husband was still alive and well‚ she was practically raising her children like a single mother – in the absence of a father figure. The story begins with a description of the little house the bushwoman lives in with her four children‚ surrounded by bush from all sides. Her husband is away droving again‚ leaving them alone. They are isolated from any other human company with nineteen miles to the nearest house. The children then spot a snake and the young mother jumps to action‚ her first instinct
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Is Terrorism Justified ? Is terrorism ever justifiable ? The answer is no‚ terrorism is never justifiable. I will argue that terrorism is not justifiable because it does not contribute to a goal of a more peaceful society. Terrorism contributes to conflict‚ no matter what reason is used to legitimize it. But in order to argue that terrorism is unjustifiable I must first decide on a definition of terrorism. This definition encompasses all the acts that we would determine as terrorism. This
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myself together. It is not easy to face a beard. But when I could escape no longer‚ I raised my eyes and found the young man’s on my face. "Good evening‚" I said cheerily. "Good evening‚" he replied pleasantly‚ inserting a big buttered roll within the bush of his beard. Not even a crumb fell off. He ordered soup. It was a difficult soup for even the most barefaced of men to eat‚ but not a drop did he waste on his whiskers’. He kept his eyes on me in between bites. But I knew he knew that I was watching
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collapsed and debris led to the partial collapse of all other buildings in the New York World Trade Centre. The third plane‚ American Airlines Flight 77‚ was crashed into the Pentagon‚ which was the headquarters of the United States Department of Defence. The fourth plane‚ United Airlines Flight 93‚ was targeted at the United States Capitol in Washington‚ D.C.‚ but crashed into a field near Shanksville‚ Pennsylvania after its passengers fought back against the al-Qaeda terrorists. Almost 3000 people
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According to McGraw-Hill (p.717)‚ the word “total war” is defined as “warfare‚ in which the opposing states mobilize their civilian populations and all available resources to achieve victory.” The British Defense or “Defence” of the Realm Act became law on August 8‚ 1914. This emergency legislation was enacted by the King and gave him power to issue regulations for securing defense and overall safety of public interests. This legislation was enacted to prevent the spread of false reports and to
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ABSTRACT Political management of the extraterrestrial (ET) presence on Earth has evolved during the course of the successive US Presidential administrations that had to deal with the policy issues that arose once irrefutable proof of such a presence was brought to the attention of policy makers. This evolution of responses by Presidential administrations can be broken into five historic phases which demonstrate a gradual erosion of Presidential/executive oversight‚ and the growing autonomy/independence
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“The attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 11 September 2001 brought a revolutionary challenge to the doctrine of self-defence and its reassessment of the law in this area.” The attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 11 September 2001 brought a revolutionary challenge to the doctrine of self-defence and its reassessment of the law in this area (Gray 2004‚ 940). This comment by Gray was made in light of the fact that although use of force in response to terrorist attacks
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The doctrine of fundamental change of circumstances‚ (rebus sic stantibus) is a principle of customary international law allowing a part to an agreement to withdraw or terminate it where there has been a fundamental change in circumstances. The main justification for this principle is that treaties often remain in force for many years‚ during which time fundamental changes may occur in the political or international environment which may require a departure from the provisions set out in the treaty
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was‚ like slavery‚ as an almost perfect example of a natural human right - the sort of thing that was an incontrovertibly good principle (the prohibition on its use that is) regardless of culture‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ etc. However‚ thanks to the Bush Administration’s War on Terror‚ the legitimacy of torture as a mechanism for combating terrorism has leaped to front and centre of many topic selectors’ minds. In the current climate it’s good that we’re debating torture‚ since it’s definitely going
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