Samantha Smith slipped and fell on shampoo that had spilled in the health and beauty department of the grocery store in question. Ms. Smith had suffered a broken hip from the incident and is going to be spending the next few months in physical therapy. Ms. Smith has no health insurance and is a single mother of a 2 year old boy. After our complaints were filed in the courts; the grocery store alleges that Ms. Smith had a duty herself to avoid the spillage, but was too distracted by her young son to notice. The store feels that Ms. Smith should be held just as responsible as they are in the case.…
Throughout her sojourn abroad, she interviews religious leaders of Islam and even travels alone to Islamic Republic of Iran for answers. And though' I would like if she spent longer divulging her religious transformation and how she turned from associate atheist to a God-believing Muslim, this can be far and away the most effective memoir regarding Islam that I’ve seen, within the post-9/11 era, it's refreshing to browse a book by an American Women who extolling the virtues of Islam, portrayal it as a faith of peace that protects Women and offers them a place of security. For Wilson, feminine authorization isn't inconsistent with monotheism…
Shanahan also slammed Australia’s “religiously blind” policy on immigrants and refugees. For her, the country cannot continue to be religiously blind in processing refugee applications.…
This means that our governments are not allowed to officially promote religious observance or affiliations . Despite this, religion continues to have a major influence on Australian people and culture . The status of human rights under Australian law reflects the nation's conservative approach to constitutional law reform. Human rights in Australia in recent times are hotly contested. In general, human rights protection in Australia stems, to various degrees, from three discrete sources of Australian law: the Constitution; federal, state and territory legislation; and the common law. Although anti terrorism legislation may interfere with freedom of religion and other human rights principles this paper supports the Government’s policy concerning terrorism.…
In Pearson’s speech, the criticism of John Howard, who was at the time the Prime Minister, throughout the speech shows the idea that the past Australian Governments had made a mistake in treating Aboriginal Australians in the past, and that modern day government is trying to forget that past because of the guilt and shame it had caused the Australian government in the past. Pearson directly quotes comments made by John Howard during a radio interview, but uses these comments to emphasise his own key arguments rather than support those being made by Howard. By using quotes from other sources he broadens the scope of his argument and makes his own argument less of a personal crusade. Pearson also focuses on National Identity and determining “who we are”. Pearson acknowledges the current debate of National Identity by making reference to the “hot button issue” about “the guilt about Australia’s colonial Identity”. The extended metaphor of button pressing and the cliché “You would not need to be a political genius” stresses the “great electoral resonance” of the National Identity debate. Another technique Pearson applies is the use of inclusive language in his speech. This is cleverly woven into the speech by repeated references to “our nation” and the action that “we” have to take to correct the injustices of the past. This facilitates Pearson’s depiction of Aboriginal rights being a social, political, legal and religious concern for the nation as a whole and thus presents Pearson’s view on National Identity and the global perception of “who we are”. The past shows that Australia as a nation…
The instigation of expert opinion is framed through the seminal white Australian voices that authenticate and ratify Balendra’s intentions of representing the Muslim Australians as victims of ill-sentiment and bigotry. Consequentially, the compulsion to ostracise the Australian middle-eastern community becomes an “un Australian” constant of Balendra’s documentary. And it’s through this deliberate directorial ploy where the underlying message of the film is…
‘Australian spirit’ is a term often thrown around when discussing relevant social matters such as the global refugee crisis, immigration and Aboriginal issues. To many, it is synonymous with the concept of ‘mateship’, a laidback, friendly attitude. The significance of proposing to introduce recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (ATSI peoples) into the Constitution is that it embodies the ‘Australian spirit’. The Constitution is the foundation of Australian society, as it determines laws which affect all citizens. If the Constitution cannot recognise the owners of the land in a document that is so effectual, then the validity of the ‘Australian spirit’ must be questioned.…
The specific topic of this book is the oppression of women. Its overall purpose is to understand the women behind the veils and why the Muslim women take up the hijab. The purpose is also to show how political, religious, and cultural factors shape the women’s lives. It is written for the average westerner because they have been exposed to more negative and one-sided views about the religion, however they are clueless about what really goes on in the religion of Islam, which concludes that there are many stereotypes and judgments on the subject. Brooks is probably used to this because she was raised in Australia as a Jew. Knowing about the Jewish background and how they were discriminated against could have been an important factor in the writing of Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women. New York Times reports that “She wanted to avoid the many judgments and assumptions, but add a valid account of the women in the Muslim world.”…
Now more than ever, in a time of anti-Muslim hysteria it is important to learn from and to consider especially the events…
The purpose of this text is to persuade the Australian society to view the Liberals’ refugee policies and ideologies in a negative way.…
Speakers who encourage us to consider significant Australian issues deliver key themes and ever-lasting notions through rhetoric techniques which persuade their audience. Noel Pearson’s 1996 speech, ‘An Australian History for us All,’ challenges the treatment of Indigenous Australians in the past, present and future with the proposal for an intellectual approach to acknowledge previous injustices. He argues that the principles of racial equality, justice and morality should matter to Australians, and therefore the lack of recognition for Indigenous mistreatment hinders our ability to ‘move on.’ Although for alternate reasons, Paul Keating’s, ‘A Funeral Service of the Unknown Australian Soldier’(1993) also encourages us to consider what should matter as he honours the Australian war-dead by reaffirming the Australian ideals of mateship, courage and resilience in the simultaneous bid to unite a population who were at the ‘crossroads’ and in search for our national identity. Both these speakers encourage us to consider major Australian issues and reveal their importance in the past, present and future.…
Immigrants in Australia have been despised upon in our recent years due to Australian patriotism, racism and fear of terrorism. Racism is a hefty dispute in Australia and that is really oppressing, not only is 40% of Australians are racist, which is 9.6 out of 24 million people, but we also have a political party in the government that is produced out of pure racism, or the 9.6 million would say Patriotism. Now Pauline Hanson is known for saying extremely racist things publicly, she’s the Australian version of Donald…
The specific topic of this book is the oppression of women. Its overall purpose is to understand the women behind the veils and why the Muslim women take up the hijab. The purpose is also to show how political, religious, and cultural factors shape the women’s lives. It is written for the average westerner because they have been exposed to more negative and one-sided views about the religion, however they are clueless about what really goes on in the religion of Islam, which concludes that there are many stereotypes and judgments on the subject. Brooks is probably used to this because she was raised in Australia as a Jew. Knowing about the Jewish background and how they were discriminated against could have been an important factor in the writing of Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women.…
Suicide. Just the mentioning of such a word sends shivers down many people’s spines. While it may be not be spoken about, suicide rates seem to be on the rise, and many are doing everything they can to help. According to Pamela Kulbarsh, a psychiatric nurse for over twenty-five and writer of the article “The Epidemiology of Suicide: Who is most likely to take their life own life?” suicide has been coined “the most preventable death” (7). Suicide prevention and treatment, however, is by no means a new concept.…
On October 9th, 2012, then Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered a speech to Parliament in reaction to the movement of Tony Abbott, the Leader of the Opposition, to have Peter Slipper removed as Speaker, due to some sexist and crude texts. She uses appeal to logos and ethos, second person pronouns, and ad hominem—yes, a logical fallacy, but one that has proven to be very influential to political audiences—to persuade her audience to discredit Abbott and understand her reasoning for defending the Speaker.…
