...Flags of convenience have long been the go to tool for those looking to operate shipping outside the law. A flag of convenience is when a company for example based in the United States, establishes a tiny office in another state, Mongolia, the largest landlocked country in the world, for example, and uses that office to register their ships in that country thereby allowing them to fly that countries flag. Under international maritime law, your vessel is subject to the laws of the nation it is registered in. States like the United States have strict laws governing vessels flying their flag of course in ranging from safety standards, to environmental standards, and all applicable laws of the host nation so anything illegal in the US would be illegal on a US ship even in international waters. A landlocked country like Mongolia, has little concern about maritime affairs and as such has very minimal if any legislation on such, and even less interest in enforcing it, but as a recognized...
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...The American Flag is a symbol of freedom, liberty, and human rights, and should not be taken for granted. The military worked hard to earn the freedom that American citizens enjoy today. Soldiers continue to protect this freedom here and abroad and as a result are currently in combat overseas. The role of American citizens is to pay these soldiers with utmost respect, however, some people tend to forget or take these privileges for granted. When someone destroys the American flag, they are disrespecting the United States of America and its military. Therefore, Johnson should be punished for the desecration of the American Flag because it goes against this country’s values and what the military has long fought for and protected. In 1984, Gregory Lee Johnson burned a flag outside of the Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas. During the flag burning, protesters shouted, “America the red, white, and blue, we spit on you.” (Protesters 400). Johnson, along with others, were not happy with the policies of President Ronald Reagan. The question is, if someone strongly disagrees with...
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...Analytical Essay In the stories “The Lottery”, “The American Flag Stands For Tolerance”, and “What Of This Goldfish Do You Wish”, the authors do not support the quote by Barbara Johnson. They don’t support Barbara Johnson's quote which is “We as human beings must be willing to accept people different from ourselves.” In “The Lottery”, the story is about a small town that holds a lottery every year and about three hundred people gather at the event. Men from each family go up to the black box and draw a number and if your number gets drawn you get stoned to death by the people living in that town. At the end of the story a woman's winning lottery number gets drawn and she starts getting rocks thrown at her until Tessie Hutchinson dies because...
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...concerning the burning of the American flag. Ronald J. Allen has also contributed on his essay American Flag Stands for Tolerance published in June 30, 1989. He argues that he understands how the situation might be controversial to some, but eventually it is one’s right as an American citizen to be able to express oneself easily, even though the idea may not be well-liked or the action itself is extreme, through logos, ethos, and pathos, figurative language, and diction. One way how the author establishes his opinion is through logos, ethos, and pathos, which appeals to the audience. For example, Allen uses logos in Lines 1-4, “The Supreme Court, by the closest possible margin of a 5-to-4 vote, held that a person has a right to express disagreement with governmental police by burning the American flag,” and Lines 5-7, “The leadership of the People’s Republic of China decided that citizens who peacefully express...
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...American is of or relating to United States of America or its people,language, or culture. What does it mean to be an American? Being American means that everyone gets to say the Pledge of Allegiance every day and show respect to all the Americans that sacrifice their lives for citizens. There were prisoners that were also American that said the Pledge of Allegiance every day because it meant so much to them. However Mike Christian is a great example of what it means to be a real American no matter how badly mistreated he went through. Americans do a lot of things to show their country’s pride; like hanging american flags in their yards, on their cars, and also having them on their shirts. Americans also say the Pledge of Allegiance every...
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...14—Bloomington Multilingual English Composition (Fall 2015) Syllabus Flag this Flag! All your college classes should have a syllabus—a schedule and list of course requirements, goals, and policies. Syllabi are like course contracts. By staying in the class, you agree to follow the “rules” of the syllabus. If you lose your syllabus, you can get another from Blackboard/Start Here. Flag this Flag! All your college classes should have a syllabus—a schedule and list of course requirements, goals, and policies. Syllabi are like course contracts. By staying in the class, you agree to follow the “rules” of the syllabus. If you lose your syllabus, you can get another from Blackboard/Start Here. Class & Section Number: ENGL 111-16N Tuesdays and Thursdays (T/R), 11:00-12:15, B209 Instructor Information NAME: Julie Kraft EMAIL: jkraft10@ivytech.edu OFFICE HOURS: By appointment SUPERVISOR INFORMATION: Annie Gray, English Department Chair, Room C118, Phone: 812-330-6038, agray@ivytech.edu Required Materials REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS: * Wilhoit, A Brief Guide to Writing from Readings, 6th edition, Pearson (Custom edition for Ivy Tech) * Hacker and Sommers, A Pocket Style Manual, 6th edition, Bedford/St. Martin’s * Ivy Tech Bloomington literary magazine, mê tis, Volume 8 ADDITIONAL MATERIALS & EXPENSES: * Printouts of Blackboard readings and items you research for essays * Electronic storage device * Folder for assignment submissions *...
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...Demby effectively gets his opinion of being pro confederate flag by explaning why people still use degrading symbols from the past as “memories of family cookouts and first dates”. For example, Demby explains how someone could take wearing a Philly’s baseball cap as offensive to African Americans because of the history behind the team. He uses the word “stubborn” and states that “they were the last to integrate” to show that the team was being ridiculous and difficult when it came to integrating. He understands why someone would take offense to his hat, but says “it was a different time” and that history is “not really relevant to [his] hat”. He doesn’t wear the hat to show he support the actions that team took in the past, but he wears it to show “where [he’s] from” and its for [his] city”. His essay was effective in getting his...
