...been important to me. Having had a father who is a veteran, it has been a holiday that I can relate to and understand. I never really understood the meaning of Veteran’s Day until my dad was deployed for a year. But, knowing what it was like to have a family member gone for year; devoting their life to our country, I know that honor and respect towards these men and women who have served is well deserved. Without them who knows what state our country would be in. These veterans deserve to be honored because they have done so much for us. I believe that they deserve to be honored and respected no matter what, but specifically because of their commitment, their valor, and their sacrifice to our country. A soldier must be 100 percent committed. Committed to the reasons they serve and why they do it. A soldier can’t just throw in the towel or take a sick day when they are tired of defending their country. They have to see it through and be...
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...poorly by white people. I feel sympathy for both Solomon and Crooks because they are treated terrible based on their skin color. Also in the book more characters face different challenges. In the book the characters Crooks, Lennie, and Curley’s wife deserve the most sympathy, because they face life situations, mental illness, and racism everyday in their lives. Curley’s wife deserves sympathy from all the life situations she faces everyday. She is the only women in the ranch and the author doesn’t even give her a real name. In the book she talks about how she could of had a chance to get a job and a life of herself but instead she got married to Curley. She says this when she...
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...think about . If you committed this felony do you think you deserve a sentence fit for an adult ? , would you accept your fate of mandatory life , without parole ?. The supreme court believes that juveniles who committed murder should not be sentenced as an adult . as a teen Ii believe that you already know right from wrong you know what the consequences of...
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...I support the death penalty for different reasons. One reason is I believe that anybody that kills someone does not deserve another chance at life. I think the death penalty should be used for people who are 100% guilty for murdering someone or someone who repeat the same felony more than once. If someone can kill, torture, or harm someone then they should not have the right to the things they get in prison. The murderer and the felonies would have to stay in prison for the rest of their life and it would cost a lot more to keep them alive. The prison has to provide food, electricity, water, and somewhere to live with air conditioning in the summer and heat in the winter. It is also possible that they could kill someone else in the cell. Also the death...
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...someone who is going to die what do they look like? I used to think of old fragile people, sometimes I thought of cancer and how it can take a life within months. But, he didn't have cancer and he was only 17 years old. I lost one of my closest friends on August 15th 2016 from a gunshot wound to the jaw. This wasn’t fair. When you looked at him, you could tell he was the most joyous, entertaining, intellectual guy this world has ever seen, and he loved everyone. He didn't deserve to die, nobody deserves to die. He didn’t deserve pain, his family, his friends they did not deserve this uncontrolled heart ache. His death was a tragedy with a lesson I never expected to learn. I learned how to respect all life through the unfairness of his death, because you never know how many hearts can be destroyed by one person’s death, you never know who will be stolen from you next....
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... The word grace goes back to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries when it was spelled grass or grease. The history of grace originated from the Latin word gratia which lead to the Spanish word, gracia, the Portuguese word, graca, and the Italian word, grazia. The first definition given in the OED is "pleasing quality, gracefulness." Another definition for grace is "favor." A favor is usually asking someone to do something for you that you don't deserve. When I think of the word grace, I think of something wonderful and powerful. To me, grace is a gift from God. I have always known its definition to be "receiving what is undeserved." An example of grace is forgiveness. No one "deserves" to be forgiven. Forgiveness is something we "undeservingly receive." So, that makes forgiveness a form of grace. I learned these things from my parents and church sermons. Grace is a big part of my life because it allows me to love and forgive others. If I were not living under "God's grace" I wouldn’t be able to forgive others as easily as I do. Because grace is a gift, there is nothing that we as humans can do to earn the grace of God because it is given to us. The word grace has been around for many years. Grace's meaning began as one which applied to attractiveness. It was later used to mean favor and then to mean gratitude. Mercy is "not receiving what is deserved." In my opinion, to have the ability to exercise mercy one must have strength and control over their anger and rage against...
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...42). Beau argues that the principle by itself does not provide a defense for the death penalty; it is fully satisfied by a lesser punishment, such as imprisonment. Therefore he asked the question, “Why do murderers deserve to die when rapists do not deserve to be raped.” Beau goes on to say, “Retributive considerations rightly tell us who deserve to be punished–it is the guilty. But it does not tell us what their punishment ought to be” (p. 41). Therefore the death penalty is not supported by the principle of...
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...time, loyal to the government when it deserves it." This quote by Mark Twain says that a true patriot is loyal to the people of their country all the time but only loyal to their government when they’ve earned that patriot’s loyalty. The cartoon “Livin’ La Vida Sofa” is saying something very different. The point the artist is trying to get across in the cartoon is that a person should be loyal only to himself. The person is only loyal to the people of their country and the government of their country when they that the nation deserve it or whenever the person feels like being supportive to them. I agree with Mark Twain that the people of our nation have my loyalty all the time while the government only has it while they deserve it. The government doesn’t make up the nation. The people make up the nation and this is why I agree with Twain and not the cartoon. If someone is a true patriot of their country they should always be faithful to their people. Even if someone is loyal to their nation all the time it doesn’t mean they have to be loyal to their government. Sometimes the government doesn’t have the same views as some of the people of their country and often the government will do something at least one person in their country won’t agree with. So as Mark Twain said; the people always has a true patriot’s loyalty but the government will only have the loyalty of that patriot when they deserve it. While I agree with Twain’s quote I don’t agree with the artist of the “Livin’...
