While we were having the dialogue on freedom of religion, I realized the importance of respect for every religion as well as respecting each country's constitution and various situations. During the visit to the Newseum and the museum of American History, I could see some processes of how people got to gain freedom of speech, and how much they tried and took risk to acheive it.
There were some contradictions between the summarized 1-page schedule timing and the detailed day-to-day schedule for this particular day... (meeting time) I think the American History Museum was a generally interesting experience and a chance to learn about American history... The Newseum was also fun and interesting, though the time given to it was perhaps too lengthy...
+++++Viva la 'conferencia',viva la gente aqui,viva el todo!+++++ One of the things that have impressed me the most here is right the passion of some of the people,I'd rather say I can learn more from them than the summit itself.But for sure,the summit is a great success. I've got so much to say but in a word: Te amo,toda la gente!*****
Yesterday, on day three, the delegates have discussed the freedom of religion. As usual, it was a very helpful and resourceful discussion to further increase the area of my intellect.
Today, we visited the Newseum to examine the freedom of speech. I went on to the 4D movie center, and surprisingly the movie was about the_(freedom of) speech and press. I look forward to today's summit dialogue, and so far, so good.
Yesterday we got introduced to a new religion called "bahai". After that we had a discussion concerning "Freedom of Religion" and that was interesting. Today we saw the "newseum" and that was a lot o fun.
After yesterdays talk about the tried erradication of the Baha'i faith by various Islamic governments, the second summit dialogue appeared to me a lot smoother and less forced, all delegates were able to state their countries opinions on religious issues and conflicts clearly. Today, Wednesday, another trip led us to Washington D.C., this time focusing on two Musuems that were supposed to help us join the discussion about freedom of speech and press, the latter one will take place later.
The discussion concerning freedom of religion was interesting and I got to discover each country's position with respect to the matter. In addition, we also found out more about the Baha'i religion. However, I personally found the speaker to be offensive to other religions. Today, we had the chance to visit the National Museum and the Newseum and we had such a great time.
The second summit dialogue worked out better than the first one. All the delegates are getting more and more used to the discussions and the speaker about the Baha'i aswell as the visit to the Islamic Center were a great introduction to the topic. The American History Museum And Newseum were very interesting and informative, although we would have needed more time to take full advantage out of both.
Today we visited the American History and Newseum. Many people worked for human's freedom of speech,like Lincon,Martin Luther King,Jr.We all know that it is a long way to ensure everyone has freedom of speech.But I think every country have can not live woithout hearing its people's voice
During today's trip, we mostly observed the histor and the importance of the right of speech. How much should the freedom of speech should be respected and restricted? Just like yesterday's topic, this topic also brings lots of questions to be answered.
What we saw throughout the entire day, both at the Smithsonian and the Newseum, was that as time has progressed, there have been many movements that have tested the human rights of free speech and free press. Some attempts were successful. Others, were failures. I found The Smithsonian to be an extraordinarily interesting experience. Not only did it give us an insight to the country's past, it also provided us with knowledge regarding famous human rights activists, such as Martin Luther King Jr. One of the important lessons that HAS to be learned from political and social activists is that there can be no success where there is no attempt at success. A fascinating question we can ask ourselves is this: If Martin Luther King Jr. had not fought for the rights of millions of people, would someone else have stepped up to "take his place"? In today's world, there are still a large number of countries that function as dictatorships. Some of these dictators deprive their citizens of their most basic rights. Should we rely on others to solve such problems? Should we stand back while others do their part in protecting people's rights or should we rise to the challenge. I re-iterate: What would have happened if Martin Luther King Jr. felt it wasn't his duty to be the voice of millions? We need to look upon others as though they are ourselves. We need to place ourselves in the shoes of others.
