She also writes some about politicians and the Juvenile Justice system. Sternheimer points to other possible reasons for the violent acts of the youth such as, the home life. While it may be that juvenile crimes have declined and personal backgrounds effect actions, it cannot be said this proves video game violence has no effect on youth. Sternheimer begins by explaining how video games violence has become a “folk devil” (204) to explain unexplainable happenings of youth shootings and this is just the one to follow the many other explanations the media and politicians have given for problem youth. She then brings up the issue of unnerving newspaper headlines such as “Bloodlust Video Games Put Kids in the Crosshairs” (205).
Lindsay Barnard Jon Paul Henry English 1130:054 30 June 2013 Argument Analysis: Paul Stuewe’s “Better Dead Than Read” vs. Timothy Findley’s “Better Dead Than Read: An Opposing View” The invention of the VHS in that late 1970’s brought about the spread of more readily available pornography, and ever since, censorship vs. free speech has become a topic of frequent debate. Censorship evokes strong emotion in many people. In 1978, a group of self-appointed censors, calling themselves the Concerned Citizens of Huron County, Ontario, campaigned to have Margaret Laurence’s novel “The Diviners” banned from high schools in the area. Because the book contains strong language and sexual scenes, the Concerned Citizens insisted it was inappropriate to be taught in the Grade 13 curriculum. After his visit to Huron County, Journalist Paul Stuewe responds seemingly in favour of this instance of censorship in an article entitled, “Better Dead Than Read”, which broadcasts the opinions of two spokesmen for the Concerned Citizens group.
In his essay, “Video Games Are Responsible for Increased Youth Violence,” author Ron Moten uses his experience working with troubled teenagers to uncover the negative effects of violent media. The problem he identifies is that violent media is responsible for desensitizing youth to violence, hence increasing crime in our society. Motten assumes his readers are educated and sympathetic, but uninformed of the threats posed by violent media. His purpose in his essay is to raise awareness of a connection between violent media and increased crime in society and to convince the audience that violent media needs to be regulated by laws. To achieve his purpose, Moten mainly uses ethos to appeal to his readers.
Also the security agent asked the passenger to complete the rubric cube and if the passenger could not complete it, he would go for full strip search. The all of the process that the passenger went through in the video is not true. The federal government is changing the software on the full-body scanners used to provide security at airports so they no longer produce a complete outline of a passenger’s body. The actual Canadian airport is more polite, kind and don’t require to complete the rubric cube. The reason for the satire would be because United States thinks Canadian society is too extreme of their airport security.
Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) in Canada 2011-NOV: Case before the B.C. Supreme Court Reactivating Sue Rodriguez' fight: Some individuals -- often those suffering from a terminal illness later in life -- find their physical and/or emotional pain intolerable and uncontrollable. They would like to commit suicide, but lack the knowledge or physical ability to do so. They would like a physician to give them assistance in dying with dignity. However, giving such help is currently a criminal act according to section 241(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada as it is in almost all U.S. states.
On 31 December 2007, Stephen Conroy announced the Federal Government's intention to introduce an ISP-based filter to censor "inappropriate material" from the Internet (mainly child abuse and terrorism). In this announcement he also stated that adults could opt out of the filter to receive an uncensored internet. The filter itself is flawed, so is met with strong opposition. Banning illegal content like child abuse and terrorism is inarguably a good thing. I welcome it.
He describes how the Liberals failed to defend Ignatieff against the flurry of ads driven by Stephen Harper that painted Ignatieff as an outsider, a mere visitor. It is further valuable because the author, Newman, writes from first hand experience in dealing and talking with Ignatieff. The author comes from an extensive background in politics as a journalist and editor. The book is, however, limited in that there is blatant exaggeration prevalent throughout the book
Hemon’s writing style is more like the Bosnian character he is writing about, he uses | | | |exaggeration and entertainment in the writing instead of just sticking to the cold hard facts. | | | | | | | | | | | Pg. 161- How come, I asked Rora, how come | Brik is trying to get some background out of Rora about what really happened to his parents and his | | |you have not talked to your sister…Can you |relationship with his sister. It seems to me that Rora uses his storytelling and knack for it as a defense |
The Language Police: CH 4 In chapter 4 of Diane Ravitch’s, The Language Police, she explains how political pressure groups have imposed censorship on textbook publishers. Publishing companies do not only exclude questions that are believed to be biased, but exclude questions that exemplify any form of controversy. The book states, “It is better to be bland than to be controversial” (Ravitch). Workers of publishing companies go on to say that anything that might make a student uncomfortable should be left out of the question. History is going to make people uncomfortable no matter what.
The discovery of a Google doc collection of Columbia University application essays became fodder for Gawker snark. And arguably the most viral bit of college-admission content ever was an op-ed earlier this year from a high schooler complaining about (or lampooning) the gap between university and applicant expectations. The whole notion of new media incursion into the staid realm of the application essay may sound a little fishy to you. But the reality is almost exactly the opposite of the knee-jerk stereotype. The influence of technology on the application process is more subtle; nobody is getting into a school because of a good tweet.