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- 2271: Piracy
- Piracy Recently, The Toronto Star published an article entitled "RCMP seizes BBS, piracy charges pending." The RCMP have possessed all computer components belonging to the "90 North" bulletin board system in Montreal, Quebec. The board is accused of allowing people the opportunity to download (get) commercial and beta (or commercial) software versions. I feel that the RCMP should not charge people that are linked to computer piracy, because the pirated software offers valuable opportunity to programmers and users. Also, revenue lost to the large software companies is such a small amount that the effect won't be greatly felt by them ...
- 2272: Serial Killers
- Serial Murder The mind behind the crime! Thesis statement: Serial Murderers are not just murderers but also victims of the rotten hand they were dealt. Abstract I. Definition History A. The Most Infamous Killer B. Myth Theory 1. WereWolves 2. Vampires III ... are far superior to those of their male counterpart; like most women they are deceitfully cunning. These highly allusive predators are meticulous in planing and disposing of any evidence that will link them to the crime (Kelleher p. 20). Due to a strong cultural bias, society often disinvolves or denies the very existence of a female serial killer. Whereas the male serial killer has been regularly lionized by his outrageous exploits ...
- 2273: Sex On The Net
- SEX in the Net! A social and ethical essay task designed to provide students with a broader insight into both the Internet and computer ethics. Since the beginning of time, men and women have fantasised over naked bodies. Pornography has always been a part of life and yet it has never been so readily available as what it is ... is that fines and punishments for selling pornography to underage persons are not high enough. So why don't we raise them? The answer to this question can be found on the screen of every computer in the world. The Internet, or as one person put it, "The closest thing to true anarchy that has ever existed." How is one to censor the Internet when it is literally impossible? What is ...
- 2274: Our Prison System Sucks
- ... are being run. These people deserved to be punished! I don't want them to waste our money, get "paid" for television interviews, book rights and all the other goodies that come from doing a crime. And then slapped on the hand saying: "You be a good boy/girl now" and sent them off to a place we call prison, but in reality, some of the prisoners, find prison to be ... not saying that each person should be beaten daily, or made to stay in a cell by themselves with no one to talk to for an eternity. The person should be punished according to the crime. "An eye for an eye." This brings me to the subject of capital punishment. I'm sure some of you are disgusted by the word, but I am not. I am disgusted with the fact ...
- 2275: Music Censorship
- ... m gonna force you at gun point to eat me alive," (Zucchino 9). Most men who hear this misogamist music do not go out and commit crimes against women. Men realize that committing such a crime against women could have serious consequences. Certain people believe that censorship is violating the First Amendment, but it is highly doubtable that the framers of the First Amendment thought that the amendment would be used ... he held a rally where he ran over tapes and compact discs of " offending" material with a steamroller (Leland 64). The Reverend Jesse Jackson added policing rap part of his campaign against black-on-black crime. Even Rap Sheet, a hip-hop fanzine, has taken a stand by banning all album and artist ads featuring guns (Leland 64). These people care enough to speak up for what they believe and some ...
- 2276: The Dark Half
- ... walked toward them " was one of the better descriptive sections. If that phrase doesn't catch some attention, I don't know what will. Another example of fantastic description is when the scene of a crime in which a minor character, Miriam Cowley, was murdered. I won't go into the details in this critique for obvious reasons. Some parts of the story are exciting and suspenseful while other parts are ... more tedious because they were the same exact reasons for the most part. For instance, Thad new he wasn't the killer so he thought it was George Stark because the man who committed the crime had the same fingerprints and the same blood type. For these reasons Sheriff Pangborn thought the killer was Thad. The action in this novel was good, but sparse. One of the best action displays was ...
- 2277: Usage of the English Language
- ... new words are developed as a necessity to understand those new concepts. Science and technology take the lead in creating new admissible words for use by society. Some examples of new technology related words include “computer,” “cyberspace,” “internet,” “email,” “software,” “mouse,” and “modem.” These are all terms related to “computer” technology, which is continually growing and changing. Some examples of new medical related terms include “chemotherapy,” “AIDS,” “CAT-scan,” “MRI,” “transdermal infusion,” and “laser.” In the medical field acronyms are so commonly used by professionals ...
- 2278: Gangs
- ... members tries to be the most manly. This often leads to all members participating in "one-up- manship". Quite often this will then lead to each member trying to commit a bigger and more violent crime or simply more crimes than the others. With all members participating in this sort of activity it makes for a never ending unorganized violence spree (A sort of Clockwork Orange mentality). In gangs with more intellegent members these feelings end up making each member want to be the star when the groups commit a crime. This makes the gang much more organized and improves the morale of members which in turn makes them more dangerous and very hard for the police to deal with and catch (There is nothing harder ...
- 2279: Tell Tale Heart Critical Analy
- ... seems to be blatantly insane, and thinks he has freedom from guilt, the feeling of guilt over the murder is too overwhelming to bear. The narrator cannot tolerate it and eventually confesses his supposed perfect crime. People tend to think that insane persons are beyond the normal realm of reason shared by those who are in their right mind. This is not so; guilt is an emotion shared by all humans ... man. Obviously, his mental state was one of pure fear and disillusion. An auditory hallucination of a dead heart beating caused so much mental anguish in the narrator that it made him confess to the crime. This indeed shows insanity. Yet this insanity was not as strong as the guilt pushing through it. Another element that supports the theme is character. Poe never states if the narrator is male or female ...
- 2280: Treatment Of Inner Evil - Tell
- ... by the neighbors," (Poe 7). Both fully describe what the narrator contemplates as the physical evils that drove him to murder. Interpreted from a different point of view is the supposition that the narrator's crime is truly caused from his own inner evil. He hears many things "acute" claiming to originate from both "heaven and hearth" which is obviously not something a normal person hears (Poe 3). The murder appears ... so gently" and "cunningly," (Poe 4). On the eighth night of entering the old man's chamber, the narrator claims the old man did not dream of "my secret deeds or thoughts," (Poe 4). The crime that is about to take place is questionable at this point: is it the evil eye or the narrator's own insanity as the antagonist in the story? After killing the old man, the police ...
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