Essays on Democracy

Abstract:

People of West Papua are struggling for the freedom since a long time. It has been revealed that thousands of west Papuans has been killed by the Indonesian military forces since they were raising their voice for the freedom. This paper discusses the freedom struggle of the west Papua and other related aspects of the issue.

West Papua is an Indonesian province and region has been fighting for the independence for a long time. West Papua has been witnessing a series of containment by Indonesian military since the decade of sixty. People of west Papua are suffering and feeling suffocated because ...

Question One: Six Universally Acclaimed Values

While the world is comprised of different people with various customs and practices, there are certain things that cut across all the people of the world irrespective of their political, cultural or religious affiliation. Put differently, such things are termed as being universal as they transcend boundaries, culture and nationality. This section of this article will highlight six values that are almost universal. They are values that have almost attained the status of a norm in most parts of the world. Any departure from these values will most likely be frowned upon by any person, irrespective of the part of ...

Social movements are the collective, unofficial and anti-institutional actions by ordinary citizens with the intent of changing the current status of their societies. Social movements have a great impact as compared to any legislation or political party. This is because according to various studies on social movements they are interwoven interactions with a strong cultural footing as compared to legislations and political parties. Reed uses the concept of culture in three different ways based on the readers. For example, students and general readers are presented social movements in the view of artistic and cultural expression. The aspect of social movements and culture ...

Gun violence is a precarious issue in the world over. Incidences relating to gun violence continue to be witnessed in the U.S. despite the federal government’s efforts to ameliorate this situation. Notably, majority of American children die as a result of gun violence. Nearly one out of four children has witnessed to gun shooting while an approximated 20 children are killed by guns every day. It is a fact that US Taxpayer spends billions of U.S dollars to cater for treatment, security precaution among many other services relating to gun violence.

An approximated 2.3 billion is also spent to cater for ...

The Elms is among the neighborhood regions in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Islington Avenue and Humber River are on the west and east of the elms respectively. Thistledown is on the north of elms while highway 401 lies to the south of the Elms. Apart from that, Ward 2 North Etobicoke is among the neighborhoods of the elms. According to the National Household Survey of Statistics Canada held in 2011, the Elms Old Rexdale has a population of 9437 with the majority of groups being lone parent families and under age 19 years (City of Toronto 3). The elms harbor the ...

Personal context analyses influence on others in their beliefs in a wide range of reasons.

I admit that one’s self esteem towards certain objective depends on ones point of interests in support pertaining proposed agenda of the topic discussed. Mostly in politics people have different opinions concerning ones interests to the proposed candidate in interests personal context here is portrayed in a grief manner where by many will be proud to unite with the opposed candidate. while others propose different candidate thus causing effect through using ambiguous language to insult others simply because the hope of employment opportunities is expressed or rather development through infrastructure facilities within the given geographical area . Aimed individually to ...

Is the United States a Democracy?

Democracy is an in-progress process. Historical practices do not show patented forms of democracy applicable to all polities. The popular conception of and discourse on democracy as rule of people – a conception descending from Ancient Greek – is becoming less of an applicable principle and more of an ideal. This principle, moreover, gains more credibility in less diverse countries in which vested interests are less complicated and overlapping than in more diverse – particularly immigrant – ones. More pragmatic benchmark principles could, instead, be adopted in order to judge whether a polity is a democracy or not. The United States emerge as exemplary of a diverse ...

“If it means that teen-agers will stop killing each other over designer jackets, then our public schools should be able to require their students to require school uniforms” These were the remarks, not mine, but of a concerned Bill Clinton back in 1996, when expressing his concerns over his weekly radio address. Today I am going to talk to you about how school dress codes promote better learning, promote equality and instill values students will use when they enter professional fields.

Secondly, school dress codes have been attributed to promote equality among students in school. Since every student adheres ...

