they wanted to make a difference. The law was three years old‚ and still‚ people remained segregated. They wanted to challenge the people that were still disobeying the law. The Freedom Riders knew that they were going to provoke violence‚ but felt that it was worth it. Some people felt very strong about taking action to try and have everyone treated as equals. Some people didn’t feel this way. The ones who did chose to step out and put their own lives at risk to try to make a difference.
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Should the government revoke the national education? After the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from Britain to China in 1997‚ ’One Country‚ Two Systems’ is proposed in ruling Hong Kong. In order to promote national awareness and allowing students know more about national identity‚ the Hong Kong government proposed to add a subject of moral and national education. However‚ there was a huge controversy over the plan for the new subject. In the past sixteen years‚ Hong Kong people have
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Should the American Government Bring Back Flogging? In his article “Bring Back Flogging‚” Jeff Jacoby advocates flogging as an excellent means of corporal punishment. Even though flogging has been “out of fashion for at least 150 years” he insists that flogging should be brought back to replace the more conventional method of imprisonment (193). In addition‚ Jacoby is convinced that flogging offenders after their first conviction can deter them from going into a professional criminal career
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Family members will be emotionally disturbed because of their loss. They wouldn’t be able to think rationally‚ and also they have to balance the decision between keeping their family member in one piece and having a shot to save another person’s life. They are the people who most likely would be sad. They shouldn’t be burdened with this kind of decision at that point of time‚ and this is where the doctor comes into play. Doctor is the best person to decide because they’re medically qualified to determine
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The Government Should Control Internet Usage For Teenagers Lonny Since the popping-up of the Internet during the last century‚ the number of Internet users has continued to increase. This is especially true over the past decade—Internet populations have skyrocketed. Nowadays‚ there are more than 2.4 billion people—over a third of the world’s human population—have used the services of the Internet. The majority
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means that people who commit the crime are in poverty and that what motivates them to break the law. There is an old prejudice in society such as‚ the poor one a dangerous lot who will stop to criminality of given opportunity. The question that government has to consider is how we can contain‚ control or neutralize the danger this class of people represents. The law is still prejudice. 2. Urban space and citizenship. Laws regulating the use of space signify function of space and citizenship. Everything
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What key decisions did Hitchcock make in his works that make him an ‘Auteur?’ By Liam Davis. According to The Film Experience " … a film bears the creative imprint of one individual‚ usually the director …" and that it " … is taken to reveal the personality of its director …" such that the director is referred to as an auteur (p. 464). Certain decisions made by the director Alfred Hitchcock to employ similar idealistic themes throughout the movies Psycho‚ The Birds and Rear Window let him express
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Should schools make students wear uniforms? I believe that schools should make students wear uniforms‚ while I was doing research I learned that there have been many debates on students wearing school uniforms. Kindergarten through twelfth grade students should wear school uniforms as well as the faculty and administration. Mandating school uniforms can bring about significant differences in the school system. Wearing uniforms can lead to safer schools‚ increasing student learning‚ and decreasing
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Why was the Treaty of Versailles so unpopular in Germany? The Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty that was drawn up by the Allies and Germany after the First World War. It was made to prevent Germany from starting a war again and to pay back the Allies for the money they had spent. The Germans had hoped that the Allies would treat them fairly in the negotiations for the treaty‚ but the Allies‚ in particular France‚ believed that Germany should be brought to its knees. France was not as satisfied
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The US Government shouldn’t provide free healthcare for all citizens. Free healthcare is too ambitious‚ and would be very difficult to regulate. Institutions that have tried to offer free healthcare in the past have been exploited. Johns Hopkins hospital was a charity hospital for patients who were unable to pay medical bills‚ usually black patients who were segregated by ward (Skloot 15). Hospitals like this took advantage of poor and black patients and did research on them without their knowledge
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