athletes for this reason. However‚ PEDs can be dangerous because of the harm that it can cause to the athletes that use steroids. Performance-Enhancing Drugs should be banned from sports as it gives athletes an unfair advantage against other athletes‚ they can cause harmful side effects‚ and they can lead to health issues. PEDs should be banned as they give athletes an unfair advantage in sports because of how
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It is understandable that people would think boxing should be banned because they do not approve of the whole concept--fighting. However‚ some people have a true love and passion for the sport‚ which has been around since the Ancient Greek times. This sport also provides jobs for boxers‚ so you would be putting many out of work. If you do not approve of boxing‚ why ban it... Just avoid the sport yourself. Don’t ruin what some people do for a living. It is like saying that because you personally despise
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I strongly agree that the wearing of the burqa should be banned because it is a risk on Australians safety and security. I believe that Cory benardi has a very strong argument that the wearing of the burqa should be banned in public places. I 100% agree with him. There has been an Australian man that was dressed in a burqa that robbed a bank because of this there have been a number of understandable concerns in the community. Police being reluctant to search any suspects wearing a burqa. I am one
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THE CAVE Timothy Eves May 13‚ 1989: I sat in a cave‚ one of a multitude of prisoners. For dinner‚ as for so many other meals‚ we were served steak. Tendrils of steam rose from our plates like beckoning fingers. The aroma penetrated our nostrils; our mouths watered. We took a bite: the meat was so tender that it practically melted on our tongues. We groaned with pleasure. Where the meat came from we didn’t know—and didn’t care. We simply reveled in the flavor‚ the texture‚ the juice dribbling down
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In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave there were multiple beliefs brought upon by the prisoners of this cave. The prisoners of the cave are supposed to parallel everyday people in the sense of how reality is perceived. The prisoners of the cave believed and only knew that reality of the shadows and developed their own belief structure and way of processing that information. Plato connected that to everyday people due to the fact that although we strongly believe the reality we have made for ourselves‚
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Science Opinions Should plastic bags be banned from grocery stores? YES 51%of members Voice Your Opinion * My New Year’s Resolution is to say no to plastic bags! Plastic bags should be banned from grocery stores. I often go to the store and buy 1 or 2 items and I am given so many bags. I feel that we have become an extremely wasteful society. If we could just say no to plastic bags we would be slowing down the waste in landfills. It takes a little more effort to remember to carry
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In book 7‚ in Plato’s Republic‚ Plato illustrates a metaphor dealing with education and knowledge. This‚ metaphor is known as the Allegory of the Cave. In the cave there are men chained up facing the end of the cave. They can’t turn their heads either side and behind them are puppeteers statue like in front of the fire. Shadows are made by this and are pictured in front of the prisoners. They speak about the shadows as we do of our world. They call the shadows different names that we would call dogs
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Political Philosophy Generally‚ why do people feel so disconnected to the political decisions made on their behalf by those who govern? In Book 7 of Plato’s Republic‚ Socrates outlines that this problem is not new and can be accurately shown in what he calls The Allegory of the Cave. The cave is a metaphorical situation whereby there are fictional prisoners in a fictional cave who only know the reality that is shown to them. According to Socrates‚ the prisoners are an example of people who do not live the
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one punch which does the damage. In other cases it seems to be the overall effect of hundreds of punches over many fights. For these reasons medical associations speaking for doctors all over the world have called for boxing to be banned. Asking “should boxing be banned?” usually makes for a good debate. As well as issues which are particular to boxing‚ the debate brings in arguments of wider importance. For example‚ the purpose of sport‚ how much freedom people should have‚ role models and the media
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PLS 325 Ancient Political Theory Sagynysh Yeltayeva 10/10/15 Reading response on “Republic” (Book 7) In Book 7‚ Socrates presents the famous metaphor – allegory of cave. The metaphor demonstrates the influence of education on a human soul. People see shadows of statues in the dark place and believe these figures to be real. This shows people’s lowest stage on the Socrates’ line – imagination. When a prisoner is unchained‚ blinded with the light of fire‚ within the time he sees that indeed shadows
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