I thoroughly enjoyed yesterday's theme of Freedom of Religion, especially when it came down to the dialogues. I think religion is something very sacred and personal, and that people should have the right to choose what religion they want to believe in or if they do not want to choose a faith at all. Furthermore, the difficulty of defining what exactly a religion is and determining who should have such rights to their beliefs makes this issue a very sensitive but pertinent one. Stripping the rights of one person to have access to his faith over another will lead to a slippery slope situation, when even more and more rights can be violated in the future. The dialogues allowed me to learn about other countries' perception of religion and how they deal with conflicts pertaining to religion. I really enjoyed the Newseum tour today, because much of the information provided in the museum was particularly relevant to a topic we covered in school, Biasness of the Media and Freedom of the Press. I really wish we had more time to explore, though, because I wasnt able to see all the exhibits. The sudden expectation that the summit is around halfway over is quite scary, and i still hope to make the best of this trip with my new friends!
It was really interesting to hear what the speaker yesterday had to say about the Baha'i faith and how religious persecution is still rampant in our world today. More attention definitely needs to be devoted to the persecution of such religious minorities and I think an important step would be to educate everyone about these religions. Yesterday was my first time actually hearing about the Baha'i faith and what its adherents believe in. If more people could be educated and learn about them (and other groups), it would be easier to gather activists and champions for their rights and freedom of religion. In our dialogue session we went through how freedom of religion is curtailed/ allowed in various countries. Ultimately, it's probably safe to conclude that a country should always try to limit its infringement on personal freedom without compromising national security and interests. However, in countries in which there are still many cases of religious persecution and suppression, more needs to be done by global activists and non-governmental organisations to press for change.
The Newseum today was really interesting and the Pulitzer Photo exhibition/ 9-11 exhibition stood out amongst others. I think these exhibitions really showed the power of the press and how a message can be conveyed and delivered very simply and succinctly via such media. This only highlights the importance of freedom of speech to ensure that the citizens receive all relevant news and information, allowing them to form their opinions and conclusions on various matters. Going through the History of the Press exhibition highlighted the potential pitfalls of freedom of speech as it brought forth cases of abuse where false or biased information is published to mislead. I think it's important to strike a balance such that the integrity of information can be maintained and upheld while freedom of speech is also retained.
Today I learned a lot in the American History Museum and the Newseum, specially about freedom itself and the freedom of speech. In the Newseum I saw pictures about how people try to get their freedom and It made me reflect about that. It was a nice field trip.
I was really interested by yesterday's speech on religious persecution. I found the whole concept of the baha'i faith very interesting, and it was definitely something I had not heard of or thought of before. However, I was slightly disappointed that the speaker did not cover much of the persecution but rather spent most of the time talking about his faith. As for the dialogues on freedom of religion, I found that most people generally have a greater consensus on religion in politics and laws relating to religion, compared to the earlier dialogue on healtcare, where points of view were more diverse.
As for today, I really enjoyed the visits to the Smithsonian Museum and the Newseum. It was a pity that we didn't have much time to explore all the exhibits, but the few that I saw were really interesting, my favourites probably being the history behind coins, the war one, and the Pulitzer Prize photographs. I am rather excited for the dialogues later on because Singapore is a country where censorship is high and I'm interested to find out what others think about this censorsip.
I am a libertarian. I value freedom over anything else. We are smaller than a dust in the universe. No matter what we do, what we accomplish, it will make no change in the universe. I believe that excercising individual will is the only meaning of our lives, because the results are anyways futile and infinitesimal compared to the size of the universe. That is why I value liberty the most. And that is why I believe in a complete freedom of religion and press. Government controlling religion or press is equivalent to government deciding the personal preference of the people. If the state can decide what is appropriate for the people, state becomes something more than a union of people, because the people become the means of the state. It can't be more wrong than that, because individuality is the most important thing in the world. I believe in individual freedom and choice, and that is becuase I konw the futility of our accomplishments and the potentials of individuals. +++Viva la libertad+++
I think that today we had an incredible opportunity to learn more about the freedom of speech, in the american history museum and how many people fight to get those rights. Also, the Newseum let me saw the photography perspective with pictures linked to that. I liked the field trip.
