... is too much and they have better control over themselves. Most people when they are 21 have already had a few drinks in their life and they realize what their limit is. If the drinking age were to be lowered back to he age of 18, there would be a lot more underage drinking because alcohol would be easier to access. Drinking is definitely a privilege just ... minors do not have the maturity or responsibility to drink or control their drinking but I don't believe that it should be illegal for them to be drinking it. Even though I just contradicted myself, I stand firm on what I believe ab...

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... if someone is attacking and you couldn't defend yourself because it is against the law? What would you do? 22 states have Stand Your Ground laws. The Stand Your Ground Law is here to protect citizens. The National Rifle Association will fight any effort to undermine the right to self defense of law-abiding Americans" (Sullivan J.). Stand Your Ground should exist because we need equal ... ones and self defense is a reason why stand your ground law exists. America wants to protect their citizens. "We will continue to defend the right of every law abiding Americans regardless of race, colo...

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... I think you can come to a good answer to a puzzling question. First, let's start with the constitution. In my opinion the Constitution is the basis of our laws and legislative system. However, there is an aspect that the Constitution was written by rich, European males. At this time in our history the original authors of the Constitution did not think that our American society would be as complex and as multicultural ... as it is. Consequently, I think the flag does follow the Constitution in that aspect. The reason for this conclusion is that the flag represents the American Revolution...

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Legal Drinking Age When I ask myself the question, should the legal drinking age be 21? I have a hard time coming up with an answer. I am 20 years old and can not legally drink, but shouldn't I be able to legally drink because I am considered an adult and can be drafted to fight in a war for our country. When a person turns 18 he or she is considered an adult, yet ... still can not go to the bar ... no matter what the legal drinking age is, there will still be a high number of DUIs and alcohol related accidents. After I discussed the legal drinking age with my frined I still had the thought...

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In the story Lord of the Flies there is a very strong theme that stays through the story until being destroyed at the end. This theme is represented by the conch. With this brings law, order, democracies and civilization to the island. The statement I have put on my static image is "" Most obscurely, most powerfully there is the conch"" (pg 18). I have put this on to establish what the conch represents on the island. The conch ... there to bring peace and hold civilization. When the conch is not being used the boy go to the more savagery way and that is symbolized by the black being behind th...

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... by three fourths of the state, which is very difficult to do. The second way, which has been used once, is that it has to be approved by special conventions held in the states. Since the constitution has been written only 17 amendments have been added. The 13 through 15 were made for the purpose of the Civil War. The thirteenth abolished slavery, the fourteenth gives citizenship ... to slaves, and the fifteenth allows the people to vote ... no matter the race, color, or if they were a slave. The eighteenth is the probation on alcohol, which was ... ...

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... alcohol and how they affect our cities. We must teach our children at a young age about the issues on drugs and alcohol and make sure they are aware of the dealings that go on. One program that helps do this is the "Just Say No" program taught in the public school system. The "Just Say No" movement was coupled with rigorous law enforcement and produced solid results. One ... alcohol abuse prevention programs or may donate their time, talents, or funds to help these organizations. There are also many laws that help enforce the abuse of drugs and alcohol. One thing a person can do to help...

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... for me nothing special. My father is a WWII veteran. A thought passed through my mind today. According to my father to be drafted into the war you would have to be 18 years of age. It boggles my mind to think of all the young men who fought for this country some died. Well it comes to my mind if one has a civic duty to fight for ... for his country, it just makes no sense to me. I want to be able to vote for what I believe in. It is not official yet but I believe that I heard in the news that a 26th amendment is being proposed to congress to lower the voting age to 18. If president Nixo...

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... . There are many subjects that a government must direct their attention to. First and foremost of these is safety which currently the government is powerless to provide. By providing the power to one central government, rather than to numerous individual ones, the efficiency of providing safety to all equally would be greatly increased. A strong central government would be more able to form a navy and lead to a richer ... run one united government than thirteen separate ones. This will allow for a more prosperous overall union. The original Idea that the separate states could exist separ...

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... please. You also do not let me watch what I want on T.V., go out at any time I wish, and most of all you do not treat me as a equal. These are just many of the many problems that I have with the way you run this house. I have rights that have been god given to me that you have taken away from me. ... or do anything wrong. You think that you are some kind of god and that you will never make a mistake in your lifetime, guess what you are wrong there you are not a god or will you ever be a god in this world or the next. The thing that gets me the most is that you tell me to do ten things a...

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... are many "precautions" made to make sure this does not happen, but the jury is only human. Because the jury is human, they rely highly on their emotions to make their judgments. The lawyers, who know this, may play up to certain emotions which may sway the members of the jury in one way or the other. I am not saying human emotion is a bad thing, just stating that ... it is not a reliable thing to base major judgements on. Also, each person has the basic human right to live. Although this right is said to be forfeit when a person rapes or ... is a little extreme. It is one thing if the ...

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... wrong and is therefore punishable. Billy knows that the unlawful act he commits is wrong because he hides the body. He lies about the unlawful death to the sheriff, and he suffers hallucinations and fever because of the immorality of the act. However, although murder is deemed immoral, the Bible, as well as society, accepts killing if it is in self-defense. The Bible lists many incidents where man defends against ... from coming to fruition. Pushed to the brink - fear causes Billy to take the life of another man. Society's law expressly states that a man has the right to defend his fami...

