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- 2751: Medicalizing Drugs
- ... something of this nature is done for one drug you can expect that there will be many more to follow. This is similar to the debate of giving under aged children different types of birth control to help keep the pregnancies, and diseases that are being spread around down. This is not what needs to be done in these situations at all. We need to get our judicial system to change ... need to become tougher instead of just giving individuals a free ride or a token punishment. I do believe that we need to help those that were born into situations that are out of their control and need help. I do not support individuals that are out there looking for a hand out and have no intentions of trying to improve themselves or society.
- 2752: Adult Entertainment and The City of New York
- ... public good without compensating the individual affected by the policing of activity on a property. When the government interferes the freedom of ownership and enterprise on a property by changing the zoning and subtracts the control of private property by the owner, it invokes "eminent domain". Eminent domain is the authority by the government to take private property for public good. Under the Fourteenth Amendment, the government within the states cannot ... into the simplicities of the property rights vested in the Constitution, the department has the power to set regulations on the public's behalf, but in exchange, must compensate the individual for his loss of control or total loss of the property ownership. Furthermore, as these matter has been litigated in the past, and standards have been set to determine specifics in whether a takings occurs in the aquistion of property ...
- 2753: Free Will Versus Determinism
- ... that incident ). Free will states that we do not feel forced to act. At the time of a decision, we feel we have other choices. A determinist would say to this that such feelings of control are illusions, that we are just ignorant of all the irresistible forces acting upon us. Again, I would have to disagree to that. Noticing the consequences of an action could cause the individual to not act. The feeling of control is not an illusion; we see the actions and think about what may happen if we acted. Free will says that at a certain time we feel that we could have chosen to act differently ...
- 2754: Overpopulation?
- ... mainly as a result of massive land clearing for housing, roads, and industries (Stefoff, 24). This mass extinction is projected to disrupt nature's ability to provide essential ecosystem services, ranging from pollination to flood control. The atmosphere is also under assault. The billions of tons of carbon that have been released since the Industrial Revolution have pushed atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide to their highest level in 160,000 years ... in hope that their one child will be a girl. Laws against overpopulation in America have been overruled. There are none that effect how high the child birth rate is. Due to this factor, birth control is an option widely chosen by many. Clearly, if a sustainable global population is to be achieved, the issue of religion must be considered (1999, 1). "... and as for you, be fruitful and multiply; bring ...
- 2755: Colonial Women
- ... For a woman to have any place in the legal system it was better to remain single. Single women, or Feme Sole had more legal rights than a married woman. She could own property, retain control of her earnings, and sign contracts. Feme Sole was a better legal status, but it was a socially unacceptable status. Unmarried women were looked down upon as being infertile. Women could either marry, have children ... their time performing daily tasks, but still were able to have leisure activities such as painting, embroidery, and charity work. Women had very few legal rights. In the majority of colonies, women had no legal control over their lives. It was the consensus among society that a female was best represented by her father, brothers, and husbands. A woman could only own property if there was no men in her private ...
- 2756: Othello
- ... that exists with in his soul, so he wraps himself in a cloak of logic and reason to prevent those around him from seeing this part of his character. He sees the nobility and self-control that Othello exhibits, the purity and innocence of Desdemona, and the loyalty and self-sacrifice of Cassio. If he compared himself to these individuals, he would be forced to see what was wrong with him ... to be an individual that should be reviled, there is no doubt that within every individual, there resides a little bit of Iago in their character. However, most individuals are capable of keeping it under control.
- 2757: The Tell Tale Heart: The Labovian Theory
- ... seemingly about a man plotting to kill another man in cold blood. Looking further into the words, the reader can find a story of a man obsessed with senses and the ability to have complete control over them. The narrator uses reason to overwhelm the morality of his actions. His obsession takes over his whole being, thus bringing on the madness which over powers his world. The focus of the abstract ... can see that Poe uses the narrator to show how when both sense and reason are distorted, it causes a frighteningly erie effect on the individual. This being a sickly cold and meticulous obsession to control the perception of the senses. The narrator comments in the opening paragraphs, "Passion there was none." I leave you with this, if this man had acted in the fit of passion, would he still have ...
- 2758: Women In The Police Force
- ... seventies a study was conducted by the police federation that stated these findings. "The major reason that the role of women in policing had traditionally been so limited was because most of the men in control of police departments assume that policing is a man's job and that women should be used only in those few positions that obviously require a woman-such as work with juveniles." (Cohn.pg.189 ... gender. Female police officers are also looked at differently by the public because society is biased in how it views people. "Interactions between women officers and men citizens are problematic because police expect to take control of situations and be shown deference by citizens; men may differ to the office but resist being controlled by or differential to a woman"(Martin & Jorik, 91). Some people in society judge people by their ...
- 2759: The War of 1812
- ... at the time of Madison's presidency, were pushing for the invasion of Canada, and an attack upon the savages who had been tormenting homes on the frontier. Madison never really expected or desired the control of Canada, nor did his colleague Monroe (Secretary of State). He was more or less pushed into the decision. The War of 1812, it is found to be one of most uneconomical wars in the ... The War of 1812 had such a great effect on the United States that is sometimes referred to as the Second War of American Independence. This did not refer to Great Britain attempting to gain control of the United States, instead, it marked the end of the United States dependence on Europe. Great Britain fully accepted American independence. 1815 was marked as a turning point. Before, American foreign relations were conditioned ...
- 2760: Othello
- ... found out was dishonest. There are many other examples of this, and it is one of Iago's key ways in which to persuade. In this way, by telling Othello what to do, Iago takes control of the situation and ends up taking control of Othello. By the end of the scene, almost all of the ideas Othello has come from Iago. Iago's style of speech and use of language also make it possible for him to convince ...
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