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    WHY DO PEOPLE ENGAGE IN VIOLENCE? There is too much anger in this world. Many people pray but they don’t seem to pray hard enough to internalize peace in their minds and spirits. How can one continue to pray and kneel in penance for their sins‚ go to church and pray the rosary every day and then after a while‚ shout in rage or even kill the innocent? This is a Jekyll and Hyde syndrome our nation‚ or even the entire world‚ has developed. Violence in our culture is fed by multiple forces; the

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    Some people may say I’m not as optimistic as others‚ I think it’s how you look at me. I’m not one to jump at any challenge‚ but if I think it will be worth it in the end I will try my hardest. To try to change this theory in others‚ how they look at things‚ is a little harder. People get set in their ways and get lazy. In fact this generation is set in their way of thinking‚ because it seems everything is just handed to them. But to push them to want to achieve and succeed and making them understand

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    Those also also suffer from homelessness are also involved in racial discrimination‚ therefore not only are those oppressed to begin with because they do not have a home but also due to their skin colour due to society. Social workers works with a diverse amount of people and those who are usually part of a minority group due to the colour of their skin are pushed right under the bush again to the tyranny of homelessness. Homelessness has a large demographic which involves different ethnicities

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    Why People Do Bad Thing

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    gives us the choice to do good or evil and relates to the virtue that every person has. In Plato’s "Meno"‚ Socrates argues with Meno over what virtue really is and the true definition. At one point‚ they discuss that being virtuous is "find joy in beautiful things." The go on at length arguing what is beautiful and what is good. They also cover whether or not people actually do desire bad things or if all people desire good things. At the end they concur that people do not desire bad things

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    1.5 Rational Radicalism..............Why Do People Become Terrorists? Most studies of the causes of Islamism offer a grievance based explanation implicitly rooted in functionalist social psychology accounts of mass behaviour‚ which view collective action as derived from exogenous structural strains that create individual frustration and motivation for deviant social behaviour. Structural strains such as modernization‚ industrialization‚ economic crisis cause psychological discomfort which in turn

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    There has to be a reason why they people commit suicide‚ you might not know but they do and there are a lot of possibilities. It could be that the child was having problems at school‚ about their body. Sometimes the parents don’t even see that there is something wrong with their child‚ they don’t bother to know what’s going on at school‚ if they have problems‚ if they are depressed‚ nothing. People who commit suicide aren’t necessarily stupid. Low self-esteem can lead to suicide. You could be self-conscious

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    Emerson says "Unless you try to do something that is beyond what you have mastered‚ you will not grow.’’ I agree 100 percent. For example‚ When i am in the weight room‚ my coach always wants me to move up in weight because he wants me to get stronger. If i were to stay at the same weight every time i lifted i wouldn’t get stronger‚ therefore i would not grow from where i started. Emerson is basically saying if you do the same thing that you already know how to do‚ you will not improve as a person

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    Facts‚ nongmoproject.org). People wonder if these GMOs are ethical and safe for humans to use and consume. These GMO plants‚ although they are mostly natural‚ are not one-hundred percent natural‚ which makes people cautious and hesitant to trust them. GMOs are thought to have been evolved from selective breeding. So GMOs have been along for a long time‚ but the technology and use of them have made it a very serious topic today. Most of the conflict revolves around whether people think they are safe and

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    Why Do People Start Gangs

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    Why Do People Start Gangs? I wanted to learn more about gangs because I was wanting to figure out why they start them‚ and for what reasons. Learning about gangs would show other things in life outside of what I do every day around my home and school. Also‚ I wonder what types of people are in gangs. Lastly‚ I wanted to know what leads people to commit crimes and do what they do while in a gang. According to my novel‚ people would start gangs because of family issues. In my book a kid named

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    Resist... can you?

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    Temptations Hard To Resist! At certain times in life we all have been tempted by different things. Even though they might be risky‚ we still choose to explore a bit more about them. We all find it curious to see what it can be like. Some might be fun and yet others not so fun. It all depends on which situation you’re facing. Once I was faced by situation in which I felt tempted badly by it. Two years ago by this same time I was dating the most amazing guy I’ve met in my life‚ well that I thought

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