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Should The U.S. Accuse Middle Eastern Countries For Supporting Terrorism?
<view this essay>.... United States harbors terrorists herself, because the United States
acts as a terrorist, and because the United States provokes or causes
terrorism.
The United States harbors terrorists within its own national
boundaries. The United States encounters terrorism on her own land caused
by none other than her own citizens. The best example of such an act was
the devastating bomb, which exploded in Oklahoma City. The criminal was
none other than a U.S. citizen named Timothy McVeigh. In a recent article,
Time's Patrick Cole claims that before McVeigh was sought out as being the
one responsible for the bombing the United States blamed a foreign, and
mor .....
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Should Defense Spending Be Decreased
<view this essay>.... pay raise and other inducements that would cost at least $11 billion more than Clinton’s plan over six years, from fiscal 2000 through fiscal 2005 (Congressional Quarterly Weekly, February 27,1999).
Historically, those who favor Defense Department spending cuts cite the end of the Cold War with Russia and the resulting diminished need for troops and military hardware. Without the threat of nuclear war with Russia, the United States should not need to spend as much money as it had in the past to protect against a threat that no longer existed. Anti-missile defense systems could be eliminated or scaled back, fewer troops would need to be kept on alert, and ant .....
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Capital Punishment History
<view this essay>.... be so negligible that it may be well
worth their risk.
Although in the past, the number of crimes that were
subjected to capital punishment, defined simply as the death
penalty for a crime, were outrageous. Amendments were made to
reflect the changes in the society's views on the morality of
capital punishment. That resulted in the narrowing down of the
list of one hundred crimes to twelve, punishable by the death
penalty in 1833, and in 1869 it was cut down yet again to just
three: treason, rape, and murder because of violent nature of
these crimes. These crimes, even today, are still viewed as
violent and should be punished with the highest de .....
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Gun Control
<view this essay>.... step in the procedure is that the person wanting a gun goes to his local shop (or calls a reputable mail order outlet) to place the initial order. Then, he must wait one to two weeks while the government performs a small background check for past criminal activities, disorderly conduct, or lack of mental/emotional stability. During this time, if the purchaser of the gun wanted the gun for impulse reasons (out of rage), it is hoped that they will not still want to cause bodily harm after a couple weeks. The problem with this method of is that it stops the ordinary citizen from purchasing a gun on the whim, but it actually protects the common criminal. Undera .....
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Killing Us Softly A Film Revie
<view this essay>.... has been showing is women who barely weigh 110 lbs, don’t you think every girl who weighs over 130 lbs is going to try to do the impossible to try to fit into what society thinks is the norm only because the media has planted it into our subconscious minds without us even noticing it. Another example that is extremely disturbing to even hear about is the J B Ramsey case. Obviously the person who committed this crime was a Bergen Pines basket case, but I think that if the media wasn’t so big on showing 6 yr olds as beautiful models dressed up to look provocative, these pedophiles wouldn’t get much of a chance to view such pageants. The more exposure we get of .....
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An Analysis Of Violence In The
<view this essay>.... so violent? Some say the television is to blame, as well as the other forms of media responsible for representing and displaying images of a violent nature. The idea is that violent behaviour is learned. Many people suggest that limiting the violent graphic content found on television might lead toward a less violent society. The assumption is that without a catalyst (violent programming), violent behaviour will be less prevelant. I can see how one might think this way; 1. chilren appear to behave more violently than their parents did as children. 2. Today's television has more violent shows, both in abundance and degree. There appears to be a simple c .....
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Hate In Our Society
<view this essay>.... ranting against racism" (cullen 1). They hated everything. Therefore the rumors about them of having chose their victims because of their social, skin, religion or beliefs are untrue. The people they killed were the unlucky ones. Every victim was a way of discharging their hate. Cullen does not go so deep in talking about hate as Sullivan does in his article.
Sullivan gives various examples of hate crimes. He says that he wonders, again and again, of how the transformation from hate to violence occurs. "I am still drawn, again and again, to the flash of ignition, the moment when fear and loathing became hate, the instant of transformation."(1) He states that t .....
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Did The Congress Made Amendment 14 To Punish The South?
<view this essay>.... a state denies citizens (freedmen) the
right to vote, its representation shall be reduced. This is obviously hurting
the southern states since the southerners didn't want the freedmen voting, they
would be losing their representation in the House. However, for this to be
effective, the person must meet the current voting requirements.
Paragraph 3 states that People who have been in rebellion are ineligible
for federal and state office. In other words, if you were a military or
political leader for the Confederate States of America, than you can't hold any
United States, or individual state office. This is punishment to those leaders
of the Confederacy w .....
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