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- 24421: Prohibition...A Waste?
- Prohibition...A Waste? Prohibition is now a waif of a thought in most’s minds but at one time was a factor on everyone’s mind. It began a movement that later some believed was a mistake. I cannot tell my opinion, but will simply show you the history of it. Prohibition has many stories, including, but not limited to, the founders, the enforcement, and the American public’s attitude towards it. Prohibition is defined as “The forbidding by law of the sale or manufacture of alcoholic beverages”(Mirian-Webster 581). Now, the Prohibition history starts with the founders, women. “The leaders of ...
- 24422: Australopithecus Afarenis
- ... in Laetoli, Tanzania, which is near Lake Victoria. He met his future wife Mary at Cambridge. It was 43 years until the next remains would be found. In 1978, Mary Leakey, who was Louis Leakey’s mistress at the time, and Paul Abell found three sets of fossilized footprints also in Laetoli. Australopithecus afarenis walked in fallen ash from a volcanic eruption nearly 4 million years ago. The footprints left behind ... the same pattern as modern day men. They stepped with the pressure going first to the ball of the foot and then push off with their toes, just as humans do today. Though the Leakey's findings were important, Donald Johanson's were the most important. Donald Johanson, in 1974 found the most popular fossilized hominid. He was the anthropologist who found the invaluable ”Lucy.” Forty-seven bones of Lucy were found in Hadar, Ethiopia. The ...
- 24423: Debate Over Man Being Inherent
- ... the beginning of time. Rousseau and William Golding do not shy away from taking a stance on the subject. But while Rousseau believes "nothing can be more gentle than man in his primitive state," Golding's believes quite the opposite. In his novel, The Lord of the Flies, Golding attempts to prove his hypothesis by showing the behavior of a group of boys stranded on an island. Golding's characters allow their true human nature to show through while being stranded on the island. After some time of isolation, the boys lose the remnants of the rules they carried from their old way of ... caught up in the orgies of violence because, as Golding states, the urge for chaos is a part of human nature. Golding and Rousseau differ on their viewpoints on the natural inclination of man. Golding's novel demonstrates his idea that man in his primitive form is a violent savage. Through the actions of all the boys, Golding clearly shows his belief in man's inclination towards evil.
- 24424: An Argument for the Legalization of Drugs, Based on John Stuart Mills' "Revised Harm Principle"
- ... others. Using Mills' principle as a litmus test for this issue leads one to come down on the side of legalization. Since Mills is concerned not with individual rights, but with the consequences of one's actions on other people, the question becomes: Is drug use an action that, although performed by an individual, threatens the vital interests of others? Using the example of a casual, responsible drug user who is ... asked) rather than in a forceful, punitive way. Many opponents to legalization point out that drug use leads to spousal and child abuse, random criminal acts precipitated by the effects of drugs on a user's inhibitions, and crimes committed to support drug habits. This argument is fundamentally defective because it addresses the abuse of drugs, which is not the issue here. When an individual's use of drugs leads him to harm others, it becomes a behavioral problem. That is, the issue is no longer drugs, but the behavior of the individual. If that behavior breaks a law, the ...
- 24425: Law Does Not Drive Us, Reason Does
- ... is the Congressional order allowing Federal Investigators to take into custody fugitives of American laws no matter where they are apprehended on this planet. The second example is the raid on Panama during George Busch's presidency that involved the invasion of a Nicaraguan ambassadors home. Both of these violate the laws of sovereignty, jurisdiction, and extraterritoriality (Huston). It is very easy to show that these two acts of the U.S. government are in complete contradiction to our very own constitution. So now it easy to say that laws sometimes need to be broken for the good of the masses. When Dr. King wrote that he ... that he would be breaking German law. He would be doing it because it is right and in the best interests of the masses and not the man made laws. Some would call Dr. King's actions as civil disobedience. What actually Dr. King would be doing is helping and giving comfort to victims of an unjust and wrongful law. Can there be any wrongdoing in that; especially since it ...
