QT. 3 Outside Reading EIGHT

This week i read an article in the Star Tribune titled North Dakota family says US journalist is detained in Iran after buying a bottle of wine this article was written by Dave Kolpack. After reading this article I was in shock at how different cultures or countries can have such different moral systems and laws. The difference in morals was illustrated when the government just arrested the girl with no warning or backup evidence. Difference in morals was also shown because the girl could only contact her parents once and the jail also promised she would only be there for two days, it now has been ten. This article just makes me wonder why other countries do not guarantee the same rights to people as our country does. It also made me wonder how can people still be treated like this, when it is 2009 and we have come such a long way, why have the other countries not. I feel as if there is something i should do to close the cultural gap between the United States and not just Iran, but all third world countries. One thing I believe i could personally do to narrow the gap would be to write to my senator to rally for more education and assisting in setting up inforstructure in third world countries. Something needs to happen and fast before countries like Iran, either fall completely off the global map and work themselves into total devastation, or before they begin arresting everyone who is from another nation.