... Dog fighting has been around for hundreds of years and can be traced back to Europe. The sport of dog fighting is progressively getting more and more popular. It is illegal and considered a felony under federal laws in all fifty states in the United States of America (Dogfighting Fact Sheet 1). Besides the act of dog fighting itself being illegal, there are usually always other criminal activities involved such as: drug paraphernalia, illegal weapons, illegal gambling, and gang activities. Therefore, this so-called sport of dog fighting should continuously stay prohibited, and be more harshly punished by stricter laws. This brutal and bloody entertainment sport, where dogs fight to the death, is an inexcusable example of animal cruelty. Dog fighting is believed to have started in England after bull-baiting was outlawed. Bull-baiting was a spectator sport where a bull had a rope tied around its neck and then tied to a stake in the ground. Bulldogs were then sent to attack or “pin down” the bull by grasping the bull by its nose. Many dogs would receive life threatening wounds or would be killed by the bull trying to escape the torture of numerous dogs attacking him (Luca 1). After this very popular sport was banned people who owned these bull-baiting dogs, also known as bulldogs today, began pitting these dogs against each other. After people began participating in the sport of dog fighting, people began breeding bulldogs with terriers (Background on Dog Fighting 1). ...
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...minutes later, rendered useless by the other dog, he lies spent beside his master, his stomach constricted with pain. He turns his head back toward his owner for some kind of approval to only get a bullet in brain. Where do you stand on dog fighting? Have you ever thought about it. Strangely, Ive found a lot of people who say they are against dog fighting , turn there heads and do nothing when they see it happening. So is that being against dog fighting or just not participateing in the fights. There is a difference. Today I will share three negative effects caused by dog fighting. In doing so I hope you will take a proactive stand against dog fighting. But first I will give you some background and history on dog fighting. The Humane Society of the United States estimates that there are at least 40,000 dogfighters in America, though that number seems to underestimate the epidemic of street fighting in urban areas. The history of dog fighting traces back to ancient Roman times when they fought against other animals in the Coliseum. The practice of pitting dogs against other animal continued through medieval times in England until it was outlawed in 1835. Around that time, the Staffordshire Bull terrier was developed and modern dog-fighting was born. The dog was brought to America in 1817 and dogfighting became part of American...
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...Fighting Fighting is a part of the game of hockey, but should fighting be a part of high school hockey? In professional hockey, it is rare to see a game without a scrum, melee or fight that will break out and in those games the offenders are given penalties and the game continues. High schools usually have a no-tolerance policy when it comes to fighting whether that is in regular school or in sports. This fight is no different when it comes to the no-tolerance policy set by the schools but where the problem is that the referees took it upon themselves just to cancel the whole game and punish all parties even when all did not participate. I believe that the school district did not do the right thing when it punished the whole team. The school board should have looked at precedents of fighting that has in other sports. When a fight occurred in another sport, did the district suspend the team and the season for one person or multiple members of the team? This should set any policies in place that would be known to all teams Also the district needs to look at all incidents and parties involved to see what lead to the brawl in the first place. While fighting has no place in high school sports, suspending the entire team for the remainder of the season was too harsh of a punishment. In the state of Oklahoma, the governing body of high school sports, the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association states in their rule book that if an official catches a player fighting then...
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...Allison Lindberg Kelly Roberts English 101 Essay 3 10-31-13 Fighting for their lives Did you know wildfire firefighters are risking their lives, or worse, giving their lives up to save empty properties? Timothy Egan, the writer for an article called “New West, Old Story”, Is a writer for The Times. Egan believes that wildfire firefighters shouldn’t give their life for an empty property. I agree with Egan’s article “New West, Old Story”, because many people will be effected by their death, people who own properties in wildfire areas should already know the damages that could be done, careers wont be pursued, and lastly death benefits will continue to increase greatly. In the article “New West, Old Story”, Timothy Egan talks about the Hotshots, a group of firefighters, that place themselves in fires that most firefighters wouldn’t usually go into. Egan points out in his article that the Hotshots died needlessly to save wealthy peoples second homes. These firefighters are not only neighbors to the people of the west, but are referred to as “people who put on a yellow shirt and 40 pounds of gear to save the people you love.” Finally Egan writes about the emotional event that happened in 1994, 14 firefighters died in the South Canyon fire in Glenwood Springs, Colo. There is an obvious problem that needs to be fixed. There is the question thats still being asked, “What did they die for?” An author named Norman Maclean spent 14 years trying to answer this question...
