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    has had this feeling before and it is natural. But it is never justified. Revenge generates more enmity‚ then more revenge. Then it becomes a never-ending vicious cycle‚ and everyone suffers from it. Revenge is nothing but a waste of time. Thinking about revenge could be better spent on something worthwhile. In the books The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee revenge is never justified because it is immoral to purposely hurt someone mentally‚ physically

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    Examine the extent to which expenditure on arms and the armed forces is justifiable in the modern world. ! ! With all its wars‚ terrorist attacks and genocides‚ history might suggest that the armed forces has a critical and unquestionable role in any nation-state. However‚ as Steven Pinker puts it “We believe our world is riddled with terror and war‚ but we may be living in the most peaceable era in human existence’. Since the peak of the cold war in the 1970s and 80s‚ organised conflicts of all

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    major reason to President Obama and the US congress to show extreme desire to intervene military force in Syria. Obama says that a military intervention in Syria is the only way to stop the uprising war‚ and a violence of Assad’s regime. Is this a justified decision? Or there is another reason aiming Obama to do so? This paper examines the possible answers to these questions by analyzing two different articles which consider possible consequences of military intervention in Syria. Finally‚ several reasons

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    Are constructivist criticisms on realism justified? Introduction In this essay‚ I will argue that constructivist criticisms on realism are justified‚ provided that the alternative procedural decision making process that constructivists offer seems plausible. I will argue for this by showing that not only arguments derived from is/ought problem‚ but also practical problems justify the criticisms constructivist have towards realism. First of all‚ one viewpoint that realists and constructivists

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    "Warner Bros. felt their seven-year deal with Bette was more than justified. They had a genuine start on their hands" (IMDB.com). With so much success Bette started pushing for better and more meaningful roles. Although‚ it took a battle with Warner Brothers before they took her more seriously. After a lawsuit she was offered

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    The debate over child labor has been a controversial topic for many years and the ethics and reasons behind it can be either misunderstood or ignored. One side‚ for or against‚ does not outweigh the other; neither can be proven justified. Some view child labor as a negative reality because of the idea that there are children working in sweatshops‚ while others see it as an opportunity to lift financial burdens from impoverished families. For the most part here in America‚ parents are the caregivers

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    they tried to kill his son. So‚ as expected‚ he reacted pretty negatively towards to the them and anyone involved with their plan. So‚ he did what he had to. Personally‚ I agree with Odysseus’ decision to punish them. I think that Odysseus was justified in his actions towards the suitors. Think about it‚ if you were in his situation‚ you would be pretty upset too. Also‚ keep in mind that the punishments in that “time” are very different compared to now. And this is greek mythology. Therefore none

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    The colonists were justified in dumping the tea into Boston Harbor. This is because‚ they already had the Stamp Act‚ they didn’t want the tea in the first place‚ and they were just trying to prove a point. If you were forced to do something that you didn’t have a say in‚ would you be angry? If everything you could possibly do to make it stop backfired‚ would you do whatever it takes? This is exactly the kind of frustration the colonists were experiencing. The colonists already had the Stamp Act‚

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    weary of the problem and begin to want to change or solve it under their own circumstances. This is the start of a rebellion‚ a violent or open resistance to a government or ruler. These rebellions can be justified or also could be very awful and atrocious. One rebellin that was justified and had great importance of that time period was the Spartacus slave rebellion. this rebellion was started by a group of enslaved gladiators wanting the right to be free of

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    Tortured for Christ‚ by Pastor Richard Wurmbrand‚ is one man’s voice speaking for the voiceless‚ persecuted Christians of the Underground Church. Wurmbrand himself says‚ “The message I bring from the Underground Church is: ‘Don’t abandon us!’” He was specifically sent to the Western church‚ by the persecuted Christians‚ to share the atrocities of Communism and to tell of the believer’s desperate need. Tortured for Christ is one fulfillment of this specific mission. Wurmbrand begins by sharing

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