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ISSUE #20: AUG '16

Honour Killing: No Country for Young Women

Hyun Min Kim

Kant Touch This

Fernan Fortich

Olympics in Rio: Where will the money go?

Mateus Joly Pessoa

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Feminism: Should we take it seriously?

Tiyam Nikray

14

The Cold War Just Got Colder: What next for interKorean relations?
Yong Suk Kim

21

MP-Free! Music Apps and How They Have

Revolutionized the Music Industry
DanIel Pia and Tiyam Nikray

25

President Trump: A world with walls

Luis Felipe Arruda

28

The Picture Credits for this issue

32

Where the money went last time

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Send comments to futureperfect.editor@gmail.com

Honour Killing

No Country for Young Women

By Hyun Min Kim

No Matter how many

times i will be pushed
down under,,But I m
Fighter I will Bounce back
(sic). This was Qandeel
Balochs last Facebook
message. But she couldnt
bounce back, at least in this
lifetime.
On the 15th of July
2016, one of Pakistan's
most famous social media
stars was strangled to
death at Multan in the
province of Punjab. She
was killed in her family
home by her brother,
who was against her
posting pictures and
progressive
messages
on the internet. After
her murder, her brother
Waseem Baloch said,
"Girls are born to stay
home I am proud of
what I did. I drugged
her first, then I killed
her She was bringing
dishonor to our family."

She
dishonoured
our family name, many
murderers insist. Every
day, more than three
women are murdered in an
honour killing in Pakistan.
The United Nations Fund
for Population Activities
states that more than 5,000
women are vicitms of
such murders every year.
However, a lot of experts
insist that the number of
victims could be much
higher.
Honour killing is an
old custom, in which
families kill young women
regarded as violators of
their religious rules. The
methods
are
horrific;
burying alive, stoning,
and burning to death.
Occurrences have been
recorded
predominantly
in Islamic countries such
as
Pakistan,
Jordan,
Yemen and other nations
in Southwest Asia. Most

young women have been

victims of honour killings
for crimes such as wearing
jeans, getting raped, or
purchasing a cellphone
without permission.
A Girl in the River:
The Price of Forgiveness,
an
academy-awardwinning
documentary
about
eighteen-year-old
Saba, who falls in love
and elopes is targeted by
her father and her uncle.
They shoot her several
times and throw her into
the river, but miraculously,
she survives. Sabas father
and her uncle get sent to
prison. She doesnt want
to forgive them, but she
is forced to forgive her
attempted murderers. They

are released from prison,

and end up living in the
same village.
Since it won an Oscar,
this film has been making
a sensation. The Prime
Minister of Pakistan saw it,
and promised to amend the
Constitution as one of the
biggest problems of honour
killings is that the sentences
for the perpetrators are
too light. The maximum
time served is 2 years even
though it is a murder case.
Also, if the victims family
forgives the killer, he can
be released, hence why 3
Sabas story ends with her
and her family still living
in the same village. But it
will not be easy until the
constitutional amendment.
Some Islamic cultures
perceptions are stuck in
the past. For example,
many Islamic men agree
with the concept of honour
killing. In 2013, a Cambrige
University survey said that
more than of Jordans
students still think honour
killing is acceptable and
that it is not morally wrong.
After Qandeel Balochs
death, the Prime Minister of

Pakistan pledged to amend

the
Constitution. Also
her father strongly urges
his son to be punished
for his crime. The global
civic organization AVAAZ
intends to start an onlinecampaign, called Pakistan:
End
`Forgiveness`
for
Honour Killing.
These
changes
are
ongoing in Pakistan, but
such movements are not
enough. The most important
thing that has to be solved
is the deeply-rooted sexual
discrimination
in
the
countries affected. It is
nearly impossible for the
members of a society to
start a revolution without
enough
preparation.
Honour killing is an
extreme case of sexual
discrimination.
Even
though strict laws could
decrease the number of
victims, it is necessary
to fundamentally change
society for the better.
For more info..
meforum.org/2646/
worldwide-trends-inhonor-killings
secure.avaaz.org

