Everyday, there are many things that go on in the world around us. Many of them go unnoticed, forgotten by society because they have little to no importance. The things that everybody knows are the things that people think have importance. Usually they are important, but sometimes I think that they have no value to society. Things like, “Worlds Ugliest Dog Dies”. It has no importance to society, it might make a few people sad, but its not going to have a big impact on the world.
Things that do matter in society are things like Beyoncé lip syncing the national anthem at Obama’s Second Inauguration. The inaugural officials said that it was her decision to record her voice the night prior and lip sync rather than singing. The Marine Band doesn’t know why she didn’t sing it, because they said that she was spot on in the recording. They also have stated that this isn’t the first time that there hasn’t been a totally live performance. Yo Yo Ma had to play a recording at a prior inauguration because it was too cold for him to play. The officials have said that she is a great live singer. I personally don't think that it really matters whether or not she sang it live, it sounded great, and nobody would have known had they not have spoken up. There are a lot worse things that go on in this country that lip syncing the national anthem.
Things that really make a difference in our world are things like what happened early Sunday morning in Brazil. There was a band playing at a nightclub in southern Brazil, and they took out either flares or fireworks, and lit them on fire. After a few seconds they pointed towards the ceiling, to warn the people that it had lit on fire. Within minutes the entire building was filled with smoke. The nearly 2,000 people that were inside tried to flee the building through the only exit available. People were rushing towards the exit while choking to death on the fumes. Firefighters said that there were about 50 or so people that were in the restrooms, they assume that they mistook the doors to the restroom as the exit. Many of the other approximately 200 people that died were in close proximity to the doors. The people that had fallen due to smoke inhalation were trampled to death, and people tripped over them and suffered the same terrible fate. This vicious cycle continued until many people were all dead. This is exactly why in the United States, every public place is supposed to have at least two exits, to attempt to prevent this type of tragedy.
Almost anything that happens in this world will make the news somewhere. Some of them are much more positive than others. Some articles will make you laugh, others will make you cry. Everything in the world now a days is documented, some for good, some for bad. Next time you do anything, take care. It just might be the last thing that you ever do.
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Well done Mason!!