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- 5911: The Right To Die
- ... in extreme cases. Neither the lawmakers of the country nor the people have been able to find a solution to this debate without causing an intense opposition, and the possibility for an end to this war of ethics seems very far in the distance. A definition of euthanasia is, “a painless killing, especially to end a painful and incurable disease; mercy killing. (World Book, p. 733). This intentional termination of life by another is at the request of the person who dies, but like so many other religious, social and political terms, euthanasia has many meanings. Passive euthanasia ... and Mail Newspaper. Toronto: November 6, 1997. “Religion and The Right to Die.” at: http://euthanasia.org/religion.html Robinson, Bruce. “Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide.” All Sides of the Issues. at http.//religioustolerance.org World Book Dictionary. Chicago: Childcraft International, 1982. Word Count: 1452
- 5912: The Need For Peace In The Midd
- ... all started in 1948 when Israel declared its independence and fought Arab nations to secure it. However, the Arabs were left unsatisfied while the Israelis wanted more control over land. In 1967, the ‘six-day war’ erupted, resulting with Israel seizing the West Bank, Gaza, Sinai, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. The war left the situation unchanged and the Arabs and Israelis have been fighting ever since. Middle East peace is important because without an agreement, both sides will remain hostile towards each other and wars will be ... the most difficult issue as it is virtually impossible to please both sides. Presently, Israel has control over the city. Israel insists on retaining sovereignty over the “eternal” city and hopes a deal will win world recognition of that right. Palestinians, on the other hand, wish to reclaim east Jerusalem for the capital of a new Palestinian state and want to share sovereignty. This issue should be resolved by making ...
- 5913: Racial Profiling
- ... cooperate. Driving While Black is not an issue that just arose its just now gaining a name. The practice of racial profiling by our nations police is the consequence of the rising concern about the war on drugs. Drug use and drug selling are not limited to minorities in the US , in fact five times as many whites use drugs. This war on drugs since it began targeted minorities. According to the governments own reports 80 percent of the country’s cocaine users are white and the “typical cocaine user is a white middle class suburbanite.”(Harris ... protect us. Everyday people of color are scared to do what most people do without a second thought, drive to wherever they need to go. Our country can no longer remain the leader of the world in freedom and democracy when its people are identified as criminals simply because of there skin color. We cannot afford to ignore this issue any further we must take action to ensure that this ...
- 5914: Porography
- ... more immune and can't expect it to get any better or to away.Porn is here for good. Pornography is a multi-million dollar international industry,ultimately run by organized crime all over the world, and is produced by respectable mainstream publishing business companies (Itzin 21).Although the publishing companies are though to be "respectable" people generally stereotype buyers and users of pornographic material as "dirty old men in trenchcoats ... the studies and examples from real life situations connecting pornography with violent behavior and sexual aggressiveness, none are more concrete than the activities in the Serbian military are part of everyday now in the Bosnian war.Part of the "ethnic cleansing" process the Serbs are practicing in Bosnia involves the gang-raping of all Muslim and Croatian women.Andrea Dworkin states that it is mandatory for the Serbian soldiers to rape ... refused or tryed to escape she would be whipped and beaten. Main point three: We do not have to do extensive research to find Porno in today's society,just take for instance the Bosnian war,Part of wich the Serbs call "ethnic cleansing" process the gang-raping and mutilation of young Muslim and Croatian woman.(Dworkin M2+M6)The Woman are forced to accept these condition.If not, they ...
- 5915: Pornography
- ... immune and can't expect it to get any better or to go away. Porn is here for good. Pornography is a multi-million dollar international industry, ultimately run by organized crime all over the world, and is produced by the respectable mainstream publishing business companies (Itzin 21). Although the publishing companies are thought to be 'respectable', people generally stereotype buyers and users of pornographic material as 'dirty old men in ... the studies and examples from real life situations connecting pornography with violent behavior and sexual aggressiveness, none are more concrete than the activities the Serbian military are part of every day now in the Bosnian war. Part of the "ethnic cleansing" process the Serbs are practicing in Bosnia involves the gang raping of all Muslim and Croatian women. Andrea Dworkin states that it is mandatory for the Serbian soldiers to rape ... Speech and the Porn Wars." National Forum. 75.2 (1985): 25-28. Clark, Charles S. "Sex, Violence, and the Media." CQ Researcher. 17 Nov. 1995: 1019-1033. Dworkin, Andrea. "The Real Pornography of A Brutal War Against Women." Los Angeles Times. 5 Sept. 1993, M2+. Itzin, Catherine. "Pornography and Civil Liberties." National Review. 75.2 (1985): 20- 24. Jacobson, Daniel. "Freedom of Speech Acts? A Response to Langston." Philosophy & Public ...
