#6 Questions
1.) What is the purpose of this piece?
The purpose of this piece is to inform the reader of what is being done to protect their privacy. The article informs you that before, the government could just collect a variety of business and credit card records but afterwards, they can only collect that of people whom they think might be terrorists. It was written to inform the people of this.
2.) What does it mean to say that an issue is “politicized”? Is the Patriot Act a political issue? Can something be a political issue and not be politicized? Explain.
“Politicized” means to bring political character or flavor to. An issue being “politicized” would simply mean that someone took news about something and made it into political headlines. I would have to say that the Patriot Act is a political issue because it was made and passed by the government. And I do not think something can be a political issue without becoming politicized, because if it already has a political flavor or character to it, it has already become politicized by itself.
~CM
October 26, 2009 @ 9:44 pm
Looking good so far. I do not see AOW 7 and 8 though. Would you please go ahead and post the questions and reflections for those two lessons. Additionally, you are VERY far behind on the blog challenge. You are going to want to make sure you are up to date before next week when I take another grade.