Topics for the Argumentative Essay – Spring 2015 1. Governments from time to time take action to either increase population growth or to slow it down by means of providing incentives (e.g. reduced tax rates) or laws discouraging people from having more children than one or two (e.g. increased tax rates for every other child‚ even imprisonment sentences or forced abortions like in China etc.). a. Should governments have the right to intervene in the rights of the individuals with regard to family
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Drinking Age Argumentative Essay In the United States‚ a person gets all their rights at the age of 18 except the right to drink. Here‚ you can’t drink until you’re 21. One of the main reasons for this being the drinking age is the high risk of drunk driving. On the other hand‚ underage drinkers have a higher chance to binge drink. Many other counties already have the drinking age at 18. The drinking age should become 18 because we get all our other rights then‚ and it will lower the amount of
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Diabetics are restricted from many things throughout their lifetime‚ there are more necessities then there are restrictions. It is very important for Diabetics to know what they are eating and the nutritional facts of the food. One reason for this is because before they eat food they inject insulin into their body. In order to find how much insulin they need‚ one aspect is to know how many carbs they are eating. Other than blood sugar‚ some foods can also affect their body in general. The reasoning
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On the night of the Sunday April 11th 1812‚ around two hundred and fifty Luddites mustered in Blake’s Farm bottom field. Gledhill and his deputies arranged them in eight platoons of riflemen‚ three of pikemen‚ three companies with pistols‚ one of hammerers‚ another of hatchet men‚ and two companies that had only the stones making their deep pockets bulge. The company stood six deep under the trees against the hedge waiting for the command to ‘move off.’ The Luddite Army was prepared to fight and
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fighting to pass acts supporting animal rights? "A therapeutic dose of aspirin in a human is a poison to cats‚ has no effect on fever in horses‚ and causes birth defects in rats‚ cats‚ dogs‚ guinea pigs‚ and monkeys‚ yet is considered safe for pregnant women" (O’Neill‚ pg 48). Medicine can be tested and used on people without hurting the humans because this type of medicine only hurts animals and fails to prove if it’s healthy for humans to take or not based on the research that was
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Argumentative Essay In today’s society people are told exactly what to do from how they should look to what they should drive. It is nearly impossible for one to avoid this media propaganda in day-to-day life. Everyday that we wake up‚ and go to work or school‚ media and corporate advertisements become part of our daily life. It has become a constant influence and "brainwashing" in our life. We have become addicts to this media driven world and our side effect is depression for people that
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Write an argumentative essay in which you answer the following question: Should professional athletes use their status to protest the events taking place today? Be sure to state a claim and address an opposing viewpoint using evidence presented in both passages. Type your final‚ completed essay below: If you’re a professional athlete then is it wrong to share your opinion? Some say that professional athletes are supposed to keep their political views to themselves. Professional athletes are still
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themselves is a familiar trope‚ established since ancient times. Early literature often used the damsel in distress as a metaphor of the hero’s altruism‚ borrowing from that‚ early American films used a "helpless woman" character‚ played by attractive women‚ for the same purpose. In fact‚ some films made from book adaptations‚ like Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920)‚ introduce a "damsel" even if the text that had none. In modern films the "damsel" is not always a woman and may be‚ for instance‚ a male buddy
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Argumentative Essay It all started in a 2016 NFL preseason game with the San Francisco 49ers. Quietly‚ Colin Kaepernick kneeled at our flag instead of standing and showing respect. This started a trend‚ where lots of men started to kneel at the anthem. This is not okay‚ because‚ kneeling for the National Anthem is disrespectful to the flag‚ it is causing more tension in our country‚ and you can do this movement in a better way. First‚ it is disrespectful to the flag according to many groups of
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called electronic voice phenomena (EVP). They usually ask a question in the middle of a room‚ and remain quiet for a response (Radford‚ 2011). More recent studies by ghost hunters reveal very disturbing recordings‚ such as men speaking directly to women‚ and the sounds of doors mysteriously slamming shut (Ghost Adventures‚ 2009). This shows that this can’t be coincidence‚ equipment malfunctions‚ or wind blowing
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