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...Fighting for Equality SS310-12 April 29th, 2012 Feminism is defined as the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men (dictionary, 2012). The Feminist Movement that occurred in the 1960s was one of the most influential and life changing events that has happened throughout history. The last fight for equality that took place for females before this was during the early 1900s where women were fighting for the right to vote. It took 40 years for women to come together and fight for even more opportunities and rights that they deserved. This is one of the largest events that happened during this time and the event from the 1960s which has affected my life the most. The social and legal barriers before the Feminist movement of the 1960s suggested that women were second to men and were subordinate to men. A women’s place in life was to listen and obey. Women were discriminated against and exploited in the work place. They were denied the admittance to reproductive and sexual freedom (Goodwin, 1999). After a certain point, women had had enough. They began to join together and start fighting against the social norms and demanded equal rights because they will no longer be considered the “second sex”. Many laws were passed in the 1960s because of the fight these women went through. The first was The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (USA.GOV, 2012). The Equal Pay Act requires that men and women be given equal pay for equal work in the same...
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...Fighting for Freedom Maria G. Ramirez 07/17/2014 Fresno Pacific University Com-342, Adv Acad Research & Comp. Instructor: Jon Edicott Abstract Females in school are exposed to all kinds of different rules that takes away their right to express themselves. During this essay you will find reasons why dress codes are difficult to follow upon female student. This essay will also explore some of the different controversial issues between schools and female students due to the dress code policy, and the different ways females use to fight back. School dress codes are more for females than males, because schools see women as distraction for males and others. Schools dress codes are messing with the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gives the students the right to express themselves, without hurting others. We will see how females fight back on what they believe it is taking their freedom of speech and freedom to express their unique personalities. Fighting For Freedom Women like to express themselves through clothing, shoes, hair, make up and all kind of different accessories. Regardless of what color, religion, what body size or shape they have, females like to personalize their style using fashion and new trends. While parents drill on their female children the importance to love and feel comfortable with themselves no matter how they look. Schools portrays women as a “distraction” for men and others. They are constantly...
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...Fighting for Education Many people outside of the United States believe in the American Dream; having a better living than the one they have in their country. However, those who migrate to the United States illegally know the risk that they are taking, and consequences they might face. Crossing the border means death starvation, and at the same time hope. They leave their children behind while they find a job in the United States to be able to bring their children once they have sufficient money to do so. When these children reunite with their families more problems build up. Not only children but all non citizens of the United States do not have any protected rights. As a consequence, the children’s self-esteem drops, and they might develop identity problems, and/or learning disabilities with time. Each day, they hide and avoid authorities in order to not get deported back to their country. Having no rights means they have no protection, equality or justice and their dream is crushed. But in the end children are hurt the most. As a result of migrating at such early ages, they tend to adapt to the American life and wish for greater education. They seek to have a good career to then be able to provide for their families. Immigrants do have the right to receive a higher education but, at an incredible costly price. However, most of them choose not to continue their education because of lack of financial opportunities and at times fears. The number of immigrants in the United...
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...The Debate on Fighting in Hockey Brandon M. Robsion Devry University The Debate on Fighting in Hockey There is no sporting event that brings an explosion quite like that of an ice hockey fight. Ice hockey has always been stereotyped as brutal and unnecessarily violent, a game full of players who are nothing but “goons”. Fighting in hockey is a form of sanctioned violence, as it has deemed acceptable in hockey since the introduction of the National Hockey League in 1917. The league did note even penalize it until the 1922 NHL season (Brandon 2013). A recent political uproar has taken place within the hockey world as more people are pushing to have fighting completely removed from the game. As a hockey player for over 25 years, I have been through every situation where fighting has occurred within the sport. Being an avid fan, I have noticed a recent uproar on this topic within the last decade. Despite the outcry against fighting in the NHL the league needs to maintain its current stance on fighting. As hockey continues to grow in North America and around the world, more people are being exposed to the game. This has caused many debates on this topic, and if it’s really needed in today’s game. Fighting in hockey is a big part of North American hockey, yet is banned in world events like the Olympics and other world hockey tournaments. Raising the debate, should fighting be banned in all of hockey? For those who are not avid hockey fans, the stereotype is generally that...
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...In the novel The Sun Also Rises, the characters in the story experience Bull Fighting in Spain. Bull Fighting has been around for a very long time, and is well known in the country Spain and some Central American countries. Bull Fighting was first recognized in cave paintings in Altamira, Spain. In about 2000 BC, a wall painting in Knossos in Crete showed both male and female gender acrobats approaching bulls, and attacking them. Even though bull fighting was popular in Rome, the Iberian Peninsula is where contests began. Bull fighting is a very difficult sport, and it takes a strong and brave person to do this type of activity. Bull Fights must be very bloody to accomplish their goal they want to reach. Bull Fighting usually takes only about fifteen minutes to complete. The people who kill the bulls are called the matadors. During the spectacle there are three matadors that kill all the bulls. Since there are six bulls per corrida, each matador kills two bulls. During the magnificent show, there is music playing that sets the mood for the matadors, and it gets everyone pumped up for the show they are about to watch. While bull fighting, the matadors wear a costume that is usually made out of silk, and that has gold threading throughout the jacket and the pants. Each suit can cost up to about a thousand dollars, and the matadors can spend up to about six thousand dollars on each suit per season. When the bull enters the arena, the matador and a lot of people greet...
