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- 411: Djibouti
- ... Boulaleh Barreh, the former Defense Minister; Ali Mahamade Houmed, the former Industry Minister; Ismael Guedi Hared, the former presidential cabinet Director; and Abdillahi Guirreh, a former ruling party Annex President. Accused of inciting people to violence, using tribalism for political ends, and disseminating false information, the five were stripped of their party membership. After claiming in a published statement that President Gouled rules Djibouti by terror and force without regard to ... the Constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of language, race, sex or religion, discrimination against women and ethnic minorities is widespread. In particular, the enforcement of laws to protect women and children is weak. Women Violence against women exists but reported cases are few. The Government has been concerned about the problem of rape and included in the 1994 Penal Code, which entered into force in April 1995, stiff sentences for rapists, ranging up to 20 years in prison. However, there have as yet been no cases tried under the code. When violence against women occurs, it normally is dealt with within the family or clan structure rather than in the courts. The police rarely interfere in domestic violence cases, and the media report only the most ...
- 412: Censorship
- ... being brought against the educational system, films, radio, television, and against the graphic and theatre arts. However or whenever these attacks occur, they usually fall at least one of the following categories: Religion War & Peace (Violence) Sociology & Race Language Drugs Sex Inappropriate Adolescent Behaviour What is Obscenity? Clearly something hard to talk about constructively. "Obscenity" is difficult to discuss honestly. After all, what makes a thing obscene? It is Something too ... enterprise. There has been an increasing trend towards children's literature that reflects a more realistic approach to the life both fiction and non-fiction, with subjects that include sex, homosexuality, divorce, child abuse, drugs, violence, etc. And they are these realistic books that have people outraged. In school libraries, the most frequent complaints come from parents about the school's selections. And in public libraries, parents were once again the ... stock, available on request, or under a section for parents and teachers who can decide for themselves whether the material is suitable or not. Our would is not perfect. We are a world filled with violence, sex, racism, etc. Certain literature like "hard-core pornography" should be censored to the general public. These types of "explicit sex" truly have no meaning. They degrade the human race by increasing physical, mental ...
- 413: Clock Work Orange With Regards
- ... idea, brothers. They like forced me to do it"(Burgess 74). Betrayed by his cohorts Alex is beaten by local officials and confesses to all the crimes. As a point to retribution a sergeant states, "Violence makes violence"(Burgess 80) and proceeds to through Alex back into the cell. All the while Alex detests the treatment and conditions of the local jail, " So I was kicked and punched and bullied off to the ... the smallest attacks on his character. Another error the state had provided is the use of music in the treatment of Alex. Not only does he feel physically sick when he thinks or looks at violence but also when he hears classical music. "It was that these doctors bratchnies had so fixed things that any music that was like for the emotions would make me just sick like viddying or ...
- 414: A Clockwork Orange
- ... freedom, Alex would partake in this experiment that was to cure him of all the evil inside of him and all that was bad. Alex is given injections and made to watch films of rape, violence, and war and the mixture of these images and the drugs cause him to associate feelings of panic and nausea with violence. He is released after two weeks of the treatment and after a few encounters with past victims finds himself at the home of a radical writer who is strongly opposed to the new treatment the ... matter how “good” one’s actions are, unless one has free moral choice, he is spiritually damned (Malafry). The novel revolves around one criminally minded teen, Alex, whose world consists of rape, murder, and ruthless violence. Alex is eventually set up by his “droogs” (friends) and is arrested and jailed. After some time in jail, Alex is placed in a new rehabilitating program that uses electro-shock therapy, new medicines, ...
- 415: Animal Cruelty Leads To Human
- ... Randall Lockwood, vice president of Training Initiatives for The Humane Society of the United States, states that “Researchers, as well as the FBI and other law enforcement agencies nationwide, have linked animal cruelty to domestic violence, child abuse, serial killings, and to the recent rash of killings by school-age children.”(2) I found yet another web page listing some reports from police case files. I was astonished! These are a ... threw a kitten into a lake until the kitten drowned from exhaustion. Killed a young girl. Then, after serving 15-1/2 years in prison, he killed 11 more women." (4) *** Dr. Randall Lockwood stated, “Violence directed at animals by young people is a sign that something is terribly wrong, and often acts as a warning of future violence, even killings directed against humans.” (2) In the in the past 18 months, we have seen seven school shootings. In each one, it was learned that the perpetrators had abuse, tortured, and killed animals ...
