Globalization: A Good or Bad Thing? This article deals with globalization and discusses how middle-class Americans might be on the losing end of it. In the early 1990’s‚ when the idea of globalization started to be more frequently pronounced‚ many Americans supported the idea because they felt they would gain from the global expansion of their companies. Now many who work for these companies are losing their jobs to people in other countries who will do the same job for less and therefore‚ save
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Is Medical Marijuana a good thing? Medical Cannabis or as most know it‚ Medical Marijuana‚ is parts of the herb cannabis used as a doctor- recommended form of medicine. It also refers to synthetic forms of cannabinoids‚ which are a class of diverse chemical compounds that activate cell membrane receptors‚ like Tetrehydrocannabinol (THC)‚ which is why it is recommended from doctors as well. THC is the psychoactive drug in Medical Cannabis that works with the central nervous and immune system to
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cover‚" said Edwin Rolfe. That means that you are never able to judge someone or something from their physical appearance alone. Most individuals judge other people before actually knowing their true identity. In the short story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver‚ it shows how a narrator can judge a male friend name Robert by the way he is seen in the public eye. I will explain why the narrator doesn’t trust his wife around Robert‚ why she spends more time communicating with Robert‚ and why she becomes irritated
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The second play is the relationship of the narrator and the blind man. At first the narrator didn’t fully accept Robert relationship with his wife. The narrator changed his views about Robert at a later stage‚ when Robert visited them. Raymond Carver in his story described the narrator conflict with the blind man. The narrator views changed and transformed at a later stages. In the beginning the narrator feared the blind man‚ he was worried. Towards the end of the story‚ his views changed‚ he
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Music Piracy is a Good thing Pirating music is one of the most common crimes in the world that happens everyday. However‚ ones you read this essay‚ I hope you will see this issue from a different perspective‚ it may not look like such a terrible crime after all. Most successful artists make in the tens of millions every year according to eHow.com. If that’s the truth‚ how badly is piracy really hurting these people? If music piracy is effecting the artist so much then why do majority of
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Ontario‚Quebec‚ Nova Scotia and New Brunswick confederation in 1867 ; there was still much debate for the remaining colonies on whether to join. There is definitely an argument for both sides‚ but in my opinion --- I believe confederation was a good thing. One advantage of confederation was that when the colonies were united as a country‚ we would be able to fend off attacks from the South. Also it would act as a symbol to intimidate the Americans into submission and prevent manifest destiny. Another
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Equal Opportunity is a Good Thing In the widest sense‚ gender individuality refers to each person’s own sense of being male or female. Although there are cultural‚ psychological and social characteristics associated with a person’s gender identity‚ I have seen how both men and women – from different cultures - took part in the shaping of our nation’s naval forces‚ the society I belong. Even though we have isolated incidents of sexual harassment and racial discrimination‚ it is very clear that the
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Funerals are never a good thing. You can ask anybody and they will tell you the same thing. People that have never been to a funeral don’t understand how sad and demoralising they can be. I’ve been to two funerals and I’m going to tell you about one of them. This took place three years ago‚ when I learned that you should never take life for granted. When I wasn’t born yet‚ my grandpa was really active. He went fishing with my brother‚ shopping‚ and he even drove one of those huge pickup trucks one
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the democratic views the country holds‚ and allows for fair and equal representation. Similarly‚ voting should be made compulsory because it voting effects all the people in a country‚ not just the person voting. Voting is a nation wide event and thing. It serves the purpose to allow people to choose who they want for something when voting‚ which is representing the people’s beliefs. When someone opts not to vote‚
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Why Torture is a Good Thing. Recently the Speaker of the House of Representatives‚ Nancy Pelosi has come under fire for comments she made about torture‚ once again bringing the topic of torture back into the national spotlight. There are so many different sides to the debate on whether our government should or should not allow torture in the integration of suspected Al Qaeda members currently locked up in the United States military prison located in Guantánamo Bay‚ Cuba. There are those people
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