...California is now one of 5 states that passed a bill allowing assisted suicide to terminally ill patients who are in constant agony and pain. Assisted suicide is when doctors give their patient prescription in order to help end all the patients’ pain by helping them end their lives. Assisted suicide is no joke they take their patients conditions seriously and waits months to make sure that it is the right decision. Matt Fairchild has advance melanoma in his brain and bones. He is just at the age of 46 and is taking 26 medications and is in so much pain that he only leaves his house for doctor visits. Fairchild knows that he will lose his fight but does not know when. He is one of the people who are for Assisted subsides because he knows that he will go on his terms being able...
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...Introduction We have all had conversations with friends and family concerning what would happen if we were in a coma or on life support. Some people would want to stay on life support forever while others claim to pull the plug in a week. The wonders of modern medicine have come at a price. Not only are healthy people living longer lives, but the terminally ill patients are living longer (Coombs, 2017). For example, 30-year-old, Brittany Maynard, developed a brain cancer. She swore in the beginning to fight the disease and went through surgery’s and treatments to beat it. Unfortunately, the cancer returned, causing debilitating pain and headaches. She decided she wanted to have an assisted suicide, but the state of California had laws that...
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...place where true beauty can be known" (Tippetts). These are such beautiful words that hold an immeasurable amount of wisdom, spoken by a dying woman. Kara Tippetts, a thirty-eight year old battling cancer implored a fellow cancer fighter, Brittany Maynard, to not end her own life with the assistance of a physician. Physician assisted suicide is when a patient with a terminal diagnosis is deemed sick enough to end their own life through lethal doses of medicine provided by a doctor. It is a practice that has been on the rise beginning in the early 2000's. Its main purpose is to allow patients to "die with dignity" and end their suffering. While...
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...Ferris, a podcaster, and author, delivers a persuasive speech on a very interesting concept on why should you define your fears, instead of goals. The specific purpose of his speech, is to inform the audience how important it is to be in control of your fears, learn to manage your fears and face them head on by setting by a plan of action. His target audience was college students and business owners. In his speech, he mentions how in his college days he was suicidal because he couldn't handle his fears of failure and rejection. He was very clear about his thoughts on suicide, and a speech coming from a former college student who contemplated suicide is a very powerful message for his target audience. He goes on to say that in his business, he took time away from his business to take a much needed vacation in order to unwind, recharge, and learn to distress from daily obstacles. Similarly, the message to business owners is the same concept, those who don't take risks for fear of loss or failure of making the wrong decisions that can impact their goal setting ways, will always face the fears without taking action....
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...HSC ENGLISH CREATIVE WRITING: PERSUASIVE SPEECH EUTHANASIA Imagine a world where anyone, even the curably ill or depressed, is easily assisted in suicide. Where someone else decides when you’re life is no longer worth living. Where it is a societal expectation to die rather than receive long-term care. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the world that awaits us if we legalise euthanasia. Euthanasia, or assisted suicide, is defined as the practice or act of ending the life of a terminally ill person, usually by lethal injection. Though there is no exact specification for what ‘terminally ill’ may pertain to. Who would this definition extend to and who would be eligible to be euthanized? Some laws state that “terminally ill” means that death will occur in a relatively short time. Others are specifically stating within six months or less. Though this definition is futile, as medical experts state it is virtually impossible to predict the life expectancy of each specific patient. As this has been realised, numerous euthanasia activists have increasingly replaced references to ‘terminal illness’ to phrases such as ‘hopelessly ill’, ‘desperately ill’, ‘incurably ill’. In Thomas E. Joiner’s journal Suicide and Life- Threatening behaviour, an article described the guidelines for assisted suicide to be for those with a hopeless condition. The definition of ‘hopeless condition’ included terminal illness, severe physical or psychological pain, physical or mental debilitation or deterioration...
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...How Was Adolf Hitler So Persuasive? by Josh Wilmoth accessed at http://joshwilmoth.hubpages.com/hub/Adolf-Hitlers-Tremendous-Persuasive-Ability on 7 March 2014. [pic] Hitler gives a speech at the Kroll Opera House Source: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1987-0703-507 / unbekannt / CC-BY-SA 3.0 [CC-BY-SA-3.0-de, Wikimedia Commons all 4 photos Why Study Hitler's Persuasive Method? Adolf Hitler is considered to be perhaps the most villainous man of the twentieth century. His vile and ruthless deeds are common knowledge. In fact, the name Hitler has now become synonymous with evil. What many often forget, however, is that Hitler was not only a coldblooded tyrant but that also a brilliant persuader of men. He personally oversaw the deaths of millions of people, including the near extermination of the Jewish race while maintaining the full support of the German people. The entire German population was certainly not as heartless and cruel as Hitler was, so it stands to reason that Hitler must have been a masterful propagandist in order to persuade the Germans that his policies were necessary and just. However, one must remember that Hitler was not born the cruel, vicious tyrant that he became. His life was governed by both his choices and his life experiences, so it is important to examine these along with his persuasive method to gain a comprehensive understanding of why he used his gift of persuasion in the way that he did. [pic] Hitler during World War I. Can you identify him...
