Let’s look at a few cons of the Patriot Act. "Under the Patriot Act‚ law enforcement officials may have broad access to any record — academic‚ library‚ financial and medical — without probable cause of a crime. The Patriot Act prohibits the holder of such information‚ like university librarians‚ from disclosing that they have produced such records‚ under the threat of imprisonment. A University of Illinois survey of U.S. public libraries found that at least 545 libraries have been asked
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William Lloyd Garrison‚ Religious Patriot William Lloyd Garrison believed that slavery was the “greatest evil of all” (Hollitz 136)‚ and that “there could be no compromise with evil” (Hollitz 136). Garrison strived to “persuade the entire nation of the sinfulness of slavery” (Hollitz 137)‚ he became a supporter of the abolition movement‚ fought against slavery‚ and advocated for human rights; William Lloyd Garrison was a religious patriot. Garrison was raised by his mother after his alcoholic
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Tengku Antah’s real name is Tunku Laksamana Antah Ibni Almarhum Raja Radin (Nadira Yusop & Azizah Abu Chik‚ n.d.). He was the son of Yamtuan Radin and the grandson of Raja Lenggang‚ who was the last king invited from Minangkabau to Negeri Sembilan to be solemnized (Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu‚ 2013). He had two brothers‚ namely Tunku Besar Daud and Tunku Besar Lintau (Blog Rasmi Jabatan Peguam Negara‚ 2010). He was solemnized as the Yamtuan Seri Menanti on 23rd November 1875 after which he was
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watched as my father‚ along with several other men dressed as Indians‚ threw barrels and barrels of tea shipped from the East India Company into the waters of the harbor.5 It was this event that made me determined‚ like my father‚ to remain true as a patriot and take a stance against the imperial government. This night was just the beginning of the political‚ economical‚ and social issues that I witnessed throughout the next two decades. Even with the odds stacked against me‚ I enlisted in the
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and drawn attention from celebrities‚ politicians‚ among others‚ in particular‚ Time Magazine posted an article on September 7th‚ 2015. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar‚ in his article “Kim Davis Is Not a Patriot‚” uses pathos and logos to successfully convince his audience that Kim Davis should not be heralded as a patriot‚ let alone a ‘national hero.’ Visual examples are used to alter the reader’s opinion so that they associate gay marriage with a good mood/opinion. (Picture taken on June 26‚ 2015
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Indigenous culture is full of diversity and different valuable traditions that are often misunderstood due to fixed and stereotypical ideologies that are often overlooked. “Compatriots” by Emma Lee Warrior follows a story of Indigenous traditions and the different issues that are faced by individuals of that culture. One of the underlying issues that can be seen through the story is stereotyping‚ which can be seen through the character of Hilda Afflerbach. Hilda contributes to the theme of stereotypes
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A Man Becomes a Patriot‚ and a Land Becomes a Nation The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin by Gordon S. Wood illustrates the shift from dependence upon the “mother land” of Britain‚ to the independence of a newly born nation‚ and the effects these changes had socially‚ economically‚ and politically for the people of this era. An evident division of the people emerged during the early 1700s‚ and provided little diversity and social mobility amongst the colonists. The rich‚ though a minority
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eBay etc.‚ similar is the case with movies. It doesn’t cost much to an e-book seller to produce a copy of the book ordered. Video streaming companies can stream the rarest of the movies which is liked by only few people. In such circumstances‚ if a movie or a book is a hit‚ it more because of conformity. We live in a society
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I chose the movie Gothika because It is a very good movie and It has one of my favorite actors in the movie. Gothika is about a Psychiatrist (Halle Berry) who works for a women’s penitentiary‚ and she had car accident after trying to avoid a girl on the road while it was rainy out. She gets out the car to go help save the girl‚ turns out to be a ghost and possesses the psychiatrist body. The next day Halle Berry wakes up to find herself in a hospital bed where she works‚ and she is also being treated
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Patriots Pen Essay ¨America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms‚ it will be because we destroyed ourselves¨. That quote is from one of our famous presidents known by the nickname of Honest Abe. Freedom to me is to have rights as a person and a nation. The bill of rights is one of the biggest amendments to me‚ because it shows all of the rights we have as Americans. Some of the amendments that are in the bill of rights are under discussion today and if they
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