Tierra Mason Professor Colin Anderson 15 November 2011 Is Torture Ever Justifiable? Torture‚ according to the United Nations Convention against Torture‚ is: “any act by which severe pain or suffering‚ whether physical or mental‚ is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him‚ or a third person‚ information or a confession‚ punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed‚ or intimidating or coercing him
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Is torture ever acceptable? According to the UN Convention Against Torture‚ any infliction of torture1 i.e. waterboarding is banned under international law and the domestic laws of most countries in the 21st century. The point of contention is whether torture under any circumstances should be entirely prohibited. This opinion piece will be centered towards the debate regarding interrogation using torture methods and argue that torture is never acceptable from the moral and utilitarian perspectives
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Emily Dickinson’s poem "I Asked No Other Thing" reminds me of god the almighty who I really praise and thank and worship every day‚ the poem is not just telling me of his existence but also the reward which is heaven the place where all mankind strive to go after they die‚ heaven to me is a real place not just something imaginary and described by people‚ religious figures and storytellers‚ I might be good enough to enter and I might not‚ depends on my relation with god from the first place as MS
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Three things I like about Thailand 1. Good for holiday visiting – have many beaches‚ amusement park and lots of shopping malls to visit during our holiday. 2. Ease of access in the City – We can go to places we want easily by taking bus‚ taxi‚ MRT‚ BTS or boat which make us available to choose by which mean we want to travel. 3. 24-hour available of restaurants – Which is good for everyone who likes to eat. We don’t need to worry about the time to go out for a meal. Especially food
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How do I write a report? Report writing differs from essay writing because it has a different purpose. Reports are common communication tools as they assist in the decision-making process. Written for a particular purpose‚ they usually outline a problem‚ provide the relevant facts and ideas related to the situation‚ and then recommend a course of action. Reports are highly structured so that information they contain can be easily understood. Headings within the report allow the reader to select
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Will racism ever end? Every day‚ hundreds people around the world are killed‚ because them views or color of them skin are different than others. Civilization and education able to fill up the lack of tolerance and solve the problem known as racism‚ in fact it had been significant decreased compare to last 5-10 years. To solve problem‚ we have to glance on it roots‚ where it was born? Race gets roots in America with a long history. It was created as powerful idea invented by society. It’s an enduring
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Where the Streets Had a Name‚ a realistic friction novel by Randa Abdel-Fattah‚ is a compassionate story of the sights‚ sounds‚ and smells of a Palestinian Family whose daily lives are governed by curfews and security check points. Hayaat‚ a Muslim‚ and Sam‚ a Christian‚ skip school together to take a journey through the war-ridden territory of West Bank‚ then gets caught up in a deadly protest where they become injured‚ and they end up back with their families where they witness Jihan‚ sister of
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Is revenge ever justifiable? Solutions to any kind of situation‚ whether it is justifiable or not is revenge. The term revenge has always been debated upon since the action itself revolves around basic instinct‚ and the reasoning behind that claim comes from us as people‚ reacting to situations based on mutual feelings. Seeing how revenge is such a tricky word to define‚ this word is also compared with justice. Justice has the power of choice but also follows the behaviour of a human being
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Teacher Ever My parents and I had the finest life in Miami‚ Florida. When my uncle died we moved Detroit‚ Michigan to go live with my aunt and my mema while they mourned his death. He died by having a rare flesh-eating-skin-disease that ate away his flesh. I could not stand Detroit it was loud‚ crude and had rats in places rats are not usually in. The most terrible part about was that I had school coming up and I was not at ease‚ being told that I was going to have the worst teacher ever. We could
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Nothing can separate them both‚ no matter what. I don’t think that this experience will encounter anybody’s fate‚ but I was surprised that it encoutered mine. It was in the meridian of summer‚ where the sun was shining brighter than gold and the orchids where blossoming to the waterfall’s melody. The sound of children’s bare feet sizzeling on the barren and hot sand gave me an indication that this day could be the hottest day of summer. I got a call from my friends‚ telling me to
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