The Abu Sayyaf Group and the Counter-terror Response Introduction The Abu Sayyaf group (ASG) emerged in the 1990s and operate as a violent splinter group in the southern Philippines (San Juan 2006‚ 391). In 1997‚ the U.S. State Department declared the group a terrorist organisation. However‚ since 1998 the ASG increasingly carry out criminal acts motivated by financial gain rather than religious ideologies (Council on Foreign Relations 2009; Crowley 2005‚ 8-12). While the Philippine government
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titled “Guns” for the use of this essay. While “Guns” may be a pro-firearm‚ pro-second amendment article at its heart‚ the anonymous author misses the mark when he resorts to borderline ad-hominem attacks against the “unreasonable”‚ “control fanatics” of the gun control lobby. The author’s bias leaves the reader uninformed about more viable counter-arguments to the rhetoric of the anti-gun sector‚ misrepresents the arguments of the opposing viewpoint‚
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Argumentation Essay One of the biggest arguments these days in the sports world is should college athletes be paid or not. To preserve the competitive nature and the "college environment" student athletes should not be paid. College athletes go to school for a reason‚ education. Universities or colleges should not have to spend money on top of giving the students an opportunity to set up their future. With natural born athletes‚ they already have a competitive drive within themselves so monetary
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Documented Argument of the Awakening Kate Chopin’s depiction of "The Awakening" is realistic as she develops Edna Pontellier’s character from a socially and morally respectable individual to an individual that turns her back on everything closest to her as she births her new self-being. Edna Pontellier struggles between her subconscious and conscious thoughts as unusual feelings stir unfounded emotions and senses. Some of Chopin’s characters lend themselves in Edna’s "awakening". Through examination
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Kaylee Bond WRTG 1010-006 Glenn Newman Argument Summary 2 Taking a Blue Book Exam is a Social Practice According to Literacy Practices by David Barton and Mary Hamilton‚ literacy is a social practice. To explain this‚ Barton and Hamilton point out literacy is how people discuss and interpret written text. Literacy practices are described to us by Barton and Hamilton as “in the simplest sense literacy practices are what people do with literacy” (8). Literacy practices eventually lead to literacy
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Argument by Authority Example of Authority: Islamophobia Is Bad for Business Authors: Massoud Hayoun Qualifications: World Affairs Editor at The Vancouver Observer‚ where he writes a daily column on China. He has reported on China‚ North America‚ the Middle East‚ and North Africa for The Atlantic‚ Newsweek‚ TIME‚ and Agence France Presse. Source: Boston Review; Jan2013‚ Vol. 71 Issue 1‚ p34-39‚ 6p‚ 1 Chart Context: A few years ago‚ nearly 1‚600 Chinese laborers moved to Saudi Arabia to build
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In this essay I will be arguing against Plato’s theory of knowledge given in the Republic’s divided line. I will distinguish the differences and similarities in the epistemological concepts of Plato and Aristotle intending to explain how one comes to have knowledge and the process through which it’s obtained. As support‚ I will explain Plato’s theory of forms and Aristotle’s theory of essence because they are a direct correlation to their view of knowledge through reality. Plato’s theory of Forms
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Argument Essay The Mass Media’s Effect on Younger Generations The mass media‚ including T.V.‚ radio‚ and newspapers have been around for almost a generation. At least one of these pieces of media has been in every household in America‚ if not all of them. They give people an insight into what’s going on in the world. It also informs people of the newest trends from clothing to music. All this time the media has been in American homes it has influenced those who watch‚ listen‚ or read it. Although
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The Minimum Wage Debate “I wouldn’t plow nobody’s field from sunrise to sunset for $.50 a day when I could get a $1.30 for pretending to work in a ditch for the federal government” was a statement made by a laborer in 1937. It was in reference to the Civilian Works Administration (CWA) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA)‚ President Franklin Roosevelt’s newly installed job creation programs. In the midst of the Great Depression‚ FDR‚ desperate to restart the U.S. economy‚ implemented several
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considering the nature of life and death‚ as this essay will explore‚ we must understand that there are multiple ways of looking at the concept of death. Firstly‚ it is necessary to discuss Nagel’s argues that death is intrinsically bad because it deprives us of life‚ and whether or not this is true in light of the Epicurean argument that something we are not able to experience cannot be bad. However‚ there is a possible refuting of the Epicurean argument involving the idea that something can be bad whether
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