Problems in Gender Equality

Gender inequality has posed as a serious challenge in today’s society, especially since women empowerment started. Historically, women were given minor roles in society and they were always deemed the weaker gender. However, substantial improvements in the education systems have allowed women to receive education and they have proved that they are just as capable as their male counterparts are in various professions (Inglehart and Norris 2005).

Gender inequality, especially in developed countries has taken a new turn. Women have received so much attention that feministic movements that are now undermining the male species. Women are receiving preferential treatment ...

William Penn articulates that the church and the state should have a cordial, divine and collaborative relationship in order to help men pursue and live a Godly life. Using the Divine Law (jus natural), William postulates that the church is a facet of the society that is established by man as a God’s agent to help man control his passions and adhere to the divine laws, which are formulated and enacted by the state. In essence, the church and the state should support each and obey God’s provisions as envisioned in the divine laws. In other words, the State and the ...

- In March 1766, Declaratory Act was passed by the British Parliament to affirm the Parliament’s right to pass laws in their colonies “in all cases whatsoever”. This news of repealing gave colonists confidence that British government respected and understood their situation regarding taxes. Few appreciated and recognized the claim of Parliament in passing laws “in all cases whatsoever” through the Declaratory Act. - Colonists wanted to be represented in the Parliament by some one of their own, whereas policies of British were determined by a sole leader. Apart from the colonial legislatures, mobs in many cities demonstrated ...

McCarthy, in his speech, made a reference to the clash between the democratic bloc and the communist bloc not just as a struggle between two political theories or two different economic systems, but, to heighten the apprehensions and fears of his audience, as a struggle between good and evil. He declared that the war is actually between the moral-Christian-democracy and the immoral-atheist-Communism. He further frightened his listeners by telling them about the rapid spread of the red revolution in the past few years. He remarked that the enemy had infiltrated in their policy making institutions and they would soon be consumed if ...

I am happy today, humbled by your presence here today and humbled by your continued faith and hope in our country, hope in our party and hope in all the Canadian people believing in our highly held ideal that what brings us together as Canadians is more than what drives as apart. You have continued to express the belief that the answer lies with the people and the people can only form a government through the liberal party. And so we are all congregated here today, drawn from diverse areas of our country, sharing in the same belief, that ...

The study of the way a language is used in conversation is a very important part of sociolinguistics. Other than being a means of communication, language is an important means of establishing and maintaining relationships with other people. Children always learn two aspects of a language: the grammar, pronunciation, and vocabularies; and the use of the language in conversational interaction so as to establish the social relationships. The conversation must not be random; it should be structured as it consists of structured, rule-governed, sequences of different types of utterance.

All the societies have rules governing the use of language in social interaction. ...

It is possible to remove stereotypes and ideas of every age generation and create a standard that will be fair to everyone. This can be achieved by creating awareness to the members of the society about the essence of living in a fair society. The enlightened must play a role to advocate for equality that will ensure every individual is happy with his life and that of others. For human rights to be respected there is need to end the discrimination about the age. The purpose in people’s life will be achieved if only equality in human beings is promoted. ...

The Virginia plan was drafted on May 29, 1789 as a proposal for the government structure by Virginia delegate Edmund Randolph. The plan was written by James Madson, which traced broadly, what later came to be the United States constitution. On the other hand, The New Jersey Plan was a proposal created by the New Jersey delegate William Peterson that suggested a system of election of the executives and a national legislature. The rational in the New Jersey plan was to establish an unbiased system of selection of state representatives to a centralized legislature.

The Virginia Plan proposed creation of a Federal system of ...

The government is not only beneficial to the Americans in more ways than one, but also necessary. There are undertakings within the county’s setting that require the government’s oversight. The government is important as it ensures there is military control and protection of its citizens. Through the government, the country is provided with a defense system through which it can defend and or deter attacks within its boundaries. Government is important as it ensures the citizens therein are protected from other forms of worse or adverse power structures, which have the ability to form in the midst of ...

Introduction

Do you have a friend or an associate who is a victim of the unemployed persons in the society due to the shortcomings of the nature? What could be the problem behind this? And what could be the possible solution for this? The following are some of the suggestions for this menace; - Unavailability of higher education to minorities - Employer discrimination.

