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- 521: African Americans In The Post
- ... the South were not free to do as they pleased; once again they were caught in a system that profited the white Southerners. These whites also expressed their extreme racist tendencies through the acts of violence by the Klu Klux Klan. The Klan performed acts of extreme violence, targeting blacks and whites, who were considered to be Republicans or sympathetic to the black cause. Their success resulted in violence becoming a successful political tool in the Southern arena. Although the official title was gone, the whites had managed to reassert their status as masters to the Southern Blacks through scare tactics and economic ...
- 522: Child Abuse in Todays Society
- ... families fell below the national median income level. (Bender & Leone, 1994, p. 95) A violent society and lack of community ties are other causes of child abuse. Some professionals argue that societys tolerance of violence is a significant cause for child abuse. Some values that have become embedded within our society over many generations may lead to a pattern of child abuse and neglect. Corporal punishment practiced enforces to children that it is permissible to use violence in solving problems. Society tells children that hitting is okay for certain people at certain times and many experts believe that the high level of violence among teenagers is a response learned from society and their own parents actions. Other studies of child abuse show that isolation is a large cause of abuse and neglect. Abusive families have a tendency ...
- 523: Mahatma Gandhi: Man Of Peace
- ... Gandhi, Whom most people know as Mahatma, meaning Great Soul, is one of the most prevalent images in the minds of those who think about great leaders, in the movement for human rights and non-violence. However, not much is known about his life as a child and his achievements in the early twentieth century. All the staging grounds in Gandhi s stance towards non violence, human rights, and peace took place in the years leading up to the twentieth century and the first decade after. Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India on October 2, 1869. His family, which consisted of ... mind was at the same time in the grip of lust (Dalton 147). In 1892 Gandhi traveled to South Africa. It turned out to be a major staging point for his unwavering stance towards non violence and equal rights. Gandhi faced many hardships and obstacles in Africa. When he arrived in Natal he met with his employer and a week later was sent, by train, to Pretoria, Transvaal. This is ...
- 524: Developement Of Europe
- ... Right had the support of the wealthy landowners and businessmen, white-collar workers, and members of the middle class hurt by inflation. This gave the Right more power than the Left to commit acts of violence and attempt coups. For example between 1919 and 1921 thirteen murders were allegedly committed by leftist which resulted in eight executions and 176 years in prison. Whereas, the 314 murders attributed to the Right during the same years resulted in one life sentence and 31 years in prison. This lopsided system kept the political system in Germany very unstable. Violence toward and contempt of democratic leaders eventually lead to the collapse of the Weimar Republic. Finally, World War I led to many cultural changes throughout Europe. First of all, class distinction were changed. The massive ... Social and Political Union (WSPU). Pankhurst and her group brought a new militant political style to the movement. They felt that women would accomplish nothing unless they threaten the prosperity of men. The WSPU used violence to get their message across. They would blow up railroad stations, slash art work, or chain themselves to the gates of parliament. Their violence and public acts made the suffrage issue a very public ...
- 525: 2nd Admendment Pro-Gun Ownersh
- ... actually decreased in State's with right to carry laws. Oppositions view: Gun control advocates say, we don't want to ban deer rifles, just assault rifles. My rebuttal: That's a lie, because the Violence Policy Center on the World Wide Web, has indicated their next goal is to vilify the deer rifle by labeling it a sniper rifle. Oppositions view: Gun control advocates say, why do you need a ... 1929? Could they happen again? Yes! For these reasons, in order to maintain your "freedoms," you need an AK-47. Oppositions view: Gun control advocates say, that the entertainment industry is not responsible for gun violence. They claim the 1st Amendment and say, "art imitates life." My rebuttal: They can claim the 1st Amendment, but we can't claim the 2nd Amendment. Even though there was greater access to guns in ... Thus, at a time when there was almost no gun control on the books, we had very few shootings. Could the entertainment industry be respon- sible for socially conditioning our youth, into violent behavior? Example: Violence in video games, "The Jerry Springer Show," music lyrics, and movies like "Natural Born Killers." Oppositions view: Gun control advocates say, the 2nd Amendment is a collective right an not an "Individual Right." My ...
