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Outside Influence Leading to Genocide In Cambodia, glasses marked people for death. Glasses were seen as a sign of outside influence, something the Khmer Rouge wanted to eliminate. While studying the Cambodian genocide, key elements such as outside influence, such as from colonization and from the Vietnam War seem to have lead the perpetrators to commit genocide. Colonization by France left lasting psychological effects and an unstable government. The actions by the U.S. taken during the Vietnam…

In Vietnam, the country was temporarily divided into North and South, called the 17th parallel, where civilians could move freely between two states. Two years later elections were held to make a unified government. The U.S. government did not like this because the elections might not be fair and if the Communist won the Vietnam war, Communism could spread and it could be a bigger threat to U.S. Basically the Vietnam War started because of Communism. In 1950, the Indochina War begins. Also,…

The Vietnam War was between North and South Vietnam, North Vietnam was communist run by leader Ho Chi Minh. South Vietnam was run by anti-communist leader Ngo Dinh Diem. New Zealand was involved in the Vietnam War between 1963 and 1975. There were around 3000 New Zealanders that contributed in the war, as medical aid, combat or volunteers. The key ideas of the Vietnam War for New Zealand are communism, causes, perspectives, effects on military and significance. The Vietnam War started because…

After the end of World War 2, the Allies gave back South Vietnam to the French while the north was left in the hands of the non-socialist Chinese. The Nationalist Chinese treated the North Vietnamese badly and support for Ho Chi Minh developed. In October 1946, the French reported their aim of recovering the north which implied that the Viet Minh would need to battle for it. The war began in November 1946, when the French rampaged the port of Haiphong and executed 6,000 individuals. Another…

Bruce Lee was a huge influence on American society through his martial arts. He was one of the first pioneers of mixed martial artist by his own developed fighting style and inspired many American fighters. By choreographing his own martial arts in his movies, he changed the perspective of Chinese culture and exposed it in America. Bruce lee overcame much diversity between his American culture and his Chinese and fought to expose his philosophy and martial arts. Martial arts were Bruce lee’s…

time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.” (Lee 374). Atticus constantly repeats that Jem and Scout should leave Arthur alone due to the fact that they do not know what he has been through and why he acts the way he does. He tries to explain that prejudice is wrong and it only causes damage. This quote shows that Scout finally realizes that all the rumors about him were false and that once she sees…

myself. How I see myself and others. I used to think that I am a great judger, but I am not. Usually, I judge people by their appearance. I even misjudge to Boonies Reed. Now I know, judging people just by their appearance is not the right thing to do. At the same time, differences cannot make us apart, but it could make us united. I hope everyone could make this diversity into a…

O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegeta l , 546 U.S. 418 (2006). The government argued for the restriction of hoasca under the supposition that the ban of the drug would “…[protect] the health and safety of the Uniao Do Vegetal members, [and prevent] the diversion of hoasca from the church to recreational users…” (court case). According to Mill such an argument is based on restricting behavior prior to action. There is no certainty that the Uniao Do Vegetal, nor any individual in…

In William Faulkner’s short story “Barn Burning”, Faulkner narrates the tale of young Sartoris, a young illiterate boy with a deep sense of familial ties and the ability to distinguish right from wrong at a young age. Sartoris’ (Sarty) family has a deep devotion and loyalty to defending their father, Abner from any crimes he’ll commit, but most famously for barn burning. Sarty is the youngest in his family with his father, brother, his two sisters, mother and aunt all looming over him and…

confessed. I didn’t know what to make of this, I made her explain again to make sure I had heard her right. I wasn’t sure how to react, one of my good friends just admitted to cheating on her husband with their slave and looked like she had plans to do so again. “are you crazy, what if your husband finds out?” I rebuked. “he won’t find out; I’m being careful” she replied full of pride. “oh, here come the boys, make sure you don’t say anything to them” she stated We all had dinner together…