Why PEDs Should be Legal in Sports In life we all strive to be the greatest we can‚ we do anything to reach our maximum potential. As sports fans we pay to see the best athletes perform at their maximum potential. Performance enhancing drugs do just this; help athletes reach their pinnacle. Currently most are not legal in professional sports‚ but this should change. With performance enhancing drugs legal it would make professional sports far more entertaining‚ reduce underground and unsafe drug
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I noted that Greece has always been a beautiful country that many people want to visit‚ but I asked‚ “Has it always been glamorous?” I believe there were many reasons why individuals should not have moved to ancient Greece during 430-429 BC. Four themes were used to support how war and diseases affect this civilization; the themes used were geography‚ science and technology‚ history‚ and culture. Generally‚ I would not have recommended someone move to ancient Greece because the Peloponnesian War
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People hurt other people because they either don’t like them or they’re scared. Sometimes people hurt others because they don’t believe in the same gods as the rest of the country/state. Why? Because they feel that if they can get rid of one man who doesn’t respect the states/countries gods then they can stop anyone else from doing so. Take Socrates for example. Socrates was tried for “corrupting the youth” and “refusing to worship the gods of the state and introducing new deities”. They found him
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Jeffrey MacDonald‚ born October 12‚ 1942 had a good childhood and grew up well rounded. His mother said he participated in every sport and club that he could. He worked hard in school and won a scholarship to Princeton University (Jeffrey). While attending Princeton‚ Jeffrey rekindled a relationship he had in high school. Within months‚ Collette Stevenson learned of her pregnancy‚ and the two married in 1963. Their first daughter‚ Kimberly‚ arrived the following year (Jeffrey). The MacDonalds now
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of the ways that shows survival should always the the primary goal is that we are biologically programmed to want to survive‚ this is called the fight or flight response. In life or death situations our brain makes a split second decision that most people don’t even notice. A study by Neil F. Neimark states‚ “The "fight or flight response" is our body’s primitive‚ automatic‚ inborn response that prepares the body to "fight" or "flee" from perceived
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title of great king you have to destroy hundreds of villages and kill thousand of people. All these are old saying‚ but what about our new achievements word wars and cold wars. According to an internet site‚ “In terms of total numbers‚ the Soviet Union bore an incredible brunt of casualties during WWII. An estimated 16‚825‚000 people died in the war‚ over 15% of its population. China also lost an astounding 20‚000‚000 people during the conflict” (Business insider). This is a huge population loss which
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Gabriele Saturno ENC 1101 Professor Carlos Lamas 24/11/2012 Are Cell-Phones Dangerous Introduction Technology is one of the most powerful factors that affect our daily life and routine. As part of it we have the well known and worldwide used: Cell-phones. A 2004 MIT survey said that cell phones were ranked as the one invention that people hate the most‚ but cannot live without. It beat out the alarm clock and the television. Cell-phones have become one of the most useful devices around the
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The Controversial Viewpoints on Gene Doping Is gene doping in sports ethical? Gene doping is the case of genetic enhancement for purposes of athletic competition; it should not be confused with gene therapy. Gene doping is controversial because it is a modification to the body to turn it into something that it wasn’t intended to be. It’s like plastic surgery on a cellular level‚ some are against plastic surgery‚ and some people are okay with it. Stake-holders of this topic may be coaches‚ athletes
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that time that your sports team or your high school team won a game‚ made it to state or even became state champions? That has to be one of the best feelings in the world. Some people don’t want kids to play sports because they think that it does more harm than good. Competitive sports are great for kids because of these 3 reasons. It can get kids into better shape‚ teach them necessary life skills‚ and helps them develop of a better character. One reason competitive sports are good for kids is
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ISSUE QUESTION: Are Video Games Considered a Sport? CONTROVERSY SECTION: Although Sports have their origins all the way back to the ancient Greeks‚ it is only through the recent times that people have called into question whether there needs to be an expansion on what can be considered a sport. Traditionally‚ sports are defined as “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.”. Yet within the recent decade
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