- 416: Witness
- Witness In the 1985 film witness director peter weir explores the sharp cultural conflicts between the old Amish society of western Pennsylvania and the modern American world of crime and violence. The main character, Philadelphia police detective John Book (played by Harrison Ford), is forced into hiding by a group of corrupt fellow officers looking for a little Amish boy (played by Lukas Haas). The boy ... Rachel and her family after they are safe and secure from all harm. The cultural contrasts portrayed in witness are perhaps the most obvious element of the story. Book and his world are full of violence, guns corruption, but the Amish world of Rachel and her family is quiet, gentle and deeply religious. Her son Samuel is fascinated with this strong, friendly policeman from the big city, but Rachel and her ... barn raising scene. The use of camera angles and continuity editing further enhanced the sequence. We see the whole community work in a collective project that is rarely found outside there society. The corruption and violence of modern America are not entirely a product of urban society. In the most direct cultural confrontation of the film, Book goes to the nearby small town disguised as an Amish farmer. When a ...
- 417: Martin Luther King's Life
- ... of black voting rights. Blacks had the right to vote but they were not registered. 280 people were arrested trying to register a vote and nothing was accomplished. The march ended with disturbing show of violence. Storm troops gassed the protesters, beat and whipped them. People of all coulors were appalled with at the site of the violence." Were not asking, We are demanding a ballot"(5) With all peaceful demonstrations King was arrested. Then they planned a march from Selma to Montgomery, the support was amazing. With regards to the march the bill was passed but yet it was very hard to register a vote. Martin Luther King's non violence approach was instilled in him from a very young age. One of the most important people that played a vital role in establishing non- violence, was Mahatma Gandhi. His philosophy was spiritual strength of ...
- 418: The 1960s: Happenings, Causes, and Effects
- ... the south, "jim crow" practices barred blacks from jobs and public places. New groups and goals were formed, new tactics devised, to push forward for full equality. as often as not, white resistance resulted in violence. this violence spilled across tv screens nationwide. the average, neutral american, after seeing his/her tv screen, turned into a civil rights supporter. Black unity and white support continued to grow. in 1962, with the first large ... civil rights law, to political rights, mainly southern blacks' rights to register and vote. king picked a tough alabama town to tackle: selma, where only 1% of eligible black voters were registered to vote. the violence, the march, the excitement all contributed to the passage of the second landmark civil rights act of the decade. even though there was horrendous violence, rev. king announced that as a "matter of conscience ...
- 419: Gun Control - A Firing Issue
- ... it is their constitutional right to own guns, stating that guns are not the root of the crime problem in the United States. Gun control activists like the members of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) argue that guns are responsible for the majority of violent crimes that take place. They wish to instill many types of bans and waiting periods on firearms, making it nearly impossible to obtain a ... years for the passage of the Brady Bill, which makes a waiting period mandatory for all national firearm sales. Ironically, the passage of this bill in 1993 has done nothing to reduce crime; in fact violence has risen still since the passage of the bill. This bill, which was most definitely oversold by its supporters, has become the prime distinction in most American’s minds with gun control. A waiting period ... increased by 250 percent. In that same period, the number of homicides decreased by 35. 7 percent” (Newton 40). Guns are clearly not the problem. The problem with most gun control measures is that gun violence is not as related to the number of guns as it is to whom owns them. As an anti gun control slogan states, “if guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns” (Bernards ...
- 420: Handgun Control in the United States
- ... 19). As long as pistols are as easily accessible as candy, people of all ages will continue to be on both ends of the barrel. Kids in America have reached a new level of criminal violence that seems linked to the nation's ever-expanding arsenal of handguns. Guns are everywhere, and they are being used in increasingly horrific ways (Morganthau 33). According to Thomas Morganthau, author of Why Not Real ... high percentage of these muggers and rapists are kids who get their hands on illegal handguns. Kids these days spend too much time watching t.v., and some people believe that this leads to the violence. There is violence everywhere on t.v., and with all the time kids are spending watching it, the more they believe it is o.k. Part of what's scary about the latest wave of crime is ...
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