Tuesday, 26 October 2010

The Silk Road

Wordle: The Silk Road Vocab

The silk road is a famous trade route which united the east and the west through trade and exchange of cultures and religious beleifs.

Friday, 8 October 2010

Dangers of blogging

Jessi Slaughter:
Jessica Leonhardt created the youtube account keligirl13, her screen name was Jessi Slaughter. She posted videos at received negative feedback, she ruthlessly threatened her critics. This video was also made in retaliation to rumours posted on Stickam of her relationship with lead singer of Blood on the Dance Floor, Dahvie Vanity. This resulted in Jessi's household receiving prank calls and death threats. Another video was posted in retaliation to the death threats, her father is included in this video threatening the people who bullied his daughter. A news report was broadcasted on Good Morning America: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnx9YL8SUCM&feature=related

Tila Tequilia:
The Singaporean-American Model violently slandered Chris Brown on her twitter page after he had allegedly beaten Rihanna. She called him a "pathetic excuse for a man" and threatened to shoot him in the face if she ever saw him in public. Chris Brown retaliated by telling her to keep his name out of her tweets.

Johnathan Krohn:
In 2008, he published a book called "defining conservatism", he also gave a speech for the CPAC which was broadcasted on FOX and Friends, Youtube and CNN. There were certain people who disagreed with what he had to say, he also criticised John Mcain in his book. Facebook pages such as "I Explode With Laughter Everytime I See/Heard Johnathan Krohn" which criticised his young age (currently 15). His family also recieved various death threats aimed at Johnathan.