Any type of drug should be classified as a schedule I drugs or as another scheduled substance. The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 was signed by Richard Nixon and it defines schedule I drugs to have a high potential for abuse. There is no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the U.S. for marijuana. There is a lack of accepted safety for the use of the drug under medical supervision. Marijuana should be classified as a schedule I drug. I will tell you why by using three different fallacies
In Silent Spring, Rachel Carson seeks to persuade the readers to open their eyes to a serious problem: the careless spraying of poison. Her purpose in writing the book is to protect plants, animals, and humans from poisons that never had to be sprayed. Carson uses invective, the ad hominem argument, and punctuation to attack the people responsible for the sprayings and yield an emotional reaction from the reader. Through the use of those strategies, her argument becomes stronger and more effective
In May 2014, Time.com published an article that would soon become the source of no small amount of social contention (1). In the article, “Dear Privileged-at-Princeton: You. Are. Privileged. And Meritocracy Is a Myth,” author Briana Payton lashes out at classmate Tal Fortgang for an article he wrote a month prior (1). Payton, a freshman studying sociology at Princeton University and the political antithesis of Fortgang, takes issue with her classmates’ definition of the word “privilege” (1). She
As human beings, we always want things to go our way. We want the perfect birthday party, the perfect prom night, and even a perfect life. Unfortunately, events cannot always occur as we want them to. For Okonkwo, the main character in the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, if events do not turn out as planned, he will not accept it and become agitated. While many events trigger Okonkwo’s anger throughout the novel, the main source of his anger and ultimate defeat is caused by the colonization
protest, and if an athlete wishes to do so to promote change, then so be it. Protesting is a right protected by the Bill of Rights, and, in my opinion, change is something this society desperately needs. In Toni Smith's, "A Leader is More Than a Messenger," Smith explores the topic of the citizen’s right to protest and advocate change. Smith explains that athletes and celebrities are people who are in positions to promote said change. They are the people who are influential to the rest of the world
A poll that was published in TIME magazine showed that 69 percent of people believe in Angels, 46 percent of which believe they have a personal guardian angel. Descriptions of these angels include a wide range of appearances. Some are only lights or a hovering golden halo; while others describe their angel as human, half human, or even animal! Angels are said to descend upon those who are in need of salvation (from evil or hell), or who need direction in life, in pain or suffering physically or emotionally
Okonkwo, who is the main character despised being like his father. His father had died when Okonkwo was very young. Although in the end he was exactly like his father when he hangs himself. Okonkwo is a vicious man which is shown when he kills the messenger at the Igbo’s meeting. He absolutely hates his son Nwoye for joining the European church. Okonkwo ultimately fails when he comes back to Umuofia and no one supports him in rebelling against the Europeans. I. Okonkwo failed when he could not get anyone
In March of 1993, South African photographer, Kevin Carter, snapped a photograph of an extremely malnourished child in Sudan. In this picture, the child's ribs are exposed and she is crouched in the fetal position. The story of the photograph paled in comparison to the demand for information regarding Carters involvement before and after capturing the image. The unique context of Carter's photo raises a number of different points and questions in regards to photojournalism. First, what is the role
Post- 9/11 Media Portrayal of Islam and the Middle East and its negative consequences on Muslims in the Western World Increasingly, I find that the media has begun to label religions as ‘good’ and ‘bad’, and their basis for these judgments is highly flawed. More often than not, Islam is at negative end these labels, but why is that? Is it because under the garb of religion, brainwashed terrorists hijacked airplanes and crashed them into buildings? If so, then the media need so to rethink their content
Destructive Colonization Exposed in Shooting an Elephant and Heart of Darkness As a man is captured, his first instinct is to try and break free from his shackles and chains. Primal urges such as this often accompany humans when they are forced, as in capture, to rely on their most basic instincts to survive. In this manner, natives in Africa acted upon instinct when the Europeans arrived to take their land and freedom. The short story Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell and the novel
be. To start, Okonkwo was a man highly revered by the people of his clan, the Ibo. He was hardworking, distant from all emotions except anger, and a very respectable man. His life was great but then it all started to collapse. After the accidental shooting of a dead respected man’s son he is forced to move to his mother’s village. During his absence, the European Christians start to settle in Umuofia and convert people to Christianity.
