Evan Frangesh Mr. Marshall & Ms. Kile WHAP 4; English 2‚ 5 17 February 2014 Were Germany’s Actions in WWII Justified? “War does not determine who is right- only who is left” (Russell). Bertrand Russell‚ a renowned philosopher‚ was‚ and still is‚ absolutely correct. Many perish after earth-shattering wars‚ such as the tragedy to humanity known as World War II. If we can take a lesson from this calamity‚ it is the making‚ not the breaking‚ of connections that will enable moral and educational lessons
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Chelsea Engel Mr. Johnson HIST170-85086 23 September 2016 A Colonists’ Justified Grievances Dear English Cousin‚ According to your response to my letter‚ the grievances we have made are preposterous. I cannot change your mind I just hope to open your eyes to what is really happening in the colonies and help you see why our complaints are sensible. The British are not protecting us by leaving their troops on our land during a time of peace. We are already paying the debt from the war with France
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The Treaty of Versailles was created to ensure a lasting peace‚ and to reward the victors of the war; however‚ was it justified? The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement designed by the Allied leaders‚ the ’Big Three’- Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau of France‚ Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Britain and President Woodrow Wilson of the United States. Clemenceau wanted Germany to be punished. He had seen his country invaded‚ large parts of its industry destroyed and millions of its
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Abstract Since the first major lawsuit settled against tobacco companies in 1998‚ there has been much controversy over whether or not these lawsuits are justified. On the pro side of the argument there is much evidence to support that the tobacco industries have long known about the dangers of cigarette smoking. Furthermore that this knowledge warrants the need for compensation. In addition the industry has concealed this knowledge from the public. On the con side of the argument evidence shows
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their wrongdoing in the end. I once had a friend when I was younger who constantly lied to me about anything one could think of. When I was young and vulnerable I would always believe her‚ but one day every lie she told came back to haunt her. She ended up hurting me in the long run and lost my trust as a friend. I am positive she regrets the lies she once told that gave her the reputation she withholds. All in all‚ I think a lie can be justified depending on the situation. Not everything in life
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A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of La Habra Heights County Water District was held on January 10‚ 2017 at 4:09 p.m.‚ at the office of the District‚ located at 1271 North Hacienda Road‚ La Habra Heights. Item 1. Roll call of Directors by Secretary/General Manager‚ Michael Gualtieri. PRESENT: Directors Baroldi‚ McVicar‚ Perumean and Wilson ABSENT: Director Cooke Staff members and others present. Item 2. Staff: Michael Gualtieri‚ Secretary/General Manager. Others present:
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11/18/09 Period 7 The Suitors Demise and Odysseus’s Revenge: Justified? I: Thesis: “They’d no regard for any man on earth-good or bad-…” (Fagles pg.452). Using these words Odysseus says that the suitors deserve to get murdered or slaughtered in the halls because of their actions. The gods bring death on the suitor through Odysseus because they do not care for anyone but themselves. In Homer’s The Odyssey‚ Odysseus is justified in his actions toward the suitors because society thinks that the
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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 where the majority of readers would not have felt that the result was knowledge due to the element of luck involved. The term is sometimes
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A week after his house was bombed‚ he was shot to death by Islam leaders while giving a speech at his rally. He did not deserve to die because he was just trying to make the world a better place and make things equal for all people. People who supported malcom were very devastated and angry. Emergency measures failed to save him. Due to the fact that malcom X’s father may have also been killed by white supremacists‚ this Malcom’s supports 10x more angry. Malcom X was a dangerous man. He disagreed
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Hitler’s reign was one of the worst things to happen in history. At the time many people were afraid of putting him to a stop; even so‚ a few brave souls attempted to assassinate him. His ideas were inhuman and many things he did were crazy. He was a callous man. There were many assassination attempts and Hitler never got severely hurt‚ near the end of the war people began to think he was invincible. Contrary to what many may think‚ assassination attempts were a needed repeating theme for Adolf Hitler
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