Censorship of Violence in Popular Entertainment is NOT Justified “When I was at church they taught me something else/ If you preach hate at the service those words aren’t anointed/ That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned/ When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless/ Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen/ I might not be the same‚ but that’s not important/ No freedom till we’re equal‚ damn right I support it.” These are lyrics from a song called
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May 11‚ 2011 Mr Craine Philosophy To seek vengeance is to inflict injury‚ harm‚ and humiliation‚ on a person by another who has been harmed by that person. In the movie The Count of Monte Cristo‚ Edmond seeks revenge on Fernand Mondego for many reasons. All of which were justified because of the horrible treatment Edmond received while he was in prison. Not only did that make Edmond angry‚ but also when he found out the Fernand Mondego had married his wife to be only 1 month after being locked
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What is a revolution? According to the online dictionary‚ a revolution is “an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.” Knowing this we can ask ourselves what were the colonist goals whenever they started the rebellions and protests? Did they start out wanting to completely overthrow their government? Not knowing every colonist’s thoughts makes it hard to have a set yes or no if the latter was what was planned.
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The Holocaust has become the standard by which crimes against humanity are measured. It is defined as the industrialized mass-murder of predominately Jews‚ gypsies‚ homosexuals‚ Jehovah’s Witnesses‚ the homeless‚ and the disabled; orchestrated and directed by the German Nazi Government1. Many questions arise such as: why was it socially allowed? How were the murders concocted? And what is meant by “industrialized?” Industrialized murder is the mechanized‚ impersonal‚ and sustained mass destruction
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Capitalism is the most justified economic system because it allows for competition and experimentation to further improve the standard of living for the public‚ and under the capitalist system individuals can work for their own rational self-interest while at the same time working for the greater good. In a capitalist system individuals create wealth by producing goods and services of value and do not use arbitrary force. Have great industrialists in history earned their wealth by theft and robbery
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believes for invalid reasons‚ such as a faulty premise‚ counts as knowledge. It is named after American philosopher Edmund Gettier‚ who wrote about the problem in a three-page paper published in 1963‚ called "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?". The paper refers to the concept of knowledge as justified true belief‚ credited to Plato‚ though Plato argued against this very account of knowledge in the Theaetetus . In the paper‚ Gettier proposed two scenarios where the three criteria seemed to be met‚ but
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the Japanese‚ but to seize the fierce nationalism within Japan‚ ending world war two. Arguably‚ this was achieved‚ with the Emperor Hirohito broadcasting their surrender on the 15th of August.3However‚ was the Americans use of nuclear warfare justified in their bid for world peace? President of the time Harry Truman stated‚ “I never lost any sleep over my decision (to drop the Atomic bomb)”‚ 4yet‚ Americans have since been subject to fierce revisionist denialism that there was not an over riding
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When is Rebellion Justified? Many people have different ideas about justifiable rebellion‚ some people may believe if there is a dictating government‚ absence of individuality‚ or for the benefit of the people is the time for rebellion. These are all justifiable reason for the purpose of rebellion and they would all be able to be defended with their given reason. For this reason‚ many people believe all rebellion is justified by the user‚ since people don’t rebellion without sensible reason. Indicating
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Kylie DeSchane Mrs. Kapsner English 11‚ Period 6 28 November 2016 Montresors Cunning Throughout history many men have sought revenge against the people they believed have wronged them. In Edgar Allen Poe’s short story The Cask of Amontillado‚ Montresor gets insulted once again by Fortunato and seeks revenge. Throughout the story Montresor convinces Fortunato to come down into his catacombs and taste the Amantillado he had just received. When they get down there Montresor chains Fortunato to the
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Looks Can Be Deceiving Disguise plays an important role throughout both the "Jew of Malta" and "Merchant of Venice." Play writers‚ especially Shakespeare‚ are known for their use of trickery in their writings. Disguise among characters brings about a literary device known as dramatic irony‚ in which the audience knows what the characters do not: behind the mask there lies someone other than who the character pretends to be. The beginnings of dramatic irony actually date back to the writings
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