on the company and not enough on the person who chooses to put it in their body. On the other hand‚ Balko has a very strong ethos because he leaves beliefs and personal experiences out of his argument. He goes on to say that it is your choice to put things into your own body. This strikes most people and catches their attention since we all want to believe that we have a choice. Another thing Balko does to persuade readers is he gives a solution to the problem. He says‚ “That means freeing insurance
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responsibility of America’s obesity and other fast food related health issues on the fast food industries. Contrary to Zinczenko’s argument‚ Raldy Balko‚ in his essay‚ What You Eat Is Your Business‚ states that‚ people should take ownership of their health and well-being‚ and are therefore responsible for what and how they eat. Although both Zinczenko and Balko address the issue of responsibility‚ though with contrast‚ but valid arguments‚ Zinczenko seems to present a more convincing argument due to the
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Haley Yuhasz Ms. Latevola English 9 17 May 2013 Texting While Driving Researchers have shown that texting while driving makes an accident 23-times more likely to happen. Who is texting while driving and what needs to be done to prevent it? Texting while driving is unsafe and most teens are not admitting that they are texting behind the wheel. Only 34 percent of teenagers have admitted to texting while driving and 54 percent of teenagers have admitted to texting while driving. Teens who
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The Demise Of The Death Penalty Mandy Szwedko Western Governors University WGU Student ID # 000383758 Thesis Statement: Research suggests that capital punishment should be abolished to obviate mishandled executions‚ prevent wrongfully convicted citizens from being put to death and to lower taxpayer dollars for incurred expenses for inmates on death row. Annotated Bibliography Capital punishment‚ known as the death penalty is punishment by death and is reserved for the most heinous of
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How the Media Affects Women’s Self Esteem In today’s society and even past decades‚ women have been expected to live up to certain societal standards. Photo-shopped models in magazines‚ commercials‚ and other forms of advertisement define what is socially acceptable. Stick thin leading ladies epitomize the acceptable figure for women to attain. These different media‚ as well as these portrayals of beauty‚ are the constant goal for women around the world‚ especially young women‚ and the impact has
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it simple. Pollan proposes three rules‚"’eat food‚ not too much. Mostly plants’" (426). Those three rules are the basics for Pollan suggestion for eating like ancestors. Even though Pollan explains it in a different way he promotes the same idea. Balko advises for personal responsibility and Pollan’s suggestion how people can change their eating habits going together and shows how it is possible to solve the obesity crisis.
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America the land of opportunities. Have you ever heard this infamous saying before? We live in a country created of immigrants‚ yet Arizona is trying to enforce SB1070 which is an intrusive law that goes against the diversity of what makes America great. The recent efforts in Arizona threaten to undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans‚ as well as the trust between police and their communities which is crucial to keep us safe. This harsh crackdown against undocumented immigrants
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Cited: Balko‚ Radley. “What You Eat Is Your Business.” 395-398. Graff‚ Gerald and Cathy Birkenstein‚ et al. They Say‚ I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic writing‚ with Readings‚ 2nd ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company‚ Inc. 2012. Haygood‚ Wil. “Kentucky Town of
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Should the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports be legalized? PRO (yes) | CON (no) | Bengt Kayser‚ MD‚ PhD‚ Professor of Exercise Physiology‚ and Alexandre Mauron‚ PhD‚ Professor of Bioethics‚ both at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva‚ Switzerland‚ along with Andy Miah‚ PhD‚ Reader in New Media and Bioethics at the School of Media‚ Language‚ and Music at the University of the West of Scotland‚ UK‚ in their Dec. 2005The Lancet article "Viewpoint: Legalisation of Performance-Enhancing
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our liability what we choose to eat. He presents his personal story as an example of how the fast food industry markets children influencing their eating habits. Contrasting Zinczenko’s position in the article “What You Eat is Your business‚” Balko argues it is the individual’s
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