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Blacks And Whites Huck Finn
1,145 wordsTo teach or not to teach? This is the question that is presently on many administrators' minds about The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. For those who read the book without grasping the important concepts that Mark Twain gets across "in between the lines", many problems arise. A reader may come away with the impression that the novel is simply a negative view of the African-American race. If we believe that Huck Finn is used only as a unit of racism we sell the book short. I feel t...
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Defined To Include Freedom Of Speech
2,566 wordsResolved: That colleges and universities have a moral obligation to prohibit the public expression of hate speech on their campuses. Alexander, Larry. BANNING HATE SPEECH AND THE STICKS AND STONES DEFENSE. Constitutional Commentary. Spring, 1996 In addressing this issue, I, like most of the scholars, shall take "hate speech" to mean epithets conventionally understood to be insulting references to characteristics such as race, gender, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and sexual preference. First...
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Accidental Deaths Bill Bradley
1,487 wordsGun control is an issue that has been debated by Americans since the 1960 s (Dolan 1). The debate questions the right of Americans to bear arms, this including, handguns, shotguns, and rifles. Some say a simple restriction of these arms is in order while some think they should be banned altogether (Dolan 1). Both sides hold strong opinions often causing conflict in the matter and confusion among the citizens of the United States. However, the opponents do agree that a death rate of 30 million a ...
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The Ozone A Hole In Theory
2,446 words... Watson, head of the ozone trends panel a supporter of the CFC banning: "Probably more people would die from food as a consequence of inadequate refrigeration than would die from depleting ozone. " An environmental scientist knowingly sending 20 - 40 million people to their deaths yearly! Banning CFCs would not only kill 20 - 40 million a year it will also lower the health of the remaining living people, by causing world-wide hunger, and food-borne diseases (Howard)! These are the type of peo...
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Day To Day Person Lives
799 wordsReligion Should Be Banned Catholic-Protestant killings in N. Ireland, Hindu-Sikh-Muslim massacres in India, Orthodox-Catholic-Muslim horror in Yugoslavia. Branch Dravidian cult tragedy in Waco, Texas. Nevertheless 9 / 11, WTC tragedy in N. Y. Thousands or shall I say millions have died over the years over such conflicts. All these conflicts were caused by one common factor: RELIGION. The website web defines Religion as being norms, values, or a way of life to an individual or community. A spirit...
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Fahrenheit 451 Book Society
887 wordsImagine a society where books are prohibited, where the basic rights made clear in the First Amendment hold no weight and society is merely a brainwashed, mechanical population. According to Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451, this depiction is actually an exaggerated forecast for the American future, and in effect is happening around us every day. Simply reading his words can incite arguments pertaining not only to the banning of books but to our government structure itself. Age-old deb...
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Gay Priests Struggle With Rules
544 wordsI chose this article in the New York Times because it is a moral issue which is stirring up controversy in religion and media. In the rapid change of social norms in todays world, we are given a topic that mixes both the new generation of people and the old traditional way of living. My evaluation of this subject has left me in an interesting situation; and caught between moral or social customs. Rachel Zone wrote this editorial in the NY Times and in doing so helped voice out Rev. Fred Daleys b...
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Gun Control Advocates Arms Shall Not Be Infringed
1,094 wordsA gun, defined as a weapon consisting of a metal tube from which a projectile is discharged by the force of an explosive, was the object used by thousands of men as they fought from the freedom of the United States. The gun is the object in which 62 % of murders are committed, but the gun is also the most effective form of self-defense. Guns have played a very important role in Americas government, and our country has arrived to its current stage with the use of guns. Several organizations such ...
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Tobacco Smoke Healthy Lifestyle
1,649 wordsOpinion Paper United States is a truly unique country. When President Bush and his Bible thumping cronies introduce legislations that legalize tap wiring, torturing of suspected terrorists and keeping people in jail for years, without charging them with any crime, people think of it as normal. However, once the municipal authorities introduce legislations that are meant to promote public health, many citizens consider it as something that deprives them of their civil rights. In 2003, New Yorks M...
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19 Th Century Lesbian And Gay
2,374 wordsCensorship and Omission of Homosexual Fact/Hints in British Literature and History According to Lawrence J. Hatterer, author of Changing Homosexuality in the Male, Homosexual is one who is motivated, in adult life, by a definite preferential erotic attraction to members of the same sex and who usually, but not necessarily, engages in overt sexual relations with them. The homo in the term homosexual is a Greek term meaning same which is usually mistaken by many to have the similar meaning as the ...
