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    drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. People have argued for years past whether this is useful or not ‚ whether they agree to it or disagree.Fracking is used as advanced technology but in reality it’s just slowly destroying our environment ‚because it contaminates the drinking and non-drinking water ‚ costs more than expected ‚ and it causes geographical disasters. Clean‚ Purified water is wasted and consumed by people

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    The Good and Bad: The War on Drugs The current War on Drugs has had horrible effects on society economically and socially. The drug prohibition efforts have had little impact on the supply of illicit drugs and have had no success in lowering the demand. Rather than spending trillions and incarcerating millions for a failed drug war we should be regulating the supply of drugs and providing treatment for those who want it. Legalizing drugs would lower abuse and deaths from illicit substances and

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    through Europe and the rest of the world completely altered the foundation of what was believed to be a prevailing society at the time. New jobs‚ a stimulated economy‚ and a redefined social class system all resulted from the illustrious Industrial Revolution. While the Industrial Revolution and the overwhelming surge of nationalism may have sparked the beginning of our modern society and led more traditional countries into a new era‚ the disastrous health and environmental issues that resulted led

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    behavior. But many scientists and psychologists find that video games can actually have many benefits – the main one is making kids smart. Video games may actually teach kids high-level thinking skills that they will need in the future. Positive Effects of Video Games: • When you play video games‚ it gives the brain a real workout. In many video games‚ the skills required to win involve abstract and high level thinking. These skills are not even taught at school. Some of the mental skills enhanced

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    of PlayStation is 33 (Bavelier‚ 2012). Since video games are entertaining and addictive‚ there are a considerable amount of criticism about the games. However‚ as Daphne Bavelier (2012) said‚ we should be far more nuanced when we talk about the effects of video games. After careful and serious analysis‚ I support that electronic games are positive because they are beneficial to humankind if

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    Civil disobedience has a positive effect on a free society. It allows people to display their rights or beliefs without hurting others. A peaceful protest gets someone’s point across mush more effectively than a violent protest. In a violent protest people point to the protestors and easily take away credibility from the people protesting. The protestors look unintelligent as they resort to violence. The resorting to violence can show that people don’t know how to express their opinions in an intelligent

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    There is probably no greater influence on society than the television. It has become arguably the greatest invention of the past century. With it‚ we have witnessed countless historical events: Inaugurations of presidents; man’s first steps on the moon; the assignation of John F. Kennedy; even disasters as they happen. Americans watch TV in the morning to receive the daily news. They eat watching it. They watch it before they go to bed. But as television has saturated our lives‚ has it always resulted

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    Mrs. Madrigal 19 April 2013 Dumbing Down of Society Caused by Technology What would a perfect world be like? Could a perfect world be achieved? How would technology play a role in a Utopian society and how would it affect people socially? Technology plays a crucial role in our society today in economic and social ways. It allows people to easily access email and quickly return phone calls. Virtually all businesses today use some form of technology to more efficiently produce their services or

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    Oletha Moore April 25‚ 1997 Humanities 490 Seeing Is Believing: Negative Effects Of Popular Media On Society’s Views of Disabled People Social Therapists teach that much of what we learn is the result of observation‚ in which we pay attention to what people do and say‚ and notice the consequences of their behavior. Also‚ Richard MacCann shares that “the best method to begin [sic] discovering the truth about something is to observe that thing and the circumstances surrounding it”.

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    Logan Flanagan 22 March 2013 Negative Effects of the Lincoln Assassination Soon after President Abraham Lincoln died on Good Friday‚ April 15‚ 1865‚ the fatal bullet with which he was murdered was removed. Dr. Curtis‚ one of the doctors who performed the procedure‚ later wrote‚ “‘There it [the bullet] lay upon the white china‚ a little black mass no bigger than the end of my finger—dull‚ motionless and harmless‚ yet the cause of such mighty changes in the world’s history as we may perhaps never

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