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- 571: Sesxism
- ... national campaign by the National Organization of Women began on 2 March 1984, demanding that the US Justice Department investigate anti-abortion terrorism. On 1 August federal authorities finally agreed to begin to monitor the violence. However, Federal Bureau of Investigation director, William Webster, declared that he saw no evidence of "terrorism." Only on 3 January 1985, in a pro-forma statement, did the President criticize the series of bombings as ... to pass a law." Extremism on the right was no vice, moderation no virtue. Or, as Hitler explained in Mein Kamph, "The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence." (See Endnote #4) This mentality continued on through 1989 during the Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (109 S. Ct. 3040 (1989)) case. "The Reagan Administration had urged the Supreme Court to use this case as ... I do not intend to argue that affirmative action is good or bad, but only wish to point out that the current backlash against these programs is heavily rooted in sexism and racism. Often blatant violence or unfair acts against a group of people will cause that group to pull together and empower themselves against their oppressors. The women's movement has made large steps to eliminate many of these ...
- 572: Serial Killers 2
- ... get even with whomever or whatever they feel wronged them. Whatever their reason is, they are usually cooperative and quite often docile if they survive the episode. It seems that this one-time outburst of violence, once enacted, puts an end to any future events of this type for that individual. While the mass killer may kill many people in one attack, when the attack is over, their mission is complete ... the "Phantom Fireman". Alaska's Robert Hansen, murderer of at least 17 women, was convicted of arson as a youth. An important fact is the "McDonald Triad" is not believed to be a cause of violence, but only a set of symptoms. Serial killers also tend to have something that we refer to as "Mask of Sanity", the title of a classic study made in 1976 on psychopathic personality. It refers ... might deny responsibility for his crimes, but psychosis or severe mental illness is rarely present. Only an estimated 10 to 15 percent of serial killers are women. Males are much more likely to use extreme violence such as bludgeoning, beating, strangling, or torture. Women on the other hand favored poisoning or smothering their victims. Where men would normally stalk their victims, the female serial killer would lure her victim to ...
- 573: The Shelter Of Each Other, A B
- ... in the past. What worked for Freud, worked in nineteenth century Vienna. The theories of yesterday do not take into account the troubles of today. Theorists had no exposure to the gangs, drugs, and/or violence that our families are being exposed to. Chapters two and three tell the tales of two families. One family lived in rural country at the beginning of the century. The other family lives in suburbia ... 9: Will Pipher says that will is the ability to act on the basis of one s values. Generation X is not finding pleasure in the right things. Pleasures are being derived from drugs, sex, violence, and consumerism. Their morals are being lambasted, and many don t care. But many do care. The first narrative is of a young family who isn t prepared to be a family. The father was ... left better off. The fourth story is of a young single mother and her two daughters. The mother worked hard but never had enough money. The mother doesn t watch TV shows with sex or violence. She doesn t listen to music that has bad language. She left the father of her children because he beat her. She is teaching her daughters to be moralistic and make the right choices. ...
- 574: Martin Luther King- I Have A D
- ... arguments will persuade his audience (153). King, quickly realized that the best strategy to liberate African-Americans and gain them rights was to use nonviolent forms of protest. He wanted to eliminate the use of violence as a means to manage and establish cooperative ways of interacting. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" (154). After all, he knew that any violence on the part of his civil rights workers would lead to violent counterattacks from segregationists. He knew this would only lead his followers to injury and death. "The purpose of our direct action is to ... ground and made the brutality of racists very apparent. In this way, King won many allies and gained passages of the civil rights bills of 1964 and 1965. Not only did King concentrate on non-violence in order to liberate African-Americans, but he also felt it was necessary that his message be important to all people regardless of race or class. This explained his disillusionment with the white moderate. ...
- 575: Kosovo
- ... some 300,000 people. A cease-fire was agreed in October 1998, which enabled refugees to find shelter. A Verification Mission was deployed under the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). However, violence continued and the situation worsened with the killings in Racak on 16th January 1999 Many analysts, including the U.S. government, have warned that Kosovo is a potential "power keg", and may ignite a war ... if they will resume. Peace talks are due to resume on the 15th. March 11th The Daily Star: Yugoslav forces poured into Southwestern Kosovo and pounded villages near the province's second largest city as violence spreads following the failure of a U.S. peace mission. With no political settlement in sight, the head of the UN refugee agency warned of growing violence. The new fighting and Holbrooke's failure to persuade Milosevic to accept the stationing of international peace troops in Kosovo muddied the chances of success for new talks scheduled Monday March 11th Yahoo News: ...
