A banned or challenged book tends to be disputed and unwanted in public places. When a book is banned from schools or even a whole state it means that it contains things such as sexual explicitness‚ offensive language‚ political incorrectness‚ violence‚ views contrary to the state or are seen threatening in some way (Gale 1).The book Lolita written by Vladimir Nabokov was banned in 1955 in France and Australia for its controversial content (Amy 4). Lolita should be banned or challenged because of
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Huckleberry Finn should be banned from schools. There are several issues in the novel that schools should not permit their students to learn about and study. These issues are extreme racism‚ Huck questioning the rules of society‚ and teaching bad morals. Huckleberry Finn contains several racist comments. In today’s society‚ there are people who will take these comments very offensively Huck says‚ “according to the old saying‚ ‘Give a nigger an inch and he’ll take an ell.’” Huck is stating that
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“We are free country‚ we are a free society and it’s not the business of government to tell people what they should and shouldn’t wear‚” Said Mr Tony Abbott‚ before adding he was unaware of any record of anyone attempting to enter parliament wearing the burqa. Tony Abbott states that “We are a free country.” If this is true then why is the government supporting penalties on women who wear the burqa? This is simply stripping them at their rights!! Muslim Women’s Association executive officer Maha
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“Despite guns being banned in Honduras it has the highest murder rate in the world‚ yet in Switzerland almost all people have guns and it has the lowest murder rate in the world.” (Anderson) Many people and famous politicians disagree with guns because that is what many are killed by. Gun ownership should be allowed because it is a huge protection device against deadly threats to a family and yourself. There are many logical reasons why guns shouldn’t be banned. One of the biggest being that the
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beneficial because they are a less harmful alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes‚ today’s youth are trying e cigs and becoming addicted to them. Marketing for today’s e cig companies target youth to try electronic cigarettes‚ while the FDA tries to regulate them due to them containing carcinogens. Most e cigs contain nicotine and some countries like Canada‚ Mexico and Brazil have completely banned e cig smoking‚ while Australia has banned e cigs with nicotine in them. Because of the carcinogens
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Yes‚ it should. Fracking is bad for our world and disturbs the peace of our land. It causes homes to tremble and fall. Properties ruined and sometimes love ones lost. The United States’ government should ban oil companies from fracking the ground like some European countries who have already banned the Earth crushing process. The United States has a plentiful supply of oil already that could last for 50
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With these new advances people are now starting to come up with actions to help eliminate secondhand smoke. “The American College Health Association (ACHA) has recently adopted a No Tobacco Use policy that encourages colleges and universities to be diligent in their efforts to achieve a campus-wide smoke-free environment (Harbison 323). For an example on University of North Carolina Wilmington students‚ factuality‚ and guest have to follow guidelines put in place by the campus to help promote health
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Yasmin Kabir 10D Ms Home- ENGLISH Word count: 790 Dear Sir‚ I am writing to you to express my opinions about your recent article (Should mobile phones be banned in schools? – 27/11/12). This subject is definitely a hard topic to discuss due to the fact mobile phones have made a huge impact to our generation. I was intrigued by the writers’ perspectives and by the contrast of their viewpoints. In the first paragraph of Barkham’s article‚ he talks about the many fears of teens
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other products. Some people argue that these experiments should be banned because it is morally wrong to cause animals to suffer‚ while others are in favour of them because of their benefits to humanity. It is true that medicines and other products are routinely tested on animals before they are cleared for human use. While there really are some things that animal testing should not be used for‚ I would have to support a limited
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wonderful quality considering today’s society. Another reason not to ban skateboarding is that now kids are outside and not inside all day long. Skateboarding is also a career that many want to achieve. The skateboard is not an activity that should be banned just because some teens were a little too loud or accidentally knocked over someone’s trash can. Skateboarding helps brings kids and sometimes even adults together for little fun with their kids.
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