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Alcoholism
<view this essay>.... the things that they do. Alcohol
becomes used as more of a relaxer than as a casual beverage. At first, the alcoholic may
have a high tolerance of alcohol, drinking more and showing less effects than other
drinkers. The alcohol becomes a very serious hazard to the users health. The person
progresses by losing control over their drinking and are not able to control their habit.
The effects on major organ systems include a wide range of digestive disorders
such as ulcers, inflammation of the pancreas, and cirrhosis of the liver. The nervous system
can also be permanently damaged. Blackouts, hallucinations, and extreme tremors may
occur to the person as .....
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Pornography
<view this essay>.... "as a teenager, my buddies and I would all sneak around and watch porn. As I grew older, I became more and more interested and involved in it, [] became an obsession. I got so involved in it, I wanted to incorporate [porn] into my life, but I couldn't behave like that and maintain the success I had worked so hard for. I generated an alter ego to fulfill my fantasies under-cover. was a means of unlocking the evil I had buried inside myself" (Leidholdt 47). Is it possible that is acting as the key to unlocking the evil in more unstable minds? According to Edward Donnerstein, a leading researcher in the field, "the relationship between sexually violent i .....
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Gun Control
<view this essay>.... that banned the
production and sale of some semiautomatic rifles and initiated a waiting period
and background check for gun buyers. However, more recently than now
Republican-controlled Congress, with the backing of the NRA, has reignited that
battle with plans to repeal the Brady Bill.
The second amendment to the constitution guarantees Americans the right
to keep and bear arms without government interference. gun control advocates
seem ready and eager to disregard this right which is currently being exercised
by 70 million Americans. (METSKA)
I believe that the governments struggle to keep guns out of the hand of
juveniles and criminals is a .....
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Anarchism
<view this essay>.... it is no longer desired. The concept stresses that free associations are imperative and it also recognizes that the nature of man is innately good. Too believe otherwise would compromise the safety of individuals. Anarchists rationalize in today's society that people who commit crimes, do so as a product of authority. Had they lived in an anarchist community, irrational behavior would not be present because all people are good and equal.
The philosophy of has theoretical roots in two English philosophers: Gerrard Winstanley and William Godwin. Winstanley was a 17th-century agrarian reformer who believed that land should be divided among all the peop .....
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The Future Of Participatory Democracy In America
<view this essay>.... of the population, who are removed from the government process.
Only the people in three branches of government are involved in the running of our democracy. We need a better way of working this system if Participatory Government is to survive into the 21st century. We need to modify, or re-invent our democratic process, because the present system is ineffectual. One way this can be accomplished is by “leveling the playing field.” Campaign finance reformation is an answer to this issue. A limit of money spent would have many benefits, and some disadvantages.
The major benefit would be that more people be financially able to participate in the electora .....
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The Mythology Of Crime And Criminal Justice: Contributing Factors Of Crime
<view this essay>.... or duress to such a degree as to render the
commission of criminal acts involuntary. In most countries, crimes are defined
and punished pursuant to statutes. Punishments may include death, imprisonment,
exile, fines, forfeiture of property, removal from public office, and
disqualification from holding such office.
Unless the act of which a defendant is accused is expressly defined by
statute as a crime, no indictment or conviction for the commission of such an
act can be legally sustained. This provision is important in establishing the
difference between government by law and arbitrary or dictatorial government.
Under common law, a crime was generally cla .....
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Abortion
<view this essay>.... human being? The unborn human is still a human life and not all the wishful thinking of those advocating repeal of laws, can alter this. Those of us who would seek to protect the human who is still to small to cry aloud for it's own protection, have been accused of having a 19th Century approach to life in the last third of the 20th Century. But who in reality is using arguments of a bygone Century? It is an incontrovertible fact of biological science - Make no Mistake - that from the moment of conception, a new human life has been created. Only those who allow their emotional passion to overide their knowledge, can deny it: only those who are irrational or .....
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In Practise The American Colonies Were Self Governing In 1776
<view this essay>.... the British was a threat to their « just and long enjoyed rights ». One also must not undermine, when looking at the extent to which the colonies were independent, the different degrees of freedom granted to the different colonies by the Crown in the view that the Declaration itself was signed by all 13 colonies.
By 1776, Britain’s control was as Perry suggests a « light touch and with little or no control ». The colonies all had a different degree of independence so that some were more or less inclined to declare independence in 1776. Connecticut and Rhode Island, the charter colonies, enjoyed considerable independence. There was an annual election fo .....
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