... Without extensive research and knowledge an everyday person can be manipulated, molded and tricked into thinking things that may not be true because of propaganda. One propagandistic fallacy is the use of glittering generalities. A good example of glittering generalities and many other propagandistic fallacies occur in President Bush's "State ... by using another form of glittering generalities. This is when someone uses words that trigger certain emotions and makes an audience feel better than they might otherwise, that someone is just catering to the audience's egos. Bush does this man...

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... not taught in any University. They are learned as part of a daily instruction. Double morals are the denomination. Sandy's Story by Bill Saporito (2003) Inside the biography of one of the more outstanding icons in the Wall Street, market, it is easy to find, in between the lines, a world ... came to be accused to consistently of "destroying America"? How can it be that how Wal-Mart treats its own people could be so consistently one of the main bones of contention?" (Baker, 2003). The author also says that he also is accused of "unequal and brutal competition", as ... different quadra...

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... fair, and still others are intent on turning the entire Middle Eastern world into a parking lot. These opinions raise a question: Is it "just" for the U.S. to strike back against Iraq and the states that support them? To obtain an answer to this question, it is possible to look back at ... Achilles struck back against Hector because Hector killed his friend, Patroclus. Achilles could be described as irrational after Patroclus was killed. While he waited for the gods to stop protecting Hector, Achilles savagely killed many other Trojans and eventually killed Hector purely out of vengeance....

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... . In December of 2002, Iraq presented its 11,800 page weapons declaration to the United Nations. After reviewing the weapons declaration presented by Iraq, President Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and Prime Minister Blair concluded that the current inspections of Iraq were not satisfying ... contempt with the current resolution and pursed an invasion of his country. The U.S. asked that a war on Iraq be approved and supported by the U.N., but the vote was never approved. These two leaders were convinced that Iraq had been hiding weapons of mass destruction even though ... ground a...

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... seen as an invasion with bad consequences to the Iraqis, he could have sent troops to support using other organizations such as the OTAN. This would avoid one of the drawbacks that Bush might had by not wanting to create a situation of concern of the UN. The second error that Diamond states is the lack of significant progress on the political front ... of offices and mechanism that promote pluralist democracy. There was also financial assistance and technical support delivered very quickly to emerging Iraqi civil society organizations. The creation of training programs for nascent Iraqi...

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... the Kurds in 1964, and later in March of 1975. The Baathe party was reestablished under the ruling of Al-Bakr. After massacring the Kurds one last time, Saddam Hussein declared himself as ruler when Al-Bakr resigned. Less than a year later on September of 1980, he proclaimed war on ... rape, robbery, murder, and kidnapping have increased to outrageous figures. Who is holding the citizens of Iraq accountable right now? Iraq, once the leader for the highest Arab female literacy rates; now the women are afraid to attend class. Violence and harassment has amplified towards women, making trav...

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... of information. There has been a great increase in the technological field of information. From the first fiber optic cable, to the latest palm sized cellular phone, this decade has found more new ways to communicate than ever before. Also, new global news satellites, and the way everything from money ... years at the maximum-security Robben Island prison. After he was released was when he was elected as president. 1992- Rodney King is beaten brutally for 19 seconds by a semicircle of the Los Angeles Police Department. This proved to the public that there are still very racist people in ...

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... of Nasiriyah (AFP). The tactical occupation of Iraq is underway. When the combat subsides, those cities will become territory governed by the U.S. Large military encampments have already been established. For an indeterminate period, U.S. outposts will remain lodged in Iraq's largest cities. The colonization is in progress. "'Colonialism, which is ... to resistance to the dominant power structure, is, according to the authors, "meted out."" The Arab population, they assert, is not yet prepared for the "self-mobilization- required to "enshrine freedom and human dignity- and that Western r...

