who believe that the drinking age should be lowered from twenty-one to eighteen years old as it was during the Vietnam war‚ the old-school mentality was “old enough to fight‚ old enough to drink.” The con side disagrees however stating that lowering the drinking age would bring about a rise in traffic accidents‚ and encourage young adults to binge drink. My understanding of the pro side is that they feel that lowering the drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen or nineteen would reduce the amount
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Pro Death penalty Men losing their lives‚ women losing their innocence and children living their lives without their parents or living their lives without a family to care for them and love them as they grow up. Over 131.4 million people are born each year and over 55.3 million people die or are killed each year‚ when the death penalty was enforced only half of that amount of people had been killed by murders. So the death penalty should be enforced in more locations. The death penalty has been
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their own alcohol‚ alcohol poisoning increased tremendously‚ the economy was damaged‚ and it produced enormous amounts of organized crime. The 1920s was a turning point for women. During the war‚ women were responsible for filling the gaps in society that the men left when they went to fight. After the war and after fighting for suffrage for so long‚ the women of this age were simply looking for a way to relax and have fun. The 1920s brought a new sense of freedom for freedom and drive. More women
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According to Merriam-Webster.com‚ “Torture is defined as the act of causing severe physical pain as a form of punishment or as a way to force someone to do or say something.” While torture is widely criticized by the United Nations and Amnesty International‚ organizations that are supposedly for the progression of human rights‚ there is no denying that the United States‚ in compliance with the Central Intelligence Agency‚ has received valuable intel from the use of torture. Torture is sometimes a
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The Power to Declare War Ritwik Ravin Poltical Science Mrs. Mooney December 13‚ 2010 Ricky Ravin‚ Mrs. Mooney The Power to Declare War Congress and the president use their powers to check and balance each other. One power of Congress is the ability to declare war. However‚ Congress generally gives the president control during war time. Because of this‚ the president is able to acquire more power over the war while Congress can do little if they have already given their
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A case that highlighted the dark side cyberbullying was United States of America v. Lori Drew‚ where Drew in 2008 was indicted for Conspiracy‚ Accessing Protected Computer to Obtain Information and‚ Aiding and Abetting‚ and Causing an Act to be Done. Drew‚ 49‚ created a MySpace account in September 2006‚ and pretend to be a 16 year old boy named "Josh Evens" with the intention of harassing Megan Meier‚ a 13 year old girl‚ an ex-friend of Drew’s daughter Sarah. The initial communication was flirtatious
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April 2013 Public Forum “CON” Analysis Recently‚ we gave our comprehensive analysis of the Pro side of the April Public Forum resolution‚ Resolved: The continuation of current U.S. anti-drug policies in Latin America will do more harm than good. Today‚ we’re discussing the Con side‚ which‚ while slightly trickier‚ if done properly can be argued very persuasively. To recap‚ the pro’s argument is‚ essentially‚ that drugs are such an intractable and complex issue
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national bonds‚ greater threat of nuclear war‚ and
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Kenneth Groppetti Mr. Head Civics 1 November 11‚ 2013 Position Paper Pro keeping Nuclear Weapons Should the United States keep and maintain nuclear weapons today? Yes‚ because without nuclear weapons we would not be able to have the protection we have today since the threat of nuclear war. Which the odds of that happing are very slim since these weapons of mass destruction cause so much damage‚ but if the U.S where to get rid of the nuclear weapons today that would leave a huge vulnerability
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because it will enrage the members of ISIS and cause them to strike back harder. But before an airstrike can be made possible (which UN charter allows)‚ they have to make sure Russia approves of it first‚ since they have veto power in the Security Council. Russia has used its veto power in the UNSC before because they disagree with the US’s methods of dealing with
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