Essays on Harsh

Human rights are fundamental for any individual anywhere in the world. The world is always changing and transforming to meet the needs of the increasing globalization and internationalization. In essence, different countries have different sets of human rights. However, there are universal human rights established by international organizations, most notably the United Nations. They are mostly the fundamental freedoms. They include the freedoms of speech, religion, association, expression, and the right to life. Everyone is entitled to these rights, and there are disciplinary measures for countries or leaders who commit crimes that violate the fundamental rights. However, a select ...

Critical Review of Marketing Campaigns

Critical Review of Marketing Campaigns

Coca-Cola ad #MakeItHappy was based a theme of making the internet a happier place. The marketers had developed a platform that turned hateful and negative tweets into cute ASCII code photos. The ad opens with a group of students being mocked in a video by classmates, followed by negative comments and terse words being shared behind the scene. The scene then opens to a server room where a cold bottle of coke spilled into the servers and sending sparks into the servers that then spread into happiness in the cyberspaces around the city. This ...

HISTORICAL CAUSES OF POVERTY IN LEDCS

There exists different causes of poverty ranging from political institution to geography or colonization to industrialization, over population, wars and corruption among others. But in this paper, our interest will be on the historical causes of poverty such us; colonization, civil wars and the 1970 debt crisis in the LEDC. Countries can be classified into two categories, that are the MEDC a More Economically Developed Country a good example is the USA, Germany and UK and an LEDC a Less Economically Developed Country for example, Sudan and Ethiopia. There are many reasons as to why these categories exist. One ...

It is in the public domain that China, for a long time now, has been both a patrilineal and also a patriarchal society. It puts a greater emphasis on the significance of a family setup and the hierarchy that exists in it. The superiority of the male gender, on one hand, and the inferiority of the female gender, on the other hand, have been concepts that are deeply rooted in this community’s culture for almost two thousand years. These aspects are magnificent in numerous aspects of the Chinese social life. Women in this society, as a result, have ...

Surviving winter in the Late Woodland period in Ohio was a daunting task. The period is dated between AD 450 – AD 1000, time of great innovation evidenced by the creation of the bow and arrow (Lepper, 2005). Also, trade was abandoned as well the construction of large burial mounds. I am going to highlight some of the cultural practices and tools which played a key role in ensuring that safety was guaranteed in the harsh weather. Keen insight into the technology, economy and basic human biology will be offered in an effort to show their application in the era. ...

Essay Outline

I: Introduction & Thesis II: Why Mrs. Grierson Is Not A Sympathetic Character III: An Account of Mrs. Grierson’s Hardships IV: Mrs. Grierson’s Secret V: Conclusion

If there's an old saying that best describes William Faulkner's short story A Rose for Emily, it is that appearances can be truly deceptive. Almost always, there's more than meets the eye and this is true in the case of Ms. Emily Grierson that we soon find. So, the purpose of this essay is to argue that Ms. Grierson is not a sympathetic character because of the personal choices she has made ...

Introduction

Shark Tank is a reality television show, which entails entrepreneurship and investment. The program features some of the richest people in the world in matters regarding investment and businesses funding. It was first aired on August 9, 2009, on ABC. During the show, entrepreneurs are in some form of a contest to win the favor of the investors, who are referred to as ‘sharks’ in the show. After presenting their business ideas and products, the entrepreneurs hope that the investors would take an interest in the presentation and offer to invest in their companies. The program has been a ...

Introduction

Abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs is a nettlesome problem, as its incidence has risen since the beginning of the century. Long-term regular alcohol abuse sooner or later leads to alcohol dependence, mental shock, nervous system and internal organs diseases. Despite the commonly held belief, active-duty personnel in the military are not quite as tough as to be completely immune to the substance abuse problems that blight civilian populations. However, the exact number of the alcohol abusers is very difficult to determine because people tend not to share this information. Thus, the numbers among civilians are very rough as ...

