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    Power and Authority‚ Legitimacy By Stacey Ellis The idea of Authority is to look at two other concepts that give authority its meaning‚ such as power and if that is legitimate. In order to have Authority over something or someone you must have its power and how it is able to influence the person this can be used through manipulation or threats towards them‚ but the power that has a legitimate purpose is if the threats and manipulation is not needed. If you have a government and they are ruling

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    Is breed-specific discrimination and legislation against dogs really necessary? Many different breeds of dogs are discriminated against simply because of stigmas behind their breeds. Breed-specific legislation applies only to dogs that happen to look a certain way‚ not to any and all dogs. These types of legislation do not take into account how the owners have raised‚ trained‚ or managed their dogs. Legislation of this kind does not take into account the dog’s actual behavior. Imagine being a pet

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    14th September 2013 Torture is a necessary evil. After reading this article and evaluating both sides of the argument‚ my opinion remains the same. I disagree that torture is necessary; it is a barbaric breach of human rights. After looking at statistics‚ only 8% of Guantanamo detainees were Al Qaeda fighters‚ this is a shockingly low percentage in proportion to the 517 Guantanamo that were detained. British laws have deemed torture illegal and yet at least 6 detainees alleged that British forces

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    Nanotechnology Nanotechnology (sometimes shortened to "nanotech") is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally‚ nanotechnology deals with developing materials‚ devices‚ or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres. Quantum mechanical effects are important at this quantum-realm scale. It is considered a key technology for the future and various governments have invested billions of dollars in its future. The USA has invested

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    4 Real life examples 5 Conclusion 8 Appendix A The UK Regulation Bodies 11 OFCOM 11 THE ADVERTISING STANDARDS AUTHORITY (ASA) 11 The Advertising Standards Codes 12 TELEVISION ADVERTISING 12 RADIO ADVERTISING 13 OTHER ADVERTISING 13 Appendix B Adjustments 14 HEALTH AND BEAUTY 14 COMPUTERS AND TELECOMS 15 Introduction The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the UK’s independent regulator of advertising across all media‚ including marketing on websites. We work to ensure

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    Why censorship is necessary ? Obviously censorship in films and other medias is needed. The richness of today’s films is present without government monitoring the contents‚ yet some types of films are offensive and even some types contain child pornography which leads to the increase of the sexual harassment phenomena. What is censorship? Censorship is a form of prohibition and punishment. Censorship involves people’s point of view on politics and religious issues‚ issues related to social

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    Gerard Wilson Mrs. Teuton Claim Essay 6/26/2012 Arundhati Roy’s argument makes justifiable points that bash all political parties’ ideals and true intentions regarding their country’s best interests. I tend to agree with Roy’s reasoning concerning our governments true intentions particularly regarding our country’s true reason for going to war. In addition to our ongoing war with Iraq Roy points out that even though we may be in the war to avenge the lives that were lost on that fateful day

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    the resolution “We should question authority” the following parts are vague: “we”‚ “question” and “authority”. By we I mean all people‚ by question I mean to think rationally about it and by authority I mean anybody who has to power to give us orders. Unfortunately in everyday live a lot of people follow orders blindly leading to dangerous situations. 3. Therefore I made the following case: “We should think rationally before following orders from the authority”. Points: 1st point 1. My first

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    Claim of Fact Essay With the biggest GDP‚ prestigious universities‚ and a multitude of successful entrepreneurs‚ the United States has always been considered one of the leading countries in the world. Unfortunately‚ with other countries outdoing the United States in education‚ this notion is quickly changing. In recent years‚ students from other countries have been surpassing the United States academically and have proven that they are the future of the world. Researchers have found many differences

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    Government Surveillance is Legal and Necessary Since September 11‚ 2001‚ the National Security Agency started a program called National Security to help the government collect and monitor information and data from overseas.There are two-hundred million text messages and three million phone calls collected per day to detect terrorist attacks before it happens (King 1). Some attacks are stopped before it happens but there are some that aren’t. Let’s take 9/11 for example‚ nineteen hijackers attacked

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