Unavailability of higher education to minorities

The minority group in the society doesn’t get the necessary exposure to higher education. This sets their expectations and their goals at a lower angle. Higher education provides a learner with better equipped first hand tactics on how ...

This article, ‘The global expansion of judicial power’ focuses on the transformation of judicial systems of Italy and Germany since the end of the World War II with the aim of making them independent from political affiliations and inclination. In the process of doing this, the article describes the origin of judicial transformation to its present condition. This paper, therefore gives a critical review of the main pointed contained in the article.

According to the article, the traditional Italian judiciary was similar in structure to the judicial organizations in the continental Europe. Despite a few adjustments here and there, the ...

This essay has been written by Name of Student of Class of Student of Name of College on Date of Submission of Assignment Introduction. First Indo-China war ended in 1954 through the Geneva Accord and same day marked the start of two independent territories of Vietnam called the North and South Vietnam. Both North and South Vietnam were divided by a line at 17th parallel. The communist Vietnam called the North Vietnam was declared as Democratic Republic of Vietnam having Hanoi as its capital whereas the Anti-communist South Vietnam was called the Republic of Vietnam with its capital at ...

Analysis Essay:

People in the world today are consuming more than what they need. The material needs of current populations are on the rise as a result of lifestyle, economic status and the number of convincing advertisements on the various media outlets. People seem not to be contended with what they have and there is the urgent need to add more to what they already have. Some of these materials that people are obsessed with include electronic appliances, gadgets, toys, clothing and food among many others. It is quite puzzling how people would want to buy more things and yet there are ...

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It is hard enough being I is an essay by Anna Lisa Raya where she explains to the reader how it is hard for her being a Latino in a place that is populated by white Americans. The author is the daughter of a second- generation Mexican American and a Puerto Rican mother. She wrote this essay when she was an undergraduate student in the University of Columbia, where she faced challenges on her identity. The main response to the essay is the issue of culture shock and discrimination faced by minorities in a society that is populated by white people.

Culture shock ...

Selection from an 8 year-period of pulmonary valve replacement and cross sectional follow up of a commercially available biological valve, assessed with established and a new method

What This Thesis Is About

Pulmonary valve replacement is a procedure necessary in many congenital heart defects and in-valve degeneration cases. Surgical results are excellent, but the longevity of artificial valves is very limited. Our goal was to give a retrospective overview of methods and results from the year 2000 until 2008 at Rikshospital, as well as the prospective five year follow-up of a biological valve made from bovine pericardium. Follow up included clinical examination with ECG, echocardiography, spirometry, treadmill testing, echocardiography ...

Francis Fukuyama wrote a very bold essay in the summer of 1988 where he stated that history had come to a stop, and the west had finally triumphed as the dominant civilization. As the world witnessed the fall of communism and a democratization wave that swept through many countries, especially in Latin America, it seemed to the author that liberal democracy had proven to be the highest form of human society. He declared that history, as a constant struggle between ideologies, had ended. This, of course, did not mean that nothing interesting was going to happen anymore. Fukuyama stated that it only meant ...

Voltaire identifies various flaws in the society that he lived. The scenario in the Voltaire’s world is analogous to the situation in the modern society. In his book, Voltaire highlights the problems in his society. He uses satire to express his discomfort about various issues in his society. The paper highlights how Voltaire’s approach of the use of satire can successfully be employed in building a better future. The paper suggests the plot of the book, which Voltaire would most likely write in today’s world. Essentially, the paper highlights how Voltaire would present these issues ...

The Spiral of Silence was a theory created by Dr. Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, a German political analyst in 1974. The theory is based on the public opinion; as Neumann suggests, people are more confident in voicing out their opinions if they know that their own opinion matches the opinion of the majority. In some cases, if the opinions bare quite different than that of the majority, people refuse to voice out their opinions and remain silent (Donsbach, Salmon and Tsfati, 2014).

