Bunny's Credible Comment
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| Should Marijuana Be A Medical Option? |
Bunny has a clear, educated comment on the topic of whether marijuana should be a medical option. He seems to be expressing a wish of marijuana being legal so it would be more accessible for him to get. He states that it helps him greatly and would reduce criminal activity. The belief that Bunny holds is that marijuana should be legalized. This is clear through his comment. He is stating reasons why it should be legal and relating it to his personal life, explaining how he could use it for medication. Bunny's comment came across as a credible for two reasons, he related it to his personal life, and because he gave valid reasons for it to be legal. Bunny stated how he is very ill and how marijuana would be better for him than all of the other medications he is on. As for reasons given it should be legal, he states how by legalizing it would take the power away from the criminals. He also stated how it's a natural plant and doesn't contain as many chemicals as other legal drugs.
Pot Smoker's not so credible comment
Pot Smoker seems to be afraid of getting arrested. It may be because he illegally deals marijuana or he smokes a lot of marijuana and gets caught offend. I believe that the belief that Pot Smoker holds is that marijuana is a recreational drug, I'm going to make the assumption that Pot Smoker smokes marijuana because Pot Smoker likes the way it makes them feel. This comment is not very credible, this is very evident. The name of the person who left the comment is Pot Smoker, which says a lot about how they feel about the topic. Another reason it isn't credible is because the person who left the comment is making their decision solely on the fact that they don't want to get arrested for possessing it. It has nothing to do with curing their medical problems.
Austin's Credible Comment
Austin seems to be afraid of everyone getting high. He fears that the accessibility to marijuana or a medical marijuana card will lead to people who don't need medical marijuana an easier way to get high. He is scared that everyone will get a card and be "medicated" all the time, "ripping the country apart". I think the values that Austin holds is that of a law-abiding citizen. He fears a country full of high citizens. His belief is that it should be a closely monitored drug/medicine. I felt as if Austin left a credible comment because he has valid points. He is fearful of marijuana being too easily accessible. This concern is true, from my research I've found it is rather easy to obtain a medical card. Austin has a valid reason to be concerned, he has thought out the cons of marijuana being legalized and has concluded that it could lead to issues for the United States.
DJ E-SLICK's Not So Credible Comment
I'm not too sure what DJ E-SLICK is afraid of or wishing for. I would say that he wishes for marijuana to be legal. I'd say that he believes this because he is advocating for the legalization of marijuana. The belief of DJ E-SLICK is that marijuana should be legalized. This assumption is made because he is saying that either food is addictive or marijuana is not addictive, which still doesn't make too much since to me because food is a necessity to live and marijuana isn't. Regardless, DJ E-SLICK is advocating for marijuana to be legalized. This is not a credible comment because DJ E-Slick is attempting to compare the necessity of food to how marijuana is possibly addictive. The two can't possibly be compared because they are so different, this makes the comment irrelevant and not credible.
Reflection:
After reading my fellow classmate's posts on comments I have realized that there is a clear distinction between the good and bad comments in the comments section of an article. The good comments do not pour an unnecessary amount of emotion into their comment. Instead, they make logical, arguable claims and back them up with evidence. In a bad post, the comments consist of angry, rude posts. They usually are a personal attack on the people they disagree with or whoever wrote the article. They also usually do not have evidence to back up their claims and it is evident that they either have not researched or are simply uneducated on the topic that the article is covering.
The comments you analyzed definitely are either very credible comments or not credible at all. It's great that you were able to find ones that were so black and white and then could work off of that to show all the reasons for them being one way or another. The comments you chose made me question mine a little bit. I don't think that the comments I chose were as black and white and unfortunately I didn't quite analyze them appropriately enough. As we continue to do more analyzation I will keep your comments in mind and hope to try to be more specific with the way that I analyze the articles and writings that I choose.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's an interesting set of comments. Their credibility is... pretty distinct for each one. Nice find!
ReplyDeleteA lot of them can be judged on their credibility from their names alone, it seems. Pot Smoker and DJ E-Slick... Hmm. Sounds pretty solid to me.