Indentured Servants

Indentured Servants

Introduction

At the beginning of the seventeenth century a lot of labor market institutions were created with the purpose of promoting the movement of labor. The majority of plantations in Southern English America, which were involved in the cultivation of tobacco, sugar cane, indigo and rice, began to feel an urgent demand for labor. Modern machinery was definitely providing considerable solutions, though human blood and sweat was still essential for the planting, cultivation and reaping of these commercial crops. As a result, many planters started to gradually introduce the idea of indentured servitude. This system, created because of ...

Oil Prices Fluctuating In the Middle East

Introduction Oil being a commodity is subject to high levels of fluctuations as opposed to the stable investments like bonds and stocks. In particular, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) plays a significant role in influencing the prices of oil across the globe. As a result, OPEC controls around 40 percent of the global supply of oil by setting the production levels that caters for the world demand and it can determine the prices of gas and oil by reducing or raising the levels of production. At a particular point in time, OPEC vowed to maintain the prices above $ ...

Introduction

It is a sad fact is that rape remains a common crime all over the world, and different countries have different punishments for convicted rapists. Chemical castration is a process where drugs are used for reducing sexual activity and libido of the convicts. Among all the options that are present in the judicial systems, probably the most logical solution is chemical castration. Chemical castration is a process where drugs are used for reducing sexual activity and libido of the convicts (Park). Even though some people might claim that chemical castration seems too harsh a punishment, but it is only ...

Homeschooling has become one of the most well sought out ways of educating, and teaching children the lessons they need to survive. Parents are homeschooling their children, and many of the reasons are evident such as the fact that children are more likely to listen to their parents than complete strangers. Other reasons could be that some parents have given up on the school system and their ability to provide a decent education, another reason could be ethical or the school system’s lack thereof to deal with some children especially those who are bullies. The pressure of trying ...

Kamal Hussein’s Thartharah fawqa al-Nil (Adrift on the Nile, 1971) is the film adaptation of the 1966 novel by Naguib Mahfouz. The film was released in 1971, four years after the Six-day War and a year after the death of Gamel Abdel Nasser, the second president of Egypt and the man behind the Revolution of 1952. The movie stars some of the most iconic actors of the time including Emad Hamdy, Ahmed Ramz and Adel Adham. The film focusses primarily on the protagonist Anis, a civil servant, and his experiences with a group of men who have created ...

Incarceration

So far, the main purposes of incarceration are incapacitation, rehabilitation and integration. In the model of incapacitation, the prisoner is deterred from committing more crimes, and the security of the populace is under consideration. In the rehabilitation model, there are treatment sessions in the prison system in order to reform the prisoner, while integration has the objective of enabling prisoners to return to society such that they become productive members of it, and are able to maintain productive relations with family and acquaintances (Cole and Smith, 336).

What are some potential impacts of incarceration on an individual? the family? Their community?

One major impact of incarceration on an individual is psychological in nature. ...

What is the background information provided by the author?

The current environmental regulatory regime led to widespread dissatisfaction. This is because the centralized command-and-control environmental regulation does not offer a reliable method for determining the optimal amount of pollution or finding the most efficient means of achieving the desired pollution level. This has resulted in various reform proposals and policy changes to increase environmental quality. One of the proposed reforms includes abandoning most of federal environmental regulation and returning to the common law environmentalism. This proposal has however received harsh criticism from most stakeholders in the environment sector who believe that the failure of state common law is ...

Final Analysis & Recommendations

Final Analysis & Recommendations

Generally, global competition in the vehicle manufacturing notably affects my organization in different ways. Predominantly, the automobile business is often facing aggressive price war during harsh economic situations and recession times as a result of the growing global competition. In this insight, major international automobile producers from all over the world and in particular those countries known to major in vehicle production like Japan thus tend to offer valuable vehicles at competitive prices, thus forcing other automotive companies like my organization to lower our pricing significantly. The distinctive feature of these major automotive manufacturers is the ...