Those people who belong to the minority are afraid to voice out their views for the fear of being socially isolated ...

The tensions between England and her colonial subjects were rapidly escalating. Henry, a young lawyer, spoke to his fellow Virginians of his opinions regarding the colony’s course of action. Henry Patrick is best known for the speech that he made in the House of Burgesses on March 23, 1775, Give me Liberty or Give Me Death. The Burgesses house was faced with a problem of deciding on whether to deploy their military against the encroaching force of the British military. The difficulty of arriving in a conclusive decision necessitated a meeting of lawyers and ...

Both authors contend that scholars play a critical role in activism. Craig, in his foreword, recognizes that activism is a matter analyzing the existing methods rather than plain advocacy. It is the role of activist scholars to produce new knowledge in the science of their interest. Laura Pulido in her article ‘frequently unasked questions about being a scholar activist’ notes that it is rewarding to engage in academic activism owing to the responsibility one assumes. Choices on social issues have consequences for scholars, which they are proud to live with since they are in line with what they believe. Further, Craig notes ...

The United States, being a world power, has interests across the globe. These interests, along with the interests of their allies, put the U.S. in the position of safeguarding their concerns both far and near. These global interests include business partnerships and maintaining U.S. military presence in territories that require U.S. support. In effect, the U.S. has informally become the “policemen” of the world, adapting its foreign policy in order to protect those interests in the name of peace and democracy.

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Education has dependably been underweight to center its vitality and assets on closures that are not instructive. In the period of industrialized advanced education, then again, the parochial soul of instrumentalism has tightened its hold, securing phenomenal influence. Supporters of utilitarian Education once perceived or paid lip administration to the imperativeness of liberal instruction. No more. Today the common utilitarian contentions about tackling the force of instruction to the exigencies of monetary development or the work business are strengthened by the ultra-faddish consumerist ethos clearing through Education.

The legitimization for a liberal instruction is not focused around claims that a ...

Don’t Send your Kids to Ivy League

K-12 Education is the right of every citizen. The liberal arts education is a high quality education for the public, financed by the public. There is no need for anyone to strive to get admission in Ivy League or any other expensive private institutions that make high claims to education. The reality is that they treat students as customers. They produce career ready individuals. They are super youngsters, and always prepared to appear for an interview. I am referring to the entire system of elite education in prestigious institutions that is common among the upper middle-class children like me. I ...

Racism has plagues humanity with its adverse effects to the very individuals who are being mistreated and marginalized. Paul Laurence Dunbar in his poem entitled, “We Wear the Mask,” artistically describes the situation of the African-Americans during the Harlem Renaissance period when the white European American considers them an inferior race. Tamar Jacoby in her article entitled, “Someone else's house: America's unfinished struggle for integration,” shed more light on Dunbar’s poem by giving details on how the African-Americans responded to the racism which they have experienced during the aforementioned period. Jacoby argues that the African Americans of the ...

Martin Luther King was born on 15th of January in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929. He is a phenomenon man who has made life changing contributions to America by voicing his, social, political, and racial views about the injustices committed to the people with color. He was faced with opposition, but being a strong man, he was able to conquer the opposition, and fight for the rights of the blacks. Martin Luther had many leadership qualities that helped him push his agenda of justice, and equality for all forward. He was a passionate and fascinating leader that changed the lives of many millions around ...

1. A "Virtue of anarchy" (or a positive effect of the constant threat of the use of force) in the international system according to Kenneth Waltz. (From Anarchic structures and balances of power, mainly Virtues of Anarchy)

Kenneth Waltz argues that countries reside in a state of war. Nation-states are guided solely by self-interests both internal, such as economic and military power, and external, by forming alliances and counter blocks. Some countries may have military potential and can use it anytime they want as a means of self-interest. K. Waltz implies that this violence is due to the anarchy, or chaos ...

