Cruelty

functions such as breathing, reproduction, and digestion, so scientists understand how it will affect the human body and life cycle. While petri dish studies are available using human cells and could prevent what the Humane Society considers animal cruelty by solely using them in these experiments, it still is not ethical nor legal to use on human subjects. There have been many regulations put in place to ensure that testing on animals remains as humane as possible. For example, The Animal…

“Minimum Wage Cruelty,” an article by Walter Williams, discusses the idea that minimum wage is at an acceptable level right now and doesn’t need to be raised. The articles opens with the reasons for raising minimum wage: fighting poverty, preventing worker exploitation, and providing a living wage. The inclusion of these reasons gives a basis for Williams to debate against. He is able to prove why raising minimum wage is bad to the reader, not just explain what happens when you do. To begin his…

Tiffany Batiste SSCI 306 TUES-THURS Testing 1, 2, 3: Animal Cruelty or Vital Aspect to Medical Advancement? “And God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. They shall rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the cattle, and the whole earth, and all the creeping things that creep on earth." And God created man in his image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1.24) As human beings, we bear hardship through a numerous…

General Sherman once said, “War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.” This quote of his rang especially true during his march through Georgia, where he garnered most of his military fame and accolades with the sacking of Atlanta, and the subsequent march from there to Savannah, which served to break the military back of the Confederacy once and for all. Sherman invented a form of warfare that would come to be known as “Total War”; it was…

When one picks out their personal care products, makeup, or cleaning products they could be supporting animal cruelty and not even know it. Across the world, countless animals are locked inside bare, cold cages in laboratories. They are lonely and just want to be set free from their isolation and misery. They wait in terror for the next painful experiment to be performed on them. The stress that these animals are under causes them to bite their skin and rip their hair out. Therefore, it is…

In a civilized society, there are devastating situations that are filled with cruelty and hypocrisy. However, it is possible for people to stand against society for what is morally right because they have a mind of their own. For instance, at the age of thirteen, my older sister was told by the whole family and relatives to get marry and have children. However, she understands that she is not in Thailand, that she is now in America. In America, teenage girls do not get marry, they go to school.…

As I flipped through the latest “Seventeen” magazine, my eyes centralized solely on the teenage models dressed in tight fitting clothes with the headline saying, “How to Look Hot”. I carefully read the tips on diets and fitness routines that could help me lose weight. My goal was to look as skinny as those girls in the magazine. If I didn’t look like them, I wouldn’t be attractive. I mentally prompted myself to stay clear of carbs and to only eat three meals a day with only snacks with less than…

I believe animal cruelty can be related to interpersonal violence and believe it is very important not to ignore the signs of animal cruelty. These types of violence need to be investigated and kept track of by the proper authorities. History and studies have shown us that the perpetrator in child abuse and domestic abuse case have many times had a history of animal abuse and cruelty also. Animals, normally dogs and cats, are normally considered members of the family. So when these animals…

Who am I talking about? The white witch. C.S Lewis shows what real cruelty is in his books, The Narnia Series. These few paragraphs will tell of her cruelty, deceitfulness, and how she has many spies, not letting anyone speak privately. In simpler words, we will talk about her evilness and gault. The witch, Jadis, is antagonist and is clearly deleterious. She told the animals to find humans and bring them to her. Since Mr. Tumnus said she is a witch, how do we know what she does to them?…

Would you imagine being imprisoned and physically tormented when you are pregnant? There is so much negativity spreading across the natural world and it seems as if there is no end to it. Premarin a prescription for cruelty. Also known as “PMU” a drug prescribed to women worldwide as a hormone replacement therapy and the pregnant mares are used brutally to produce this drug. Why are humans becoming so inhumane? Alice Walker’s essay “Am I Blue” is a voice of anger and concern for the solitude and…