Children in war

In the world today violence occurs on a day to day basis. People tend to cause harm and violence to portray their strength and desire to be powerful; but in reality they are the ones who inwardly yearn for peace. Violence occurs when someone feels like they are in danger or under any other circumstances that requires gaining power. For example how Caucasians use power and violence to make the dark-skinned people look less worthy Therefore, in Hinduism the word ahimsa is certainly not cowardice;…

peaceful area. Yet leaders declare war and wreck the city leaving people vulnerable. The city getting wrecked didn’t do anything to deserve this destruction, but they didn’t want to fight back, because the other city declares that their gods told them to do this. Can those leaders be trusted? They can just be lying and purposely destroying the city. Therefore religious leaders should not start wars even if it’s in the name of their God or gods, resulting in many wars being caused, destruction,…

To start with my opinion on ¨Is violence ever justified?¨ My opinion is that it cannot be justified. There is never a time that violence can be justified, even in self defense, or as retaliation, or to try to make changes. To begin with, people try to justify violence because they think it is the only way to solve their problems. For example, during the lynch mob in To Kill a Mockingbird when Scout, Jem, and Dill ran down to the courthouse where Atticus was guarding the door from where Tom…

War has found itself home in each generation that has walked this earth. Whether the age group yearned for their parents to return safely or they themselves set foot to fight, age groups continue to find connections to militaristic conflict. My uncle, Nathan Gregg, was one of the many who found himself sacrificing his life for the country he called home. Nate has completed four tours and is currently serving his fifth. Since 2004, he has traveled to Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Iraq. He joined…

Who was Robert Sims? Pastor, Christian, patriot, Former Marine, intellectual, outdoorsman, husband, father, and friend But more than anything, to me and my siblings he was dad and to my mother he was a husband. He was funny, crazy goofy, immature, the life of the party, a fierce competitor, fisherman, and a friend. He loved us with a devotion that encompassed his life. He taught us to believe in ourselves. After all he was a former United States Marine. He reminded us he was a jar head…

in Afghanistan has watch duty. A more challenging charge with the recent escalation of suicide bombings. Command is having issues quelling a problem which has claimed the lives of 83 soldiers and the limbs of another 21. Terrorists would convince children, young boys and girls, to strap bombs to their bodies, then explode them amongst a cluster of troops or the nearby military base. The effectiveness such a tactic had in claiming lives as well as on its impact on troop psyche seemed to encourage…

When the Towers Fell, We Took a Stand In a recent Ted talk presentation, executive director of the Albert Einstein Institution, Jamila Raqib, discusses how she knows the secret on how to resolve conflict in a non-violent technique. She goes on to state how there are over one hundred techniques of non-violent actions that can be taken to resolve harsh issues instead of using violence. Although I understand what she is saying and agree to a certain extent, I think living during the time of a…

have seen may wars waged. However, a vast amount of these wars have varying principles on which war had begun.War is defined as the state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country ( Oxford Dictionary); Some debate on whether the root cause of warfare is deeper than just misconceptions, or the overall security of citizens. Experts as well as journalist have come to think of something much more complex. Could Religion be the cause of so many wars? Delving…

subsequent second. I am terrified to think that my time can come any second. War has been much worst than I could have ever imagined.The visibility on the battlefield is close to none. Dirt, gunpowder, blood, and ammunition flying in the air. When my ears are not ringing from all the detonations, I can hear gunshots, I can hear cannons being fired, but most terrifying of all, are the screams of pain coming from every direction. This is war at its finest or at least that's what I thought. A…

One of the major sources of conflict in society is the discrimination of lower status groups by the dominant groups. Differences are clearly observed between the rich and the poor, he physically attractive and the undesirable, and the dominant and the submissive. Inequality is especially prominent amount races and ethnicities (Byrne & Wong, 1962; Katz & Braly, 1935), gender (Gittell, 2011; Hoeber, 2007), and social class (Blader & Chen, 2012; Heaven, Greene, Stones, & Caputi, 2000). Conflicts…