After the blogging time yesterday, we listened to a speech on religious persecution by Chase Foster. The speech was different to the speech by Ishmael Beah even though it was interesting. We watched several videos on religious problems - especially conflicts between the Baha'i and the Islam. In contrast to the discussion on health care, the discussion on freedom of religion worked out better. Because everyone had to say something about their religious situation in their school or country it has been a really intense discussion, too.
Today we went to the American History museum. Although I already have been there last year, too, it wasn't boring at all. In Germany we usually do not learn that much on American history so it was a good addition to that I already know from school.
The Newseum was a fun experience, too. I was able to take a lot of awesome pictures and it was a good day in general!
Today we were visiting the Smithonian Museum but I was expecting something diffrent and I didnt like how the U.S.A. presented their history. At the Newsmuseum I had the same experience.
The speaker from the state department yesterday had some interesting ideas. The Baha'i faith he talked about had quite modern beliefs, such as equality for men and women and peaceful relationships among all existing religions. Baha'i believes that there is only one God, every person on the Earth belongs to one race -- the human race, and that each religion is only a continuation of the previous one. These ideas are relatively new, at least in the religious aspect, and they bring about new thoughts on what religions should be like.
It is interesting to go over American history by looking at exhibition at the Smithsonian museum. I renewed my memory of the development of this nation by visiting two galleries -- one introduced the establishment of the national flag, the other shows the long period of time during which African American gained their rights. It felt far more intimate when I saw the Emancipation Proclamation in person than in a textbook.
The Newseum, compared to the National Museum of American history, is much more interactive. I saw a 20-minute-long video clip featuring events in which journalism changed the world. Nellie Bly spent ten days in a lunatic asylum and experienced harsh treatments of the insane there. When she got out, she wrote extensively on her experience and helped achieve an $850,000 increase in budgets for care of the insane. It shows how profound the effect journalism has upon the world.
While we were having the dialogue on freedom of religion, I realized the importance of respect for every religion as well as respecting each country's constitution and various situations. During the visit to the Newseum and the museum of American History, I could see some processes of how people got to gain freedom of speech, and how much they tried and took risk to acheive it.
ReplyDeleteThere were some contradictions between the summarized 1-page schedule timing and the detailed day-to-day schedule for this particular day... (meeting time)
ReplyDeleteI think the American History Museum was a generally interesting experience and a chance to learn about American history...
The Newseum was also fun and interesting, though the time given to it was perhaps too lengthy...
+++++Viva la 'conferencia',viva la gente aqui,viva el todo!+++++
ReplyDeleteOne of the things that have impressed me the most here is right the passion of some of the people,I'd rather say I can learn more from them than the summit itself.But for sure,the summit is a great success.
I've got so much to say but in a word:
Te amo,toda la gente!*****
Yesterday, on day three, the delegates have discussed the freedom of religion. As usual, it was a very helpful and resourceful discussion to further increase the area of my intellect.
ReplyDeleteToday, we visited the Newseum to examine the freedom of speech. I went on to the 4D movie center, and surprisingly the movie was about the_(freedom of) speech and press. I look forward to today's summit dialogue, and so far, so good.
Yesterday we got introduced to a new religion called "bahai". After that we had a discussion concerning "Freedom of Religion" and that was interesting. Today we saw the "newseum" and that was a lot o fun.
ReplyDeleteAfter yesterdays talk about the tried erradication of the Baha'i faith by various Islamic governments, the second summit dialogue appeared to me a lot smoother and less forced, all delegates were able to state their countries opinions on religious issues and conflicts clearly. Today, Wednesday, another trip led us to Washington D.C., this time focusing on two Musuems that were supposed to help us join the discussion about freedom of speech and press, the latter one will take place later.
ReplyDeleteThe discussion concerning freedom of religion was interesting and I got to discover each country's position with respect to the matter. In addition, we also found out more about the Baha'i religion. However, I personally found the speaker to be offensive to other religions.
ReplyDeleteToday, we had the chance to visit the National Museum and the Newseum and we had such a great time.
