injured soldiers. Many women began feeling desperate halfway through the war. This desperation led to the widespread looting of stores and raids on warehouses by groups of destitute women‚ often driven by hunger. Such riots occurred in major cities and small towns. In April 1863‚ for example‚ sixty-five women‚ some armed with pistols and knives‚ moved down Broad Street in Columbus‚ looting several stores before police were able to restore
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Ideas of social justice are both changeable and contestable. These ideas differ between individuals and societies. The term social justice is ambiguous but can briefly be summed up as - social justice involves having the capabilities to voice feelings and opinions but also for these to be heard. To do so‚ there has to be an active participation within society in order to shape it. In short‚ social justice focuses on the individual and their values and beliefs. Social harm refers to the harm
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community of New Orleans and the citizens most certainly were forced to act in drastic ways for survival. The response by the people has been considered forms of criminal activity and in all senses of legal activity has been defined as crime. Acts of looting and violence were reported by many reporters of various news media. Crimes were not only committed by everyday citizens of New Orleans‚ but volunteer workers as well and even‚ what people saw as the most shocking display of violence and betrayal of
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historic monuments and sites‚ has made its most recent report on Monuments and Sites in Danger available. From more than 60 countries the whole range of man-m ade dangers to cultural heritage is map ped‚ from the criminality of illegal excavations‚ the looting of churches for the international art trade‚ to the imp acts of mass global tourism. T he report is a first step toward recognising and recording monuments at risk‚ collecting information about the dangers they face‚ promoting action where catastrophes
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Contemporary issues in Nigeria public administration. Title: Meritocratic abuse in the Nigeria public sector BY EKANEM VIVIEN ONYINYE Matric no: 2004/Degree/DL0766 Department of public administration and local government University of Nigeria Nsuka. A seminar paper presented in the partial fulfillment of the
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1. Robin Hood knew from the inception of his crusade to bring down the sheriff he could not do it alone. Robin therefore decided to gather allies who had a similar dislike of the sheriff and train up them up into a highly skilled group. Robin’s true goal was to alleviate some of the pressures placed on the town’s people and farmers therefore he decided to rob the rich and give to the poor. The dethroning of the sheriff was merely a mission to achieve his vision. The sheriff was the one who enforced
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The Jews were persecuted and slaughtered in the first crusade due to the religious rationale that the Crusaders were able to justify. The Jews were perceived as the murderers of Christ‚ low their involvement as bankers‚ and infidels for settling in with the Seldjuk culture. These major “vices” qualified the Jews to be slaughtered by the Crusaders through the Just War written St. Augustine of Hippo. St. Augustine of Hippo’s work on the Just War was a vastly important document in the rationalization
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eats all the goodies in the food kingdom and throws parties after parties to friends and on the other side we have millions of children who can’t even grow up properly because of lack of normal‚ everyday food. One side any one who is someone is looting the nation’s precious natural resources for big personal gain‚ on the other side a honest‚ hard working citizen spends a whole life time but still fail to
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remarks were so egregious that social civil organizations began to speak out and demand retractions of certain words. During this time‚ you would see both white and black people searching for bottled water and food‚ the media would say the blacks are “looting” and whites are “finding” supplies. This narrative drew very negatively on many Americans watching this play out‚ even more so how the governments late response to the victims caused many more deaths than the original
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Ownership The arguments over art repatriation‚ the return of art or cultural objects‚ seems to be about who owns antiquity. In the past our world has mostly operated on the philosophy of “to the victory goes the spoils” (Gross.) The widespread looting of cultural heritage during World War II led to the beginning of establishing global agreements regarding the thievery of these objects. The initial agreement did not approach the issue of returning previously taken artifacts. In 1970 and again
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