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thought of abortion as the worst thing that could ever happen. Why would anyone want to kill a baby? But not many women want to kill their own child. According to Frederica Mathewes-Green, “No woman wants an abortion as she wants an ice cream cone or a Porsche. She wants an abortion as an animal caught in a trap wants to gnaw off its own leg” (Mathewes-Green). I believe that abortion should stay legal because of three reasons: It could cause endangerment to the mother (12%), the mother was raped…

3:30 in the afternoon, Paul Walker; the actor who played Brian O’Connor in the Fast and the Furious movies, was involved in a tragic car accident in Santa Clara, California. He and a renowned racecar driver were speeding down the streets in a 2005 Porsche Carrera Gt, when they suddenly collided with a lamppost and two trees. Paul died instantly, and the driver died of broken bones from the crash shortly afterwards. When news broke out that it was Paul Walker who was killed in the crash, the…

"Shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist." The name retail therapy is ironic and semi facetious, acknowledging that shopping hardly qualifies as true therapy in the medical or psychotherapeutic sense. It was first used in the 1980s, with the first reference being this sentence in the Chicago Tribune of Christmas Eve 1986: "We've become a nation measuring out our lives in shopping bags and nursing our psychic ills through retail therapy." The dark side of materialism as a tonic is that shopping…

thinking about the true fault of obesity: is it simply the consumer or is there another force affecting these children? He asks the question: is the case of children who sue McDonald’s for their obesity the same as the case of middle-aged men suing Porsche for their speeding tickets? (392). In other words, he points out the absurdity of the men suing someone else for something that was their own fault, but he also raises the…

• Social Factor: “72% of people polled have considered buying or would like to buy electric cars. However, 65% of Americans said they would not pay more for an electric car than for traditional car models.” This shows how electric car companies have to lower the prices to attract more customers. In order to do so, they have to minimize the cost and sell high volumes of cars to enjoy high economies of scale. However, this will not be easy for electric car companies because batteries are very…

at what it might have been. Finally I looked at the car that I accidentally pulled next to and there was a large scratch on the door. I knew that it was a nice car at first but when I took a closer look I found that it was the 1994 Schuppan 962CR Porsche (there was a sticker on the side of it). I instantly looked around, there was nobody there. Nobody had seen me do it. I was a lot happier than I was a couple of seconds ago but was still trying to figure out what to do. I had to sit down and…

at a low profit. Therefore, companies are enhancing their brand image to reduce the bargaining power of buyers and consumers in the premium segment are less price sensitive. The companies operating in the premium market have above average margins. Porsche with the highest profit margins of 18% in the car industry compared to Volkswagen of 2.9% in 2013 (Miersma, 2014). Since the high number of sales approximately 68 million in 2013 (Statista, 2015) and high differentiation by cars the buyers…

Electric cars versus Gas powered cars Cars are an important part of the human life. It is used for everyday tasks such as commuting to work, school, and events. Humans love to find the fastest, most cost-effective ways to get a job done. Even though the job gets done faster doesn’t mean it 's the most ethical way being done. At the time of the Industrial Revolution is when advanced machinery and mechanics were introduced into society. Creating the need to have better transport for…

Case Analysis #1: Volkswagen and the Engine Emissions Tests PR Crisis ϖ Main problems: In September 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that VW cars being sold in America had a “defeat device”, or a type of software program, in diesel engines (TDI) that could detect when they were being tested. It was found that the car maker intended on changing the performance of the vehicles to improve results, making them more enviormentally-friendly. On September 18, the…

In 1996 Robert downey Jr. was caught was arrested while “driving naked in his Porsche on Sunset Boulevard, and found not only to be without clothes, but in possession of cocaine, heroin and a .357 Magnum.” (Sturniolo, 2014) Instead of going to jail for five plus years like any ordinary citizen, “his sentence had been suspended and he was placed on probation.” (Sturniolo, 2014) This was all because he was in the middle of a filming a movie. Do you believe that someone that is an allegedly a drug…