Good Life
Paul Pluta
Dan Levy
October 27 2015
In life people are constantly taken out of their comfort zone. They are then often given the choice to either react quickly or wait for the situation to pass. During World War 2, fascist Germany gained control rapidly in much of Europe and Northern Africa. The United States was put in the situation to either wait or act fast to end Hitler’s reign. The United States reacted immediately, which ended the destruction and terror that Fascism caused on the world. Therefore the concept of taking direct action in will outweigh the results of waiting or contemplating in taking control of situations. In the readings The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and the powerful speech of Letters from a Birmingham …show more content…
Martin Luther King Jr. went on in this letter to convey why contemplating isn’t the answer. King addressed this by asking "Why direct action? Why sit ins, marches and so forth? Isn't negotiation a better path? You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.” This concept of “negotiation” or contemplating to Martin will get the same result as in acting quickly. However Martin Luther King believed that if he took direct action it would create a “tension” that just can’t be ignored, giving fast results. Examples of Martin Luther’s direct action include sit ins, strikes, boycotts, and with the most famous example being the Montgomery bus boycotts. In the city of Montgomery, 70% of people who used bus transportation were African American. Led by Martin Luther King Jr. himself, the black community used non-violent direct action by boycotting the bus system. These boycotts would soon spread throughout the entire United States . Later …show more content…
Gey didn’t necessarily have the right to take a tissue from Henrietta Lacks during surgery, it proved to be arguably the most beneficial medical discovery in history. The medical discovery that was found from Henrietta was the findings of HeLa cells, cells that theoretically never die and keep reproducing. This allows doctors to be able to physically watch cells replicate outside of the human body. Another benefit is that since the cells are immortal, scientists are able to watch how various viruses/diseases react to certain medicines or other procedures. Physicians can now put the cells into conditions that aren’t possible in a live being with the example of exposing cells to high doses of carcinogens. Therefore, these cells are responsible for thousands of vaccinations including the polio vaccine and chemotherapy. The cells have been so useful that scientists have estimated that the amount of HeLa that have been used could stretch around the planet at least three times. These cells proved to be one of the greatest discoveries in the modern era and if Dr. Gey were to have left the tissue in Henrietta’s body, it could have been years if not decades for this kind of medical miracle to occur. The benefits of not having these cells is far less than having them due to the medical advancements it allowed for in the world. Even though it is impossible to ever show how many deaths there would have been with out the cells, it can been 100% proven that the cells have
Paul Pluta
Dan Levy
October 27 2015
In life people are constantly taken out of their comfort zone. They are then often given the choice to either react quickly or wait for the situation to pass. During World War 2, fascist Germany gained control rapidly in much of Europe and Northern Africa. The United States was put in the situation to either wait or act fast to end Hitler’s reign. The United States reacted immediately, which ended the destruction and terror that Fascism caused on the world. Therefore the concept of taking direct action in will outweigh the results of waiting or contemplating in taking control of situations. In the readings The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and the powerful speech of Letters from a Birmingham …show more content…
Martin Luther King Jr. went on in this letter to convey why contemplating isn’t the answer. King addressed this by asking "Why direct action? Why sit ins, marches and so forth? Isn't negotiation a better path? You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.” This concept of “negotiation” or contemplating to Martin will get the same result as in acting quickly. However Martin Luther King believed that if he took direct action it would create a “tension” that just can’t be ignored, giving fast results. Examples of Martin Luther’s direct action include sit ins, strikes, boycotts, and with the most famous example being the Montgomery bus boycotts. In the city of Montgomery, 70% of people who used bus transportation were African American. Led by Martin Luther King Jr. himself, the black community used non-violent direct action by boycotting the bus system. These boycotts would soon spread throughout the entire United States . Later …show more content…
Gey didn’t necessarily have the right to take a tissue from Henrietta Lacks during surgery, it proved to be arguably the most beneficial medical discovery in history. The medical discovery that was found from Henrietta was the findings of HeLa cells, cells that theoretically never die and keep reproducing. This allows doctors to be able to physically watch cells replicate outside of the human body. Another benefit is that since the cells are immortal, scientists are able to watch how various viruses/diseases react to certain medicines or other procedures. Physicians can now put the cells into conditions that aren’t possible in a live being with the example of exposing cells to high doses of carcinogens. Therefore, these cells are responsible for thousands of vaccinations including the polio vaccine and chemotherapy. The cells have been so useful that scientists have estimated that the amount of HeLa that have been used could stretch around the planet at least three times. These cells proved to be one of the greatest discoveries in the modern era and if Dr. Gey were to have left the tissue in Henrietta’s body, it could have been years if not decades for this kind of medical miracle to occur. The benefits of not having these cells is far less than having them due to the medical advancements it allowed for in the world. Even though it is impossible to ever show how many deaths there would have been with out the cells, it can been 100% proven that the cells have