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Industrial Revolution

2007-03-15T23:53:17Z

Ealar: Correctly use {{fact}}

==The English Revolution==

The modern industrial revolution describes the economic and social changes that happened starting in the 1760's starting in England and spreading to the United States of America and most of Europe. Changes that are often used to characterize the industrial revolution are {{fact}}

* An increased use of mechanical tools to perform labor.
* A decrease in percentage of farmers in the population.

In both America and England, the early industrial revolution was aided through the use of "sweatshop" like conditions to employ serfs prior to the implementation of the modern workday and child labor laws {{fact}}.

==Pollution==

An increased reliance on factories and machinery caused an increase in pollution. This may have caused problems. {{fact}}
==Other Revolutions==

Some historians cite China under the Song dynasty and the textile industry in India as being forerunners to what happened in England {{fact}}. But in modern terms, the noun "industrial revolution" is reserved for the English revolution. Used as an adjective, "industrial revolution" describes the transition any economy can take from primarily agrarian to industrial. {{fact}}

[[Category:History]]

H.R. 1592: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007

2007-03-15T23:48:30Z

Ealar:

In January of 2007, after the [[Democrat|democratic]] takeover of the United States Congress, Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) introduced the Federal Hate Crime bill H.R. 254([http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:h.r.254:]) or the David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007. This law would bring a mandatory sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted or life, if "the acts committed in violation of this paragraph include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill."

These penalties come into effect if an "actual or perceived" threat occurs. Because it is up to the court to determine how the criminal perceived the "race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or disability, of the victim," it is felt there is the possibility to abuse this law in places where more ordinary harassment or assault charges would suffice.

There are some hypothetical situations where this bill can cause what many would see as unethical penalties.

1) If two serious assaults were committed against different, but similar, healthy white male young adults, if one were Jewish, the criminal who assaulted the Jewish person may serve more time.

2) "Actual or perceived" may cause problems in cases where minor assault would have resulted in a citation, whereas now it may lead to an arrest and conviction.

This bill is seen by some conservatives a blatant attempt to normalize the homosexual lifestyle.

Oligopoly

2007-03-15T13:00:01Z

Ealar:

An oligopoly is an industry or market dominated by a few firms selling a similar (undifferentiated) product. This is called a "perfect oligopoly." The few firms can behave in a harmful manner similar to how a [[monopoly]] behaves in overcharging customers or otherwise suppressing beneficial competition.

It is to be noted that Democrats often attempt to position themselves against oligopolies, despite having accepting large sums in donations from them, one of the most notable being contribution totaling over $48,000,000 from the oil company oligopoly.

In contrast, Republicans endorse heavily the idea of oligopolies such as the Oil industry, because they claim these companies define the very basic core of capitalism.

An imperfect oligopoly consists of a few firms in an industry or market, but their product is differentiated, as in the car industry.

H.R. 1592: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007

2007-03-15T12:57:22Z

Ealar: Changed intro to ordered list to sound cleaner.

In January of 2007, after the [[Democrat|democratic]] takeover of the United States Congress, Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) introduced the Federal Hate Crime bill H.R. 254([http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:h.r.254:]) or the David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007. This law would bring a mandatory sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted or life, if "the acts committed in violation of this paragraph include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill."

These penalties come into effect if an "actual or perceived" threat occurs. Because it is up to the court to determine how the criminal perceived the "race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or disability, of the victim," it is felt there is the possibility to abuse this law in places where more ordinary harassment or assault charges would suffice.

There are some hypothetical situations where this bill can cause what many would see as unethical penalties.

1) If two serious assaults were committed against different, but similar, healthy white male young adults, if one were Jewish, the criminal who killed the Jewish person may serve more time.

2) "Actual or perceived" may cause problems in cases where minor assault would have resulted in a citation, whereas now it may lead to an arrest and conviction.

This bill is seen by some conservatives a blatant attempt to normalize the homosexual lifestyle.

H.R. 1592: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007

2007-03-15T12:55:15Z

Ealar: Cleaned up wording, made more encyclopedic. Added explination of court interpretation issues.

