In its ongoing battle against crime and terrorism‚ the U.S. has ramped up its surveillance on individuals over the years. As in the book‚ 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ "Big Brother Is Watching You". Many people feel that this surveillance is a major invasion of privacy and a violation of their rights. The USA PATRIOT Act was rushed through Congress 45 days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It stands for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
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The Power of Privacy ENG 122 1/27/2014 The internet has opened doors of communication that have pivotally changed the way we think‚ teach‚ learn‚ and communicate. As of late‚ Web 2.0 has developed applications on the internet that create forums of communications with people all over the world. These forums come in different shapes and sizes and can be used in different ways to communicate with others. Many of these applications have been developed over time
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Do the Right Thing “Wake up! Wake up! Up you wake!” 108FM Senor LoveDaddy starts it all off with a good morning and the weather “Today’s temperature’s gonna rise up over 100 degrees.” Brooklyn‚ New York‚ a town with Koreans‚ Jews‚ Italians‚ whites‚ and a lot of blacks seem to be living to together just fine. Yet in such a small town who would have ever guessed that problems this big could ever occur about such a simple thing‚ race. In this multi-ethnic community the thought of others being racist
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Abstract Moral dilemma is a situation where people have to choose between two equally unpleasant alternatives. Moral dilemma is worse than anything‚ because whichever option people choose‚ someone or something will suffer. In a moral dilemma‚ people have to decide on the morally correct course of action‚ not just the one they would prefer. In the video Harvard University’s Justice with Michael Sandel‚ he discusses a lot of situations that deal with moral dilemmas. However‚ he focuses more on the
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What’s the right thing to do? I believe the next thing was a do now‚ he was telling us a story. He told the story so that we can imagine it as if it was us in that position. The story was about you driving your car‚ and your brakes stop working‚ then you notice straight ahead that there are five workers in the way. Then you realize there is a construction work sign and you can’t enter. So you’d end up killing those five people. However‚ your steering wheel still work and you can turn to the right and not
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Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing With his Do the Right Thing producer‚ director‚ and actor Spike Lee has succeeded in creating a truely controversial film that leaves its audience with questions and a source for a lively discussion. And indeed many have taken the opportunity to comment on Lee’s work‚ mostly ignoring its general aspects and rather focussing on its message or deeper meaning. The film deals with both social and racial relationships and shows a community in which people from all sorts
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bully. Passive Bystander - Doesn’t do anything about the bullying and just watches. Active Bystander - Acting on behalf of the victim. Becomes involved. Why People Bully: Cultural Causes – Unrealistic for people not to be influenced by violence in our culture. Institutional Causes – If there is no rule enforcing no bullying then it makes the bullying more likely to occur. Social Issues – Some people think that bullying others is funny or even
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need to dosomething that we do not enjoy.Many people think that we should be true to ourselves‚ so that we should choose what weenjoy most‚ regardless of what other people think. For example‚ if we do not want tostudy anymore‚ just give up and try to do what we really want to such as being an artist or a dance. It is meaningless for us to continue studying if we have no talents and no interest in it.Somebody consider health as an excuse for not doing anything that they do not enjoy. For a person who
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political views‚ but what does it mean to have liberty? Most importantly‚ how does having liberty affect your day-to-day life‚ and is it really worth having in the long run? As stated before‚ liberty is the state of being free within society from oppressive restriction imposed by authority on one’s way of life‚ behavior‚ or political views‚ but I don’t believe this definition gives the word complete justice. Liberty‚ in my opinion‚ means that you don’t have to worry day-in and day-out about someone
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Is a Person’s Right to Defend Himself More Important than a Person’s Right to Privacy? Today‚ the online virtual world has expanded greatly compared to where it was just a decade ago. It has made space for many social media sites such as‚ Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Google+‚ among many other sites. Thus‚ meaning less privacy‚ and more people who can potentially gain access to it. As a result‚ the debate about whether a defense attorney should be authorized to gain a hold of users’ profiles has been going
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