Essays on Barbarity

Introduction

It is popularly believed that the original Tibetan culture under the Dalai Lama was spiritual, non-violent and free from corruption, lust, and greed and that Tibetans lived happily in pre-1950 period before the invasion of the country by China. However, it is claimed by China that the reality was far from true as Tibetan society was marked by corruption, lust, greed, and barbarity. Not a long ago, the head of the Chinese administration for religious affairs, Ye Xiaowen, claimed in a published article in a state-run newspaper 'China Daily' that "History clearly reveals that the old Tibet was not the Shangri-La that ...

The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B Well

There was a time when black people were discriminated against. They were thought of not to measure to the standards of the white person. The white people ruled over the other people. They were subjected to hard labour and human rights did not seem to exist for them. They were harshly treated and sometimes even killed for wrong or no reasons at all. They did not have anybody to help them fight for their rights. During the 1880s to mid 1890s, there were numerous cases reported indicating that some of the African-Americans were subjected violent activities that were observed as ...

A New Perspective A New Perspective The Story through the eyes of Magic Mirror Belonging to the Queen of a prosperous kingdom, I am a mirror imbued with magical properties. Ever since I came to senses, I have known the power of my magical abilities. I have the right answer for every question of my master. Unfortunately, I was not possessed by someone wise who could understand my significance and employ me judiciously. The Queen who owns me had nothing to do with the real beauty of life but her fair skin and external facade. Ever since she ...

1.In this story, the idea of ultimate Freedom is the freedom to opt out of the city, where one cannot question why a solitary child is consigned to misery in a basement cell, denying it basic human rights, seemingly for the greater good of the society. In other words, those who enjoy the many positive aspects of the society in the city of Omelas do not have the choice of questioning this single act of barbarity; neither does the child have any choice but to endure the confinement in pitiable conditions. Those who cannot put up with this, those who do ...

The greatest discovery ever made on our planet is here. At Jade news, we have a young woman who is an anthropologist working at Jade University. She is here to give us some discoveries about the planet earth. There are quite a lot of interesting things that she has to say about the planet, but her main caution is that the earth is not a safe place for us to visit. I am Melotica. Some few days ago when looking through my window, I saw a newspaper that supposedly came from earth. Its contents made me grow weary of the planet earth ...