Advocates of prohibiting marijuana may argue that the law has been around for too long to be changed. They believe that it would be unfair to legalize marijuana‚ since numerous citizens have already been arrested and prosecuted for possession. This argument is an example of the logical fallacy‚ "argumentum ad antiquitatem"‚ or "appeal to tradition" (Walker)‚ because you cannot keep a law for the sake of it being kept without acknowledging the facts. For example‚ slavery was legal for thousands of years
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ones that make use of it suggest that it should be legalized. The idea of legalizing marijuana is a big deal‚ as it affects society and the economy. As a result‚ there has been an ongoing debate whether or not to legalized the use of marijuana. This essay will consider the benefits marijuana and will state some of the outcomes. The legalization of marijuana should be passed because it has medical benefits‚ less harmful than tobacco‚ and eco-friendly. There has been a great debate between marijuana
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Is the two child policy in China harming the nation more than it is helping it? Being that there are twenty-three million abortions a year‚ many would vote yes. This policy is mandatory of all of China and other countries as well‚ such as Hong Kong and Vietnam. Parents are allowed to have only two children and if pregnant with another they are forced to have an abortion. Should the regulation of the number of children a person can have be eliminated from China? Due to how it negatively affects society
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1 Child Policy The one child policy was first introduced in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s by the central government. The population was rapidly approaching one billion‚ so Deng Xiaoping implemented the policy to reduce the growth rate of their population.The goal of the policy was the limit the vast majority of families to having only one child. The government started promoting birth control and family planning as a way of limiting family size. The policy was effective at limiting the population
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In today’s society homosexuality is becoming more accepted. You see homosexuals coming out and feeling more comfortable in their skin and why shouldn’t they? They have no reason to hide who they are because they live in America where you have the freedom to choose. Being homosexual for most people is not a choice it comes from ones different genetic characteristics. Hollywood fully embraces homosexuality. I believe Hollywood has made an impact on most of America’s perception of homosexuality. Some
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Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s‚ southerners struggled with the inevitable confrontation of segregation. Living in the Jim Crow era‚ blacks grappled to gain the rights denied to them through Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)‚ “which gave legal sanction to “separate but equal”.” On the other hand‚ white southerners wrestled to maintain the white supremacy that the Plessy case allowed them to exercise. One of the largest areas of tension for the maintenance of segregation existed in education.
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Imagine your child or sibling has two choices‚ to get their limbs cut off‚ or to join the army. This makes me believe that the kids in the military are mostly victims. Because the children are forced‚ drugged‚ and brainwashed into killing‚ they are clearly victims. I got my evidence from the testimony by Tom Malinowski. Some may think that child soldiers are guilty and should be punished‚ but it turns out most of them are forced or left with no choice but to become a soldier. In the same article
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Teacher unions are very powerful in American education. Two primary teacher unions‚ the National Education Association (NEA) and the National Federation of Teachers (NFT)‚ together represent a large majority of teachers in our country. Teacher unions such as these have grown tremendously in membership and political influence over the past few decades. As a result‚ they have acquired a vast amount of resources that are used to their advantage; examples include using their funds to affect political
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ended up serving 13 years in prison. Mark Ciavarella- he was involved in some fraudulent and dishonest business dealings. The way Ciavarella was racketeering was by receiving approximately $100‚000 in illegal payments from Robert Mericle‚ Who was a PA child care real estate developer and Robert Powell an attorney. Ciavarella was tried for an additional 38 counts for illegal
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Child Obesity Brad Benzing 04/06/05 Today in America there is a lot of obesity in kids. The obesity rates increase every year. Eating to much and not exercising enough is the reason that kids gain so much weight. It is estimated that 10% or 155 million children are obese and at least 30% are overweight. This child obesity is causing diabetes to the children. If that child gets diabetes before the age of 14 he/she is shorting there lifespan
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