Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience to get involved and to help stop the genocide in Darfur Introduction I stand before you a white male, who has not experienced much of this world; I am but fifteen years old. I have little knowledge of our societies and how we work yet it is obvious how the political powers think and how they operate the world. We should not be thinking with only greed in our minds, we should not be thinking only of benefits to ourselves, we should think of our fellow brothers and sisters. We are all the same, yet we think of others as different to us. We are no different. Some are better off then others, some are rich, some are poor, some are sick, and some are healthy, yet we are all same apart from these petty distinctions. We have all suffered at one point in time, life is full of these moments, we console those who are feeling down, suffering, we want to make them feel better… but what of the extreme cases, when our brothers and sisters are subjected to enormous amounts of violence based on ethnicity, otherwise known as petty differences. “No war, peace, no war, peace, no war, peace”. It doesn’t matter how many times we say something, if we don’t devote ourselves to our beliefs and our heartfelt lyrics about life then it all means nothing. These two words “Never again” mean nothing. We said these words with intent to uphold them, to never let genocide happen again. But soon after these words were said the cycle of genocide started up again. Approximately thirty-seven cases of genocide have occurred in the past sixty-four years. This is obviously a statistic that shames the world, and if you have even the slightest piece of compassion inside your bones you should a... ... middle of paper ... ...ere in conflict would you run and hide? If your family was screaming for your help would you turn a blind eye? We are all family, all human’s should stick together, help each other, pull each other up from the quicksand of suffering. Please hear my message. Hear our brothers and sisters near silent whispers for help and don’t turn away. Listen, plan and act. Don’t’ just silence the cries from your mind and replace them with something more joyful. They will still be there trying to gain attention, it will not make them disappear. Conclusion Don’t look back at this time and once again feel shamed for not acting, feel proud that we stopped the annihilation of our brothers and sisters. Don’t allow another Rwanda. Its up to you. Act now and save lives. Our brothers and sisters are calling Act now and save them while there is still time. : Thank you
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Australian people should be opening arms to the Face of Mercy and to the Refugees that are
Multitudes of people believe that with enough nourishment someone can change they way they act and see the world when in reality this is taught merely fictitious. Document I states that the UN believes the hope of abolishing genocide lies in the hands of the younglings, I considered this belief as flawed because youngsters look up to their older counterparts. Not only would the change of morals be unattainable, but it is also a major prodigality of time. We as a species are stubborn, and we will not modify the way we think no matter what, Moreover, creating yet another barrier for the cessation of
Recent history is replete with egregious, widespread and often systematic wrongdoings: genocide, torture, and mass killing. Cambodia, South Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq, Rwanda, and Guatemala are examples where these grave political injustices have occurred. Histories of violence and humanitarian atrocities leave marks of damage, despair, and pain that can only justice can begin to heal. Hence the central question of Daniel Philpott’s book Just and Unjust Peace: An Ethic of Political Reconciliation: “What does justice consist of in the wake of its massive despoliation?” The answer, Philpott argues, is political reconciliation. However, in investigating two of Philpott’s six practices of reconciliation—apology
Action is the only remedy to indifference, the most insidious danger of all.” Elie Wiesel asserts that the world community is responsible to interfere when acts such as mass murder or genocide occur. He says that “silence encourages the tormentor” and “indifference is the most insidious danger of all”. One must speak out against oppression so there can be a difference. When one remains silent and doesn’t act, they are encouraging the person responsible for the genocide, not the victim.
...the hills of Rwanda will never be forgotten, and neither will the unspeakable horrors that took their lives. Every single person in this world must realize that we are all humans, we are all the same, and we all must work to promote peace. Above all, we must never let such violence, massacre, and bloodshed recur.
