Michaellia Crebbs Professor Vidmar English 102 17 September‚ 2013 Christopher Columbus; Hero or Villain In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus‚ discovered America. More than 500 years later Columbus Day is a national holiday. Statues are up‚ even in Pueblo‚ and thanks are given for what he has done for us. We learn about him in grade school and we are told of his brave adventures. However twenty years later in my first history class another picture is being painted of Columbus; not from my History
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Christopher Columbus Hero or Villain? Christopher Columbus influenced the New World and Old World through social acts‚ religious acts‚ and geographical acts in a negative way. From the moment Columbus set foot in the New World‚ bad social altercations took place between him and the Native Americans. Columbus treated the Natives with no human respect. He enslaved and mutilated the Natives. The first of the Natives that Columbus encountered‚ as well as almost every other Native group‚ were kind to
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Fracking can be both good and bad in today’s world. Fracking can be good in many ways such as its an alternative use for fuel because we use so much each day. This means that we have more gas and oil to use for cooking‚ heating and powering out cars‚ for instance. Also‚ it reduces the amount of toxic chemicals in the earth’s surface because it uses so much water. With oil and gas being pumped from the ground locally then the energy cost around the country will be cheaper instead of having them shipped
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After reading the section on gun control my view on the subject slightly changed. I went from not knowing much about control‚ thus not really being concerned if it existed or not. But now that I know a few facts‚ I can I agree partially with both sides of the issue. I think that people should have the right to carry concealed guns but that there should also be a few more regulations. These rules and regulations should include instituting one-gun-purchase- per-month laws‚ and also requiring registration
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Here is a question that comes to mind‚ but is it ever really thought about? Does television make people smarter? According to Steven Johnson’s “watching TV makes you smarter” he states‚ “The relationship between the explicit violence and the post 9/11 terrorist attack anxiety is not the only element of 24 that would have been unthinkable on prime time network twenty years ago”(278). Personally I don’t believe that television makes you gain knowledge. I have never heard of anyone stating that until
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His men had rounded up many of the Indians to transport as slaves to Spain‚ since Columbus had to send something in replacement of all the nonexistent gold. He also traded with the Indians unfairly‚ making they trade lopsided and bad for the Arawaks. This unethical treatment began to worsen more and more as the Spaniards under his command were at the island longer. Calling Christopher Columbus a hero is like saying the sky is green. The Europeans had taken many Arawaks as slaves
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animals‚ but it is the most beneficial to the environment and people. Poaching is a crime that isn’t all black and white. There are many different methods and reasons as to why people do it that may seem right or justified to them. We have five reasons why poaching is beneficial to the environment and people. Our first reason why poaching is beneficial is that we think that people who poach make pretty good money. This may sound like a stupid reason but think about it‚ people who poach live in countries
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Gun Control: Why Guns Lead to Problems and Not Solutions Guns are a rather contentious topic to discuss. Chances are---if you haven’t been living under a rock---you’ve recently heard some form of televised debate on their legality at some point. One of the major topics being discussed in the 2016 Presidential campaign is the right to own a gun and how the legality relates to the Constitution. The very concept of gun ownership has come to be a symbol of masculinity‚ rebelliousness‚ and freedom from
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infringe our right to bear arms. Why would they do such a thing? They can’t terminate or misuse the constitution. The constitution has been placed before us for many reasons and it should not be changed. People believe that guns are killing people and that they should be revoked from human possession. But does that mean that a spoon makes a person fat? Does that mean the utensil being used is the reason for bodily gain in mass? There is a very valid reason to why the second amendment of the United
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If school had school uniforms then the kids would have to wear something that they didn’t want to wear. What about the kid’s individuality if they are confined to wear something they don’t want to wear then that is destroying kids rights. “Just because we are kids that doesn’t mean that we should not be ignored” “we have rights too”. If school’s had school uniforms then it might cause problems in the student’s. Because the student’s might rebel and start to do stuff that teacher’s do when
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