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    Why do people behave the way they do? No one can really tell you why they can only make strong guesses. These guesses are the definition of the person whom you are speaking or making a guess about. Thinking deeply into the one of the most dangerous minds we find Charles Manson. Charles Manson was a little boy who lived in a world of torture. For a little boy torture doesn’t only mean being hit or beaten‚ torture means not having his mother. This made Manson begin to think about pain. To him being

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    There is an estimate that 70% of people within the UK have a hidden disability and 10% of people that have some kind of medical condition that is considered a type of hidden disability like dyslexia or bipolar disorder which within the UK 1.5 million people suffer with. Having a hidden disability means that either you have a medical disorder that you cannot ‘see’. You could see types of supports like wheelchairs but the main meaning is that you cannot generally see anything wrong with them by looking

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    Why do people have bad relationships? And how do people have good relationships? Relationships to me does not all have to be about marriage or couples. You have friend relationships‚ Healthy relationships‚ spiritual relationships‚ sexual relationships and more. But‚ today I am here to speak on them all. Friend relationships can either go bad or good. This generation today people cannot even be friends for just a whole month‚ because there is always some he say‚ she say mess just. But‚ to stop all

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    Expository Essay English 2201 3/29/2012 Why do people smoke? Or choose to smoke? Adolescences have many choices to make as they develop into adulthood. Such choices include what career path they will take‚ and whether to attend university or collage. However‚ other than the huge decisions that will shape you as an adult‚ there are also many small decisions that can have the same effect on your life‚ such as weather you choose to smoke or not. Personally‚ I believe smoking is wrong. Smoking

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    Why Do People Believe in Conspiracy Theories? People come up with crazy ideas all the time‚ many of which are torn apart by scientific evidence. However‚ some ideas are crafted so precisely and detailed that they are accepted as fact by millions of people. These alternatives to accepted history are known as conspiracy theories‚ and the people who create them are of a special breed. It is difficult to imagine having the time and passion to craft an alternative reason behind many of the world’s events

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    Conforming (A discussion to the Wilson quote) How do I know I won’t get hurt? This is a question that everyone faces at least once in their life. For example‚ you want to go skydiving; on one hand it’s a huge adrenaline rush‚ but on the other hand there is no way of knowing if you’ll make it to the ground safely. The problem is many times we don’t know the outcome of the situation. Sure there are safety precautions like jumping with an experienced diver and of course having the parachute strapped

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    Why good people do bad things? “Doing bad is easy but doing well is not”. Yes‚ that saying is the most concrete explanation why good people do bad things. Good people do bad things with good intentions. We‚ humans‚ are all sinful by nature. No one of us can behave perfectly and sinless. But we have the capacity to avoid temptations and to distinguish what’s right from wrong. Good intentions cause most of the world’s great evils. There are many things that happened in the past that can construe

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    and why do political systems change? Political systems through the world have changed over the ages. A political system is a significant set of social institutions implemented among the people by the government. Political systems have a lot of functions. Political systems create resources for health‚ education‚ welfare‚ industry and foreign policy. Political systems have changed significantly over centuries and are still changing everyday. To understand why and how political systems change‚ there

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    How many people believe in conspiracy theories? According to multiple surveys done by J. Eric Oliver and Thomas J. Wood‚ writers in the American Journal of Political Science‚ over fifty percent of the American public believe in at least one conspiracy theory‚ which is over one-hundred sixty million people. Though so many believe in them‚ some theories stand more considered than others. Theories like aliens existing become much more commonly accepted‚ as twenty-nine percent of people surveyed believe

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    Why Do People Buy Hybrid Cars? Consumers are buying increasing numbers of environmentally friendly cars. Increasingly‚ many of these environmentally conscious consumers choose to purchase petrol-electric hybrid vehicles. In this category of “greener-cars”‚ Toyota’s Prius model is reported to be the market leader. In 2009-10‚ it was the best-selling car in Japan‚ an important leading market for automobile trends (Mick 2010). Sales of the Prius keep growing despite well-publicised quality and

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