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- 3191: The Death Penalty: To Be or Not to Be...
- ... that decision. What they probably though was " some people would not commit a murder, rape or another violent crime if they would know that they could get on a death row for that ". However, my personal opinion is that death penalty has to be justified on its own goodness, rather than by some pragmatic result it brings about. The governor and legislature of New York State evidently agree with this contention ... there are no known reliable statistics that support this belief. Also capital punishment reduces the costs that are required for imprisonment: once a convicted murder is executed and buried, there are no further costs. " My personal opinion regarding this article is that listed above arguments for the death penalty are very wrongful and could be easily turned down by the results of numerous surveys and different statistics. Even the fact about ...
- 3192: The Debate Over Capital Punishment
- ... commit any types of crime ranging from auto theft to 1st-Degree Murder, never take into account the consequences of their actions. Deterrence to crime, is rooted in the individuals themselves. Every human has a personal set of conduct. How much they will and will not tolerate. How far they will and will not go. This personal set of conduct can be made or be broken by friends, influences, family, home, life, etc. An individual who is never taught some sort of restraint as a child, will probably never understand any limit ...
- 3193: An Essay On Equus
- ... a psychiatrist, works to normalize the boy, feeling that as he makes the boy safe for society, he is taking away his worship and sexual vitality, both of which are missing in the doctors own personal life. Dysart actually envies Alan and the sexual worship he has experienced. In spite of his own hang-ups, the doctor does help the boy work through his obsession, in which he identifies the horse ... something of an obsession to him... Frank: Call it what you like. All that stuff to me is just bad sex. page 18* These contrasting beliefs of his parents leads Alan into a world of personal problems which encompasses an understanding of the world formed largely by watching television, an inability to read, a distorted view of sex and violence, and no sense of his place in society. The plots painful ...
- 3194: Richard Iii
- ... These loans almost directly conflicted with his legislature to make illegal royal benevolencies. This wore sown public support for the king, as well as the nobility's trust in Richard. Richard was also dealt a personal blow that took on public meaning. With rumors circulating about the Richard's involvement in the murder of the princes, the ramifications of Richard's son dying took on new meaning. Not only was it a great personal blow to Richard, who had worked to ensure his son's place on the throne, but it had religious implications for the public. The public saw this and the Queen's death as a punishment ...
- 3195: Comparison Of Honor
- ... be very difficult but Gawain would do anything to maintain it, even give his own life. It seems that Gawain did care what others thought of him but he seemed more concerned with his own personal honor than any other. This personal honor comes down to honoring what Gawain believes in. One of the most important things that Gawain believes in is the church. This is seen in one of Gawain's most desperate times, "Thurgh mony ...
- 3196: Us Presidents 30-42
- ... executive action, publicizing the question and desegregating the armed forces. But he failed to obtain passage of law assuring equal job opportunities for blacks and ending poll taxes, lynching, and discrimination on public transportation. His personal concern about the problems of black Americans, as well as his quest for the black vote, and his worry about the damage that American racial practices did to the nation's image in the world ... to quick solutions. In his first year in office, Ford confronted severe economic problems, including both inflation and recession. At first he emphasized the fight against inflation by proposing solutions that reflected his long-standing personal belief in reduced spending, balanced budgets, and tight money. In early 1975, Ford reluctantly changed his goals to concentrate on relieving recessionary pressures rather than inflationary ones. Unemployment was over 9%, new housing starts were ...
- 3197: Serial Killers
- ... serial killers have. Gilles De Rais This serial killer is the third most notorious serial killer known. His name is Gilles De Rais. During the Hundred Years War, De Rais was Joan of Arc's personal bodyguard. Immensely rich, and popular throughout France, De Rais was named a baron to the people. Being a faithful Christian, it was hard to accept what De Rais had done. Other lords and the common ... blood with no remorse for the shear pleasure of it. Contrary to that, a psychotic will kill because they have no idea what they are doing is wrong. A psychopath will usually have their own personal reasons for killing which may include hatred, sexual gratification, devil worship, or a lust for blood. Psychotics are in their own world where murder is a perfectly normal way of life. Psychotics will also kill ...
- 3198: Freedom For The Slave: Who Decides & Why?
- ... the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical 2. exemption from external physical control. 3. the power to determine action without restraint. 4. political or national independence. 5. personal liberty: slaves who bought their freedom. 6. exemption; immunity: freedom from fear. 7. the absence or release from ties or obligations. 8. ease or facility of movement or action. 9. frankness of manner or speech ... freedom from their oppressors. In order for the slaves to gain freedom, the oppressors would have to have taken a loss. To illustrate the potential loss of the oppressor, examples include the potential loss of personal fortunes, in addition to the potential losses this country would have suffered during the Industrial Revolution and also the potential losses that Europe would have to have suffered. In spite of the obstacles of the ...
- 3199: Robert Browning
- ... it would happen. Therefore, to counter Achilles massive retaliation against the Trojans, Zeus allowed the gods to go back to the battle field. In Zeus's own interests, he preferred to deal with issues more personal to the individual heros of the Iliad. This can be seen throughout the book as Zeus attempted to increase the honour of certain individuals. Zeus knew that Hektor was going to be killed by Achilles ... Hektor "fill out" the armour so he would not seem like less of a man then Achilles. Zeus also gave his word to Thetis that Achilles would gain much glory showing his involvement on a personal level. Homer used the gods and their actions to establish twists on the plot of the war. It would not have been possible for him to write the story without the divine interventions of the ...
- 3200: Walt Whitman 2
- ... period. This war also prompted, and inspired Walt to create many of his historical works of art. The war was raging in both the north and the south during Whitman s golden era of his writing. In the North, the economy was blooming, and growing, and industry was getting better and better each day. While in the South, the price, and the labor of the war was taking its effect upon ... family. If not for the growth in the popularity of the sport of baseball, we wouldn t have done so much to increase the popularity for football or basketball. During Whitman s time of great writing, and his most popular days, the industrial workers were booming in the North. And him being from the North, and the city of Pittsburgh, he also used this to shine in his writings, such as ...
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