Kant Touch This

By Fernan Fortich

Mimes, in the form of God

on high,
Mutter and mumble low,
And hither and thither fly
Mere puppets they,
who come and go
Edgar A Poe, The Conqueror Worm

remember
the
first
time I started to read
about philosophy. I was
around 14 years old, and I
found this enormous book
by Jean Jacques Rousseau. I
was amazed and somewhat
intrigued by the title, Le
Contrat Social, emblazoned
on its cover in capital letters
and so decided to start
reading.
Sadly, and in a very
frustrating and tiresome
way, the more I read, the
less I understood. There
were blocks of information
in the form of speech using
complicated metaphors and
analogies. Even if I had been
intrigued by it, I couldn't
bring myself to endure

that torture, and it's rather

odd that a science created
to ensure good living, and
probably the most practical
one, is the one that's most
forgotten about.
Philosophy
can
be
defined as the study of
ideas of the fundamental
nature of things like life,
knowledge, politics, and so
on. It has a reputation for
being pointless navigation,
something for pot-smoking
weirdos that want to sound
smart but that cant actually
function in the real world.
That opinion might be due
to how people experience
philosophy or in reality, how
they dont, which is exactly
what happened to me.
Philosophy
may
be
encountered
through
education
in
certain
countries, but in most, it's
considered irrelevant and
skippable, and for whatever
reason, its not as valued
as other subjects such as
science, literature or history.

Additionally, if you add to

the fact that there have been
philosophical
questions
debated
by
so-called
philosophers for centuries
without giving any practical
or definitive answer, you
can easily see why I couldnt
get through Jean Jacques
Rousseaus book. You might
even think, Great! You
might know how society
was formed and what
citizenship really means,
but does that even work in
practice? We live in a world
that treasures the practical
value of ideas, and honestly,

although philosophy isnt

rocket science per se, if you
are someone really unique, it
will take you to the moon.
If
you
have
never
experienced a philosophy
class, you would be amazed
at how boredom can
overwhelm you, especially
when you dont understand
half of the words the old and
bold teacher says. Anyway,
he would begin the class by
dictating the lesson, flooding
our minds with isms we
wouldnt understand, and
words like Marxism, culture,
and Kant would wake me

up. It was a very old-school

class, and I just didnt feel
engaged enough.
The sad thing is that I had
a couple of conversations
with him, and I felt he knew
so much about his matter
and was so passionate about
it. One day I asked him why
he didnt apply that passion
to his teaching. His reply
was quite sad as he said the
program was too extensive
and the hours he had with us
was just not enough and his
only solution was to dictate
the whole way through.
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Of course, after months
of that tedious class, nobody
heard the word philosophy
with pleasure. What I want
to emphasise here is that the
problem isnt that philosophy
isnt interesting or intriguing,
but that the education
system isnt engaging their
students enough and they
are missing out. Worst of all,
it leaves a bad impression,
one that they will never
forget or question the rest of
their lives. That, sadly, is the
power of ignorance, which in
this case, is NOT bliss.
Imagine you find yourself
in a library and you're

suddenly interested in a
book called Groundwork of
the Metaphysics of Morals
by Kant. Suppressing the
thought that only nerds
would read this book, you
try and then you realise you
are not able to crack the first
sentence. Knowing that you
have hundreds of pages like
this, you start considering if
it's even worth it. That's the
other obstacle of the modern
approach to philosophy:
it's dangerous going alone
because it's not strangerfriendly. It's surely not made
for the masses, but for the
elite classes of the time. So
even those who are interested
arent just able to access it.
So let's imagine what
would happen if people
could enjoy the benefits of
philosophy.
The first thing that
philosophy can give to your
life is a way of thinking
clearly. Even if intuition
and common sense are
pretty good tools to work
on different situations in
life, they aren't always right
or useful..That's because
intuition is a method that
depends on the mood of the

person and common sense

may only be a situational
thing but not always the
most appropriate one.The
skill that philosophers try to
teach you is called logic. Its
supposed to be a method that
puts away your feelings and
gives you a right perception
of life in return. An example
of what logic may be can be
extracted from the Roman
philosopher Epictetus. This
man who used be a slave in
ancient Rome managed to
develop his own philosophy
despite his difficult position.
One of his main ideas was
his explanation as to why
people suffer. He explains
that there are 2 types of
things: the things that
depend on us and the ones
that don't. Health, weather
and reputation, for example,
are ideas that are beyond our
control, whereas our beliefs
and our mind set are the only
things that really depend on
us. After Epictetus people
suffer for two reasons then:
Firstly, people try to change
things that aren't in their
control and as they don't
change people start feeling
frustrated and hopeless. The

