Another section of the chapter that stands out is the portion entitled Why Won’t We Just “Get Over It”. Stating that many Canadians question why Indigenous peoples cannot simply get over the oppressive colonial power seen throughout Canadian history. The McIvor case is a prime example of why Indigenous peoples are under no obligations to get over it and it also exemplifies how this viewpoint is rather problematic. This is a very ignorant stance held by many Canadian as it seems that many do not want
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The song I have chosen for my song explication is “I Won’t Give Up by Jason Mraz” which depicts a concept to the play‚ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ how beautiful each admirer thinks their love is. A quote from the song relating to this concept is “When I look into your eyes‚ It’s like watching the night sky‚ or a beautiful sunrise (Mraz 1-3)”. This is saying when Mraz looks into the girl’s eyes‚ it’s like watching the night sky because it is peaceful. Mraz compares his love’s eyes to
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In history‚ where there is war there is torture. In Colin Woodard’s article Why We Won’t Give Up Torture‚ he explains the cruelties of past countries torture. A member of the 32nd Volunteer Infantry Regiment reported that soldiers would sometimes force water out of captives’ bodies by stamping on their engorged stomachs‚ repeatedly. In the 19th century Nazi Germany‚ Soviet Union‚ and Japan all mistreated
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wanting to put child soldiers in jail because they are just trying to help in the war. The issue is that they sometimes don’t even want to fight but they forces them to do it and is not really their fault because some of them don’t even want to do it. I agree that they have to have amnesty because they are just trying to help in the war and is something dangerous if you think of it closely because they can get kill in the war so here are my three reasons of why they should have amnesty
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New York Times best selling author‚ radio host‚ and Fox News contributor‚ Tammy Bruce‚ wrote an article called “Why Gun Control Won’t End Mass Murders.” Bruce’s purpose is to inform readers that gun control laws are not going to stop murders from occurring. She adopts a grim tone in order to get her readers to think about why the gun laws are the way they are. For years the government has been trying to enforce gun laws and yet murders rates are not decreasing. Some points Bruce addresses include
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For my second response‚ I attended USF’s College of Arts production of They Don’t Pay?‚ We Won’t Pay! on April 9th‚ 2017. The story is by Dario Fo and directed by Dan Granke. This production was conducted through dialogue‚ staging and sound to fulfill the event of The Recession. The characters contributed to the period due to their rioting because of the increase in grocery prices. I used my senses and my own analysis to contribute to the purpose of the play. Throughout the production‚ I noticed
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Why the British Should Have Won the War How did the British lose the Revolutionary War? They had more‚ and better‚ everything. Such as better soldiers and better training. This would surely give them and advantage. Also the greater amount of supplies should help. But in the end they still lost‚ it could have been for a few‚ good‚ reasons. These reasons are minuscule compared to the power of the British military. The British should have won the Revolutionary War because they had a far superior
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Technology Breeds Narcissism The technology that we invented in order to make our lives easier might in fact turn our lives for the worst. In Pain won’t kill you by Jonathan Franzen‚ he talks about our social life which is revolving around technology rather than the society itself. In every moment of our lives the advance of technology is thriving and expanding exponentially. We humans cannot do anything but get greedy and try to get our hands on everything possible. The act of socializing with
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Sicily because of its prime trade location‚ resulting in a Roman victory. The second Punic War was also won by Rome and was fought in Spain because of the incredible hatred Carthaginian general Hannibal had for Rome. The third and final Punic War ended in 146 B.C. when Rome destroyed Carthage. Although the Romans were lucky that Hannibal let many opportunities to attack them slip by‚ the Romans won the Punic Wars because of their creative battle strategies‚ strong Roman leadership‚ and the ingenious
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Why the North Won the American Civil War Union officer William Tecumseh Sherman observed to a Southern friend that‚ "In all history‚ no nation of mere agriculturists ever made successful war against a nation of mechanics. . . .You are bound to fail." While Sherman ’s statement proved to be correct‚ its flaw is in its assumption of a decided victory for the North and failure to account for the long years of difficult fighting it took the Union to secure victory. Unquestionably‚ the war was won
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