It all started in high school; the seniors began their final semesters and the younger teenagers took their place in the lower level. They were all annoying bastards, as labelled by their elders, constantly being noisy, trashing the lounges, and whatnot. It was only a quarter of the way into the school year when the fateful night that would start what was known as The Forest High School Prank War took place.
It wasn't meant to cause any harm, just a few laughs and a way to piss off the juniors. That's what Phil Lester and his friends decided as they dropped green food coloring into every soap dispenser on the first floor used for the juniors.
And, while it did achieve the original goal, one particular student by the name of Dan Howell was
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Phil's friends, Chris and Pj, encouraged him to get back at their annoying peers they were forced to share a building with. Of course by this time, they had heard all about Dan. The next few days were spent printing thousands of copies of the same selfie from his Twitter account in order to cover every inch of locker with his overly credited face.
Not that Phil found Dan's to be unattractive, quite the opposite, in fact. It was only his personality that was unattractive. "Why does he have to be so ugly!" Phil complained one day. "He's like Iggy Azalea's plastic surgery but, like, in human form," Chris put eloquently.
As soon as anyone walked into school on Monday, they would drown in the sheer amount of inescapable brown haired fuckboy pictures. Dan was called to the office along with the culprit, whom some prick decided to rat out. (Nobody particularly liked Alfie anyway, as he didn't know how to shut his mouth.) They were chastised and informed that no more vandalism be inflicted on the school, or they were to be suspended. Dan tripped Phil on the way out.
So as the days went on, fake cockroaches were put in desks, air horns were blown in halls. It was relatively calm. Too
The battle of Gettysburg was the most important battle in the Civil War and in shaping our county. The Battle of Little Round Top was noted as the most important battle in the Battle of Gettysburg. Located in Gettysburg Pennsylvania is little round top which is the smaller of two hills south of Gettysburg Pennsylvania, between Emmetsburg and Taneytown roads. During the second day of the battel of Gettysburg, little round became a key location in winning the battel.
That afternoon, my mother and I were tending to the rice field along with other women and children from our village. The sun was beaming so brightly that it permeated through the interstices of my straw hat. “Kim Phuc, don’t stay out in the sun for too long,” my mother yelled from across the field, “your skin will get too dark and aged!” I wondered why she cared so much about my tan when the greater concern, clearly, was the war in our homeland. Although, her remark forced me to revise how poorly I was dressed for the weather. After examining my grey, cotton shorts and flowered tank top, I decided to go back to our hut and find a change of clothes. “Mom, I’m going back to the hut,” I yelled, “but I’ll be back!” Then I hurried out of the rice
It was a very quiet morning and everything was very settled on May 5th, 1864 in the state Virginia, until a high powered Battle broke loose on a very open and vulnerable terrain that stretched 70 miles wide and 30 miles long. The battle ended just 2 days later on May 7th. By the end, over 3,700 soldiers lost their lives, of what was left over 4,000 were missing or captured. The 162,000 involved lives were changed for a battle that was found inclusive. What was this pointless battle called? Its known as “The Battle of the Wilderness”. This battle was between the Potomac, IX corps (Yankees) and the Army of Northern Virginia (confederates) .The Yankees were lead by Ulysses S.Grant and George G. Meade and the confederates were controlled by Robert E. Lee.
The revolutionary war of the United States of America was a time of many important battles fought in the name of freedom and independence from Great Britain, the greatest military power of the world at the time. One of these famous battles that took part of the history of the American Revolution is known as the Battle of Bunker Hill. Taking place on the night of June 16, 1775, the Battle of Bunker Hill was a battle that resulted in an American loss of the battle, but also hurt the British Army significantly and boosted the American rebels’ morale during the Revolution. The battle took place in Charleston, Massachusetts, specifically on the Charleston Peninsula, which was home to Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill and had a vital oversight of the Boston Harbor, the most important harbor in the Americas at the time.
We are in the valley. The after effects of the bomb has us all shocked. I hear a high pitch ringing in my ear. The men are all down. We all manage to get back up ,and we start back tracking. We were going towards the city but we started running towards the valley. Away from the burning city filled with sin and regret. The smell of burning buildings, people yelling out for help, and syrians roaring , but all the advertising and technology went silent. While I are running away from the city we felt the heat of the flames all on my back. We got far enough were the attackers wouldn't have spotted us and killed us. All that runs through my thoughts are that why did they tell anyone that we were in war it is more important than the pill advertisement
The just war theory is described by Thomas Massaro in his book Living Justice as the “principle that warfare might be justified under certain conditions” (108). The complexities involved with international relations makes determining a just war very difficult. Even though historically pacifism hasn’t gained much traction within Catholic circles, it currently is gaining popularity with many mainstream Catholics. With so many differing views on military action, one might ask, “What determines a just war? How can we balance the need for peace with self-defense?” An examination of criteria for a just war and critiques written on this topic might shed light on these two questions.
Likewise the point of view is similar of that in "In the Shadow of War". A young child Omovo is in the Second World War, with his father, who does not think Omovo is old enough to understand war. As suggested by him saying “It’s bad for children to listen to the radio about war”. This makes Omovo curious to see why his father is hiding him away from the war. Omovo with his own eyes wants to find out why people are being hurt, and in the process nearly gets himself killed. For instance he sees a young woman tormented by a group of soldiers. He wants to help the woman out and so follows the soldiers to the water's edge where the woman's body is disposed of. The soldier's spot him and chase him back to his home, where he just makes it inside.