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...European Union. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences, such as murder, espionage, treason and, in some countries , sexual crimes, such as rape, adultery, child abuse and incest . Decapitation, impalement and burning at the stake were widely used in the past. Till the 20th century most often sentenced to death were shot. In the U.S., the electric chair and the gas chamber were introduced as more humane alternatives. Nowadays the lethal injection is the most used form of execution in most countries. Death penalty is, undeniably, one of the most controversial issues of our day. There is a disagreement between those who hold human life above justice and those who hold justice above all human life. Although Capital punishment is practiced in many countries, I think this won’t solve society’s problems with crime. Most believe that killing a person is not humane, even if the criminal is not humane. It's confusing when the Authorities claim that killing is wrong and then they do the same. That’s how they show us that...
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...Should juveniles who commit first or second- degree murder receive a mandatory sentence of life without parole? That is a question that many people are asking themselves. This is a very debatable question due to the fact that if a juvenile does change, then he/she wouldn't have a chance at a new life because of the life sentence. I believe they should be granted a second chance, but if they take that second chance for granted, then they should be sentenced to life without parole. On the other hand, there has been cases where a teen who was sentenced to life got a second chance, but decided to take it for granted for being immature and emotionally unstable. Many teens make reckless decisions while growing up, some don't know better but others do. Where I stand in this situation is that juveniles should not be sentenced to mandatory life sentences without parole. Not many...
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...We all watch television. Most of us everyday of our life in fact. And if you watch television than you have probably seen the “ in the arms of an angel “ commercial , you know what i’m talking about the one with the puppies that makes you tear up everytime you watch it and makes you feel horrible and like you want to go buy all of the puppies. Yeah that one. That is sympathy. Sympathy is an emotion. It makes you feel sad/bad for someone and a lot of times makes you wish you could help them. In the book of mice and men a story about two main characters that rely on each other and friendship to live life by John Steinbeck there are levels of sympathy that you feel for characters , some deserving more than others. I believe that curlys wife deserves sympathy , crooks deserves more sympathy , and lennie deserves the most sympathy. I...
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...I am just so disappointed with SOME of the reactions I've read regarding baekhyun & taeyeon's relationship. Everyone who thinks that these idols deliberately hurt them should GROW THE FUCK UP. Yes, you have the right to feel heartbroken over what transpired. Yes, you also have the right to share what you feel on every fucking social media platform there is; but you have no freaking right to dictate as to whether their choices are wrong or right. These two people are normal human beings who deserve to date anyone they want. They have the right to use their OWN sns accounts for whatever purpose they want. Feeling sad or disappointed is okay but cursing their relationship and their choices is not. Why are people being so fucking possessive? Spare me the bullshit story that you "invested everything on them" or that "they need to respect you out of everything you've done for them". All I'm hearing is that you think you deserve to curse at them and tell them that what they're doing is wrong because your money puts food on their table. You know what, my mother works for a real estate company that sells millions of property to people every year. She has the obligation to please her customers with regards to the houses she sells them and their money allows us to live in comfort, but if they feel offended by her personal life choices (i.e. Whatever she posts on her facebook account or who she decides to date) then she doesn't have any obligation to apologize or cater to the desires of...
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...not to make ethical choices have to face consequences. When people make unethical choices it does not just affect them, but also all of the people that are involved in there lives. Situation Every day situations occur when we have to put our personal ethics to use. This dilemma is an example of that. This married couple is addicted to drugs and they have an infant daughter who is suffering the consequences of their choice. Then the law steps in and says they are unable to care for their daughter properly and the state takes the daughter away. Years later the couple gets their act together and wants another chance to get to know their daughter, even though she has formed a relationship with her foster family. The law says the parents deserve another chance and the court returns their daughter to them. Is this an ethical decision? Should the daughter be returned to the parents after their past mistakes? Care-Based Theory The care based theory asks you to empathize with the involved parties, and make a decision based on what you would do if you were in that situation. Ethically the court made the correct decision to return the daughter back to their...
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...In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton we feel more sympathy for Darry rather than Ponyboy. Darry had to miss part of his education and he had to work very hard without appreciation from the rest of his family. One reason why we feel more sympathy for Darry is because Darry had to miss his education even though he had a sports scholarship. For instance on page 16 it says “But we just didn’t have enough money to go to college even with the athletic scholarship he won”. A reason why this shows that we are more sympathetic for Darry is in view of the fact he worked tirelessly, put in his best efforts, and time. He still did not accomplish what he wanted. He deserves sympathy for this because in the meantime he had to juggle a family, school,...
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...Social Injustice We live in a society where social injustice and prejudice is inevitable. No matter how perfect we may find ourselves, there will always be someone who will judge us for things that we cannot change about ourselves. In our society, the biggest group that has to face these prejudices is the group of minorities. I do believe that everyone deserves to be treated equally regardless of the color of their skin or their cultural backgrounds but unfortunately, as history has shown us, that is not the case. People of different races are constantly being mistreated because they are different. So it comes down to the group of minorities and what they are going to do about the judgement and the prejudice. Minorities are constantly trying to get rid of these prejudices but they aren’t able to because they always ask for more but they never put in as much effort to deserve it. Although it is very hard to live in a society filled with prejudices, there are still many opportunities available for minorities to break the common stereotypes. In the 1900s, W.E.B. Dubois had critiqued Booker T. Washington’s opinions of rights of black people. Washington had believed that in order to gain respect from white people, Negroes had to give up, “political power, insistence on Civil Rights, higher education of Negro youth,” but this is the reason why minorities can’t get rid of their stereotypes. Negroes were given the opportunity to achieve higher education and vote for whoever they wanted...
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