harmful and dangerous environments. By banning international adoption we are risking these children’s lives. Good morning/afternoon classmates and Mrs Roche I am here today to convince you that international adoption should not be banned. Thesis: International adoption should be permitted in countries such as Australia‚ which is filled with families couples that have been through all of the appropriate background checks‚ and still they wait to get the adoptive child. Background/rationale:
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today‚ that one topic‚ being gun control. I believe that‚ for the safety and security of the American people‚ guns should be banned. Firstly‚ less guns means a safer America. According to wisqars.cdc.gov‚ there were 464‚033 total gun deaths between 1999 and 2013. Based on this‚ you can tell that owning guns has and will continue to cause harm to our nation. Secondly‚ in 2003‚ 23 high-income nations have been studied‚ and it has been found that 86% of women killed by firearms were in the US‚ and
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Smoking in Public Places Should be banned Argumentative Justin Brennan I think smoking in public places needs to be banned. As a citizen I feel that my family and I should be able to have a choice whether we want to be around cigarette smoke or not. The laws on smoking in public areas are getting much better‚ but we still need to make more changes. There is no smoking in places like restaurants‚ bus stops‚ and some buildings and parks‚ but not all the laws get enforced as well as they could
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most astonishing to find on a banned book list is the very popular Harry Potter series. By examining that this book is a fantasy‚ Harry is a hero‚ and that the message has nothing to do with why it was banned‚ it is clear that Harry Potter should NOT be banned. I have found sources that agree with me‚ but also show the other side of the story. Deji Olukotun wrote the article “The Banning of Harry Potter”. The main idea of this article is Harry Potter should be banned for a certain age group‚ but
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Should the Use of Autonomous Weapons in the Military be Banned? Introduction Autonomous weapons or robots designed to kill humans are not a far-fetched idea in science fiction. Semi-autonomous missile systems that automatically target and destroy hostile ships with minimal human intervention are already in development [1]. Automatic weapons defense systems are already in use by numerous countries [2]. Combined with advanced artificial intelligence‚ autonomous weapons have the capability to inflict
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Smoking should be banned from public places Audience: 1. My audience are very aware of the dangers of smoking as well as smoking in public places. 2. All ages‚ genders‚ race‚ social status‚ location and regions. 3. My audience is neutral and wants to do more to inform people that smoke about the dangers it can cause in public places. I. Introduction : A. whether or not smoking should be banned in public places has been a controversial topic for many years. B. smoking should be banned
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Should Junk Food Be Banned from Schools? by Jae Curtis Another day‚ another junk food debate; from boycotting bake sales to banning sodas‚ many schools have joined the national fight against obesity. An August 2012 study from Pediatrics made a startling discovery after following a group of school-aged children: kids who went to a school without junk food regulations maintained about a 37 percent overweight rate from fifth to eighth grade without budging. However‚ in schools with junk food regulations
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peace and freedom in the world since they were created. Nothing in history should be banned for a reason that was never truly given. Even if something is banned‚ those who really care about it will remember it forever. History is history and‚ whether you like it or not‚ it will never be changed. The last few months the banning of the Confederate Flag has become a very heated topic in the United States. The flag has been banned in Alabama‚ California‚ Georgia‚ Mississippi‚ South Carolina‚ and Virginia
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Should all polluting activities be banned? Could pollution ever be justified? Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability‚ disorder‚ harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy‚ such as noise‚ heat‚ or light. The major polluting activities in our world are power stations‚ industries‚ cars‚ CFC gases in aerosols‚ refrigirators and manufacture of polystyrene
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the effectiveness and safety of products‚ such as cosmetics‚ but how about if it’s not effective at all. How about it is a waste of time and money? Thousands of animals are experimented on that don’t grant assurance for humans. Animal testing should be banned in the U.S. because the genetic differences between humans and animals are tremendously wide. Animal testing has proven to give vary results for humans. As neurologist Aysha Akhtar‚ says “over 100 stroke drugs that were effective when tested
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