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    British system of government in India provides the motive for Gandhi’s "Defending Nonviolent Resistance" speech. George Orwell conveys peevishness of the same system--the British government by the shooting of an elephant and the repercussions of the event. The overall attitude in Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant leans toward resentment of both government and murder‚ while the overall attitude in Gandhi’s Defending Nonviolent Resistance inclines toward the uprising of government and nonviolent protest. Both

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    Newtown Shooting

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    front door killing twenty-six people. The Sandy Hook shooting on December 14 devastated many parents‚ children‚ and even people that were not linked at all to the shooting. There have been plenty of devastating school shootings‚ but this shooting has caused many schools and even businesses to crack down on their security and take more precautions to ensure that something like this does not happen again. It even caused the president to question the second amendment and even try to repeal it. This

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    the world. He discusses why America seems to have such a problem with violence and how it has led to tragedy’s involving firearms like the imfamous shooting at Columbine high school in Columbine‚ Colorado. Since the Columbine shooting in 1999 there have been other school shootings that seem to closely resemble it‚ such as the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting and the recent 2012 Sandy Hook

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    School Shootings

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    School shooting in the United States A school shooting is an incident in which gun violence is used on a school campus. Schools shooting are committed by students or even intruders. School shooting is topic of intense interest in the United States. The first school shooting ever recorded in the United States was the Pontiac’s rebellion school massacre. As time change‚ the progression of school shooting increases. On April 20‚ 1999 a massacre occurred at columbine high school in Littleton‚ Colorado

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    Elephant (2003)

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    It is the fourth deadliest school massacre in United States history. The phrase “elephant in the room” is used as a metaphor to describe an obvious truth that goes unaddressed‚ or simply ignored. Everyone knows it is there‚ but no one will say what needs to be said‚ or acknowledge the problem that is in front of them. Gus Van Sant’s‚ Elephant‚ is a cinematic response to the 1999 Columbine High School shootings. Van Sant’s open-ended treatment of the Columbine event is one example of how his creative

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    School Shootings

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    Since 1995‚ more than thirty students and teachers have been killed and approximately one hundred have been wounded as a result of shootings at American schools. States throughout the nation‚ from California to Pennsylvania‚ have been affected by school violence. Several lawmakers began calling for legislation to allow teachers to be to carry guns for protection. Year after year faculty has begun arguing for the right for them to carry concealed weapons while on campus. People who did not agree to

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    Duck Shooting

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    There has always been an issue with animal cruelty of duck shooting in Victoria. Journalist Kylie Hansen contributes a opinion piece “lame duck decision on shooting” March 2nd‚ 2009. Hansen ask many questions towards the Victorian Government decision allow the duck hunting season to go ahead. Despite the recent terrible bushfires and drought conditions‚ Hansen attacks at the Victorian Environment Minister‚ Gavin Jennings and the duck hunting population on their server animal cruelty. Cruelty

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    the killing of elephants

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    Elephant are one of the longest living animals on earth along with crocodile‚ turtles‚ and whales. Elephants have always been a part of human life‚ using them for war‚ transportation‚ and resources. There is no doubt human beings cannot live without animals‚ but can animals live without humans? Such controversial questions highlight the importance animals are to humans because they are not like plants that will grow every season. Killing elephants for their ivory is wrong because they are going extinct

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    Sandy Hook’s sake: learning from the tragedy of Newtown We must turn from this trauma to tackle America’s complex failures over gun control‚ inner-city crime and mental healthcare A woman waits to hear about her sister‚ a teacher‚ following the shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school Photograph: Melanie Stengel/AP Friday’s news that 20 children and six adults were gunned down in Newtown‚ Connecticut‚ a small community known locally for its Great Pootatuck rubber duck race every spring to raise

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