The second summit dialogue worked out better than the first one. All the delegates are getting more and more used to the discussions and the speaker about the Baha'i aswell as the visit to the Islamic Center were a great introduction to the topic. The American History Museum And Newseum were very interesting and informative, although we would have needed more time to take full advantage out of both.
ReplyDeleteToday we visited the American History and Newseum. Many people worked for human's freedom of speech,like Lincon,Martin Luther King,Jr.We all know that it is a long way to ensure everyone has freedom of speech.But I think every country have can not live woithout hearing its people's voice
ReplyDeleteDuring today's trip, we mostly observed the histor and the importance of the right of speech. How much should the freedom of speech should be respected and restricted? Just like yesterday's topic, this topic also brings lots of questions to be answered.
ReplyDeleteWhat we saw throughout the entire day, both at the Smithsonian and the Newseum, was that as time has progressed, there have been many movements that have tested the human rights of free speech and free press. Some attempts were successful. Others, were failures.
ReplyDeleteI found The Smithsonian to be an extraordinarily interesting experience. Not only did it give us an insight to the country's past, it also provided us with knowledge regarding famous human rights activists, such as Martin Luther King Jr. One of the important lessons that HAS to be learned from political and social activists is that there can be no success where there is no attempt at success. A fascinating question we can ask ourselves is this: If Martin Luther King Jr. had not fought for the rights of millions of people, would someone else have stepped up to "take his place"? In today's world, there are still a large number of countries that function as dictatorships. Some of these dictators deprive their citizens of their most basic rights. Should we rely on others to solve such problems? Should we stand back while others do their part in protecting people's rights or should we rise to the challenge. I re-iterate: What would have happened if Martin Luther King Jr. felt it wasn't his duty to be the voice of millions?
We need to look upon others as though they are ourselves. We need to place ourselves in the shoes of others.
I thoroughly enjoyed yesterday's theme of Freedom of Religion, especially when it came down to the dialogues. I think religion is something very sacred and personal, and that people should have the right to choose what religion they want to believe in or if they do not want to choose a faith at all. Furthermore, the difficulty of defining what exactly a religion is and determining who should have such rights to their beliefs makes this issue a very sensitive but pertinent one. Stripping the rights of one person to have access to his faith over another will lead to a slippery slope situation, when even more and more rights can be violated in the future. The dialogues allowed me to learn about other countries' perception of religion and how they deal with conflicts pertaining to religion.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the Newseum tour today, because much of the information provided in the museum was particularly relevant to a topic we covered in school, Biasness of the Media and Freedom of the Press. I really wish we had more time to explore, though, because I wasnt able to see all the exhibits.
The sudden expectation that the summit is around halfway over is quite scary, and i still hope to make the best of this trip with my new friends!
It was really interesting to hear what the speaker yesterday had to say about the Baha'i faith and how religious persecution is still rampant in our world today. More attention definitely needs to be devoted to the persecution of such religious minorities and I think an important step would be to educate everyone about these religions. Yesterday was my first time actually hearing about the Baha'i faith and what its adherents believe in. If more people could be educated and learn about them (and other groups), it would be easier to gather activists and champions for their rights and freedom of religion. In our dialogue session we went through how freedom of religion is curtailed/ allowed in various countries. Ultimately, it's probably safe to conclude that a country should always try to limit its infringement on personal freedom without compromising national security and interests. However, in countries in which there are still many cases of religious persecution and suppression, more needs to be done by global activists and non-governmental organisations to press for change.
ReplyDeleteThe Newseum today was really interesting and the Pulitzer Photo exhibition/ 9-11 exhibition stood out amongst others. I think these exhibitions really showed the power of the press and how a message can be conveyed and delivered very simply and succinctly via such media. This only highlights the importance of freedom of speech to ensure that the citizens receive all relevant news and information, allowing them to form their opinions and conclusions on various matters. Going through the History of the Press exhibition highlighted the potential pitfalls of freedom of speech as it brought forth cases of abuse where false or biased information is published to mislead. I think it's important to strike a balance such that the integrity of information can be maintained and upheld while freedom of speech is also retained.