other cause of suffering is

that people blame the results
of their beliefs on the external
world so that they can't look
at what really went wrong in
retrospection to correct it.
But why should we
care about what this guy
said? It is really important
because this philosophy can,
for example, help people
with mental issues, maybe
even with anxiety attacks
or PTSD. Those people are
often burdened with a loss
of perspective and maybe
if they took a retrospective
look at themselves or if their 9
parents had taught them this
before some people would
have far less problems of this
kind.
This is just one example for
a certain type of application
of philosophy in life. Let's
imagine you have old rotten
pump and you want to
improve the water flow, even
if it's not vital for the normal
function of the pump. Now
picture that you life is that
old pump running on the
bare-minimum to function,
and philosophy can be the
plumber to make it better.
Apart from that, we live in a

harsh world, where there are

winners, that win big, and
losers, that are condemned
to misery. You should equip
yourself with the best odds
to face life. And that's what
a lot of people that have all
the means to be successful
and happy are lacking.
So after this beautiful
speech about philosophy
we should answer to the
question: How should we
introduce philosophy to the
masses?
Simply by making it
simple. We have huge ways
10 of communication like the

internet or television, and

we already know that the
problem isn't if philosophy
is of interest or not, the
problem is how we transmit
it. The problem is that we
can't make everyone an
academic so that they are
able to access philosophy
currently. Therefore, we
have to make it more
accessible to people through
more
interactive
and
meaningful ways such as
videos explaining theories or
implications of philosophy,
so we can generate a culture
around it.

Olympics in Rio
Where will the money go?
By Mateus Joly Pessoa

he
Olympics
is
often seen as a
time to unite all
the nations, playing for
two
objectives:
gold
medals and recognition.
Everything is beautiful,
and everyone is happy,
right? No.
The media only shows
people what they want to
see, but when you scratch
the surface, you can find
the truth behind this wall of
happiness. Lots of people
have been made homeless
since the construction and
renovations started. Its
kind of ironic: something
full of values just results
in disorder.
Brazil,
a
beautiful
place for sure, but what
about the corruption?
That is one of the biggest
problems in the country,
and as a true Brazilian,
I can say the Olympics
shouldnt be there.

We were told that

if Brazil hosted the
Olympics, a lot of money
would be brought into
the country to help
its citizens. However,
we were told the same
thing about the World
Cup, and back in 2014
no one (except for a
privileged few) got to 11
reap the benefit due
to
corruption.
The
government
figures
out many ways to take
money from the people
and hide it for their own
use. They increase taxes
and sometimes create
new ones.
In addition to this, the
Brazilian economy has
recently been through
dark times. A dollar can
buy 4 Brazilian Real,
almost 5, while not long
ago, it was somewhere
around 2,50 Brazilian
Real, almost half of it.

it on something that will

not help anyone? Of
course, the government
cant take all the money
that enters the country,
but its really a miniscule
proportion that ends up
in peoples pockets. If
all the money they waste
on giving the country a
facelift was invested in
infrastructure, it would
be worth it, but what is
actually taking place in
Rio is gentrification. Jane
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Even though Brazil

just went throught an
impeachment, and the
cost of living is on the
rise, our government has
been busy renovating
and
constructing
new buildings for the
Olympics. There are lots
of overcrowded hospitals
and schools that are in
poor condition, without
basic equipment or even
piped water.
What is impressive
is that the government
doesnt seem to care
about
anything
other
than making money and
Brazilian citizens see little

return. We live in a society

in which the extremely
rich live next door to the
poverty-stricken, and the
governments solution is
to build a wall to separate
the two instead of solving
the cause of the problem.
What
about
the
Olympics
legacy?
It
wont be success, pride
or victory, and this wont
be the first time. In 2010,
people marched the streets
of Vancouver, holding
signs saying, Houses
not Games. They asked,
why not invest money in
something that will help
people instead of wasting

Nascimento de Oliveiras
said that her home was
destroyed and replaced
with a new building for
the Olympics.
Brazil isnt always
the happy country that
the media shows, which
is why some people have
a blurred view of the
country, and the media
should solve this by
showing reality, not only
what they want.

