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    Assignment Two: Violence Violence is social phenomenon that has and always will be part of our human behavior. Individuals have a choice over violence and for some they are able to channel these feelings into a nondestructive outlet. Others‚ like the two students who shot twelve people in the Columbine High School Massacre‚ it exhibits a frightening lack of control. There are many influences and outside factors such as gaming‚ music and psychological processes that lead to violence. Violence

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    were to change on the day of April 20th‚ 1999‚ at Columbine High School. With the death of twelve students and one teacher‚ it was to be the deadliest mass murder committed on an American high school campus. The massacre‚ committed by senior students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ sparked debate over gun control laws; whether the availability of guns across the United States‚ especially to young people such as these‚ was socially acceptable. This event is what sparked Moore to create his documentary

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    Research Paper-The Columbine Shooters Many people wonder what goes through the mind of killers‚ why they committed such acts‚ and what persisted them to carry out such horrific crimes. Two killers in particular‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ who were responsible for the Columbine massacre are constantly questioned why they would shoot up their own school with intentions to kill hundreds. People often speculate that it video games‚ a mafia‚ movies‚ and bullying drove Harris and Klebold to the

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    School shootings have brought fatality and tragedy to the surface. Schools prepare for these occurrences now that they have become more common. School shootings are often caused by mental disease‚ the culture of violence‚ and bullying. Sandy Hook Elementary‚ Virginia Tech‚ and Columbine High School are a few examples of school shootings that have affected millions of people. In 2012‚ Adam Lanza shot 27 people and then took his own life at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown‚ Connecticut

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    Bandura’s theory focuses that by observing others‚ individuals learn to be aggressive and criminal. This could explain Cho’s case on wanting to shoot up his university as The Denver Post claimed that Cho idolized the Columbine shooters‚ Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. Cho had done a video manifesto‚ much like Harris and Klebold did before their shootings (called the “Basement Tapes”). It is possible that he wanted to create a manifesto much like Klebold and Harris because that is what he learned by observing

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    Rebellious Music and Youth

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    Music plays a considerable and fundamental role in the youth culture. It affects their mood‚ the way they speak‚ the way they dress‚ and even the friends they hang out with. With music being such a big influence in their lives‚ one cannot help but wonder what kind of impacts degrading and rebellious music has on youth nowadays. The truth is rebellious music represents two sides of the same coin‚ an avenue for emotional freedom and identity‚ as well as a catalyst for violent behavior in youth.

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    ERIC WILLIAMS THESIS ON CAPITALISM AND SLAVERY AND ARGUMENTS MADE FOR AND AGAINST THE THESIS. Many historians justify that the evolving of the industrial revolution was based on slavery and mainly the triangular trade. The triangular trade was the route taken by Europeans to transport goods to Africa in exchange for slaves to be taken to the Americans. The triangular trade was seen as the first system of global commerce which linked Britain‚ Africa and the Americans. The most important colonies

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    Violent video games today may influence younger‚ more impressionable‚ and or weaker-willed players‚ but in general‚ the average gamer will know better than to let data on a plastic disc tell them how to live their lives. Alright‚ so…by a show of hands‚ how many of you in this room believe that violence in video games should be restricted‚ or “toned down”? *survey the votes* How many of you believe that violence in video games is the most influential factor in causing teens to commit violent crime

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    Pathos In the past recent years in American there were over 464‚033 total gun deaths between 1999 and 2013. This statistic demonstrates a major problem with the gun control in America. We as Americas have the right to bear arms provided to us by the second amendment. We have the right to bear arms but unfortunately its misused when people use the guns for needless killings. Two of the most memorable examples are the Massacre at Columbine and Sandy Hook. On April 20‚ 1999‚ two teenagers went on

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    Children turn into teenagers‚ and teenagers turn into criminals. Violent video games and movies turn into violent weapons. But the feeling of playing the violent game‚ or watching the violent movie‚ stays the same. It stays the same until the teenager no longer gets the rush of energy from the game‚ but they want that feeling for real.That same teenager is bullied at school and one day‚ he has had enough. The teen takes a weapon to school and a school shooting occurs. Who is to blame? The parents

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