I enjoy listening to the speech of Audra Simpson because even is she is not an Indian woman herself; she feels concerned about the issues of Aboriginal people in Canada. She also mentioned the same problem about Indigenous people and the need to stop the oppression. I think to improve the conditions of Indian people; we should all feel concerned about those issues so that we can stop the marginalization and the murder of the Indigenous people especially woman. We see in advertise about immigration
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In the speech Elie Wiesel says that indifference is bad and that it is a crime against humanity .He also said that indifference to a tragedy is not guiltless and that you cant just witness cruelty towards someone or something and not be responsible in some way for what ends up happening instead he said that you have to step in and help the person or thing that someone is being cruel to. He also talks about his experience during the Holocaust‚ and how people ignored the millions of Jews that were
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Australians‚ died in a canyoning tragedy. | Audience | Family‚ friends and Swiss representatives made up the immediate audience. Due to media attention the wider world was also addressed on a smaller scale. | Purpose | To make a very public speech on the occasion of the deaths of 14 young Australians.To commemorate the deaths in a way that was moving but not excessiveAcknowledge the dead‚ to recognise the loss and grief of their familiesTo represent the people of Australia in offering words
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Chapter 14: You Tube: Howard Zinn on Democracy and Civil Disobedience and Matt Damon from Howard Zinn’s speech: The Problem is Civil Obedience 1. Using structural functionalism explain how civil disobedience is functional. Give examples and explain how they illustrate the functionalist approach. Civil disobedience from a functionalist perspective allows individuals to protest in a peaceful way to demand changes in social norms‚ government structures and national policy. It serves to allow
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The speech given by President George W. Bush on September 20 2001 in regards to the attack of September 11 2001 was strong and powerful. President Bush addressed what happened‚ as well as addressing Americas actions in response to it. He made it clear as to who caused the attacks and his plan on how we would respond. President Bush made it known that America is no stranger to war. We know it all too well. However he stated that‚ " Americans know wars on forgien soil‚ except for one Sunday in 1941
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Nearly 22 years ago‚ the African nation of Rwanda underwent civil conflict which claimed the lives of millions. Despite clear indications of genocide‚ the international community avoided intervention for 100 days. During the Hinkley Institute forum‚ “Rwanda: The Pursuit of International Justice‚ Then and Now‚” Ambassador Prosper argued that nations must intervene globally‚ as war crimes violate international law‚ evade UN tribunals‚ and disallow citizens from reshaping domestic policy. Yet‚ despite
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Amanda Cox English 101 David Crockett essay A Summary on “Not Yours to Take” Colonel David Crockett’s “Not Yours to Give”‚ maintains that we have the right‚ as individuals‚ to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right so to appropriate a dollar of public money. Crockett was present at the House of Representatives with the rest of the members of Congress. A bill had arisen concerning providing funds to support a deceased naval officer’s
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Taylor Hardy Period 4 US History B Summary The “Iron Curtain” speech by Winston Churchill and the election speech of Joseph Stalin contain the similarity that they both are telling the audience what should and has happened. In Winston Churchill’s speech he outlines what has happened throughout World War II and the Cold War and how he thinks it should be handled and dealt with. In Joseph Stalin’s speech he relays a similar time line while also including the Soviet Unions timeline and election
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Gentlemen‚ before us today stands the question of a president‚ yet‚ we must take a moment to ask if this is wise at all. Have we forgotten Aesop’s fable? I will recount it briefly. Once upon a time there were happy frogs living in a swamp that suited them justly – they cared for no one and they were troubled by no one‚ but‚ for some reason‚ some of the frogs decided this was not right and that they needed a king and a constitution and laws and strong government so as to give them order and control
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August 28th‚ 1963 will mark the pages of history as one of the greatest speeches ever told. From the steps of Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.‚ Dr. King’s I Have a Dream speech delivered a monumental demonstration for the freedom and equality of African Americans. This is a summary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech. A great American signed into law the Emancipation Proclamation‚ which came to the African American slaves as though there was light at the end of the tunnel of their
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