Subjects for       Paper:

Your       paper will include 3 assignments. Each assignment will have 4 pages of       text and one page for the works cited page, so the entire paper will be       15 pages long. Each assignment will cover one of the 3 subjects mentioned       bellow. Each works cited page must have at least 4 different sources that       are being used in the paper. Either MLA or APA style for the works cited       pages are acceptable. Each assignment will be a balanced discussion of       both sides of its issue, for and against, in which you end with you conclusion.       So you will do the following for the text portion of each one of the       assignments. 

Further Instructions:

This paper will be a         balanced paper discussing both sides of the issue, for and against, in         which you end with you conclusion. So you will do the following in your         paper,

A) A short Introductory         Paragraph that will necessarily contain,

            1)         Brief explanation of what you will do in your paper.

2) Thesis         Statement:  A  one sentence explanation of your         opinion concerning the subject– which can include,         in  brief, the main reason why you think this way. 

B) Discussion of the subject         in Dialogue Form:

1) Two people having a         debate about the subject, one on your side (protagonist)  and         the other on the opponent’s side (antagonist).

2) You end up with your guy         (the protagonist) wining the debate.

3) Your conclusion/opinion.

1.

Subject: Laure Calhoun, in her         essay The Terrorists Tacit Message {Peace Review 1         March 2002, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 85-91(7) } suggests that terrorists are         just using the same official justification that governments use for war         to justify their acts of terror. This is the “just war”         justification—in brief, it is ok to go to war as long as it is for self         defense, or the protection of important rights including property         rights, and all other methods to settle the dispute in question have         been tried without success. What is the real difference between         terrorism and modern wars which have targeted noncombatants and         civilian facilities in accordance with “the standard total war policy.”         Is terrorism always a bad thing or can it be justified under certain         conditions.Click on this         link to download a couple of articles on the subject.

2.

Subject: Former Mexican president         Vicente Fox, who fought bloody drug cartels between 2000 and 2006 while         in office, now argues for changing Mexico’s drug laws, since         prohibition has helped create the criminal market that now maintains         these ruthless gangs. We can all well wonder at the wisdom of our own         war on drugs and ask, for example, does it make sense that alcohol and         cigarettes are legal but marihuana is not? Also, we can ask what would         happen if heroin and crystal meth were marketed by cigarette companies in         the same way that they market cigarettes? Weigh the case for and         against drug legalization and conclude with your opinion concerning         this issue. Click on this link         to download a couple of articles on the subject.

3.

Subject: “Suddenly,         the brave new world dawns…men and women in the street are waking up to         the realization that genetic engineering biotechnology is taking over         every aspect of their daily lives. They are caught unprepared for the         avalanche of products arriving, or soon to arrive, in their         supermarkets: rapeseed oil, soybean, maize, sugar beet, squash,         cucumber …” (The Unholy Alliance, by Dr Mae-Wan Ho, The         Ecologist, Vol.27, No.4, July/August, http://www.argonet. co.uk/users         /john.rose/ho.html) Genetically engineered food hold out the promises a         host of benefits not the least of which would be a more consistent,         higher quality, more pest and disease resistant food source for the         planet. These new products have been referred to as Franken Food by         those who point out such dangers as unexpected toxicity, the promotion         of antibiotic resistant disease and unintended genetic contamination of         other life forms. Weigh the case for and against genetically engineered         food and conclude with your opinion concerning the matter. Click on this         link to download a couple of articles on the subject.