’s the real love of my life and I’m grateful for him in multiple ways.