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- 271: Metaphors that Justify War
- ... fear. Any opportunity to defeat communism or to prevent it's capture of other nations was considered a just venture that would elevate a potential threat to our nation. The Vietnam war was fought against communism and so was the Korean conflict. New Policy-World Responsibility and the Protection of Human Rights The Wall fell in the late 80's and ... points is if at anytime a war would prove beneficial for the state it should be pursued. His “views on war became dominant in American foreign policy circles during the Vietnam War” (Lakoff, 1991). He has continued to influence us even recently: “The New York Times, on November 12, 1990, ran a front-page story announcing that ‘a national debate ha ...
- 272: Korean War 3
- ... hostilities prompted the United States to strengthen its military commitment to NATO. From the start of the Korean fighting, the Truman administration escalated military assistance to the French in the Vietnam War and then sent aid and advisers to the fledgling Republic of South Vietnam.
- 273: Creative Writing: Stanley
- ... on the door, and heard the infamous, rude, "Come the fuck in!" Ronnie was a drug dealer. Nothing more, sometimes less. He had his arm and hip blown up in Vietnam, but recovered very well. The doctors replaced his shattered bones with metal ones, which proved to be much stronger. Ron was a very muscular, thin man, and the operations made ...
- 274: Coping With Computers
- ... a message over the AP news wire. As it turns out, she expressed her candid opinion on some very sensitive topics at the time, including but not limited to the Vietnam War. Consequently, the AP was not amused with the message and she was fired. At the time, this incident was popular enough to make it into Newsweek magazine. Later on ...
- 275: Censorship on the Internet
- ... one actually owns it. Thus, the Internet is a global network, and it crosses over different cultures. It is impossible to censor everything that seems to be offensive. For example, Vietnam has announced new regulations that forbid "data that can affect national security, social order, and safety or information that is not appropriate to the culture, morality, and traditional customs of ...
- 276: A Rumor of War
- A Rumor of War The Vietnam War was a war that caused sadness to almost all lives that it touched. The soldiers were taught to kill. American soldiers were given incentives, like extra beer and free ...
- 277: Catch 22: What’s Fair Isn’t Fair
- ... the war. The sad part is how, out of our own insanity, we glorify the soldiers deaths, thinking they died for a noble cause. Maybe, when we look at the Vietnam War Memorial, we will realize these men did not "die for their country," but only to let the military prosper. Perhaps we should realize replacing the US flags on our ...
- 278: Citizen Soldiers: A Comparison
- ... today, no questions asked. Citizen Soldier effectively conveyed the difficulty these men had to go dealing with day by day, living in fear of the unexpected. As my uncle, a Vietnam veteran, put it, "It's not a fear of dying, its a fear of being alive and not knowing what will happen next." These men experienced that first hand. Citizen ...
- 279: Comparative Essay between Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now
- ... Darkness is amazing although the settings of each story are from completely different location and time periods. From the jungle of the Congo in Africa to the Nung river in Vietnam, Joseph Conrad's ideals are not lost. In both the book and the movie, the ideas of good and evil, whiteness, darkness, and racism are apparent. Also, characterization in both ...
- 280: The 60’s: Decade of Challenge and Change
- ... killed herself. Sir Winston Churchill died. The first heart transplant was done. Then, mankind on the moon. Finally, the development of the birth control pill. Other defining events is the Vietnam War and Cold War. Some of the fads and decorating trends are still popular today. Fads of the 60s included the yo-yo, coloring books and surfing. Popular dances were ...
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