for those of “low lives”‚ bikers or gang bangers‚ so to speak. But now tattoos have made a comeback to many as a form of art. People would now get tattoos for several different reasons; people get tattoos to express their lost for a loved one. It was said that ancient Hawaiians would tattoo their tongues as a sign of mourning when a loved on died. During the modern Western culture people would only get a tattoo as a sign of remembrance‚ nothing more. A similar reason is to remember a special event
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People are fascinated by new technologies and the innovations. And they are all the more attracted than they can appreciate the openness they bring to them. Indeed‚ more and more people are connected‚ and use the devices in they every day life‚ to meet people from the entire world‚ remain connected and discover new fields of possibilities. The more they use the NTIC‚ the more they want to push back their frontiers. However‚ fascination often hides some fear. Indeed behind the fascination reside the
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Imagine thousands of people attacking for you beliefs. Being burned alive‚ tortured‚ and turned into slaves. These are concepts that many‚ especially Muslims‚ encountered in the Crusades. Most would say the Crusades were religious‚ but they weren’t in reality. They were absolutely terrifying and always ended in tragedy for at least one side. In the beginning‚ life was fine for Christians to easily take a pilgrimage to the Holy Land because the Muslims liked the profit
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question: do people do good deeds because of religious reasons or because humans are naturally good? The Puritans were part the colonial period‚ were extremely religious and hardworking‚ and believed that people do good deeds out of fear of an angry God. However‚ the Humanists‚ who were part of the revolutionary period‚ based their beliefs on logic and reason and believed that people do good deeds to make the world a better place and help their fellow man. In most instances‚ people do good deeds
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physiologist Arnold Adolph Berthold and Dr. Leopold Ruzicka‚ steroids have been advancing athlete’s physical performance. When people hear the word Steroids‚ the automatic response is always negative. As well as illegal‚ steroids are still being used even with all the restrictions and that it is banned. Coupled with words like juicing‚ freak‚ meathead‚ and monster is used to describe people using steroids. Positive results have resulted from steroids including their impact on bodybuilding‚ baseball‚ and the
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the dangers of cults have become severe over the past years and have caused thousands of deaths due to the influence of cults members and leaders. Cults are able to gain members‚ due the fact that people in actuality do not know it is a cult they are joining. After joining a cult‚ some people still do not even understand that they are actually in a cult. Cults are something a person may read about or see on TV‚ but to have the actuality of knowing that a person has joined a group is shocking. It
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Why do good people do bad things? (750 words) In this essay I will talk about the torturing of prisoners in Abu Ghraib. I will also write about the Stanley Milgrim Experiment and the Stanford Prison Experiment. All of these relate to one of the topics we have covered this term. There is an excellent example of uniforms influencing power in the Stanford Prison experiment which took place in1971‚ it was lead by Prof Zimbardo1 (see footnote) in which a group of students were selected to act as prison
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Most people believe that free will is something that all humans have. Many religions even teach that people have free will. Children are told by their parents that they have free will. However‚ free will is nothing more than a myth. It is only an illusion. Humans only believe that they have free will. The play‚ Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles brings this idea up. In the play‚ Oedipus believes he has free will in choosing to run away from the town he calls his home because he is afraid of a prophecy
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Forgein nationals who believe they cannot return to their native country are often granted asylum. Asylum is often granted to individuals who believe the may face death‚ or imprisonment by returning to their country. Some confuse requesting refugee status with the process of seeking asylum. There are differences between each process. An individual who is seeking asylum is already in the country when they make their request. Often asylum is granted; as the individual fears they will face mortal harm
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Discrimination is the unfair treatment of people due to their race‚ age‚ religion‚ national origin‚ or sex. People discriminate for different reasons. The first theory is social transmission; people learn discrimination through social transmissions of prejudices. The second theory is similarity attraction hypothesis (byrne); people like other people who are like themselves based on exposure. The third theory is social identification and categorization (tajfel and turner); people feel like their being treated
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