... but you should also know cops aren't always around to protect you. Cops aren't always around to protect citizens. Cops have specific times they go around the neighborhood, and you can be attacked when they are not there. Having Stand Your Ground laws is to protect you when cops come late or not ... at all. If someone is attacking you and you can't call the cops, you should able to fight for yourself (Martin S. etc.). Most people would call the police but the time in between from when you call the police and the time they actually get to you can be long or short. You protect yourself ... ...

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Legalizing abortion is one of the most controversial issues discussed in Thai society nowadays. The fight between the pro-life and pro-choice has been long and is getting more serious. One of the reasons is because abortion is a sensitive subject which involves many issues, such as human rights and religious belief. Therefore, abortion has always been in the gray area where nobody can decide whether it's right or ... wrong. However, from my point of view, abortion should be legalized in Thailand for two main reasons. Firstly, abortion can ... help prevent the children to have to be born in t...

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... not important. The second part of the amendment process is to have the amendment ratified. It can be ratified in two ways; the first way is for it to be approved 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 p...

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... I feel that I am speaking for a lot of kids my age. Adults may not be aware of this but us young adults cares alo6 and has the sufficient amount of knowledge to be able to vote for both federal and state elections. My brother is two years younger than I am and when he turns ... 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 Nixon certifies this amendment formally soon you can be sure I will be ... ...

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... standards and rules of conduct govern an individual. For the Christian, the Bible equips him with instruction and God's perfect law. Because they are necessary for orderly operation, rules, structures, and procedures are established in each institution. Man's sinful nature necessitates rules. When man is born, he is completely undisciplined. As a fully-grown man, he still has an innate tendency to oppose rules ... imposed upon him. Rebellion is one proof. Anarchy is another. Rebellion and anarchy are relatively of the same upbringing. Both come from defiance and refusal ... were no rules...

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... 70 percent become addicted) and 42 million.). The number of people abusing legalized drugs will come close to those hooked on alcohol. A pessimist would figure the human damage as much greater. 115 million Americans who consume alcohol, 85 percent rarely become intoxicated; with drugs, intoxication is the whole idea. As you all know alcohol consumption in the United States averaged 2.6 gallons per person ... per year. It fell to 0.73 gallons during the Prohibition decade, then doubled to 1.5 gallons in the decade after repeal, and is now back to 2.6 gallons. So illegality suppressed usag...

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... these controversies that carries subtantial weight today is that of the death penalty. The death penalty should be abolished because it is a risky punishment in which the final judgement is made by a human jury, and it takes away a person's right to live. What I mean when I say that the death penalty is a risky punishment is that the judgement made could be wrong, therefore killing an innocent person ... 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 law...

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... their lives. Other states should follow their lead. What is living? Is living simply a heart beating, or is it more than that? In his novel, The Fly, George Langelaan's character, Andre, turns himself into a part-man, part-fly, part-cat, monster, in a science experiment gone awry. Andre tells his wife when she tries to convince him not to kill himself, "I am alive all right ... , but I am already no longer a man. As to my brain or intelligence, it may disappear at any moment. As it is, it is no ... longer intact. And there can be no soul without intelligence and you know that!" (Langela...

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... can it be said that Athens was not a democracy? The democracy of Athens evolved slowly. Pericles is the man who is very closely associated with demokratia. He was the man who firmly enstilled the demokratian government in Athens. In Webster's Dictionary, democracy is defined in as, "Government by the people." Under the leadership of Pericles, that is precisely what Athens was. Pericles ... created counsils of numerous individuals and made it possible for citizens to hold a position in public office. He also made it possible for any man to serve in the ... armed services. The people of ...

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... , but mentally. Billy's judgment is sealed upon his death. For every wrong thing that he does, killing Holland Winchester was the just thing to do; he defends his family. Billy Holcombe was a good, hard-working man albeit an unlucky one. The first man in his family to own his land, he toils night and day to ensure good crops that provide for his wife whom ... he loves dearly. However, suffering from sterility, Billy is unable to give the one thing to his marriage that it lacks - a child. This problem ... act he commits is wrong because he hides the body. He lies about the unlawful death...

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In Franz Kafka's "Before the Law", a man from the country seeks admission to the Law. He can see through the open door into the house of the Law but the doorkeeper refuses him entry-and warns him that this is just the first of many doors and doorkeepers, each more forbidding and terrifying than the last. But the man is convinced that his salvation lay in the Law and year after year he comes to the door ... , asking and answering questions, looking for permission to enter. He even tries to bribe and flatter his way in. The doorkeeper takes the bribes but only so that the man will not think he h...

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... 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 Era, to me, because the red represents blood meaning lives lost, the white represents freedom, and the original stars represented the colonies that was established. Therefore the flag does follow the Constitution in the aspect representing one race. I think the flag should follow the Constitution. For the simple reason the constitution is what ... makes America-America. The Constitution ... ...

