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Censorship On Televison
Number of Words: 682 / Number of Pages: 3
... someone had the notion that Americans are not smart enough to view “questionable” and “objectionable” material. Censors were instituted to tell the general population what should and should not be viewed and thus began this
travesty. Government organizations, such as the FCC, routinely and systematically subjugate and suppress the freedoms that we have to express ourselves as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Censors edit radio broadcasts, discriminately place “black-bars” over televised images, and even try to refine works of literature and art so that they meet "acceptable standards.”
As US ...
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Consent And Its Place In SM Sex
Number of Words: 1496 / Number of Pages: 6
... quality and/or singularly tied around a wrist, creating major
veins to stop circulating . The danger might not even seem obvious until it is
too late. It is possible though highly unlikely that one could lose the usage of
one's hands. Often in SM sex, extremely intimate information is given to your
partner, for example a fantasy. If the fantasy involves play that mainstream
American society might not find acceptable, a deeper level of trust would most
likely be necessary. Many human beings have rape fantasies. Do they want to
actually be raped? The answer to me is very clear, absolutely not. The f ...
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Is Animal Testing Right?
Number of Words: 685 / Number of Pages: 3
... if groups of humans were being tortured or even killed then it would make many headlines on the evening news, and of course, it would be stopped. On a daily basis animal testing in the Proctor and Gamble laboratories does go on, and yet none of this is even mentioned on the evening news. It just continues.
Although many argue that animal testing is cruel and immoral, some people find good things about it. One of them may be that if they find a certain drug that prevents or cures a certain disease, it can be used to save lives. In addition, if people find a certain conditioner that works, the company ...
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Discrimination Against Women
Number of Words: 1060 / Number of Pages: 4
... detrimental to women. Women always don't have the same human right as men. In this society, a number of countries throughout the world, women are denied their basis legal rights, including the right to vote and the right to own property. Many countries discriminate against female nationals who marry foreigners. Foreign wives of male nationals may be permitted to acquire their husband's nationality, but foreign husbands of female nationals are not granted the same right.
There are very few places in the world where women are denied a formal right to education. In many countries, parents do not expect t ...
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Observing Relations Between People And Their Eating Habits
Number of Words: 899 / Number of Pages: 4
... were at the food fair more for a quick visit than to eat while shopping. The women shared similar attributes, for example they both had short brown hair and wore dark clothing. One of the women seemed to dominant in most of the conversation. She was very expressive with her hand gesturing as well as her facial expressions. She raised her eyebrows and smiled quite a lot through the conversation. The dominant women leaned forward to get closer to the other woman when speaking almost as though she was telling a secret. Then she would sit back to listen to the other lady reply. The women stayed there for ...
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Hooked On The Internet
Number of Words: 833 / Number of Pages: 4
... a "condition from which an estimated 5 million Americans suffer, or one out of every nine Internet users", estimates the author of Digital Drug Marilyn Elias (13). According to many experts, it is becoming clear that millions cannot control the habit of spending endless hours in front of the computer screens, and that addiction to Internet can cause as much damage in people's lives as alcohol, drugs, and gambling.
Why is this new epidemic so widespread? Computers are rather inexpensive: even one thousand dollars can buy a perfectly adequate one. Daniel Dern, a well-known author in many computer re ...
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Friendship
Number of Words: 770 / Number of Pages: 3
... don’t believe in his intents. I believe every man has the right to "harm" his country peacefully. That is what democracy is based on a country for the people and by the people. These people have the right to try and change things in a peaceful manner. That is how far I would go to stop a friend from harming my country.
How far would I go to obtain revenge on someone or some group who destroyed my best friend? Once again, it depends on your definition of destroyed. If you are referring to destroyed as in lethal means I would devote all my time and energy to bring them to justice. Seeing them con ...
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Same Sex Marriages
Number of Words: 839 / Number of Pages: 4
... if your
family isn't Christian, does the law of God apply to you? (God)
For years and years these were the words that nearly everyone followed.
Only people who were clearly wrong dared to disobey the word of God. It was
clearly black and white, and often times church leaders were looked to for
advice on what to do when we are faced with a choice. After all, they “
represent” Him, so they must know right from wrong. So what do we say to Bishop
John Shelby Strong who is quoted as saying, “I regard the blessing of gay and
lesbian couples by the church to be inevitable, right, and of a positive good. ...
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Gender Ideology Enveloping Our Society Today
Number of Words: 663 / Number of Pages: 3
... the gender norms that have developed over history are unequal. Women are looked at as the “abnormal” (17 Tavris) of the genders. However, there is no essential difference between males and females. The difference lies in how individuals are raised and rewarded for certain actions. A little boy playing with dolls will immediately be told to consider guns or to climb a tree. Tavris illustrates this view of “nothing [being] essential - in the natures of men and women…” by an example of how politics and the UN “have ‘important’ issues (drugs, economics, war) and then ‘women’s issues’ (daycare, birth ...
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Affirmative Action: Will It Every Work Right?
Number of Words: 1526 / Number of Pages: 6
... ensure that minorities are recruited to have real opportunities to be hared and then eventually get a promotion.
In 1969, the Department of Labor exposed widespread racial discrimination of the Construction Department so President Richard M. Nixon decided to incorporate a system of "goals and timetables" to evaluate federal construction companies according to affirmative action. This idea of "goals and timetables" provided guidelines for companies to follow and comply with affirmative action regulations.
During the presidency of Gerald R. Ford, he extended affirmative action to people with disabili ...
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