Charlotte
I'm planning to major in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures maybe with a minor in something practical like Psychology.
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I've lived in both places and recommend Wa. it's such a diverse and friendly city and Chicago is neither. Seattle has a marine climate and rarely gets down to freezing. Want snow -ski slopes are 35 miles away--swim, dig clams, parasail 60 miles. Mountain climb, pan for gold, hike, camp 60 miles. Shopping restaurants and seattle center. Winter months has a mist of rain most days--no one pays any attention-not enough to get really wet.Only about 4 months of sunshine. I love Pudget sound and deep sea fishing. The shops and clubs are great on the wharf. Many concerts and the hill is very trendy and appeals to college students.
I've lived in both places and recommend Wa. it's such a diverse and friendly city and Chicago is neither. Seattle has a marine climate and rarely gets down to freezing. Want snow -ski slopes are 35 miles away--swim, dig clams, parasail 60 miles. Mountain climb, pan for gold, hike, camp 60 miles. Shopping restaurants and seattle center. Winter months has a mist of rain most days--no one pays any attention-not enough to get really wet.Only about 4 months of sunshine. I love Pudget sound and deep sea fishing. The shops and clubs are great on the wharf. Many concerts and the hill is very trendy and appeals to college students.
Examples in History Where innocent people get punished for the doings of others.?
Caleb
I would like to know of examples in the past and modern day where the wrong people got punished. An example would be during WW II when the JApanese got put into segregation camps for the doings of their foreign brothers.
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1. The American people punished by Too Big to Fail banks. Bankers with MUCHO influence on the prices of goods and services around the world using their "higher status" and influence to their own advantage. Read about the LIBOR Scandal, the acquisition of Washington Mutual by J.P. Morgan (in which they bought all of WaMu's assets, including bank branches and ATM's for around $2 billion, when the assets were valued at over $25 billion), and read about hedgefund manager John Paulson and his role in Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO's).
And don't forget to read about the recent settlement reached between European banking giant HSBC and America's financial regulatory agency, the Securities Exchange Comission (SEC). HSBC was caught red-handed laundering billions of dollars of Mexican drug cartel money. They were also helping to legitimize illegitimate money that was being fed to criminal organizations and terrorist countries (like Iran and North Korea) by laundering it through off shore bank accounts (Cayman Islands, anybody?). Their punishment? A few billion dollars in fines, which comes out to about 5 weeks of profit for the bank. Not to mention all the money they made by laundering the money in the first place. This is one is just "Wow." Unbelievable.
****** #2 should be read with an OPEN MIND, no matter one's personal views or background. Just as with answer #1 and answer #3, they are written with the facts only. No opinions.
2. The people of the world being punished by The Catholic Church. There's almost too much to name. Read about 'The Council of Nicea.' This was where the (Eastern) Roman Emperor Constantine sat down with his head (Christian) honchos and hammered out what would be considered the standard Christian view of Jesus and the question of "Is Jesus divine?" They answered 'yes.' History was made, and hundreds of major events followed. Then read about the Crusades, and the several Inquisitions in Europe throughout the middle ages. Read about the journeys of countless of Christian monks throughout dark age Europe (and their encounters with the Celts and other Pagan tribes in Europe), throughout the Americas (the Maya, Aztec, and North American Native tribes such as the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Commanche), throughout Africa, throughout the islands in the Pacific Ocean, Australia, New Zealand... It goes on and on. Conversion was the (horribly inhumane) name of the game. Millions of people have been killed in the name of religion. These are all people who were "converted" from their own traditional beliefs, which they held in the same regard as modern Christians do with their own beliefs today. And I didn't even mention any other religion, and there definitely are others.
3. All major wars throughout history. When reading about any war, there are always innocent people who are killed, slaughtered. A very high number of wars and mass killings have to do with Dictators. The few ruling the many - some monarchs can be named in this category as well. Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zadong, Pol Pot (of Cambodia), many African dictators - mainly coming to power between 1946 and 1975 -, Ivan III (-aka- Ivan the Terrible), the Blood Countess Elizabeth Bathory, Vlad the Impaler (who is the real life Romanian monarch who inspired the tales of Count Dracula), and many others. We humans have a cruel history.
Lots of wonderful, inspiring people as well, but that fades away from the answer to your question.
Hope this helps.
1. The American people punished by Too Big to Fail banks. Bankers with MUCHO influence on the prices of goods and services around the world using their "higher status" and influence to their own advantage. Read about the LIBOR Scandal, the acquisition of Washington Mutual by J.P. Morgan (in which they bought all of WaMu's assets, including bank branches and ATM's for around $2 billion, when the assets were valued at over $25 billion), and read about hedgefund manager John Paulson and his role in Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO's).
And don't forget to read about the recent settlement reached between European banking giant HSBC and America's financial regulatory agency, the Securities Exchange Comission (SEC). HSBC was caught red-handed laundering billions of dollars of Mexican drug cartel money. They were also helping to legitimize illegitimate money that was being fed to criminal organizations and terrorist countries (like Iran and North Korea) by laundering it through off shore bank accounts (Cayman Islands, anybody?). Their punishment? A few billion dollars in fines, which comes out to about 5 weeks of profit for the bank. Not to mention all the money they made by laundering the money in the first place. This is one is just "Wow." Unbelievable.
****** #2 should be read with an OPEN MIND, no matter one's personal views or background. Just as with answer #1 and answer #3, they are written with the facts only. No opinions.
2. The people of the world being punished by The Catholic Church. There's almost too much to name. Read about 'The Council of Nicea.' This was where the (Eastern) Roman Emperor Constantine sat down with his head (Christian) honchos and hammered out what would be considered the standard Christian view of Jesus and the question of "Is Jesus divine?" They answered 'yes.' History was made, and hundreds of major events followed. Then read about the Crusades, and the several Inquisitions in Europe throughout the middle ages. Read about the journeys of countless of Christian monks throughout dark age Europe (and their encounters with the Celts and other Pagan tribes in Europe), throughout the Americas (the Maya, Aztec, and North American Native tribes such as the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Commanche), throughout Africa, throughout the islands in the Pacific Ocean, Australia, New Zealand... It goes on and on. Conversion was the (horribly inhumane) name of the game. Millions of people have been killed in the name of religion. These are all people who were "converted" from their own traditional beliefs, which they held in the same regard as modern Christians do with their own beliefs today. And I didn't even mention any other religion, and there definitely are others.
3. All major wars throughout history. When reading about any war, there are always innocent people who are killed, slaughtered. A very high number of wars and mass killings have to do with Dictators. The few ruling the many - some monarchs can be named in this category as well. Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zadong, Pol Pot (of Cambodia), many African dictators - mainly coming to power between 1946 and 1975 -, Ivan III (-aka- Ivan the Terrible), the Blood Countess Elizabeth Bathory, Vlad the Impaler (who is the real life Romanian monarch who inspired the tales of Count Dracula), and many others. We humans have a cruel history.
Lots of wonderful, inspiring people as well, but that fades away from the answer to your question.
Hope this helps.
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