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    Technology Gone Too Far

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    Technology Gone Too Far Almost everyone uses technology to communicate. Even schools use technology to communicate with parents and students about grades and upcoming events. This is great. Technology has also created a society where people are more likely to pick up the remote on turn on the T.V. on a beautiful day then go outside for a stroll. People are more lazy today. Technology is great in many ways‚ but technology has also a negative impact on our future generation. I’m not

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    Censorship Gone Too Far

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    At what point has censorship gone too far? By simply allowing someone else to get censored‚ you give anyone the power to censor you or something you like. Censorship is the act of blocking “offensive” material. It is wrong due to the fact that it a prevention of creativity‚ unnecessary nuisance‚ and contradiction of rights.. Censorship in music is just not right. It goes against everything in society. Especially the 1st amendment‚ which states “Congress shall make (…) abridging the freedom of speech

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    Passion Gone too Far in Medea Passion is any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling and is not limited to just feelings of love‚ but also‚ feelings of hate (“Passion” def.1). In Euripides’s‚ Medea‚ there is a suggestion that revenge may‚ sometimes‚ be justified (Hopman 155). However‚ when revenge leads to loss of life‚ others would argue that passion has gone too far (Robertson XVI - XVII). In Euripides’s play‚ Medea‚ “a woman betrayed by Jason -- her husband of 10 years‚ a man she had murdered

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    razzi meaning the popping of flashlights. Paparazzi photographers are fueled by large sums of money offered by the tabloid press. No major celebrity can avoid them. Though some say that they are just doing their job‚ others believe that is is going too far and needs limits. There was a recent situation where a paparrazzi photographer got killed while trying to get a picture of celebrity pop star‚ Justin Bieber’s white Ferrari. He saw Bieber’s car getting pulled over and took some pictures‚ but as

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    Consumerism and the American Society Do you know that most homes in the US contain more TVs than they do people? People have been buying more and more things than they need to over consume for decades because of the current ideology that consumerism can help them reach the level of satisfaction they want. In the article “Spent” the writer Mr. Amitai Etzioni discusses the current view of the American society on consumerism. Mr. Etzioni explains that consumerism is becoming like a culture in the American

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    correctness has gone too far The "Politically Correct" movement’s purpose is to bring historically condescending terms‚ offensive music and art‚ and controversial educational content to an end and replace them with more positive and less-offending references. Offensive and demoralizing efforts are wrong‚ but the censorship and deletion of words and phrases that do not contain the intention to demoralize are taking political correctness too far. Politically correct (or "PC") antics have created a social

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    Has genetic science gone too far? Nowadays life with the help of genetic science is much easier than in the past. But is genetics really harmless and can help us or is it now already harmful? The way I see it‚ life in the future will be unpleasant because of the genetic science and its progress. Firstly‚ moving forward far too fast in genetic science can cause many troubles. Scientists should immediately stop and first think about consequences. They have to consider whether their experiments will

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    Has the Government Gone Too Far? As you’re driving down the highway you will most likely see "Click It Or Ticket" signs‚ and you may ask yourself‚ has the government gone too far with this law? People in America have the right to risk their own life by doing things such as rock climbing or bicycling without a helmet‚ the freedom to choose to wear a seatbelt is no different. Since the forming of our country our rights have become more and more regulated and the seatbelt law is only one example

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    Have we gone too far? Has Pop music gone too far some might say yes some might say no but to some extent everyone would agree but how can you judge this by standard of the generation and how the artist changed it as well as how you would think the next generation would react. when we began the course it started with rock and rollers wearing suits and dancing with a 1-2 step then coming to 2013 which Ithink the second teen idol era such as Justin Bieber or Katy Perry or even worse the Kardashians

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    Materialism in Society

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    many ways of communication such as: for business‚ family‚ and emergencies. However‚ people have become negatively addicted to cell phones and are abusing them. The cell phone has taken impact and has attracted those who are younger and materialistic. People use cell phones to achieve social status. With the effect of addiction and social status appeals‚ the cell phone also impacts the economy. Because Americans are becoming so materialistic‚ they view cell phones as a need rather than a want. This is

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