Alethea Tan
Today I learned a lot in the American History Museum and the Newseum, specially about freedom itself and the freedom of speech. In the Newseum I saw pictures about how people try to get their freedom and It made me reflect about that. It was a nice field trip.
ReplyDeleteI was really interested by yesterday's speech on religious persecution. I found the whole concept of the baha'i faith very interesting, and it was definitely something I had not heard of or thought of before. However, I was slightly disappointed that the speaker did not cover much of the persecution but rather spent most of the time talking about his faith. As for the dialogues on freedom of religion, I found that most people generally have a greater consensus on religion in politics and laws relating to religion, compared to the earlier dialogue on healtcare, where points of view were more diverse.
ReplyDeleteAs for today, I really enjoyed the visits to the Smithsonian Museum and the Newseum. It was a pity that we didn't have much time to explore all the exhibits, but the few that I saw were really interesting, my favourites probably being the history behind coins, the war one, and the Pulitzer Prize photographs. I am rather excited for the dialogues later on because Singapore is a country where censorship is high and I'm interested to find out what others think about this censorsip.
I am a libertarian.
ReplyDeleteI value freedom over anything else.
We are smaller than a dust in the universe. No matter what we do, what we accomplish, it will make no change in the universe.
I believe that excercising individual will is the only meaning of our lives, because the results are anyways futile and infinitesimal compared to the size of the universe.
That is why I value liberty the most.
And that is why I believe in a complete freedom of religion and press.
Government controlling religion or press is equivalent to government deciding the personal preference of the people. If the state can decide what is appropriate for the people, state becomes something more than a union of people, because the people become the means of the state.
It can't be more wrong than that, because individuality is the most important thing in the world.
I believe in individual freedom and choice, and that is becuase I konw the futility of our accomplishments and the potentials of individuals.
+++Viva la libertad+++
-Djay Lee
very interesting and fun. the newseum was a unique experience and i learnt allot
ReplyDeleteI think that today we had an incredible opportunity to learn more about the freedom of speech, in the american history museum and how many people fight to get those rights. Also, the Newseum let me saw the photography perspective with pictures linked to that. I liked the field trip.
ReplyDeleteAfter the blogging time yesterday, we listened to a speech on religious persecution by Chase Foster. The speech was different to the speech by Ishmael Beah even though it was interesting. We watched several videos on religious problems - especially conflicts between the Baha'i and the Islam.
ReplyDeleteIn contrast to the discussion on health care, the discussion on freedom of religion worked out better. Because everyone had to say something about their religious situation in their school or country it has been a really intense discussion, too.
Today we went to the American History museum. Although I already have been there last year, too, it wasn't boring at all. In Germany we usually do not learn that much on American history so it was a good addition to that I already know from school.
The Newseum was a fun experience, too. I was able to take a lot of awesome pictures and it was a good day in general!
Today we were visiting the Smithonian Museum but I was expecting something diffrent and I didnt
ReplyDeletelike how the U.S.A. presented their history. At the Newsmuseum I had the same experience.
The speaker from the state department yesterday had some interesting ideas. The Baha'i faith he talked about had quite modern beliefs, such as equality for men and women and peaceful relationships among all existing religions. Baha'i believes that there is only one God, every person on the Earth belongs to one race -- the human race, and that each religion is only a continuation of the previous one. These ideas are relatively new, at least in the religious aspect, and they bring about new thoughts on what religions should be like.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to go over American history by looking at exhibition at the Smithsonian museum. I renewed my memory of the development of this nation by visiting two galleries -- one introduced the establishment of the national flag, the other shows the long period of time during which African American gained their rights. It felt far more intimate when I saw the Emancipation Proclamation in person than in a textbook.
The Newseum, compared to the National Museum of American history, is much more interactive. I saw a 20-minute-long video clip featuring events in which journalism changed the world. Nellie Bly spent ten days in a lunatic asylum and experienced harsh treatments of the insane there. When she got out, she wrote extensively on her experience and helped achieve an $850,000 increase in budgets for care of the insane. It shows how profound the effect journalism has upon the world.