Furthermore, the recent genocide still to this day continues to attack innocent civilians and several have been affected by violence and have been some displacement. In the speech “The perils of Indifference” Elie wiesel talks about the tragedies a genocide has and the importance to “Indifference”, and such things as cruelty, the darkness, the punishment & the evil of it all . Ultimately, The genocide in Darfur holds a strong connection to Elies speech while people remain to have no voice and continue to live opon
Africa has been an interesting location of conflicts. From the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea to the revolutionary conflict in Libya and Egypt, one of the greatest conflicts is the Rwandan Genocide. The Rwandan Genocide included two tribes in Rwanda: Tutsis and Hutus. Upon revenge, the Hutus massacred many Tutsis and other Hutus that supported the Tutsis. This gruesome war lasted for a 100 days. Up to this date, there have been many devastating effects on Rwanda and the global community. In addition, many people have not had many acknowledgements for the genocide but from this genocide many lessons have been learned around the world.
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that action is needed to deal with the problem
greet you in Yumbe and Kaabong, in Hoima and Busia, in Bushenyi and Kamuli and in every household that sits on this favoured land. I greet you in neighbouring Kenya and Rwanda, and in far away Beijing, London and Boston. Wherever you are, we need to look to the future. This is the task that what we, The Democratic Alliance (Uganda), have undertaken in the last few months whilst putting together this manifesto. But this is not something only our leaders must consider, it is also our task as Ugandans. It is the duty that each of us as citizens owe to our children and grandchildren, to the children of our neighbours, to our respective communities and to the generations to come
In the years after the genocide, we as people had questioned our past decisions and our countries decision to stay out of the genocide until it was too late. I too have question my countries decision. Why didn’t the US interfere with the genocide and be the hero my favorite historical anime, Hetalia, made it out to be? I believe not helping the innocent people being murdered in Rwanda was wrong of all the countries of the world but now it is too late to change the past and we can only look to the future. We can look to the future and hope and pray that another genocide never occurs but it’s useless. As long as there are people, there will be hate and as long as there is hate there will be murder.
“Never again. Leaders throughout the world had declared that after the Holocaust. The President of The Genocide Watch explains, “The history of the twentieth century instead proved that “never again” became “again and again.” The promise the United Nations made was broken…genocides and other forms of mass murder killed 170 million people, more than all the international wars of the twentieth century combined”(Stanton). Throughout history, people have killed others. Normally, it is because of hatred. Unfortunately, most of the time, people can have a deeply rooted hatred of an entire group of people. That hatred soon leads to genocide. Genocide cannot be prevented in the future because of the inevitability of evil, some people are ignorant and refuse to give into the reality that all people should be equal and not discriminated against, and society would not be able to persuade everyone in the world to agree and prevent future genocides.
As an African American, to me, the world is not black or white, with shades of gray. The world to me consists of colored or white and anything colored is unacceptable or associated with something unacceptable. I was never born with a silver spoon in my mouth, but instead, my ancestors were the ones who polished the spoons. As a matter fact, if accused of stealing silver, they would be punished immediately without question, without a proper investigation, and without a fair trial. Now in the present day in America, colored people are now given proper investigations and even if the evidence is leaning their way, colored people are still being punished for crimes that they are probably innocent of. Now in the present day in America, a white person who murders a colored person may roam the
Human beings are willing to kill each other for the simplest amounts, imagine what they would do for all the money in the world. With this can occur an economic discrimination, which is based on economic factor. These factors can include job availability, wages, the prices and/or availability of goods and services, and the amount of capital investment. The average American doesn’t realize how good they have it in life, being able to sleep in bed, eat warmed cooked meals, and even spend money on needless things. There are homeless people all over the world being discriminated on, this very second, because of their economic status. But us, as humans don’t understand the suffering they encounter until it happens to us. We would rather sit there and donate to a homeless person wanting drugs and alcohol, rather than a begging for help to feed their family. Until we find the love and care to help the people in need our world peace is slowly drifting away from
Print. The. Hymowitz, Sarah, and Amelia Parker. " Lessons - The Genocide Teaching Project - Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law." American University, Washington College of Law. American UniversityWashington College of Law Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 2011.