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- 1721: The Lost Art Of Typography
- ... theme through Postman's book is that George Orwell had it wrong about our society when he wrote 1984. Orwell prophesized that government forces would take over civilization and conquer and squash personal freedoms and rights. Postman argues that this viewpoint is incorrect. Postman states that Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is more appropriate. Huxley saw a world where civilization would go gladly into that dark night, with a smile on its face. We would be entertained out of our personal freedoms and rights. Postman believes Huxley is more on target when a person considers what television has done to create such a reliance on itself in the 20th century. I liked this book a lot. Again, some of ...
- 1722: Appearance vs. Reality of Modern Music Affect on Teenagers
- Appearance vs. Reality of Modern Music Affect on Teenagers In today's society the teenager has had more rights than ever before, along with these rights comes responsibility, independence and good judgment. All of those mentioned have been destroyed in many teenagers lives by these "Rock Stars". The modern teenager is exposed to many different things that may affect their lives ...
- 1723: Why the Penal Laws Failed
- ... threefold; to deprive the Catholics of all civil life. To reduce them to a condition of the most extreme and brutal ignorance, and finally, to dissociate them from the soil. (---------)These laws greatly reduced the rights of those Catholics living in Ireland at the time and in a sense created even larger barriers between the Catholics and the Protestant's. The Penal Laws however, were destined to fail from the very ... and what religion they were born into; the Penal Laws were simply not the answer. Not all Protestants wished to persecute the Catholic's. There were some Protestants whom believed in certain inherent and equal rights for all people. Daniel O'Connel, was a prominent figure in the involvement of Irish affairs, O'Connel was also a key player in the catholic emancipation and eventual freedom from the absurdities burdened upon ...
- 1724: Death Penalty in the United States
- ... Mental"). At present over 10% of the death row population are said to be afflicted by mental retardation ("Mental"). The current statutes that allow the execution of minors are in contradiction of every major human rights treaty on the subject of capital punishment ("U.S."). The United States is one of only six countries that have executed juveniles since 1990. The other five are Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Iran ("Stop"). The US has sentenced to death the most juveniles of any of these countries. Even China, famous for its human rights abuses, has criticized the US for this practice ("U.S."). In 1996, prosecutors in some states sought the death penalty for children as young as 13. This has brought about widespread criticism from other nations ...
- 1725: Dissabiliteis
- ... disability, or perception of disability, whether present or past, which has the effect or objective of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment, or exercise by a person with a disability of his or her human rights and fundamental freedoms. b) A distinction or preference adopted by a state party to promote the social integration or personal development of persons with disabilities does not constitute discrimination provided that the distinction or preference ... with the support it requires in order to perform its functions. ARTICLE VII No provision of this Convention shall be interpreted as restricting, or permitting the restriction by states parties of the enjoyment of the rights of persons with disabilities recognized by customary international law or the international instruments by which a particular state party is bound. ARTICLE VIII 1. This Convention shall be open for signature by all member states ...
- 1726: The Brady Law
- The Brady Law Both of these articles deal with The Brady Gun-control Law, which puts certain restrictions on the sale of guns. The bill, which started in 1994, does not allow the sale of guns to people convicted or indicted of a felony, people with a history of drug use or mental illness, and various other people. During its first 28 months in effect it has stopped the purchase of 186,00 guns to people who would have otherwise been able to purchase them before this bill was enacted. The Brady Law is named after former press secretary James Brady, in an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981. In April 1997 the Supreme Court threw out a key part of ...
- 1727: Music Censorship
- ... printing lyrics in the albums and cassettes has the endorsement of the great Frank Zappa and John Denver, this is not possible (Zucchino 9) . The record companies, who print the albums, do not own the rights to the lyrics, the music companies do (Zucchino 9). Providing printed lyrics to radio stations cannot be done for the same reason (Zucchino 9). Because of FCC regulations, the music a station chooses to air ... station will do just fine. Most ratings and labels are unnecessary evils we have to live with. Musicians feel these will eventually lead to more and more censorship, such as taking away the first amendment rights and telling them they may not sing certain lyrics because it is "offensive" or rated R. As quoted way back in 1985, Frank Zappa feels it: Opens the door to and endless parade of moral ...
- 1728: Capital Punishment History
- ... was his or her right to take vengeance on the person that had wronged them. This mentality still exists, even today, but in a lesser form because the law has now outlined a person's rights and developed punishments that conform to those rights, yet allow for the retribution for their crime. However, some feel that those laws and punishments are too lax and criminals of today take advantage of them, ie. organized crime, knowing very well that the ...
- 1729: The Way It Really Was!
- The Way It Really Was! In the 1950's there were many problems. The Korean war and the civil rights struggle. Back then the music was all rhythm and blues (r &b). It was record mostly by black artists and for black audience but the white teenagers became interested. The music scene in the early ... Beatles and Bob Dylan. Most of them were folk and folk blues but The Beatles and The Rolling Stones played traditional Rock and Roll. Teens in the sixties were involved with anti-war and civil rights and some were involved with drugs and eastern religions. At the end of the 60's decade, trends occurred like art rock, protest music and psychedelic music. By the seventies Rock and Roll was established ...
- 1730: Jazz Age
- ... a thunderous two-handed attack that seemed destined to leave permanent finger marks in the keys. Chick Corea matured as an artist during the 1950s and 1960s. He joined the ranks of Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, and McCoy Tyner as the Most prominent and most imitated pianist in jazz. His style originated with aspects from the approaches of bud Powell, Horace Silver, Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner and the classical pieces of twentieth-century composers Paul Hindemith and Bela Bartok. Latin-American music also inspired Coreas style. Early in his career, Corea had played in several bands ...
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