Good morning/afternoon class. The topic that we have chosen for our debate is “That airbrushing should be banned.” We as the affirmative team believe that this statement is true. The points that I will be talking about today is that manipulating images can lead to self-esteem issues‚ the different types of disorders that photo shopping could lead to and the extensive cost of airbrushing images. To start off‚ the deceptive imagery of airbrushing can lead to major self-confidence issues. •
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Should or Should Casinos Not Be Legalized in Thailand? Does Las Vegas sound exciting? Have you ever longed to go there and try your hand at a fortune? Almost everyone has a dream that they’ll win big‚ and this is why towns such as Las Vegas have such a strong appeal to the public. The problem arises when people visit casinos and take gambling too far. For some this form of entertainment turns into an addiction. This creates a rather big controversy whether casinos should or should not be legalized
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Should voting be compulsory? The voter apathy in Canada in the 2004 federal elections was so high‚ that politicians are now searching for a method to increase the turnout. One of the possible solutions is introducing the mandatory voting‚ where every voter is forced to participate in the elections. First of all one big benefit of the mandatory voting is the equalization of the social bias because according to some surveys a very big part of the voters are white property owners. If all people
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Justine Lacroix Fifth Re-‐Bel Event 9th June 2011 Should the obligation to vote be abolished? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Is Compulsory Voting Justified in a Liberal Democracy ? The normative debate on compulsory voting has recently known a revival in political theory1. One of
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Title There are many people who would strongly agree that being a Christian means you can not possibly have fought in the American Revolution‚ or at least you shouldn’t have. Christians should have supposedly stayed away from all of this‚ but this is just false. Not only is this statement wrong‚ but it is kind of confusing at the first glance. Why would a group of people need to stay away from a war that is going to probably impact their present and future life? Why shouldn’t Christians be involved
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with the masses. These aspects also outline the cult’s misfit in the definitions given above‚ hence withholding it from becoming a World Religion. We will first examine the name of Satan. Just as how Christians are followers of Christ and Muslims that of Allah‚ Satanists follow Satan. This brings about a very negative connotation because Satan‚ in the Christian context‚ depicts a figure “associated with sex‚ pride‚ non-conformity‚ rebellion and individualism” (Petersen (ed.) 2009‚ 2). Most people
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armed forces to fight in battle‚ we would not have the freedoms to do anything that we do now‚ including playing sports. Many athletic players receive more money than most soldiers do. Many agree that athletes should‚ but I beg to differ. I think a man with a helmet defending his country should make more money than a man with a helmet defending a football. Football players make more money than soldiers do‚ they get thousands of dollars every game‚ hit‚ touchdown‚ or kick-off of each season. The Atlanta
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The chance at a free education should be enough for a teenager who wants to make something of their future. Parents will greatly appreciate the fact they don’t have to pay for school or take out grants and loans for their children. Graduating from college with no debt is amazing. Students should not be paid because they are receiving a free education/degree. School is not a job‚ it’s an institution for educating. Children in Africa pray for the chance at an education. Even foreign exchange students
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situations they are in. I strongly disagree with abortion and feel that it should not be legal unless the mother’s life is at risk! As I sit and think about the innocent lives that have been taken it is devastating‚ and I wonder how the women feel after making such a terrible decision‚ and if they ever told the father of the child that they were pregnant. Women who are thinking about making such a substantial decision such as this should at least give the father of the child an option of
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Should sports be a religion? If someone came up to me in the middle of a street and said should spots be a religion. My first instinct would be no. but is it? We should look at the fact that so many people fellow it and physically do it‚ that maybe it could be a religion. It has the structure of a religion with Rules‚ fans and merchandise. Sports in the recent decade have become so popular that it has become a substitute for religion. A sport is similar to churches with stadiums‚ ovals and TV’s
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