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... going to deal with any conspiracy theories but moral issues. Freedom is good. I like my freedom. I wish everybody were free. I know that a lot of nations have paid different prices for freedom. I guess one would pay whatever price is needed to be free -- it is one of those things that are priceless. But is perception of freedom the same globally across cultures and countries? Now that ... I thought about that I realize it is not. Now are we selling the Iraqi people freedom or are we buying it for them. It seems like ... it, I believe it because it is the most rational approach to the p...

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... - a strong, honourable and selfless country. He concludes with stressing the importance of liberty, which he depicts as God's gift to humanity and asks God for blessing and guidance. In the last part of his speech, Bush uses a lot of rhetoric devices, which could manipulate the audience; in the following, ... twelve years with unproven assumptions as "its link to terrorist groups" (l. 15) leads to more creditability of the assertion without substance. By choosing words of rationality for US actions a war against Iraq seems to be well-planned. Moreover, Bush uses stylistic devices to supp...

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When examining any form of text, not only is it necessary for the audience to inform themselves on the facts and issues of the subject at interest, but it is also ... outline the background of Bush's decision to enter into war with Iraq, a characterization of Bush himself, and the composition of his audience. More importantly, by imposing a judgmental structure upon Bush's strategic and stylistic mode of expression, his use of validated logical argument, and his use of dialectical ethics, the following ... a fallacy, insulting the public's intelligence and ability to keep abreast on current e...

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... incorporates Blacks and Whites in a joint effort to suppress the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in the Gulf War. One may notice the typical Middle-Eastern stereotypes in this film, in addition to the problems amongst the Black and ... normal stereotypes in movies are not always the Hollywood standard. In fact, Three Kings is anything but normal. Directed by David O. Russell, Three Kings was theatrically released in 1999. The story unfolds in the aftermath of the Gulf War ... get caught up in a mini-rebellion. In the rebellion aftermath, the soldiers free Amir Abdullah (Cliff Curtis) from an I...

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... charge, the country has been in a tailspin, and is very close to complete bankruptcy, and is one of the worst living environments in the world for an ordinary citizen. The way the economy is going is one of the most important factors of the quality of life in a country. With the second largest oil reserves ... in fear of Hussein, because in the last election, he received 100% of the popular vote. This is because people feared their lives if they didn"t vote for him. The food situation in Iraq is another big problem. The quality of agriculture is terrible, and since only around 3% of the ...

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... , in actuality, is a society that has rules and laws but not so many as to overpower the community. A free society is a group of people, a community, which lives by these rules and laws but still has the right to an opinion or to do what they want without fear of oppression. You have ... the freedom to dress, act, and basically do what you want in a free society without worrying about what will happen as long as ... need laws to keep order, but you need order to make laws. Things go hand in hand. Yes you can have a free society with laws. That is the only way you can have one. For many ...

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... that area. In about 1400 BCE the Assyrians had become a powerful group. In years that followed they proved their dominance and power by ruthlessly taking control of neighboring countries. Opposing countries tried to defend themselves and their land but the Assyrians were too swift and violent. They ... kept, forcefully, spreading their way of life and by about 900 BCE they controlled most of the Mesopotamian areas. Their artistic and cultural influence was widespread, and went far past the boundaries ... buildings. Most Assyrian architecture is in northern Mesopotamia. The capital citi...

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... , in actuality, is a society that has rules and laws but not so many as to overpower the community. A free society is a group of people, a community, which lives by these rules and laws but still has the right to an opinion or to do what they want without fear of oppression. You have ... the freedom to dress, act, and basically do what you want in a free society without worrying about what will happen as long as ... need laws to keep order, but you need order to make laws. Things go hand in hand. Yes you can have a free society with laws. That is the only way you can have one. For many ...

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... skepticism of whether the government of Baghdad had weapons and supported Al Qaeda's terrorist network (137). A country's citizens can have a lot of support for their country especially when their country gets involved in foreign conflicts. Chan and Safran state that the popularity of the president of the United States increased ... their country would be interested in going to war, especially after the invasion of Iraq by the United States. This brings up the democratic peace topic as to when a democratic country is willing to settle for peace, then why would it try to invade another co...

