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    Nowadays, undergoing weight loss is one of the major controversial issues facing America. Many believe that what you consume is more important than how much you consume. While others argue that in order to lose weight you must lose more calories than the calories you consume. Although both sides may be true, after reviewing the sources provided I have concluded that what you consume can be more important when trying to undergo weight loss. In source A it states, “ The energy cost to metabolize

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    shock at all and is only there for the success of the experiment. The purpose of the experiment is not to test memory, but to see how far a person will go when being ordered to inflict increasing pain to a protesting victim. The first controversial issue is the relationship between the authority and the subordinate. In Milgram's study he uses an experimenter in a lab coat to be the authoritative figure and the volunteer subject as the subordinate. He states in his article, "The subjects do

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    jokes and extremely relatable topics, Big Mouth has taken the Netflix audience by storm. Although some find it to be controversial and inappropriate, many disagree because of how well such taboo subjects are handled throughout its entirety. This show spares no gross detail as it follows tween characters in middle school as they progress through puberty and deal with the many other issues that come with adolescence. Best friends Nick and Andrew navigate through their friendship after going through recent

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    Wildlife overpopulation is a controversial topic. Some believe that wildlife overpopulation is not a real problem. I personally, believe that wildlife overpopulation is a true issue. Wildlife especially, the eastern whitetail deer population is in these modern times, is out of control. “There are an estimated 30 million whitetail deer in the United States today. Under optimal conditions, whitetail deer populations will double every two years”(Rooney). As the numbers of whitetail deer rise the land

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    In the early 1960’s the controversial issue of sex education started to become a more prevalent conversation among educators and parents alike when the Food and Drug Administration approved the sale of oral contraceptives(Szustek, 2009). Though the topic was previously being discussed as early as mid to late 19th century, it was not deemed completely necessary or an appropriate topic for school aged children prior to this point. In the United States more than 750,000 girls between the ages of 15-19

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    Illegal immigration is a subject that is literally splitting the country in half when considering the opposing opinions. While there are quite a few reasons backing up both sides of this controversial topic, I believe that illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay so long as they go through the proper procedures. I agree with those saying that it is unfair for those who are breaking the law to be allowed citizenship, but I also believe that there substantial reasons for allowing immigrants to

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    Genetic Engineering One of the most controversial topics is the genetic engineering which has raised much alarm amongst most scholars. According to Daniell (134), the phenomenon is so incompatible with the Mother Nature which at first sounded very unnatural. This type of modification attempts to change what was provided to the human beings by their mother nature which makes the idea to be arrogant. Genetic engineering in actual sense is not a new idea at all. Some examples of genetic engineering

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    Gay marriage is one of the most controversial issues in this modern world. In my opinion I do not consider “gay marriage” marriage, because marriage has always been a covenant between a man and a woman by its nature. When two men or two women “marry” it denies the reputation of keeping the human race and the raising of children. Gay marriage also violates the natural law, and we should follow “avoid evil and do good”, the natural law is for every human being in the world and we should follow it

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    As CEO of Monsanto, I manage to tackle controversial issues with transparency. By publicly practicing transparency, I would balance the conflicting needs of the variety of stakeholders while at the same time benefit consumers. Although it may be hard to stand up to these accusations, boycotts and protests took place in at least 52 countries and 436 cities amassing over 2 million people us over genetically modified foods, it has to be done for the sake of business and in order to establish integrity

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    Immigration policy has been a controversial issue, especially within the Election of 2016. Immigration poses some great issues to our country, issues that many people are heavily divided on. However, there is one part of immigration that had nearly the entire country’s support and that is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program, or DACA, which protects those who were brought into the country undocumented as children from deportation. President Trump’s repeal of DACA is an unnecessary

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