October 13 th is Speech Practice.
Tasks to do:
1) The topic 'Freedom of the Press' (see the next entry). Deadline: Monday, October 8th.
2) Rendering: week 5 (in your blogs). Deadline: Monday, October 8th.
3) Rendering: week 6 ( a commentary to the entry and a rendering in your blog). Deadline: Friday, October 12th.
4) Laboratory work 1.
Part 1 Tasks I and II, Part 3 Task VII
Watch the video and leave a commentary (in this blog).
5) Vocabulary "War and Terror"
6) Vocabulary Work (exercises). They will be sent via e-mail.
The class on Saturday is the one which finishes Mass Media and start War and Terror.
Tasks to do:
1) The topic 'Freedom of the Press' (see the next entry). Deadline: Monday, October 8th.
2) Rendering: week 5 (in your blogs). Deadline: Monday, October 8th.
3) Rendering: week 6 ( a commentary to the entry and a rendering in your blog). Deadline: Friday, October 12th.
4) Laboratory work 1.
Part 1 Tasks I and II, Part 3 Task VII
Watch the video and leave a commentary (in this blog).
5) Vocabulary "War and Terror"
6) Vocabulary Work (exercises). They will be sent via e-mail.
The class on Saturday is the one which finishes Mass Media and start War and Terror.
When I was watching the video I had gooseflesh. Firstly because of the 9\11 and the recognition of the horror of that tragedy, and then because of the story of methods of the intelligent war against Al Qaeda. I have the double opinion of this situation - on the one hand all these methods are too cruel and contradict all human rights and while I was watching the video I was asking to myself - who are all those people to interrogate and have such iron nerves???!!! Where is the confidence that they question the right person??? On the other hand these means may be justified, as the USA don't want the repetition of the 9\11, thus making everything to reduce the terrorists' activity.
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I consider, this video make us to think of many problems. Firstly, terrorists are ruthless, inhumane people who deserve to be punished. But are the methods used by CIA agents really rightful? I don't think so. We live in the 21st century and not in MIddle Ages in the times of Spanish Inquisition. All these things are disgusting and awful. Doing them CIA put itself on the same level with terrorists and excites more hatred towards the USA than before. A really democratic country cannot allow such unorthodox methods as interrogation and tortures. It's beyond the law. I think, there are plenty of more humane ways of finding out information about terrorists than those ones, e.g. lie detectors.
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On top of that, who's to say what happens next? They are secretive and self-protective. It will take a while (even much more so than now) to figure them out in full.Yet many of al Qaeda's leaders have been captured or killed.However,it's hard to predict the course of events.War - it's a terrible time. We can survive hunger, cold, deprivation we can be sure about it on the experience of previous wars. It is possible to rebuild what was destroyed. But the only thing that is almost impossible to overlive, - is the loss of closest people, whom we love and take care. It took loved ones and left anything except sorrow, despair and emptiness in the heart.To my mind wars are not the best and the only way to worry out a problem, we should avoid any kind of war.
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Terrorism is awful and everything which is connected with it is terrible as well. The US government always try to remain about the terract 9/11 and justify all their actions towards the Muslim countries by it. But the tortures could not be the methods of the most democratic country. Firstly, because the innocent people can suffer and in the film "Rendition" we can see the bright example of it. Secondly, have somebody ever thought about the ground of the terrorism? Why the Muslim people started to make those awful terracts? We are used to see only the one side of it. But what if the US were the first who did harm to the Muslim countries and the polititions just keep silence? I'm not an expert in this theme but I think what there is no smoke without fire.
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The terrorist attacks on Nine-Eleven were the most deadly in American History, in which almost three thousand people died.The results of the attacks was the turning of politics of the country to declare the War on Terror. But the question is how do you fight a war against an ideology? With force? It's not a war you can solve through military operations only. The both sides need to make concessions. A peace deal between the West and radical Islamists has long become some kind of necessity. It would help to end the violence and reduce the number of people's deaths.
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America was subjected to numerous acts of terror, but 9/11 eclipsed all of them. On the one hand, CIA actions are justified, as how the government is powerless to stop this spiral of violence, as they knew about two terrorists, but did nothing. Besides, authorities must take vengeance on their enemy for their nation, the victims, innocent people. But at the same time the USA is the most powerfull country, and how such a state can allow itself actions of such character! Yes, terrorists are to be punished, but like others they are people, not animals, and what CIA do is something outrageous. If they use torture to get some information, then "I fear you speak upon the rack Where men enforced do speak anything." That means a man will say everything you want, but maybe it isn't true, maybe this man isn't guilty. And in addition, if the USA have killed everyone who was linked to the terrorism and killed Usama Bin Laden (Al-Qaeda's death), it doesn't mean that there are no its offshoots.
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This video doesn’t shock me. It is a known fact, what abuses in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base occur. The USA Government and its State Department Services, such as CIA and FBI, which are to protect citizens from possible attacks and threats, are in search of potential suspects. They aim in doing this, but, very often, as the former members of these organizations confess in the film, innocent detainees are captured and interrogated.
ReplyDeleteMembers of these secret services are investigating ancient forms of tortures, enhanced interrogation techniques, coerce methods and atrocity. Personally I think they are called intelligent, but actually they generate more and more violation, committing their usual duties. As a result population faced 0911, numerous explosions and hi-jacking committed in turn by real terrorist. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth – that’s an old Hammurabi law, which is true nowadays.
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