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Planned Parenthood Federation Parental Consent
1,700 words1 Research Paper ENG 232 /Dr. Powers 27 Mar 99 It is ironic that, while a teenage girl must obtain parental consent for such a minor procedure as having her ears pierced, for her to lay her life on the line (as well as that of her unborn child) and obtain an abortion, no parental notification is required. If a teenager, because of her immaturity and inexperience in decision-making, may not enroll herself in the school of her choice without her parents signature and consent, how can she be expect...
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World Wide Tobacco Ads
1,275 words... ear older (Kelder G. E. , 1997, April). Smoking is a hazardous habit that many minors have turned to in attempts to look mature. (Braverman P. J. , 1999, November 17). Many people start smoking at a very young age, therefore the government should continue to develop laws to stop this (Kelder G. E. , 1997, April). There are many laws against teen smoking. If caught smoking the teen should have to suffer the consequences and repercussions. One of the consequences is that if the teen is caught,...
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Communications Decency Act Elmer Dewitt
2,054 wordsThesis: Though governments cannot physically regulate the Internet, cyberspace needs regulations to prevent illegal activity, the destruction of morals, and child II. Illegal activity online costs America millions and hurts A. It is impossible for our government to physically 1. One government cannot regulate the Internet by 2. The basic design of the Internet prohibits B. It is possible for America to censor the Internet. 1. All sites in America receive their address from 2. The government coul...
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Traffic Accidents Police Officers
798 wordsIn one study the average adult surmised that teens amount for forty-three percent of all violent crimes, when in reality the number is only a mere thirteen percent, and this number is made up of only half a percent of minors. (Stoup, Page 1) Teenagers should not be forced to follow a ridged time schedule because of a curfew. Curfews severely reduce the amount of time that minors have to do things like youth events or church groups. Some people believe that youth are inexperienced drivers that ca...
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Communications Decency Act Corn Revere
2,215 words... rom viewing unsuitable material on the Net. In addition, Meleedy, a computer science graduate student at Harvard University, questions that if "the Internet makes democracy this accessible to the average citizen, is it any wonder Congress wants to censor it?" (Meleedy 1) Allison and Baxter assert that, "the most significant new properties of the Internet media are the diversity of information sources and their ability to reach almost anywhere in the world. Authors range from major corporatio...
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Adult Sites Banned Or Tolerated
1,076 wordsOver the past decade the Internet has become an essential part of everyday life. It has provided a common ground for people to interact all over the world. Whether it is through information exchange or a simple chat, the Internet has changed the way society operates. Trade, information, and also a wide variety of entertainment have all become accessible features with the click of a button. There is however one form of entertainment that has overtaken almost every other service that the Internet ...
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Minimum Drinking Age Legal Drinking Age
2,025 wordsIntroduction I. It is legal for each one of us, as adults, to drive cars, fly planes, vote, marry, pay taxes, take out loans, and risk our lives in the armed forces. Yet, it is illegal for us to sit down to have a drink in a controlled, supervised atmosphere, or even sip champagne at your own wedding. II. Remorseless drinking has long been a ritual of university life. Whatever the legal drinking age limit, it seems people are beginning to drink at younger and younger ages. After all, over 90 % o...
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Law Enforcement Officials York Random House
2,827 wordsGambling Legalization The legalization of gambling has become one of the most heated social issues that Americans have to face nowadays, and it has triggered a lot of controversial responses from various circles. While some people claim that legalizing gambling is the only way to control this growing industry and receive money from it, others truly believe that it is unethical and inefficient to legalize gambling. The introduction of online gambling has contributed to the debate significantly, s...
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Internet Service Providers Act Of 1996
2,713 wordsCulture & Technology: A Case Study We live in a time where information is only a mouse-click away for a large portion of the country and the world. Up until ten years ago, people had to go to their local library or purchase an expensive encyclopedia set for their home just to obtain information. Now, information is free and easily accessible from the home. Why pay five hundred dollars for an encyclopedia set when you can get on the Internet and obtain even more information for free? Also, within...
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Act Of 1996 Information On The Internet
1,660 wordsThe Effects of Advanced Technology on Small Groups We live in a time where information is only a mouse-click away for a large portion of the country and the world. Within the last couple of years, Internet service to the home has become available free of charge through certain providers that subsidize their service through advertisements. But with all these advantages, there definitely has to be a flip side of the coin. The advancement of Internet technologies, and in particular that one that en...