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Partial Birth Abortion President Bill Clinton
2,497 wordsPartial-Birth Abortion Partial Birth Abortion (PBA) is a common term to refer to medical procedure of Intact Dilation and Extraction (IDX) as a method of interrupting pregnancy at its late terms. PBA is a special procedure of abortion, which includes extermination and intact removal of the fetus from mothers body. It can be successfully performed in the late second or third trimester of pregnancy, or in 20 - 26 weeks of it. As a rule, the surgical procedure consists of the following stages: (1) ...
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Caged Bird Sings Red Riding Hood
1,467 wordsCensorship in School Libraries The most debatable and controversial form of censorship today is the banning of books in school libraries. Banning books that educate students is wrong and selfish. Censorship of books in school libraries is neither uncommon nor an issue of the past. Books with artistic and cultural worth are still challenged constantly by those who want to control what others read. The roots of bigotry and illiteracy that fuel efforts to censor books and free expression are unacce...
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First Amendment Rights Freedom Of Speech
1,624 wordsFor centuries, parents have wrestled with the question of how to raise their children with the best moral and ethical standings. Along with this question come others such as, " What are the right morals? " Todays parents are no different than they were in the past and the struggle continues. Its tempting to try to protect children from the perceived evils in modern society. One such moral issue is the banning of books from high school libraries and sometimes even classrooms, which may ...
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Internet Censorship Doesn T
815 wordsThe First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America states that congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free practice thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peacefully to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. However, in the 1990 s, many books, music, and online services have been under attack. The banning of literature, music, and other forms of ex...
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Physician Assisted Suicide End Her Life
1,227 wordsHistory of Euthanasia in America 1973 - The American Medical Association issues the Patient Bill of Rights. The groundbreaking document allows patients to refuse medical treatment. 1976 - The New Jersey Supreme Court rules that the parents of Karen Ann Quinlan, who has been in a tranquilizer-and-alcohol-induced coma for a year, can remove her respirator. She dies nine years later. 1979 - Jo Roman, a New York artist dying of cancer, makes a videotape, telling her friends and family she intends to...
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People Don T Views Of Society
1,269 wordsUtopia through Materials? Ray Bradbury s Fahrenheit 451 is a novel about a materialistic society that has forgotten social interaction with each other. This materialistic society is where Bradbury believed society today is headed. The materialistic society in Fahrenheit 451 created through Bradbury s cynic views of society. His views of society are over-exaggerated in contrast with today s events, especially in the areas of censorship and media mediocrity. The purpose of media is quite simple, i...
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Freedom Of Speech Racial Slurs
1,519 wordsShould Racist Speech Enjoy Protection Under The Should Racist Speech Enjoy Protection Under The First Amendment Prejudice and racial stereotyping are two of this countrys greatest problems today. Many people in our society have tried to find ways to eliminate or at least limit these types of behavior, but have met with very limited, if any, success. Because of the complex nature of racism and racist acts, coupled with the fact the first amendment prohibits the government from limiting the public...
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Law Abiding Citizens Anti Gun Control
2,503 wordsJune 8, 2001 Gun control is a very controversial issue among society at this present time. Gun control is an issue that has been debated by Americans since the 1960 s (Dolan 1). The debate questions the right of Americans to bear arms, this including, handguns, shotguns, and rifles. There is a spectrum of gun control, ranging from licensing laws to the total banning of all guns. Why has gun control become such a controversial issue? For one, these arms, proven by statistics, provide the result o...
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Prayer In School Pledge Of Allegiance
2,200 wordsPundits and editorial writers pounced on Newt Gingrich when he suggested, soon after the election, that Republicans in the House would take up a school prayer amendment after acting on the agenda outlined in the Contract With America. Most insisted the proposal was a major political blunder. But then most of them had previously decried the contract itself as a major political blunder, sure to lose votes for Republican candidates. The school prayer amendment is an excellent idea, but ambitious ve...
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Rachel Carson Wrote Rachel Carson Book Ddt
936 wordsRachel Louise Carson (1907 - 64), was an American marine biologist, and author of widely read books on ecological themes. Carson was born in Springdale, Pennsylvania, and educated at the former Pennsylvania College for Women and Johns Hopkins University. Rachel Carson taught Zoology at the University of Maryland from 1931 to 1936. She was an aquatic biologist at the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries and its successor, the Fish and Wildlife Service, from 1936 to 1952. Rachel Carson wrote 4 books includin...
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