Without falling into jingoism or being over-sentimental‚ Robert Pinsky’s poem "9/11" generates a commendable ode to the spirit that drives this country‚ in addition to revealing the American culture for what it truly is enthusiastic and frivolous‚ courageous and fallible‚ petty and resilient. For most Americans‚ September 10th is Before‚ and everything since is After. Citizens from every state across the U.S. responded immediately to the attacks by giving blood and donating much-needed items
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I was born in 2002. Nationally a lot happened in this year because‚ this was the year following 9/11. I really wish I would’ve been alive during the time of 9/11 and could’ve remembered it. I’d want to tell my kids about it from my perspective‚ and what I was doing at the time of it. Besides the sad things‚ there was a lot more stuff that happened‚ from fashion to sports. A lot of movies that were popular in that year are still popular now. Some of the movies started an amazing sage. Some were one
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When reading the essay Controlling Irrational Fears After 9/11‚ the first argument to catch my eye was directed around the strong reaction to the number of deaths‚ 2800‚ on 9/11. Americans immediately began to react to the catastrophe of that day. The supposed reason behind this reaction is the number of deaths in the single day when not so much as one bullet was discharged to cause one of the deaths. The author of the essay used two premises to prove the conclusion that the number of deaths was
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Open the link to the list of political speeches by G.W. Bush and J. Kerry‚ read some of the speeches and identify fallacies used by the author. Explain what is wrong in the reasoning used by them. Maksym Piekut (24665) Browsing through some of John Kerry’s speeches I have managed to spot a few common reasoning fallacies. The following quote suggests an appeal to tradition fallacy: “This is not the way we do things in America. Here in America‚ we don’t sacrifice science for ideology. We are a
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people that govern it‚ have had ulterior motives. The most prominent example was in the early 2000s on the tragic day of September 11. 9/11 was one of the most infamous incidents ever which unified the nation behind our president‚ George Bush. He used fear and anger tactics to provoke mainstream media into blindly supporting an invalid war against and invisible enemy. After 9/11 America wanted revenge and it was widely believed that the terrorist attacks were
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After the 2001 September 11th attacks‚ the Bush administration needed a secure place to keep its enemies captured in the “war on terror”. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had already established “black sites”‚ or secret detention centres‚ all over the world. However‚ the Bush administration needed a location outside of international law so they could keep detainees indefinitely while interrogating them without legal intervention. They also needed a location that would not become a target for
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September 9‚ 2001 was a moment in everyone’s lives where everything changed. This attack was arguably the worst terrorists attack the world has ever seen. It felt like it took away our freedom. Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero was a fascinating video that covered everyone that went on before‚ during‚ and after the 9/11 attacks. It went over the spiritual views of the families who lost their loved ones in the attack. They talked about what their faith and believe was like before and after the attacks
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September 11‚ 2001 was the most tragic event ever to happen in history. Killing thousands of people as well as destroying the World Trade Center‚ this event will forever be remembered. As I was watching the National Geographic Channel they played a documentary called Inside 9/11. The documentary reminded me of the event and caused remembrances of that terrible day like it was yesterday. The visual effect and historical background causes one to remember the importance of history; as well as the
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9/11 Commission Report book review The actual name of this book is the Final Report of the National Commission on The Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. This book is the official report of the findings of the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001. The President and Congress suggested that the 9/11 Commission get this information and release it to the public so that all of us actually know what happened. In November of 2002 the book was started and it was not finished
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In order to get most Americans to think a certain way after a drastic event like 9/11‚ the media spreads propaganda‚ information that is biased or misleading used to promote or publicize a particular cause or point of view. After the shocking event of September 11‚ propaganda was used to promote the concept of all Muslims being terrorists and violent. 29% of Americans believe that law enforcement agents should go undercover to keep tabs on Muslim activities and fund raising by joining their civic
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