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...BIBLOGRAPHY DETAILS Review: Vijayakumar, L., 2004. Suicide prevention: the urgent need in developing countries. World Psychiatry, 3(3), pp. 158-159. Suicide prevention: the urgent need in developing countries Any death caused by disease or old age is natural and may not be accounted for any thriller to anyone (Palmer, 2009). It may be plaguing to know death which might had occurred due to unusual ways as these deaths could be stopped. There are no doubt of unnatural death over the world as social media usually highlights these in their broadcast over the air, television and even social networking sites such as Facebook. One of many unnatural death is suicide which may be a rising issue in developing countries as highlighted by Lakshmi Vijayakumar in her journal article Suicide prevention: the urgent need in developing countries. In her article, majority of the suicide occur in developing countries and major target countries are India and Chaina. Furthermore, when comparing the age group people who commit sucide in developed counties are between 15 to 25 year or elderly but developing countries the target group are married women and people below age of 30 years. Lakshmi Vijayakumar’s article also reveals method used for sucide in developing countries which are pesticides poisioning, hanging and self-immolation but as for developed countries their practise is expensive such as firearms, car exhuast and poisoning. The reason for suicide in developed countries are commonly due to loneliness...
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...Persuasive Speech Ideas Having problems coming up with a topic? Here are a few questions to ask yourself for inspiration. Remember that your topic should be something important to you. This is not a complete list of ideas! Be creative and let your interests guide you. 1. Should marijuana be legalized? 2. Should instructors teach morality? 3. Should college athletes be paid? 4. Is affirmative action fair? 5. Should the Greek system remain on college campuses? 6. Are professional athletes overpaid? 7. Do you support recreational hunting? 8. Do you believe in euthanasia? 9. Should sex education be left to parents? 10. Should knowingly transmitting an STD be punishable by law? 11. Should condoms be given out at school? 12. Should RU-486 be allowed in the U.S.? 13. Should gay marriage be legal? 14. Do you believe in gun control? 15. Should there be regulation of the internet? 16. Do video games instill violent behavior? 17. Do you approve of capital punishment? 18. Should the current drinking age be lowered (or raised)? 19. Are mandatory attendance policies justified in college classrooms? 20. Should cell phone use be banned in vehicles? ... restricted in public places? 21. Do you believe that intelligent life exists on other worlds? 22. Should evolution be taught in schools? 23. Is affirmative action still needed in the workplace? 24. Should you become an organ donor? 25. Does...
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...is a test first established in the landmark case of Schenck v. United States. It came about at a conflux of interest between national security in a time of war and the ever-present constitutionally supported rights of free speech. However, as time has passed its original war time application has expanded, retracted and ultimately been refined to reflect a greater understanding of the government’s role in the regulation of free speech and its responsibilities with regard to national security. In the 1919 case Schenck v. United States the United Sates Supreme Court stated that an anti-war activist (Schenck) didn’t have a First Amendment right to advocate for the resistance of the draft, or at the very least not in...
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...Stella Anderson Persuasive Essay Speech Class 11/19/2014 Bullying: Real Harm Deserves Real Consequences During the school year, children go off to school to get an education. Unfortunately for some, getting a good education can feel almost impossible. Imagine a child not wanting to go to school because they are afraid to. Imagine the child’s grades dropping because they cannot concentrate. Most would agree that they would want to do everything they can for their children to be comfortable going to school and feeling safe. The ongoing and growing problem that is causing such disturbance is bullying. Bullying is a social interaction where a more dominant individual, who is the bully, exhibits aggressive behavior that is intended to, and does, in fact, cause distress to a less dominant individual which is the victim. The aggressive behavior can be direct physical contact and/or a verbal attack that can be direct or indirect (Bullying). Bullying includes harassment, intimidation to varying degrees, taunting and ridicule (Ferrell-Smith). About 50% of high school students said they have bullied someone in the past year. Forty seven percent said they had been bullied, teased or taunted in a way that seriously upset them in the past year. Nearly 40% of bullied girls and 46% of bullied boys in grades 3 through 12 have been bullied a year or longer, yet fewer than 50% of bullied students have told a parent (Billitteri). Many students that are being bullied are suffering silently...