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...I stand up and salute our flag everyday, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance not as a daily chore, but an honor. Although the career path I have chosen does involve me fighting for my country directly, there our other battles to fight here at home as well. The battle I fight is to keep awareness in the minds of my peers. It is important to remember those who have died fighting, those who continue to fight, and those who have fought and are still with us. There is nothing about the military that isn’t relative in today’s world. The only reason I or anyone is able to carry on with our lives and excel in the fields of education or other desired interests is because of the brave souls like my grandfather who took it upon themselves to courageously accept the challenge of fighting for our nation. I looked highly upon my grandfather for both his military background and other distinguishing qualities such as his kind heart, radiant and positive personality and charismatic character which all made him into a heroic figure to me in the form of a...
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...Battle of The Arachnids Fighting spiders is one of the all-time favourite pastimes of the boys and male adults in the past. This was shown in a television series on Channel 5 local television channel in the recent years called “Fighting Spider”. The trend started in the early 1960s within the rural times of Singapore. Boys would go around looking for male fighting spiders (Thiania Bhamoens is called fighting spiders within the Southeast Asia) which hide in the hedges inside long leaves ideally in cool quiet locations with very little human activities or traffic. The boys can catch these spiders and place it into matchboxes and produce it to contend with their friend’s spiders. But, before that they are going to make sure the gender of the spiders, as feminine spiders are not smart for fighting, the males are far more aggressive and territorial that in scientific terms agnostic behaviour. So, in physical comparison, females have larger abdomens, shorter legs and the look is duller. little items of leaves and a drop of water square measure placed into the matchboxes furthermore to form the spiders comfy and their natural home atmosphere. To train smart fighting spiders, the boys tend to follow some ‘champion training’ guide which range from their diet. As for the ‘champion training’ diet, the spiders are fed with smaller specimens of comparable species to ignite their cannibalistic behaviours creating the spiders extra aggressive and improved fighters. Also, a couple of droplets...
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...civil rights, and some want Islamization of government and a movement to theocracy. Syria, once a province of the Ottoman Empire, is a small middle-eastern nation between Lebanon and Turkey. In March 2011, pro-Democracy Arab Spring protestors who were marching to decry the arrest and torture of teen graffiti artists were fired upon by police. After the shootings, many more protestors joined the public displays of defiance (BBC ). After nationwide unrest and a refusal by President Assad to abdicate, the protestors began to arm themselves (Semple). The violence in the country escalated so quickly that by June of 2013, 90,000 people had been killed in the fighting and that number moved to 250,000 by August of 2015 (BBC ). Into the fray came the self-stylized Islamic State. This terrorist group which is opposed to Assad is fighting to create a Muslim caliphate throughout Iraq and Syria. In June of 2014, the group claimed that it’s caliphate had been established, which lead to US airstrikes to destroy the group, thus entering another belligerent into the fight (BBC). The Syrian Civil War was killed more than 250,000 people and approximately 11-12 million of the nation’s 22 million people are displaced. Approximately 6.5 million people are displaced inside of the country, with ~4.5 million having left the country. According to United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees, the number of refugees by gender is roughly equal. Most of the refugees are minors (age 17 and younger) with about...
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...There is no one-size-fits-all definition of poverty. The poorest people in an industrialized nation may well be richer than the average citizen of a less-developed country. According to the United Nations’ Human Development Report 1996, the average per capita income of the poorest one-fifth of Americans was $5,814 in 1993. That figure is ten times Tanzania’s average per capita income of $580 per year. By Tanzanian standards, Americans in that bottom 20 percent may seem quite well-off. However, by U.S. standards, they are not. Politicians and social scientists have sought to define poverty for over three decades. In 1965, the government officially adopted the definition set by Mollie Orshansky of the Social Security Administration, who placed the poverty threshold at an income three times the cost of a minimally nutritious diet. The threshold for a family of four in 1996 was $16,036. Similarly, the poverty guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) placed the poverty level for a family of four at $16,450 in 1998. (Since 1966, poverty guidelines have been set higher in Alaska and Hawaii.) The poverty rate in 1996, according to the HHS, was 13.7 percent, or 36.5 million Americans. Although these figures may seem straightforward, experts disagree as to whether they are the most accurate measurements of poverty. Some believe poverty is overestimated, while others claim it is underestimated. Those who say poverty is overestimated argue that...
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