The Arabic Spring is a series of uprisings, protests and armed rebellions against the government that happened in the Arab Countries in the Middle East in the early 2010. These are revolutionary waves of protests and demonstrations (both violent and non-violent), civil wars and riots in the Arab countries that began on 18th December 2010. So far, rulers from Egypt (twice), Yemen, Libya and Tunisia have been forced from power. Countries such as Iraq, Kuwait, Sudan, Morocco, Algeria and Jordan have experienced major protests while countries such as Oman, Djibouti, Palestinian Authority, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia and Western Sahara have experienced ...

INTRODUCTION

Historically, obesity has been a pertinent issue affecting a large percentage of the American population. Obesity can be described as a medical condition in which there is an accumulation of excess fat in the body. This condition, when not controlled well can result to further body complications such as heart diseases, high blood pressure and diabetes. Therefore, once detected early, the condition should be controlled to avoid such complications. Weight loss is one sure way of reducing the severe effects of obesity as obesity manifests itself through gaining weight. In the US, obese cases have been ranked as among the ...

The government of the United States is a federal system of administration with the national and state governments existing independently of each other in the same territory, while controlling the individuals as citizens of both the state and the nation. The states have separate sub-jurisdictions, such as cities, counties, municipalities, townships and special districts, which are independent of the state. The federal government exists in the constitutional, political, fiscal and administrative dimensions. The political parties of America are the Democratic Party, Republican Party, Libertarian, Constitution, Socialist, Green party and many others. Independent candidates and third parties are also a part of ...

Summary

There has been a call by the majority of the population of the United States of America who has called on the legalization of Marijuana. The majority of the proponents suggest that the drug be made lawful for the adults if they so wish for the purpose of their recreational activities. Some states in the country have allowed marijuana to be used only for medicinal purposes outside of which it is unlawful to use it in any way. Colorado and Washington have so far given in to the pressure and demands and legalized it, in this line of thought and ...

The cotemporary discourse continues to resonate around the adoption of gays and conferring on them the rights inalienable for the simple reason that they too are human. In that context, this paper shall discuss the benefits of gay adoption to the society from a religious, moral and ethical point of view.

It must be appreciated that human beings are entitled to their rights and that everyone should enjoy his or her rights in as long as it does not affect the rights of others. In that breadth it should equally to be appreciated that society generally needs to be ...

Suffrage rights should be mandatory in every jurisdiction around the world. One thing that is worth noting is that governments derive their legitimacy from the electorate. Voting is a democratic right that gives power to the elected officials to work for the people. The yielding of the power by the electorate to their elected officials through democratic processes such as voting is known as the social contract (Scher 55). This means that any government that does not make voting rights mandatory is illegitimate. This is because the government is not representative of the entire citizenry which the government rules over.

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As the population of black immigrants in the United States increased, legal codes were developed to ensure that they did not become threats to the whites in the United States. The following were some of the legal codes that were put in place;

- Blacks were not supposed to assemble in large numbers. - Any black who committed murder, raped or committed crimes such as stealing several times would be punished through being hanged. - The owners of the slaves had the authority to punish slaves. Punishment could even be through killing. - The dress ...

In light of the Trayvon Martin Controversy, it seems again obvious to all that police enforce the law differently across the United States. Trayvon Martin’s only crime was being the wrong color, in the wrong place, at the wrong place. Unfortunately, in America that crime all too frequently carries vigilante justice, carried out by the very people who are supposed to prevent it. We see this as case after case first comes into media focus then fades as another takes its place. It now is a deeply embedded assumption that the circumstances, race and gender must be considered ...

My understanding of diversity in the United States has undergone a tremendous amount of transformation in recent weeks and months compared to my own assumptions in the past. As a white person, I have understood a relatively significant amount of privilege in the United States as a result of my ethnicity – I do not experience discrimination on an everyday level like many do in minority communities. To that end, it takes me much more direct investigation and conscious exploration of American life and how it is lived to be cognizant of the systemic inequalities that occur in this nation. As I learn more ...

