Evaluating an Argument In 2003 the New York Post published an article entitled “Rap Only Ruins” in which journalist John McWhorter argues that rap music is detrimental to society in that it “celebrates” criminal and unethical behavior such as killing, sex and the use of drugs. McWhorter has a very intriguing topic to write on but he does it no justice with his weak argument. And though he addresses the counter argument that rap is just a reflection of society and music is used as a release and communication device, he merely grazes the subject and offers no real discussion on why his stance is better. Several times in the article McWhorter uses the term “celebrate” as it pertains to rappers attitudes toward unethical behavior. “Now top rappers began to write edgy lyrics celebrating street warfare or drugs and promiscuity.” Later he also said “.
He also describes how the pubs start to be empty, because people rather will be at home being anti-social, but they can have their smoke. We know the writer is a smoker himself and therefore it could have an effect on his opinion. In the last article we hear the opinion of Simon Jenkins which is a none-smoker and hate smoke generally. But he still thinks the ban is a wrong decision. He doesn’t think it is up to few politicians to take that kind of decision in a matter there affects such large number of people.
This would hinder the chances of success in the Northern campaigns because Johnson refused to back and involve himself any further in the campaigns. There are many examples of where the influence of the federal government would have helped. For example the use of force could have helped control and stop the violence from the riots caused by the fire hydrants being turned off by the local government. Due to the violence that preceded the turning off of the fire hydrants the success of the movement would have been damaged because of the whites seeing violence as argument for refusing equal rights. Another example would be that of the white mobs throwing stones at King during the marches.
Wilson claims that private enterprise will only worsen the situation of Native Americans. Their first stab at private enterprise, casinos, has caused a divide within the community; Traditionalists against casinos and Warriors supporting casinos. This ideological conflict has transformed into various violent conflicts, including arson and murder. Wilson predicts that as assimilation continues, so will conflict. While Wilson believes there is no need for Native Americans to assimilate, as it would in fact be worse if they did, Brodewich sees the need for Native
Phil was asked nicely to find another hotel because the hotel is full and there is no space available for him. The hotel staff could not say that the hotel is off-limit because it would be too obvious. Even though it is not said out loud, this is clearly a form of discrimination because was a treated differently due to his origins. Discrimination can take different shapes and styles, but it is still ugly and should be stopped. I believe that discrimination by gentlemen agreement still occurs in today’s society.
And art it is, not reality. The audience would then have differentiated this valuable lesson and remembered it, as it is usually the case with satire. By giving advice to youth, Twain uses satire to mock the way our culture has been giving advice to the youth. He tells the audience to “[b]uild [their] character thoughtfully and painstakingly upon these precepts”, mocking those that pretend that their intentions are simply to give advice when actually, they are attempting to lead the
However, the opposing side was strongly worried that the United States government was going to have a loss of power. The opposing side had a goal to make the debate drug out as long as possible, by having long speeches about how the Bill angered them. Barry Goldwater stated that he believed that the United States government should not get involved in the employment area because there is “no constitutional basis for the exercise of federal regulatory.” Also stated in this selection Senator Sam Ervin says that it would ruin the relationships with the state and the federal government. Last but not least Senator John Stennis pointed out mainly that citizens should be able to their own businesses or property as that wished upon. (Source 6) Filibusters was another main event that took part in of the passing of the bill.
The University claimed that the photo is inappropriate for a teacher teaching under-age students which would be considered as promoting drinking. In old days if a person wants to start a new life, because he wants to forget his past terrible life mistake, he just had to move to another city or country where he can start from zero. There, no one knows him and his mistake would be forgotten. But today, due to social network sites like Google, Face book and Twitter, your past mistakes and life cannot be forgotten wherever you go. The Right to be forgotten is one of the controversial issues in our digital age.
02/12/13 Writing Project #1 Writing summary and synthesis essay Humor as a social act Humor as social act: ethical issues is an article written by J. Harvey, which mainly points on the examination of the value and the uses of humor while centering less powerful members of the society. The author sees humor as one of the kind of attack to the less privileged people. However, the manner in which it works among the people of uneven supremacy is not perceptible (Harvey 23). Harvey objects to the individual based approach by pointing out to John’s defense of the value of humor. John sees a serious person as anxious and solemn while humorous person as relaxed, cheerful and dissatisfied.
Pretentious writing covers up the truth of writing. Writers who use pretentious writing, which is full of highfaluting words and results to clutter, only leads their audience to misunderstand the message being delivered. Some professional writers use pretentious language because they believe it will impress their readers. Professional writers use