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The Incident At Columbine And The Media's Effect On Children

... and deserve our full attention. But as young people prepare to go back to school filled with the excitement of a new year, do they really need to see endlessly repeated images of past tragedies that remain extraordinarily rare in our schools? The 24-hour news channels, the emergence of online media and increased competition among various media outlets can feed this frenzy to replay searing images at the expense of the victims and communities still struggling to rebuild their lives. As a parent and grandparent, I am as troubled as anyone over ...

Number of words: 773 | Number of pages: 3

The War Of Freedom Of Expression

... speech and laws limiting that freedom; more specifically the ability to spread hate propaganda and the "hate laws". Included in the essay is a brief outline of one skirmish that has taken place (Keegstra ). Those who fight on the side supporting freedom of speech do so for several reasons. Braun declares that it is a basic democratic right to voice your own opinion . Douglas Christie has gained notoriety for his vigorous representation of high- profile, controversial clients, charged under the hate laws. He advocates freedom of speech for ...

Number of words: 1959 | Number of pages: 8

Violence Between Blacks And Whites

... ever stop. Violence between the blacks and whites is built on two basic principles. Political power is the first of these twin powers. Historically, the American government ignored and suppressed the black community's need for assistance. This avoidance made white supremacists fell justified in their actions. By looking the other way the American government silently condoned racial violence. After the Civil War, many abloitionsists believed that racial relations would imporve. Optimism amongst the aboltionists quickly gave way to tradit ...

Number of words: 768 | Number of pages: 3

Privacy

... emotionally by conduct designed to subject the victim to great tensions by baring his intimate life and affairs to public view or by humiliating and annoying invasions of his solitude. Less broad protections of are afforded public officials and other prominent persons considered to be "public figures," as defined by law. In U.S. constitutional law a right of is commonly regarded as created by provisions of the Constitution, particularly the First, Fourth, and Fifth amendments. The Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizu ...

Number of words: 890 | Number of pages: 4

What Are Morals?

... definitions. “Of or concerned with the judgment of the goodness or badness of human action and character; conforming to standards of what is right or just in behavior; virtuous.” In short, morals are simply how one interprets the differences between right and wrong. When you decide to help a struggling person in the hall, that is based on your morals. When you decide to turn down a brewsky because you believe that drinking is wrong, that is morals. When you vote to keep abortion legal, that is morals. Whether thought of or done sub ...

Number of words: 749 | Number of pages: 3

Rites Of Passage

... rites and are found in all corners of the globe. Going on vision quests, by the plains Indians of North America, to circumcision by certain Australian cultures, rites of passage present a vast table of religious comparisons(Eliade, p. 287-88). This essay will examine two rites of initiation, by comparing and contrasting their importance to each culture, and discussing how that importance affects that particular individual as well as their society. Finally, the essay will explore possible reasons as to why these initiation rites hold a deep ...

Number of words: 1619 | Number of pages: 6

Social Reproduction Theory

... upper class youth will have a better chance of succeeding their parents because their parents have the money to have the choice to either send their children to a private school or even the means to move into a neighborhood where their youth can have the opportunity to attend a "better" school. Yet, those that live in low socioeconomic status areas are not going to have the same opportunity to do either of these tactics. Upper and middle class parents not only can promote their children to end up in the same place as where they are at but can ...

Number of words: 1892 | Number of pages: 7

Animal Rights

... Animal rights activists feel that animal research is immoral. They do not see where we as human beings see or feel that we are the dominant species. They often assert that research with animals causes severe pain and that many research animals are abused. The activists do not feel the need to put the animals through such pain. Many of the experiments are replicated also which causes an unneeded demand for animals to perform experiments. Experiments which have already been proven are still being experimented with. However, animal ...

Number of words: 575 | Number of pages: 3

Gay Marriages-Acceptable To God And America?

... I thought it was rather peculiar, but I was really too young to even comprehend homosexuality. What I did comprehend, however, were the group of men whistling cat calls, using obscene gestures, and yelling out threats in a very offensive manner. As Debbie hurried us to her car, I felt extreme anger, coupled with increasing confusion as to why the men would yell and embarrass the lady that was so kind to me and my brother. What did Debbie and her “sister” do so wrong? Years later, I am convinced that Debbie and her “sister ...

Number of words: 1559 | Number of pages: 6

Animal Experimentation

... helped provide antibiotics and vaccines, insulin, and advances in the medical technology like blood transfusions, kidney dialysis, and heart lung machines, but what about the animals that are being tested on. The animals go from a stable to a unstable condition, or have a condition far more worse than which they started from. Lets say Mike, the lab mouse, was in good health and could function properly on his own. After a week of testing on his body, Mike could not walk, feed himself, or function properly due to the experimental test perfo ...

Number of words: 567 | Number of pages: 3

The Power Of Persuasion

... best marketing scheme of when and whom to advertise towards. There are many different tactics the media takes to make a product appealing to consumers. The different ways depend on which form the commercial will be seen in. Product advertisements aired on television are designed to stimulate two primary senses, site and sound, as opposed to a radio ad that focuses on just sound. With the internet and billboards just to the eyes. In television commercials numerous marketing techniques are utilized to create visual and sound appeal to consumer ...

Number of words: 464 | Number of pages: 2

Male And Female Roles In Society

... taken in the context of the Indian culture it reveals the future roles of men and women. If one deviates from these expected roles especially in my culture, that person is labeled as not knowing her place, disobedient, arrogant and a show off. As an Indian female I am consistently reminded by my society what is appropriate behavior for a woman and my place in society. One realizes that men can exhibit behaviors associated with a dominant role and be praised for it. Ironically, attending a university and receiving an education requires ...

Number of words: 386 | Number of pages: 2

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