For each of the following items, decide whether you agree or disagree. Then, give a brief one-two sentence reason/explanation of why you agree/disagree for each. In your response, you do not have to re-type the statement; simply put "1. I agree with the statement because..." and so on. Remember, never post your full name (first and last) online. Post your first initial and full last name or vice versa. This comment is due by midnight October 29 for full credit.
1. It is never right to kill another person.
2. Political leaders usually act in the best interest of their countries.
3. If a political leader has done something wrong, it is allowable to get rid of him or her by whatever means necessary.
4. "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
5. In certain situations it may be justified for a political leader to bend or break the law for the good of the country.
6. People should never compromise their ideals or beliefs
7. "My country right or wrong" is not just a slogan; it is every citizen's patriotic duty.
8. No cause, political or otherwise, is worth dying for
9. "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant taste of deathbut once."
10. "The evil that men do lives after them; the good is often buried with their bones."
Keep these concepts and your opinions of these concepts in mind as we read Julius Caesar.
1. It is never right to kill another person.
2. Political leaders usually act in the best interest of their countries.
3. If a political leader has done something wrong, it is allowable to get rid of him or her by whatever means necessary.
4. "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
5. In certain situations it may be justified for a political leader to bend or break the law for the good of the country.
6. People should never compromise their ideals or beliefs
7. "My country right or wrong" is not just a slogan; it is every citizen's patriotic duty.
8. No cause, political or otherwise, is worth dying for
9. "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant taste of deathbut once."
10. "The evil that men do lives after them; the good is often buried with their bones."
Keep these concepts and your opinions of these concepts in mind as we read Julius Caesar.