Burning a nation’s flag: Hate Crime or Free Speech? A nation’s flag is one of the most important things to a country. Citizens of a nation use it during special ceremonies‚ and a nation’s flag is displayed all over that nation. A flag is an emblem shown as a symbol of unity. It symbolizes the pride and history of a nation. So what does burning a nation’s flag mean? Is it considered a hate crime and illegal‚ or is it considered an act of free speech and protected by the First Amendment? For the
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on January 18‚ 1535. The Peruvian flag is a vertical triband. It is red on the left and right‚ and white in the middle. It has an escudo partitioned into 3 unequal parts (the bottom being larger). The current flag was officially adopted on February 25‚ 1825. In this paper I will be talking about 3 properties of the flag. What the Cinchona tree represents on the flag‚ what the red and white represent on the flag‚ and what the golden cornucopia represents on the flag. The Cinchona On the top right
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It is the early 18th century. The seas are at an endless unrest as ships sail. The crack of thunder sounds from across the blue‚ yet there is no storm. A black flag is raised‚ cannonballs crash‚ and pirates take control of the helpless sailor ships. This is the scene that most think of when pirates are concerned. Of course video games also do their fair sure to help exaggerate this scenario further. In particular one recent game series has taken the mantle of telling the ancient history of maritime
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I have chosen David Hammons’ work Boy with Flag (1968) to analyze. To me‚ I think this work shows literally a boy’s love for his country. The meaning of this work comes from the fact that the figure is hugging the flag and shows respect toward the country. Hammons created this work during a year where a few monumental things happened in the United States‚ three things having to do with racism. The first was Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated‚ second African American athletes present at the Olympics
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responsibilities. These responsibilities consists of responsibility as a servant of God‚ as a student (ourself)‚ as a child‚ and as a citizen. The first is responsibility as a servant of God. Have we run our duty as religious people? Many of us who are academically capable‚ fulfilled in terms of material but our soul is empty because it is not touched by religious values. For you‚ students‚ perform the obligation as a people‚ not to ask or complain but do your duty as a servant. Don’t just closer to Him when
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Our Elopak - Our Future It has been almost a full year since I first came to Elopak to work. Last November my colleagues and I arrived to provide your management team Six Sigma Green Belt training. We also provided many of the other leaders in the factory with Six Sigma Yellow Belt training‚ and we subsequently have also initiated Professional Team Leadership with the management. I’m sure that by now you are wondering‚ “What the heck is this Six Sigma stuff‚ and what does it have to do with
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official flag. The Canadian flag debate was a major controversy to Canada because many thought it was about time for Canada to have their own flag years after gaining their independence from Britain. The Canadian flag debate had a very interesting background and the Canadians involvement towards the flag debate was just phenomenal. As well as the creation of the Canadian flag‚ there was also a great deal of importance behind the Canadian flag debate itself within Canada. The Canadian flag debate was
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definition is the state of being identified‚ which means the characteristics and feature that set you aside from everyone else. Question is: What makes an identity? Is it the heritage of our parents? The people we interact with? Or how about the decisions we make on a daily basis? Each of these are components to our identities in different manners though they each have different levels of impact upon us. Depending on the person‚ everyone has different opinions as to how important their identity
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suppression by a majority group to a minority group because of their values‚ norms and even language. This occurs because one usually feels dominant and superior over the other. Anzaldua states in her essay that “Our language has been used against us by the dominant culture; we use our language differences against each other.” (136) Living in a diverse cultural country such as the United States‚ many immigrants feel the need to learn the appropriate English in order to communicate and fit in with
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confederate flag is the flag the southern states created when they seceded from the union in 1860. It was mainly used during the time of the civil war when the south formed their own country; the confederacy. During the time of the Confederacy‚ the south saw the flag as a representation of “southern pride” and states’ rights. But‚ many others‚ even to this day‚ see it much differently. The flag has been seen as a symbol of many negative ideas and events. Therefore‚ I believe that the flag should be
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