: About Me

I am a college student at WSU, I do quite a bit of writing in various formats, most of it terrible. As you can see, I have a tendency to use quite a few commas per sentence, oftentimes even running up against the edge of a run-on sentence.

Pretty stupid, huh?

My passion is ...

computers

I know too much about ...

everything

My parents always told me ...

put the dishes IN the dishwasher

My childhood ambition ...

never had one

My favorite memory ...

basketball tourney in Yakima (diving in the championship)

Why I write ...

to keep from thinking

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

everything

My first job ...

pizza cook

My best moment ...

favorite memory

My inspiration ...

fear

Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Will more democratically elected governments in the world lead to less terrorism?

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Unfortunately, terrorism is not a product of a simple lack of democracy. Terrorism in its many forms exists independent of any singular political system. Terrorists can make a statement in a democracy just as easily as they can make one in a fascist dictatorship, and there's no one to stop them either. The root of terrorism stems from a perceived lack of representation/adherence to what one believes. This applies not only to Muslim terrorists, but to any and all. If we look at Al Qaeda, their goals would not be solved simply by electing a democratic government. Their entire reason for exis...

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