- 526: How World Conflict Start
- ... two different opinions. This section is now self-explanatory because of the more detailed opinion up above. In the United States, we have domestic problem of are on, involving two different opinions. Such as Domestic Violence, Technically I have no idea how to begin this since I have not witness a domestic violent in real life. I will try my best, by what I see in cops. In cops most domestic violence consist of two different viewof the crime. Most of the time the male, no matter what race white, black or others have the same excuse, like why there spouse or girlfriend, always spending there money ... this because if you look at the relations between the conflict of all three Idea, it does come together. It's simple elementary skills. Even back in the school playground 2 different view ends in violence. Violence such as opinion of two boys, which one opinion is about he should go first down the slide because he was next, and such of another like the schoolyard bullie who he believe ...
- 527: Different Changes In Different
- ... his fear of blood and of killing living animals. He reached a point where he actually enjoyed the sensation of hunting a prey afraid of his spear and knife. His natural desire for blood and violence was brought out by his hunting of pigs. As Ralph became lost in his own confusion, Jack began to assert himself as chief. The boys realizing that Jack was a stronger and more self-assured leader gave in easily to the freedom of Jack's savagery. Placed in a position of power and with his followers sharing his crazed hunger for violence, Jack gained encouragement to commit the vile acts of thievery and murder. Freed from the conditions of a regulated society, Jack gradually became more violent and the rules and proper behaviour by which he was ... adults. During the play-fight after their unsuccessful hunt in the course of their search for the beast, Ralph for the first time, had an opportunity to join the hunters and share their desire for violence. "Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering." (p. 126) Without rules to limit them, they were ...
- 528: Lord Of The Flies
- ... his fear of blood and of killing living animals. He reached a point where he actually enjoyed the sensation of hunting a prey afraid of his spear and knife. His natural desire for blood and violence was brought out by his hunting of pigs. As Ralph became lost in his own confusion, Jack began to assert himself as chief. The boys realizing that Jack was a stronger and more self-assured leader gave in easily to the freedom of Jack's savagery. Placed in a position of power and with his followers sharing his crazed hunger for violence, Jack gained encouragement to commit the vile acts of thievery and murder. Freed from the conditions of a regulated society, Jack gradually became more violent and the rules and proper behaviour by which he was ... adults. During the play-fight after their unsuccessful hunt in the course of their search for the beast, Ralph for the first time, had an opportunity to join the hunters and share their desire for violence. "Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering." (p. 126) Without rules to limit them, they were ...
- 529: Capital Punishment
- ... based on his experiences as Director of Mental Health for the Massachusetts prison system, Medical Director of the Bridgewater (Mass.) State Hospital for the Criminally Insane and Director of the Center for the Study of Violence at Harvard University Medical School. A heinous crime occurs and most people ask the inevitable question: Who are these people capable of such inhuman acts? According to Gilligan, they generally are ordinary people who often ... I'm not going to rob her. I'm not going to touch her or rape her. All I want to do is kill her." Gilligan's hypothesis is that the common underlying cause of violence is shame. "Violent behavior only results when three other conditions occur: 1) The individual does not see himself as having any nonviolent means to gain respect or find justice. 2) The shame and humiliation are ... by guilt, remorse, empathy, or love." The character Hannible Lechter, as shown in this clip from the movie Silence of the Lambs explains it best. Rather than punishment, Gilligan said, one proven approach to reducing violence is education, especially a college degree. Several years ago, Gilligan conducted a study in the Massachusetts Prison system in which more than two hundred inmates, including those that were convicted murderers, earned degrees and ...
- 530: The Vietnam War
- ... returned home insane. Through an examination of the Vietnam War, in particular an event know as the My Lai Massacre, and the people involved with both, it can be proven that when the threshold for violence of a person is met or exceeded, the resulting psychological scarring becomes the most prominent reason for war being hell. Although officially, the Vietnam Conflict had neither a beginning nor an end, for the purpose ... told and seemingly was purposeless, and then returned to a country that despised them for what they did negative effects are emanate(Winthrop, 861-865). During the war many soldiers realized their maximum threshold for violence. When, as was the case for many soldiers, this limit was reached and even exceeded, psychological scarring is going to take place. This, combined with the return to a country that hated you for doing ... the army's basic intelligence test, which should have stopped them from even being in Vietnam (Knowll, 18). This intelligence limit means the soldiers had less comprehension skill and probably had a lower threshold for violence. Also, by this time soldiers in Vietnam had became aware of the treatment they would receive when they returned home. "Doves" (a generic term for anti-war demonstrators) were well known for acts such ...
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