Death Star Petition Gets White House Rebuff
By Ethan Klapper
There are many Star Wars fans out there, unfortunately I am not one of them. But, there is this really cool thing called a Death Star and what it is, is that it destroys planets. People have signed a petition to get the white house to build one, mainly to create more jobs, but this is completely ridiculous. It seems as though the White House took it into consideration by even responding to it, there were about 35,000 signatures. The White House says that they do no support blowing up planets ( Thank you) and that a project like that would cost 852,000,000,000,000,000 American dollars, that is 852 quadrillion dollars. They are trying to decrease deficit, not increase it. Besides, our planet cannot stand a gravitational pull that large, enough to blow up a planet, something like that should not be taken into consideration and should only be an idea that stays in your own thoughts, blowing up planets should not be something to debate about because there will not be more than 35,000 people supporting it.
The building of a "Death Star" will only remain in those signers imagination. Nearly impossible to build, it should never be built. Building such a "device" would only be used for evil which does not have a positive side to. Humans already kill people, now blowing up planets seems to be a little to extreme. Not only is it unethical, but financing this project would probably force the government to sell America.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that the White House even considered this is ridiculous. I cannot stress how unnecessary this is. If creating jobs is the issue here then we can find many alternatives. A contraption like this is ridiculous and can put all of our lives in danger, and has the capability to destroy earth with the blink of an eye. There is way too much that can go wrong! It is not worth it. Literally!
ReplyDeleteJust taking this into consideration is already funny and surprising. I never thought the White House would even consider it. The Death Star is wanted a lot clearly, through the proof of having 35,000 signatures. I truly think that people supporting the making of the Death Star did a good job of making their voices heard and reaching out to the White House and trying to make it go through.
ReplyDeleteWow, it really surprises me how the White House could take this into consideration with all the bigger problems they have. Also, the fact that 35,000 signatures were collected to show the amount of support they received. Creating a Death Star would be an amazing idea to create jobs to fluctuate the economy more, but the costs are clearly way too much, especially at a time like this where America is in a huge debt. Even though, creating a Death Star did not go through, it caught my eye and the White House's.
ReplyDeleteIt would have been interesting to see if the White House would have actually accepted this petition, but clearly we have not time for this now. But instead of looking of the fact about the Death Star, there might be a serious issue here. Instead of using the petition system the White House offers us properly, we are using it to waste and offering petitions like these. Instead, the petition system should be used as a way to get the public's overall opinion crossed directly to the White House, with simple votes on issues that affect us all. Even though the Death Star would have been awesome, it rises a different issue in America.
ReplyDeleteBeing a fan of the Star Wars series, I remember hearing about the plea to construct a death star a few months ago. I was excited, but as Gevo has stated, it would take money that nobody has and technology that nobody will have until the next millennium The idea of building a death star is not insane or impossible, it is possible, but not with today's technology. I am more than definitely sure that in a few thousand years, civilization will find itself in a mess with a threat of some sort, then eventually create the death star. The pure thought of a death star bigger than the moon floating around space covered in red, white, and blue today is surreal.
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely ridiculous. I am all for introducing new job opportunities for the unemployed; however, this project would certainly increase our debt. Therefore, not only is this idea a counterproductive project, but it also affects our country negatively and has not one single beneficial outcome. Furthermore, if individuals are signing petitions to convince the White House to supply more job opportunities, then it should be for fields that will not destroy our universe, yet study it. I cannot understand how 30,000 people agreed with this nonsensical petition. Nevertheless, the fact that the White House exhibited their common sense by declining the request has placated my anger.
ReplyDeleteThis proposal is ridiculous and not realistic. It is unnecessary to build a “Death Star”. A supposed 852 quadrillion dollars would be spent on such an idea, benefiting no human being, and putting the United States in more turmoil and debt. The White House should show an interest to important issues and not worry about creating a “Death Star” that will destroy planets.
ReplyDeleteA "death star" in my opinion is only a movie prop that is nearly impossible to create. Even if they could make it, they are going to be wasting loads of money on this very project, and no one has the time for that. America is in depth, and if they are willing to spend quadrillion dollars on building this advance weaponry of some sort, they should put it into better use and finally get out of this situation they are in with countries like China.
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