Is WikiLeaks Beneficial To The Public ?

Since 2006, many governmental documents and contracts have been leaked to the public after being kept hidden. This happened because of WikiLeaks, a site that  leaks government information and reveals a darker picture of it.

Many people side with WikiLeaks as it is a necessity to reveal information that the public need to know about. While others believe that governmental issues should be kept as a secret. Both sides advocate for the citizens’ interest and their own good, and this can be reached if some rules and regulations are changed that both the government and the public can abide by.

WikiLeaks supporters believe that it is of great importance that the government remains transparent as the public deserves to know the truth of their country, no matter how bitter ad dark it may be. As an examples, we cannot expect citizens to elect presidents if no further information is provided about them , therefore WikiLeaks is the only tool that awakens the public eye with shocking facts, with the aim to prevent them from making irrevocable decisions when electing . However, others refute the idea that the governmental issues are to be shared; as it will expose the countries to danger. Sharing the government’s decisions specifically threatens military operations , therefore the whole country  , thus the public’s safety is being at risk. The example of this is very alive with the emerging of many wars and disputes with WikiLeaks being the major cause of them.

Despite the conflicted opinions between people who want to ban WikiLeaks in order to protect the governmental  issues, and others who support the existing of it as it helps to reveal the dark truth of the country ,there is always similar compelling goals that both sides aim to achieve. The first goal lies in finding the citizen’s own good nd interest, because both sides know that after all the public is the one who’s either benfiting or being harmed by any decision that will be taken.  As for their second goal, they aim to shield the military operations and protect the national security of the countries.

There is no right opinion or wrong one. Both sides defend their point of views in a logical manner ,however  with the two sides sharing the same goals, it is very expected that they with concur with each other , and see eye to eye.

Nour Jabrane

S3 Department of English Studies

Chouaib Doukkali University – El Jadida

 

Life Beyond Earth

For centuries, in various parts of the world, it has been reported throughout recorded history that people have been experiencing the sightings of UFOs – unidentified flying object- which raised questions about the existence of other creatures in the universe. These creatures were given the name of aliens. However, there is more to know about the term “alien”, about its origin as well as what this word implicates.

The word “alien” refers to creatures arriving from another world, living extraterrestrial life that may occur outside Earth. It has never been confirmed that these creatures actually exist, still it is a major subject of interest. The term “alien” is derived from the Latin alienus; meaning a slave; it stems from an extinct Indo-European language called Oscan, then later on, in c.1300 the word came to mean “strange or foreign”.

The idea of “aliens” goes back to philosophers in ancient Greece , and  ever since then, there were many debates  among Western philosophers and scientists, questioning the existence  of these creatures  and whether they have ever visited Earth .1947 marks the year during which the first UFO sighting occurred , Kenneth Arnold; a businessman; claimed to see a group of nine high-speed objects  shaped as crescents in Washington while flying his small plane, he described their  extremely fast movements as “saucers skipping on water” , hence the term flying saucer appeared .

However, the word alien is not only restricted to extraterrestrial creatures; it can also mean a person belonging to another place or thing. In informal usage we can say “I feel like an alien” (out of this world), to express your feeling of “not belonging” in a certain group or feeling alienated. In English law, an “alien” is a person born outside of the monarch’s dominions and who did not owe allegiance to the monarch; these people were not permitted to own land and were subjects to different taxes. We also say “undocumented alien” to describe any person who is liable to deportation because of his illegal presence in a nation and is violating the immigration laws.

Understanding the origins of a word and learning its meaning on more profound levels enables us to improve our lateral thinking.  A term does not only have one singular meaning you can always find more. With the word “alien” we understood that it has more to it other than the association with fictional creatures.

Nour Jabrane

Semester 3, Department of English Studies

Chouaib Doukkali University – El Jadida

 

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