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My first Journal choice is my journal for "When Moe Hits Larry...". I chose this one because it was an interesting article to write a reaction to. I also feel that my response was well written. __**When Moe Hits Larry…**__ Barash’s ‘When Moe Hits Larry...’ was an essay that made sense to me. He first starts his essay with the example of Muslims being ‘ethnically cleansed’ by the Serbs. He then compares it directly to The Three Stooges and their slapstick comedy. The analogy he made of the Serbs and Moe to the Muslims and Larry was that of what biologist would call, “redirected aggression”. In the biological study of animal behavior or, ethology, Nobel Prize-winners Konrad Lorenz and Niko Tinbergen described “redirected aggression” as victims reacting by, not victimizing their victimizers, but someone else. They used the example of Baboon B being attacked by Baboon A, which leads Baboon C to be victimized by Baboon B. They say that when an Alpha attacks its subordinate, the subordinate’s stress is activated and the hormone cortisol goes up. The stress can lead to an ulcer, so instead of attacking the Alpha the subordinate attacks someone weaker to lessen the stress. The essay also used the example of the Israelites using goats as sacrifices for their problems, and this is where the term scapegoat comes from. After reading that example I understood completely. Growing up I have always seen bullies pick on kids who seem to be smaller than them, then later I find out that this tough bully is bullied by their older sibling or someone stronger and older than them. I don’t think anyone is born into the world just to cause pain and suffering to others for no reason, instead they are just reacting to what has happened to them in their environment. They treat others the way they been treated so they won’t feel lonely and solitary in the pain that has happened to them. Although this is a tragic part of life, I believe it is natural and no matter how much research is done this will go on forever.  My second journal choice is "Love, Internet Syle". I chose this because it was an intersting topic. The idea that love is being found on the internet is great because the internet isn't all that old. I also liked all the information that the writer gives in her article. **__Love, Internet Style__** David Brook says that “Online dating puts structure back into courtship.” He starts by stating the usual courtship rituals, such as the boys asking the girl to go on a date to the movies or a dinner. Then Brooks goes on and says that over the past few decades, these rituals have slowly dissolved because of the information age, especially the popular use of the Internet. He goes on and explains the popularity of finding love on the internet. Sites such as J-Date, E-Harmony, and Match.Com are sites used by many people around the world to help them find love. He explains that these web pages that users create will give a quick or detailed explanation of the person using. Some sites will match people according to their interest and similarities.  Similar to reality, men always make the first contact. The women will respond only if they feel that the men contacting them are safe because according to Brooks, “men are more likely to be predators looking for sex”. He says that emails exchanged from these sites are similar to interview to the two people because people are extremely dishonest on the internet. He claims that although finding love on the internet is difficult, they are as powerful as relationships made face to face because of the pace. People will share more about themselves through a keyboard than through conversation. This will lead to a comfort that is built slowly but it gives the partners a better way to evaluate each other.  My thrid journal choice is "Sex, Lies, and Converstion". I chose this because I never noticed that men will talk more than women in public. Also I liked how the writer compared and contrasted the tendencies of men and women. **__Sex, Lies, and Conversation__** The theses of the statement are that American men will talk more than women in public, although usually the men will talk much less at home and women will lead the conversation. The organizational technique that the author uses is breaking down men and women in different parts of the essay. For example, she would write about the how females perceive conversation as an important way to gain comfort, and then in the next paragraph she will write about how men don’t feel the same way. Men will rather do more physical things to gain comfort. She does this throughout the essay and it helps with the organization because it shows the different point of views in every paragraph, then it concludes well.