for your insights. As for Aeschines’ speech against Timarchus‚ Aeschines tries to bring Timarchus to account about why he blames the city‚ and its laws and regulations by saying to him “You will see‚ then‚ that Timarchus cannot blame the city for any part of this prosecution‚ nor can he blame the laws‚ nor you‚ nor me‚ but only himself.” Through Aeschines’ verbal attack over Timarchus‚ we can question why Aeschines defended the city and its rules and laws against Aeschines’ claims. Were Aeschines’
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improvement to the economy and strengthening of the middle class. Mandatory military conscription is not a new practice. Countries including‚ but not limited to‚ South Korea‚ Russia‚ Sweden‚ and Switzerland prove that compulsory armed service is beneficial to the military and the society. Citizens are not only physically stronger‚ but also garner a strong mental sense from the experience. In a time of war‚ not only will the active military be significantly larger‚ but with a substantial amount
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History Task 2 – Anti-war Speech The Vietnam war has gone on for too long! How many more fellow citizens must die before this war ends? How much more money is the government going to pour down the drain in attempt to win this war? You and me. We both know the horrific events taking place in Vietnam as we speak! We watch these events unfold in our very own homes on the television screen. We must bring our troops home alive and well for the sake of both our nation and Vietnam. The war originated from Ho
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to fight in the war. Ideas of conscription floated through the minds of members of Parliament. Before WW1 began‚ the French and the English were already having disagreements over Regulation 17‚ which was introduced by the Ontario Department of Education in 1913. The French felt they were having their rights taken away and that the English were being strongly favoured. Many French Canadians were beginning to have serious doubts about the need to go and fight against the "Prussians"
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Many historians would say that Australia was a very united country in the effort to win World War I. But this has been debated many times‚ due to the fact that many Australian people were against war in itself and didn’t believe they should fight in a war that wasn’t even theirs. The onset of war had many negative effects on Australia and therefore it wasn’t as united as it should have been. The conscription debate also didn’t help unite the country. Both sides were substantially serious in establishing
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entitlements are so essential that humans have spent years fighting for and protecting them. They were something that we believed every human should be given‚ something that should never be taken away from anyone. Countless lives lost in the battle against oppression and tyranny all in the name of standing up for what they believed to be their inherent rights as humans. Torture has been used across countless civilizations since the beginning of the human era. It provided a convenient way of extracting
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Bangladesh is once again engaged in its liberation war and like then (1971). The Shahbag area — the epicenter of the protests — has been now christened as “Projonmo Chottor”; the place of protest against the war criminal and overall corruption of Bangladesh‚ the place where people protested through different cultural performance and movement. Shahbag Square in Dhaka had a festive look‚ with people holding various cultural events as part of the protest. Groups within the throng sit in circles‚ singing
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EUTHANASIA SPEECH Euthanasia. Assisted Suicide. Against the law in the UK. Fair? I say no. Euthanasia is when an individual is assisted to commit suicide‚ this is because the individual is in pain due to a terminal illness. People such as Diane Pretty and Tony Nickson were in pain because they had a terminal disease and could not let their family members help them end their life; Fair? I say no. Euthanasia should be legalised so people can be helped to end their life if they choose to. We have a
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Persuasive Speech Against Speeding (Fast Driving) Specific purpose: To persuade the audience that fast driving should be avoided Introduction: No body can deny the fact that going fast in cars is fun‚ and who hasn’t experienced the feeling of the excitment rush in the veins when the wheels start running fast and things almost get out of control ? And on the other hand‚ who hasn’t gone through the sadness of losing a dear person due to fast driving‚ or even the sadness caused by hearing
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Three reasons not to fight the war with Mexico‚ and why they were wrong 1. The idea of taking the territory from Mexico espoused by Daniel Webster‚ and why it was flawed. 2. The use of the word aggrandizement and how it is not entirely accurate‚ and how his argument needed to focus on prior US mistakes‚ especially with the Native American people. 3. Daniel Webster‚ along with other people also objected to Texas joining the Union due to its’ status as a slave state‚ but this was not due to slavery
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