Julio Roman

The word "Obligation" as defined in the dictionary says, something such as a formal contract, promise or a demand, custom otherwise known as something you have to do. The origins of the word trace back to latin during 1250-1300AD said, "Obligatus". Every culture has this word just spelled differently. Like in Czech said, Povin'nust, in Spanish, Obligatorio. Last but not least in German said, Die Verpfinchtung.
I here are a couple of quotes said by some famous people that have used the word "Obligation".

• Al Sharpton- "The U.S goverment has the Obligation to educate all young people in the country".

• Hillary Clinton- "Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral Obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process".

• Arnold Schwarzagger- "Goverment's 1st duty and highest Obligation is public safty".

I also have some internet sites that use the word too, some in a different ways also.

• WWW.Catholic.Com- Using the word to tell people not to lose there famliy roots, that they have to, because its who they are.

• WWW.GI.Gov.Com-This site uses the word to inform men that it is obligatory to serve in the military in some countries.

• WWW.DTI.GOV.UK.Com- Which states that,"The goverment has the obligation to pay back the principle to the debt holders".

A story that I have read called," shooting an Elepant". I'm going straight to the point. There's is guy in a small village that is going to shoot an elepant. They say in the village that the elepant is going crazy and distroying things. He's not the animal is just walking around the village thats all. So this guy takes out a gun to shoot the elepant and stop it. He really does'nt want to shoot the elepant but almost the whole town is watching him,Thats why he cant stop he already pull out the gun now he has the obligation to shoot it. If he does not kill it now the town is going to think thats he is weak and scared. He does'nt want that, its even harder because he's white and the village is not. He cares what the people say about him. So he shoots the elepant for a stupid reason. He shoots is and nothing happen the animal is dead and the village people leave and thats is its over. I say whats the point in that nothing. Just minutes after I think he has the same reaction as I just said. He regrets shooting it but its to late its done.

The word "Obligation" is used in many ways and thoughts. But threw out history, it still retains the same meaning.