As reader leader‚ I decided to do my summary on “What Is a Just War?” by Jean Bethke Elshtain. Elshtain opens by discussing the main priority of any government: providing security‚ thus ensuring tranquility. Elshtain makes the point that civic peace and security are the foundations for all the other human rights. For example‚ for someone to exercise their right of freedom of speech‚ that person should be able to exercise their right without fear of consequence. A flaw‚ as Elshtain points out‚ in
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Just Say No? We all know that making the choice to start smoking is most often an adolescent’s decision made in response to peer-pressure: teenagers wanting to appear cool‚ independent‚ sophisticated and glamorous to their friends. Anti-smoking commercials always seem to be directed at teens. I remember from my younger days‚ “Just say no” was a popular catch-phrase. Today‚ I can turn my television to any random station and‚ sooner rather than later‚ I am going to run across an anti-tobacco
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think a country should want the best for its citizens and would want them to be healthy‚ successful‚ and productive. Therefore I affirm today’s resolution "A just government should provide health care to it’s citizens." But before I begin I would like to offer the following definitions from Webster’s New world Dictionary to clarify the round: Just Government- meaning a "right or fair way in which a society is run/ governed" Health Care meaning "the prevention and treatment of illness or injury."
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is one of the greatest educational tools which has ever been placed at the disposal of civilized man. It is an instantaneous‚ universal means of communication. It is not a new art‚ but is a means of multiplying the efficiency of oral communication just as the printing press multiplied the effectiveness of the written word. In addition to that‚ it has certain decided advantages over the printed page which it in part supplants and in part supplements” (Tyler‚ 1935. p.115). _____________
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War in Afghanistan Just War theory points out that there can be motives for going to war that do have a moral content‚ and just war theory claims that war can‚ under certain conditions‚ be morally justified. Proportionality is perhaps the most utilitarian of all Just War tenets. It calls upon leaders not to lose their head and engage in costly conflict if there are cheaper (e.g. economic‚ diplomatic) options available to them. There are three main opponents to the Just War theory: the decision to
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devote any time to thinking of painful memories fron your past; you cant drive well while lookin’ in the rear-view mirror. I love him not for the way he dances with my angels‚ but for the way the sound of his name can silence my demons She’s just a girl‚ and she’s on fire Hotter than a fantasy‚ lonely like a highway She’s living in a world‚ and it’s on fire filled with anarchy‚ but she knows she can fly away she got her head in the clouds And she’s not backing down Looks like a usual
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123456789 “Look at what you’ve got and make the best of it. It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” “We were taught to respect everyone‚ especially those who were older and wiser than we were from whom we could learn.” “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web‚ we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” “Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist: Chapter Three Review Complete the following cloze summary by filling in the appropriate word (or words). Chapter three begins with Changez directly addressing the American again. He comments on the American’s ______________ and then describes the way Old Anarkali becomes a pedestrian-only area in the evening. He then says that when he moved to New York‚ it had felt like coming home. He gives several ____________ why he had felt so comfortable. When he was
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“You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.” -John Ford “Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you‚ say what you’ve got to say‚ and say it hot.” -D. H. Lawrence “Let thy speech be better than silence‚ or be silent.” -Dionysius Of Halicarnassus “What we say is important… for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” -Jim Beggs “If you can’t write your message in a sentence‚ you can’t say it in an hour.”
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Introduction Attention-getter: Just hearing the word ’teenager ’ can send chills down the backs of some parents. In our society‚ adolescence is often viewed with dread and fear. The media often portrays teenagers as rebellious troublemakers that cause their parents untold grief. Actually‚ most adolescents weather the teen years with minimal difficulty. Purpose Statement: Today‚ I would like to talk about the reasons of teenager act so annoying. Reasons to listen: If you become a parent‚ perhaps
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