“Governments are justified in circumventing civil laws when doing so is vital to the protection of national security.”
Write an essay in which you take a position on the statement above. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true.
Who defines when and where to draw the line for the line drawers themselves? When it comes to the government, there persist certain ambiguities about the enforcement of certain laws, such as civil laws, and the power given to the government in cases of national security. While some people may agree that the government would be justified to circumvent such laws in some cases, this ultimately gives the government a magisterial domain to exercise their power, and they may do so without catering to the interests of it’s citizens, which is of primal importance.
During recent escalations of riots in the state of Kashmir due to a long custody war over the state between the countries of India and Pakistan, emergencies in the area have been raised over the years. This was done in interest of protecting the inhabitants, due to the danger posed to the military personnel residing in the area by the neighbouring country’s army, by bombings, killings, violent protests and so on. The government, during such times, posed a curfew on the state, and did not object to, or attempt to rectify, any destruction of property and assets such as cars and buildings of civilians that occurred during this course, since it was in interest of national security. However, because of this, millions of dollars worth in damages were incurred by civilians, and were not made up for. This ultimately posed a major challenge for civilians themselves, who found themselves caught in a lose-lose situation, with the government not only imposing restrictions on their daily routine, but also dredging up sizeable losses in terms of money and assets.
The circumstances of civilians who are subjected to the effect of circumventing these laws can be dire, and pose major inconveniences and problems that may persist for years to come. Tens of thousands of families lost their vehicles during the Kashmir riots, leaving them without any mode of transportation to work, school or any destination. When the government decides to get around such laws in interest of its citizens, it fails to account for the consequences of doing so. A substantial number of these families were also forced to deal with the issue of bankruptcy due to this.
When a matter of national security is posed to the citizens of a country, however, the primary duty of the government is to ensure the safety of its people by protecting their lives. For instance, in event of a coup or any such violent occurrences, it is incumbent of the government to protect its citizens’ lives, and to do so, some laws may have to be relaxed so that the government can ensure safety. However, ultimately, the losses here only compound to suffering of the people.
In conclusion, though the government’s responsibility remains the protection of its citizens in cases of national security, it is not justified in circumventing civil laws to do so, since this defeats the purpose of wellbeing if its citizens.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 13, column 83, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...d to the citizens of a country, however, the primary duty of the government is to...
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Line 17, column 194, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
...ircumventing civil laws to do so, since this defeats the purpose of wellbeing if its...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, so, well, while, for instance, in conclusion, such as, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.5258426966 77% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.4196629213 56% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 33.0505617978 100% => OK
Preposition: 97.0 58.6224719101 165% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 12.9106741573 147% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2496.0 2235.4752809 112% => OK
No of words: 493.0 442.535393258 111% => OK
Chars per words: 5.06288032454 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.71206996034 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.98848295434 2.79657885939 107% => OK
Unique words: 241.0 215.323595506 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.488843813387 0.4932671777 99% => OK
syllable_count: 779.4 704.065955056 111% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.10617977528 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 20.2370786517 79% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 30.0 23.0359550562 130% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 65.9706374079 60.3974514979 109% => OK
Chars per sentence: 156.0 118.986275619 131% => OK
Words per sentence: 30.8125 23.4991977007 131% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.0625 5.21951772744 116% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 10.2758426966 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.201433324646 0.243740707755 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.067294715956 0.0831039109588 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0730641122567 0.0758088955206 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.142419286373 0.150359130593 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0732106478499 0.0667264976115 110% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.8 14.1392134831 126% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.03 48.8420337079 84% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 12.1743820225 123% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.66 12.1639044944 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.19 8.38706741573 110% => OK
difficult_words: 127.0 100.480337079 126% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.0 11.2143820225 125% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.