Hon Q Du PSYC 1101-102 Response paper #3 Defense mechanism is an interesting strategy which we use to deal with unpleased issues or harms. We may not aware the way we are using this mechanism sometimes‚ and it has become unconscious action in our daily activities. An example of the defense mechanism is when someone mentions about our embarrassing moments in the past which we tried to keep those as a secret‚ and we would refuse or blame others for that. The purpose of this defense mechanism is to
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What is the Boss up against in relation to Bartleby? Since the Lawyer never really contemplates Bartleby’s refusal to be a working member of society. He is simply amazed by Bartleby’s refusal to do anything‚ even eat‚ it seems‚ or find a place to live. Throughout the story‚ Bartleby simply exists; he does do some writing‚ but eventually he even gives that up in favor of staring at the wall. There are many more interpretations of Bartleby and the story‚ which will be discussed in the next section
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Graffiti is a long living “symbol of youth and music culture‚ graffiti is one of the four elements of hip hop” (Wexler 6). Suzanne Wexler states that graffiti “first appeared on the New York subways in the 1970s‚ representing a form of public art” (6). For the most part‚ graffiti is tolerated‚ as long as it is aesthetically appealing and not defacing someone’s property. Problems arise when people go and deface a public place‚ such as an occupied business‚ building‚ house‚ car‚ etc. Then‚ the city
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Bootlegging is the illegal production or distribution of liquor. People made their own “liquor stills” and eventually started “bootlegging”; they supplied illegal alcohol to anyone who had the money to pay for it. By the 1930’s these activities had become one of the largest illegitimate industries in America. The earliest bootleggers began smuggling foreign-made commercial liquor into the United States from across the Canadian and Mexican borders and along the seacoasts from ships under foreign registry
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property owner. They were also exercising their first amendment rights by having press conferences‚ rallies or demonstrations on public streets‚ sidewalks‚ in front of city halls‚ and city parks. While demonstrating‚ an employer can’t take actions against employee-protester. Certain items should not be brought‚ it’s legal to take pictures and videos in public spaces. In NY chalking on sidewalk or wearing masks are not allowed. Occupy was under surveillance by the
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In the first article “Voters Are Ready to Punish Pro-Gun Politicians. There’s Just One Problem” by George Zornick talks about where the candidates stand on the topic of guns during the races. It is believed that the gun control issue would be a big factor during the race. Voters want to know where it is that the both candidates‚ Kelly Ayotte and Marco Rubio‚ stand on. It mentions how 76 percent of the voters in Florida believe that Rubio actually “supports banning people on the terror lists from
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without criminal records‚ because it is dangerous‚ because it is inhumane‚ and because it is financially unreasonable. People deserve to live a good life‚ we deserve the right to have freedom. Freedom is really important and every human deserves. No one should be imprisoned and held hostage for something they didn’t do. Half of
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in front of you has pulled a gun from under his shirt and fired at him. But what if that man wasn’t allowed to carry a gun? Would an innocent life have been taken? Or would a criminal have gotten what he wanted‚ again? Everyday scenarios like this one actually come to pass. But still‚ there is an ongoing debate on whether we should or shouldn’t have concealed carry of weapons(CCW) . While many people believe CCW shouldn’t be legal there are many reasons
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effective. Kids have yet to strengthen their immune system and are exposed to various disease and sicknesses through school‚ the playground and other social settings. Without vaccines children would have a weaker chance at overcoming certain illnesses. No one wants to see their child hurt and sick so if there was a way to prevent that any parent would take any step they could to prevent that from happening. For example polio was a disease that was taking children at a very young age and if they do live they
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outcome may be for the legality of purchased guns used in violent acts‚ people will demand stricter gun regulations. If the purchased gun was bought legally then the argument would be “requirements for purchasing guns should be stricter in order to try and keep bad people from purchasing them.” Had the gun been bought illegally the argument would be “we need to have tougher gun regulations in order to keep gun purchasing legal and strict.” Over the past three decades it has been found that 82 percent
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