The Danger and Pointlessness of Total Equality In the story "Harrison Bergeron"‚ author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. described a sort of dystopia where everyone is "equal". There was a government that made it it’s duty to force equality upon every citizen in the form of handicaps. There were handicaps that were instilled upon a person if they were more beautiful‚ strong‚ intelligent‚ and talented than the "average" individual. These hinderences were dangerous‚ torturous‚ and discouraged any type of possible
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school at very young ages and be forced to go to work. During the Victorian Era‚ children should not have been employed due to the appalling working conditions and numerous acts passed against it. While each job had working conditions that varied in dangers‚ one of the most dreadful environments was in the coal mines. It was dark in the mines which would put constant strain on their eyes‚ and it
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In the article “Alcohol‚ Tobacco Worse Than Illegal Drugs” a new British study found that alcohol and tobacco are more dangerous than some illegal narcotics such as marijuana or Ecstasy. Professor David Nutt of Britain’s Bristol University and some colleagues proposed the study and found a new structure for the “classification of harmful substances based on the actual risk posed to society” (Conroy‚ 2007). The researchers used three factors to determine how harmful any drug is : “the physical harm
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Adedoyin Okanlawon 10/14/2012 The Truth about the Life Changing Credit Card Business The word credit is derived from the Latin word Credo. The word credo means "I trust you". It is defined by Gide as" an exchange which is complete after the expiry of a certain period of time after payment. As defined by a freelance writer named Barb Nefer‚ A credit transaction is a common financial activity‚ often conducted with a credit card. Credit gives you the ability to buy things you cannot afford to pay
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Your cell phone can kill you. Drivers shouldn’t be able to text and drive because it’s dangerous to everyone if you text and driving‚ you could crash since you’re not focused on the road and you and the person you hit could become seriously injured or DIE. The first reason why cell phones are dangerous is it’s dangerous to everyone if you are texting and driving. In fact in the article “ Parents Share Son’s Fatal Text Message to Warn Against Texting and Driving “ (Parents Share page 137) it
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Drunk driving is one of the fastest growing problems in the United States. Statistics show that 31 percent of accident-related crashes were due to alcohol in 2013. 10‚076 people died in alcohol- impaired accidents that number has increased over time. Most people are arguing that there are reasons why someone may drive drunk so that also gives a person the right to take someone’s life‚ and we should not be fine with that. There should be no exceptions‚ and we need to do put a stop to it once and for
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There are about 5‚000 deaths a year around the world because of underage drinking. Drinking kills people about mostly every day when people drive out on the street that are not safe to drive home. My uncle once told a story about his friends and him driving out one night and that my uncle was in the passenger seat‚ then an accident happened and the pictures that were shown weren’t pretty; my uncle survived but the others didn’t. That example should show that if accidents happen because of twenty-one
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Everyone will go through some kind of problem throughout his or her life. No one will ever have the perfect life without having to go through any tribulations.At some point in life you will have either puny or tremendous obstacles which will be agonizing to deal with. However‚ you can make your obstacles and disadvantages into something favorable. An obstacle can block people from something‚ but any obstacle can be dealt with. An obstacle is a thing that blocks one’s way or prevents or hinders progress
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Disgusting doesn’t make it "speech" by Ann Coulter‚ is the opinion of author that free speech is not absolute right. There is a typical example that child pornography should be restricted. However‚ what her journey contains and refer contents are child pornography. She believes child pornography has very high risk to endanger and threat innocent children‚ and she believes child pornography increase risk that cause damage for children‚ it is very ridiculous in her vision. Author also considers child
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Football is a physically demanding sport that requires not only strength‚ but great coaching tactics as well. When a person signs up for football‚ no matter what age they know the risks of being injured. But even knowing the risks will not prevent them from occurring‚ the injury that is frequently worried about is a concussion. A concussion is when temporary unconsciousness caused by a blow to the head. Football players take repeated blows to the head so a concussion is very common in this sport
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