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Feminism
Should we take it seriously?

By Tiyam Nikray

Opera Critics Spark

Outrage After Calling
Singer Tara Erraught
Stocky,
Dumpy
and
Chubby;
Woman
Disfigured After Boyfriend
Threw Acid in Her Face;
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Girl, 15, Gang-raped by 38
Men in Malaysia and Then
Arrested; Malala: The Girl
Who was Shot for Going to
School: These are just a few
examples from all over the
world about how womens
rights are being violated every
single day. To some people,
this might be shocking news,
whereas others are already
getting tired of hearing about
women and their neverending list of exaggerated
problems. Nevertheless, one
has to ask: are these problems
really that exaggerated, or are
some people just closing their
eyes to reality?

The
truth
is
that
misogynistic behaviour has
been around for years. The
ancient Greeks regarded
women as the source of evil or
as plagues inflicted upon them
by the gods. The Bible states
that it was Eve's fault that the
human race was banished
from paradise since she was
the one who was seduced by
Satan, thus opening the gate
to hell on Earth. In Papua New
Guinea and parts of South
America, women's bodies are
considered contaminated, and
they are not only treated as
inferiors but are also thought
to be in league with the Devil
and dangerous to mankind.
Besides these ridiculous
stories and beliefs, there
are some serious facts and
figures to which nobody
seems to be paying attention.
According to the World

Health Organization, 1 in
3 women worldwide has
been physically, sexually
or psychologically violated.
UNICEF states that more
than 700 women living
today were child brides.
Over 200 have experienced
female genital mutilation.
The European Union Agency
for
Fundamental
Rights
reports that 18% of women
in the EU have been stalked
and that 21% of the women
interviewed worried about
being attacked by a stranger.
Further violations include
acid attacks, dowry deaths,
honour killings, domestic
violence and the violation of
human rights based on sexual
identity such as the wage gap
and workplace discrimination.
These are just some of the
problems feminism is fighting
against.
Feminism by definition
simply stands for gender
equality, meaning men and
women should have the same
political, economical and
social rights. Sadly, this term
is often misunderstood, which
leads many people to believe
that feminists are selfish
female trouble seekers joined

in a radical movement. In order

to find out what people in
Toronto think about feminism,
I interviewed several people
from different walks of life.
After wandering the streets
for 2 hours, I managed to
find 6 interviewees. What
shocked me the most was that
not a single woman agreed
to be interviewed. Most
women excused themselves
as soon as they heard the
term feminism, pretending
to be in a rush or saying they
didn't have any knowledge of
the subject. The only possible
explanations to me are that 15
either those women didn't
know what feminism is and
therefore didnt consider
themselves to be feminists or
they are masochists who truly
like living in a patriarchal
world where they are treated
as brainless inferiors.
As expected, men were a
lot easier to approach than
women. Out of 6 men, only 2
didnt identify with the title
feminist (yes, men can be
feminists too), 18-year-old
Mateus from Brazil being one
of them. The reason he gave
was that there are radical
feminist movements in Brazil

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A women's suffrage propoganda postcard countering the rhetoric that voting will make a
woman masculine by taking on masculine roles. Date 1915.

led by so-called femi-nazis.

Despite
not
considering
himself a feminist, however,
his actions and words
corresponded to those of one.
This left me with only
one misogynistic person,
who
believed
women
couldn't handle power and
should instead keep to their
traditional roles as mothers
and wives with long hair
and pretty dresses, which
was quite surprising since I
expected to encounter more
people of this kind. While I
was trying to figure out what
his 16-year-old feminist niece
from the Czech Republic
thought about feminism, he
swooped in and took over
the interview, answering the
question with It's the worst
possible thing in the world.
It's the worst that was created
in history.
When asked what feminism
was, most men answered that
it is a movement of women
who are fighting for equality.
After failing to find a female
interviewee, I had to turn to a
friend, who quoted Susan B.
Anthony: Men, their rights,
and nothing more; women,
their rights, and nothing less.

