are willing too to do just that.Too many feel like the asking price is too much‚ but it will be something that will change your life forever. AND that is what sacrifice should be. It was the 5th of June in 1989‚ one day after the Tiananmen square massacres. One man stood in front of an army of tanks ready to go to Tiananmen. The lead tank maneuvered to the left. He shifted his body to the
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One summer night‚ July 20‚ 2012‚ a gathering of joyful people pile into a Century 16 movie theater in Aurora‚ Colorado‚ waiting in anticipation to watch the midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises. Half-an-hour into to the movie‚ an intense gun-fighting scene comes onto the screen‚ and a man dressed in tactical clothing walks in front. Smoke starts to rise and spread through the theater. The audience members soon have burning eyes and itching throats. For the slightest moment for some
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Saint Valentines Day Massacre Being headed by Al Capone‚ The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre has been named “the most notorious gangster killing of the Prohibition era.” (Rosenberg) This event involved two rival gangs‚ South Side Italian gang and the North Side Irish gang‚ in which the intended target was Bugs Moran -- the leader of the North Side Irish gang. On the morning of February 14‚ 1929‚ seven people decided to perform a set up. When the gunmen – two disguised as cops – entered the garage
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the Woods in northern Minnesota. John Wade and his wife Kathy move to a cabin on the lake shortly after he is handed a landslide loss in a senatorial primary race. In the race‚ the main character‚ John Wade‚ was revealed to have participated in a massacre at the village of My Lai during the Vietnam War. It was also revealed that Wade later altered his military documents to show that he was never involved in the incident; this is the reason behind the landslide loss. After a week at the remote cabin
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Every person has a routine that’s followed daily‚ whether that’s buying an overpriced coffee or keeping up with dental hygiene it’s a continuous routine. If routine is broken‚ this may cause a minor bump in a schedule or could put lives in danger. In the military‚ soldiers go through continuous trainings learning one essential idea‚ to follow orders. If orders aren’t followed‚ there’s the possibility of putting their life or someone else’s at risk. In the movie A Few Good Men‚ Colonel Jessup (Jack
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During any war‚ many acts of brutality were committed by soldiers on both sides; and most people seem to realize this. Nevertheless‚ when we look at photographs of the dead women and children from any massacre‚ it seems impossible to understand how soldiers could participate in such an atrocity. However‚ in psychological views‚ we can easily explain their behavior by using conformity and obedience. Conformity within a group entails members changing their attitudes and beliefs because of real or
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In his novel In the Lake of the Woods Tim O’Brien paints a vivid image of the horrors of the Vietnam War‚ particular the savagery of the Thuan Yen massacre. While prior to reading the novel readers instinctively blame the soldiers themselves for their immoral actions‚ as the novel progresses‚ O’Brien shows that while the soldiers may have physically committed the brutal acts of murder‚ blame cannot solely be placed on them. O’Brien depicts the Vietnam landscape as one that‚ due its elusive and chaotic
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Udham Singh Udham Singh (December 26‚ 1899 - July 31‚ 1940) was an Indian Sikh independence activist‚ best known for assassinating Michael O’Dwyer in March 1940 in what has been described as an avenging of the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre.[1] Udham Singh changed his name to Ram Mohammad Singh Azad and was also known as Ram Mohammed Singh Azad‚ symbolizing the unification of the three major religions of India: Hinduism‚ Islam and Sikhism. Singh is considered one of the best-known of the more heroic
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disarm the Indians a shot rang out then the gun fire began leaving about 200 Indians dead in the snow. Thirty soldiers were also killed in the massacre. The soldiers that lost there lives were most likely killed by their own men in friendly fire. Wounded Knee is said to have been the last battle of the war but it was not so much a battle as it was a massacre. It was in fact the last exchange of fire between the army and the Sioux. There are not many positive things that came out of the war. Only
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On the morning of Sunday 21st April 1996‚ a young Hobart man‚ Martin Bryant armed himself with three high powered automatic firearms and a large quantity of ammunition and then drove to Port Arthur. North of Port Arthur‚ he entered the home of a couple he briefly met as a child. Inside he started his rampage‚ shooting them both. Once he arrived at the Historical Site Port Arthur he ate a meal at the Broad Arrow Café. He then waited till his meal was finished to take his rifle from his bag and began
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