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...SPEECH OUTLINE (Persuasive Speech) Title : Euthanasia: To live and let die. Specific purpose : To persuade my audience that euthanasia should be legalized in Malaysia. Central idea : Euthanasia is about giving people the right to choose how they want to live and die, saves money in medical bills, and it also stops the person from having a bad quality of life. INTRODUCTION Attention getter : Imagine yourself being unable to walk, unable to see, and can barely breathe let alone speak. Your life was well lived all those years before. You are now in such unbearable pain that you can’t even cry. You can no longer complete simple tasks on your own and there is no way that you could function without assistance. You think and feel as if your life has no meaning. Although your family is there to support you, you wonder could ending your life be the answer? Well in all reality this isn’t something anyone needs to imagine. This is a real situation for many, many people. These people should be able to make their own choices and have control of their own lives. Thesis What’s life without the quality of life? Now let's take a look and examine 3 reasons why Physician Assistant suicide should be legalized. PAS is about giving people the right to choose how they want to live and die, saves money in medical bills, and it also stops the person from having a bad quality of life. Transition to body of speech : BODY ...
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...Persuasive Speech Ideas These penguins are persuading their friends to take a dip in the cool water... but you can persuade our class on any of the following ideas or come up with one of your own. Remember these are broad topics so make sure you narrow your area and choose your side so that you can properly defend your position. Also I NEVER censor speech topics HOWEVER keep in mind I want the ideas fresh, some topics are very OVER DONE - for example: "smoking is bad for you" - no kidding I think we would all agree with that. "everyone should go to college" - DUH you are preaching to the choir. "std's are bad you should protect yourself" - well there is a new idea. "drinking and driving could kill you or someone you love" - again no one would argue with that logic. So if you are going to pick a topic make sure you approach it in a fresh and exciting way - for example: "Barbie is a good role model" "Smoking Cigarettes are bad for you, so smoke cigars!" 1. same sex marriage 2. adoption 3. heaven and hell (careful to not preach to your audience) 4. abortion (overdone) 5. TV violence 6. gun control (overdone) 7. TV ratings 8. internet 9. profiling 10. Vietnam 11. immigrant laws 12. exercise 13. Ford vehicles 14. cloning 15. breast feeding 16. bilingual education 17. voting 18. red light cameras 19. salary caps for...
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...issues. In the modern world today, there is a vast diversity of global issues which are constantly being dealt with. Moral force protest and physical force protest are utilized in hope of achieving a purpose and proving a point. For both of these acts of protest, there must be a considerable amount of facts and evidence supporting it. Both protests, in any way that it is done, both are in some way seeking for the support of the ‘leaders', most of the time, the ‘leaders' being a public agency or even the government. Moral force protest involves logical and persuasive speeches which are fighting for a cause within the boundaries of laws and regulations. It is doable to legally get enough support for a cause and ultimately win by not ever once using any sort of violence. In some cases, hunger strikes by the protestors or collecting signatures are some of the peaceful strategies that protest take in consideration. Aside from persuasive speeches, and collecting signatures and hunger strikes, the refusal to obey certain laws and the passive resistance, that is, resisting to incoming violence usually from the government, are some other ways to morally protest without any physical violence. Sometimes due to the refusal to abide to certain laws and regulations the protestors may find abusive, the moral force protest supporters might find themselves confronting the law, and in some cases act illegally. In recent years, certain countries that had not previously granted women the right to vote...
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...Persuasive Speech: Euthanasia. The word “Euthanasia” comes from the Greek words meaning “good death.” In practice, it has come to mean the selective killing of those who are old, young and sick. Worldwide, support for the practice appears to be increasing. However, in today’s society, there are deeper and more layers of meaning to euthanasia than before. There are three basic types of euthanasia: Voluntary, non- voluntary and involuntary. Voluntary euthanasia concerns itself with the express wish of a mentally competent person to die through the assistance of others. Voluntary euthanasia can further be divided into two categories: passive voluntary, which is the specifically requested withholding of unwanted medical treatment, and active voluntary which is the deliberate action of killing the patient at that patients informed request. Should dying human beings be made to suffer horribly during their last days in this world before looking forward to a painful and undignified death when they wish it to be otherwise? The answer is no. As such voluntary euthanasia should be legalized for the terminally ill patients. For many people, euthanasia is a preferable option to dependence and unbearable suffering. A study was conducted on patents’ assessment of states worse than death by Robert Pearlman, a physican specializing in geriatric care at the Seattle Veterans Heath Center. In depth interviews were held with 56 suffering from cancer, AIDS, or who had spent time in a coma from...
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...not know you, Brutus. Dear my lord, / Make me acquainted with your cause of grief” (2.1.271-276). In remarking about Brutus’ lack of appetite along with his ability to communicate and rest, Portia proves that her husband experiences mental torment due to his stressful circumstances and convinces him to confide in her at a later time. However, he never does so because the population threatens his life and drives him out of town after the plot unfolds and Antony interferes, which leads to Brutus’ emotional anguish as well. Without the company of her husband and with the fear that Rome will turn against her violently as well for simply her relationship with a conspirator, Portia no longer can cope after Brutus leaves and ends up committing suicide by swallowing coals. As one would expect, this occurrence takes a major toll on Brutus, which he proves when he argues with Cassius furiously,...
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