Some people think that stealing is good and some think that stealing is bad. Stealing is wrong because you could get in serious trouble or get hurt and somethings you can get killed or go to jail just for stealing something that doesn’t belong to you. That’s why you shouldn’t steal from one‚ because that is very dangerous to you and the people you did it with or by yourself. The reason why stealing is wrong because you could get hurt for stealing some else stuff that’s not yours. It is wrong to steal
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“Stealing‚ of course‚ is a crime‚ and a very impolite thing to do. But like most impolite things‚ it is excusable under certain circumstances” (Handler). Could you excuse an armed robber if the circumstance was to feed his family? Could you excuse a thief who wanted to apologize afterward? All of these instances came from an extraordinary book that Victor Hugo wrote‚ Les Misérables. Although the incentive behind theft might be obvious to some‚ the main character‚ Jean Valjean‚ provides a great example
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Illegal Downloading "is" Stealing With the popularity of the Internet‚ sales for CDs‚ DVDs‚ Movies‚ and many other products have increased. Along with the increase of sales has brought forth an ever increasing problem of illegal media being downloaded. Programs such as Bittorent‚ Kazaa‚ and other direct-connect networking programs have allowed the transferring of such illegal media. Downloading song files from the Internet over a free peer to peer network is the moral equivalent of shoplifting
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Neighborhood Watch and its Effect on the Community The Neighborhood Watch program is one of the oldest forms of organized community crime prevention in the United States. Its history dates back as far as the late 1960s. As a method of fighting and preventing crime in residential communities‚ this program has shown to be very effective. This paper will cover the beginning of the Neighborhood Watch program‚ its growth up to the present day‚ and a few of its success stories. Neighborhood Watch
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Is Music Piracy Stealing? For centuries‚ the term piracy calls forth an image of a plundering character that can be found in one of today’s most popular movies‚ Pirates of the Caribbean. But over recent decades‚ the term piracy has evolved into one who infringes copyrighted material. Instead of that dirty one-eyed pirate with a wooden peg leg and cutlass sword‚ the pirate now can be anyone‚ any size‚ any age. Charles Moore wrote the essay‚ “Is Music Piracy Stealing?”‚ and tried to answer his
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I knew stealing was bad. I knew that if you stole you would get sent to this lonely and scary place where you don’t get good food and you have to stay behind cold bars‚ where you have to use the bathroom in front of other strangers because you are not allowed to leave your area. I only heard stories about this horrifying place. My mom always told me stories and reasons why not to steal or commit any other sin. To be honest I thought this was a fable I had never seen this place and I know many people
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guilty afterward? You shouldn’t steal regardless of whether someone is in need. There are consequences involved with being immoral. Doing the wrong thing for the right reason is wrong because‚ there are many ways to help a person in need without stealing from anyone. If you had morals that you follow then you decided to not follow them‚ then this could cause guilt that would most likely stay without for a while. Guilt could overcome you do something wrong while also having good morals that you
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With the growing number of internet users participating in movie piracy‚ this creates a network of users who no longer need to go the movie theatre or video store to watch a movie. Movie piracy has grown enormously in the past few years making it easier than ever to find box office releases with the simple click of a button. This creates a world where it is okay to steal billions of dollars from movie producers‚ because most of those participating in piracy see nothing wrong with it. Although
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Are Immigrants Stealing U.S. Jobs? Are Immigrants Stealing U.S. Jobs? Jimmy Santiago Baca’s poem‚ So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs from Americans‚ deals with the ignorance of Americans about immigrants‚ Mexicans especially‚ coming to the U.S. and stealing jobs from American workers. Baca has another piece of literature that touches on the same subject called‚ Immigrants in Our Own Land. Undocumented workers are a growing problem here in the U.S.‚ but the claim that illegal immigrants are taking
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global domino effect of social‚ economical‚ governmental and communicative processes; for example a hotdog restaurant chain from the U.S. can be introduced to China‚ because of the unhealthy ingredients in their food this lead to an increase in obesity throughout their nation affecting their workforce. Due to the increase in health risk manufactures in China began to decline in production affecting other nations including the U.S. This is just one example of globalization‚ but the effects aren’t always
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