Like with the Tom Robinson case‚ a colored male accused of raping a girl‚ the community labeled him guilty even though all evidence pointed to her abusive‚ drunk father. Also‚ the people were questioning why Atticus was his lawyer just because he was a colored male. They even harassed
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importantly‚ the fetus‚ and that is why abortion should be illegal in the United States. Abortion does not only affect the individual‚ but the community as a whole‚ and the rights of those people are infringed on. However‚ abortion does nothing in the cases of rape‚ or women’s rights‚ which is the constant argument people in favour of abortion argue. And lastly‚ abortion should be seen for what it is‚ murder. What gives us the right to decide who should live and who should die? The fetus‚ the innocent
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Against Hate Speech Hate crimes are done too frequently in the United States. Although we have laws that supposedly regulate them‚ many people still feel the need to commit acts of violence on people that are different than them. Many of these crimes originate with some sort of hate speech. People get ideas from other people‚ passed down from previous generations. Some people don’t find anything wrong with verbally abusing another human. Some world leaders have participated in hate speech
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Why Abortion is Not Impermissible The legal status of abortion is regarded as one of the most long disputed and controversial ethical issues in the world of politics‚ presumably because of the moral dilemmas that it is thought to present. Many of those who oppose of the right to abort may do so from a theistic standpoint‚ which leads to more debates regarding the separation between church and state. But abortion is not something that should be forbidden by law. All adult human beings have the right
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The subject of marijuana is a very charged topic‚ both politically and socially. Because of its status as a DSM IV Schedule One drug‚ much of the arguments for or against marijuana use have been the result of speculation and anecdotes. Recently‚ however‚ scientists have been able to study the molecular biology of some of the chemicals in marijuana and elucidate some of the biochemical pathways which they affect. Despite the intense controversy surrounding the subject‚ there have been quite a few
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Policies against the Jews Andrew Benitez Hitler was now in control of Europe with the start of World War II. Hitler’s discrimination against the Jews was now turning into downright control of the Jewish population as well as the rest of Europe. It started with the Nazi invasion of Poland. “The radical‚ planned programme of ‘ethnic cleansing’ that followed was authorized by Hitler himself (Kershaw 518).” From there‚ he and Nazi leaders began to dream up new ideas of how to approach the “Jewish
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Counter arguments against hydraulic fracturing include the lack of government regulations‚ and environmental issues. While most energy companies are conscientious and put forth every effort to make fracking safe‚ without oversight‚ some companies are reeking havoc on communities‚ individuals‚ and nature. John Rumpler‚ Senior Attorney for Environment America‚ says those taking advantage of unrestricted production are responsible for complaints of coercion‚ contaminated drinking water‚ flammable well
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The ethnic group of Japan had several different hierarchal categories within their own race. The lowest social class was discriminated against. The subordinate group was referred to as the Burakumin or “Eta”. The Burakumin held low paying jobs such as street sweepers‚ leatherworkers‚ working with the dead‚ and community service. The Japanese who held a higher economic social status‚ or the dominate group‚ treated Burakumin with no respect or equality (Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica‚ n/a). There
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Reader Response II According to the article‚ “Against Headphone” sound loss in teens and young adults are directly related to the used of headphones‚ and specifically earbuds. Research done on this technology proves there are damaging affects linked to the devices. Because earbuds are not noise canceling they just over power the sounds around the person they cause more harm than good. Originally‚ headphones were created to be noise canceling to help hear sermons. After‚ the military got ahold of
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the laws‚ monopoly by some of the government institutions‚ discretionary powers in the hands of government departments. In order to handle corruption‚ one needs to aim at removing these causes. Social activists like Anna Hazare have been working against corruption‚ but not much success has been achieved. But are these entities really working in the interest of the people is an issue that needs to be pondered upon. It has also been pointed that many prominent figures have had illegal money in the
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