body. This fear may be attributed to people saying that one joint is equal to 4 cigarettes. When it comes to medical marijuana‚ those against it don’t think it should be legal because there are other prescription drugs that help ease pain. Pitzevans writes‚ “ legalizing the drug will just increase addiction by making it readily available to the users and tempt non users to engage in its consumption.” They believe that marijuana is addictive and also one of the most abused illegal drugs. “This abuse
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Ontological Argument for Gods existence‚ we firstly need to understand what it entails. The Ontological Argument looks at proof ’A Priori’‚ which is Analytical truth‚ reason based proof. This can be explained by saying 1+1=2. We know this to be true‚ as it is based on reasoning‚ and is a logical statement. This can be seen as a strength of the Ontological Argument‚ the fact that it is logical and rational. It deals with knowledge gained independently of experience‚ innate knowledge. It does not use any
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rubbed on ebonite. Copper‚ rubber or gold Name one substance that will get a positive charge when rubbed on ebonite. acetate‚ glass‚ wool or human hair One piece of glass is rubbed with silk. A second piece of glass is rubbed with a rubber balloon. What will be the charge on both pieces of glass The glass will have a positive charge when rubbed with either silk or rubber. Which piece of glass will have a stronger charge and explain why. The glass rubbed with rubber will have a stronger positive
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In academic writing‚ an argument is usually a main idea‚ often called a “claim” or “thesis statement‚” backed up with evidence that supports the idea. In most college papers‚ one needs to make some sort of claim and use evidence to support it. One’s ability to do this will separate a good paper from other papers. We use argument in everyday life to convince somebody of my ideas or opinion‚ convince our teachers we deserve a better grade. A better argument is accomplished if no emotion is involved
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was conflict between America and Britain‚ but many disagreed that conditions were bad enough to justify war. Many speeches were given on either side of this question. Patrick Henry’s 1775 speech to the Virginia convention urging the colonists to fight is remembered while others are forgotten because it was an ingenious work of persuasion -- appealing to reason to defeat every argument against war‚ then appealing to emotion to inspire the colonists to fight. The first argument of the colonists was
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Los Angeles would be angry enough to kill each other with guns over drugs and money on a daily basis. Countries with tighter gun control laws have far less violence and fewer deaths. If life is the most important thing‚ why aren’t we doing more in America to preserve actual life as opposed to defending a way of life? More guns mean more deaths. Studies show that the more guns a population of a country has‚ the more violence and deaths occur from shootings. We are known throughout the
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The cosmological arguments are inductive arguments based on an ‘a posteriori’ premise‚ which‚ despite having been introduced many years ago‚ continue to be prevalent today. An early example of the argument is within ‘Timaeus’‚ in which Plato proposed the idea that anything that has been created must be created by a cause. These arguments are intended to prove the existence of the God of Classical Theism by explaining that God must be the first cause of the universe; the being setting the world into
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Teen abortion is a decision that will impact your life dramatically‚ whether you decide to abort or decide to give birth. People you know will choose to support your decision or condemn your decision‚ but this is your decision and you will live with the choice you make. I don’t think that teenage girls are mature enough to make their own decision about and abortion. Being physiologically able to conceive a child doesn’t mean the girl is mature enough to
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their teens will change their opinions on birth control if the birth control were made more available and they fear that their teens will become more promiscuous. Although there are many other uses for birth control than just pregnancy prevention‚ this pill still has many restrictions on it. Most parents believe that teens will not change their opinions on birth control‚ regardless of the availability of it. Making the morning-after pill available to teens will make them “more likely to have intercourse
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his strong argument concisely targets the issue at hand. MLKJ perceptively states “it is an historical fact that privileged
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