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- 26861: Euthenasia
- ... no one wishes to take, have to be taken. This, of cause, leads to the ultimatum, that it is the patients own choice. But can we allow some one to take their own lives? Doesn't this mean that everyone else around the patient have failed, that more could have been done? From the patients point of view, a lot of arguments talk in favor of euthanasia. For one, no body ... thoughts clear. A third very important point, is pain. If people see a deer, which had been hit by a car, and is in terrible pain, they will kill it, out of pitty. Why shouldn't the same be allowed with humans, if pain reaches a level, where it is unbearable? For these people, who do not have the choice of active euthanasia, self-starvation is the only choice. The doctors ... consider this question for all time. My opinion is, that anyone who is terminally ill, should have the choice, but to all rules there are exceptions, and to something as serious as this, there shouldn't be. Word Count: 508
- 26862: Flag Desecration
- ... Lee Johnson was the individual placed under arrest for desecrating the American flag (Law Enforcement Database). A person can engage in a heated debate in politics and clearly make a logical point without disrespecting America’s fallen veterans or the United States’ flag. I learned to respect the American flag through my own experiences fighting in the US Navy in another country. Fighting or traveling in other countries helps you to ... only flag which flies over a planetary body besides Earth." These morons do not realize that there is more to the American flag besides "the red, white, and blue"; it is a symbol of America’s achievements over the last two hundred and twenty three years. From the American Revolution of 1776 to current bombings of Kosovo, there has been many different battles fought by America. Some of these battles cost several thousand people their lives. America has been leading the space race in exploration of the Earth’s moon to Mars and beyond. America has so many different accomplishments which were achieved at great cost. This is why we should be proud and hold the American flag up high. No other symbol ...
- 26863: Gun Control
- ... fighters discovered the power of the Minuteman, the average American gun owner. These Minutemen, so named because they would pick up their personal guns and jump to the defense of their country on a minute’s notice, served a major part in winning the American Revolution. The founding fathers of this country understood that an armed populace was instrumental in fighting off oppression, and they made the right to keep and ... their plans work completely. It was a full century before the civil rights activists of the 1960s were able to restore the constitutional freedoms that blacks in this country were granted in the 1860s. Today’s gun control activists are a slightly different breed. They claim that gun violence in this country has gotten to a point where something must be done to stop it. They would like to see criminals ... not the law allows them to do so. Criminals will always find ways to get guns. In this country we have criminalized the use, possession, sale, and transportation of many kinds of narcotics, but it’s still easy for someone to take a ride and purchase the drugs of their choice at street corner vendors. Firearms and ammunition would be just as easy for these black-market entrepreneurs to deliver ...
- 26864: The Miller and the Reeve In The Canterbury Tales
- The Miller and the Reeve In The Canterbury Tales In Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, each character is different. These discrepancies are found in the characters appearances, personalities, and occupations. The pilgrims also have much in common. The Miller and the Reeve differ in appearance and specialty skills ... is more slim and slender. He is a tall, clean-shaven man. His hair is short and his legs are quite scrawny. They have similarities also. Both characters, for separate reasons, intimidate people. The Miller’s looks scare people away. The hairy wart on the tip of his nose is especially frightening. The Reeve, however, scares people because of his intelligence. He is a smart man and knows everything about everybody. The other characters know they can not fool him and do not dare to try. The two characters have another shared characteristic. Both are involved with grain. The Miller’s job is selling grain. He cheats his customers by pressing his thumb on the scale when weighing the grain. The Reeve also deals with grain but in a different way. He does not use ...
- 26865: Time And Technology
- RESEARCH QUESTION How did telecommunications advance from the end of the 1800’s to the end of the 1900’s ? THESIS Telecommunications have revolutionized business and communication between people. Since the beginning of time communication has always been a crucial part in our societies for development. Without communication there was no or little development, people ... around the world in a matter of hours if not minutes. Business deal could be closed quicker and markets could grow with international influence. Then in about 30 years or so in the mid 1870’s the telephone was invented. This was a new revolution because it could be used for both listening and speaking. The first major use for the telephone though was during the First World War when ...
