In the article The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food‚ Michael Mossfeb discusses the issues concerning the causes of obesity in America. Mossfeb gives many examples of how the different food companies use different methods to convince people to buy their products. For example‚ Oscar-Myer found ways to get their products into the family household by exploiting mothers that have little time to prepare meals‚ and children who want control of what they eat. The same problem occurs with Coca
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The burqa should not be banned in Australia A nun can be covered from head to toe in order to devote herself to god. But when a Muslim woman does the same she is being oppressed. It may be argued that wearing a burqa benefits only a few and brings more harm than good to society. The real question is who does it harm? That should be the basis for banning this piece of clothing‚ not one based on fear or an arguably feeble argument that the women do not have a choice. To say that a ban on a specific
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Many people tend to go on and blame the american businesses for multiple reasons; a prime example would be marketing. Parents may feel that advertising things pertaining to kids should be banned‚ but I beg to differ. I’m pretty sure companies intentions aren’t to corrupt the mind of children‚ but to only make a profit from their merchandise. Now‚ it is understandable for a parent to be on the fence about these advertisements because i’m sure we have all seen a ad that simply wasn’t for the eyes‚
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Violence in Sport- Should boxing be Legal? Brain damage‚ broken limbs‚ ruptured organs‚ severe lacerations- these are just some of the possible injuries a boxer may sustain throughout the course of an often short career. In any other circumstances the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) would categorise the infliction of these types of injuries as an assault occasioning actual bodily harm or even grievous bodily harm. Boxing has to date largely maintained its privileged status and thus defied the law. Perhaps
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Before I was able to determine if Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) should be banned from use or not‚ I had to find out what exactly DHMO was. Dihydrogen Monoxide‚ also known as Dihydrogen Oxide‚ Hydrogen Hydroxide‚ Hydronium Hydroxide‚ or simply Hydric acid‚ is a colorless‚ odorless and tasteless chemical compound. It has a boiling point of 10ºC (212ºF) and a melting point of 0ºC (32ºF). Some of the dangers associated with Dihydrogen Monoxide are severe tissue damage due to prolonged exposure to its solid
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specific laws are not helping. Here is my opinion on this controversial argument. BSL laws should not exist and do more harm than good‚ not just to the “blacklisted” dogs but also to the people that own them too. In the Netherlands‚ Pitbulls were banned because of their bad reputation in the Netherlands itself and other states around that were untrusting of the dog breed. Pitbulls and breeds similar were banned because
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Taking a Stand on the Ban Against Pit Bulls Are the big muscular dogs known as pit bulls really that threatening? There should not be a ban on pit bulls because of the effect that the bad reputations has on the breed and how the dogs are affected by the way they raised. Pit bulls can be raised to be a safe non-treating just like any other dog. Pit bulls have been given a bad name by society. This reputation effects Pit bulls in a huge way. Pit Bulls are thought to be a fighting dog and attack
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abhorrence. This anger has been brought to them through the protest that they have acted with‚ not standing or kneeling during the national anthem‚ in the past few years. Football players should be protected by the first amendment of the constitution‚ which is for free speech and protest. Football players should not be punished for their action about the issue in which they protest in the United States because it brings awareness to social issues‚ players that have high profile social status; consequently
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Sappreha Darby English 100 January 8‚ 2013 Why Guns Should Not Be Banned “A well-regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arm‚ shall not be infringed.” The United States constitution states it itself. It protects the rights of people to keep and bear arms. To ban guns will be violating the constitution. If a citizen in a state feels unsafe in their environment they have a right to own a gun for safety reasoning. If a state
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HUMAN CLONING SHOULD BE BANNED. At the present time the science has achieved such high level of the development that it became possible to clone not only the cells but the whole organisms. Up to now such experiments were made on the representatives of the animal kingdom. In the late 90s the whole humanity could make sure of such experiment. The news that splashed over the newspaper front pages around the world in 1997 was about sheep Dolly. Dolly was the first mammal to have been successfully
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