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- 2441: Television Censorship
- Television Censorship WHAT IS CENSORSHIP? "Censorship is the supervision and control of the information and ideas that are circulated among the people within a society. In modern times, censorship refers to the examination of books, periodicals, plays, films, television and radio programs, news reports, and other ... vulgar or horrifying to one person might be seen as beautiful art or entertainment to another. Such value judgments should be left up to each person, not formulated by the government. Any kind of government control that seeks to expose children only to 'good' events and actions is a violation of an important freedom—the freedom to see both sides of an event, to observe both good and bad (Microsoft Internet ...
- 2442: Taoism In Star Trek: Action Versus Inaction
- ... is infinitely greater than any physical object. This revelation allows Geordi to look at the trap through different eyes and thus find a solution. One of the ideas for escaping the trap was to turn control of the ship over to the computer. The Tao tells us to "stay at the center of the circle and let all things take their course." (pg. 19) Piccard and Ryker, who have spent their lives chasing after things of a physical nature, worked against the Tao. Their inability to relinquish control of the ship and "let all thing take their course"(pg19) showed that they could not embrace the meaning of the Tao. Their faith rested only in what they could see. At the end of ...
- 2443: Lyrics
- ... seems pleasing but when one has the affections and total devotion of a mass of people, that person can not handle it because that person does not have Jesus' personality and only He could truly control that much fidelity. One person who truly could not handle the excitement was Jimi Hendrix(Appendix A). Instead of performing as himself and using his talent for good, he used rebellion and used many drugs ... truth. The new age music of harps and tiny nature like sounds of whales and dolphins and rain leads one to believe that they are alone in this world. It makes people think that they control their environment, when in fact only God does, not them. Indian and Monk chants actually make a person seemingly high through deep meditation. Meditation was originally intended for the pure thought of God, but with ...
- 2444: Lockie Leonard And Lex And Rory
- ... Lockie doesn’t let his popularity come over him. He will not satisfy anyone, if that is not what he wants to do. Lockie is his own person he is the only person who takes control of his body and mind. Lex has problems with coping with who he is. He feels that girls won’t like him because he is noticed as a nerd. He tries to change who he ... have a relationship if it’s not sexual. She can’t accept their relationship as just friends. It has to be more involved. Lockie knows that he is not old enough or prepared enough to control this situation. As well as letting her know there is no sexual relationship at all. It says “They went back to their bikes, sweating, breathless, breathless and cracking themselves laughing with his brother”. This just ...
- 2445: Forever Swing
- ... somehow one of the SS officers learned that one of the women prisoners used to be a dancer. They ordered the lady to dance. “She did, and as she danced, she approached him, seized his gun, and shot him down.” (page 157). For the brief moment, she became herself again. She was singled out as an individual, separate form the rest. This pride and confidence gave her the strength to gun down the SS member. Peter learns the importance of individuality in the film. He realizes that being a member of the HJ has taken away so much from him and he cannot respect himself knowing ...
- 2446: D-day 2
- ... stop the attacking forces by obstacles and mines, both on the tidal flat and the beach shelf, while it was annihilated with concentrated fires for every type of defensive weapon. A complex system of pillboxes, gun casements, open positions for light guns, and firing trenches, surrounded by minefields and wire. The elements were connected with each other and with underground quarters and magazines by deep trenches or by tunnels. The invasion was originally scheduled for June 5th, but postponed due to a storm. The assault landings were to be preceded by intensive air and naval bombardment designed to neutralize all known gun positions and to demoralize enemy troops in the beach defenses. Between midnight and dawn of D-Day, 1,333 aircraft dropped 5,316 tons of bombs on coastal battery form the mouth of the Seine ...
- 2447: Dutch Slave Trade
- ... felt. The quote from the book The Slaves describes their attitude coming into the trade, “The Dutch, fiercely independent, and aggressive traders…did not take long to establish themselves internationally.” The Dutch were determined to control the trading power in West Africa. By mid 16th century, the Dutch had set up posts along the West African coast, and forts in present day Indonesia. The Dutch also controlled most of the Eastern ... that the Dutch and English were more efficient and made the slave trade a responsibility of a corporation rather than the obligation of a few individual slave merchants. (Tanoura) For this reason, the Dutch took control of the slave trade from the Portuguese, and was later exceeded by the English. The slave trade progressed very rapidly when the first slaves were sold in New Amsterdam in 1646, from Brazil. A kind ...
- 2448: Macbeth: The Decent Into Madne
- ... by the three witches. These original prophesies caused a chain reaction of events to occur within Macbeth, as well as within the world around him. Once aware of his own fate, Macbeth foolishly tried to control this entity, which greatly surpassed his own power and intelligence as a human being. His ignorance towards fate was the first element in this tangled web of deceit and obsession which worked against him. Macbeth ... This alone contributed greatly to the degeneration of Macbeth s character, as she introduced him to the concept of murder. From the moment that she learned of the prophesies, Lady Macbeth began to manipulate and control Macbeth; attacking his manhood in an attempt to persuade him to fulfill the prophesies. In Act one, Scene seven, Lady Macbeth states, Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem st the ornament of life, and ...
- 2449: African Americans In The Post
- ... were held hostage by white supremacists. Although the 13th Amendment stated that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... shall exist within the United States, a new agricultural system, the crop lien, kept the blacks under the control of their (former) masters . With unfair trade practices and a limited amount of capital being exchanged, the blacks in the South were not free to do as they pleased; once again they were caught in ... subordination of the Blacks to be opened; the new, now limited, amendments were no longer roadblocks, and the Southerners swarmed to their state governments to disenfranchise the Negroes and to ensure that a white, democratic control continued in the South. (Woodward, 71) Since the late 1860 s, Southern states had attempted to remove the franchise from the black citizens. Once more, they were aided in their goal with the Supreme Court ...
- 2450: John Ford and Frank Capra: A Study of Their Movies
- ... and Ford can also be accused of following this pattern too, with other movies they made. The 30's were also a time of the great studio system and one had to work under the control of these institutions, although both directors managed to achieve enough fame and power that they could create their own visions. With this power and fame, Capra and Ford were able to turn out movies that ... Finally when we are introduced to Taylor in Smith we realizes how corrupt the news actually really is. Taylor's name can be used as a metaphor for tailor as someone who alters something. Although control of the paper is done in typical Capra fashion, by the power of one man. The newspaper is another institution that must be unveiled because it has the power to confuse and corrupt people. Taylor ...
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