Another complaint from those who oppose government required vaccinations is the belief that vaccines are more dangerous than the diseases/side effects they prevent‚ and that vaccinations are ineffective. The American Academy of Pediatrics‚ as well as other organizations claim that immunizations can cause “seizures‚ progressive encephalopathy‚ and death” (“Should” 7). Skeptics believe that these rare side effects are worth risking communal‚ and individual health. They want to put themselves and
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Gun ownership is an integral aspect of the right to self defence POINT Law-abiding citizens deserve the right to protect their families in their own homes‚ especially if the police are judged incapable of dealing with the threat of attack. Would-be rapists and armed burglars will think twice before attempting to break into any house where the owners may keep firearms for self-defence. Gun ownership increases national security within democratic states POINT “A well-regulated Militia‚ being
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Have you heard any of the debates about racism going on right now? Things like racism don’t show the equality that most Americans are looking for in their country. The main person that I think made everyone realize that everyone is the same no matter what your skin color might be is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I think once he was murdered everyone including the people he couldn’t convince realized that this was just a ridiculous thing going on. The America I believe in has very hard working people
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Immigrants‚ both legal and illegal‚ often have prejudice brought against them by citizens who know no better. An ongoing message in Aviva Chomsky’s‚ “They Take Our Jobs!”: And 20 Other Myths about Immigration‚ is that many people hold to be “ not against immigration‚ but against illegal immigration” (Chomsky 53). Many Americans believe illegal immigrants to be criminals and they should pay for their crimes. In a case study of the Philippines it was shown that a nurse’s salary in the Philippines is
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Solitary Confinement There is a lot of controversy surrounding the prison system in the united states. Some of the controversies involve overcrowding‚ excessive costs‚ and the increase of violence. One of the biggest issue is solitary confinement. Although many way that solitary confinement is the only solution to keep and restrain violent inmates‚ because research shows that solitary confinement does more good than bad‚ harms the mental state of prisoners‚ and is more costly than the regular prisons
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Police Brutality: A Rising Issue What should society do when the people that are supposed to be protecting them turn into the people that they need protecting from? Police brutality has become a major issue in today’s society and has become a major point within today’s media. As stated by Lauren Fox‚ “The deaths of black men at the hands of police have been thrust into the national spotlight” (Fox). Police brutality is classified as an officer applying excessive and/or unneeded force to the
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American politics is not a pure democracy‚ and has not been since its founding. Rather‚ it is a representative democracy‚ with elected selected by the elite few at the county’s founding‚ white men later down the road‚ all men even farther‚ then all citizens. However the introduction of Super PACs seem to tilt back the already money leaning scale to a time where more and more politicians focus on less and less funders. Before the Citizens United decision funding came from individuals and PACs‚ or
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Immortal Technique is the greatest rapper of all time. Many will argue against this assertion and many will protest that he couldn’t possibly be the best because they’ve never even heard of him. However‚ the few who have heard him will agree that he has an incredibly unique voice and lyrical ability and that he touches on subjects that most rappers won’t touch with a ten foot pole. Hopefully I can convince you of Immortal Technique’s brilliance and convince some people to listen to his music
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students’ to use the bathrooms. with their gender identity”. However‚ in one of the sources‚ the parents are for the sake of transgender student‚“Students‚ parents and community groups are still able to — and we expect will continue to — bring lawsuits against schools that discriminate‚” said Harper Jean‚ Unlike the other‚ the other source when the parents are of the transgender students‚ “parents...worry that allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice could violate other students’
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Racial profiling is the inclusion of racial or ethnic characteristics in determining whether a person is considered likely to commit a particular type of crime or an illegal act. There used to be a time when color did matter‚ it was the way people of the time identified each other. Abraham Lincoln sought out to change everyone’s perception; giving the blacks the same freedom as his white brother in. little did people realize that the progressive society would retain some of the old mental shackles
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