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    Citation: 491 U.S. 397 Year: 1989 Facts: While the Republican National Convention was taking place in Dallas‚ Texas in 1984‚ Gregory Lee Johnson was the only one out of 100 protestors arrested for desecration of a venerated object‚ charged with violating the Texas Penal Code Ann 42.09(a)(3)(1989). He publicly burned an American Flag as a means of political protest. The purpose of the demonstration was to protest President Ronald Reagan and his administration‚ certain Dallas based corporations.

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    “Authenticity in the Skateboarding World‚” a research paper conducted by Becky Beal and Lisa Weidman‚ explores the core values and norms that revolve around skateboarding. Skateboarding‚ as some participants claim‚ is an activity that not only permits freedom‚ but also promotes individualism because it is an artistic sport. Within this subculture‚ there is a hidden‚ yet understood identity that skaters respect. Moreover‚ it is the promotion of individualism and perhaps the passive rebellious ways

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    Agents of Socialization: An agent of socialization is an individual or institution tasked with the replication of the Social Order. An agent of socialization is responsible for transferring the rules‚ expectations‚ norms‚ values‚ and folkways of a given social order. In advanced capitalist society‚ the principle agents of socialization include the family‚ the media‚ the school system‚ religious and spiritual institutions‚ and peer groups. Specific sites or groups carry out socialization. We call

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    traditional social measures. As a result‚ social control is the direct and indirect means of imposing norms that were developed by human groups. A disapproval of deviance is a negative sanction‚ which can vary from frowning at someone for breaking folkways to capital punishment for breaking mores. Contrastly‚ a positive sanction is to recompense people for complying with the norms. Sociologists can explain this idea of deviance and consequences of it in three perspectives: symbolic interactionism‚

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    Schools may regulate student speech that results in a material and substantial disruption within the school. Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. Cmty. Sch. Dist.‚ 393 U.S. 503‚ 509‚ 513 (1969). Garner Vo-Tech must show either that there was an actual disruption within the school or that officials reasonably anticipated a material and substantial disruption was likely to occur. Alternatively‚ the Court could expand the exception found in Morse that waives the disruption requirement and include speech that

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    Case Study: Made in USA…Dumped in Brazil Moral Issue: Should the US Dump Tris Pajamas on Third World Markets? Yes‚ the US should dump Tris Pajamas on Third World Markets Premises from the Articles: Are Ethical Values Ethical?; Ethical Dilemmas for Multinational Enterprise: A Philosophical Overview P1: Moral Relativism dictates that what is right in one country is not necessarily what is right in another. Similarly‚ just because something is wrong in one country‚ it may not be wrong in another

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    Iran and US Sanctions Name College Professor Course Date Iran and US Sanctions The history of U.S sanctions over Iran dates back to early 1950s when Britain and America boycotted Iranian oil. The 1950s boycott was as result of the nationalization British Iran’s oil company. The result of the boycott adversely affected the Iran economy and eventually led to the deposition and Mosaddeq who the president by then. In 1979‚ during the Iran revolution‚ United States government backed

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    narcissism‚ I must consider my family and give nourishment to another living creature. The monk never meant for the ritual to be a burden. In the Burmese jungle‚ monkeys are as common as pigeons. It was only in America that feeding monkeys meant violating the rules” (Taw). 4. His purpose for writing the essay is to show that despite questioning whether he believes in ensuring his family’s prosperity by feeding monkeys‚ he believes in honoring the ritual and that faith‚ even if it means feeding monkeys

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    protecting their lives‚ or even for enjoying a common‚ innocent sport. To enforce gun control throughout the nation means violating a persons Constitutional rights. Although some people feel that the issue of gun control will limit crime‚ the issue should not exist due to the fact that guns are necessary for self defense against crime‚ and by enforcing gun control is violating a citizen’s second amendment right to bear arms." Another examples of an argumentative essay comes from Bogazici University:"Throw

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    The Ethics of Lottery The following is an ethical criticism of lottery advertising. It will be argued that such campaigns often promote with misleading information‚ they epitomize government hypocrisy with respect to the ‘purpose’ of lottery‚ and lastly‚ they internationally target the poor and vulnerable community to stimulate volume sales. The concept of lottery advertising will also be applied to an ethical framework to support what is argued. The Promotion of State Lotteries: In the following

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