The word utopia was first utilised by Thomas Moore in 1516 in his work Utopia. A utopia in essence is an imaginary place of sheer fear and desire. The word utopia used to describe an ideal society. The opposite of utopia is a dystopia which also is an imaginary place contrary to the belief of perfection. They include undesirable elements of society exaggerated to form a warning for the future generations. Terry Gilliam’s film Brazil shows a dictatorial society where freedom has been surrendered for
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Can terrorism ever be justified? Since the turn of the century‚ the postmodern world has seen increasing levels of political‚ cultural‚ military and socio-economic tumult‚ much of this due to a series of terrorist attacks on American soil and the resultant waging of Washington ’s “War on Terror”. Consequently‚ the nature of terrorism has come under intense media focus and is subject to immense debate‚ especially on its justification. Before engaging in such a debate one must first identify terrorism
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The issue of Detention centres and whether or not there uses are necessary to protect our nation is a subject of great debate. This issue seems to fall into a moral grey area‚ as not having them would be morally wrong in that we would be letting anyone from anywhere into our country thus leaving unchecked entries of possible terrorists and other sorts of plausible threats. But having them still‚ at the same time‚ falls into this moral grey spot. The reason that these detention centres exist is because
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“In July 2003‚ about 680 alleged Taliban members and suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists from 42 different countries were incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay. On July 23‚ 2003‚ U.S. Major General Geoffrey Miller said that three-quarters of the roughly 660 detainees had confessed to some involvement in terrorism. Many have informed about friends and colleagues”. For the unknowing‚ “Guantanamo Bay detainment camp serves as a joint military prison and interrogation camp under the leadership of Joint Task Force
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Now in 1995‚ investigators found that Usama Bin Laden had been in charge of the 1993 attack. Once the news was released about this information‚ the country of Sudan came to the United States telling us that they could get us Usama Bin Laden if we wanted to press charges against him. Bill Clinton was reported as saying "Usama Bin Laden is not a threat to the United States." He was reported saying this in the year 1995‚ after he found out that Bin Laden was responsible for the acts. However‚ Clinton
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In March 2001‚ the Taliban destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan which Finbarr Barry Flood said would define Islamic iconoclasm for many decades to follow. The author argues that the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas does not represent Islam’s attitude towards figuration‚ but rather a response at a particular moment in time. This point is still true today considering Islam’s view on images has never been the reason for iconoclasm‚ but what defines iconoclasm has certainly changed in recent years with
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Zero Dark Thirty Zero Dark Thirty was real was released in 2012 directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. The movie followed the decade-long manhunt for Osama bin Laden‚ who was the leader for al Qaeda and responsible for the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States‚ ending with the military raid and his death in May of 2011. Zero Dark Thirty has been labeled as “the story of history’s greatest manhunt for the world’s most dangerous man. Zero Dark Thirty was nominated
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Iraq and Iran; Cold War Tension is War on Terror’s Motive Particular events that took place during the Cold War would later foreshadow and affect the events during the War on Terror‚ specifically regarding Iran and Iraq. During the Cold War Iraq invaded Iran and thus began the Iran-Iraq War in 1980‚ which would later involve the United States. This would just be the beginning of the affairs the United States would face when providing support for Iraq through this time. To completely understand the
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National Interest Chapter There can also be no doubt that a huge reason behind the invasion of Afghanistan‚ was to do with looking after Britain’s own national interest. With Britain seen as one of America’s greatest and influential allies‚ it would seem obvious that an attack on the scale of 9/11 could so easily be repeated on this side of the Atlantic. Whitehall according to {Chin 2013 }was concerned that 9/11 could spark a groundswell of movement against the West therefore taking action in Afghanistan
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Terrorism has been a major concern for the United States government for many years. Citizens of the United States have been immune to the terrorist attacks that are taking place overseas. When The World Trade Center was attacked using a car bomb in 1993‚ terrorism was brought upon the door steps of Americans. What was once a headline on the daily news has now became a reality in the life of the American citizen. An essential element in the strategy for the war on terrorism is to dismantle or disrupt
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