Introduction

The negative or positive experiences of early childhood play a very significant role in the development of the social and emotional behavior of an individual. According to Fagundes, Bennett, Derry, and Kiecolt-Glaser (2011), the ability to understand the social and emotional behavior of an adult is complex because it requires one to have a comprehensive understanding of their entire lifespan (p. 40). This is because the social and emotional development of an individual are influenced by several factors that they encounter during their major stages of growth in their lifespan (McClelland, Ponitz, Messersmith, & Tominey, 2010, p. 35). Some of ...

Social Change Impact of the Project

The applied project is aimed at transforming the social fabrics of the ACB community living in Canada, especially on issues revolving on HIV prevention. Previous chapters have been focused in discussing social deliverables that can help tone down the high rate of HIV prevalence rates as well as stigmatization among the ACB community members, therefore, this section conclude the social impact of the interventions so far discussed in these sections. The first and a core social change impact of this intervention relate to its ability to reduce the higher prevalence rates of HIV in the society. This fact comes ...

Question 7 by Milon (in Durand)

Comment both sides of the debate art vs. dirt/pollution concerning graffiti and tagging. Do tags belong to the tradition of mural painting? Defend your own opinion. The answer to this question depends on perspective. If the view of the person is a limited view, and does not sense the needs or pain of others, that person will see that the tag as an offense, mere graffiti, which is considered from that viewpoint to be a part of a problem that has to do with people breaking the law. However, a less limited viewpoint would realize and see that graffiti ...

Introduction

Superhero is a term that is socially accepted and widely revered in today’s society. We are fed with information about their supreme powers and ability to save humanity from evil. Every popular media form has been used to ensure our society fantasizes about their presence and accept their critically maligned narratives (King 167). Vigilante, it’s a word taken from Spanish and it was first introduced to America in the mid-19th century. A vigilante is someone who operates alone or in a group, “takes the law into their own hands” (Butler 1). These people are not endorsed as ...

There is a controversial question whether it is possible to justify torture. A similar question arises in the debate on whether it is possible to justify the use of torture during interrogations of suspected terrorists. Arguments in favor of torture starts with utilitarian calculation. Torture is causing the suspect suffering that dramatically reduce his/her happiness or favor. From the utilitarian point of view, it can be argued that the infliction of suffering is morally justified if torture prevent death and suffering on a massive scale. The arguments of the former US Vice-President Richard Cheney, who claimed that the use ...

I believe that justice and honesty are two of the most important virtues that a person may have. A couple of months ago, I was accused of having somebody sign me into a class, while I was really at home sick. Even though I had a medical note excusing myself from academic duties, somebody committed this mischief towards me, and I am now paying the consequences of an act that I did not commit. As it is, I would like to address the Board in order to ask for an appeal or lower punishment. I believe that it would ...

Question 1.

As the production will increase, the supply curve will shift to the right, therefore the equilibrium price will decrease, (Figure 1): Figure 1. The increase in production on the mango market Thus, as the quantity of production has increased by 30 % from Q0 to Q1, the supply curve shifts from S0 to S1 and the equilibrium price decreases from P0 to P1.

Question 2.

In agriculture, the term bumper harvest means the unusually high production of a crop. Though some politicians might claim that this benefits the farmers, actually that is not exactly so. Firstly, with the increased production the ...

In its support of the slavery system, the government of the United States utilized the law. In other words, the federal government either passed legislations to thwart any threats made against the institution of slavery or persecuted individuals for failing to adhere to the same. A perfect illustration of the given claims revolves around the actions of political leaders and the States’ harsh responses to calls for liberation during the Antebellum Era. In Howard Zinn’s words, the government allowed whites to use “the laws, courts, [and] armed forces” to restrict persons of African descent to the lowest class ...

The value of literature in human life cannot be overestimated. This kind of art is one of the most ancient and important for humankind. Though this type of art has a connection with such term as fiction, it still has quite a real basis. Literature has arisen much earlier than it was given a definition and typology. The man, who existed before the literature, had already used its main elements even earlier than ten thousand years ago, which played a very important role in the life of the whole humankind. Using the words that were written on stones, people ...

