The high ground is an all important strategic position in war fare‚ it is also important in debate. In debate‚ there is no physical high-ground but there is the moral high-ground. It is the position of truth and justice. It may not always be the position which makes the most people happy or creates the most wealth but it is the right-position. As human‚ I believe we all share a common moral intuition that comes down to the use of violence—it is wrong. It is wrong to kill people but it is also wrong
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Amanda Esenwein Intro to Archaeology Dr. Delvaux African Burial Ground Review & Analysis: After reading the articles it seems that many‚ in my opinion‚ value this Historic site I feel that it could not be more perfectly handled then the way it was. I primarily focused my thoughts on how the community was brought into the research project and how the researchers themselves handled everything with such dignity. I feel that by allowing everyone to have his or her input the project itself had such
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Myne Own Ground: Race and Freedom on Virginia’s Eastern Shore‚ 1640-1676 T.H. Breen and Stephen Innes‚ Oxford Press‚ 1980 T.H. Breen’s book "Myne Owne Ground" brings about a different perspective of what living in the south and being black was like. It shows how a black was capable of great things and able to amass wealth equal to that of wealthy white gentlemen but is never recognized for it. Unlike other history books this one doesn’t go on about slavery and it cruelty but instead offers
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Myne Owne Ground Slavery is an American embarrassment; in present day‚ African Americans and woman have gained the basic rights given to every American. (3) Slavery existed in every colony in the New World from Canada to the Rio de la Plata. (3) It emerged as a way of buying and selling humans to produce labor needed on the Plantations in the early seventeenth century. However‚ prior to the full system of slavery‚ blacks were relatively equal to whites. They were able to own land‚ make their
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Benya Kraus Period 6 HL History September 21‚ 2012 Finding the Middle Ground 1914 is arguably one of the most influential years in human history. Not only did it introduce the world to the practice of total warfare‚ but it also demonstrated the devastating outcome of rising political and economic tensions in Europe‚ as well as the inevitable conflict that is rooted in our global anarchic system. Almost a century later‚ historians continue to study the catastrophic events that occurred in
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“American Underground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center” Case Study Byron D. Stanley Governors State University Introduction American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center is a prime example of many of the issues associated with the bureaucratic system and shines a light on the importance of informal groups within public administration. The September 11‚ 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon forever changed the lives of Americans. It also exposed the workings of informal
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The poem "Dead Man’s Dump" written by Isaac Rosenberg‚ a soldier in the first world war‚ has made a lasting impression on me. He originally enlisted in the army in October 1915. He was killed upon the western front in France on the first of April 1918. He was twenty years old. I believe that Rosenberg was trying to tell us that the soldiers that had sacrificed their lives in the name of duty were not getting the respect that they deserved. As time goes on we may gradually forget what these men
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Tyler Maher HN English 11 2 August 2014 On Hallowed Ground 1. The argument that Poole makes about the importance of honoring our men and women in uniform is that it is the least that we can do after they give their lives to make ours better. Poole believes that it is the government’s responsibility to provide every family of a lost soldier the opportunity to have their loved ones body returned to them. Many people share the same views on this subject that Poole does and that is why the government
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The Chesapeake area in the seventeenth century was a unique community that was almost absent of racism. In this community‚ at this time‚ property was the central and primary definition of one’s place in society. The color of one’s skin was not a fundamental factor in being a well respected and valued member of the community. Virginia’s Eastern Shore represented a very small fellowship of people that were not typical of the Southern ideals during this time period and gave free blacks owning property
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Stand Your Ground Law One law I will forever remember is the “Stand Your Ground” law. This law has been around for some time now but many people including myself have only recently learned of this law‚ because of a very emotional case in Florida involving ‚George Zimmerman” murdering a 17 year old unarmed boy named “Trayvon Martin.” Stand your ground law was actually passed October 1‚ 2005. Ironically Florida was the first state to pass (Stand your ground law) and now Florida is the state
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