Laws Over Morals?

To provide you, our dearest reader, with a bit of cohesive-ness, the Unedited Team has not only pledged to cough up some nice disputable topics for you to mull over, but also a bit of pop-culture in the form of music (and in this post's case - movies!). And so I'll start this blog off with a bang - or rather with something a bit softer (okay! Bad, I know...), as my current song obsession comes in the form of Radiohead's "High and Dry" from The Bends, and also "15 steps" from their newest album called In Rainbows. While I fully understand that "High and Dry" is most likely talking about someone getting, well, high - the cool thing about these two songs is that, unlike a lot of Radiohead's stuff, they both have a substantial beat. Weird? Well, okay, not very. Beats are pretty normal I guess. But breathe a sigh of relief - today's blog isn't about the fixes in my brain, but rather about law and morals and which one should take precedence over the other.

This idea actually came about when I was watching Gone Baby Gone with my sister today - awesome, by the way - where (without ruining the movie) the controversy of breaking the law for good came up. Without bringing up euthanasia and the death penalty, the question still exists: is it okay to break the law if your morals are 100% true? Is it "okay" to kidnap a child from abusive parents? Is it okay for us to commit murder, if we are murdering rapists and child molesters? There are a hundred variables in this of course, as always. How can you tell your morals are straight? Who says what is morally sound? Can you make choices for other people?

What do you think?

Always,
Rosy

The Anti-Episode

No need to download this file (although in the future, I understand that clicking the title of this post should allow you to download a podcast). I'm testing out our feed, site, software and my own ability to follow tutorials. http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/ is a great resource that we've been using extensively. I highly recommend it! Hopefully - if this works - it will be a sign that the REAL podcasts are on their way.

Always,
Megan

EDIT: After some fiddling around with it, I have successfully uploaded a 10 second clip of my own voice. This is progress, folks!