- 24426: Formula One Racing
- ... the 900- horsepower 1400-pound cars can reach speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour. Even when cars capable of these speeds are put into the hands of world-class drivers such as Ferrari’s Michael Shumacher and McLaren’s Mika Hakkinen, mishaps are bound to occur. This is what makes this sport so exciting to watch. Crashes however, are not the only exciting events of the race. It is thrilling to watch a car ... strategies that the various teams use in order to make a fast pit stop. A world-class team such as Ferrari can refuel a car, change four wheels and tires, and wipe off the driver’s helmet in as little as 6.8 seconds. The technology used in the sport is another drawing point of its popularity. State- of-the-art computers are used to track the car’s every ...
- 24427: Famine
- ... growth and economic inequalities. Reliable food supplies in developing countries are in jeopardy due to deliberate crop destruction and inefficient food distribution; resulting in widespread chronic hunger. Each year millions of acres of the world's farmland are lost to the spread of cities and suburbs, highway and airport construction and shopping centers. In Canada, most of the land taken over by urban sprawl came from the best cropland. Even in ... more land to live on. Increases in food supply cannot keep up with rapid increases in population. In other words, the world population could outstrip its ability to feed itself. More than half the world's population lives with hunger and malnutrition everyday in spite of the fact, that most countries are self sufficient in food supply. This situation exists in most of the Third World because the foreign assistance programs ... to agriculture and to population control has reduced the threat of famine. In India, the introduction of high yield crop varieties has greatly increased food production though malnutrition still remains prevalent. In the early 1990's, the world was producing more than adequate food for the billions of people on the planet and it was said to be capable of growing enough to feed the population for the first part ...
- 24428: Future Of Education
- ... look at. Overall the introduction of technology in the classroom is a great benefit to students, giving them access to word processing applications, as well and access to the World Wide Wed and CD-ROM’s. This large amount of knowledge flowing from the computer to the brains of the students is very overwhelming. Students will have to learn how to sift though this large amount of information to find what ... student to behave appropriately, which is most definitely a crucial life skill. They must learn discipline if they are going to fit into society properly. Discipline in schools last century was very different from today’s classrooms. They were much more strict back in those days. However, with the consideration of the individual’s needs, discipline in today’s classrooms has been noticeably decreased. Overall, you cannot assume if this is good or bad, its good to be well disciplined which helps you with your study and keeping ...
- 24429: Friendship
- ... on various kinds of products, qualifications and contributions differ in most friendships. To Aristotle a true friend is a semi mirror image of oneself. True Friends share more than just mutual enjoyment of each other’s company. They are also soulmates. Only the true man can become a true friend. The reason is that only the true man will seek out the ultimate good, and among the goods, there is the ... be many people in our life, that we do favors for and who do favors for us, without anyone calling it a friendship. These people are incomplete friends. Man is a social animal and it’s our nature to enjoy being with others. Friendship is the stronghold for community, family, and married life. In all times of life man needs friends. The young need to be shown what to do, and ... not share of himself and hide alone and live a secluded life. If one thought of himself in any worth, he would want to share his worth with someone. In all, to be true one's self, one needs self-love. If one fully loves himself, he/she would take part in friendship knowing that it is not only good for them, but for others as well. Two kinds of ...
- 24430: The Social Plague of Crime and Criminals
- ... to have sexual contact against their will while incarcerated. Most targets rated the immediate long term effect of the incident to be negative.”(Journal of Sex Research) Now that some statistics have been presented, let's examine the first view on conjugal visits. The justice view is a “get tough” perspective on crime and criminals. The supporters of this view believe that prison life is simply not harsh enough. Some supporters ... problem within our penitentiaries. This problem is rape between inmates and correctional guards. Conjugal visits which allow for sexual contact between spouses may alleviate some of the tension that may arise from abstinence during one's term. According to the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, “Loneliness is a pervasive social problem which also contributes to criminal behavior and recidivism.” (International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology p168 ... it widely practiced by most states across the nation. Those in favor of the integration model argue that too much love or too much punishment can ruin the offender all together. An article in Harper's magazine discusses “an ex-convicts pamphlet for new male prisoners..”(Harper's Magazine Aug1996 v293 p17) This brings to life the harsh realities of every day life within the walls of a secured prison ...
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