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- 911: Causes Of The Civil War
- ... a surge of democratic reform swept the North and West. There were demands for political equality and economic and social advances. The Northerners goals were free public education, better salaries and working conditions for workers, rights for women, and better treatment for criminals. The South felt these views were not important. All of these views eventually led to an attack on the slavery system in the South, and showed opposition to ... The North wanted to limit the number of slave states in the Union. But many Southerners felt that a government dominated by free states could endanger existing slaveholdings. The South wanted to protect their states rights. The first evidence of the North's actions came in 1819 when Missouri asked to be admitted to the Union as a slave state. After months of discussion Congress passed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 ... hoped to simplify construction of a transcontinental railroad through these states rather than through the southern part of the country. The removal of the restriction on the expansion of slavery ensured southern support for the bill, which was signed into law by President Franklin Pierce on May 30, 1854. This act split the Democratic party and destroyed the Whig party also. The northern Whigs joined antislavery Democrats to form the ...
- 912: Computer Crimes: Laws Must Be Pass To Address The Increase In Computer Crimes
- ... the hopes that no one would notice them missing.(Phrack 12,p.44) Congress has been reacting to the outbreak of computer crimes. "The U.S. House of Judiciary Committee approved a bipartisan computer crime bill that was expanded to make it a federal crime to hack into credit and other data bases protected by federal privacy statutes."(Markoff, B 13:1) This bill is generally creating several categories of federal misdemeanor felonies for unauthorized access to computers to obtain money, goods or services or classified information. This also applies to computers used by the federal government or used ... publishing my story. I owe a lot to the fellow hackers and fellow hackers and the Electronic Frontier Foundation for coming up with the blunt of the legal fees so we could fight for our rights." (Interview with Steve Jackson, fellow hacker, who was charged in operation Sun Devil) The case of Steve Jackson Games vs. Secret Service has yet to come to a verdict yet but should very soon. ...
- 913: Martin Luther King
- ... famous I have a Dream address. Which was taken from an old slave song, the inscription read: Free at Last,/Free at Last,/Thank God Almighty,/Im Free at Last. Even our current president Bill Clinton had this quote to say about Martin Luther King Jr.: "Thirty-four years ago the man whose life we celebrate today spoke to us down there at the other end of this mall in ... out our true creed. Our history has been built on such dreams and labors.By that statement which our president made is an example of the type of impact that King had on the civil rights movement in the United States, the affect that this man had was that he helped changed the way of life for the minority. His bravery and determination prevailed and he made his dream of every one having rights come true. If King didn't do the things that he did life aswe know it probably would be a lot different from the way that it presently is. King also showed us that ...
- 914: Welcome To The Monkey House
- ... not keep anyone from seeing literature, even if it is considered slightly explicit in a sexual, racial, or violent manner. Censorship should leave the ideas of people alone and leave them with their first amendment rights. Amendment one of the United States Bill of Rights reads "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there of; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people ...
- 915: The Necessity Of Computer Security
- ... The issue of privacy on the Internet has risen many arguments for and against having it. The issue of privacy has gotten to the point where the government of the United States has placed a bill promoting a single chip to encrypt all private material on the Internet. Why is privacy so important? Hiding confidential material from intruders does not necessarily mean that what we keep secret it illegal. Since ancient ... secure communications and storage of their activities, and thus make the law enforcement's job much harder in tracking criminals down and proving them guilty. Also, we must never forget one of out basic human rights - one that many laid their lives for, is freedom. We have the freedom to do anything we wish that is within the law. The government is now attempting to pass a bill promoting a single algorithm to encrypt and decrypt all data that belongs to its citizens. A multitude of people around the world are opposed to this concept, arguing that it is against their freedom ...
