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The Corruption Crisis Of The E
<view this essay>.... institution of the European Union so it is vital to take into account the cultural relativity of the meaning of corruption. Corruption can only be defined within a specific society and at a specific time. This culture specific aspect of corruption is reflected in the division of so called black, white and grey corruption.
Black corruption in a given society is a repremanded behaviour both by the public and by experts. It is a well defined area of the untolerated behaviour. White corruption on the other hand is the behaviour that is tolerated by the public in a given society and not looked upon as misbehaviour. Grey corruption is the area in between .....
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Dress Codes
<view this essay>.... For instance a few years back, a student in a Long Island school was nearly killed because another student wanted to steal his $150 sneakers. If a "dress code" was in place, all the students would be wearing the same shoes and this situation would not have existed. Another problem seen in public schools are the gangs. Gang members a round schools are known to were the same clothes and represent their "colors". Seeing people wear the same colors could feel intimidating in some situations. Imposing "" would force everyone to wear the same uniforms. This may eliminate some of the intimidation from gangs and create a proper learning environment. Violence is not .....
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Freedom
<view this essay>.... that there was any consistency. Let’s use the FDA as an example. If there was no regulation, then not only would the FDA not exist, but nothing would be known about the effects of hundreds of drugs, and many people would be either sick or dead because they didn’t know if a drug was safe or not when they bought it off of the shelf because, once again, of no regulation. If some of our is given up, then we can get somewhere. If we are willing to give some up, then we can give that to certain groups and organizations that have the facilities, knowledge, and technology to help keep us safe and healthy (FDA), employed (AFL), living in a clean environment (EPA), .....
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Drug And Alcohol Abuse
<view this essay>.... to a great percentage of deaths statewide from burns, fires, homicides, assaults, drowning, suicides and traffic crashes.
I believe that very stiff penalties must go towards those who manufacture illegal drugs. These people have no regard for human life. These manufacturers sell the drugs that pollute and corrupt our society without shame or remorse and should be severely punished.
I believe another way to limit the manufacture of drugs is to make a college education easier to achieve, therefore making honest, lucrative careers more obtainable. The state of Missouri should lower the cost of tuition in its colleges and universities and raise the amoun .....
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Watergate Scandal
<view this essay>.... some of the highest officials in the land. The officials involved in the were former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell, White House Counsel John Dean, White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldman, White House Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs John Ehrlichman, and President Nixon. On April 30, 1973, nearly one year after a grand jury investigation of the burglary and arrest of the people involved, President Nixon accepted the resignation of Haldeman and Ehrlichman and announced the dismissal of John Dean. Furthermore, U.S. Attorney General Richard Kleindienst resigned as well shifting the position to the new attorney general, Elliot Richardson. However, Elliot .....
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Limiting Death Row Appeals
<view this essay>.... 1995, 314 inmates have been executed in the 37
states, districts, and providences of the United States that allow the death
penalty. There are more than 3100 inmates on death row. The majority of
executions are of white males. Most executions are by lethal injection or
electrocution. In the years since the Supreme Court re-instituted the death
penalty through 1994, there have been approximately 467,000 homicides in the
United States. Based on that number, 2.8 people will die every hour at the
hands of another person.
Death row inmates are often on death row for years, some upwards of
twenty years. This puts great financial strain on taxpayers' money. .....
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Capital Punishment
<view this essay>.... 26, 1987 edition of the Globe and Mail, titled "B.C. MPs split on Death Penalty".
The death penalty deters murder by putting the fear of death into would be killers. A person is less likely to do something, if he or she thinks that harm will come to him. Another way the death penalty deters murder, is the fact that if the killer is dead, he will not be able to kill again. Most supporters of the death penalty feel that offenders should be punished for their crimes, and that it does not matter whether it will deter the crime rate. Supporters of the death penalty are in favour of making examples out of offenders, and that the threat of death will be enough to .....
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Homosexuality Is Wrong
<view this essay>.... let me, I beg of you, bring them out to you, and you can do as you please with them. But only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof." The homosexuals rejected the two virgins. Gang raping two virgins was considered less of an offense than a homosexual act. Lot was willing to sacrifice his own daughters to turn them around, but he did NOT accept homosexuality. Lot and his family escaped and the city of Sodom was destroyed by God the next day.
Leviticus 18:22
Thou shall not lie with a man as with a woman; it is an abomination.
The act of homosexuality can easily be compared to having sex with animals.
Leviticus 20: .....
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