- 26866: The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kr
- ... me. Mac, of all people." Obviously, Duddy is no longer intimidated by strapping. Strapping or any kind of corporal punishment is not an effective way to change human behaviour because it simply cannot change people’s minds. Humans, unlike animals, should be taught with words. If a student has done something wrong, instead of giving him or her a good strapping, a nice little chat would be more appropriate. The teacher ... any boy. It is very good of him to understand the futility of corporal punishments. It is quite unfortunate that he gives up this virtue when finally can not stand the pressure of his wife’s death and Duddy’s agitation.
- 26867: Fire Ants
- ... invaders, the cost is measured in lost species and disrupted communities. The result, predicted ecologist Gordon Orians at the 1994 Ecological Society of America Conference, will be the "Homogocene," an era in which the world's biota is homogenized through biological invasions(10. Lockley 37). Fire ants use their stingers to immobilize or kill prey and to defend ant mounds from disturbance by larger animals such as humans. Any disturbance sends ... of the world with faster and more efficient means of moving food and goods. Occurrences of accidental transportation of troublesome pests, bacteria, and viruses will also increase. The fire ant while costly and annoying won’t cause the absolute destruction of life as we know it. Fire ants are however a reminder that ecosystems are a delicately balanced environments with forces that keep the food chain functioning. The fire ant and ...
- 26868: Over Population
- ... due to the fact that Man treats his surroundings, for example like his land, his environment, his atmosphere, his waters and other life forms as merely objects. Man utilizes, destroys and discards them when he’s finish. If Man does not respect his planet, there will be nothing left except for a dead, barren wasteland. We must act soon or better yet, now. The earth does not have enough resources to ... Unfortunately, as nations with larger growing populations become richer, their pollution increases with their wealth. Not only does overpopulation causes resource and environmental hazards, overpopulation causes a large number of the social problems in today’s society. There is much more crime and violence due to the great increase of population. Also, with the overpopulation dilema diseases are likely to spread and develop much faster. There are more diseases and effected ... are educated to the benefits of limiting family size, they respond with lower birth rates. Education, coupled with economics pressure, will end the overpopulatio problem and ease many of the other problems faced by today’s society. Word Count: 470
- 26869: Ruling Ideologies
- ... of time. This statement is believed mostly among higher-class people because they feel that if they can work hard for their money, welfare recipients can do the same, and not live off other people’s money. Charles Murray supports the statement “welfare policies encourage poor women to have more children” in one of his books, but is proven wrong by careful studies and demographics. It has been studied that welfare ... before many people in the American society do not want to support the welfare people because they are perceived to be lazy bums, who just collect checks and have lost of children, which persuades people’s attitudes to not support these means-tested programs including welfare. AFDC has been repeatedly cut and will continue to decline as long as federal governments transfer responsibility for welfare to state governments which aids the American’s ideology that help to the poor must be “limited, conditional and unpleasant” so that people get off welfare and acquire jobs. This cuts and limits the amount of means-tested programs such as welfare ...
- 26870: The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kr
- ... true, for other than physiological needs, man also has other basic necessities. As outlined in an article written by Professor A. H. Maslow called "A Theory of Human Motivation", these basic necessities include a person’s desire for security, love, esteem and self-actualization. Thus, when Duddy hides his fears from others and himself, he is only pursuing a sense of safety, which is one of the human fundamental needs. A person’s self-projected image is very important. We often hide our own fears because we do not want to acknowledge our dreads. We are afraid that if we show our dreads, our images as great persons ... pursuing money. He does this because he does not want his family, friends and all the people around him to despise him. He tries desperately to be "somebody". Jerry Dingleman, the Boy Wonder comments, "There’s something wrong. A mistake somewhere when a boy your age is already pursuing money like he had a hot poker up his ass." But the truth is that Duddy is only following one of ...
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