war on drugs.

Some things I'm doing in my social deviance class:

I believe that the so-called “war on drugs” has definitely been a failure, or at least a misguided or sham attempt at driving drugs out of America. The United States government must know by now, after three failed attempts to combat drug use and the failed attempt at prohibition, that harsher negative action against drug users is not the answer. I am a firm believer in positive action towards being sober as a cure for drug use. When you react to something positively, whether it is illegal or not, what you are working positively to make happen, will happen. The more we refer to “the war on drugs” and react more harshly towards it, the more negative attention drug users and sellers receive, and they more they will continue or redouble their efforts. In the case of marijuana being illegal in the United States, we need to simply look at other countries that have legalized marijuana systems. I think America needs to make faster moves towards this solution, because regulating marijuana use while it is legal is much easier than trying to control something that is always trying to be hidden. However, it is in my opinion that this country makes too much money off the illegal sale of drugs for them to risk legalizing anything and having it be much more inexpensive, such as in the case of tobacco. In the case of other “harder” illegal drugs, I believe that we should use positive action to decrease the want for Americans to use these drugs, my making them more “taboo” in society and less accepted. These are obviously large changes that will need to be made and they will reshape society as we know it, but slow and steady wins the race and simply coming down harder on offenders will not work as it has not in the past.

face reading.

After looking so much into the extremely creepy sanpaku eyes, I came across another branch of psychology that I thought was interesting: physiognomy, or the practice of face reading. Scientists, doctors, and psychologists of ancient times relied heavily on this practice, but recently it has fallen out of use. There are few professional face readers in the country, some being employed for the CIA and the like to profile suspects etc.

Physiognomy is said to be able to tell you a person's personality, character, what medical and physical problems or affluences they have, and even if they have the makeup of a serial killer. I came across the website of face reader Kathy Thompson, which had a lot of interesting information. Traits like your lip size can indiciate how giving you are: small lips are reserved and honest, while large lipped people are very generous and talk a lot. A lot of these traits and their meanings that I read about were almost reassurances of things that I already knew I thought about people, but never put into words.

Look at a few of these websites and surf around, there are hundreds and thousands of traits that mean different things, and if you become proficient at reading faces, you should be able to read, manipulate and control any person or situation that you encounter. Promising, no? Grab a mirror and see if you believe it!

Face Reading: Personality Traits

Face Reading: Heath Problems


Here is a "stress chart" that goes along with my previous posting on sanpaku eyes:

sanpaku eyes are extremely creepy

Okay, so recently I've noticed this really strange phenomenon. There's this girl that works at the restaurant I work at, and I've always thought of her as, well... weird. Something about her eyes made me think that she could be a killer. Then the other day someone told me about something called "sanpaku eyes", and that she definitely has them. Apparently they are supposed to be the mark of the devil or something. However, upon doing some research, this is what I stumbled upon at BBC..

The Japanese have a word for one such condition, sanpakugan or 'three whites' eyes, often shortened to 'Sanpaku'. The amount of white, or sclera, that is visible when someone is looking straight ahead can say a lot. When a baby is born the coloured part of the eye, the iris, is neatly centred between the upper and lower eyelids with the sclera only visible at the sides. This indicates that the baby is unstressed and in good physical condition.

But there are states of ill-health that may cause the lower or upper sclera to become visible. Traditional Chinese medicine and homeopathy relies heavily on assessing visible often seemingly unrelated symptoms. When the lower sclera is visible, this is called 'Yin Sanpaku' and is attributed to physical imbalances in the body. Drug addicts, alcoholics and people who eat too much sugar or grain may exhibit 'Yin Sanpaku'. 'Yang Sanpaku' is where the upper sclera is visible and is sometimes indicative of mental imbalance. Psychotics, murderers, and people generally filled with rage are said to be liable to exhibit 'Yang Sanpaku'. However, stress and fatigue may also cause this symptom.

Here's a picture of some people with sanpaku eyes that you might recognize:

A lot of celebrities have had sanpaku eyes in the past. It may also be associated with premature death. A list of famous people with sanpaku eyes and their age of death: Abraham Lincoln-56, John F. Kennedy-46, Robert F. Kennedy-43, Heath Ledger-28, John Lennon-40, Marilyn Monroe-36, Elvis Presley-42. It can be known for anything from beauty to the mark of a cold blooded killer. Some nationalities will even run in fear from a sanpaku eyed person. Upon more research, a macrobiotic diet can apparently cure this "affliction"; which consists of things like brown rice, vegetables, and beans. I just think its plain creepy. What about you?