Boxing is a very popular sport‚ enjoyed by millions across the world. It is also a dangerous sport. Over 1000 boxers have died during or just after fights in the past one hundred years. Many more have been damaged for life by injuries in the boxing ring. Some of these victims were professional boxers who made their living from the sport. Others were amateurs boxing for fitness and fun‚ rather than for money. Sometimes it seems to be just one punch which does the damage. In other cases it seems to
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It is understandable that people would think boxing should be banned because they do not approve of the whole concept--fighting. However‚ some people have a true love and passion for the sport‚ which has been around since the Ancient Greek times. This sport also provides jobs for boxers‚ so you would be putting many out of work. If you do not approve of boxing‚ why ban it... Just avoid the sport yourself. Don’t ruin what some people do for a living. It is like saying that because you personally despise
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Violent video games Many people believe that violent video games should be banned‚ claiming that they have a negative effect on people. Some even say violent games make people commit violent acts. These games do influence human behavior‚ which is not always positive‚ but this does not mean that they should be banned. If a child began playing violent video games at a young age‚ then he might think that violence in real life is the same as the game violence and that it does not have a real impact
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Don’t we all love our cats and dogs‚ our beloved pets? We would all be bought to tears if anything were to happen to them. Why is it not the same for all other animals? The cruel treatment of animals needs to stop. As a leading researcher in the Animal Cruelty Australia Program‚ I have seen the horrific treatment of animals first hand. This conference on the unfair treatment of animals aims to change the way people think about cruelty to animals and what Australia needs to do to stop it. Animals
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She wants to educate other teachers and school systems that the cellphone blocks a student’s ability from gaining knowledge. In the article‚ she provides examples of similarity that explains why cellphones are banned in places like the church and the theater. It defeats the purpose of being focused on the respective material. Based on an online article‚ Linda Matchan refers to Joni Siani‚ a Braintree psychologist and author and states‚ “You’ll get kids
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You must be living in a dream world if you are one of the few people left on the planet who think that smoking is not that bad for your health. It has been proven to be one of the leading causes of emphysema and many other breathing disorders among those who smoke. Millions of people have already stopped this terribly hazardous habit and millions of others are trying to quit or at the very least thinking about it. After you have been addicted to smoking for years or maybe even less time‚ it can be
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Boxing is Barbaric and Should be Banned Cuts and bruises‚ broken ribs‚ internal bleeding‚ brain damage‚ death. Is the sport of boxing too much of a risk? Although cockfighting and bearbaiting have been banned for several decades in most civilized countries‚ fistfights between people are still allowed. Boxing first started out as a sport in the Olympic Games from as early as 688 BC. Boxing (sometimes also known as pugilism) is a combat sport in which two participants‚ generally of similar weight
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Dying to win: Drugs in sport and competition Athletes at all levels are exposed to the pressures to win and achieve excellence in the sporting world. These pressures can take a negative toll on athletes‚ driving them towards the use of performance-enhancing drugs (Simon‚ 2007). Since the 1960’s when doping regulations came into practice‚ drugs and sports has become a hot topic of moral and ethical debate on whether drugs should or should not be taken by athletes to enhance performance despite
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Violence in Sport- Should boxing be Legal? Brain damage‚ broken limbs‚ ruptured organs‚ severe lacerations- these are just some of the possible injuries a boxer may sustain throughout the course of an often short career. In any other circumstances the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) would categorise the infliction of these types of injuries as an assault occasioning actual bodily harm or even grievous bodily harm. Boxing has to date largely maintained its privileged status and thus defied the law. Perhaps
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Victor Rodriguez 12/17/13 CP English 11 P.7 Why we shouldn’t be someone we’re not We all have a personality‚ but several of us have multiple. Why is it that so many of us have more than one? Could it be because we want to seem nice to other people when we present ourselves‚ or because we want to hide one side of our personality from people and show off the other? Well‚ this is the case for many of us. We all want to fit in with a group of people and be accepted
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