Waterboarding, once used as acceptable form of torture by many countries during war times and for other purposes, is today considered a form of torture by the United States. Though it was used to coerce prisoners of war to give information, it has been widely regarded as inhumane and too harsh, even in the more strenuous of circumstances. When interrogators in black sites began giving firsthand accounts of waterboarding, it was realized just how unacceptable the act was. Coupled with psychological data suggesting the any form of torture is too severe to illicit any true information, it was clear ...

IMAGE OF MASCULINITY WITHIN THE SPACE OF SAUDI ARABIAN AND ALGERIAN CULTURE

Introduction The space in the literature is the physically existing environment in which the characters live and plot the action takes place. An aspect of the space is needed for the reader to further clarification. The space in the written description helps to highlight significant plot developments, specific places in which the characters live and act. Space refers to the story through both actions and thoughts of heroes. Aspect space consists of all spatial frameworks and places mentioned in the text, which cannot be a place of real events. The world in a literary work in the space-time sense ...

INTRODUCTION

Human civilization has come a long way since it first began establishing communities and attempted to establish law and order. The reality is that there have always been criminals; people who for one reason or another break the laws established and require consequences for their actions. One of the most controversial discussions throughout history is what are the best means to admonish the offenders, protect law-abiding citizens and send a message of deterrence to other would-be offenders. That being said many different approaches to addressing offenders who commit crimes have existed throughout the ancient world to present day. One ...

Canadian French nationalism is a complex issue that has its roots in the settlement of the country by French explorers. It has been a highly emotional issue that has affected the politics of Canada over the years. The eye of the storm is the province of Quebec where 81% of its people spoke French as opposed to the 90% of Canadians who spoke English in the rest of Canada during the early stages of the secessionist movement (Fenwick, 1981). The current Separatist movement has lost power and is no longer the threat to Canadian political and social stability it ...

The French Revolution was a period when France underwent drastic political and socioeconomic changes. The period lasted for a decade from 1789 until 1799. The breakdown of power and many other reasons led to the far-reaching French revolution. The bourgeoisies and landowning classes were the rulers of France during the French revolution. However, the causes of French revolution are perplexed and complex and yet understanding by historians is required to get to the cause of revolution. Cultural, economic, social, financial, and political causes led to the French revolution. For example, peasants were forced to pay heavy taxation and the ...

Introduction

Activism by university students has always been discouraged by administrators with many of these activists finding themselves on the wrong side of the law. The 1960’s were characterized by racial discrimination and the oppression of the rights of students from free expression. These protests were considered acts of massive civil disobedience and most students who were found participating in such activities ended up in jail. It is during this period that Mario Savio joined the University of California, Berkeley and used speech to mobilize his fellow students to participate in peaceful sit-ins to demand free speech rights. Activists ...

The elections are nearing, and the campaigns are still ongoing, and politicians are using hateful speeches and remarks to further their political ambitions. Individuals who use hate speech cite the first amendment; the freedom of speech. However, hateful statements have adverse effects on the peaceful co-existence of individuals from different communities and may also cause emotional damage as well as fear. Donald Trump has been making bold exclamations about immigrants in the Capitol, since his pre-election period, and for that he received a wide coverage and magnetism from the press. Amanda Sakuma’s Why Donald Trump’s Racist Remarks ...

Essay

The issue of spanking and corporal punishment is a very important issue to be discussed. Personally, I do not think spanking should be an acceptable form of discipline for children, and young children in particular. Though it is out of the question whether parents spank their children or not. I believe that most parents do spank their kids. The rest are just demonstrating such a soft approach in controlling their children’s behavior; and this, unfortunately, often results in some controversy as children might become spoiled, neglected, aggressive and even cruel. ‘The physical punishment of children has always been ...

The stories presented by Lawson are characterized by realistic illustrations of limited desires and needs of common domestic life and many hardships. Isolation is a very prolific theme in this the Drover’s Wife because the whole story explores the issues of loneliness, separation from mates and hard work by the women characters in the absence of their husbands. The woman is used to being left alone and it even states that she was once left alone for eighteen months. As a young lady, she desires to live like a princess and have a good life, and that is ...

