“Do you think all of this is worth it?” Kabel asks. We take a moment to let his words sink in, then naturally begin laughing. “Why are you laughing?” he asks, “I’m serious.” Our laughter stops abruptly. “Oh… you’re… serious,” Orion says from the bed above me. His feet come down and rest on the bunk’s ladder. I sit up. So does Farine. “What’s the matter with you Kabe?” he asks confused. “Yeah seriously,” Orion mutters. “I-I don’t know,” he replies timidly. “Do we even know what we’re fighting for anymore?” Farine scoffs. “Why of course, we’re fighting for the Republic,” he recites triumphantly. “To preserve the planet’s peace and prosperity we must be ready to fight those who threaten to oppose us. We are the order that provides for …show more content…
So all of a sudden we're the good guys? We were doing that before the insurgency even started. Farine, you don’t remember the bombing of District 4? Or the Purge of the Tax Evaders? Or the mass-execution of those found practicing religion? But, forget all of those mass murders before our time; we were part of the Elder Cleansing, killing anyone over 69 to maintain our population, because apparently, our healthcare is too good and the malnutrition rate is too low, so much so that the old people are living too long. We killed people because they were living too long! Get a load of this guy acting like his execution count isn’t over 100,” Orion chuckles in somber irony.
“Those dogs we put down are traitors, criminals, deserters, and terrorists! The Cleansing of the Elderly was to kill any remaining sympathizers of the Old Republic who were plotting against us! Every scum that we put down deserves it” Farine exclaims.
“Under what evidence?” Orion cries. “I'm 163 innocent strong. Including my damn parents! You watched them put that torch to my hair. It was them or all three of us!”
“People like your parents were the very reason we’re fighting this war,” Farine
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He stops and turns to face me. “I get it!” I plead. “The corruption. The murder. The hate. I get it. I grew up in the slums, eating bread and brown river water my entire life, until I was drafted. My entire family disappeared. Everyone I care about is probably dead. Yet, this country still takes care of us as the elite. They don’t know the hate we have for them—only the citizens. I’m not suggesting that we go along with it, but we should do what they say until we have our chance to strike. Now, isn’t the time, Orion. We all know the rebellion is getting bigger and more influential, and the Fourth Faction has room for everyone. We’ll destroy this nation and build a new one. Wipe out all of the corruption and evil and have a place where everyone can be happy. Don’t do this Orion. At least not now,” I
meets with their leaders. The leaders tell him that they are sick of fighting and just want
“I want to throw things at them. I want to scream: Why weren’t you here last night? Why didn’t you save my family?”(221)
" Well apparently the kingdoms are fighting, Lord Crailimor 's soldiers killed a family cause they couldn 't pay their taxes and Lord Crailimor 's praised them for it " she says as she looks at me. I can feel my face go red, I can hear my heart beating. My blood is boiling now.. If war is what he wants we will give it to him, we start by seeing Lord Williamson in the morning.
In All Quiet on the Western Front, it becomes very apparent that some of the soldiers do not feel as if World War I was their fight, when comrades begin discussing the origin of war. One comrade, Albert states that a war is initiated by “one country badly offending the other” (204). This lead to a discussion over why the soldiers are fighting when truly it is one person or a small group of people that are directly offended by an opposing group in a similar position of power. Therefore, why must they discover the true horrors of war while simultaneously putting their lives on the line, when the ones who began the predicament, propelled false advertisement with propagandas that romanticized and glorified war don’t have to live as if the next second may be their
The first essay that will be discussed is called “Calling All Rebels”. This essay, goes into accurate depths of how the American political system is corrupt and now wrought with all the things they claim to fight against. However, the point in which I disagree with him is the idea that working with the government and other corrupt forces to change the system is a
towards her Commander from an old friend. "He's my Commander", I say. She nods. "Some of them
“You can't help her, now go!” he says, from the hate that is running through his veins, his facial features are become significantly distorted. Focused on the oncoming Germans, he shouts
Together” he states, “the line between just resistance and angry retaliation is hard or easy, we
In the words of American author Robert Heinlein, “An armed society is a polite society and manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” This represents how dangerous endeavors may change the course of our way of life through diverse ideals. For example, laws, directions or political standards can have varying effects on social structures, especially when we grow intolerant to change and accustom to habitual routines or systematically oppress those without a voice. Accordingly societal components, such as, reputation, values or citizenry is influenced when overseeing powers involved with keeping one protected and free from a situation of constrained alliance ends up being an unknown social crossroads.
The subject matter of the “Republic” is the nature of justice and its relation to human existence. Book I of the “republic” contains a critical examination of the nature and virtue of justice. Socrates engages in a dialectic with Thrasymachus, Polemarchus, and Cephalus, a method which leads to the asking and answering of questions which directs to a logical refutation and thus leading to a convincing argument of the true nature of justice. And that is the main function of Book I, to clear the ground of mistaken or inadequate accounts of justice in order to make room for the new theory. Socrates attempts to show that certain beliefs and attitudes of justice and its nature are inadequate or inconsistent, and present a way in which those views about justice are to be overcome.
“Tell everyone the party is cancelled. We can meet up when I win the debate to discuss these things further. Until then make sure you invite them to the debates.” Douglas then turns and leaves. I then begin to walk home to organize some notes for the debates ahead.
Socrates was a renowned philosopher in the ancient Grecian times. His peak was around the Peloponnesian War, when the Spartans defeated the Athenians and ended the Golden Age. The reason Socrates is one of histories most famous philosophers is largely due to Plato's writings. Two of Plato's famous works include The Apology and The Republic, both written about Socrates' views about the so called "wise philosophers" of his time. The two works hold unique views about government, as well as opening the eyes of the Grecian people to the world as they knew it.
“Well, Beth, they are scared that the third of us will start an uprising. And if they are here when we do, they seem to think they will be able to stop it,” I
“It’s not going to work comrade.” Cherno deep Russian voice said and I turn around, to meet him and Crimson glare.
As we grow older and older parts of us as humans start to deteriorate. For example we may start forgetting simple things like the names of family member. Our hair turns gray we have a harder time hearing, a difficult time seeing, getting around and even doing the things which used to be easy in our daily lives. We’re stripped of basically everything we used to be before and suddenly society doesn’t see us the same anymore. Even our families don’t and when they finally decide that maybe it’s a better idea to just put elders in a old folks home because that specific elder can’t take care of themselves properly anymore. Honestly this seems like an excuse to me because that family could just as easily take that family member into their own hands and take care of them themselves. In the past there was no such thing as old folks homes and elders were indeed taken care of by their younger family member, but we as nation even world wide have strayed from that way of life. It’s easier to just let someone else take care of them that way we no longer have to worry. It is definitely most likely not a very easy transition for that elder they went from being able to control every aspect of their life to having absolutely no control which is wrong. They are in fact human beings just like the rest of us and should be able to experience personal rights such as freedom to choose their way of life. Elders across the United States are forces into old folks homes by their family it is wrong for them to be sent there it strips personal choice and de-humanizes them there should be an alternative.