- 916: THOMAS JEFFERSON
- ... patriot cause. As the "silent member" of the Congress, Jefferson, at 33, drafted the Declaration of Independence. In years following he labored to make its words a reality in Virginia. Most notably, he wrote a bill establishing religious freedom, enacted in 1786. Jefferson succeeded Benjamin Franklin as minister to France in 1785. His sympathy for the French Revolution led him into conflict with Alexander Hamilton when Jefferson was Secretary of State ... Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans, began to form. Jefferson gradually assumed leadership of the Republicans, who sympathized with the revolutionary cause in France. Attacking Federalist policies, he opposed a strong centralized Government and championed the rights of states. As a reluctant candidate for President in 1796, Jefferson came within three votes of election. Through a flaw in the Constitution, he became Vice President, although an opponent of President Adams. In 1800 ... the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon in 1803. During Jefferson's second term, he was increasingly preoccupied with keeping the Nation from involvement in the Napoleonic wars, though both England and France interfered with the neutral rights of American merchantmen. Jefferson's attempted solution, an embargo upon American shipping, worked badly and was unpopular. Jefferson retired to Monticello to ponder such projects as his grand designs for the University of Virginia. ...
- 917: The Year 2000 Computer Problem
- ... solutions will exceed the supply. Survivors will survive big, losers will lose big. There is no 'silver bullet' that is going to fix things" (Adams 2). "It is too big and too overwhelming even for [Bill Gates and] Microsoft" (Widder 3). Separate, any one of these points makes Y2K, a common abbreviation for the year 2000 problem, an addition to the obstacle. Combined, they form what seems more like a hideous ... flow of information throughout the world is to bring it to a virtual standstill" (Widder 3). The potential of the problem in everyday life is alarming. Imagine making a loan payment in 1999 for a bill that is due in 2000. The companys computers could interpret the '00' as 1900 and you would then be charged with 99 years of late fees (Moffitt & Sandler 48). If the year 2000 problem ... Format IBM. The Year 2000 & 2-digit dates: a guide for planning and implementation. [Online] Available September, 1997 Pollner, Andrew. Testing Year 2000 conversions. [Online] Available January 1998 Copyright (c) 1997 John Muirhead-Gould. All rights reserved. This document may not be reproduced in full or in part without the expressed written permission of John Muirhead-Gould.
- 918: Internet and Censorship
- ... Since the Internet is an international community, we must view it as pertaining to other countries; not just the United States. Not all countries have the privilege of living in a democracy and under the Bill of Rights. As a result, the Internet as brought newfound freedom to most people who are oppressed by tyrannical governments, or those that disagree with governments but are not allowed to express it. People in these countries ... was designed to avoid" (Rothenberg, pars. 13). This statement exactly expresses my idea on censorship of the Internet. The Internet shouldn't be censored because it will inhibit free speech. These are one of the rights guaranteed to us by the First Amendment and one of the reasons this country was founded in the first place. This country was founded as a free country and a country for life, liberty, ...
- 919: The HIV Epidemic
- ... the patient to make the disclosure themselves. Framing the law in this way permits health care professionals to exercise their judgment; they can decide whether maintenance of the confidence and trust of patients overrides the rights of their partners. If the health care professional exercises a diligent good faith judgment, he or she should not risk legal liability in a case in which society itself is unable to resolve this powerful ethical and legal dilemma. Currently, there is currently much professional and governmental interest in health information privacy, including key reports from federal government agencies. More importantly, Congress currently is considering the Bennett bill (S. 1360) "to ensure personal privacy with respect to medical records and health care-related information." At present, the bill would apply to HIV/AIDS information but would not preempt state confidentiality laws relating to HIV/AIDS. This means the statute would provide a federal standard for privacy but allow states to enact an ...
- 920: Abortion
- ... be made by the mother of the embryo or fetus. "Many persons also approve of abortion because they do not believe a fetus is a complete human being, and therefore is not entitled to the rights normally given to humans" (Callahan 145). This argument shows that human life does not begin shortly after conception, which is in disagreement with opposers to abortion. This disagreement causes wide controversy, but there has been ... If the women was not given the choice then who would care for the baby and love and raise it? Also if abortion became illegal, there would be many unsafe and unclean abortions taking place. "Bill Baird rushed to the side of a woman '...who was covered in blood from the waist down, with an eight inch piece of coat hanger sticking out of her uterus,' he said. 'She died'" (Cain ... the mother and father of the embryo or fetus. I can not find justification for bringing an unwanted, undesired, unappreciated, unloved baby into this world. To illegalize abortion would be taking away from the civil rights of the women, which would be unconstitutional in the United States. Nobody should be allowed to interfere in the choice of abortion when the decision will impact the woman for the rest of her ...
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