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Television And Movie Violence
Number of Words: 1699 / Number of Pages: 7
... the potentially strong influence TV can have on those who watch it. It is believed that people learn by imitating what they see, and children are particularly receptive to such learning. I feel children model things they see and learn their aggressions from family members and from television. Therefore, I feel that TV violence is a contributing factor to the aggressive behavior that is needed to commit violent acts. However, it is not the main cause.
DISCUSSION
Television and movie violence refers to the act of rape, abuse, assault, injury and murder depicted on television and in movies. Some peo ...
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Prejudice
Number of Words: 406 / Number of Pages: 2
... on their team again and the fat prejudice is broken.
Because I have experience prejudice myself, and have been hurt by it, I try
to avoid treating other people that way. Especially in sports, I try to
give everyone a chance to prove themselves. Being the object of prejudice
was very stressful for me, but I try to set up my own teams or play hard on
whatever team I am on and have fun anyway.
Prejudice is a hurtful way of treating people differently because
of their unique qualities rather than giving them a chance to prove
themselves. Sometimes people respond by trying harder to prove themselves, ...
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Evolution Of Media Violence
Number of Words: 365 / Number of Pages: 2
... became popular.
Since the 1960's there has been a increase in violence in the media (television).
In 1968 censorship laws were relaxed in favor of a rating system that allowed
any type of subject matter to be filmed. This permitted Hollywood to specialize
in films featuring excessive violence. Many individuals and citizen groups have
expressed concern about the level of violence in television programs,
particularly in action-adventure series and cartoons. They feel that viewers,
especially children, may learn to see violence as the way to resolve conflicts.
Television can influence ...
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Censorship Of Rap Music
Number of Words: 797 / Number of Pages: 3
... of cocaine. Recently Snoop was arrested
for murder. On August twenty- fifth Snoop was driving his late model Jeep
in Palms, California. He met up with Philip Woldemar iam, who according to
Snoop's attorney, had a long history of threatening Snoop. Snoop's
bodyguard shot Woldermariam twice in the back, killing him. On December
eighth, Snoop was arraigned for murder, but later found innocent. Many of
the lyrics in Snoop's songs degrade women, encourage the use of marijuana
and glorify violence against authority.
Another publicized case involves rapper Tupac Shakur. Many know him for
his ...
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Animal Rights
Number of Words: 761 / Number of Pages: 3
... I
don't think it is right for any animal of high or low intelligence, to
suffer that way. In other laboratories animals are confined to small cages
or locked up so that thay can't move. They are then used to test cosmetics
and household chemicals. They have chemicals poured on to their eyes and
skin to see if they cause irritation. These experiments would hurt the
animals by causing burns and evn blinding them sometimes. I don't think it
is right to hold these animals, caged against their wills and hurting them
repeatedly. Nothing is done to ease or prevent their pain and suffering.
T ...
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Employee Drug Testing
Number of Words: 1197 / Number of Pages: 5
... Recent litigation has focused not on whether an employer may test but on how the test is done.
For preemployment screening, the ADA requires that medical exams not be done before the applicant has received a conditional offer of employment, but it specifically excludes drug tests. However, many companies hoping to avoid defamation suits retain a medical review officer to examine test results and possibly talk with the person concerned, to see if there's an innocent explanation for a positive test result. In some interpretations, that turns a drug test into a medical exam. "Prudence dictates exten ...
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Animals In The Research Lab
Number of Words: 321 / Number of Pages: 2
... This has attempted to slow or halt the work
of scientists. Some activists groups intimidate or harass individual scientists,
conduct demonstrations, or sometimes commit acts of vandalism. There are a few
health professionals who support the activist movement but they truly stand
apart from the vast majority of physians and most Americans who readily accept
the fact that animal research is necessary to gain medical progress.
The use of living animals remains a very important way to solve medical
problems. Almost every medical achievement of the last century has depended
either directly or indirect ...
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The American Pursuit Of Happiness
Number of Words: 1431 / Number of Pages: 6
... and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to
secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of
Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People
to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its
foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to
them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.” The
Rights of the American public are exactly what Thomas Jefferson had in mind
in 1776 when he replaced John Locke’s definition of ...
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Defend Or Refute The Statement: "Trapping Should Be Illegal - Then And Now"
Number of Words: 844 / Number of Pages: 4
... trade was responsible for the settlement we call New France.
After the first steps toward a permanent colony in the new world were
made, the next steps came in leaps and bounds. The French government was
sending everyone they could to settle in New France. Courieurs de Bois,
began coming to the colony to trap furs and sell them back in France.
France granted land to poor people that were willing to risk the great
voyage. The colony flourished, and grew.
It was the fur trade that was mostly responsible for this colony.
However, some think that by this point the colony was large enough to ...
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"Please Let Us Skate"
Number of Words: 489 / Number of Pages: 2
... for two and a half years now. Until recently, I have
started to skate with a couple of my friends whenever we have the time to. There
has never been a time where we haven't been stopped and kicked out. This has
been very irritating for us and we still don't understand why we're not welcomed
at any parks, other than the answer we always get, "You might hurt someone".
Personally, I think the only people that are going to get hurt are the ones with
the skates, us.
Another big problem we Roller-bladers face here in Hong Kong is the fact
that we are not only rejected by society but also by other skat ...
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