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Conscription In Canada
Number of Words: 2542 / Number of Pages: 10
... left them in the snow and ice along the St. Lawernce surrounded by their enemies, had later murdered her anoited king and turned athiest... if a people deserted God they were punished for it, and France was being punished now. " 1This sort of sentiment was one that was shared by many French Candiens. French-English relations were already suffering and continued to do so before World War 1. But the biggest strains occurred when issues of Canadian participation in World war 1 and 2 were mentioned. Most of the strain originated from Quebec.Conscription was be the nail that drove a wedge deep into the ...
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Bloc Quebecois
Number of Words: 1681 / Number of Pages: 7
... for
Quebec's interests in the federal parliament. Our plan for deficit
reduction will ensure more efficiency at all levels of government. The plan
we have is in three basic steps to cut $10 billion from the federal deficit
per year. 1 Our strategy is to cut and eliminate government spending and
inefficiency by about an estimated $6 billion annually, without touching
any of the social programs. 2, We would also chop the military budget by
25% to save approximately $3 billion. 3 We would also give the
responsibility of job training programs to the province of Quebec to save
nearly $1 billion. Anoth ...
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McCarthyism
Number of Words: 738 / Number of Pages: 3
... McCarthy came into conflict with the State Department, President Eisenhower, and the Army in the 1950’s. This conflict was not for any high moral standards but it was because they not like him interfering with their authority. The conflict between McCarthy and the Army began because McCarthy tried to arrange preferential treatment for one of his friends. The Army kept a record of the calls he made, and then later released them. This enraged McCarthy and he made wild accusations that the Army was filled with Communists. In May 1954, he got into a confrontation with the U.S Army and its secretary, Ro ...
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Charles Darwin And Imperialism
Number of Words: 515 / Number of Pages: 2
... a largest power in the international system. The English
perceived, through the justification of Darwinism, they were fit to be the
imperial hegemon in the world. The issue this essay will deal with is
Imperialism and how Darwinism justified its practice. Darwin argued in his work,
The Decent of Man, "When civilised nations come into contact with barbarians
the struggle is short except where a deadly climate gives its aid to the native
race. . . the grade of civilisation seems to be a most important element in
success in competing nations."(Darwin, Decent of Man, p. 297).
In this observation, ...
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Euthanasia
Number of Words: 341 / Number of Pages: 2
... in their death are crying out for help, they are allowing death to be their last measure to result to in life. activists are allowing people to believe that it is an acceptable solution to result to when life gets you down. How can an individual solve a problem by getting rid of the people to whom the problems happen? Overall, people that wish to end their own life as a result to are not in their true mental state when making such a decision. People need to learn to appreciate what life can offer and not concentrate on the many obstacles that we all encounter during our lifetime. If people can lear ...
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Proposition 6: Prohibition Of Sale Of Horse Meat For Human Consumption
Number of Words: 548 / Number of Pages: 2
... that are uncommonly consumed in the United
States. Our country should not stoop to the slaughtering horses for human
consumption for sale and/ or export to foreign countries. Horses can also
be bought without any history of the horse or its owner so there is no way
to tell if the animal was stolen or if it has had a bad medical history
which could result in somebody's pet to be slaughtered or sending a sick
and/ or disease infected animal to be made into food.
Arguments against: Horsemeat is commonly used for sustenance in
other countries. Proposition 6 would interfere with the peoples indivi ...
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The Constitution And Gun Control
Number of Words: 599 / Number of Pages: 3
... about preventing crime. Law abiding citizens who are armed will prevent crime. You can hire all the police you want. They do not stop crime while it is happening. Armed citizens can stop the crime before it ever even happens.
How many times have you read about someone walking into a public place and opening fire? Sometimes the person even stops and reloads. What would you do if you were there? Hide and wait to be shot? Or would you hope that someone else is armed? After all, one armed citizen could stop the shooting! Criminals don't wait for you to call the police! Why should you have to wait on the ...
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Barbie As The Epitome Of Beaut
Number of Words: 508 / Number of Pages: 2
... to stand under her own power. Barbie living in her pink palace and riding her pink corvette with her molded man Ken. Barbie had taught me that every member of society was living this very same life. I have to question if the weight of responsibility for this beauty myth falls only on Barbie's tiny plastic shoulders? But of course not! To be fair, Barbie was not the only culprit, I can remember getting dolls whose main purpose was to remove or apply make-up, style hair, or spend fake money with a fake credit cards, as if that's all it meant to be a woman! Barbie had now redefined what is was like to be ...
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Juvenile Justice
Number of Words: 870 / Number of Pages: 4
... this concept being based upon a child's inability to have a
guilty mind, or mens rea. Thus, from almost the beginning children have been
treated differently from adults who commit the same acts.
The origin of juvenile corrections in the United States goes, back at
least to the opening of the New York House of Refuge in 1825. This house of
refuge was established to meet the same kinds of needs the JJS of today tries to
meet, including avoidance of harsh criminal penalties for unfortunate children,
segregating "predeliquent" children from hardened delinquents, providing
"proper" moral, ethical, ...
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Lincoln's Battle With His Cabinet
Number of Words: 628 / Number of Pages: 3
... responsibility. He entered the cabinet with the
thought of becoming the power behind the Presidential chair and openly
opposed Lincoln's control of the Union. This made Lincoln's position as
Chief of State exceedingly difficult and hindered his communication and
control of the military. As time passed, however, Seward recognized
Lincoln's capabilities and gave him complete loyalty (Simmons 174).
This could not be said of Salmon P. Chase, Lincoln's first
secretary of the treasury. Blinded by an inflated ego, Chase pursued his
own presidential aspirations. He was in constant conflict with S ...
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