Although censorship began in Ancient Athens‚ it still exist today‚ partially in schools. Students have First Amendment Rights in public schools‚ but those rights are limited. There are many reasons for and against censorship. Advocates for censorship censor text especially school text or books‚ often because school officials are trying to keep students from developing “Subverse values” (Haiman). In other words they are afraid the ideas in the book will make students question authority (Haiman). Books
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determine‚ and Gun Control is defined as the regulation of the sale and use of rifles and handguns and to control misuse of said items. But I ask‚ is there truly anyway to actually control anything at all? Are we able to control the criminals who purchase guns for misuse? Can you control the person who breaks into your house in the middle of the night? What is he really there for at that time for? Is he there just for your TV or jewelry? He can get those things during the day while you’re at work. Go ahead
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What are the arguments for and against the use of stem cells in medicine? Stem cells – often referred to as “the building blocks of the human body” are like the basic ingredient needed in order to create a human being. This is why large amounts of stem cells can be found in early stage embryos in comparison to the adult human body where there are not as many present. Stem cells are “unspecialized” cells which have the potential to produce different types of specialist cells such as brain‚ muscle
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state governments. Having said that‚ it would seem obvious that the state should be allowed the power to prevent or accept the use of marijuana for medical reasons. Most would agree but it is possible that others have a different opinion on the subject. The delegates of states should have power to conclude whether or not a law of that state should be made but a reasonable argument should be made towards the law and should
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The private prisons industry is growing quite rapidly‚ and many have questioned their intentions. Those who are against the private prisons say that profit purely drives them and that they will do whatever it takes to make sure they turn a profit each quarter. The first key argument that they mention is in regards to the safety aspect of the private prisons since they tend to hire improperly trained employees. Followed by the dependency problem that could result from having private prisons take over
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agree that abortion is murder. Murdering an innocent human being that had no voice on rather or not they would be alive is wrong in the eyes of many. Everyone has a different definition on what murder is. Murdering someone is if you have the intent to end that person’s life; but having an abortion is stopping that life from happening. If women were able to get abortions without the judgement‚ then women could make decisions that they have had time to truly think about rather than making a decisions based
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motivation to intervene and protect the rights of others is conceived or perceived as just‚ often the intention is obscured‚ at least in part for the benefit of the intervening party. Compounding the issue is the unforseen outcomes and consequences of actions that change one facet of a given situation yet create other problems more complex and insidious. Further to the issue
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life‚ including careers or hobbies. But no one talks about the decision of their own death. Terminally-ill patients are suffering by the minute and continue to suffer until they eventually die by a biological failure. Patients should have the right to end their life with a painless lethal drug. Some would want to prevent further suffering from their own physical pain or suffering of loved ones that see the patient decaying everyday. Euthanasia is the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable
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whether it is in academics or athletics. The majority of Title IX cases are files against K-12 schools and they are mostly involved on the athletic side.” (www.education.com/definitions/title-ix/) Basically it keeps athletic teams available equally to both men and women. Title IX has a few policies that high schools and colleges have to meet to ensure fairness for male and female athletes and this is called the HEW’s three prong test. The test is the following: • “All such assistance should be available
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these countries. The question is: should America switch? The rest of the world uses it‚ so why not America? It seems to make more sense than the current system. However‚ there are costs in converting. Lots of money will be spent by companies trying to switch everything over. Also‚ is the metric system actually sensible to use? The answer is yes‚ and America should use the metric system. There is a multitude of evidence against the metric system. Books have even been written about how wrong it is. The
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