I fail to understand most of the world around me, and the world seems to misinterpret me. However, when I need to relate and to feel understood, I do not go to a person, but to an object. The object that best describes me is my longboard. This can be seen in the Personal, Practical and Universal aspects of the chosen object. My black bird flies on the road like a road runner. Its wheels are smooth and strong, and its black and rough surface is perfect for my feet. I remain firmly attached to it throughout my inner-city ...

The “Lament for a son” is a book by the well-known scholar Nicholas Wolterstorff, where he has tried to express his deep grief about losing his son. Wolterstorff lost his 25-year-old son Eric in a mountain climbing accident. He found joy in the death of his son by considering death as an inevitable reality of life. Though the topic and subject of the book are highly sensitive and personal but according to Wolterstorff, he believed that after publishing the book others who have been through the same irreplaceable pain would be able to relate to it. The paper highlights ...

A visual expression of human imagination or skills through painting or sculptures that are used to convey an idea is considered art. Every form of art can be explained to be a creation of materials, themes and results. As a product of its context, art involves the reflection of culture and time. The individuals and diverse people value these contexts, by which both have different notions of its significance depending on what they deem to be an aesthetic value to their culture. This essay is going to discuss how art is used to portray power, lamentation, and dependency on ...

Crime in the modern era has been and remains a negative aspect of society. Since the first laws were enforced there have been those who break them. The American criminal justice system is overloaded with crimes of differing severity, from victimless crimes to the acts of murder committed by serial killers. Most people are supportive of the fact that if you commit the crime then you must face the potential consequences, which usually involves a criminal trial and many years of jail time. This is not a problem when discussing adults who commit crime. But, what about the juveniles ...

Karl Marx is known for his presentation of the concept of Communism which has been an important part of political organization in Europe and around the world. Marx is known for writing the Communist Manifesto alongside Friedrich Engels which has been quoted extensively for an alternative form of governance based on socialism. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the biography and political thought of Karl Marx as a philosopher who influenced western thought in a significant way. This will lead to the critique of the Communist Manifesto and how it influenced modern political thought. This paper builds ...

The childhood experience has great effects of the individual’s social and personality development. A maltreatment experience during childhood can impact the development of emotions and behaviors through adulthood. As per definition, a child maltreatment is a child abuse and neglect that happens to those children ages 18 years old and below. WHO presents the common child maltreatment that includes physical and emotional abuses. Particularly, the types of child maltreatment are physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, and exploitation . These maltreatments result in the potential harm in terms of health, behavioral development, survival, dignity, and trust of the ...

Natural resources are getting finished at a rate faster than nature can restore, and still we continue to live as if these resources were limitless. The human race is faced with a great risk of extinction, and no amount of faith or willpower can save us from the extinction that threatens our existence. Natural resources such as oil have continued to reduce over the years and have led to the loss of certain species on earth such as dinosaurs, and there are numerous concerns that mankind will face the same fate in the future (Drake). The human race is ...

The Dutch East Indies, today known as Indonesia, has through the history seen different colonizers that governed the country in different periods of time. There were and still are different perceptions of the different colonizing countries among Indonesians. The Netherlands and Japan are one of the most important countries that impacted the country’s nation building. The paper will answer the research question in what ways were the Japanese different than the Dutch regarding nation-building in the Dutch East Indies. There were some similarities and a lot of differences in governance. The historical context played a vital role in ...

Awareness is always the first step for shielding the damage done by ignorance. Physical abuse, substance abuse, and sex are the stark challenges for the modern society and the most appropriate sense of precaution can be developed by the power of awareness about these issues prevalent in the modern society . “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie is a book that has been sought by parents to be banned in the USA. In his article, “Darkness Too Visible”, author Meghan Cox Gurdon has professed the ban of this book as the content of the book ...