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Sexually Explicit Material Langston Hughes
3,344 wordsCensorship of American Media and Music The first amendment to the Constitution contends that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of the press. In the past ten years especially, music has been under assault by lawmakers, prosecutors and critics of morality and taste. One attack on this freedom comes from parental advisory stickers. These stickers are used as a form of censorship against an artist an...
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Communications Decency Act Elmer Dewitt
2,096 wordsImproving Cyberspace Thesis: Though governments cannot physically regulate the Internet, cyberspace needs regulations to prevent illegal activity, the destruction of morals, and child access to pornography. I. Introduction. II. Illegal activity online costs America millions and hurts our economy. A. It is impossible for our government to physically regulate cyberspace. 1. One government cannot regulate the Internet by itself. 2. The basic design of the Internet prohibits censorship. B. It is pos...
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People Per Square Mile Alcohol Abuse
2,642 wordsSubstance Abuse Prevention Community Assessment The community that we have chosen to assess is Springfield, Missouri. Springfield is located in Green County in Southwest. According to the USDC, Bureau of the Census in 1999 the population estimate for the Springfield Metropolitan area was 308, 332. The annual population growth rate is 1. 8 % for Springfield. This is compared to 0. 6 % for the state of Missouri and 1. 2 % for the United States. Population density of Springfield is 2, 068 people pe...
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Fake Id Jail Time
1,031 wordsHow do fake IDs assist in illegal activity in underage minors? We think that with the use of fake IDs, minors are able to obtain things they would not be able to get without a fake id, thus increasing the use of alcohol (going to bars), and underage smoking. It also increases other things that minors would not be able to do, such as get into over 18 clubs, R rated movies, buy spray paint and weaponry such as box cutters. The problems of the underage youth using fake IDs to buy substances, and do...
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Civil Liberties Union Communications Decency Act
2,990 wordsInternet Censorship The capacity of the information superhighway has exploded in the recent years. It encompasses the east and the west, the land and the sea, and anything our human mind could dream of. This is a good thing, right? With the knowledge of the world just on one s fingertips, it must be good, right? Sure, if it is used the right way. A saying goes like this, Too much of a good thing is bad. It is true. The Internet does accommodate a lot of information. In a way, it has too much inf...
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Communications Decency Act Quot Quot
3,742 wordsThe Internet is a wonderful place of entertainment and education but like all places used by millions of people, it has some murky corners people would prefer children not to explore. In the physical world society as a whole conspires to protect children, but there are no social or physical constraints to Internet surfing. The Internet Censorship Bill of 1995, also known as the Exon/Coats Communications Decency Act, has been introduced in the U. S. Congress. It would make it a criminal offense t...
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Communications Decency Act Protect Their Children
2,226 wordsWhy should anyone be concerned about pornography on the Internet? After all, this is a free country and everyone should have access to anything they want, right? This position would be true if only adults used the Internet; it can not be true when children also use the Internet. Most people would agree that children should not have access to Internet sites that are considered pornographic. Does that mean that children should not be allowed Internet access or that the Internet should not have por...
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Recording Industry Association Industry Association Of America
1,079 wordsThe PMRC was founded in May of 1985. (Tipper) In November of 1985 the PMRC met with the Recording Industry Association of America. The two organizations made an agreement that a label saying Explicit Lyrics-Parental Advisory should be placed on albums containing obscenities, or sexual lyrics. The main parent leading the PMRC is Al Gores wife, Tipper Gore. Tipper Gore seems to be ruining her husbands chances at ever becoming president. The problem is that the entertainment industry, which would m...
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Software Piracy Quot Microsoft
2,220 wordsSoftware Piracy: A Big Crime With Big Consequences Imaging for a moment that you come across an advertisement saying you can meet up with an individual who will break into a store, disarm all of the alarms and will hold the door open for you as you walk inside and take anything you wish. This criminal offence occurs every day on computer systems around the world including the internet. This is a very serious problem and is very difficult to circumvent. Every computer user is both tempted and imm...
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Merchant Ships Major Source
3,212 wordsImperialism 2 Strategy Guide David Kupcho 7 / 25 / 99 All my advice is based on the assumptions of a Normal level of play. This is a guide on strategy and I will not attempt to go over the basic mechanics of play. I am describing the strategy that I evolved as I was playing at the Normal level, but my experience is not wide enough to make it a comprehensive guide. My strategies may not be best when playing at higher difficulty levels. The text is a mixture of first person and second person. I us...
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