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     I love to talk about babies!!! They are adorable to study at and adorable to play with! I never doubted not only how smart they are, but also their morality. Some of us mentioned that the research results in the articles are not completely trustable. I agreed the writer from the very beginning because that's exactly how I think of babies. I believe that they know what are the right things to do and are definitely aware of their mistakes. However they don't have good self control. In the process of growing up, people gain the ability of self controlling. E.g, Babies know they shouldn't eat a lot of candies because their parents told them candies are bad for their teeth. Yet babies would do anything to get more candies. Candies are so tasty, babies don't have that strong self control to fight against the charm of sweets. It is human's nature to satisfy themselves. We know that to rob a bank is terribly wrong and the reason we don't do it is we know one could go to jail for that. What if one never had this "morality and law" education? There would be a great chance that he or she would rob a bank. Also, because of the self controlling that we learn as we grow up, the ways we think change. Babies can come up with all sorts of amazing things. They just let their minds go wild. The adults can't since they have too many "restrains" in their minds. Not having enough self control doesn't equal to immoral. 

    My research for this week's paper has been overwhelming. There is too much information about Mao in both eastern and western medias. It makes me think about the reliability of the medias. How many of them is "controlled" by some kinds of forces? For what purposes? Is avoiding some part of information the same as lying to the audiences? I'm amazed only by looking at the explanations about the word "Mao Zedong" in Bai Du Bai Ke (the biggest Chinese web encyclopedia) and Wikipedia. We were educated ever since kindergarden how great Mao is, as if he is the "perfect man" and everyman's spiritual mentor. Now reading about his marriages, his attitude towards personality cult, and his way of "protecting" our "country" disappoints me. I feel deceived. I was never told the somehow "ugly" things he did. Though he did accomplish many many great goals, and China would probably be different if it wasn't him, but I feel that I have the right to know. If the government wants us to worship someone, we should know the real him and choose whether or not to.