April 2013 Public Forum “CON” Analysis Recently‚ we gave our comprehensive analysis of the Pro side of the April Public Forum resolution‚ Resolved: The continuation of current U.S. anti-drug policies in Latin America will do more harm than good. Today‚ we’re discussing the Con side‚ which‚ while slightly trickier‚ if done properly can be argued very persuasively. To recap‚ the pro’s argument is‚ essentially‚ that drugs are such an intractable and complex issue
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death”‚ others viewpoints against it and the space in between. First of all‚ it might be easy to find a wide range of arguments that defend this practice for the benefit of the suffering patients. Following the most basis statements of the International Declaration of Human Rights (Eutanasia‚ 2010)‚ the euthanasia could be seen as an ethical action. How could this be inferred? Human rights are based on the defense of free decisions of citizens; therefore‚ the people who are suffering from terminal
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Great discussion !! Meshele is not advocating not medicating a patient. She explained that the outcome‚ namely death‚ might be viewed by some as undesireable‚ but that we could not let the ultimate outcome (i.e. death)‚ interfere with ethical decisions that we need to make‚ namely making the ethical decision to medicate a patient on comfort care in order to give them quality of life. Being aware of the risks does not mean that we will not follow through on an ethical decision. Meshele‚ states that
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The TSA (Transportation Security Administration) has many issues and has caused many problems. Some people are saying that the only way to fix these problems that the TSA created is to privatize airport security. The TSA was created when congress passed the Aviation and Transportation Security Act. Their main focus was to keep anything that could be used as a weapon off of airplanes. Over the years the TSA has banned various items and has added new security procedures‚ such as taking off shoes. As
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Every year approximately 900.000 seals were killed on commercial slaughters‚ carried out primarily in Canada‚ Greenland‚ Russia‚ and Norway. In 2009 the Humane Society International organization began a campaign against such atrocity. That same year‚ the European Union decided to implement a ban on the importation and commercialization of processed or unprocessed‚ deriving or obtained seal products in response to public moral concerns about seals welfare. Canada and Norway (complainants) filed a
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In the wake of the attacks on September 11‚ 2001‚ the United States faced many challenging decisions. The consequences of these decisions would shape the country from that day forward. However‚ there was one decision that made the rest infinitely simpler by providing information to key government officials. That was the decision to use Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (EITs) on those detained as suspected terrorists. EITs take many forms such as waterboarding‚ forced stress positions‚ and humiliation
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seen as a necessary part of life in America for generations‚ needed to transform the children of the nation into happy and productive individuals. Unfortunately‚ there seems to be a problem with overall performance. According to the Program for International Student Assessment survey administered by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2012‚ the United States ranks 27th in math‚ 17th in reading‚ and 20th in science. According to the OECD the US spends more on education than
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Outsourcing IT Jobs: Pros and Cons In 1973‚ a monumental shift was prevailing where U.S. companies were sending low skilled jobs within the manufacturing industry to offshore countries to reduce labor cost while maximizing profits. The effect of the jobless manufacturing work force was a shift of those laborers to focus on and perfect the service industry of what it is today (Koch 1). During the high tech recessions of the late 1990s and a nominal expansion of the present time‚ the Information
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The whole point of international agreements and restrictions in intervening in sovereignty. But this is a permissible interference in the sovereignty of which the countries are mutually agreed upon for the conservation of nature and for the less toxic inter-existence on the planet
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SNAP‚ the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program‚ is a government assistance program to help low-income households pay for food. SNAP used to be called the Food Stamp program. The federal government changed the name of the program on October 1‚ 2008. SNAP is a modern program that uses EBT cards instead of old style paper food stamp coupons. The amount of SNAP food stamps a household gets depends on the household’s size‚ income‚ and expenses. The first food stamp program was established by virtue
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