Read the news or issues below and write a one-paragraph essay on the
following questions using some of the points given.
1.
NEWS: Slavery Footprint cnn
QUESTION
POINTS $ CASES：
2.
NEWS: Satire Charlie Hebdo
QUESTION: If you were the
editor in chief of an established magazine, would you have reprinted the first
cover of Charlie Hebdo after the shooting, which featured a man who looked like
Mohammad holding the “Je suis Charlie” under the expression, “Everything is
forgiven.”
POINTS $ CASES： violence,
satire, freedom of expression, anti-Islamism, feelings of Muslims, hypocrisy of
the world leaders who participated in the Paris rally
3.
NEWS: Two Japanese, one of whom a journalist, killed by ISIS (ISL) in a
brutal way.
QUESTION: Was the attitude
of the Japanese government in this incident proper?
POINTS $ CASES： no yield to terrorism, ransom as funding source, international
society (developed countries), PM’s speech to support Israel and paying $0.2
billion, for humanitarian purposes, self-responsibility, life above everything
else, 1970’s hijacking of a JAL plane, religious cult, ideology, three straight
A female students trying to go to ISIS
4.
NEWS: Kawasaki teen murder highlights hardships faced by single parents
in Japan (http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150305p2a00m0na017000c.html)
QUESTION: What could have prevented the death of this 13-year old and
what can society do not to repeat this kind of tragedy?
POINTS $ CASES： poverty line, child
poverty, single mother, welfare, community, volunteer, indifference
a.
Are people in Japan losing their moral values?
POINTS ＆ CASES： education, competition, corruption, breakdown of the community, family
relations, materialism, public manners, religion, the Internet
5.
NEWS: Noam Chomsky: Greek Debts Must be Written Off, Brussels are
Destroying Greece
QUESTION: What do you think of this suggestion that Greek Debts be
canceled?
POINTS ＆ CASES: common
sense (helping those in crisis), precedents (Germany after WWII, African
countries, Burma), history (US intervention of Greek politics - debt incurred
under the dictatorship backed by the US which Greek people have no
responsibility to pay back), German and French banks’ payments in the form of
high-risk loans to Greece
6.
NEWS: New guidelines allow Japan to defend U.S. and other countries
CNN Politics
POINTS ＆ CASES: the Japan-US security treaty,
involvement in the “war on terror”, territorial issues with neighboring
countries, Japan’s militaristic past, revision of the interpretation of the
collective defense, Article 9
QUESTIONS:
a. In which geopolitical position has Japan been?
a.
What kind of situation related to this change can be expected to happen
in the future?
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