Did you know that 11‚300 books have been banned for their content? The Pigman is a book that is banned in some schools because of the inappropriate content within it. The characters use drugs and alcohol‚ are dishonest‚ and they display violent actions ‚ therefore The Pigman should be banned due to this immature content. One of the biggest reasons The Pigman should be banned because it has a lot of drug and alcohol use. On page 45 it says “John jumped at my outburst and then slowly sipped his
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It is a five page essay that basically states why smoking‚ even though it’s un healthy‚ should not be banned. In today’s world‚ being a smoker is a pretty difficult task. Modern day protestors have brought many restrictions to the smoking industry. These restrictions include numerous non-smoking areas‚ a ban on cigarette television commercials‚ and a high tax on cigarettes. Even with these restrictions‚ many people choose to smoke. More than 47 million people in the nation continue to smoke cigarettes
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school or college football that would take away from other leagues like NFL‚ Canadian football league or Arena football league. In “Why College Football Should Be Banned” by Buzz Bissinger‚ Bissinger states a lot about the cost of college football; colleges spend too much on their football programs. I disagree with that article; I lead more to the “10 Reasons Why High School Sports Benefits Students” by Grace Chean. Therefore I disagree that we should ban high school football and college football
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cig companies target youth to try electronic cigarettes‚ while the FDA tries to regulate them due to them containing carcinogens. Most e cigs contain nicotine and some countries like Canada‚ Mexico and Brazil have completely banned e cig smoking‚ while Australia has banned e cigs with nicotine in them. Because of the carcinogens in e cigs the FDA tried to ban them in the United States but failed. Although they failed at banning them‚ the FDA still has control on the
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Expository Task - That the Sale of Cigarettes be Banned Altogether Smoking should be banned because it causes so much harm to our society. Smoking is known to cause several horrible illnesses such as cancer‚ long-term respiratory diseases‚ heart problems‚ strokes and of course premature death. Approximately 19‚000 Australians die every year due to cigarette smoking. Smoking causes 10% of the world’s deaths‚ making it the largest cause of preventable death in the western world. Smoking
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environmentalists think otherwise. There is scientific proof that hydraulic fracturing contaminates drinking water‚ produces wastewater that contains toxins and radiation‚ and‚ in rare cases‚ causes earthquakes. It is clear that Hydraulic fracturing should be banned because of all its negative side effects. To start off‚ to frack rocks deep underground to release the natural gas‚ high pressure fluid must be pumped through pipes and into the rock. The fluid “which [is] composed of about
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of the century” by the Library Journal. With more than thirty million copies in print‚ To Kill a Mockingbird remains a bestseller. Regardless of all the praise‚ this novel has been banned and challenged in many different areas due to profanity and racial slurs. To Kill a Mockingbird was challenged and temporarily banned in Eden Valley‚ Minnesota due to the use of words such as “damn” and “whore lady”. In some other areas‚ it was challenged with being a “filthy‚ trashy novel”. In Warren‚ Ind. Township
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Mutual Understanding 12:30. There I was‚ sweating like a snowman in a sauna. It was the second day of the boxing tournament and I had made it to the semi-finals. I was awaiting the decision of the referees for my semi-final fight‚ hoping that I would be placed in the finals. I was rapidly bouncing my leg up and down‚ shaking my head back and forth‚ and praying to hear those golden words “The winner for the semi-finals in the lightweight division is number 23.” The microphone clicks in. “The winner
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hunger‚ but it is killing us rather than saving us. If food companies continue to advertise GMOs as the savior of America’s hunger problems‚ the country is in for a surprise. Any food product being sold to the general public should be removed and banned because GMOs contribute to the rise of illness‚ contaminate the plants in our organic farms‚ and humans were not made to play god. If we continue to consume GMOs‚ the numbers of Americans conceiving illnesses‚ like autism‚
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Many scholars and educators‚ like Marylee Hengsetbeck who said‚ "If Huck Finn is used solely as a part of a unit on slavery or racism‚ we sell the book short." feel that there is much to be learned about Blacks from this book and it should not be banned from the classroom. This is only one of many themes and expressions that Mark Twain is describing in his work. Another central theme is how the depiction of race relations and slavery is used as insight into the nature of blacks and whites as people
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