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...In the compositions, “What, of this goldfish, would you wish?” “without title”, and “ The American Flag Stands for Tolerance” the author's purpose is to inform us about acceptance, in all three of these compositions the authors show us that each person can show some acceptance for one another. In the newspaper editorial “The American Flag Stands For Tolerance.” the writer Allen shows how acceptance should be a widespread belief, whether you believe in burning the flag or not, one should not discriminate someone, on what they believe. “Thus were we to embrace a prohibition on such communication, we would be saying that the First Amendment protects expression only when no one is offended.” (Allen 57) On the other hand Allen himself believes...
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...American also displays a sense of patriotism. Expressing devotion to one’s country can be as simple as saying the pledge of allegiance or more advanced such as joining the military. In Veterans Day: Never Forget their Duty by John McCain, he provides the example of someone being a patriot by using the American flag. During the Vietnam war Mike Christian was captured and imprisoned by the Vietnamese. While imprisoned he receives a package with a red and white cloth. With those items, “he sewed the American flag on the inside of his shirt (7).” Every afternoon the men in the prison cell would say the pledge of allegiance which was “ the most important and meaningful event of our day”. One day the flag was found and mike was beaten as a consequence....
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...Close to the foundation of this country people have asked this question; “What does it mean to be American?” It can be defined as many things or even three words such as; inequality, perseverance, and hope. Thus the meaning of an American is facing the inequality from different races, positions, and classes. To have the perseverance to surpass all things and people who stand in your way. And finally, to hope for the best outcome for tomorrow, for the nation, for the world, and for the generations to come. The following examples will prove this. Ironically, the first word to defining American is inequality for it has and will always be a part of this nation. As stated by Anzia Yezierska in her short story America and I, “America gives free...
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...The flag burning controversy has been around for decades. With countless opinions of why or why not burning the American flag should be prohibited. In the article “Flag Burning Should be Illegal.” Author J.H believes very intensely that flag burning should definitely be unlawful under the constitution. J.H does an virtuous job incorporating background information in order to to insure her article is legitimate. Defending her thesis with facts insuring that the claim being made is vivid and sensible J.H not only drills readers in with her tone but, also with very informative and well structured details Although J.H does a effective job at supporting her facts. She confuses her audience by going completely off topic incorporating the 9/11...
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...Student Concerned about the Pledge of Allegiance In th~ essay, "Why the Pledge of Allegiance Should be Revised" by Gwen \Vilde. a writer in a composition course at Tufts University! Gwen Wilde vigorously asserts to eliminate the phras~ "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. Primarily, Wilde assens the indigenous pledge was issued in 1892, recited as " I pledge allegiance to my flag, and the republic fur which it stands: one narion indivisible, with Liberty and justice for all.". Then, in 1923, "my flag • was revised to '1he flag of the United Stat.es," for immigrant purposes, as a way to show loyalty to the United States. Eventually, the Pledge of Allegiance has been rephrasing throughout the years. But. according to President Dwight D....
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...With social conflicts in America stealing the spotlight in most major news outlets, the people are beginning to question what qualifies as patriotic. A pure example of this can be seen in the National Football League where some players are refusing to stand for the country’s national anthem. This has caused uproars and debates among Americans across the land of freedom. Kenneth Jost, a reporter for The CQ Researcher, observes that many Americans fear patriotism is declining in the nation (Jost, 545). Two individuals, retired Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady and Carole Shields, took to analyzing a related matter in an article of The CQ Researcher. Both parties responded to the question, “Should Congress approve a constitutional amendment to permit laws prohibiting the physical desecration of the flag?” (Jost, 561). Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady argued that the desecration of the flag produces terrible impacts and is not protected under the first amendment. On the other hand, Carole Shields wrote that the ability to burn a flag is...
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...reports of protests, some of which involved the public act of burning of the U.S. flag. One of the more recent reports was in the form of an Internet video that went viral and was viewed by thousands. This video featured a group of protestors who gathered at an Iowa City mall and proceeded to set a U.S. flag on fire (Saavedra, 2017). In response to this visible act of protest, a passing FedEx driver, quietly approached the group and extinguished the burning flag. The video footage of the protest and the FedEx driver’s actions has since fueled the current topic of discussion among many. That is, whether flag burning, specifically, the U.S. flag, should be a punishable offense despite the...
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...Harvey Debate over the National Anthem In early September of 2001, the United States of America found itself under attack yet again. Later on that tragic day, after the dust had cleared, Americans witnessed as three firefighters raised the American flag over what was once the World Trade Center. This one picture put the world on notice: the United States of America was still here. America’s pride had suffered a blow, but the attack rekindled America’s patriotism. Songs where sung from the floors of the New York Stock Exchange to the halls of congress. People were singing, God Bless America and America the Beautiful, and the American flag flew throughout the land. As the days passed, speculation of America national anthem came into question, renewing a debate as to whether the Star Spangled Banner should continue to be the national anthem. Having a debate over the United States’ national anthem while preparing for war might have seemed trivial; however, this was not the first time in which the Star Spangled Banner as the national anthem came into question. In the 1960’s during the Vietnam War, questions arose as to whether or not that United States should change the national anthem. It would seem that the question of the national anthem comes to mind during times of war, when American patriotism is at a high point. This leads to the question of which song should replace the current anthem. Many quality songs can easily replace the Star Spangled Banner. However, this...
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