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    olds to vote. I believe they shouldn’t be allowed to vote. They shouldn’t be allowed simply because most 16 year olds do not really care about politics‚ nothing motivates them to vote and even 18 year olds have low voter turnouts. The 16 year olds I know do not care about politics that much either. This is a sign that they shouldn’t be allowed to go into the polls and be able to vote. Shin says that “young people are barely old enough to drive a car don’t have enough perspective to vote”. This is

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    Policy: 13. Parents should have a license for having children. I think so. It’s pretty ridiculous that anyone can procreate and keep the kids‚ but you have go to through red tape‚ often for years!‚ to adopt.  Everyone should be required to take parenting classes through an unbiased (aka non-religious) source‚ like a hospital. I say non-religious because the discussions will undoubtedly change to moral rearing‚ when the biggest problems are with physical and logical raising. I have no problem with

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    Why all women got the right to vote by 1928. In 1928‚ all women finally got the right to vote. It took them 78 years to do it‚ but all their hard work had paid off. The women campaigning tried everything‚ for example‚ they got themselves arrested‚ they went on hunger strikes while in prison‚ they tried to get noticed by the media and many more. Some of the main things that really helped women get the vote were The Suffragists‚ The Suffragettes‚ Legislation and War Effort. The suffragists used

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    participated in his first assisted suicide on June 4‚ 1990 (Patashnik). Dr. Kevorkian is known all over the world for his famous and fearless acts in assisted suicide‚ or euthanasia. Euthanasia should be legalized for three reasons: pain relief‚ letting people make their own decisions about death‚ and people should not be forced to stay alive if their lives are impossible and do not bring happiness. Debate continues over the issue of euthanasia long after the court decision of a guilty plea to the cases

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    A democracy is a place where everyone has rights and freedoms. Freedom of speech‚ religion‚ the right to hold public office and the right to vote. Also a place where government is by the people and for the people. The United Kingdom is a representative democracy. This means that everyone over the age of 18 can vote in elections‚ and the people they elect then represent their interests and make the decision. It’s important for everyone to vote because the representatives decide what taxes you will

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    Euthanasia: People Should Have the Right to Choose There are many sides to the dilemma of whether or not euthanasia should be carried out. There is the question of morality‚ the question of active versus passive euthanasia and the question of when euthanasia should be put into use. None of these questions are totally cut and dry. There seem to be more gray areas within this issue than there are black and white. Yet when you look at the problem on a personal level with the actual individuals

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    The first is why and why not we think a literacy test should be passed before being allowed to vote. The second is why and why not we think a periodic citizenship tests should be passed in order for a person to maintain their citizenship. These topics are important because they can affect the results in a presidential election. The following paragraph will explain my views on why a literacy test should be passed for a citizen to be allowed to vote. A literacy test is a small test that proves someone’s

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    Should All Americans Have a Right to Health Care Coverage? Regardless of Socioeconomics Lois Pullum Ashford University SOC 120 Professor Fandl April 05‚ 2013 Should All Americans Have a Right to Health Care Coverage? Regardless of Socioeconomics Introduction The United States has the most expensive health care system in the world and some 45 million Americans are uninsured under the current health care system‚ and these numbers continue to grow. However with universal health care

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    People deserve the rights by the government. Citizen pays for their own taxes to government‚ people remain by the laws should be managed the rights of an Australian. However‚ not all citizens are getting equal rights. Unfortunately‚ gay and lesbians are consistently denied rights that are typically taken for granted by the average Australian. Specifically‚ Gay and lesbians couples are not allowing to marry in Australia. This is an unfair sexual orientation. Gay and lesbian’s discrimination need to

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    As humans‚ we have struggled for thousand of years trying to define what it meant to be human and what rights we have as human beings. With the establishment of the United Nations‚ the general assembly was able to adopt a universal declaration of human rights on December 10‚ 1948. However‚ with the rise of technology and creation of AI‚ it now raises the question as to what rights do these AIs have and does human rights extend to them as well. When we look at the bigger picture‚ AIs are merely creations

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