Question one

Liberal feminism is the approach that seeks to achieve equality of men and women in all aspects. Proponents of these theories argue that if subjected to the same conditions, female and male are equal in terms of intelligence, strength, and professionalism.

Early liberal feminist such as the late philosopher Auguste Comte has come out strongly arguing that women needed to be protected by men and not subjected as slaves. He further installed the adoration of women as the pillars of his ‘religion of humanity’, which he had explained in his school of thought. In his sentiments about women ...

- Analysing the DRI report of the fast food intake, it shows that; - Majority of the micronutrient intake are below the 50% value of the DRI except 5 micronutrients which are above (iProfile, 2011). - Thoses micronutrients are; Vit A (5%), Vit D (15%), vit E (4.0%), Niacin (47%), Pantothenic Acid (23%), pyridoxine (38%), folate (38%), vit B12 (40%), potassium (20%), Calcium (38%), magnesium (26%), and zinc (40%). - Out of that 5 micronutrients, 2 were too high than the required intake: Those that are above the average are: Vitamin C (105%) and Sodium (120%). ( ...

One empirical example found in Chapter 5 is the statement that the most important about Kansas is that it’s ahead of the crowd in terms of women’s rights (Frank 90). This statement encompasses an assumption that the State of Kansas is the most prominent place in terms advocating women’s rights. This assumption could have significant implication toward the people’s perception gender equality in the United States. Part of the evidence provided for this assumption suggests that women’s rights was established in Kansas due to the proposed end of suffrage 1867 and was fully achieved ...

Validation is carried out at all stages of collection and processing of statistical data: filling in forms of statistical monitoring, reporting, development of statistics and preparation of analytical tables.

Chance of data is checked by means of an arithmetic or logic control. Arithmetic control is based on the use of the relationships between various indicators reports and checking all general indicators and harmonization of those which are derived from each other. The value of correlation coefficient cannot be the measure of validity of correlation between features. This parameter depends on the number of degrees of freedom. For larger ...

Goals and reasons why it was founded

The Klu Klux Klan was founded in by the close of the year 1866. After its inception, this the Klu Klux Klan extended to various parts of the southern state. This was evident by the fact that four years after its inception, the Klu Klux Klan had become a well-known means through which the south could use in resisting reconstruction era policies devised by the Republican Party (McVeigh, 2009). Arguably, the Klu Klux Klan was formed in order to fight policies that advocated for equality between blacks and whites. In fighting for equality for such policies, the Klu Klux Klan ...

Part one

John Locke who is a British Philosopher and Baron de Motesquieu a French philosopher had similar ideas and thoughts on the formation of the government. However, each of them defines unique path, which lead to the same conclusion.

John Locke is mainly famous as the father of liberalism following his exclusive thoughts on natural rights as well as liberties. According to him, all people are equal and independent. He argues that all individuals have the right to protect their life, possessions, as well as liberty from theft, as well as destruction. Following the incidences of conflict that will always arise in a ...

Question 1

Descriptive representation; this is the degree to which a representative bear a resemblance to those he/she represents such that they share similar characteristics like race, ethnicity, sex or residence. Some research questions that can be analyzed in this category are whether the representative has common interest, share common experiences or look like those they represent.

Symbolic representation: this is where the leader stands for the national ideas or the ways that a representative stands for the represented and has meaning to those he/she represents. The main research question is what kind of response is invoked by the representative in those being represented? ...

Numerous authors have instigated ideas related to freedom; however, nobody has done it better than Eric Foner. He is a renowned Columbian historian who portrays a different concept in the art of freedom in his book Voices of Freedom. Foner agrees that the freedom in America has a different definition from the world’s views. The use of freedom by the American community has always changed, and it has the best tool in the definition of their identity and history. There are authors claiming that the freedom is a tool used to discover oneself. However, Foner believes that the freedom can be used ...

Gender equality is a human right, an essential condition for the complete enjoyment by women and men. It means that there is an equal empowerment, visibility, participation of women and men in all area of public and private lives. The acceptance and appreciation are highly necessary of the complementarities of women and men with their roles in the society as individuals. It measures an equal representation of both women and men in a range of role and responsibility. It does not imply that men and women are the same; however, they should have equal value in the society and with equal ...

