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- 24091: Slavery Reparations Are Wrong
- Slavery Reparations Are Wrong Ladies and gentlemen; I don't believe that anyone in this chamber would move to disagree with the idea that slavery was an atrocity, committed from the depths of the darkest parts of the human sole. Africans were seized from their ... Afrocentric history (Asante, 174); many suggest that perhaps we ought to provide black student with their own curriculum, such as to instill in them a sense of pride that will improve their education. The U.S. News and World Report comments: "The Afrocentric curriculum is usually presented as an attempt to develop pride in black children by giving them a racial history… But what kind of pride and self-esteem is ... to accept our payments. I urge you, to please have the foresight to not entrench the very notions of which it is so paramount that we battle, but to find an alternative solution to Africa's dilemma.
- 24092: Lesbian By Choice
- ... To expand on this subject, one would say these women never questioned their sexual attraction. From day one, they were attracted to other women. Although this is referred to as a primary lesbian, I don’t believe it alleviates any of the stigmas or gives any more comfort or ease to the woman. The elective lesbian is seen as having "elected" to be lesbian. These are women who have experienced heterosexual ... years. It is obvious that there are differing opinions regarding lesbians. Their life style, their beliefs and their choices have all been analyzed, scrutinized and classified, but to the result of what? Does a woman’s sexual preference affect anyone but that person? Then why is our society so intent on labeling, understanding and discriminating against lesbians? Could it be that anger is a concealment of personal repressed sexual preferences? The ... Changing Positions, Women Speak Out on Sex and Desire, Chp. 3, 59-99. 2. Ponse, B. (1978), Identities in the Lesbian World. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 3. Golden, C. (1999), Diversity and Variability in Women’s Sexual Identities. Readings in the Psychology of Women, Reading 2, 179-189. 4. Garnets, L. (2000), Life as a Lesbian: What Does Gend
- 24093: Freedom of Speech?
- ... The answer is “N” “O” - NO. One may argue that speech is a divined gift from God and therefore, cannot be deprived by anyone. This is very true. It is also true that we don’t have the right to harm other people. The Declaration of Independence says, “men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the ... responsible for our actions. It is understood that we have to bear the consequences of our actions. In many cases, a simple word can lead to disastrous catastrophes. Domestic violence, a serious problem in today’s society, is often initiated by “fighting words” - words that are so insulting which would cause immediate violence. The Bible says, “Do not accuse a man for no reason-when he has done you no harm ... the nation, the Supreme Court has made several decisions that serve as restrictions to the amendment. Speeches that endanger public safety or the country and speeches that are involved in the defamation of a person’s reputation are not protected by the First Amendment. We, as individuals, have absolutely no right to harm another person under any circumstances. I truly believe that freedom of speech should be confined to a ...
- 24094: Oedipus The King
- Oedipus’ Hamartia Aristotle once said that a hero’s downfall must be a result of some tragic flaw within the character. This flaw was known as hamartia in the Greek world of Aristotle. Since Aristotle greatly admired Oedipus the King, many people believe that ... hamartia is his murderous temperament. One can see this side of Oedipus when he recounts the story in which he killed the old man in the wagon as well as a few of the man’s servants. However, Oedipus’ murderous rage was completely justified in this situation. After all, the old man and his servants were trying to throw Oedipus off the road by brute force. Oedipus, in a sense, was ... is better than ignorance. In conclusion, Oedipus the king of Thebes does not have a hamartia in the play. All of his emotions and actions throughout the play are completely justified and, thus, he doesn’t possess a tragic flaw. Simply because a hero suffers a dreadful downfall, it does not necessarily result from his own faults.
- 24095: Homeless
- ... I will confront in my essay. With the economical wealth attributed to the name "Canada", one would have to wonder why there is a homeless situation at all. This problem is especially evident in Canada's wealthiest city, Toronto. When it comes to the affairs of the people, it is the government who should intervene. When I look at what the government has done with regard to the homeless problem, I ... of their fellow neighbour. If we were to stop being self-centered and start thinking about the other person who has less than us, I am sure that we would benefit from it. It isn't all that hard. A few advertisements on the television and radio, a little push from our society's leaders and we would be off on the right track. That worked for the recycling program. Now we should try employing this idea for even better reasons. I doubt that I will be around ...