Nevertheless, my favourite
definition of feminism was
by
25-year-old
Richard,
who believed that feminism
is equality for everyone,
because feminism isn't a
movement solely constructed
for the liberation of women
anymore; today it also stands
for men's rights.
It is true that women are
being oppressed in gruesome
ways, but men havent
reached equality either. The
male suicide rate is much
higher than the female one
because, instead of seeking
help in difficult situations 17
and voicing their problems
out loud, a lot of men feel
ashamed of themselves and
see no other solution than
to commit suicide. Another
example is that the rape of
men by men and women is
simply being ignored because
society makes men choose
denial over the truth, resulting
in them not reporting it.
Feminism is fighting all the
above-mentioned problems
and many more to create
equality for men and women,
whereas movements such as
the Men's Rights Movement
(MRM) only support the

constructs made up by
patriarchy over hundreds of
years and demonizes all the
good work feminism has done
so far. This might also be part
of the reason why feminism
is regarded in such a negative
light. The interviewees had
different opinions on this
matter, some believing that
men and years of patriarchal

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history are the reason for

it, whereas others think it's
because of the way feminism
is portrayed by the media
but also by overdone radical
feminist movements who go
as far as to oppress men in
their rights.
The media certainly has
its fair share in downplaying
the importance of feminism

and
objectifying
and
sexualizing women. Instead
of supporting the movement
they, as always, concentrate on
reporting the negative events
caused by radicals hence,
creating a negative image for
the whole movement. Even
though some practice their
beliefs excessively, they can't
really be blamed for it. After

approximately 150 years of

fighting for their rights, they
still aren't being heard. Every
day they have to tolerate
misogynistic idiots who seem
to have nothing better to do
than to discriminate against
50% of the world population
on a daily basis. Under
these conditions, it really
shouldn't come as a surprise

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that some women just wont

take it anymore. If you look
closely, you'll see that all
these radical actions are a cry
for attention by desperate
women because they see no
other way to encourage the
world's mindfulness.
After seeing that most of
the interviewees thought that
feminism isn't only important
but in fact necessary and
that most men do support
it, I came to the
conclusion
that
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maybe nowadays misogyny

isn't entirely due to men.
Maybe women have grown
so accustomed to not being
able to speak up and to being
ignored and devalued that
they prefer to be in denial
and therefore, dont even
acknowledge the fact that
they are being oppressed.
Instead they decide not to

The Cold War Just Got

Colder What next for inter-Korean

relations?

im Jeong-Eun, the
North Korean leader,
fires missiles into the
ocean for no apparent reason
almost every month, but back
in the day, there was a good
time between North and
South Korea.
I am a native of the South, a
country located in a peninsula
on the map but effectively
an economic island since the
tragedy of the Korean war 66
years ago. As a Korean, I have
a kind of guilty conscience
in that we have failed to

make preferable change in a

cold war that has lasted too
long. Many individuals have
become victims of arbitrary
government power, which is
unfortunately supported by
the status quo.
Would it be possible for
any free nations government
to give an administrative
order to its own people to shut 21
down 124 legal companies in
which about 56,000 workers
and entrepreneurs earn their
living other than North or
South Korea?
Even both

governments had encouraged

entrepreneurs to set up their
businesses between 1998 and
2000 to promote peace in the
area, but the South Korean
government told people to go
out and shut down the whole
operation, causing the North
to confiscate every private
property left in the Kaesong
area, thanks to Dynamic
Korea!
The South Korean people
who joined the project
believed their governments
promises that, No political
issue [would] affect economic
22 cooperation, and that it
was ...all guaranteed by a
special so-called economic
cooperation insurance.
But when South Korean
President Park Geun-Hye
was so worried about North
Korean nuclear weapons and
rocket tests that she decided
to cut off all the money
supply to the North Korean
government and declared the
end of the project unilaterally
to the North, she didnt ask
the concerned people about
anything. It was done right
after the full-moon holidays
without any notice. All of
those safety guards for the

people were white elephants.

