Bullying or harassment- a background summary paper Judith Cooke Acting Manager Equity and Social Justice Branch Victoria University Melbourne "Bullying activates our ancient and existential fear of being excluded‚ and shatters our basic assumptions about ourselves‚ the world and other people‚ leading to severe biological problems" (Einarsen‚ 2000). Discrimination can turn into bullying‚ but bullying isn’t necessarily discrimination” (VicHealth‚ 2001‚p.14) Abstract This paper is provides some background
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freedom of speech is taken away‚ then dumb and silent we may be led‚ like sheep to the slaughter”-while many of us would not argue the right to freedom of speech we may start to question just how boundless freedom should really be. Throughout history‚ it has often been proven that words have the ability to translate into violent and often fatal actions‚ yet we continue to accept these actions in the name of free speech. Lawmakers continue to debate over the boundaries regarding freedom of speech and whether
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The Person I Admire Most When people are asked about the question who is the one they admire most‚ the answers could not be more different. Indeed‚ everyone has his/her hero on heart. And I also have mine: he is my father. There are various reasons why he is the person I admire the most; he gave me life‚ watched me grow up and helped me during my adolescent years. He is also my best friend. Throughout the years‚ my father is my abecedarian and best teacher. He took an active role in my education
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The Comparison of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Taming of the Shrew‚ and the Work of William Shakespeare Between the years of 1588 and 1613‚ Shakespeare wrote 38 plays. His dramatic work is commonly studied in four categories: comedies‚ histories‚ tragedies‚ and romances. Although we commonly single out William Shakespeare’s work as extraordinary and deserving of special attention‚ at the time of the plays performances‚ they were typically released as popular entertainment. Where as Shakespeare’s
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Personally speaking‚ education institutions should not adopt a speech code that regulates hate speech. First of all‚ everyone has the moral right to free speech. It means that people have the right to express their opinions freely‚ whether the opinion is right or wrong. At this point‚ a speech code conflicts with the moral right to free speech because it restricts people’s right. We can refute the wrong statements‚ but we cannot forbid them. Free speech is important and essential in the society. It is necessary
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Drop The Glowsticks The dictionary defines "rave" as: to utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; to rave nonsense‚ which makes you wonder why raves were ever called raves to begin with. Raves consist of about 300-6‚000 kids aged 14 to about 25. The setting‚ a big empty warehouse‚ lights‚ a fog machine and multiple Disc Jockeys (DJ). Every single rave has 1 type of music: techno with a lot of bass. It’s electronically created with a very fast-pace beat. Techno music has its origins in gay dance
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money’( W.C Fields). The main male characters in “The Taming of The Shrew” and “Ten Things I Hate About You”‚ Petruchio and Patrick‚ have three things in common‚ the lust for money‚ the lust for power‚ and the lust for women. In the 1967 version of the play‚ originally written by Shakespeare‚ Petruchio is portrayed as brute only thinking about money and himself. In the 1999 version Patrick is portrayed as a charming‚ smooth talker that doesn’t care about social expectations. They use their character traits
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Talk about the things you like most. There are so many things around us that one finds it hard to have a special preference for a few particular things. I‚ however‚ take a special interest in motor-car and television. Motor-cars have always fascinated me. Since my childhood I have been traveling in motor-cars‚ and I have visited hundreds of places in this country. I have been to remote villages and almost all the towns‚ large and small. Travel has broadened my outlook on life. I have met various
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Free speech is a right that every human on earth should have. Ideas and words should be a free market‚ no one idea should be suppressed‚ no one idea sould be granted special treatment under the law. Let debates decide dominant ideas‚ not by censoring them. I believe every country should operate like that‚ but only 60% of the earth lives with the right to free speech‚ while only 15% has freedom of the press. Why? Because of partisan beliefs on how a government should be run? Because there is a real
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Hate Speech Should be Seen as a Larger Problem What is Hate Speech? “Hate is speech which attacks a person or group on the basis of attributes such as gender‚ ethnic origin‚ religion‚ race‚ disability‚ or sexual orientation.” People of all different backgrounds‚ races‚ and sexualities have been victims to hate speech‚ but should hate speech be more defined in laws and whether it should be punishable? I believe that people should have the right to their own opinions and be allowed to state them but
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