Question One a) Article 16 of the Bill of Rights protects the freedom of opinion and expression of everyone. Also according to the Article 27 of the Basic Law‚ “Hong Kong residents shall have freedom of speech‚ of the press and of publication; freedom of association‚ of assembly‚ of procession and of demonstration; and the right and freedom to form and join trade unions‚ and to strike.” This means that the freedom of Hong Kong residents in doing the above acts should not be restricted. So‚ if
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Parent and School Autism Wars: A Civil Rights Struggle Based on the civil rights principal of equal educational opportunity‚ the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) guarantee an appropriate education to all students with disabilities. The 1997 IDEA amendments mandate that parents of children with disabilities have a right to be involved with the school district in education decisionmaking processes‚ meetings‚ and records of their children. Yet some parents of children in special education
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Stephanie R. Prof. Weinstein Eng 101 9-13-12 C.S. Lewis: “We have No ‘Right to Happiness” In the essay C.S. Lewis claims that we the people within the world don’t have the right to happiness. Now why would he believe that we don’t? Surely‚ we have met people in our life’s here and there who we thought were either happy or not. But does that mean in Lewis’ essay that since “We have no right to happiness” that everyone in the world is miserable? Its ironic how nothing has changed in our culture
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Does Reality Television Have an Impact on Society? British philosopher James Allen once said that “circumstances don ’t make a man‚ they only reveal him.” With that being known‚ reality television is simply a mirror image of what our society has become; a judge mental driven society where the passion for power and money overcomes the power of love. It ’s an overview of a society that is not only weak economically‚ but is also separated from unworldly roots. It ’s also a culture that lives by
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was not an equal right. White American men were granted the voting right in 1789‚ when president George Washington won the election. At that time in the U.S‚ neither woman or African-Americans share the right to vote. Woman’s started claiming their right to vote in 1848‚ and the movement went on for 70 years. In 1920 they won the battle and got what they fought for a long time‚ the right to vote. Voting equality was not complete‚ because African-Americans did not have the right to vote. Finally‚
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High School is Not for Everyone Have you ever heard the statement‚ “College is not for everyone”? Well what if we took it a little further and said that high school is not for everyone? Is this a reasonable statement to make and is it sensible enough to even be considered? Carol Jago believes so; she says that entrance to high school ought not be automatic‚ and that only those demonstrating “minimum competency in math‚ reading and writing” be allowed to enroll in high school (191). Should this proposal
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“The right of a competent‚ terminally-ill person to avoid excruciating pain and embraced a timely and dignified death bears the sanction of history and is implicit in the concept of ordered Liberty.”(ACLU amicus brief v. Quill). The law of Physician-assisted suicide is legal in 5 US states. According to CNN‚ “Individuals must have a terminal illness as well as a prognosis of 6 months or less to live.” Patients should have the right to die because patients should have control of their lives and should
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The words “You can’t”‚ have been apart of my mind set since day one. I was always told that it isn’t possible for me to be as smart as my sister‚ or on the same level of my brother who is special needs. I was always in the in between‚ but the main reason I am striving for success is because I know I can and even though at times I don’t think college is for me‚ I know I can achieve anything I set my mind to. In less than three years I will have a whole new life started for myself‚ all because I made
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Can you imagine a world where individuals change who they are to fit in and have similar rights as those with more power? Minority groups‚ such as immigrants and women‚ are usually oppressed and do not have equal rights in society. How important is equality in today’s society? What factors influence people the need to fit in? Is it fair for some groups to have more rights than other groups? These are questions we all ask ourselves as we walk through the streets of our hometown. Has it ever crossed
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It is indeed important that rights are considered with responsibilities. In every human undertaking‚ it is understood that rights are given because of the responsibility that a person has adopted. Rights cannot be given to irresponsible people. It is true that people who are given rights often abuse them and make society pay the price. Certainly‚ teenagers are old enough to make decisions about things that concern them. It is at the end of the teenage that a lot of decisions are made. Decisions
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