It was like a surprise attack: no
one had any time to prepare
for this sudden termination
of business. A government
announcement followed: It
should have been a speedy
process to protect people from
possible danger and make the
action more effective.
There is no doubt that
this switch in the policies
against the North came from a
traditional point of view. If we

push the regime just a little bit

more, the North will collapse.
Unfortunately, this hypothesis
is unrealistic simply because it
hasnt worked over the last 60
years.
The Korean situation is
much more complicated. 6
players (North and South
Korea, the US, China, Russia
and Japan) have their own
interests in the North Korean
nuclear weapons issue, and
each countrys diplomacy

adapts to the smallest change

in the situation. Now the
US is encouraging South
Korea and Japan to make a
stronger alliance and try to
set up the THAAD (Terminal
High Altitude Area Defense)
missile system in South
Korea in response to North
Korean threats. However,
China and Russia oppose
the system, saying its
excessive defense that can
be a threat to their contries

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South Korean trucks turn back after they were banned from entering Kaesong.

too, and try to rekindle their

relationship with the North.
A never ending story of
conflict.
Though
the
South
Korean
Government
promised to pay some
money to the entrepreneurs
and employees to cover up
the case, the victims are still
continuing their desperate
resistance, starting with a
petition to the president
and now a constitutional
appeal.
"We had continuously
asked the North Korean
24 Government to run the
Kaesong complex under
regulations
and
rules
agreed
upon
between
the two Koreas, but it
turned out that our own
government violated our
property rights by shutting
down the Kaesong complex
with no legal basis," the
Kaesong firms said.
I dont think the victims
would continue to resist the
government policy when
they get compensation from
the government as its a
matter of immediate life
and death for them.

They
are
just
businessmen who want to
make some money. Political
resistance is not their main
business.
More
than
100,000
separated families still
havent met their loved
ones, and many of them are
elderly and running out of
time. People who have lost
their jobs are now seriously
thinking
about
leaving
Korea. Even the likelihood of
war cannot be ruled out.
To those who say, Be
patient and wait a little longer!
The lunatics will be forced to
return to the asylum, and in
the meantime, here are some
new weapons to protect you
much better against their
prototype rockets, I really
want to say, Do something
for peace now!
Many Koreans are ready
to cooperate with anyone
who
promotes
politics
based on peace and basic
human rights. During these
15 years, Koreans have been
doing a great job keeping
the peace, but now were all
in trouble.

MP-Free!

Music Apps and how they have

Revolutionized the Music Industry

By DanIel Pia and Tiyam Nikray

t seems like it was

yesterday that we couldnt
do anything other than
turn on the radio and listen
to our favourite artists; of
course, only if their music was
transmitted. If it wasnt we
had to buy cassettes and CDs.
Sometimes we had to record
music from the radio onto a
cassette so we could listen to it
whenever we wanted to. There
was even a time where some
people used to download
music from the Cloud illegally.
Now, however, everything is
changing.
The arrival of the internet
allowed us to do many
things we couldnt have even
imagined before. Together
with the internet, technology
keeps developing so that
we now have a variety of
electronic devices such as
cell phones, e-tablets and, of
course, music players. The
latter can work with two
different operating systems,

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either IOS or Android, which

enables us to do a lot of things
through different programs
called apps.
In addition to being a
good way of stopping piracy,
apps, music and the internet
are the perfect combination
for generation Y to use, since
they practically grew up with
the digital globalization of the
world. This is also why music
apps came out just a few
years ago and why they are
becoming really popular these
days.
But what kind of music
apps are available? How do

they work and what makes

them so useful?
As most people know,
music apps are programs in
which you can find a lot of
tracks from your favourite
artists. You can listen to them
as many times as you want,
you can show your support
to the artists by following
them and you can receive
notifications on their newest
releases. All of this is made
even more terrific by the fact
that it is completely free.
However, like most things in
life the greatest things always
cost money, which is why
most of these apps provide
you with special features if
you are willing to pay.
This might sound like
a disadvantage but it really
isnt. In fact, the price is not
as expensive as one would
imagine. For example, Spotify,
one of the most popular music
apps, charges you $9.99
per month in exchange for
listening to your favourite
tracks at any time, even if
you dont have an internet
connection.
Other music apps that
you can download and
use in a similar way are

