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- 1531: Effects of World War II on Japan
- ... to be now a successful country without many foreign problems. World War II opened the eyes of the Japanese people to a more open world, with democratic ideas, that everyday sought for more freedom and rights for the citizens. After World War II the Japan-US relation has strengthened, they work together to solve their problems, but at the same time they recognize that the economic issues must not be allowed ... II and that was the creation of the Liberal Democratic party. (The Japan of Today, 20) Because of World War II, Japan changed their politics system to democracy which led the people to have more rights and freedom in the country and in the society as a whole. The entrance of the western ideas into Japan after World War II made the Japanese adapt to their ancient culture some of the ... thinking. The recovery of the war in several aspects, mostly economic and political are the thing that affected the most to the Japanese society. The politics after the war became more democratic and gave more rights to the people, and that is a very important effect on the society. The change in the foreign policy was very important for the country in general because it brought the country peace and ...
- 1532: Internet Censorship
- It has been two-hundred and nine years since the Bill of Rights was ratified. I doubt that our Founding Fathers ever imagined the changes that would come over our country. Although the Constitution has held up through the years, it cannot be argued that in the last ...
- 1533: Is There Hope For The Psychopa
- ... or manipulative *lack of remorse *lack of empathy *impulsive *irresponsible *easily angered or frustrated *has had serious problems as a child or teenager *shows callous unconcern regarding other's feelings *disregard social norms or the rights of other people *unable to maintain enduring relationships *incapable of experiencing guilt *blame others or rationalize antisocial behavior *constantly irritable The antisocial tends to have short lasting relationships, if they are capable of having a ... very difficult and has to meet several criteria in order to get that diagnoses. Diagnoses as explained in Caring for the Mind is based on " a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others, occurring since the age of fifteen, as indicated by at least three of the following, 1. failure to conform to the social norms for lawful behavior, as indicated by repeatedly performing illegal acts ... disorder called Borderline that is often misdiagnosed as Anti-Social Personality Disorder which is quite similar to it. Borderline Disorder is a little bit more aggressive than Antisocial. Characteristics of Borderline Disorder include: Violating the rights of others and age appropriate societal norms or rules with at least three of the following in the past 6 months: 1. often bullying, threatening, or intimidating others 2. often iniating fights 3. use ...
- 1534: Hollywood's Attack on Religion
- ... Mother Teresa of Calcutta and Ken Wales, former vice president at Disney studios. Even with such strong opposition from these respected groups and people, the studio refused to listen and stood behind its First Amendment rights. MCA/Universal was even supported by the Motion Picture Association of America, which stated that "The . . . MPAA support MCA/Universal in its absolute right to offer to the people whatever movie it chooses" (41). However, Medved rebukes this statement, arguing that "absolute right" wasn't the issue; the issue "concerned the movie company's choices, not its rights" (41). He supports this argument further by indicating that the MPAA would never support a film portraying Malcolm X as a paid agent of Hoover's FBI or portraying Anne Frank "as an out-of ... is portraying Jesus and other religious figures in uncharacteristic situations that would never be associated with these historical figures. This is supported by past experiences when movies were edited so as to not offend animal rights activists, gay advocacy groups, and ethnic organizations: Leaders of the motion picture business showed more concern with possible sacrilege against the religious traditions of a single Hopi village than with certain offense to the ...
- 1535: Murder
- ... is just fine, and even desirable. But what are those circumstances? What exactly is justifiable killing? Is abortion OK? How about war? Euthanasia? These are topics that are in hot controversy these days, as civil rights groups battle political standings that have been around for dozens of years. Capital punishment is among those instances of justified killing that has been debated for years, and continues to be an extremely indecisive and ... as a continuum with no specific beginning. It considers the continuum to run from sperm to egg, to singlecell zygote, to multi-cell blastocyst, to embryo, to fetus, to newborn, etc. This view supports the rights of each mother and doctor to individually choose when, in the continuum, the fetus becomes a separate individual. Aside from the biological arguments, social issues have always been part of the controversy. Many of the ... A plant is a living organism, but is not treated with such high reverence. The fetus is not a living person, and thus abortion is not "unlawful killing of another human being." A woman has rights over her own body, and should be allowed to do with it as she pleases. The fetus would not survive without the nutrients provided by the mother, and therefore it is still an extension ...
