It does "damage to our country's image" and undermines our credibility in Iraq.” (Applebaum) It undermines the work of our soldiers that are helping make Iraq into a country ruled by its people instead of a dictator. The use of torture robes them of their dignity and makes them into another oppressive force in a war torn country. Where did all this begin? America has always been the defender of the oppressed and downtrodden. We as a people are the defenders of freedom.
Such conflicts also portrayed in Charles Waterstreet's article' It's a long fickle road to justice' which similar to Robertson's use of persuasive techniques utilizes satire to challenge and question the myopic procedures of the legal system. As society develops, along with it come the changes in values and beliefs this is evident in The Trials of Oz which displays the differing attitudes and conflicting perspectives between generation gaps. The" Trials of Oz's" 'Rupert Bear' was one of great offence in Robertson's time, whereas today material similar to this is everywhere and is mostly socially acceptable which parallely reflect the beliefs of freedom of speech and individuality growing within society. Robertson himself believed these values which is evident in his view put across in a metaphor for describing the legal system as “ the justice game” revealing the lack of freedom of speech and individuality acknowledgement within it, which is reinforced through the chapter through repetition, arising questions for the responder. In the Trials Of Oz, Robertson uses persuasive language to describe the defendants as “honest young men” and to characterise Oz as a “harmless coffee-table magazine for the revolution that would never
Finally, a cartoon about the Occupy Wall Street movement describes how the truth can mislead and warp meaning, thus creating perspectives that generate diverse and provocative insights. The role reputation plays is an idea that influences perceptions relevant to conflicting perspectives. In The Justice Game, Robertson accentuates his own perspective by juxtaposing the more progressive attitudes of his side of the case. Sarcastically, Robertson writes, referring to Judge Michael Argyle’s “novel campaign to end burglary by sentencing burglars to prison for life.”The word ‘novel’ provides sarcasm from the beginning, by discrediting Judge Michael Argyle QC, and pointing out that Argyle is a failed politician, ‘whose judgeship was a career consolation for the Tory MP he had tried several times to become’. Hence, Robertson’s perceptions influence the readers’ mind, which is exactly what he wants, and he continues to sway the reader’s perspective.
Even until the September 11 arises, America is inclined to be nostalgic, and turn its cannon with fury to Third World, especially Islamic world, instead of sensitive introspection of its own deeds. A window of mutual communication is shut down. American flags “invaded New York after attacks”. In Changez’s eyes, a “cosmopolitan” state has turned to an arbitrary and narrow-minded foreign world. The flame of hatred is lit up, America has not only lost thousands of lives, but also the chance to talk and
Both Auden and Watson effectively form representations and perspectives through the implementation of techniques within their texts. Auden actively uses poetic techniques to display his own negative perspective regarding the power of dictators in "Epitaph of a Tyrant". Auden immediately creates an ambiguous environment as the first line states how dictators are after "perfection, of a kind". The slight pause after perfection satirises its positive connotation casting doubt upon the reader questioning what type of perfection that the dictators wanted. In addition, Auden further demonstrates his negative perspective through the comment on the amount of knowledge the dictators know; "[Dictators] knew human folly like the back of [their] hand".
‘Sneaky path to justice’, further more challenging Australian laws and showing the gravity of the problem the word ‘sneaky’ petitions some sort of double dealing is being done.’ Dangerous driving justices seems to be a myth’ justice seems to be the key word which the writer seems to be employing indicating tot the reader the righteousness and equity is not relevant when hooning is involved. The word ‘myth’ suggests some sort of mistaken belief, which down plays the severity of the issue just as our court system seems to down play, the consequences. With many of the reader having a vivid picture of the harsh reality with what is happening, the writer proceeds to illustrate how easily hoons get away with their offences. ‘Janes walked away’ this demonstrates how the lack of authoritarian involvement lets these people just merely walk away. There’s a strong sense of unimportance of the issue, it advocates to the readers that these people will continue to have a spot on our roads.
This will create a strong opinion in reader’s mind as to how someone can be so self centred and put someone’s life in danger. Overall this article is an effective and sustained attack and advice on people with public speaking positions to follow the old saying- “Think before you speak”. Gerrard’s persuasive techniques like appeal to morality, appeal to logic and figurative language highlight how serious this issue is and what a big mistake the radio station 2Day FM have
By including opinions and attacks, it is clear that Rosenthal has a persuasive style. To strengthen his persuasive writing Rosenthal uses syntax. By arranging his sentences in a certain way, Rosenthal’s points come across more clearly. In his piece, Republicans Respond to the Ukraine Crash by… Blaming President Obama, he responds to McCain by saying, “Right. Obviously the best way to resolve a situation in which there are far too many weapons is to insert more weapons into the mix.” Rosenthal states it so that it appears like anyone would have known that.
This brings issue of how can one be against torture, but when a scenario as the ticking time bomb is presented he or she then accepts the reality that torture needs to be warranted. McCain states that in the rare instance, the interrogator might try extreme measures to extract information to save lives may not be granted as a success when judging his actions in which he accomplished the task (Page699). In my opinion, this is horrible and where I lose sense of reality on how someone could believe in such act. The lives of American people are saved due to the heroic acts of the interrogator. Understanding the moral concept of torture being wrong but in this case the use of torture used to terrorist attacks on innocent people.
He had blamed Iraq for starting the war. He had told Americans that “we had not asked for this present challenge, but we accept it. And like other generations of Americans, we will meet the responsibility of defending human liberty against violence and aggression”. President Bush had blamed Saddam Hussein to be a dictator. He had blamed Iraq to be holding terrorists, he had made America believe that Iraq had been under Saddam Hussein’s clutches and that whatever he had to say was law.