“Its SilverBlade.”
“SilverBlade?” asked Lieutenant Mesa.
“SilverBlade was one of the TDF Veterans who joined to help us when UF was first formed. Once we got going though he effectively disappeared, I wasn’t even aware that he had UF Intelligence Clearance.”
“I was not aware that he was either, Commander; however, the code does match the one he used back when he was with us.”
“Sounds to me like he and some of the UF Forces of Luna may have joined forces. That could explain the frequency he is on could it not.”
“Yes, Lieutenant, that would be my guess as well.”
“Will you send a squad to investigate?”
Feret looked at Mosfet. It was clear that he still did not wish to risk the operation, by sending a squad to investigate. However, he had to agree with what was said as well, their mission has always been to protect humanity.
“I still think that it is risky. First, if we send a squad we cannot hang around in Luna Orbit waiting for a response. The timetable for the Earth Strike operation depends on it. Whatever squad I did send might be sent on a suicide mission. We have little intelligence on what the Cybrids actually have on Luna. Logistically supporting such a mission is a nightmare.”
“Well, Commander, some would have said dropping night division onto Luna on its retreat from terra when the Cybrids first showed up was a suicide mission, yet we were able to pull it off and dealt the Cybrids their first blow in their bid for the sol.”
“Yes, Colonel, those same people would have said that by so doing we drew the Cybrids to mars far sooner then they would have normally arrived. Whether that is true or not we may never know. Suppose this is true and the Cybrids capture one of them and extract the information about the Earth Strike operation, the last thing we or the Terran front needs is another Battle of Boulder.”
Mosfet shook his head in agreement and then replied. “True though this may be, Commander, the original UF did what it did because it felt it was the only way humanity can survive. As vital as the Earth Strike operation may be, it has little hope of helping defeat the Cybrids on terra. It is true that destroying the Hydra factories will
The mercenary laughed. “I told you before Reinhardt. Such outdated virtues have no place in this world anymore. The only thing that matters is to get the job done, no matter the cost.”
"I'm heading out to make an arrest." He replied, his tone carried a slight hint of Incertitude as to the motive of this inquiry.
The emotional appeal can be felt on every sentence of the essay. Form this we can see the suffering faced by the writer. Even the first sentence of the article grabs the reader’s attention. It says,” The blood was like Jell-O. That is what blood gets like, after you die, before they tidy up” (Roberts). The words, blood, suicide, death are themselves filled with emotion which grabs reader’s attention to read the essay. Life is precious. We don’t have a second chance to live. We just live our life once and nobody sacrifices one’s life uselessly. Roberts effectively makes appeals to pathos throughout her essay. Her essay is full of emotionally charged words and phrases like death, suicide, motorcycle accident, abandonment and so on which create a sympathetic image. “Second-guessing is the devil’s game, for there are no answers and infinite questions. But it is an inevitable, inescapable refrain, like a bad song you can’t get out of your mind” (Roberts). This statement clearly supports her appeal to pathos because by the death of a loved one, we have all kinds of difficult emotions and it may feel like the pain and sadness will never go away. Her goal is to make reader feel sympathy for her by writing her personal experience of
Nowadays, this concept of using nonviolence is hard to achieve. This is because people think that peaceful protest aren’t effective compared to taking action with their hands. One example is the Blacks Lives Matter Movement. Although there are peaceful protest, there are times when people turn violent against police. This can be counterintuitive since watching these harsh actions by protestors, people start forming negative views about the organization. This leads to people not supporting the cause anymore. Without the support of the public, an organization can’t
As Dr. King stated in Letter from A Birmingham Jail, “Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. I must confess that I am not afraid of the word, tension. I have earnestly worked and preached against violent tension, but there is a type of constructive tension that is necessary for growth. The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.” Such as in the case of the 1969 student site-in against the Vietnam W...
Throughout the story “Walk Two Moons” written by Sharon Creech, Mrs.Winterbottom is faced with internal and external conflicts that lead her to change.
Since the goal is a non-violent society, (even if other goals are included such as economic justice, national self-determination, etc.), only nonviolent actions can be used in struggles to change society. Thus one may argue (politely), publish, vote, and assemble in protest. At the extreme edge of Nonviolence ideology lies the Holy Grail: non-violent civil disobedience.