In January of 2007, after the [[Democrat|democratic]] takeover of the United States Congress, Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) introduced the Federal Hate Crime bill H.R. 254([http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:h.r.254:]) or the David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007. This law would bring a mandatory sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted or life, if "the acts committed in violation of this paragraph include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill."

These penalties come into effect if an "actual or perceived" threat occurs. Because it is up to the court to determine how the criminal perceived the "race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or disability, of the victim," it is felt there is the possibility to abuse this law in places where more ordinary harassment or assault charges would suffice.

Two powerful reasons that this bill is dangerous -

1) If two serious assaults were committed against different, but similar, healthy white male young adults, if one were Jewish, the criminal who killed the Jewish person may serve more time.

2) "Actual or perceived" may cause problems in cases where minor assault would have resulted in a citation, whereas now it may lead to an arrest and conviction.

This bill is seen by some conservatives a blatant attempt to normalize the homosexual lifestyle.

Industrial Revolution

2007-03-15T12:44:09Z

Ealar: /* Other Revolutions */ I can't remember how to make economies posessive, so rewriting sentance.

==The English Revolution==

The modern industrial revolution describes the economic and social changes that happened starting in the 1760's starting in England and spreading to the United States of America and most of Europe. Changes that are often used to characterize the industrial revolution are (SOURCE??)

* An increased use of mechanical tools to perform labor.
* A decrease in percentage of farmers in the population.

In both America and England, the early industrial revolution was aided through the use of "sweatshop" like conditions to employ serfs prior to the implementation of the modern workday and child labor laws (SOURCE??).

==Pollution==

An increased reliance on factories and machinery caused an increase in pollution. This may or may not have caused problems, this needs sourced.

==Other Revolutions==

Some historians cite China under the Song dynasty and the textile industry in India as being forerunners to what happened in England. But in modern terms, the noun "industrial revolution" is reserved for the English revolution. Used as an adjective, "industrial revolution" describes the transition any economy can take from primarily agrarian to industrial.

[[Category:History]]

Industrial Revolution

2007-03-15T12:43:31Z

Ealar: typo

==The English Revolution==

The modern industrial revolution describes the economic and social changes that happened starting in the 1760's starting in England and spreading to the United States of America and most of Europe. Changes that are often used to characterize the industrial revolution are (SOURCE??)

* An increased use of mechanical tools to perform labor.
* A decrease in percentage of farmers in the population.

In both America and England, the early industrial revolution was aided through the use of "sweatshop" like conditions to employ serfs prior to the implementation of the modern workday and child labor laws (SOURCE??).

==Pollution==

An increased reliance on factories and machinery caused an increase in pollution. This may or may not have caused problems, this needs sourced.

==Other Revolutions==

Some historians cite China under the Song dynasty and the textile industry in India as being forerunners to what happened in England. But in modern terms, the noun "industrial revolution" is reserved for the English revolution. Used as an adjective, "industrial revolution" describes any economie's transition from primarily agrarian to industrial.

[[Category:History]]

Industrial Revolution

2007-03-15T12:40:50Z

Ealar: Removed flippant tone and made it encyclopedic. This article lacks references and substantive information. Removed uncited sourcing of Adam Smith's economic leadership.

==The English Revolution==

The modern industrial revolution describes the economic and social changes that happened starting in the 1760's starting in England and spreading to the United States of America and most of Europe. Changes that are often used to characterize the industrial revolution are (SOURCE??)

* An increased use of mechanical tools to perform labor.
* A decrease in percentage of farmers in the population.

In both America and England, the early industrial revolution was aided through the use of "sweatshop" like conditions to employ serfs prior to the implementation of the modern workday and child labor laws (SOURCE??).

==Pollution==

An increased reliance on factories and machinery caused an increase in pollution. This may or may not have caused problems, this needs sourced.

==Other Revolutions==

Some historians China under the Song dynasty and the textile industry in India as being forerunners to what happened in England. But in modern terms, the noun "industrial revolution" is reserved for the English revolution. Used as an adjective, "industrial revolution" describes any economies transition from primarily agrarian to industrial.

[[Category:History]]