Do we need Stricter Gun Control Laws? ... "University argues that if you introduce a gun into a violent encounter, it increases the chance that someone will die," Lott 20. ... The important thing, as the issue of gun control heats-up, advocates for both sides of the issue must realize that no matter how many guns we buy-back or how many permits we give out, gun violence will always be prevalent in our society until we attack the issue from another angle. ... As a society, America must realize that the time is now that we must stop the madness. We must talk to the youth, educate those see...

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""Comrade, I did not want to kill you Why do they never tell us that you are poor devils like us, that your mothers are just as anxious as ours, and that we have the same fear of death, and the same dying and the same agony - "I will write your wife I will tell her everything I have told you. ... Paul is also seeing the future pain of the French man's family as he saw in Kemmerich's mother when he lied to her about how Kemmerich had died. ... Many innocent people died in these attack on the WTC and the Pentagon, and only now are we beginning to see just how many thousands of p...

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There would be people that did great things, died, and then were forgotten about. ... They have died for someone else. They have died so I can be free. ... It is my duty to find out how we came to be the country we are now. ... Everyone has their own opinions on why we study history, but we all have to study it. ...

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James Rachels felr that by just picking to let die and not play an active role in using euthanasia you are prolonging the suffering which goes against the idea of the humanity in which we are arguing over in the first place. ... He talks about how a doctor will respect a persons wish to be taken off a respirator knowing it will cause them to die. He then takes that same women and adds a son who wants to get to her money and states how when he takes her off he tries to say he was just allowing her to die and that he didn't kill her. ... Technological Monism is a way of describing how i...

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Ironically "[t]he more we are making advancements in science, the more we seem to fear and deny the reality of death- (Kubler-Ross 21). ... As observed by Kubler-Ross, "in simple terms, in our unconscious mind we can only be killed; it is inconceivable to die of a natural cause or of old age."" ... As we blow out more and more candles with each coming year with increasing despair and fear of failure, we can hardly blame anyone for wanting to bypass these horrible realities of old age and death. Unsurprisingly, if someone announces "no one should have to die- and gives a dying patient the op...

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"I was born an American I lived as an American and I shall die an American." ... The associations we keep, the peers we choose, the mentors we seek, and the organizations we affiliate with, all help to define our patriotism. ... It is how we reaffirm the fact that we are indeed "one nation" and that we, as Americans hold in common a belief in the dignity of the individual, a love of liberty, and a commitment to the government of, for, and by the people. By this display, we express our gratitude to the generations past who fought and died...

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How many kinds are there in America? ... Then I asked myself how does music effect people. ... So now you know about music but I have one more question will music ever die. ... I don't think it will ever die. Certain kinds of music will die but the concept of music will never end. ...

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Moreover, the rap song clearly states how the media is of great influence to the youth. ... In one way or another, how the artists or writers of the song tried to tell its listeners how corporate America has exploited the events that happened on 9/11. ... Products and consequences of chaos are innocent people dying and suffering, mostly women and children. As far as I see it, most of us say this and that about how the persons in the government should act, but to no avail, we fail to look at ourselves. We fail to practice what we are preaching. ...

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Then it shows Nixon ticking everyone while he strings along the war while more and more people die in it every day. ... The first one is how the north and all of America felt about the south and how they did things. It is saying that how you do things is the wrong way and if you want to do that find a country different country because we don't tolerate it. ... They are both saying what is going on in the south when we see these we think we wouldn't tolerate this so why do they the south must be bad.. 3. ... In Korea we compromised but in Vietnam we fought and lost and there was a ...

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When we do come together, we unite as just Americans. ... Our tears flow like rivers as we watch Americans die because of events such as terrorism. ... Therefore, it does not matter how rich or poor you are when death comes. ... We feel a need to help others because they are Americans, not because of how they got to be. ... No matter how bad things are stretched out to be, America and its people will always bounce back into place. ...

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Dr Martin Luther King Jr spent his entire adult life fighting for justice, peace, and equality, and it seems we have not come a long way. ... Instead of giving him a ride, they beat him maliciously until he died. ... Matthew died five days later. ... Better yet, how does someone being a Jew affect your everyday life so much so that you feel you have to kill them? ... Seeing as how the internet is the main recruiting source for most hate groups, Pierce has released a video game. ...

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"How can a guy grow up in a circus like that?" ... Before they play "chicken" and one of them dies, off the cliff, Jim asks "why do we do this?" ... And in fear of that, people had to keep to the tradition, because amid change everyone clings to what they know, what it should look like, how we should act. ... The launch of Sputnik into space, the whole space race, the stressed ideology of futuristic technological wonders, the question, how small are we really? ... Where we can rock and we can roll it, mom, c"mon. ...

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With how common baby abandonment has become, it seems to cross many women's minds, mostly teenagers. ... And the worst part is that there is no telling how many more are simply not found. ... These children are miracles and should not be left to die. ... (Crump) We need to think about the children who are dying because they aren't wanted. ... Deprived of this food, the name of which is love, Babies would rather die. ...

