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Two psychological symptoms victims and first responders sustain from suicide terrorist attacks include Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and shock (Gelkopf, Solomon & Avraham Bleich, 2013). Suicide attacks are an effective means of terrorism because the attacker can get very close to the target without been noticed. If they are individuals loaded with explosives they can locate themselves in the middle of crowds and generate great damage. In the case of cars that are used for suicide attacks…

abused, killed and no one is doing anything to stop this. In his first article, “Punished For Being Female”, he talks about how on a news report of the United Nations some women are being burned, killed, sex trafficked, and raped. The report is a compilation of many studies from around the world. Herbert, says that the news media of the United Nations told its shocking contents with a collective yawn. He claims that the war analogy is not an overstatement. All around the world men are beating,…

Rwanda; a place that is often not spoken about or heard of. Rwanda is a place located in Eastern Africa. It is a place full of hatred, torture, and cruel punishments. The things that happen in Rwanda are rarely ever talked about to the world and most of the time no action is taken to help the struggling people in this horrible country. The things that happen in Rwanda should be talked about more so more people are informed about what is happening and more action can be taken to help the people…

Caritas is a global organisation that helps those struggling from poverty regardless of faith, race or political status. Now one of the largest humanitarian agencies and are renowned for “Helping the poorest of the poor”. Caritas is one of the biggest charities that live out some of the gospel works such as compassion, hospitality and mercy today. Caritas Australia shows the value compassion through several of their appeals, such as “Project Compassion”. The appeal is held throughout the six…

Are Weapons of Mass Destruction Morally Justifiable? Weapons of Mass destruction have been the subject of debate for decades. Many people believe that WMDs are a good idea, and vital to a nations defence. However, there are many others who believe that they are a waste of money, incredibly dangerous and that they should all be destroyed. In order to form a full opinion on the matter, I will look at arguments from both sides of the debate, including views from religious groups. A…

The article “Andreas Gursky and the Contemporary Sublime” by Alix Ohlin, does a nice job illustration the work and purpose of Andreas Gursky’s artwork. His ability to display the human experience in our modern age globalized world is something that should be admired. One of Andreas Gursky’s creativity is his ability to display his artwork in a micro-macro perspective to give the viewer a different feel for the image. “This tension between micro and macro, one of the operating principles of his…

key challenges that Globalization brings about and is there any method to control the side effects of this process. Perhaps, one of the biggest drawbacks of Globalization, is that it leads to the unequal development of various nations; wherein the richer and developed nations benefit the most as they are instrumental in forming all the policies and the international bodies, while those countries that are underdeveloped/developing are struggling to benefit from these efforts which were designed…

The European nations are more than happy to aid the refugees, but they are trying to government the amount of aid so they do not damage their economic infrastructure. A proposed solution to the issue comes in two separate capacities. First and fore most we must lend more aid to the fleeing refugees. To cover the area of aid, it is important to discuss the (UNHCR) and their role when it comes to supporting refugees. Every year, the UNHCR takes on the care of thousands of human lives that are…

associates, Today we, the people of Great Britain are faced with a crisis. As I stand here before you today, hundreds of Congo Natives are being assaulted, raped, maimed and persecuted all for the benefit of one person, King Leopold II of Belgium. As a nation and a body of empathetic people, it is our duty to intervene. To many innocent people are being denied basic human rights and are being slaughtered like animals. Children and grown men are getting their hands amputated by force. Women…

David Rieff criticizes humanitarianism as an imperial hegemony that was imposed on the developing world by colonial rulers from Western countries. The writing is more of a detailed analysis of imperialism as a new form of liberation to humanitarian crises with key players not being the armed military men and women but unsuspecting volunteers who use medicine and syringes as has been seen in Syria, Libya and other countries like Iraq whose disasters bear similar characteristics to a horrific…