English 102 12 March‚ 2013 Argue in support of or against the statement that video games have “a redeeming social value.” Do violent video games have “a redeeming social value?” You could get many different answers to this question depending on who you ask. Is there any good that can come from video games? What harm can come to people and society from video games? Is modern culture being affected either negatively or positively by today’s video games and those that play them? Are young‚ impressionable
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Legalization of Marijuana With the United States recovering from a painful recession‚ the fiery debate over the legalization of marijuana has once again come to the forefront of American politics. The arguments from both sides are valid and convincing. For some‚ it’s a simple moral issue. For others‚ it delves deep into issues of personal freedom and economical wellbeing. While the legalization of marijuana could generate a large amount of much needed stimulus to the economy‚ I believe it is a potentially
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Kristen English II CP D MOD 9/12/13 “The Lottery” and Its Traditions In the short story “The Lottery” (1948) Shirley Jackson has a way of telling the story how it is. When you read the title‚ your mind sets on a positive thought. Funny‚ how your thoughts can affect how things really turn out to be. “The morning of June 27th” is a very important part‚ as it sets the mood for the story. Each year the small town has a gathering in a square with a heap of festivities and fun stuff going on
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Mandatory Minimum Sentences: The Arguments for and Against Potential Reforms” By Evan Bernick and Paul Larkin‚it stated‚ “Mandatory minimum sentences also prevent crime because certain and severe punishment inevitably will have a deterrent effect.” In other words‚ sentencing a person with a precise amount time in prison would leave a long-term effect on the person that they would mostly like not commit another crime. Their statement is invalid because in the article “ Against his better Judgement” by Eli
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In this week‚ there was the topic from the whaling ban and the issues this caused. I chose the whaling ban because I like the animals and I’m against the violence or any harm with animals. Each paragraph answers the questions for the assignment. I don’t agree with the Norwegian and Japanese for hunting whales as a cultural exemption. My arguments to be against this “cultural tradition” are the cruelty the whales suffer when they got kill with lethal methods such as the use of the explosive grenade
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In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson one begins to suspect something is “wrong” on page 516 when the townspeople begin to draw their slips. The tension in the air between the characters at this moment becomes much more clear and palpable. This part of the story makes the reader question what is really going on. The mood of the people changes from merriness to agitation‚ which makes the reader also ponder about the strange proceedings of this event. When the citizens were being called
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Interracial Marriage Interracial marriage is a controversial topic‚ but it really doesn’t need to be. Marriage‚ although not directly mentioned in the Constitution‚ is viewed as a basic Constitutional right‚ and should be allowed for any two persons‚ no matter what they look like or where they came from. In fact‚ scientific studies have proven that race shouldn’t be an issue at all. Some might argue that‚ in the scriptures‚ God separated the different races‚ but they forget that he created them
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Due to the fact that these supporters truly believe that gun deaths are the leading deaths in America today‚ they are highly against people in communities owning guns. Gun control opponents arguments is that‚ “most mass shootings occur in gun free-zones such as schools and offices that embolden would-be killers because they know no one will be able to shoot back” (“How” 2). Gun control supporters are striving
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Institution Name Student Name Roll No Topic: What are the main arguments for and against needle exchanges? The needle exchange program is a social service program which is aimed at allowing the drug syringe users to have free or cheap access to hypodermic needles. The idea underlying the program is to realize the concept of harm reduction i.e. to reduce the harm and to reduce the risk associated with the use of syringes. It is because the syringe users who use syringes for drug
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One main reason why life sentencing is so often contested against is the idea that continually harshly punishing a child for an action does not give chance for reform‚ for example “when a drug that has been prescribed for an illness fails to work‚ the best response is not always to give more of the same medicine
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