penal codes. "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" helps implement all this cycle with the murder of the albatross and how he must pay for his actions. The whole cycle begins with the mariner’s crime against nature: the shooting of the albatross. In the story, the mariner betrays nature by shooting the Albatross. This action against nature is rather extreme, for he takes this thought of death lightly. The Albatross, as a representative of nature, means nothing to the Mariner. These thoughts are quickly changed
The overall idea of the movie, The Paper revolves around a day of Henry Hackett, an editor of a New York tabloid, The Sun. Although he enjoys his work, the late hours and meagre pay give him plenty to consider when he gets a job offer from a rival newspaper, The Sentinel, especially with his pregnant wife, Martha Hackett nearing labour. As he races against time to cover the big story of the day regarding an accused murder of two white businessmen, Hanson and McGregor, by two young black men, his
American culture. In contrast to the old folk-saying, in 1925 a black journalist George Schuyler was able to write about the misconception that black factory workers strike more than white ones (Document 6). Given that Schuyler’s publisher, The Messenger, was a magazine aimed at literate black Americans, he aimed to disprove a
Summary and Analysis of The Manciple's Tale (The Canterbury Tales) Prologue to the Manciple's Tale: The Host asks the Cook to tell the next tale, but the Cook is drunk and incoherent. The Manciple agrees to tell a tale in his place and criticizes the Cook for his boorish behavior. The drunken Cook, angry at the Manciple, attempts to get on his horse, but is too unsteady and falls off. He then tries to fight the Manciple, but fails. The Host warns the Manciple that he is foolish to so openly
to the NFL’ s 17 million (Curtis). Baseball continues to remain popular because more people can attend baseball games compared to football. Also, baseball allows for more connections between fans. According to Messenger: “Time in baseball is measured in generations, not hours.” (Messenger). Not only do more people attend more baseball games than football, but also more people play baseball than football. According to a recent survey by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, baseball ranks
The Pros and Cons of War The Revolutionary War was a dreadful war that lasted just over eight years between the British and its 13 colonies. War in general has some good and bad parts to it. Most of these ups and downs of war happen in the book My Brother Sam Is Dead. Some good parts about war is gaining freedom and rights from another country, taking the opponent to justice, and defeating an evil dictator that is overpowered. On the other hand, there are a few bad parts about wars. War can
haunt him. He never wanted to be considered a victim. Yet, ironically, he was only setting himself up to self-destruction and tragedy. Because of fear, it drives him pull his machete and strike a blow, first killing Ikemefuna and later the Court Messenger. Finally, this drives him to be physically abus... ... middle of paper ... ...d, but instead because he could have been so great. Instead, he becomes cruel, unfeeling, and greedy. The true tragedy is that Kurtz did not become the great man that
family members to try and assert his dominance and to prove to others that he is strong. The fear of weakness “lay[s] deep within [him]” and is another one of the multiple factors leading to his untimely end (Achebe 13). Okonkwo kills the christian messenger out of anger and fear towards the church. He acts impulsively because he is afraid being made to look weak like he was the last time he stood up to the Christians. After Okonkwo murders this man he finally reaches the conclusion that he is alone
In I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak, the main character Ed is a nineteen-year-old cab driver in Australia who has never amounted to anything. One day, while with his three best friends, an event occurs that forever changes his life. While in a bank, they are held up at gunpoint. Ed ends up stopping the criminal and saving the day. Days later, as the bank robber’s trial is ending, he tells Ed that he is “a dead man… [And to] [r]emember it every day when [he] look[s] in the mirror” (Zusak 38). This