- 1536: Tennyson as a Victorian
- ... royalty. The Victorian years also brought with them the increasing efforts to achieve political, social, and economic reforms that would change the structure of the country to meet the changes created by industry. The Reform Bill was passed in 1832 which increased the electorate by fifty percent. The bill made it impossible for workers and women to vote, therefore, only one in five Englishmen could vote. These men were generally from the upper class and they controlled everything. To many people, this was a ... repealed some of the more unjust laws, and began to legislate shorter working hours, industrial safety, and urban sanitary reform. Due to the economic prosperity, it reduced radical agitation and in 1867 a second Reform Bill, which meant that most working men were allowed to vote. It brought a more liberal view of what was needed in life. People's thoughts and ideas also changed with the development of the ...
- 1537: Plato And Love
- ... which was identical both front and back. Aristophanes has said that they were divided like an apple or an egg, which even the mathematical oriented philosophers would agree are symmetrical. So why then are the rights of the women less than that of the rights of the man if they were begotten from the same being? This idea is unsettling due to the fact that in most of the articles that have been written on human and social cooperation, the idea of female inferiority never seemed to be a problem. If the philosophers truly thought that beings were identical in creation then why are the rights of one half greater than those of the other? Eventually Socrates begins to convey his philosophy on the idea of love, yet he goes about it in a different way than his predecessors. In ...
- 1538: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- ... of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved."4 Kennedys first year in office brought him considerable success in enacting new legislation. Congress passed a major housing bill, a law increasing minimum wage, and a bill granting federal aid to economically depressed areas of the United States. Kennedy put legislation through Congress which was a bill creating the Peace Corps, an agency that trained American volunteers to perform social and humanitarian service oversees and promote world peace, which was important at the time because of unsettling foreign affairs. In 1959, ...
- 1539: Nelson Mandela
- ... In an effort to give credibility to the reserves, the 1953 Nationalist government passed the Bantu This movement of people was justified as being a necessary way for development to occur. The Bantu Self-Government Bill stated: The first is that God has given a divine task and calling to every People in the world, which dare not be denied or destroyed by anyone. The second is that every People in ... Africans, for the Africans, with everybody who owes his only loyalty to Afrika and who is prepared to accept the democratic rule of an African majority being regarded as an African. We guarantee no minority rights because we think in terms of individual, not groups. To sum it up, we stand for an Africanist Socialist Democracy. Frederikse 76 Rather than using protests to solve political differences, the PAC was quicker to ...
- 1540: The Apathy Of Generation X
- ... they can; they soon find that the major candidates have paid little, if any attention to the issues that effect young people the most. Chris Weinkopf, associate editor of National Review, when speaking about how Bill Clinton and Bob Dole are talking to young voters said, "I think both of them are really just paying lip service to young people in the way they address issues" (www.mtv.com/issues.html ... olds. Elections have been won or lost because of who young people do or do not support. In 1992, 50% of registered voters under the age of 30 turned out to vote. In that election, Bill Clinton received 50% of the under 30 vote (Bush received 30%, Perot 20%). Clintons 20% margin of victory in the young people vote was his largest in any age group and may have very well ... selves heard will help get young people to the voting both. However, that opportunity is rarely there for those among younger voters. While his opponent hardly ever spoke about his views concerning those younger Americans, Bill Clinton was making speeches at colleges and attacking Bob Doles ideas on Pell Grants and student loans (www.mtv.com/chooseorloose). Thus the Presidents support amongst young people was a significant percentage higher then ...
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