... In other words, at one point during an MIRC conversation, about 30 people all became involved in a sort of game of trying to get their quotes accepted on tribalwar.com. Every time anyone opens the web page in the top right corner there is a quote submitted by a member or guest. ... They are more often than not jokes, funny, or sarcastic. All the people involved in the conversation continually sent in quotes and tried to get them accepted. It started because one person presented a problem, and then everyone else joined in conversation because they had the same problem. ... by law," " "Acc...

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... sins will not count. Again it provides support for people who are engaging in war and gives saves them from sin. Based on these quotes and their scriptural origin the Hindu religion is definitely not opposed to war and violence. Further reading of the scripture would be required to ... finalize this opinion as these are only a few verses from an entire book. The following quotes come from guidelines in Islam directly quoted from the Qur'an, "4:74 So when you meet in battle those who disbelieve, then smite ... Hereafter. Whoever fights in the cause of God, then gets killed, or attains vi...

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... source, study or research that confirms what Neville states as true. "Playpower" makes a very resourceful and witty use of quotes. When those quotes defend something the author agrees with, they are very interesting and usually contain good arguments. But then, when those quotes defend positions he does not agree with, they are usually very bad argued. He does not look for a solid argument ... ...

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... accepted and deemed justifiable. "The treatment of heroes (Columbus) and their victims (the Arawaks)-the quiet acceptance of conquest and murder in the name of progress." (Zinn) This quotes states that by glorifying heroes and disremember their victims, one is condoning murder, conquest and any other atrocity they commit. As an illustration some may say that the nationalism one ... the truth of a time period or person in American history. "The first American? No quite not. But Columbus was brave, and he was bright." (1492, 27-28) This quotes states that even though Columbus was not the ...

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... of possessions. What he desires is completely influenced by his wealth. Friends also come into play in this book. Siddhartha's best friend, Govinda, truly looks up to Siddhartha. In these quotes, "Govinda, his friend, the Brahmin's son, loved him more than anybody else. Govinda knew that he would not become an ordinary Brahmin. No, and he, Govinda, did not want ... . "They see fast-talking, finger-snapping, palm-slapping jive artists straight from their TV screens shouting incomprehensible slogans about deals, destinations, and drugs." (Pico Lyer, 51). How this quotes is structured makes...

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... that lie in sight. [] Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound" (Keller, 1993). As I read these quotes, I feel as if she was grateful. These quotes stood out to me because it is true people don't see what they have that other people are longing to have. There are people that could hear ... ...

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... characters, while if there is a healthy looking person or overweight actor, they are presented as the goofy or grouchy character. Benjamin Radford, a psychology graduate from the University of New Mexico, quotes Douglas Rushkoff, a journalist from Discover magazine when he described the TV show Americas Next Top Model as "observing what young anorexics are willing to do to one another." ... seeing extremely thin women that we have learned to think that this is what is beautiful." ("Dying to be Thin"). Radford agrees with Striegel-Moore's when he quotes Liz Dittrich, a clinical psych...

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... uses his invisibility for personal gain, are markers to which we could interpret as a struggle for identity. The protagonist in his attempt to pinpoint the one name he seeks for quotes, I tried, thinking vainly of many names, but none seemed to fit, and yet it was as though I was somehow a part of all of them, had become submerged within them and ... ...

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... could be especially useful in a classroom that already has children of an Indian culture, to help the children relate and value the children from other countries. (See appendices 5). Rebecca Parlakian quotes "How we view the world is shaped by the beliefs, values,and experiences of prior generations of our respective families. Each generation has refined its sense of what is ... ...

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... system that comes up again and again. In another example author Patrick Verel talks about Thomas Jefferson's children whom he consummated with one of his slaves. In his article he quotes Annette Gordon-Reed as saying "African-American enslaved people were the only people who I think were made to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the things that happened to them in ... ...

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... that pornography is not the cause and that is not the problem. Sexism and violence were already there before pornography even existed. People are the ones who created violence. Both quotes agree with one another because pornography is not the issue and that it is something else. People should take responsibility for their actions and problems and not blame it on ... ...

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... since they "pose little risk" to society and that penologists have claimed that murder is "almost always a once-in-a-lifetime act. The key words in those two quotes that make Rideau false are "little" and "almost". He is informally saying that there is still no guarantee that they won't kill again if set free ... ...

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... of the younger generations of Arabs such as those on the West Bank have grown up completely surrounded by this kind of violence, making it part of normal life. Shipler quotes that a whole generation that has ''never known a time when the West Bank was not under Israeli occupation''. This as well as the constant presence of hundreds of years of strife ... ...

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... is often said that the money invested in a college education is returned tenfold and that individuals with a college degree earn more, but Lee's article seeks to refute that notion. Lee quotes Caroline Bird, the author of "The Case Against College." She states that "there is no real evidence that the higher income of college graduates is due to college at all ... ...

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... the modern version is more hostile towards men and increasingly demeaning to women. A major turn off from modern day feminism is its association with man-hating. In the Huffington Posts quotes of celebrities and their association with feminism, Kelly Clarkson states "I think when people hear feminist, it's like 'Get out of my way, I don't need anyone.' I love that I am ... ...

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... (Buddhist canons of scriptures) – the Sutra Pitaka. Rahula W. (1974) gives quite a clear idea of what kind of being Buddha was and what his teachings were by giving a number of quotes from the Buddha himself. Buddha was a very compassionate being and treated every single life form with great care. Violence of any kind is absolutely against the nature of Buddha, he ... ...

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... opportunity like others to have teachers to guide him, instead he had devoured Chinese Literature such as Poetry and Classical Literature. Which brings me down to another one of his quotes "You should give education to common people instead of segregating them", he had said this because he had the vision if that all people were knowledgeable then they ... ...

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... and what he taught. (Matthew 16:24) It is an invitation to have life and have it to the full (John 10:10). In the beginning of Jesus' ministry He quotes the words of the prophet Isaiah and He presents the purpose of His ministry. He came to "proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to ... ...

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... one another. We will have to communicate with each other sharing our beliefs, ideas, opinions, and thoughts. We must understand them to avoid problems and make our lives easier. Several quotes that make sense with this theme are: "All knowledge is connected to all other knowledge. The fun is in making the connections." - Arthur Aufderheide. This quote means that ... ...

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... and everything" "(Hansen 63). These people against their will were forced to abandon everything from their hard earned businesses, valuable belongings and their home. From a Japanese American woman's perspective she quotes, "we stood helplessly when people, who we thought were our friends, came by and said, 'I'll give you $2 for your stove, $1.50 for your fridge'" "(Hansen 63). These items that ... ...

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... people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be free and Independent States"_The declaration of Independence document. Studying these quotes; there is an obvious similarity, both their chiefs achieved their point, and they were successful in the conclusion. "The English Bill of Rights ensured the superiority of Parliament over the ... ...

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... did not think of the fear she had of Hill House. She didn't care. Since the others rejected her she felt the only thing she had was the house. Eleanor quotes,? I Have broken the spell of Hill House and somehow come inside. When Eleanor first came to the house she hated it. She was scared of every room and would not ... ...

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