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Is it possible that outward appearance or " looks" are what we judge people by? The evolved, apparently modern and superior Western world is actually backward and primitive; how could intellectual, profound, clever people discriminate and categorize others by beliefs, physical aspects, nationalities or sex Remember the holocaust. Take a moment to reflect on how many people were killed, a whole society demolished, and who authorized it Who tried to stop it How many people rebelled How many had the guts to risk their own lives in order to save a population Very few. ... After the tragedy o...

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" I have spent many moments, looking at this passage and wondering how the lives of the free citizens in this country were constraining. ... The songs and the dancing that the white men saw as a sort of freedom they weren't afforded were the only things we, as slaves, had to keep our souls from dying. ... These songs, while they were intended to keep the mood light, still couldn't bring us fully away from the fact that we were possessions of another. That we could be whipped, at any time, or used sexually, or sold to someone even worse than the master we served now. ... How can ...

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Though soldiers might quickly volunteer to fight and die rather than surrender to a foreign invader, one very important fact must be kept in mind – war kills not only soldiers, but potentially large amounts of citizens. ... Most will justify this rebellion, because many Jews chose that day to die in combat rather than to die in a concentration camp, stripped of every thread of pride they once held themselves to. ... Other issues need be raised, such as to how much damage will be caused to enemy civilians, how much damage will be caused to our soldiers, and the economic cost of fighting ...

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If the loved one of the slave-owner was a slave, wouldn't they pay all the money in the world for them to be free, and if they wouldn't it just goes to show how much their love of money will bring America to ruins. This is all happening as we speak. ... We think that if we have very little money when we die, then we failed in life. People seem to forget that money doesn't come with us when we die. How much more important is a person's life, or a person's job, or a person's education than money? ...

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"[N]ow this nation a mighty sucker punch came flyin" in soon as we could see clearly through our big black eye we light of your world like the 4th of July." ... Though evident, Keith is also showing how America can be hurt but when able to operate, America, along with the American people, will fight back. ... Keith explains how America's bite is just as big as her bark and she will attack when provoked. ... "[M]y daddy served in the army where he lost his right eye but he flew a flag out in our yard until the day that he died." ... "[A]merican Girls and American Guys we"ll always stand up...

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Throughout America's history Americans have fought and died to get, and to protect our freedoms so the least we can do is try to maintain them. ... The Civil War, a war where never before and not since have so many Americans died in battle, was largely attributed to our rights, which demonstrated the importance of all American's freedoms. Another of the more recent events that showed how important our rights are, was the Civil Rights Movement. ... ," meaning that peace and life are worthless if we do not have freedom. ... If we neglect our freedoms, we will not realize how import...

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Marlo leaves her busy life and walks with the Aborigine people to understand how they live. ... The health of the human body depends on how well it is taken care of. ... Food is necessary for life, without food all life would die. ... Food is something that should be treasured because at some point we will have exhausted our supply of animals, and will run out of food. ... Although both cultures have different views about the world, both are correct, for truth is only what we perceive to be true....

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During the Vietnam War, the American soldiers were heartless and courageous; they killed or died for their country and in doing so were commended. ... Although, we as the audience did not get a good sense of how the Vietnamese Soldiers communicated, Stone, demonstrated how ingenious they really were and how they moved throughout the jungle of Cambodia. 5. ... The movie also failed to explain how the war began? ... He demonstrated this when William Defoe's character, Sergent Ellis, dies. ... By not giving them identities, we as the ...

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These brave and honored soldiers learned how to accept each other and fought for the freedom of their country. ... "They"re little monkey children that don't know how to control themselves!" ... "White men dying for you, time has come and hidey up and fight like men. Men dying by the thousands, dying for you, fool!" ... "We"ll be ready sir, when do you want us?" ...

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To analyze this statement we have to know exactly what is meant by the phrase "History always repeats itself". ... This is a big change in history, and now women in other countries, which they did and do not get a lot of respect in, are starting to change and learn how to gain respect. ... This shows that we have learned from our mistakes so it won't happen again. ... Not long ago people did not live as long as they do now, and died for things that now are not considered un-treatable. ... Women died very often of giving birth; this was because of the dirtiness of the hospitals, not knowin...

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I believe I am on this earth because God died for my sins and created me putting me on this earth. ... As Christians we also believe that when we die we either go to heaven or hell depending on how loyal you have been to what the bible says to do and what God wants us to do. ... I believe what is worth dying for is my family and some of my closest friends. ... In school you can also see how we use a low context culture because every assignment we do we have specific directions of how to do it and even a rubric usually to show what is expected and how to get the full points. ... I believe if we...

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The people need to see what is going on in these factories, and how harsh the conditions are. We need to make everyone aware about what is happening in their own town. ... We need to hold controlled public protests. ... We need to remind people about what happened in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, and how hundreds of innocent girls died and we need to show them that it cannot happen again. ... We need to show company owners and we need to show America that having unsafe working conditions is wrong and needs to be ended. ...

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