I am writing this paper because to defend Socrates‚ the man who did nothing wrong and was killed for doing the right thing and trying to save people from being trapped. The people were not allowed to speak what they thought was right‚ couldn’t argue‚ and must follow the law. Whoever shall read this should care because an innocent man was killed on the death penalty because he was trying to make the world a better place and that is horrible. I argue that’s Socrates was a virtuous person because he
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In the article‚” Nike‚ Ex-NFL Star Settle ’Lights Out’ Trademark Dispute” by Peter Y. Kang‚ discusses a trademark debate with Ex-NFL Star Linebacker‚ Shawne Merriman. He is accusing Nike of improperly using the trademark for his nickname “Lights Out.” Merriman‚ a former NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year‚ sued Nike previously in April 2014‚ asserting that the company had stolen his "Lights Out" nickname after failing to license it from him. Merriman earned the nickname by knocking opposing players
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Andra Davis 7/15/13 Language Arts 3A Mr. Ryan Immigrants In 2006 the United States accepted more legal immigrants as permanent residents than all other countries in the world combined. After ethnic quotas on immigration were removed from the laws‚ the number of immigrants quadrupled from 9.6 million to 38 million immigrants living in the year of 2007. The United States immigration is known to be the reason why we have such a popular growth and culture change throughout the years of
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Michael Bloomberg‚ former mayor of New York City‚ once proposed a ban on super-sized sodas as a solution to the cities growing obesity issue. He believed that government interference was the best way to improve the health of citizens. New York City is not the only place to propose this idea. Boston is currently trying to ban sugary drinks and San Francisco is launching a campaign against Happy Meals in their city. These attempts of the government to restrict our diets are unnecessary and will cause
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Argument Essay Prewriting Template Step 1: Argument Essay Thesis Statement and Planning Directions: Complete all of the elements of the planning; otherwise‚ the content of your piece will not be accurate. My Topic: Online Learning My Attitude: My Purpose: To persuade my audience to agree with me. My Thesis Statement: Online learning is beneficial to students. My Audience: Instructor‚ classmates‚ family 1. How much does my audience know about my subject? 2. Age? Gender? Race? Social status
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Critical Argument Analysis Essay Ashlee L ENG/215 March 06‚ 2014 Glen Golightly Self-preservation is said to be the reasoning behind the emotion of fear‚ in fact most fears our commonly shared among large groups of people. For instance the two most common phobias are; Arachnophobia the fear of spiders and Ophidiophobia the fear of snakes shared among most people in the United States today. The three level of fear are Internal‚ External and Subconscious‚ each level identifies with a certain
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Abortion Should Not Be an Option Are women being fully informed of the possible consequences of abortion? A child does not deserve to die because his or her mother or father were irresponsible. Abortion should not be allowed because not only does it kill a human being but it also physically and mentally hurts the mother‚ and has an affect on relationships with the baby’s father‚ family‚ and friends. Even if the baby is not yet out of the womb and fully developed‚ it is still living‚ from the moment
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Startled‚ you get woken up by the police officers barging into your room‚ you notice the door has been kicked down and you are being yanked by the limbs. Unaware of why this is happening you start to scream and kick at the officers. Next thing you know you get hit in the side of the head and you black out. What feels like days later‚ you awaken in a dark and empty room. At least that’s what you believe. Out of thin air you hear a chuckle come from the corner of the room. Yelling hello you hope for
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My family and I have been living in Glendive‚ Montana from last 10 years. Glendive town is the ranching and agricultural hub of eastern Montana‚ but my city has now become a radioactive waste disposal site for North Dakota. In order to extract oil and gases‚ companies have to drill the earth. Along with Oil and gas‚ they also get unwanted material‚ such as radioactive sludge‚ water‚ rocks‚ etc. All the extra material is something they did not drill for and it is something that is hard to get rid
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In dystopian literature it’s coming that the Author is trying to portray a message involving a controlling government. Veronica Roth’s novel Divergent displays a dystopian nation where the citizens are split up into 5 factions. Amity; the peaceful. Abnegation; the selfless. Erudite; the intelligent. Candor; the honest. Dauntless; the brave. They are placed in these factions upon the age of 16 they take an aptitude test and their result tell them the faction that would be the best fit for them. The
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