Critical Analysis In the essay “Condoms: the New Diploma”‚ by Rush Limbaugh published in his book The Way Things Ought To Be in 1992‚ Limbaugh talks about how distribution of condoms in schools can lead to teenage promiscuity and encourages sexual activity at an early age. Limbaugh’s use of Reductio ad absurdum counter attacks the opposition’s argument on condom distribution and is effective since it is hard to attack the opposition. Limbaugh attempts to refute his opposition with a reduction
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Matt Nikkel English 3 April 5‚ 2010 Critical Analysis The essay by Rush Limbaugh entitled “Condoms: The New Diploma” is about the authors claim of how condom distribution promotes sex by teens and bypasses abstinence. This essay is created to depict the idea of free condom distribution throughout a school‚ in hopes to promote safe sex. Limbaugh provides hard evidence to his essay and strengthens his side by providing life relating examples and statistics such as air travel‚ Magic
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“Condoms: The New Diploma” In the after math of the AIDs scare of the late 80’s‚ school board officials sought to create a health class curriculum that would cover sex education. This was a hot topic in the 90’s and it brought about the questions of sex education and whether it is the schools responsibility or the parents to educate their children. In Rush Limbaugh’s “Condoms: The New Diploma”‚ from his 1992 book titled The Way Things Ought to Be‚ Limbaugh claims that condom distribution promotes
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Essay： Condoms: The New Diploma (Rush Limbaugh) The logic and motivation behind this country’s mad dash to distribute free condoms in our public schools is ridiculous and misguided. Worse‚ the message conveyed by mass condom distribution is a disservice and borders on being lethal. Condom distribution sanctions‚ even encourages‚ sexual activity‚ which in teen years tends to be promiscuous and relegates to secondary status the most important lesson to be taught: abstinence. An analysis of the
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Analysis: "The Latest from the Feminist Front" Since the time of the woman ’s suffrage movement‚ many articles and essays have reached newspapers and magazines across the country. Several of these essays were written to inform people‚ but others were created to strictly entertain the audience. Rush Limbaugh ’s essay‚ "The Latest from the Feminist Front‚" is an essay created to entertain and voice only his opinion. The elements of writing used to create a credible and valid argument can be taken
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It seems like Rush Limbaugh doesn’t understand how important include how contraception works for the women. Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh was thrust into the centre of the debated re-ignited on Capitol Hill today when senators killed a proposal to throw out president Obama’s contraption mandate. And Limbaugh called the woman who was denied the right to speak on the controversial all-male conception panel at a hearing last month a “slut” on his show at Wednesday. The issue didn’t really
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Logic on a New Level In 1995‚ a talk show host‚ by the name of Rush Limbaugh was quoted while responding to a newspaper article written about a study completed by the NCEA (National Center for Economic Alternatives). According to this newspaper article‚ the study done by the NCEA claimed that American farmers use chemical fertilizers‚ and that due to our large economy‚ small businesses‚ and families‚ America is a waste generating country. Therefore‚ the purpose of this essay is to analyze the logic
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When would be the right time to advertise condoms and better yet‚ what channels do these advertisements need to be on? Have you ever been sitting down with your family‚ including your kids watching a movie on television‚ while eating dinner and a commercial for condoms comes on‚ and you end up having to turn the channel to distract the kids? Pleasure seems to override safety which can be misleading. Condom advertisements are becoming very prominent on television‚ in magazines‚ and even on the
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Before the 19th century Whether condoms were used in ancient civilizations is debated by archaeologists and historians.[2]:11 In ancient Egypt‚ Greece‚ and Rome‚ pregnancy prevention was generally seen as a woman’s responsibility‚ and the only well documented contraception methods were female-controlled devices.[2]:17‚23 In Asia before the 15th century‚ some use of glans condoms (devices covering only the head of the penis) is recorded. Condoms seem to have been used for contraception‚ and to have
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Origin of the name The word condom is probably derived from Latin "condus" meaning receptacle. Another explanation is that the gut condom was invented by the English army doctor Colonel Quondam in around 1645 and that the word is a corruption of his name. We do not know who invented condoms‚ but we do know that they were in use. There is evidence of this in the writings of Marquis de Sade‚ Casanova and James Boswell. The latter‚ a Scottish lawyer and writer‚ protected himself against sexually transmitted
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