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Church For The Rest Play Tartuffe Moliere
1,014 words... he had the support of Louis XIV. Despite the support of the king, the play was banned. This is testimony to just how much power the religious officials had. The French had been deeply split over matters of religion in the years preceeding the play. This had led to a war between the Catholics and Protestants. Religious groups sided with various noblemen who were struggling for power. This became known as the Battle of the "Fronde's." After this war concluded, there emerged a belief that the m...
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Mass Media Violent Media
561 wordsIn present-day society humankind faces a problem clashing with violence in children. They are faced with video games and toys that favor violence. Shows and movies display gory scenes of blood shootings and beat-downs exploiting the violence issue even further. The news also adds to the problem by reporting scenes of gang shootings and bombings. All these commercial products contribute to the violence in society; however, they are not the major issue that causes the problems in society and shoul...
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Nuclear Weapon States Nuclear Weapons
1,340 words... a longer list than that though. If nuclear weapon states continue to argue the legality and efficiency of the nuclear weapons than they will encourage other states to have their own nuke. It also sends the message to the international community that the threat of use of nuclear weapons is an acceptable means of diplomacy. The people arguing for the nuclear weapons use the magic word deterrence as their ultimate argument. They argue that nuclear weapons prevented the outbreak of a World War I...
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Ku Klux Klan Freedom Of Speech
1,148 wordsBAN THE HATE GROUPS! ! Right now, there are many active hate groups in the United States such as the Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazi, Skinheads, Christian identity, Black Separatists, etc. These hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan, which is one of Americas oldest and more feared, use violence and move above the law to promote their different causes. Another example is a group called Christian Identity, who describes a religion that is fundamentally racist and anti-Semitic; and other are the Black Separatis...
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Law Of Nature State Of Nature
1,165 wordsThe best way to summarize my political views would to say I am libertarian. I believe in the rights on an individual and that they have a personal responsibility for their own well being. I believe in free-market economy of abundance and prosperity. Like other libertarians, I want a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace, and free trade. A single leader should not govern a whole nation which is full of different views. The government should be smaller and less in control of our social lives a...
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Anabolic Steroids Years Ago
826 wordsAthletics today is not the same as it was 20 years ago or even 10 years ago. As the years have past our athletic events have become more important to our society, some athletes are getting paid upwards of a millions dollars a year to do what regular athletes have been doing for years. Since the athletes are getting paid more, it normal means that the games are getting more interesting. The things that make the games more interesting are the fact that todays athletes are going to great lengths to...
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Sugar Cube Bohemian Culture Absinthe
1,351 wordsAbsinthe, also known as the green fairy, has a romantic history like no other drink (Conrad, 1953). From humble beginnings as a cure for all to its height of popularity amidst the Parisian caf scene of the late 1800 s, right through to its demise in the early 1900 s. In this essay I will outline the drinks history, from its origins to its spread, illustrate how absinthe was consumed and its taste, its constituents and controversial properties. Absinthe influenced many an almighty mind and had it...
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Crime Bill Game Animals
1,066 words... ded in the Crime Bill of 1994. While supporters of the ban claim the firearms banned by this bill are the Weapons of choice of gangs and drug dealers, the FBI Uniform Crime Reports show this contention is unfounded (Rusiecki 7). However, at congressional hearings held on March 31 of this year, several people testified that they had used guns, which are now banned to defend their lives and to prevent crimes (Survival). It is fortunate that these citizens had firearms to defend themselves. Soc...
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The Threat Of Mad Cow Disease In America
1,135 words... y products like milk? Although it is rarely mentioned, infectious prions can be contained in milk, although it remains a rare chance. For instance in a 1992 Japanese study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed the human breast milk is capable of transmitting prions, which could be a mad cow prion, and it has also been demonstrated in sheep. The negligence that is installed by our government is bound to come around and hit the US when unexpected. Especially since the US is o...
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Dont Ask Dont Gay And Lesbian
932 wordsDont Ask, Dont Tell Throughout the history of the country, the United States has banned gay and lesbian citizens to serve in the military, and serve the land of the free. Even today, the United States is one of the two countries left in the world that still refuses gays to be open and honest with their sexual preference in the military. Something is obviously wrong, and it is no wonder that the issue has always been a controversial one. Up until 1993, no one has questioned this ban, but then a h...