3454 Marine Creek Parkway

MS. Olivia Hernandez

3592 Marine Creek Parkway,

Fort Worth, TX 76179

Dear Madam RE: Assistance for Disadvantaged Children In the current world, there are many homeless and disadvantaged children wondering in towns. Most companies have taken the initiative to give them some assistance such as permanent accommodation. Our company has not been left behind in offering for the kids since there has been some contribution, though it is necessary for our staff to take the initiative personal and give direct assistance to the street children. As a firm, we should give back to the community by helping the abused kids, through contributions ...

Thesis statement

Effective labor relations help identify different systems and mechanisms necessary for successful implementation of the reform process to streamline organization operations (Castro, 2014). To justify the rationale of active labor relation, the paper outlines the various demerits of having a bad industrial relation in organizations and why voters often become reluctant to implementing change. The essay takes account of the views of different scholars on the subject with a justification of the existing theories on the matter. In the first section, the critical analysis justifies the need to conduct the study, indicating that the concept of workplace relation has ...

Veganism:

Various Types of Vegans

For many people, there are fine lines with how a vegan can be defined. Different from vegetarians and other people who modify their diets to be more plant-based, veganism has some subcategories. One of the defining markers of veganism based on the literature is that a vegan must abstain from all animal products in his or her livelihood. This would include the exclusion of any animal products that a person can wear, such as skins and furs, and products that were tested on animals. In this way, veganism is driven by ethical concern for animal ...

Bad faith in The Scarlet Letter

It can be really difficult to come to a decision when the outside world persuades you to meet your own wishes first. Being by nature a weak-willed creature, people are inclined to rash actions and misguided dealings. We are, at times, sneaky and foolish. Sometimes even the good intentions we may have and a deep longing to act justly may also be seen as a display of bad faith. According to Sartre, bad faith is the use of freedom without the acknowledgement of its presence (Detmer 203). Being consciously aware of their bad conduct, people still refuse to ponder ...

Abstract

The slaves in the Southern part of US faced inhuman treatment where they were by law, the property of their owners. The slaves were subjected to harsh treatments including working for long hours in the fields while returning at night only to be met by meager food to fulfill their hunger needs. The husbands were taken from their wives with professional slave catchers tasked with tracking the runaway slaves and torturing those who were suspected to have the intentions of escaping. To be able to save the slaves and make them see the light of freedom, it was necessary ...

Introduction

Taking measurements may require the conversion of the measured quantity to electrical quantity. Transducers are devices or elements that perform this function by transforming physical quantities such as quantities like sound, light, or temperature into electrical signals like current, voltage, or capacity. Transducers consist of inputs, sensing elements, transduction elements, signal processing, and electrical outputs. The inputs known as the measurands are the quantities, states, or properties that are to be translated into electrical outputs. The sensing elements accurately measure these input energies and sends the information to the transduction elements to be transformed into the desired form. The ...

What is the Fourth of July to slaves?

Introduction “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” is a famous speech given by an African American slave fugitive at the time by the name Frederick Douglas, which was delivered on the Fifth of July, the day after the day of independence, in 1852. The speech highlighted the plight of the African Americans who were discriminated by the white population. The speech describes the Fourth of July as a paradox since the independence given to the African Americans was paradoxical. To the African American, the fourth of July was a day when the White continued to enjoy ...

Slavery existed in the Americas from the early colonial days and its rapid rise was observed in the XVIII-XIX centuries in Brazil, the Caribbean and the British and French colonies in Northern America when the world trade was actively growing and there was a shortage of labor. The major countries in Europe were able to turn the slave trade into a very profitable business. At first the Portuguese and later the Dutch and the English began to export slaves from the West African coast to the different destinations in the New World. The Middle Passage became a vital part ...

Status is a common term in every society with structure since some members set the pace while the rest follow. Pride is therefore a familiar scenario as members of a certain social status seek recognition and respect from the rest of the population. Pride is a prevailing theme in the Antigone and tempest plays that feature characters who demonstrated pride in different degrees. Both plays feature historical societies where power wrangles defined every society. They also feature members of high social status and close to power. Antigone emerged at a time of national tension when the king needed to ...

