... time. The best example of an absolute truth, the physical world, is even relative. Our senses are also relative, and rely on many variables that can skew peoples" perception of reality. The sense that people typically rely on most, sight, is nothing more than light emitting from a source and then reflecting off of another at just the right trajectory as to be ... stimulates a receptor, and a signal of electricity and chemical reactions enters the brain, which has a maelstrom of its own electrochemical reactions to decipher the incoming data. These millions of variables make perception c...

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... political repression. This thesis maintains that the extent of political repression depends on the level of threat faced by a government (Gartner and Regan 1996). In particular it focuses on the perception by leaders of the credibility and magnitude of the threat facing their regime. For reasons discussed more fully below, this view implies that both democracies and autocracies are just as ... on the negative impact of democracy on political repression (e.g. Hibbs 1973; McKinlay and Cohen 1975; Goldstein 1983; Ziegenhagen 1986; Mitchell and McCormick 1988; Henderson 1991). Political rep...

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... yet acknowledging this reality and accepting its implications have taken a back seat to a hawkish administration's determination to seek an unattainable and inappropriate revenge. While many Americans may feel an understandable sense of catharsis as bombs rain down on Baghdad, such a misguided policy is unlikely to make them safer in the future. In truth, an adequate response focused on future security rather ... an American effort alone. Not only is cooperation necessary at the regime level, but on the individual and cross-boundary levels as well. Such cooperation is unlikely unless Am...

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... process has disappeared from most Americans" vocabulary. This is because of the American people's bruised psyche after the tragic event, which lead to our willingness to sacrifice a few rights for a sense of security. Also, the apathy that most people display about politics contributes the government's abuse of power. Americans must be aware of what they want, but at the same time ... , are what us Americans hold most dear and we should not give them up in any case, even when times are tough. The tragedy of Sept. 11th totally changed Americans" perception of reality and changed our views...

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... country for supplying weapons to other nations around the world. It would be common sense that the countries the United States supplies weapons to would be their allies, nations that would further the values of democracy and countries with an honorable human rights record. However, this first perception would be wrong. The United States supplies weaponry to two different types of nations ... ...

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