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... sin to kill, then is God against those who wage war? According to C.S Lewis in Mere Christianity, he writes, "It is in my opinion, perfectly right for a Christian soldier to kill an enemy. It is no good quoting "Thou shalt not kill." There are two Greek words: the ordinary word to kill and to ... war. War is the fruit of sin." Later on he states that war is a tool of God and that there is one time in scripture when war is condoned and used by God. It is to defeat wickedness. There are also numerous accounts in the bible where God purges the land of godless pagan ... protesting against ...

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... plotting against the writer to bring back these bad memories. This gives a new meaning to the title "Gunpowder Plot". Verse 1 The poem starts by inviting you into the excitement and anticipation of waiting for the 5th of November. The words "brightly", "coloured", and "flame" make me think of a display of fireworks and this adds to the ... the difference better. The atmosphere is now calmer and quieter and you get the warm feeling of the bonfire on which the guy is being consumed by the flames, for example the metaphor "greedy flames" was effective because it made me think as if the guy ...

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... it leaves him plenty of room to elaborate on why Iraq is a threat. He sets the boundaries for the rest of the argument, leaving room for both evidence and reasoning. The claim that Iraq is a threat covers the three major types of claims listed in the text, factual, value and policy. The claim is factual in that later in the speech evidence is ... speech. President Bush demands the actions as necessary to avoid conflict with Iraq, which directly relates to what the book says about casual reasoning, "the necessary condition for an effect is one that must be present for the effect to occur...

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... notes for possible topics. Also think of related issues or problems you hear debated locally or nationally. (Focus on subjects that are serious, specific, timely, and debatable.) 2. Selecting * Test a possible topic in the following way: (a) identify a reasonable point or proposition to argue for, (b) list one argument supporting this proposition, and (c) list one argument opposing it. Generating the Text 3. ... Collecting * Look in books, magazines, or newspapers for information. Take notes, especially on strong arguments supported by the opinions of authorities and by factual evidence...

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... population of all the villages that resisted it in southeast Turkey. The PKK has been supported and sheltered by some of Turkey's neighbors, as well as by some others outside the region. Syria and Greece are the principal countries that have been supporting the PKK for years. In 1980, Ocalan actually moved to Syria and used Syrian facilities as well as training grounds ... in the Bekaa Valley to drill terrorist groups for cross-border attacks against targets in Turkey. Greece, a NATO ally, backs the PKK and its affiliates by every means at its disposal. The PKK is a very malicious and r...

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... submissive, women know only what their fathers, husbands, and sons want them to know. Many say that women who practice purdah as having no voice or free will. Others, mostly believers in Islam, see purdah as a very positive and respectful practice that actually liberates women. It is viewed as liberating because it ... about an aura of respect. Women are looked at as individuals who are judged not by their physical beauty but by their inner beauty and mind. By covering themselves, women are not looked at as sex objects that can be dominated. For the Muslims, purdah is an act of faith that...

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... said US forces had shot at people in the town. They were also angry because they needed food, water and medicine and the aid promised by President Bush had not appeared. They asked us why the United States was taking over Iraq, and whether the Americans would stay in Iraq forever ... and remake Iraq will face severe challenges. Now that the war is under way and the damage is done the Bush administration's alleged desire to free the repressed citizens of Iraq and introduce them to democracy and liberty ought to be supported and encouraged, and the White House's commitment to this ... to...

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... unfair to force the people of this country to live in these circumstances, but also in that these traits are the opposite of those necessary for a democratic society to prevail. Most political scientists agree that among the characteristics of a likely democratic nation are things such as a strong economy ... and a large middle class, a more literate society with people who are largely ethnically, linguistically, and religiously similar (Lawson 2). For these reasons, the process of creating a democracy is not just going to be about a governmental shift, but will need to contain an entire...

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