- 24096: Gun Control
- ... individual citizens to purchase weapons. The different types of gun control vary from waiting periods between when you purchase the gun and when you actually get it, background checks so that high-risk people can't purchase guns through legal channels, and completely banning certain types of guns. There are countless ways for criminals to avoid these government regulations, causing them to only render the ability of innocent citizens protecting their home and family's ability to purchase guns. The "waiting period" method of gun control is basically a two-step process. The first step in the procedure is that the person wanting a gun goes to his local shop ... and other delinquents can purchase mass quantities of weapons through "dummy buyers" that have clean backgrounds. So if a burglar enters a house with full intention to maim or kill, the innocent victim (who can't get a gun to protect his family because he was arrested for drunk driving seven years ago) is simply a victim of a law that supports black market trade. There are over 200 million ...
- 24097: Night
- Night is a horrible tale of murder and man’s inhumanity to man. Wiesel saw his family, friends, and fellow Jews degraded and murdered. Wiesel also states in his book that his God, to whom he was so devoted, was also "murdered" by the Nazis ... the novel Wiesel changed from a devout Jew to a broken young man who doubted his belief in God. When Wiesel first comes to the concentration camp and sees all the walking skeletons, he can’t believe that this is real. He feels that he might be dreaming. However, as Wiesel faces each day and witnesses the starvation, the beatings of innocent people, and the tortures, his faith in God begins ... the existence of God continues to deteriorate. Wiesel asks, "Where is my God? Where is He?"(61) Wiesel continues to witness hangings, beatings, starvation, and torture. One day when Wiesel comes back from a day’s work, he sees three gallows being assembled. The whole camp has to witness the hangings. Among the 3 people who would die that day, was a young child. Wiesel wondered what that poor innocent ...
- 24098: Frank Lloyd Wright The Pioneer
- ... true to nature and affordable. Wrights homes, have today become monuments of greatness and distictionn. Most of them serve as museums, displaying the his ideas and the achievements of a lifetime of innovation. It wasn't until Wright published "The Natural House" however, that he fully was able to illustrate all of his ideas relating toward housing. In the "Natural House" wright defines the meaning of Organic Architecture and how it ... new, and was logical to Wright. Sullivan shared the same feeling toward about Wrights philosophy of Organic Architecture. Sullivan showed Wright how his philosophy could be applied to the housin needs of the late 1800's. Without Sullivans direction and guidence, Wright may have never been able to accomplish what he did. Wright referred to Sullivan as "Lieber Miester" because Wright felt that he was truely a master at his work ... Wright first began to recieve praise for his early design work, he felt it necessary to fully communicate and define his philosophy of Organic Architecture, so that everyone could get a clear picture of it's ideas. He to accomplished this by expressing his ideas in a book called "The Natural House". Of all books which Wright published, "The Natural House" had the greatest impact. As Emerson and Threau proposed ...
- 24099: Flying Dreams
- ... that is set and calibrated to altitude at ground level. Several optional pieces of equipment are a helmet, gloves and a skydiving suit. Some jumpers like to perform a pre-jump on the ground. It's most commonly called a dirt dive. They walk through the skydive on the ground while talking about what they will do on the jump and then what they will do if the jump doesn't go as planned. The Jump Master is a highly skilled skydiver. The Jump Master has over 500 skydives and licensed by the United States Parachute Association. The Jump Master is in charge of the jumper ... Master signals to jump. You have been given the signal to jump. You may be jumping alone or as a group. For as many times that I have skydived. I prefer to jump alone, "It's like being on top of the world." As you exit the aircraft falling toward the earth, you're able to spin, twist, flip, turn, roll, surf, and perform an aerobatic display without the force ...
- 24100: Generations
- ... consider themselves part of a generation B. My generations have values C. Our values lead to right to opinion D. Rights to opinion Generations Being part of Generation X, I am questioned about my generation's values. Hippies, Baby Boomers, and Gen-Xers all have values that are similar, but my generation is being questioned more than other generations. Values of my generation are rights to opinions, freedom, and attitude. Different ... one that does not take drugs but has before I feel that we deserve the right to have our own choice. Another freedom that we feel we should have is in our music, we don't feel that we should be censored nor have parental advisories on our music, we write the music from our feelings and our feelings should not be censored. We also reserve the freedom to rebel against ... the country. Our attitude towards family is that they are our family so no matter what they stick with us through the thicks and thins of life so love them no matter what. My generation's attitude towards authority is we are against it because we feel that all authority is trying to do is hold us back from succession in the future. Many people consider themselves as part of ...
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