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- 2551: How Decriminalisation Could Solve The Drugs Problem
- How Decriminalisation Could Solve The Drugs Problem This week saw both Tony Blair and his Scottish counterpart Donald Dewar embroil themselves more deeply than ever in a fight that they can never win – the war on drugs. In today’s relatively peaceful and prosperous society, drugs are believed by many to be the epitome of evil. They are the forbidden fruit, created to entrap young minds and cast them forever ... the world, but because it makes economic and social sense. I am not a drug user, and I am not writing this to support drug use. I am writing this to demonstrate why the drug war in which we are all now caught up is hopelessly and haplessly counterproductive. Just as the only beneficiaries of a military war are the arms manufacturers, the only true beneficiaries of the war on drugs are the drug barons who indiscriminately profit at the expense of their customers and the society that is left to cope ...
- 2552: Bilingual Education
- ... everyone to speak English, but the concept was that this is America and we speak English here. There are basically five arguments coming from opponents of English only education. They say it ignores our countries civil rights tradition; it fails to promote the integration of minority citizens into the American mainstream; it neglects the need for American merchants to be able to communicate with foreign markets; it restricts the ability of ... English only legislation is racially motivated and instills hostility towards minority groups who use another language other then English. I’m firmly in favor of English only. First, Bilingual education does not ignore our countries civil rights tradition. It’s simply stating that if you want to be ignorant, live in poverty, collect welfare and detract from society, that’s fine but you will do it on our terms. To say America also has a civil rights tradition is also questionable. Is this not the country where slavery was permitted for 300 years, where women couldn’t vote, and where abortions are readily available. People’s civil rights are being ...
- 2553: Oeconomicus And Lysistrata
- ... shows a very different and less powerful view of men and a more prominent view of females in Greek society. Lysistrata is a play that was written to show the authors distaste of the Peloponnesian War. Aristophanes seems to think that the men of Greece are fighting the war not like courageous and smart men but more like idiots, and women could fight the war more effectively. In the play the women characters take over the treasury of Athens in hopes of stopping the Peloponnesian War. One of the main male characters of the play says, "… I'm the ...
- 2554: The English Patient: Caravaggio
- ... greatly influences each of the other characters as well as their complex inter-relationships. His role as a Canadian-Italian thief has ultimately engulfed his life by lies: "He [has] lived through a time of war when everything [has] offered up to those around him [is] a lie. He [has] felt like a man in the darkness of a room imitating the calls of a bird … There was no defense by ... Hana and Almasy. The loss of the dearest people to Hana has triggered her yearnings for someone who would love her and take care of her. Hana's father has died of burning during the war and consequently, she connects her father's death to the suffering of the English patient: "She [has] come across the English patient - some one who looked like a burned animal, taut and dark, a pool for her" (41). Hana decides to stay with the English patient after the war because she doesn't wants to abandon the English patient from her the same way her father had abandoned her. Furthermore, the English patient is different from Hana's other patients; "There [is] something ...
- 2555: Jackie Robinson
- ... he did (Hill 2). He first joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and was on the board of directors (Ward, Burns 289). In 1963 he started getting involved with the civil rights movement (Enders 1). Robinson teamed up with Martin Luther King Jr. and went to Birmingham, Alabama to speak out against racism. King and Robinson went to many gatherings around the Birmingham area to speak ... throw the first pitch of the 1972 World Series. He died of a heart attack ten days later at the age of 53 (2). Jackie Robinson was a great baseball player and an equally great civil rights leader. Although he never got to see the integration of black people in the United States, his efforts helped a lot of people. He was one of the great American heroes and is an ... College 1. Pasadena Junior College 2. UCLA B.School Sports 1. Baseball favorite 2. Excelled in four sports III. Baseball A.Semi Pros 1. Monarchs 2. Royals B. Pros 1. LA Dodgers 2. Retirement IV.Civil Rights A. Civil Movement 1. Martin Luther King 2. Birmingham, Alabama B. NAACP 1. On board of directors 2. Resigned V. Later Years A. Diseases 1. Diabetes 2. Heart Problems B.Deaths of loved ...
