Is Terrorism Justified ? Is terrorism ever justifiable ? The answer is no‚ terrorism is never justifiable. I will argue that terrorism is not justifiable because it does not contribute to a goal of a more peaceful society. Terrorism contributes to conflict‚ no matter what reason is used to legitimize it. But in order to argue that terrorism is unjustifiable I must first decide on a definition of terrorism. This definition encompasses all the acts that we would determine as terrorism. This
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novels from all eras of time. Frequently feelings dealing with deceit –lying or jealousy- creates anger in an individual leading into irrationality. However‚ can a simple trick or lie for the sake of entertainment or flattery allow deception to be justified? Robert Southey once said “All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice‚ and falsehood passing from words into things.” (Southey 133) If we look through the famous works of today‚ we notice deception
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inside a courthouse to extend an order of protection. Twice before he had been charged with harassment. Both times the charges were dropped by the courts. (www.equalitynow.com) One of the most horrific acts of abuse towards women is known as honor killings. In various countries throughout the world‚ particularly in the Middle East and parts
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Manoj-Babli honour killing case From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Kaithal honour killing case) Jump to: navigation‚ search The Manoj-Babli honour killing case is the honour killing of newly-married Manoj Banwala and Babli in June 2007 after a khap panchayat (caste-based council among Jats) in their Karora village in Kaithal district‚ Haryana‚ passed a decree prohibiting marriage against societal norms. Both belonged to the Banwala gotra‚ a Jat community. Hence‚ they were
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Jon Schmidt Professor Cyril Daddieh POL 102 6 March 2013 Vietnam: Justified or not? Vietnam‚ although not technically considered a war was an extended conflict that still had to be justified to an American people. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution was the identification of this extended conflict and was declared by Congress in 1964 making this conflict official. This resolution was justified because it was declared by a competent authority and was seen as being the best thing for the American people
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Justified Deception Is deception justified? This question is a topic that many people have different views on. In my opinion‚ it is necessary to lie to other people. I also think that it is important to be an honest individual‚ but there are certain circumstances when lying is justified. Lying can often times save a lot of unnecessary hardship and trouble‚ but when used in the wrong circumstances‚ can cause trouble too. Take the President of the United States for example. If Obama told the American
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HONOR KILLING –“No Honor in Killing” In Pakistan and around the world‚ crimes against women in the name of honor have been occurring for long time but the level of exposure and coverage given to such crimes was not there until a decade ago. One does not find any discussion or usage of the term “Honor” or “Honor Killing” in the Print or Electronic Media 15 or 20 years back. I could find only a couple of articles written about honor killings just in the beginning of the 90s. Then‚ from 1995 onwards
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Minority Affairs Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cjmm20 Is Honor Killing a “Muslim Phenomenon”? Textual Interpretations and Cultural Representations Recep Doğan Version of record first published: 20 Oct 2011. To cite this article: Recep Doğan (2011): Is Honor Killing a “Muslim Phenomenon”? Textual Interpretations and Cultural Representations‚ Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs‚ 31:3‚ 423-440 To link to this article:
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Imperialism can be justified based on certain intentions. When Leopold surreptitiously deceived African leaders into signing treaties giving them complete power over Africa‚ it demonstrated the first step of his desire for a colony. The main agent which triggered Leopold into dominating the Congo was because every other European power had their own colony‚ conveying a feeling of discontent in Belgium. This discontent was the cause of the imperialization of Africa. Based on evidence from documents
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Justified Violence Violence has become accepted as a common means to achieve an end. Whether it is for power‚ subduing another country during interstate conflict‚ or an attempt to gain legitimacy‚ violence has become a distinctive force in contemporary society. The more important question that needs to be addressed is when this use of violence is justified‚ if ever. The purpose of the government‚ according to Locke‚ is the preservation of natural rights. When these freedoms are not protected in
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