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Torture, Not Culture - Female Genital Mutilation
Number of Words: 1167 / Number of Pages: 5
... "I just
want to show you how much I love you." As Soraya got into the car, she
wondered where the armed guards were. Being the daughter of a Somolian
general, she was always escorted by guards. Despite her mother's promise
of gifts, they did not stop at a store, but at a doctor's home. "This is
your special day," Soraya's mother said. "Now you are to become a woman,
an important woman." She was ushered into the house and strapped down to
an operating table. A local anesthetic was given but it barely blunted the
pain as the doctor performed the circumcision. Soraya was sent home an
hour later. Soraya b ...
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J.M Coetzee's "The Harms Of Pornography"
Number of Words: 1903 / Number of Pages: 7
... equally if not more so than the men who watch it. According
to author J.M. Coetzee and his article "The Harms of Pornography", the real
questions here are, "what is the difference between obscenity and pornography",
and even more importantly, "where do we draw the line between the two"? Coetzee
brings up a good point here. A point on which the entire debate over pornography
hinges. What is the defenition of "obscenity"? An excerpt from a speech by Mike
Godwin, Online Counsel for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, gives a good
definition of obscenity in his on-line article: "Fear of Freedom: The Backla ...
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Is Television Good Or Bad?
Number of Words: 382 / Number of Pages: 2
... simply depict "real life" (in the broadest sense of the term) and therefore do not teach or entertain (otherwise life itself would be entertaining!)
I think that these programs should not be shown. Comedy programs, however, make viewers laugh, feel better, and make people generally happier. These programs should be encouraged, instead of the ‘real life’ dramas. Sports programs and broadcasts of sporting matches are very good. With them, fans of the sports can watch only parts of a match, or watch while they are at work. Without these services, people who are ill or disabled or people that had to wo ...
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Drugs And Their Effects On Business
Number of Words: 2109 / Number of Pages: 8
... air crash in 1985 on the aircraft carrier Nimitz killed 14
crewmen and autopsies revealed that 11 of them were on drugs. "(The U.S.)
spends billions of dollars on military defense, and our military may be
crippled by this drug problem."T Drugs cost a lot and the need for them is
ever increasing. A drug habit can quickly drain a worker's pay check while
he still needs more drugs. An employee will embezzle to raise the funds
necessary to buy more drugs, an employee in a high place has access to
embezzle large amounts of cash or sell company secrets to rival compa nies
or foreign powers. Drugs reduc ...
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Female Discrimination In The Labor Force
Number of Words: 1223 / Number of Pages: 5
... Fewer women saw marriage as a settling down. Women
who had children began to return to their jobs. The number of working women
that were either married or had children or both increased dramatically. In
1965, women with children under 18 years of age numbered 35.0 percent of the
labor force. This number increased to 47.4 percent in 1975. In ten years it
was 62.1 percent and finally in 1995 it had grown to 69.7 percent (7). This
showed that the female attitude towards having children and marriage has changed.
According to the handouts, in 1970 women were paid poorly when compared
to thei ...
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Greed
Number of Words: 781 / Number of Pages: 3
... cheaper, and more luxurious. He built bigger, faster, and more efficient ships. He served food on his ships, which the customers liked and he lowered his costs. He lowered the New York to Hartford fare from $8 to $1. Rockefeller made his fortunes selling oil. He also lowered his costs, making fuel affordable for the working-class people. The working-class people, who use to go to bed after sunset, could now afford fuel for their lanterns. The people, who worked an average 10-12 hours a day, could now have a private and social life. The consumers were happy, the workers were happy, and they were happ ...
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Issues On Gun Control
Number of Words: 622 / Number of Pages: 3
... the sail and manufacture of armor piercing bullets, automatic rifles and Uzis. Unfortunately, we tend to interpret the Constitution to broadly. Obviously, in the late 1700's, there were no deadly weapons to contend with. They had muskets, which could hardly be used in a very swift and deadly manner. Granted, the musket could kill, but if you asked any semi-sensible person if they would rather use a musket or a handgun, they would take a handgun any day of the week. This is why, in my opinion, we need to radically change the way we go about handling these problems. With the rising crime rate, th ...
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Let The Animals Go
Number of Words: 1216 / Number of Pages: 5
... amount of abuse that lies behind the performance of
circus animals. Not only is there physical abuse, but also mental.
Maclean’s Magazine finds that Veterinarian Ken Langlier becomes disgusted
with the treatment of animals in the circus. “What he sees in circuses
often sickens him: malnourished tigers, monkeys with their fingers bitten
off, and elephants biting one another or pacing nervously.” (Brady).
Animals can not possibly like circus life. It is obvious that audiences do
not realize that animals are not acting out of love and talent. They are
entertaining such crowds because they are cons ...
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Development Of Communist Theory
Number of Words: 828 / Number of Pages: 4
... to other working class parties. There are ten measures needed to convert to communism (Engels, Marx 94). 1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to the public. 2. Heavy progressive income tax. 3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance. 4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels. 5. Centralizing of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with a state capital. 6. Centralizing of the means of communication and transportation in the hands of the state. 7. Factories and production owned by the state and cultivation of wastel ...
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Overpopulation?
Number of Words: 853 / Number of Pages: 4
... to peak with in the next few decades.
While protein demands are projected to also double in the century ahead, no respected marine biologist expects the oceanic fish catch, which has plateaued over the last decade, to double. The world's oceans are being pushed beyond the breaking point, due to a lethal combination of pollution and over-exploitation. Eleven of the 15 most important oceanic fisheries and 70 percent of the major fish species are now fully or over exploited, according to experts (Stefoff, 85). And more than half the world's coral reefs are now sick or dying.
Growing stress can also ...
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