Prop. 35

Prop. 35

Out of the upcoming bills that Californians will be able to vote on, I have the strongest opinions for prop 35. This bill focuses on the topic of human trafficking, which is something that I believe needs to be regulated and prosecuted more within our state. Human trafficking can be defined as the trade and exploitation of human beings (mainly for sex or labor), in which people of all ages, genders, and ethnicities are exploited, but it is mainly women and children that are the victims of these crimes. The main idea of Prop 35 calls for increased penalties for people convicted of crimes related to human-trafficking, and would also require these convicts to register as sex-offenders.

Pros: The penalties that offenders of human-trafficking crimes face varies with their crime, and of course criminals that dealt with exploiting children (such as pimping/prostitution), will face a greater sentence. This means that there will be a greater emphasis on prosecuting traffickers that deal with sex trafficking, because many of the people involved in these crimes intentionally exploit younger people, and are aware that they are under the legal age.

Cons: some against the bill would argue that California already has enough resources to battle off human trafficking, but I would disagree.

Although I have yet to reach the voting age, I strongly encourage people to look into voting for this prop in order for it to come into law. This law will hopefully diminish one of the biggest criminal industries of our country, which as of now, is still thriving and is usually ignored by the public eye. Many of the victims of human trafficking are just children, either my age or younger, and I think that by requiring human traffickers to register as a sex-offender makes the penalty more appropriate for the crime.

Canturbuy Tales: The Physician

The Canterbury Tales takes place in the middle ages, and gives us a mental image of how society and people were during that time period. If I were to be one of the characters during this time, I would most relate to being the Physician. This career would entitle that I would most likely work out of my own home. I would work to help other people improve their overall health, by diagnosing their diseases/illnesses and prescribing medication (in these times, usually herbs or tonics) to relieve and cure the symptoms. During the middle ages, the bubonic plague struck the population quickly and caused a tremendous affect on the welfare and living conditions of the people of this time. Due to this, I would have to work with people that were not only on the verge of death, but were also potentially contagious to myself, meaning that my career risked my own health and life. I suppose that my family life would be somewhat non-existent, for I would most likely spend my time working, which means that I wouldn’t have had time to have a wife or start a family. Furthermore, I would see the world as a place that needed the help of problem-solvers and thinkers like myself. I would be very aware of the diseases in the world, and I value that I have the ability and knowledge to help prevent and cure people to ward them off. My plans for the future would simply be to continue my career and to become more aware of diseases that are unknown (or caused by an unknown reason) to us, and to develop a way to cure them.