Imtiaz Ali Ali 1 Mr.Dadd CHC2D0-I 29th May 2018 Why the Atomic Bombs were Justified? it was August 6th‚ 1945 when the first atomic bomb ever to be used in warfare was used‚ and not three days later‚ another atomic bomb was dropped. These bombs were named Little Boy and Fat Man‚ and they were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ respectively. The destruction
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essay the author doubts himself. He feels a sense of guilt towards the end of the essay. Orwell had three perspective in this essay guilt‚ doubtful‚ and acceptance. In this situation acceptance took over his feelings‚ and this is why Orwell was not justified in shooting the elephant. In the beginning of the essay the author said the following “I took my rifle‚ an old .44 Winchester and much too small to kill an elephant‚ but I thought the noise might be useful in terrorem”. The author had no intention
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Race-based affirmative action is justifiable in order to increase diversity. While many adversaries criticize the notion that there is a collective responsibility of society to make up for past wrong-doings‚ this argument focuses only on promoting diversity. In colleges‚ having a diverse‚ mixed student body allows students to learn from a wide range of backgrounds. It also helps disadvantaged minorities reach higher leadership positions which would then help the general populations of those minorities
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War can never be justified. Discuss War. One of the most destructive and futile thing on our planet‚ yet the ambition of war is usually to find peace is it not? Battle tends to start over the love of power; William Gladstone once said "We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace." So therefore is it not correctly speaking by saying that war is needed in order to destroy the love of power that creates such emotions
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Was the bombing of Dresden and Hamburg justified? During the Second World War‚ allied forces targeted German cities for mass aerial bombardment. Two of the cities which felt the full brunt of RAF bombings were Dresden and Hamburg. This air campaign killed an estimated 600‚000 civilians and destroyed or seriously damaged some six million homes. The strategy used also came at a cost as Bomber Command throughout the bombing campaigns had 57‚143 men killed. The target’s for area bombing were chosen
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I believe george was justified in shooting lennie‚ george realized he would not want anyone killing lennie for something he did not mean to do. But also george knew if anything was to happen to him lennie would not be able to live on his own. Lennie and george have been traveling together ever since lennie’s aunt clara died‚ she asked george to watch after lennie because he’s not that intelligent and he gets himself into quite a lot of trouble on his own. When george and lennie was working in
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be confusing. Lying is a form of deception‚ but not all forms of deception are lies. Lying is giving some information while believing it to be untrue‚ intending to deceive by doing so. Whether lying is justified or not is a debate that goes back to the 1800s. I believe that lying is never justified because it causes harm to the victim‚ the liar‚ society‚ and it will increase the liar’s stress. First‚ lying is harmful to the liar and the victim. The victim suffers if they don’t find out because they
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the Japanese‚ but to seize the fierce nationalism within Japan‚ ending world war two. Arguably‚ this was achieved‚ with the Emperor Hirohito broadcasting their surrender on the 15th of August.3However‚ was the Americans use of nuclear warfare justified in their bid for world peace? President of the time Harry Truman stated‚ “I never lost any sleep over my decision (to drop the Atomic bomb)”‚ 4yet‚ Americans have since been subject to fierce revisionist denialism that there was not an over riding
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Censorship of Violence in Popular Entertainment is NOT Justified “When I was at church they taught me something else/ If you preach hate at the service those words aren’t anointed/ That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned/ When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless/ Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen/ I might not be the same‚ but that’s not important/ No freedom till we’re equal‚ damn right I support it.” These are lyrics from a song called
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Many people today could argue their side and reasons on why they think the United States was justified in bombing Japan. But was Osama in Laden justified in orchestrating 9/11? No one in their right mind would support the killing of innocent civilians on 9/11 on the basis of the argument that Osama Bin Laden and his cohort wanted to end the war between radical Islam and the U.S. So why is it acceptable for the U.S. to have incinerated tens of thousands of civilian men‚ women‚ children and babies
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