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... Many may view Creon's decision to kill his niece Antigone to be cruel and inhumane. However, in his defense, this decision was the only one that would gain him a certain respect in the eyes of his people. He struggles through his role as king and works hard to prove to the people of the kingdom that he is a worthy ruler. King Creon locked himself into a commitment ... by obeying civil law rather than divine law, he must conform to the state power and punish her; she accepted her death like the strong woman she was. Creon needs the support of the state and must do things that he loathes ...

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... follow government laws and regulations. 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 of people still remain tolerant so ... may be wrong telling us 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...

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... will begin and thousands will die to satisfy the selfishness of the princes that want more riches. A final example of man's selfishness is shown when the master compares the Yahoos to Gulliver's kind. The Houyhnhnm talks about how "if a cow died of age or accident, before a Houyhnhnm could secure it for his own Yahoos, those in the neighborhood would come in herds to seize it, and then would ensue ... such a battle." The Houyhnhnm also tells about the "shining stones of several colors" that ... way, whether herbs, roots, berries, corrupted flesh of animals, or all mingled together." Th...

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... branches: executive, legislative, and judicial branch. The executive branch- two leaders of the branch, the consuls, were elected for one year by the upper class. They supervised the senate and ordered the Roman army during wars. Other member of the executive branch was tax collectors, mayors, and city people in positions of power in cities. The legislative branch- the senate ran most of the legislative branch, the senate was a group of 3oo male ... appointed by the counsels. The judicial branch- had six judges who got elected every two years, they were in charge of deciding punishments...

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... her friends Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Henrietta Mir Edwards, and Irene Parlby are down in history. If it wasn't for those six women then today would be a very different place then it is right now. If you were a woman back at the turn of the century you wouldn't have the right to vote or do near as many things as you could do today ... classify 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...

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... . 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 ... year old is mature but if you think about neither is every 21 year old or even every 40 year old for that matter. To me maturity lies in the hands of t...

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... 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 ... could help this program by encouraging younger students not to get involved with drugs and alcohol and to set a good example for them. The "Just Say No" program is just one ... alcohol abuse prevention programs or may donate t...

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Marijuana is a harmful drug. People under estimate the dangers of this futile drug. In fact, people protest for the legislation of marijuana. Are these people mad? Of course they are if the use marijuana, its been proven it leads to mental problems, depressions and low sperm count in males. As a current member of MOCAM, Mothers Of Christianity Against Marijuana, I feel marijuana should not be legalized because ... it leads to harder drugs, will increase the amount of users, and send the children of America a message of death. Do we want our children to die? Of course not ... allow all of Ame...

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... drive to succeed. So Hobbes established the natural laws of man. It is for the preservation of life of man and goes against the evils of man and man destroying himself. Through these laws that should come natural to all of us, we define our path of society to the future where the outlook might look something other than bleek, which was a common view in the time of Hobbes. Hobbes' first ... rule states that ""That every man, ought to endeavour Peace, as farre as he can hope of obtaining it; and when he cannot obtain ... cannot follow this peace and cause evil and destruction, the man wh...

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... the basic principle of the supremacy of the law. The Constitutional Significance is the assumption of several powers by the Supreme Court. One was the authority to declare acts of Congress, and by implication acts of the president, unconstitutional if they exceeded the powers granted by the Constitution. But even more important, the Court became the arbiter of the Constitution, the final authority on what the document meant. The Supreme Court became in fact as well as in ... theory, an equal partner in government, and it has played that role ever since. The Supreme Court set the precede...

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... can do as they wish with their wives, even beat them. Women are looked down on in the African society and have been discriminated for all of their history. These discriminations are taking place in the east and central Africa. East and Central African women have never had the right to own land, or to receive land from their husbands when they die. Most of ... the time the land is given to the family, if there are not any sons to give it to. Even today ... that they do not change their laws is that they believe that their society has done well in the past as it was, and there is no reas...

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... has a high level of culture and social organization. In the story Lord of the Flies by William Golding, group of boys were stranded in an island without civilization. The story shows there are no rules, no laws, no authorities, and their parents are not around to discipline them. Contrary to the belief that man is innocent and society evil, the story shows that laws and rules, policemen and ... schools are necessary to keep the darker side of human nature in the line. Ignoring those elements can ... release the primitive part of a person. The boys are doing things by them selves and no...

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... an unjust life are much happier, wealthier and more extravagant life than one that participates in a just life. His argument states that if you place most pure form of an unjust man beside a just man, the unjust man is viewed as righteous and has substantial wealth and friends to support him.5 The just person who is noble, is viewed as someone with no reputation and not ... honorable.6 Therefore, Glaucon reveals that eventually the just person will be more likely to commit crimes against another and therefore will drown in unhappiness making the unjust person the happiest of the extremes...

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