Progressivism philosophy education is based on the belief that the education should put concentration and focus on the child as a whole rather than focusing on the teacher or content. This philosophy of education proposes that the ideas of the children should be tested through active experimentation. The learning activity is mainly based on the questions raised by the learners that arise as they experience the world. This is an active philosophy of education as opposed to the other passive theories of education.in this philosophy of education the learner is the problem solver and a thinker in the learning process. The ...

Introduction

The Indian Freedom movement, is epochal and has probably set a tone for resistance movements across the world. The passivity and non-violence principles including those of paining self in form of going without food for days has set a trend in resistance movements. Truth, honesty, simplicity and dedication were the hallmark of the Indian independence movement. It is strongly believed across the world and definitely in India that it was the dedication of Mahatma Gandhi and the other freedom fighters that led to the freedom of the nation.

There were many others who contributed to the freedom struggle across the nation ...

This report was conducted to examine whether people believe that the amount of CO2 emissions is the main cause of climate change. The study found out that a majority of the people believe that the amount of CO2 emissions and human activities such as burning of fossil fuels and deforestation are the main cause of climate change. The responses from the participants were consistent with our hypothesis that a majority of the people believe that CO2 emissions and human activity are the main causes of climate change. This scenario is mainly attributed to education and the amount of information in ...

An opinion is described as a particular understanding that one has towards another person, a situation or simply a particular matter (Darner, 2008). Most often than not, an opinion is specifically formulated by a person based on his knowledge and the experiences that develop his personal perception about an issue that he might be involved in. Relatively, such elements mandate a profound consideration on how thoughts have specifically been considered to create a distinct representation on how and why one believes on something. On the other hand, a majority of opinions is understood as the collection of opinions; a centralized distinction on how one particular group specifically ...

Oh look, a pizza store”—I remembered my dad say when we randomly decided to eat out. I am not ashamed to say that that day served as my taste buds’ baptismal of fire when it comes to eating Hawaiian Pizza at Pizza Hut. It was love at first bite; I remembered the dancing of flavours in my mouth as I eat away the pizza slice- it was sweet, salty, spicy (not to mention hot). The cheese was perfect and everything seems to go right in place. Now, I know that you are wondering why this (simple) moment will ...

In your view, why did Lu Hsiu-lien and many others in her generation become advocates of "Taiwan independence"?

Taiwan independence is a politically-motivated movement who primary aim is to form an independent and sovereign Republic of Taiwan from the lands that are currently governed by the Republic of China (ROC) (modern-day Taiwan) and claimed to be owned by the People’s Republic of China (PRC, China). It aims at renaming the Republic of China to the Republic of Taiwan and obtaining the status and recognition of a sovereign state internationally.

This movement is divided between two major coalition organizations: Pan-Green Coalition and Pan-Blue Coalition. While Pan-Green is in favor of the objectives of the movement, Pan-Blue seeks to oppose ...

Business and social interaction build on daily activities of all the individuals. The manner in which we express ourselves and transfer the information to other people has significant influence on our social wellbeing. Professional and business surroundings are extremely demanding in regards to individual ability to manage interpersonal relationships. Communication process, in this situation has very wide meaning and can be summarized as the instrument of using all the available resources to transfer information, persuade, inspire and connect individuals in a given business context (Means and Rankin, 2009). With that in mind, there is a strong relationship between communication and ethics. Communication ...

Every large society has ethnic minorities who identify each other since they have a common heritage, cultural background, and share a common ideology. The minority status is detail in the number of people in the society. Leon (2010) says that a minority refers to a sociological grouping within a demographic. The social majority and the influential people in the society refer to this class since it has differences. Minority class can have differences in terms of race, gender, status, sexual orientation, health, or ethnicity. Leon (2010) finds that the minority class holds few positions of social power since it is not general in numbers ...