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From the Ted Talk by Stephen Coleman: Non-lethal weapons, a moral hazard?


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Now, there's a bucnh of reasons why we send military personnel, rather than police, to do these jobs. If Australia had to send 1,000 people tomorrow to West paupa, for example, we don't have 1,000 police officers hanging around that could go tomorrow, and we do have 1,000 soldiers that could go. So when we have to send someone, we send the military — they're there, they're available, and heck, they're used to going off and doing these things and living by themselves and not having all this ertxa support. So they are able to do it in that sense. But they aren't trained the same way pciole officers are, and they're certainly not equipped the way police officers are, so this has reiasd a bunch of problems for them when dealing with these issues.

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Now, there's a _____ of reasons why we send military personnel, rather than police, to do these jobs. If Australia had to send 1,000 people tomorrow to West _____, for example, we don't have 1,000 police officers hanging around that could go tomorrow, and we do have 1,000 soldiers that could go. So when we have to send someone, we send the military — they're there, they're available, and heck, they're used to going off and doing these things and living by themselves and not having all this _____ support. So they are able to do it in that sense. But they aren't trained the same way ______ officers are, and they're certainly not equipped the way police officers are, so this has ______ a bunch of problems for them when dealing with these issues.

Solution


  1. police
  2. extra
  3. papua
  4. bunch
  5. raised

Original Text


Now, there's a bunch of reasons why we send military personnel, rather than police, to do these jobs. If Australia had to send 1,000 people tomorrow to West Papua, for example, we don't have 1,000 police officers hanging around that could go tomorrow, and we do have 1,000 soldiers that could go. So when we have to send someone, we send the military — they're there, they're available, and heck, they're used to going off and doing these things and living by themselves and not having all this extra support. So they are able to do it in that sense. But they aren't trained the same way police officers are, and they're certainly not equipped the way police officers are, so this has raised a bunch of problems for them when dealing with these issues.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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people hostage 2
hostage takers 2
threatening position 2
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Important Words


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  2. bunch
  3. dealing
  4. equipped
  5. extra
  6. hanging
  7. heck
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  13. papua
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  17. problems
  18. raised
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  22. soldiers
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  24. tomorrow
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  26. west