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... seeking an abortion, I think this is her right to privacy and the decision she makes concerning her rights over the sovereignty of her own body. Some may think that abortions would be morally justified in cases of rape and incest or if the test show that baby would born severely deformed and its quality of life would be extremely poor. Why do some find these cases are ... morally justified, the outcome is still the same the fetus is being denied the right to live and grow to its potential as a human ... . Although there are some restrictions on abortion, due to the states' rights, it is...

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... uneducated and abused child. The goal of this book is to inspire and motivate black women to stand up for their rights. Celie, the main character, goes through an inner transformation, from being an abused wife to a confident and independent black woman and businesswoman. Another major theme in Walker's novel is the power of strong female relationships. The main thesis of the novel is black women's ... rights. Her novel is based on how the black women are discriminated against by racism, ... which makes them second-class citizens in the larger society, and they are oppressed by their fa...

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... college or university not even being able to drink because they are still 18. Alcohol is easily accessible at these places and the minimum drinking age of 19 is doing very little if not nothing to stop eighteen year olds from obtaining alcohol. These people if they want to ... illegal. Letting eighteen year olds drink would definitely help prevent these crimes that they should not have to commit in the first place just to have a drink of alcohol. When you turn 18 in Canada you are now an adult. You obtain many new responsibilities. You can vote, your signature is legally ... all these t...

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... a crime a criminal act. For example gambling on sports is considered a crime but in actually it is not view as a crime by the majority of society because it does not hurt society at large. The same goes for prostitution and marijuana use. The classic example is ticket scalping. Although it is considered a crime in the eyes of the law to average citizen its not considered a crime nor even immoral. Ticket ... scalping does not hurt society at large. To lower the crime rate the government should redirect their resources ... ...

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... and courts should too. It is estimated that about three million Canadians, age 14 to 65 have smoked pot at least once during the previous 12 months. (MacLean's "Just say yes") Among teens 12 to 17, the average age of first trying marijuana was 14. A Survey of students in grade 8 to 12 showed that 23% of the 8th graders have tried marijuana at least once and by tenth grade ... , 21% are regular users. Among the grade 12 students, around 50% have tried marijuana at least once and around 24% were regular users. ... the marijuana laws could be used in the same way. In British Columbia alon...

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... long time. Most societies have always had some form of legal recognition and protection of human rights, but definitions as to what constitutes human rights, and who should have them have varied considerably. Human rights became a matter of international concern in the 19th century. Most international discussions today combine the two views of human rights, that is, freedom and welfare rights. ... Along with the traditional civil rights enumerated in Western constitutions (for ex: equal protection of the laws, protection against arbitrary arrest, the right to a fair trial, freedom of ow...

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... long time. Most societies have always had some form of legal recognition and protection of human rights, but definitions as to what constitutes human rights, and who should have them have varied considerably. Human rights became a matter of international concern in the 19th century. Most international discussions today combine the two views of human rights, that is, freedom and welfare rights. ... Along with the traditional civil rights enumerated in Western constitutions (for ex: equal protection of the laws, protection against arbitrary arrest, the right to a fair trial, freedom of ow...

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... the transmission of obscene or indecent material on the Internet. A number of civil rights and computer groups challenged the constitutionality of the provisions of the CDA under First Amendment grounds in Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, the first Supreme Court case about the freedom of speech on the Internet. The group of 20 plaintiffs that challenged the law included the American Civil Liberties Union, companies such as Microsoft and Apple, and the American Library Association. The opponents of the CDA argued that the ... would require having someone constantly monitor every s...

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... If you want to be Christian, you can; if you want to be homosexual, you can. Nothing is holding you back in life today from being what you want. Within the law it is virtually an open society. And with people being these so called controversial things people do not approve ... what to do but for us to be tolerant, they must. Tolerance is needed for everything to move and flow smoothly. With the government taxing everything and enforcing laws that in my opinion are not very fair, we need to be tolerant to a degree. With such laws as zoning and not allowing citizens ... to have their full...

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... a bus driver would be distracted and not looking on the road while driving. I'm pretty sure all the flashing lights and alarms sounds would catch his eye or his ear. I am also mournful for all the those whose families had to hear and bear the dreadful news of their relative being killed in an accident and those who had to experience the pain emotionally and mentally. If I were a family member ... or the person on the bus I would be traumatized by the wreckage and havoc ... This collision may have a large impact on the society as well as the community. According to the Highway Traffic A...

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... can drink alcohol. Second, how can our country draft 18 year olds for war and let them die for our country without giving them all the rights this country has to offer. This is my biggest argument because I am in the military and I am 19. I strongly feel that if an 18, 19 or 20 year old can give his life for his country then ... he/she should be given all of the rights of the country and that would include drinking Finally, one big issue that people who would oppose this is that people ... is mature but if you think about neither is every 21 year old or even every 40 year old for that ...

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... the movie Westside story and the play Romeo and Juliet had the same theme; there are many different principles that led to the different endings. Since the movie Westside story took place in present time New York. The level of civility, the amount of individual freedom, the laws, the loyalty and friendship between the people made a big difference in how the story was performed and how it ended. In the movie Westside story the party was planned by the owner of the ... gym. Both gangs the Sharks and the Jets came to the party. In the ... ...

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... as not being real people. When Emily Murphy fought to get a woman appointed to the Senate, The Constitutional act said something different then what they were trying to go. In 1867 (BNA act), affirmed that "the Governor General shall summon qualified persons to the Senate." Their opponents argued that within the statute of British common law, woman were not "persons" and therefore could not hold public office ... . That all changed when these six incredible woman took action. They started a petition to the supreme court of Canada. Trying to achieve woman being ... lead them too eventually...

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