Jose Luna Mrs. Peterson English 12‚ P.2 1/21/12 Patriotism Many people think patriotism means supporting your government during times of war. I don’t believe that for many reasons. I think you can have patriotism and not support your country. I don’t think patriotism means supporting your government in times of war. A reason I am against this belief is because it is not always the same thing to be a good man and be a good citizen or patriot What if the government is doing something bad like
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I ascend from my stunning‚ horrid swampland while the darkness covers the mysterious‚ gloomy lake I call home. The night seems to match my soul as the darkness consumes around me and the moon hides behind the misty clouds. I march forward on the path that will guide me to my fate with monstrous‚ heavy steps. The very thought of those men‚ drinking and laughing and carrying on all night long at the great hall made me so full of blind‚ red fury. It spread throughout my body. I can already
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Everybody has flags out. Homes‚ businesses. It’s odd: You never see anybody putting out a flag‚ but by Wednesday morning there they all are. Big flags‚ small flags‚ regular flag-size flags. A lot of home-owners here have those special angled flag-holders by their front door‚ the kind whose brace takes four Phillips screws. And thousands of those little hand-held flags-on-a-stick you normally see at parades – some yards have dozens all over as if they’d somehow sprouted overnight. Rural-road people
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Stereotypical traits of characters exist in just about every TV show in 2016 but people don’t really talk about stereotypes within the realm of gaming and simulation. You’ll be surprised once you actually think about how much racism and stereotypical thoughts goes to making a lot of these modern day games. Capcom‚ a Japanese publisher and developer implemented a lot of fixed stereotypes within their games. Many believed that Capcom used stereotypes to help average people relate to characters more
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Abortion‚ a medical procedure that is the process that is done to terminate a fetus life. This is a universally controversial topic that majority of people have different opinions about whether its ethical or not. The main way that people can find out more information to formulate an opinion‚ is from these few philosophers named Judith Thompson‚ Immanuel Kant and Don Marquis. These philosophers share different viewpoints‚ Thompson believes abortion is morally permissible‚ but only in certain cases
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During the initial article‚ I both agreed and disagreed with Ewert as he provided both the position and the rebuttal of what he was talking about. The first aspect of his article included selfishness. An example that I agreed with was the fact that Ewert mentioned that selfishness is concentrating on one’s own self and not taking other’s considerations. I also agreed with Ewert when he stated that “it is clear that not all self-directed action is necessarily selfish action” (Ewert‚ 1989). He
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What Socrates is suggesting in the above statements is to live free and away from wickedness. If a person believes in virtue all the good things would come to that person. We could not buy happiness or goodness with money‚ but with going to the right way we can make money. We live in a world that going the wrong path and being bad is way much easier than being good. We saw a lot of people every day that make a lot of money with doing bad and wrong stuff‚ but we should not forget that at the end they’re
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Another critique for divination involves the assessment that the utterances of oracles were simply the manipulation of Greek officials. In his assessment of the role of religion in politics‚ Bonnechere explains how the Greeks were proactive in their relationships with the oracles. This is to say‚ they typically asked the oracles to approve or disapprove of a proposed solution rather than demand the gods (via the oracle) come up with their own. What is noteworthy about this is their pursuit of honesty
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. In Thomson’s violinist example‚ you wake up and your body is hooked up to a famous violinist. You were knocked out and kidnapped the night before. The violinist you are now hooked up to has a fatal kidney disease and you are being used to keep him alive. You alone have the right blood type to keep him alive‚ and to do so you need to stay hooked up for nine months. In these nine months‚ you are bedridden and will constantly be attached to this man. This example is used to paint the picture of a
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Admonition on pornography from Quran and Hadith Islam on Pornography: A Definite No Such pictures‚ rather than curb or fulfill the desire‚ are designed to increase it inducing one to further prohibited acts and finally Zina (adultery or fornication). This is corroborated by the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) appearing in both Al-Bukhari and Muslim explaining the different categories of adultery: ’Lustful glances constitute Zina of the eyes. Listening (to flirtations
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