- 576: Nigeria and Ogoni's Campaign
- ... of community assistance and lack of compensation for land. There have been countless demonstrations against Shell's operations in the Delta and not just by the Ogoni. The outcome however has been consistent resulting in violence against protesters by the military. One of the worst calamities to date has happened in 1990 in Umuechem, 10 miles from Ogoni, when villagers were killed by the Mobile Police Force during a peaceful protest ... Shell flowline for 40 days between July and August 1993 without repair, further contaminating Ogoni farmland. Shell argued that its engineers were unable to get into the area to repair the pipeline for fear of violence, but this has been vehemently denied by the Ogoni. According to an independent record of Shell's spills from 1982 to 1992, 1,626,000 gallons were spilled from the company's Nigerian operations in ... their environment cannot gain momentum or international acclaim because it raises uncomfortable questions about the rights of communities to control their local environment and the rights of multinational companies. So with brute force and systematic violence, the Ogoni are being silenced. The way in which Shell conducts its business in Ogoni is an indication of the way in which big oil operates abroad without proper policing. Furthermore, the brutality waged ...
- 577: Malcom X
- ... America. Whenever I research into a past leader I always feel a great sadness that a great mind has perished with the person. But in this one case, there is a small sense of relief. Violence bleeds violence. 3 men whom he has preached gunned down a man that has preached violence to advance his cause. They stood over his body and emptied their guns. I hope all people can learn from this and move forward together as a nation in peace.
- 578: Capital Punishment - Injustice
- ... the victims family.(Grisham 120) Realistically, imposing the death penalty is expensive and time consuming. Retroactively, it has yet to be proven as a deterrent. Morally, it is a continuation of the cycle of violence and ...degrades all who are involved in its enforcement, as well as its victim.(Stewart 1) Perhaps the most frequent argument for capital punishment is that of deterrence. The prevailing thought is that imposition of ... Stevenson, the executive director of the Montgomery based Equal Justice Initiative, has stated that
people are increasingly realizing that the more we resort to killing as a legitimate response to our frustration and anger with violence, the more violent our society becomes
We could execute all three thousand people on death row, and most people would not feel any safer tomorrow.(Frame 51) In addition, with the growing humanitarianism of modern ... the death penalty, their own consciences will be burdened by the death of the killer. Furthermore, [k]illing him will not bring back your son[s].(Grisham 402). At some point, man must stop the violence. Seeking temporary gratification is not a logical basis for whether the death penalty should be imposed. Granted, revenge is easily confused with retribution, and most would agree that the punishment should fit the crime, ...
- 579: Juvenile Crime
- ... distinct groups. The prisoner is often also a victim, and I do not mean only the victim of perceived injustices. Many, if not most, prisoners have experienced the death of family or friends due to violence. Some became perpetrators of violence because their families or friends were first victims of violence. The distinctions are not always clear cut, after all, who knows what drives a person, especially a teenager, to commit violent crimes. Violent crime comes in many shades and colors, not just murder. There ...
- 580: Preventing Chronic Delinquency: The Search for Childhood Risk Factors
- ... but many other early risk factors have also been linked to chronic delinquency. These factors, listed in Table 1, include perinatal difficulties, neurological and biological factors, low verbal ability, neighborhoods characterized by social disorganization and violence, parental criminality and substance abuse, inconsistent and/or harsh parenting practices, low socioeconomic status, and exposure to media violence.11 The most important of these factors appear to be low socioeconomic status, having parents who have been convicted of crimes, the child's low cognitive ability(especially poor verbal ability), poor parental child rearing ... T.C., and Bass, D. Cognitive problem-solving skills training and parent management training in the treatment of antisocial behavior in children. Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology (1992) 60:733-47. 73. Earls, F. Violence and today's youth. The Future of Children (Winter 1994) 4, 3:4-23. 74. Barnett, W.S. New wine in old bottles: Increasing the coherence of early childhood care and education policy. Early ...
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