"YouTube has no ethics, it's being created for the sole purpose of entertainment and money." Do you agree?

First of all, in the question, "no ethics" is defined as not possessing a set of moral principles or values* and YouTube is to be created to meet the objective of being a medium of amusement and making profit. I do not agree with the motion, as YouTube is created for people to share their knowledge and disseminate information too.

Indeed, YouTube is a source of entertainment for everyone in the world and it is a medium where companies can post videos to advertise about themselves or their products. However, it is gradually being used to educate people on health matters.

Like Phil Commander, people use YouTube (1) to share health advice with the mass. To illustrate, Phil Commander shared on ways of encouraging autistic children to communicate with people through posting of a series of tutorials on YouTube. Besides being posted by non-professionals, there are also health related videos posted by the professionals. For example, there is a clinic in the United Kingdom that posted videos, demonstrating how to test blood sugar levels and use an inhaler (1), on YouTube.
Therefore, the creation of YouTube is not only for meeting the purpose of entertaining and making money and since it is also used by people for a good cause, that is, to share medical related information, it is incorrect to say that YouTube possess no moral values. Thus, I do not agree with the statement, “YouTube has no ethics, it's been created for the sole purpose of entertainment and money.”


* Definition from http://dictionary.reference.com.
(1) Article taken from http://www.newscientist.com.
02 January 2007 . NewScientist.com news service. By Roxanne Khamsi.

"Prejudice is a disease we can never get rid of." Discuss

The word, "prejudice", is defined as an unreasonable dislike and distrust of people who are different from you in some way* . As for the word, "disease", it means something that is seriously wrong with society in this question* . The phrase, "can never get rid of", is defined as something that cannot be excluded in our life, irregardless of what is done. There are many types of prejudice, for example, prejudice against another race, against the opposite gender and against religion.

Personally, I do not agree with the statement, "Prejudice is a disease we can never get rid of." This feeling of dislike and distrust is a psychological factor, which can be changed through some ways, such as in the case of prejudice against the Whites and Blacks, prejudice can become non-existing with more interaction among these two groups of people.

In the United States, one of the reasons why there is still prejudice in the country is that there is insufficient interaction between the Whites and the Blacks. This is supported by an investigation by the National Fair Housing Alliance (1). It was discovered that real estate agents steered Whites away from neighbourhoods with Black residents and they steered Blacks towards predominantly Black neighbourhoods. Therefore, due to the lack of interaction and communication, both groups will most likely, still make unfair judgements on the other group. In addition, this communication breakdown results in limited understanding between the Whites and Blacks, which is actually the root problem contributing to the problem of prejudice.

Hence, in conclusion, prejudice is a psychological factor found within the society and a serious problem which can be solved, with everyone, who is involved, playing a part in bridging the White and Black societies together.

* Definitions from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
(1) Information taken from http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/12/racism.poll/index.html