- 5916: Media Violence
- ... clearing a path towards an apathetic stance towards violence as an adult. Also, this milieu of gargantuan helpings of fevered violence leads to profoundly aggressive behavior as an adult and the ghastly fear of the world around them. And unfortunately, it's an indisputable fact that violence sells in the 90's. turn on the television during prime time and right away a throng of gruesome programs amasses you from Extreme Wrestling to CNN news. When's the last time you heard something positive on the news as opposed to civil war in Europe, the death of an inner-city youth by a rival gang, or the brutal rape and murder of a child by their parent? Perhaps the news contributes more than just an insightful knowledge of events. Perhaps Columbine copycats and school bomb threats may never have arisen if the entire world hadn't witnessed the blood-soaked terrors via cable television. An early study performed by Liebert and Baron in 1972 concedes that the willingness of a child to harm another child is increased by ...
- 5917: Life Or Death
- ... Yet, there are some instances when this rule does not seem to apply. If someone kills another in self-defense it is seen as an act of bravery, if a soldier kills an enemy in war it is seen as courageous and honorable. But who is to say that these acts are more justifiable than allowing someone who is in extreme pain and suffering to be given an opportunity to end their own lives with the help of another. As the world around us changes at an incredible rate, we must always ask ourselves if these changes are in our own best interest. The decisions that people make are always up for debate by anyone who has ... be unimaginable. Making anyone watch this while hoping for a quick end to his or her loved one’s suffering, would be wrong in itself. Although this type of case is rare in the real world is very rare, just one case alone would be argument enough for the use of euthanasia. While the views of many people may be against the use of euthanasia, it sad to say that ...
- 5918: Italian Mafia History
- ... be certain to be convinced in very unpleasant ways. Of all the bosses that served as Directors of the Board of the Syndicate, only Meyer Lansky would remain in criminal life in the US after World War II. All the others had either been successfully prosecuted and locked up, or murdered by rivals. By this time the Mafia's control spanned across almost all areas of business, and perhaps life, in America ... grow in undercover power since its big drop in the late 80s. Luciano and his “associates” remain firmly in control over the larger part of organized crime in the United States. Other parts of the world have experienced an increase in organized criminal activity. The most publicized is due to the Colombian drug cartels in the 70’s. Word Count: 1182
- 5919: Is Sex Eroding Moral Values?
- ... affected social practices as well as therapeutic ones. In Freud's own era, the "moral fog that had enshrouded sexuality for most of the nineteenth century did not begin to lift until after the First World War" (Janus, 11). Where do we get our morals and values? Character education was what took place in school and society in the past. It was sometimes heavy-handed and always liable to abuse, but it ... wholesale confusion about moral values: learning to question values they have scarcely acquired, unlearning values taught at home, and concluding that questions of right and wrong are always merely subjective. We live in a sexual world, but Americans have been slow to fully acknowledge its enormous impact. Among those interviewed in the Janus Report who were 18 to 26 years old, 21% of the men and 15% of the women ...
- 5920: Drug Abuse
- ... drug abuse due to immense peer pressure, everyday stress, and depression. Marijuana use is on the rise everywhere, and with marijuana comes the harder drugs, making drug abuse an important and critical issue in the world today. There are many issues on different drugs but one sticks in our mind, marijuana. The push for legalization of marijuana has increased over the years and now even being used for medical purposes. This ... added, that it was not up to the courts but the government to change the laws on pot. Governments wage wars on drugs and seem to fail, who can stop all the drugs in the world from getting into your son or daughters hands, not many people. Drug cartels sometimes run like invisible needles, pumping drugs into North America like heroin in the bloodstream. The money being spent on fighting this war on drugs seems to be to no avail as drug statistics have sky rocketed over the last couple of years. In 1996 44.9% of twelfth graders use marijuana, that's up from 23. ...
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