- 2556: Roosevelt
- ... to care - a few men and women will stand out against the haze of time and represent the twentieth century. If there is a group, among them will be at least man involved in World War II. Roosevelt, Churchill, Tojo and Hitler -especially Hitler - are all candidates for the group because of their involvements in the bloodiest wars of the twentieth century. In this world,blood is a hard thing to ... if the United States is still around and as powerful as now in five centuries - and hopefully it will - F.D Roosevelt will most likely be one of the mist breakers from the second world war because of the American people's great interest in the presidents involved in wars and the governments talent for hiding less than flattering information from the world. Roosevelt's involvement in the great World War II allows him to fit , comfortably, the U.S standard of fighting presidents. Entering the war on the side of the Allies after a sneak attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt became a ...
- 2557: Albert Einstein and His Theories
- ... everywhere. While regretting his loss of privacy, Einstein capitalized on his fame to further his own political and social views. The two social movements that received his full support were pacifism and Zionism. During World War I he was one of a handful of German academics willing to publicly decry Germany's involvement in the war. After the war his continued public support of pacifist and Zionist goals made him the target of vicious attacks by anti-Semitic and right-wing elements in Germany. Even his scientific theories were publicly ridiculed, especially the ...
- 2558: Touch Wood
- ... a Jewish girl during the German invasion of France. In 1940, Renée and her family were living in Alsace, France, where nothing ever changed. No one expected anything unusual to happen. Then one day, a war with Germany is announced on the radio. The Germans wanted to annex Alsace and forced the Jews to leave. France was split into two zones- the Free Zone and the German occupied zone. Renée¹s ... they have to hide from the police. Renée¹s parents decide to take action. They have friends who know Mother Superior. They send Renée and her sisters to a Catholic residence in Normandy until the war is over. Their father emphasizes for them not to tell anyone that they are Jewish. When they arrive in Normandy, they find a cozy bedroom, appetizing meals, and friendly people. Renée has to deal with ... Catholicism to perfect their disguise. Their parents have given permission for Renée and her sisters to be baptized and to take their first communion. They decide to pray to the Catholic god to make the war end soon, to help the French and their Allies win the war, and to protect the Jews. Renée becomes worried when she hears about the bombing of Paris, but she was relieved to hear ...
- 2559: Symbolism In Lord of the Flies
- ... island or its inhabitants. Additionally, another reader pointed out that Jack could also represent Communism or Fascism. Golding was influenced by events during the time period that the book was written, which was around World War II. Themes William Golding presented numerous themes and basic ideas that give the reader something to think about. One of the most basic and obvious themes is that society holds everyone together, and without these ... Piggy and Ralph meet up with each other after escaping from their shot-down plane. A large scar was made in the untouched jungle, symbolizing the first of man's destruction on the island. A war is going on in the outside world, and now for the rest of the book, everyone will be isolated from it and put into their own "world." Piggy spots a conch shell, and tells Ralph ... a large boulder off a ledge. Ralph prods them along, and they decide to continue to the mountain to look for the Beast. Significance: The fighter plane being shot down at the beginning symbolizes the war going on in the real world, and links it to the boys and their island. Jack's intrigue with Castle Rock foreshadows his future use of the location as a fortification. Chapter 7: Shadows ...
- 2560: Catch 22
- Catch-22 Satire is often used by writers to express their discontent towards a subject in a humorous way. Joseph Heller's novel, Catch-22, satirizes war and its implications on society and man himself. Heller reveals the dehumanizing aspect of war, not the glory of it. He makes a social comment on the corruptive, self-fulfilling, irrational side of war that is often disregarded or dismissed. As he sheds light upon the darker part of war the universal qualities of mankind are revealed. In the novel Catch-22, the universal qualities of failure, corruption ...
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