VALUES OF FILIPINOS DURING THE SPANISH COLONIZATION: Catholism has had a great impact on Filipino customs‚ behaviors‚ and traditions. It is common for Filipinos ( specifically those in smaller‚ provincial towns ) to attend church every morning and to pray the rosary each night. In fact‚ Filipino homes contain various statues of Jesus Christ‚ Virgin Mary‚ and other saints. Finally‚ Filipino festivals and community events may have a highly catholic meaning‚ often honoring Jesus‚ Mary‚ or other saints
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Title – Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of representative vs direct democracy Democracy is a word known to most persons today‚ in the Western world atleast‚ and almost always has positive connotations associated with it. Indeed from far left to far right‚ democracy has been proclaimed and embraced by political parties‚ indeed for a party to profess democracy is seen as necessary to its claim of legitimacy. The word democracy derives from the Greek prefix ’Demos ’ which could be seen as ’people
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The answer I have to offer here is two fold: First‚ Americans today are easily and frequently offended. and Second‚ America today is not a democracy‚ it is a demagogy. Demagogy simply means: “Ruled by a demagogue or demagogues” where a demagogue is defined as: “a political agitator who appeals with crude oratory to the prejudice and passions of the mob.”; and America‚ with its three hundred million strong; media addicted population‚ comes fully equipped with its own massive‚ prejudiced and passionate
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Sanctification isn’t real. It’s some farfetched dream that some Christians believe in to make themselves feel closer to God. Preachers use the idea to make those in their congregation want to strive to be a better person. That’s what I always thought of sanctification. I always felt that there was no such thing‚ and that people only mentioned it to give themselves the “holier than thou” feeling. If they felt better about themselves then they won’t have to look at the truths in life. Sanctification
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Democracy is a political system in an organization or a state where all its members have an equal portion of power. After the three to four decades surrounding the war for independence in America‚ the birth of American democracy steadily began. Democracy in America was founded on the principle of active political involvement of the citizens. This involvement by citizens is acknowledged in voting and electing a leader who will represent them. Among the documents which provided a basis for the foundation
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While democracy in the Asia and Pacific has been growing rapidly‚ maturity of its democracy is still being questioned. Maturity of democracy is determined by high quality of democracy through where three main areas are in place including law enforcement‚ economic development and consolidated democratic institutions. The problem with third wave of democracy (Huntington‚ 1991) is that the change of political system from authoritarian to democracy does not automatically follow with the change in
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in front of a great throng of white people. The humiliation is great as you are poked and inspected. Eventually you are shackled and loaded onto a horse-drawn cart. The ride is long and uncomfortable and the destination more frightening. You have no idea what is going to happen to you and are very much afraid. You come to a great house and are taken to the fields around the house. You are given into the custody of a great white brute. He puts you into a small cottage with other black men. You have
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a Citizen in a Democracy A Democracy is a type of government that is for the people to choose their leaders and to hold their leaders accountable for their policies and their conduct in office. The people are the ones who decide what they want and who they want to represent them‚ usually by a majority vote. But who exactly are these people? We refer to them as citizens of where ever they are from. We are citizens of the United States of America and we also live in a democracy. As citizens in
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Our idea of democracy was derived from ancient Athens. Ancient Athens was very important in history because it was the first government to run as a democracy. Without their ideas‚ many other countries would not have a democracy. In Athens‚ women did not have a lot of freedom and spent most of their days in the house as a housewife. They were considered only one class above slaves and were practically an object that their husband owned. The role of women has improved a lot from Ancient Athens to modern
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Even though Sellers focused largely on the debate over Jacksonian Democracy‚ there was no mention in regards to equality and slavery. Luckily‚ Kenneth Vickery’s “Herrenvolk Democracy and Egalitarianism in South Africa and the U.S. South” provided more insight. According to his thesis‚ Vickery said that during the Jacksonian era‚ “where there was progress towards democracy or equality for whites‚ there was frequently a diminution or limitation of the rights and opportunities of non-whites”. His argument
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