Question One

Many families moved to the United States of America for various reasons, which includes social and economic reasons. However, during and after the world wars (1&2), many families migrated from their homelands for various reasons, which include both positive and negative effects. In this precept, the auspices of the World Wars saw many communities voyaging to the United States of America in search of employment, safety due to civil wars back at home, and other reasons that include education (Marger 217). Most of these immigrants occupy spaces in urban areas, where they are able to get housing and other ...

The novel “Unbillable Hours: A True Story” by Ian Graham is a story about how a struggling fourth-year associate discovered that lawyering is not all about the money and prestige and found the deeper meaning of his profession when he took the case of a wrongly convicted indigent client and helped him win his freedom. Graham recounts how he started his career as a young lawyer after he landed a job at the prestigious law firm of Latham and Watkins located in L.A., where he was offered a substantial income. Initially, he knew that he was in the right ...

Currently, there are very harsh discussions about the role of Gorbachev in the history of the Soviet Union in the last years of its existence. Often he is regarded as a person who undermined the whole structure of this country. Very often, he is considered as a traitor in Russia. On the contrary, in the West, he is believed as a person who ended the Cold War. But nevertheless, the fact that harsh discussions about his person and role are going on is the best evidence that Gorbachev is an outstanding person with great contribution to the world history ...

Reduction of crime is the dream of any criminal justice system. In the era where the rate of crime has significantly increased due to the use of sophisticated weapons and technology, there is an increasing necessity for the government and other stakeholders to ensure that such crimes are minimized. Having strict punishment mechanisms is one of the strategies geared towards the reduction of crimes. In Canada, this approach is the most common. Its proponents give a two-fold argument about its role in reducing crime. First, they argue that the offender is ‘locked behind bars’, hence temporarily separated from the ...

Types of Social Challenges Faced By Indian Students in Melbourne Tertiary Universities

Overview of existing research Whereas there have been worrying acts of hostility, Australia is commonly considered an excellent practice country in its international student experiences, migration policies, and assimilation of people from diverse backgrounds. Despite a normally upbeat track record, room and chance for improvement are always there, as recent shortcomings in the experiences of international students in Australia indicate. Recently, foreign students living in Australia have been physically attacked and in fact murdered. Victimization is a shameful and painful experience and must not be condoned in any institutional arrangement or public policy, yet, it still happens even in ...

The Case against Banning the Word “Retard” by Christopher M. Fairman is an article, written with purpose of making a claim against language censorship and a claim for freedom of speech. Being a professor of law and having extended expertise in the question, the author offers the audience a fine example of rhetorical argumentation, expressiveness and persuasiveness. In the article, Fairman makes a clear thesis and supports it with balanced use of appeals of logos, ethos and pathos. Such a strategy makes the writing well-grounded, developed and relatable, which contributes to its rhetorical effectiveness and fulfils its purpose. First ...

The harsh laws that prohibit the possession and selling of drugs revolve around the need to not only curb production levels but also to reduce the rates of substance abuse in the ongoing war against the same. Subsequently, the penalties set against distribution, from the societal to international levels, are harsher in comparison to those of possession. After all, unlike the distributor, whoever possesses a drug may have a legal sanction to do so within specific parameters. For instance, in the United States, the use of medical marijuana to alleviate pain is acceptable in certain jurisdictions. Now, possession aside, ...

During the American Revolution in the 1770s, African Americans soldiers participated in valor. Some were fighting for the Britain colonialists while others were fighting for American patriots in their struggle for independence. The slaves fought alongside their masters so that they could get human rights and freedoms enjoyed by other Americans. During this time, slavery was at peak, and most African Americans were under servitude and gross abuse of their rights (Matthews 369). Slaves imported from Africa and other parts of the world were sold to slave masters especially in the North. When the revolutionary war ended, most soldiers ...