April 2013 Public Forum “CON” Analysis Recently‚ we gave our comprehensive analysis of the Pro side of the April Public Forum resolution‚ Resolved: The continuation of current U.S. anti-drug policies in Latin America will do more harm than good. Today‚ we’re discussing the Con side‚ which‚ while slightly trickier‚ if done properly can be argued very persuasively. To recap‚ the pro’s argument is‚ essentially‚ that drugs are such an intractable and complex issue
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that disease processes can be investigated‚ use of recreating and healing damaged organs; removing risk of immune rejection‚ protein production and probable drug therapies‚ increasing the great amount of milk and meat supply that will be given to the market. Also pointing out‚ how it could majorly save endangered animals from becoming extinct. On the other hand‚ many of those have logical arguments about these approaches. Many studies have not only shown cloning to be unsuccessful‚ but also causing clone
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Every year approximately 900.000 seals were killed on commercial slaughters‚ carried out primarily in Canada‚ Greenland‚ Russia‚ and Norway. In 2009 the Humane Society International organization began a campaign against such atrocity. That same year‚ the European Union decided to implement a ban on the importation and commercialization of processed or unprocessed‚ deriving or obtained seal products in response to public moral concerns about seals welfare. Canada and Norway (complainants) filed a
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Introduction. The year of 2014 is tied with the greatest 50th anniversary of landmark of the whole conservation history of the USA‚ the Wilderness Act. 50 years ago on September 3‚ 1964 President Lyndon Johnson signed it into the law. This act actually established a way for Americans to protect and preserve the most valuable wildlands for future generations. For the first time ever‚ it provided protection for Wilderness in the federal statutes. Moreover‚ this act created the National Wilderness Preservation
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sends crowds drifting towards it. Swarms of people immediately hustle to find the target of the scent in a rush to purchase the food. The locavore movement is a movement based on food that is produced locally‚ and has not traveled long distances to markets. It is gingerly reforming how food is being flourished and provided to people in America. The locavore movement is beneficial to economic and environmental associations; therefore‚ the practice of locavorism should be espoused nationally.
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Pros and Cons of Designer Babies Designer babies are babies‚ whose genetic makeup has been artificially screened and chosen by scientists‚ via genetic engineering. This concept has raised numerous ethical issues. Let’s have a look at the pros and cons of designer babies. Did You Know? The term ’designer baby’ was actually coined by journalists and not scientists. The term ’designer baby’ made its entry into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2004‚ where it is defined as "a baby whose genetic makeup
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anything it may be unhealthy. Fast food has been around for a long time and seems like it will be around in the future as well. There are good and bad things about fast food that many people are aware of. That’s why there are always debates about the pros and cons of fast food. The way that fast food is portrayed to be unhealthy is understandable and there are many reasons to support that‚ but there are also many reasons why people think fast food is great and is not getting any less popular. A very good
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the NAFTA was signed (Orme 53). When Mexico is successful‚ jobs are created‚ and the economy is stable‚ there is much less of a desire for Mexicans to come illegally to the U.S. There are many opportunities in Mexico since NAFTA has influenced the market and that certainly cuts down illegal immigration. Mexico’s prosperity should be a concern of all Americans. It makes for better investments and opportunities within Mexico for its
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affect organisms through change of climate‚ temperature‚ moisture‚ light‚ pollutants. • Negative effect for themselves – affect humans as species and other organisms (principle of “ecological boomerang”) • Creation of social factors – affect people via TV‚ psychological stress‚ education‚ living conditions etc. Scheme: An overview of the ecological issues | | |INPUT
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engineering and is pushing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on North America. Vice’s key point is that not only does Monsanto engineer and push unhealthy‚ hazardous inorganic seeds and foods on consumers‚ but manipulatively takes advantage of the market. The use of pictures‚ links to more information‚ and conversational language is what makes this article convincing and reasonable yet compelling and concerning. This article is simply critical. Although over a hundred years old‚ Monsanto has become
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