Dangerous goods

Anslinger began a dishonest campaign against cannabis that would last over the next eighty years. Conservatives accepted his false claims and continued to spread propaganda that highlighted the dangers of marijuana use and its users. However, although some conservatives may have been motivated by greed and racism, others believed that they were doing the right thing according to their system of moral beliefs. In Moral Politics, George Lakoff explores “two different models of ideal family life…

picture of the inside enemy that wars against the good we want to do. Mary Reilly is a picture of the enemies that fight us from the outside. The internal enemy that struggle within every human heart want to have control and rule us. The only remedy for man is Jesus and as I watch both movies all I can think is the saving grace of our Lord and Savior. His grace and mercy is for all no matter how dark we are He died of our sins. Where there is good evil is always present, however our God is…

part of a disciplined hierarchical structure where many clans served under another for multiple generations. Many of the samurai writings, such as Opinions in Ninety-Nine Articles and The Regulations of Imawa Ryoshun, were focused on the roles of a good ruler and servant. Around the same time period, Niccolo Machiavelli also wrote about the role of a ruler and how a ruler must act in order to maintain his reign. Though they were located in very different parts of the world, Machiavelli…

A Mirror of Human Nature(An Analysis of Lord of the Flies) The title of the novel Lord of the Flies, the King of Fly, originates from Hebrew baalzebub, and "Baal" in the Bible is regarded as "the first of all evils". In English, the Lord of the Flies is the King of filth and a synonym for hideous souls. It seems to mean that the beast conquered the human nature, children are afraid of the false "beast", in the end, but found that the real "beast" is in human nature lurking in the beast. The…

to grips with the nature of his God who, in Job’s experience, attacked him without cause and then maintained a stony silence. We also encounter him in the unenviable position of rejecting the well-meaning advice of three notable men who had come a good distance to comfort him through his ordeal and…

School was out at three and with the sun still blazing my mom decided to drag me with her to one of her vitamin and good earth organic supply stores. It wasn't exactly the worst place to spend your afternoon, since it had better air conditioning than any house or store alike around for a good block or two, and it smelled pretty damn great. The one guy running the shop was about as preppy and basic as they came, with a salmon pink polo shirt unbuttoned…

Since the beginning of time, humans have been generally selfish people. When put in dangerous situations, the human race tends to be selfish, as in that moment all that matters is surviving. However, this selfishness can result in immoral decisions, potentially hurting others as a result of these selfish decisions. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, selfishness plays a key role as to why innocents are put to their deaths because of other people’s desire to prosper in society. The characters in…

change to be these beacons of light, all of a sudden. Sadly, many well-meaning Christian writers fall into this trap just to appease the audience as a counter to popular “Un-Christian” fiction books released today; it also slaps the name God or Jesus or Good Moral Standards in order to sell more copies to doubtful people. Is this the case with Rise of the Fallen? Of course, not! The book is written in a way that no character feels like a complete stereotype that fits into a mold of a typical…

“Without Contraries is no progression. Attraction and Repulsion, Reason and Energy, Love and Hate, are necessary to Human existence” (“The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”). The duality or contrary aspects of life produce a balance within human nature. These aspects are not just contradictory, they are complementary. To fully understand the dual nature of mankind, William Blake utilized his poetry to compare the divergent forces that are part of all individuals. In his poetic collection the “Songs…

cleaned them off on his suit jacket. His baby blue eyes looked the same way mine did – worn out. He stuffed his sunglasses into his pocket, loosened his tie, then looked over at me. “Hey.” “Hey,” I replied. “Rough day?” “Sure was. Is there ever a good day in court?” He chuckled, but the quiet laugh sounded hollow. “My divorce was final…