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Embryo Cloning Genetic Determinism
1,165 wordsThe news about the successful cloning of an adult sheep, in which the sheep's DNA was inserted into a fertilized sheep egg to produce a lamb with identical DNA, has generated an outpouring of ethical concerns. These concerns are not about Dolly, the first cloned mammal, nor even about the considerable impact cloning may have on the animal breeding industry. Theyre about the possibility of cloning humans. For the most part, however, the ethical concerns being raised are exaggerated and misplaced....
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Quit Smoking Second Hand
1,099 wordsSmoking should be prohibited The issue of smoke prohibition in public places has been the subject of great many debates recently. In Canada, for example, the prohibition to smoke in public places became a fact. In that country, smoking is also banned in all of Canadas provincial and federal jails. Still, despite the fact that smoking is being proven to cause such diseases as cancer and also being the major reason for people having heart attacks, there is still a lot of controversy surrounds this...
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Darwin Theory Modern Science
1,765 wordsWhereas Galileo spent Galileo Galileo Whereas Galileo spent his last days under house arrest and was formally condemned by the Church for his scientific views, the elder Darwin was widely respected by the Anglican Church and was buried at the Westminster Abbey, an honor reserved for only the most illustrious personages of Great Britain. The reason for the two scientists very different fortunes is simple: Galileo couldnt prove the Copernican hypothesis but Darwin was able to demonstrate the truth...
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Crimes Committed Chat Rooms
489 wordsWhen Cyberspace Computers and Cyberspace When does reality end and cyberspace begin? Can crimes committed in cyberspace be punished in reality? Can a cyber relationship have the same rules as a relationship in reality? Basically, is cyberspace part of regular life or is it a world created by us with ever changing and moving norms? Often, people make comment that they become so focused on something and it becomes a part of their life, an extension of them. I feel the same can be said of cyberspac...
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Kill An Idea Free Speech People
821 wordsCensorship is a great temptation, particularly when we see something that offends or frightens us. At such times, our best defense is to remember what J. M. Coetzee writes in Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship. By their very nature, censors wound their own vision when they restrict what others can see. The one who pronounces the ban becomes, in effect, the blind one, the one at the center of the ring in the game of blind mans bluff. But the new landscape of ideas and their control leaves many ...
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One Can Find Illegal Drug
1,256 wordsDrugs and the Internet Since the beginning of the twentieth century, ever generation has had its own personality; its own new fad to inspire a whole new group of children and young adults, and to drive the elders crazy. The twenties had the Charleston, the fifties sported huge neon blue and pink finned automobiles. The sixties invented the hippie craze, and the seventies inspired the world with the magically funkadelic sounds of disco. The eighties were unfortunate enough to grace us with glam r...
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American Political System Democrats And Republicans
1,233 wordsEffects of Political Parties Introduction Since the last of the Whig party left office in 1852, the American political system has been primarily a two party system. The Democrats and the Republicans have been the two parties fighting for the Presidency since that time. There have been many other parties since that time, but mainly, these two have gone unopposed against each other. However, how much good do these parties actually do? Would our country be run as effectively if the presence of poli...
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Gun Control Laws National Rifle Association
1,351 wordsGun Control Gun control is an action of the government that is supposed to reduce crime. Congress has passed many laws on this subject and there really has not been an effect. Gun control has been a controversial issue for years, but the citizens of the United States have a right to own guns and the Constitution states that. On the governments path to control guns they created the Brady Act. Handgun Control Incorporated is the major organization for lobbying, and introducing legislation on gun c...
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Accidental Deaths Domestic Violence
558 wordsHandgun Gun Control Gun Control Handgun violence in the United States has been getting out of hand, and it is time to act upon this monstrosity. There have been politicians who have passed mandatory laws that require trigger locks on guns, but this method of safety has proved to be quite ineffective. People find a way to get around using the trigger lock s, and these laws are not enforced enough. Many states require that extensive background checks must be done before an individual is allowed to...
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Crimes Committed Gun Control
607 wordsGun Control, Why It Wont Work Todd Gannon Period 2 Advanced Composition Gun control is a very controversial subject now days in politics. My personal view on gun control is that it will never work. Im am just fore warning you that this paper may be a little bias, but Ill try to give views from both sides. Many gun control activists believe that the solution is simple; ban all guns and there wont be any crimes committed with guns. Obviously this is not the answer but there are people that believe...
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