cannot be justified. Close your mind. Close your eyes. See with your heart. How do you forgive the murderer of your father? These are just four lines from a song by Lupe Fiasco called “American Terrorist”. It might be just a song but can you really answer that question? - How do you forgive the murderer of your father? - If you can’t forgive the murderer of your father than terrorism is not justifiable. My name is Liliya and I will be persuading you that terrorism cannot be justified. What is terrorism
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The Civil War: “Mexico’s Revenge”? The Mexican – American War was the first major conflict embedded in the idea of “Manifest Destiny”‚ the belief that Americans had a God given right to extent the United States borders from ‘sea to shining sea’. This belief would lead to a great deal of suffering for many Mexicans. As a result of winning the Mexican War‚ the United States acquired the northern half of Mexico; which became California‚ Nevada‚ Arizona‚ New Mexico‚ and Utah (Meed 13). As the states
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there needs to be world peace established. “Suicide bombings” and “ferocious retaliatory assaults” will not bring any reconciliation to the world (Staff). Instead‚ people should be trying to contain their anger for others rather than lashing out in revenge. I feel as though the Paris attacks were unethical‚ but done for a reason. This does not mean that they were appropriate and the people who killed all the Paris civilians should be punished‚ but not in a way that is immoral and will cause more death
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the other hand‚ this revolution freed the African people of Saint Dominique from the inexcusable harsh treatments that they had to tolerate. This revolt has been considered both the best thing that Haiti had ever experienced and also the most disastrous. The Haitian slave revolution was justified because of the harsh working conditions within the plantations‚ the callous living conditions‚ and the unbelievable successes. The working conditions on the plantations within Saint Dominique provided reasoning
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detonated at a test bomb site in Alamogordo‚ New Mexico. Months later‚ on August 6th‚ 1945‚ the first ever atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On August 9th‚ 1945‚ a second atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. In my opinion‚ the dropping of the atomic bombs “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” on Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ was not justified. I believe it was not justified because of the effect it had on innocent civilians‚ the immorality of the operation and theories that
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I examined the fine metallic textures of it once again as it captivated me. It kept me pondering endlessly‚ and its uniqueness seemed to grow every time I glanced at it. It shone like an angel’s light as I fiddled with it about the sunlight that had already appeared before. What could be more valuable about it? I wondered again. Just moments before‚ I had found this on my desk. It was a gift from my mother. But as attractive as it was‚ it seemed that the thought behind it was the source of its beauty
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Food banks became popular during the Great Depression when thousands of Americans lost their jobs due to the stock market crash. They provide free food‚ and sometimes a place to sleep in extreme cases‚ to people who can not afford it themselves. Mark Winne‚ in his article “When Handouts Keep Coming‚ the Food Line Never Ends”‚ argues that citizens need more and more help in providing food for their families and are increasingly becoming deeper in “food insecurity” because food bank organizations and
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As a teenager I had many goals for myself in mind for the future. I decided that for my goals to happen I need to pursue a college degree after I graduated high school‚ but I knew that my parents wouldn’t be able to afford my college tuition. Before joining the service‚ I had plenty of part-time jobs as waitressing in different restaurants which at the time I thought it was a stressful job. If I had only known that going through army basic training was going to involved double the stress and aches
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In 1936‚ archaeologist Indiana Jones (or Indy for short‚ usually by his friends)‚ braves an ancient temple in an unnamed South American location. The temple is filled with booby traps and Indy is trying to retrieve a golden idol. Upon fleeing the temple‚ Indy is confronted by rival archaeologist René Belloq and the indigenous Hovitos. Surrounded and outnumbered‚ Indy is forced to surrender the idol to Belloq and subsequently escapes aboard a waiting Waco seaplane after being pursued. Shortly after
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Paper 2 Reading: “Homo Religiosus” by Karen Armstrong AND “On Becoming an Arab” by Leila Ahmed Rough Draft Due: Sept. 27th (four copies in class‚ uploaded to Sakai) Final Draft Due: Oct. 4th (one copy in class‚ uploaded to Sakai) In both “On Becoming an Arab” and “Homo Religiosus‚” identities are influenced by interaction with a society at large‚ whether through coming of age rituals and religion as Armstrong describes or through nationalist ideology as Ahmed recounts. Carefully considering the
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