With over 850‚000 active members‚ the animal rights organization People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has blossomed into an exceptionally powerful speech community. Their main goal is to enlighten others about the prominent existence of animal cruelty in the world‚ hoping to gain enough power to abolish it‚ or at least prevent it from happening as often as it does. PETA uses language as a tool of power‚ verbalizing its message through controversial ad campaigns‚ rallies‚ marches and protests
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Question: How should humans and animals relate? Objection 1: Animals have rationality. Their actions reflect their beliefs (MacIntyre 55). If animals believe humans are friends‚ their actions towards humans will be friendly. Humans should recognize their common rationality with animals and establish an interdependent‚ mutually beneficial‚ give and take‚ human-animal relationship. Humans and animals can provide eachother "protection and sustenance" (MacIntyre 1). Human and animal interdependence will
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Treating animals with the same respect as humans In 2012 there were 35 000 animal cruelty cases reported in the media all over the world. What is more‚ there are many atrocious videos posted on the internet in which animals are being ill-treated or killed. Statistically‚ one fifth of all domestic animals are not well treated. These facts arouse the question: ‘Should animals be treated with the same respect as humans?’. In spite of the fact that animals are not conscious thinking creatures‚ they
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English from a nation language to a global language During the course of a few centuries‚ English has developed from being a nation language spoken only by people in the British Isles to being an international language spoken by nearly 2 billion people. In this article I’m going to write about the factors that played a role in making English a global language. The English language is today known as one of the most powerful languages in the world. The fact that English today is one of the most
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ASSIGNMENT 01 DUE DATE: 12 August 2013 UNIQUE NUMBER: 204488 COMPULSORY: YES INSTRUCTIONS: Read through your Study Guide and answer the following questions. Section A: Thinking Use your journal to answer the following questions (this is a reflection exercise. Do not submit) Activity 1 What is motivation? Activity 2 What motivates you to do things (money‚ success‚ future‚ your peers‚ your family‚ the past)? Activity 3 Have you ever been demotivated? How did you deal with it? 22 Activity
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Language is what makes us as humans unique; it differentiates us from primates. Generally it is acquired in childhood and is developed throughout our lives. Yet what would happen if language was not acquired in childhood? Lennberg (1967: as cited in Grimshaw‚ Adelstein‚ Bryden & MacKinnon‚ 1998).) claims that there is a critical period for when language must develop‚ (after infancy and before puberty) otherwise it will never reach its potential. Using this as a basis for the question can language
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Animal Rights versus Human Rights Currently‚ the state of California is going through a severe drought. Almost all of California is in this state of drought‚ with 70% suffering from an “extreme” case of drought. Farmers have very little water for their crops‚ and their methods for getting more water are being blocked. A bill proposing that water be diverted from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to provide the much needed water for drought-ridden farms was shot down because it would potentially
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Human beings should not engage in animal cruelty. Human beings should not engage in animal cruelty. There is a thin line separating the differences between animals and humans‚ therefore to be cruel animals is to be cruel human beings‚ and it’s not worth it. So why not refrain from injustice treatment to animals? Animals can be trained. If only‚ human beings can adapt to establish a correlation relationship with animals‚ this can result to societal benefits. Hence‚ animals should be fairly treated
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Do animals have language? ’’Language is the method of human communication‚ either spoken or written‚ consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way’’(1) Language is humanity’s way of communicating with each other‚ there are over 6‚500 different languages spoken around the world. Every language is communicated by two or more people. Every person can have a combination of languages. It all depends on what that person chooses to do. Some individuals believe that there is
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The Power of Language George Orwell‚ writer of the novel Animal Farm shows how the abuse of language becomes a vehicle for the abuse of power. Napoleon is intelligent enough to understand how he can use Squealer to promote propaganda in order to entrench himself as the leader. Napoleon uses Squealer as his spokesman because Napoleon does not possess the oral skills Squealer has. Squealer does nothing of his own‚ but only under Napoleon’s orders. George Orwell uses the character Napoleon
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