One would feel tense in this subdued room, and rightly so. The hesitant light cast eerie shadows on the muted grey walls. A cold shudder trickled down the presenter Richard Page’s spine as he found himself deeply aware of the clinical bromide that wafted from the back of the camera to his nose. It mingled uncomfortably with the musky aftershave that his wife bought him last Christmas. Oh yes, of course, the jolly Christmas. His eyes dilated as he adjusted to the room that was suddenly lit up by clunky arc lights. Was it an interrogation room or a television studio? Perhaps it was both.
An estimated 80,000,000 died in WWII. Some consider WWII to be a continuation of WWI, with a 30-year break in between. Some Germans deny that WWII ever happened. Whatever people may believe, WWII was devastating, and could have been avoided, had Human Nature not gotten in the way. People have an inherent desire to crush their enemies. War is a function of the Human Race. War is necessary, but the main flaw in our war strategy is the inability to learn from the past. Why not have a war between a few political figures, rather than round up hundreds of thousands of young men to kill each other? Though WWII was caused by many things, the most important were the peace treaties after WWI, Hitler’s ambitions, and the worldwide depression.
It was at 35 minutes into the tour when they crossed paths with the objective, a 16 year old that was known around the cul de sac as Faze Seabass. Seabass was the original prankster the spawned all the cancerous youtube pranksters with aspirations to be him one day. He pulled off some of the first and most original prank in American History. He wrote “Koran” on the whiteboard in detention, lit multiple plastic rubbish bins on fire, deleted system 32 on all the school computers, blew up the gym, and through the bleachers in the deep end of the pool just to name a few. He was very talented in an untraditional manner. Before he learned to drive, he learned to fly a helicopter. Being in the pen didn’t stop him though. On his first day there, he smuggled 10 pounds of laxatives to sneak into the food so that there would be a blowout. A little secret he knew was that the guards don’t check the back pant pockets. He capitalized on this opportunity by also smuggling in a broken bottle, three paper clips, a duck, and a Nigerian orphan. This orphan, if raised properly, would turn into a prince that could gain him lots of wealth behind
“Click, click, click.” The buckles smack the boots of each British soldier owning them as they stomp by in clusters. I grip Beth’s small hand tighter and the dirt kicks up under my small felt heels as I swiftly move across the square. My arm soon gets heavy, however, so I let go of Beth and hold the box of raspberry tea in both hands. I glance over to make sure Beth is out of harm’s way and see more red coats atop horses. My mouth turns downward and I snarl at the men marching through town. I turn away just as Beth pipes up,
He just managed to burst out from the Pentagon with the federal police hot on his heels. It was September 13th, 2035; a sultry hot autumn, when the most of the Pentagon's military force was at war with invading countries. He sought this as a chance for obtaining some classified entities, which he can sell for millions. The entrance was cleared by his counterpart, Robert, a drunk, tagging along him for “fun”. He only had time to sweep a hard-drive off an office desk before making a beeline into the oppressive heat. He then quickly met with a taxi driver, his loyal friend, Robert, who is constantly drunk, at the set meeting place. He gave him the hard disk and told him to hide it in their planned location. The light of sirens were already beginning
...the jocks, and in particular Troy. They told them that I should not be made fun of because I didn’t have many friends or that I attempted suicide because of them. The more that they said to them the more people joined in with them, even some of the jocks after they realized what they had done. This went on till the 4 jocks remaining walked away with, defeated. The huge group of people that had gathered had dispersed slowly, back into their places. The few people left standing near me and Sammy offered us to have lunch with them. I didn’t know what to say, standing there in shock.
A war crime is an unjust act of violence in which a military personnel violates the laws and acceptable behaviors of a war. Despite all the violence in a war, a soldier shooting another is not considered a war crime because it is not a violation to the laws and practices of a war, and it is considered just. A war crime is defined as a “violations [violation] of the laws and customs of war” (“War Crimes”), and are attacks “against civilian populations, prisoners of war, or in some cases enemy soldiers in the field” (Friedman). War crimes are typically committed with weapons or by uncommon, cruel, devastating military methods and are “…Committed primarily by military personnel” (Friedman). There are many different types of war crimes one can commit, including “murder, ill treatment…murder or ill treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages or devastation not justified by military necessity” (Friedman). Originally constructed as international law by the London Charter on August 8th, 1945 and further developed by the Hague Conventions of 1899, 1907 and the Nuremberg trials, war crimes are aggressive, unacceptable and unjust actions performed by military workforce that occur during a war.
War has been around for centuries. From the time modern civilizations began, war has played an integral part in human history. It shaped the world into the modern world we live in. War has been said to be a great motivator, for example, the Great Wall of China was built to fend off the attackers from the north. However, the negative aspects of war far outweighs any positive effects it might have. The destruction of civilizations, cities and countries, mass killings of men, woman and children alike, the disastrous effect it has on economy and the after effects of war can last for centuries.