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    Argument against Fracking

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    I understand that hydraulic fracturing holds possibilities for many more jobs‚ tax revenue‚ and greater energy security. In a country that has had a terrible economy for years‚ it is reasonable for Americans to feel that fracking would be beneficial to them. Landowners and energy companies would make money from hydraulic fracturing. It would also create jobs for welders‚ drillers‚ chemists‚ and mechanics. New York could potentially drill four hundred wells per county and raise incomes by over $6-8

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    Discrimination against Homosexuals Everyone is prejudice in some way or another. People are taught at a very young age to discriminate against others. Whether it is because of race‚ religion‚ sexuality‚ gender‚ age‚ personality or way of life‚ everyone pre-judges. Experiencing uprising discrimination lately are homosexuals. Anti gay/lesbian discrimination tends to be particularly brutal and nasty. Homosexuals are victims of prejudice for multiple reasons. Homosexuality contradicts some religious

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    Pollination Against Bees

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    some of these plants grow fruit‚ nuts‚ and vegetables. The pollination process happens when bees transfer pollen from one plant to another so that the plants can make seeds and reproduce. Bee populations are rapidly declining. There are threats against the bee colonies which are causing a decrease in the population‚ including : pesticides‚ habit loss‚ wildfires‚ and monoculture. Some ways to stop the decrease is to make a pesticide that does not harm bees‚ decrease the amount of habitat loss‚ and

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    Arguments Against Torture

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    argument to prove their case. For example‚ if America’s security becomes unfortunately at risk of another terrorists attack‚ the nation could potentially protect Americans by implementing various methods of torture to only not question terrorists’ against their willpower.

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    Arguments Against Stalk

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    in the context of rape trials. In April 2011 the first protest march called “SlutWalk” happened in Toronto‚ Ontario. The “SlutWalk” is a transitional movement of protest marchers calling an end to rape culture. Specifically‚ participants protest against explaining or excusing rape by referring to any aspect of a woman’s appearance. The protests started after a police officers from Toronto

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    professions. They hope to extent acknowledges and professional experience. Depending on people’s interests strong or weak‚ the discourse community uniform is more confirm or not. 2. John notes that people joining a new discourse community can rebel against some of its conventions and in so doing actually change the discourse community. Explain what this means and try to think of some historical examples. It goes without saying that there is established or initiated member. They want to get their

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    “Children are no longer vaccinated against smallpox because the disease no longer exists due to vaccination. The last case of smallpox in the United States was in 1948; the last case in the world was 1977 in Somalia” (ProCon.org). “Jenny McCarthy is an actress and has been in the public eye for her stance against vaccinations‚ “she has a boy with autism-like symptoms that she is convinced were caused by the vaccine for measles

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    Against Affirmative Action Affirmative action is accused of being a racist system and this is based on the assumption that we live in a post-racial society‚ meaning racism is no longer an issue in the United States. If racism is no longer a problem‚ then why does the government need to pass a program that only benefits racial minority group and doesn’t exclude hard-working Americans from employment and educations? An issue on discussing about affirmative action is that racism is a problem in the

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    provide equality to all people‚ and we believe in the virtue of justice. For this reason‚ the idea that “the right against torture is not inalienable” is false. I agree that the Just War Tradition gives inherent worth to all people‚ but it cannot be combined with the Forfeiture Theory because we do not have a just cause to harm non-combatants whom are no longer actively taking up arms against us. It is not necessary to harm people who will never again be in a position to harm us. Moreover‚ there is ample

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    Arguments Against DOMA

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    However‚ I personally lean towards opposition against DOMA. Though I can understand the ties that marriage has to religious institutions‚ I agree with President Barack Obama’s conception that there can be both religious and civil version of marriage (Pelts‚ 2014)‚ which means that marriage does not have

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