family member. To kill a cat‚ even accidentally‚ was an automatic death sentence. Cats were believed to be guardians of the gates of hell‚ and to prevent demons‚ ghouls‚ and spirits from escaping‚ and prevent them from entering homes of humans. So why people find this animal cute‚ adorable‚ and friendly is beyond me. Who would want a pet that was held up to be a god? That people have killed over and treated like a human? That is associated with hell and all its demons? Animals aren’t human‚ so these
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Responsibility is one of the most important things in the Army. Accountability is also a very important part of being in the army and it goes hand in hand with responsibility. I failed to maintain accountability of my weapon while at Yakima Training Center. This was not an example of being a responsible soldier. This essay will explain what happened and why I think responsibilty is so important in the US Army. I had set my weapon down in the tool room so that I can go grab a couple of things
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ANIMAL TESTING SHOULD BE BANNED. “If those in power were smart or kind then there would not be any unnecessary animal cruelty in our world. "If.” ― Isabella Poretsis Animal experimentation has been a regularly debated about subject for a long time‚ is it cruelty or science? Around 1.4 million animals die brutally due to the animal testing. This is a result of abuse ways animals are dealt with like by their experimenters. Animals ought to be free of the harsh researchers expose them to as they
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Drinking Age “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy‚” was once said by a very smart man named Benjamin Franklin. He lived in a time when there was no minimum drinking age. Before the 1900’s there wasn’t any kind of drinking laws anywhere in the United States. The drinking age was regulated by society which was family‚ church‚ and communities. Yes‚ some kids probably drank too much back then‚ but I’ve learned that the current laws aren’t doing much to stop it now either. At
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You may have heard of Christopher Columbus‚ and that he has his own day on the calendar. But do you know of all the things he’s done to trample his own reputation? He’s enslaved hundreds of Natives and had them know that there would be consequences for any mistakes made. He was careless and had treated them very poorly‚ some had even died due to them being exposed to foreign diseases! These are just a few things that make me believe that Christopher Columbus was a villain. Columbus did not care
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impulsively. When he found out Allie died‚ he punched out all the windows in the garage. Holden says that it was “just for the hell of it” (39). This shows that Holden isn’t the most psychologically most stable person. But‚ he does say that he can’t explain why he exactly did it. Holden just says‚ “It
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The Imperial Japanese Army had a reputation during and after World War II as being the most hated enemy the allied western forces had encountered. This partly stems from acts of brutality committed by the IJA that are both infamous and synonymous with the wars fought in Asia and the pacific‚ and partly because of their alien philosophies and attitudes which are deeply embedded in the psyche of the Japanese soldier and which were consequently demonstrated through out their involvement in World War
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Drinking at 18 The drinking age should be 18 because less high school students would binge drink. For three reason. One reason is that The united states is in the minority of have the drinking age be 21. Another reason is If 18 year olds have other big responsiblities they should be resopsible enough to drink. Also having the alcohol age being 18 would make teens less likely to become criminal. There are only four countries including the United States that order 21 to be the drinking age. In
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are many arguments on why the legal drinking age should be lowered to 18. To some lowering the drinking age to 18 makes sense to them and to others it doesn’t make sense‚ which is true. Most people believe that if you are old enough to vote and enlist in the Army or the Navy then you are old enough to drink which is wrong. Not only does lowering the legal drinking age put the drinker at harm but also the people around them. There are some many reasons why the legal drinking age should not be lowered
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a war to fight for equality. Abraham Lincoln may have thought at one point that it wasn’t possible that blacks and whites could live peacefully in America‚ but when abolitionist and black leaders confronted him head on‚ he never spoke of it again. Why? Because Abraham Lincoln was humble‚ he listened‚ many of Lincoln’s mistakes and flaws could be viewed as too large to ignore but because Abraham Lincoln was the man he was‚ he fixed his mistakes. He stood by his decisions because he saw an end in sight
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