It has been debated though out history whether or not nonviolence “works”. Many societies, and this without question includes the United States, have mostly relied on violent tactics. Many people believe that violence is the only way to stop wars, even though it creates war, and people tend to believe that violence is the one solution to many global and political problems. However, recent literature and research is starting to prove otherwise. Erica Chenoweth, a political scientist, recently published a book, Why Civil Resistance Works in 2011. The research highlights data that shows throughout history, nonviolent tactics are more effective than violent ones in various ways.
“if you’re going to battle me don’t bother…it’s not worth it. Everything I did in the old world, or now this world is gone. the worlds are a mess, multiverses all around, begin destroyed and made…and you’re the one that can go to all of them. Same little fox who turned into titan tails to defeat me.”
“Correct. Grey has them on each of his vehicles and Mrs. Grey wants the ability to track where he is.”
Step onto any college campus and take a look around. You will find clumps of students standing around in circles, phones in hand, typing away. What is it they are doing? Texting. Ever since the first text message was sent in 1993, the use of text messaging as a means of communication has spread like wild fire, especially amongst the adolescent generation. And with this new form of communication a new language has appeared; text-speak, the shortening of common words into abbreviations and acronyms (Drouin 49). While texting and the text-speak language seem to have been welcomed by many, what affect is this new technology having on the way we communicate? Is it possible that texting is negatively affecting our ability to use formal written communication, or is this idea just a myth perpetuated by negative media attention? And what changes has texting brought to the way we communicate person-to person? Are these changes positive, negative, or perhaps a mixture of both?
Nonviolent resistance has been changing the world for at least a century since Gandhi began challenging British racism. Nonviolent resistance movements are increasingly exchanging ideas in transnational networks. Egyptian activists traveled to Serbia to consult with veterans of the "Otpor" movement that overthrew Slobodan Milosevic in 2000. The Serbs shared their own hard-won experience, as well as fundamental lessons of popular nonviolent resistance. What are these lessons? First, successful nonviolent resistance is based on overcoming fear and obedience. Despotic regimes, rather than ruling through absolute violence, typically rely on a noxious mixture of propaganda, patronage, apathy, political legitimacy, and a calibrated use of public and covert violence to generate a blanket of fear. However, it turns out that fear and apathy can be brittle. Dissidents can hammer the first cracks in the edifice by creating low-risk ways for citizens to signal solidarity with one another and see through a regime's subterfuge. In 1983, for example,
Sustainability in the United States and in international business is more than simply adopting sustainable practices, but actually has the potential to help companies gain competitive advantage. Other companies prefer to describe this kind of thing as “corporate responsibility” (dropping the “social” as too narrow), or “corporate citizenship”, or “building a sustainable business”. All this is convoluted code for something simple: companies meaning (or seeming) to be good all in the name for higher profit margins. The social sustainability that companies practice spans everything from volunteering in the local community to looking after employees properly, from helping the poor to saving the planet. With such a fuzzy, wide-ranging subject, many companies find it hard to know what to focus on. So what does a company honestly practicing an environmentally sustainable business model look like, and is it
Text messaging is damaging our literacy and communication skills as a society. Calling someone on the phone or writing them a letter is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. There is a new language that is being learned and not taught across the globe. It is the language of Textese, and it has quickly consumed the lives of millions across the world. There will always be the protector of language arts. These are the shrinking number of people everyone knows, that will continue to handwrite letters and sign them with proper English and etiquette. It may be as simple as picking up the phone and calling a friend or relative. It may be even simpler than that, in that people put forth an effort to talk to the person sitting next to or across from you and engage them in a conversation. Texting and textisms have become so common and widespread that using proper English, correct spelling, and full sentences is also becoming a thing of the past. People that constantly use text and instant messaging may have difficulty with literacy and expressing themselves in writing form. The research shows that text messaging has deteriorated how we communicate and express ourselves because textisms have become an easier and quicker form of communication that has affected literacy in children and adults.
Modern society is dominated by multinational corporations. In the past 30 years there has been unprecedented development of transnational corporations (TNC), which is “any corporation that is registered and operates in more than one country at a time” (Transnational). Now, there are more than 63,000 TNCs, while there only 7,000 in 1970. That is more than a 900% growth in TNCs in only a few decades. Even more startling, 70% of all trade, includes at least one of these TNCs (Basic). So, if these multinational corporations have such strong influence, it is their responsibility to activate change in terms of sustainability. Sustainability is the number one problem our society faces today. Sustainability refers to social, environmental, and economic