HW 11: "Making Global Voices Heard"

The blog I chose to view is called, "China: Traffic cops get machine guns." The blog has many pictures and Chinese symbols on the page. The majority of people who blog on this page are Chinese, both Chinese and English are used on this page. The majority of blogs are about Chinese riots and the different types of weapons that are being used by the police. Mackinnon states how she doesnt think that there should be so many weapons being used, especially for simple case in which they are only being used to carry out drunk driving violations and traffic violation spot checks. She also states how it is even dangerous for them to being using machine guns during violent riots. Although Mackinnon's ideas are more realistic and ideal, nothing has changed the ways in which the Chinese police chose to handle these situations. This blog however does correspond to the reading of "Making Global Voices Heard," because although her ideas havent changed the ways of the Chinese many people may eventually realize what is going on is really wrong and the more people that speak up the more her voice will be heard about this topic. In opposition to this argument, one might say that carrying these machine guns does no harm and in reality controls the Chinese rather than hurt them. This idea may be true in the ways of protection and control of the society but in the long run there should be other alternatives rather than just violence.