Deezer, Amazon mp3 and

Soundcloud.
Did you already know
about any of these apps or do
you use them on a daily basis?
How useful are they and have
you thought about whether
they have changed your way
of listening to music?
Apps like the abovementioned certainly haven't
only marked your life in a
significant way. The rise of
technology forced the music
industry to adapt to the new
system in a way that doesn't
necessarily benefit the music.
Since music can be heard
online for free the industry
has to work together with the
app companies in order to
be on the market and make
a profit. Furthermore, they
have to make their artists
as appealing as possible so
that a huge fan base emerges
who is going to support the
artist 100% by buying every
product the artist creates. This
has the side effect that the
music industry concentrates
on making a good profit rather
than making good music.
Fans become more interested
in the lives of the artists rather
than in their music, which

leads to the creation of highly

superficial music.
Music apps might prove
beneficial to you, but they
are surely taking a toll on the
music industry and its quality.
In the end, everyone has to
decide for themselves which
parts of technology they want
to let in to their lives, but
whether we realise it or not
the consumer always has a
say in how the future is going
to be shaped. This wont stop
music apps from developing
and becoming even more
appealing to the users and
it shouldn't stop you from 27
enjoying the app, but buying a
few albums from time to time
just for the sake of music might
not hurt. After all life is about
having a good balance.

President Trump
A World with walls

By Luis Felipe Arruda

s an international
student and a young
individual
who
is just starting on his own
path in life, to see someone
like Donald Trump running
for the US presidency is
something that scares me
tremendously!
For instance, I am not
28 a mexican citizen, but I
do live in South America,
Brazil to be more specific
where we already have
several problems. As a Latin
American person who usually
suffers from corruption and,
in some ways, the really
bad impression outsiders
have about my country and
the people who live there
puts me in an unconfortable
position.
As a professional living
where I live, opportunities
to achieve great things in life
become even harder to attain,
especially considering all the
political issues, the current

loss of economy rating and

companies
losing
their
interest to invest. However,
great opportunities do still
come from studies abroad
and
large
international
companies, most of them
from the USA. So, if Mr
Trump becomes the next US
president, how will it affect
you or me?
Turning to the facts, it is
not hard to understand who
the man is, even if you dont
know him personally. To
illustrate, when I think about
him, the earliest memory that
comes to my mind is his role
in the terrible and pathetic
TV show The Apprentice,
in which he humiliated
candidates who were looking
for job opportunities in his
companies. To be honest, it is
difficult not to put myself in
their shoes since Im trying
to achieve the same goals in
similar companies. Trump
might have been a boss

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many times but never a

leader, and true leadership
is one of the greatest virtues
that a president should have.
To imagine a scenario in
the future where the most
powerful nation in the World
might be under Trumps

of those who were not great

enought to be considered
valuable to have the same
opportunities or to be accept
without judgement. The
similarities between Donald
and Adolph would be a
hilarious and ridiculous SNL

fingers, it brings us back to

the past where an idealistic
man decided to Make
Germany great again and
started a campaign of hate
and racism making all the
nation believe in walls
between people, eradication

standup sketch if it wasnt

so true. In my opinion, to
imagine that possiblity is to
repeat all the mistakes that
we once made.
Now, it comes to the
part where you might ask
yourself, Ok, but I still cant

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see why should I care about

this matter.. Its not even
my country! - Absolutely!
It wasnt my concern too,
besides, Ive already have
too much to care about in
my own country, but, after
come to study overseas I
could realize the different
people I had the opportunity
to met, the different cultures,
the different Ideas and how
all that had a huge impact
on me. The nature of getting
wiser and becoming a better
individual
comes
from
learning, and you can only
learn from different things,
subjects, from the new, and
how can we conquest the
World, live and learn about
it if a giant wall will tear us
apart?
A part is sadly becoming
Apart. It is hard to know
and understand whos in
the right side of the wall,
or maybe in the end, well
become prisoners of our
very own selfish ideals. We
need to believe in a future
without barriers, in equal
opportunities for everyone
in a democratical scenario
where we can be honestly
judged not by our skin colors,

social positions, nationalities

or religion, but judged by
our capacity, our potential
and effort.
Looking
down
the
road, the BREXIT leading
Europe Union to economic
uncertainties, people taking
refuge, all the horror and
fear provided by terrorist
attacks among other issues,
shows me a future where I
really dont want to live in
and Im really sure that you
dont want it too. So we must
jump our own walls and
make the difference, paying
more attention on whos by 31
our side and think how can
we create a better World
for everyone, for the next
generations, for ourselves.
Lets make humanity and
love great again!

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