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- 1091: Abortion - Right To Choose
- ... they so choose, to have an abortion, up to the end of the first trimester. Regardless of the fact of morals, a woman has the right to privacy and choice to abort her fetus. The violence which occurs today because the of pro-choice/pro-life conflicts is minimal in similarity to the thousands of hopeless women who turned to the illegal abortions either doing themselves or preformed by the backroom ... the finger pointing and name calling, and just listen to what our so-called opponents have to say, we may find that both sides have their points. Only then can we stop the hatred and violence that has so ripped America in the last few decades.
- 1092: The Increase of Violent Crimes
- ... Westerns and police dramas where shots are fired in almost every scene. On the average, the American child sees 10,000 people die on TV shows, which diminishes the importance of human life and makes violence seem normal. Reducing the number of guns in private hands is crucial. In conclusion it seems that societies with few guns, have fewer murders and other acts of violence than those which have many, so why don't we put more laws on guns, and make television more sutible, and less violent?
- 1093: Teenage Suicide
- ... support and positive role models, and therefore, find it difficult to establish a positive adolescent identity. As a result, a large number of them suffer from psychological dysfunction, running away, droping out of school, prostitution, violence, AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases. Eventually, these dangerous behaviors sometimes lead them to suicide. Teenagers may also want to commit suicide if they are sexually or physically molested for a certain period of time ... a report in 1993, which painted a dire picture of the state of adolescent health. The analysis of the report presented youth problems, including social and emotional problems, school performance, drug use, drinking and driving, violence in school, pregnancy, crime, etc. as common reasons for and characteristics of a teen's self-destructive nature, which eventually leads him or her to suicide. In Canada, researches were made to figure out the ...
- 1094: Effects Of Technology
- ... Internet is a relatively new technology, television has been around for about fifty years. There are many problems with television though, mainly with the content of the shows. Many of the shows on television portray violence, drugs, sexual activity, and profanity. People who watch these shows see what the actors and actresses are doing and then feel it is all right for them to do the same things. If a kid ... technology that is affecting the individual, mainly teenagers and kids. Much like television, video game problems come with the content of the game. Many of the video games on the market today are structured toward violence. The objective of these games is to either beat your opponent up or kill your opponent. Kids play these games, and much like television, see what the game is portraying and feel it is all ...
- 1095: A Seperate Peace
- ... as cold and bitter sometimes. He tells sarcastic jokes and makes caustic remarks until he realizes that sarcasm is one of the marks of being emotionally weak. A Separate Peace deals with themes of envy, violence, and hatred, but the overall theme is stated on page six; "The more things remain the same, the more they change after all. Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not death by violence." This is stated by Gene after looking at the infamous tree 15 years after his schooling at Devon had commenced. The tree is the same it has always been, but in his mind has been ...
- 1096: Mohandas Gandhi and His Life
- ... The bills stated that those suspected of sedition could be arrested without a trial. Gandhi called for a Satyagraha (civil disobedience) struggle against Great Britain. He had meant for the people to use ahmisa (non-violence) methods in their protests, but they protested violently in some places, and that lead to the killing of 400 Indians. By 1920, Gandhi was a big influence on the people. Gandhi called for a boycott ... prayer. Yet he died with freedom, peace, and love within his heart. Gandhi in his lifetime had accomplished what I think is almost impossible. He freed his country from an invader by using resistance without violence. One man had fought off foreigners from his homeland. He did this of course with the support of the people. And only one man could bring about peace by fasting. That is were the key ...
- 1097: Martin Luther King Jr. 9
- ... stand against the Vietnam War. He beIieved that the money and effort spent on war could be used to combat poverty and discrimination. He felt that he would be a hypocrite if he protested racial violence without also condemning the violence of war. Militant black leaders began to attack his appeals for nonviolence. They accused him of being influenced too much by whites. Government officials criticized his stand on Vietnam. Some black leaders felt that King ...
- 1098: Mahatma Gandhi
- ... it was wrong to kill animals for food or clothing. In his religious studies, he happened upon Leo Tolstoy’s Christian writings, and was inspired. It stated that all government is based on war and violence, and that one can attack these only through passive resistance. This made a deep impression on Gandhi. Gandhi developed a method of direct social action, based upon principals of courage, nonviolence, and truth, which he ... declared he would go to jail or even die before obeying an anti-Asian law. Thousands of Indians joined him in this civil disobedience campaign. He started protest campaigns and organized demonstrations, but never used violence. His philosophy was to never fight back against the atrocities, but still never retreat. This, he said, would decrease the hate against him and his fellow believers, and increase the respect felt towards him. Gandhi ...
- 1099: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
- ... recognize the secession from the union of the southern states: "...no State, upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the union...resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void...acts of violence within any State or States against the authority of the United States are insurrectionary or revolutionary....I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken, and to the ... this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as the declared purpose of the Union that it will constitutionally defend and maintain itself....In doing this there needs to be no bloodshed or violence, and there shall be none unless it be forced upon the national authority....In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war....We are not enemies ...
- 1100: All Drugs Should Be Legal, Or How To End The Drug War
- ... been using the same tactics year after year to overcome the drug war? "Overwhelming reliance on law enforcement causes the prices of the drugs to rise, which in turn, causes a rise in crime and violence in order to obtain these drugs." "and [it also] devotes much time to drug law enforcement at a cost of tens of billions more a year. Hundreds of thousands of Americans are imprisoned, and millions ... in which the government controlled heroin, methadone, and morphine. Before this experiment, in one of the cities of Switzerland, the drug users congregated in a park known on the street as ‘Needle Park’. Drug use, violence, crime and prostitution were rampant. In the experiment, drug users go to government-sponsored clinics or ‘shooting galleries’ and obtain clean syringes with heroin already in them. They are given controlled doses in limited quantities ...
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