Opinion
Con: Raising driving age to 18 prevents freedom
By raising the driving age to 18, teens would lose valuable freedoms and create problems for their parents. At a time when teens are delving into new interests, taking away their transportation is a huge problem.
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The High Horse: Free speech does not include hate speech
While freedom of speech is one of the most important pillars of our society, it can often be used as an excuse to spread hate speech and harmful propaganda.
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WWSI: New Voices protects student press rights
To protect student journalists’ right to free speech, the Student Press Law Center created the New Voices legislation. Currently, 17 states have passed this legislation, ensuring students are protected under the law to publish without fear of censorship from their administration.
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Professional dance companies set unrealistic standards
By upholding extreme body standards, professional dance culture can promote issues with body image both in the professional and recreational dance world. Young dancers often compare themselves to what has long been considered the “ideal” ballet body, which can lead to them practicing unhealthy habits.
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Con: Faux holiday harms environment, threatens limbs
Despite its massive popularity, Black Friday causes nothing but harm to everyone except the uber wealthy. The “holiday” is a meaningless, wasteful front put on to raise money for corporations.
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Con: Movie adaptations never live up to wonder of books
By leaving out plot points, characters and inner thoughts, movie adaptations miss out on the nuance of reading a book. Due to their shortened time frame, it becomes impossible for movies to include everything that happens in the book in a two hour window.
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Pro: Movies provide other views, offer insight
With a chance to witness a book through someone else’s vision and interpretation, movie adaptations are often a vessel to reveal deeper insights within a book or to project new inside jokes on. Either way, book to movie adaptations are a necessary addition to the literary world.
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Modern music has adopted a dull, monotonous feel
With music being an idle pastime that almost everyone can enjoy, many have come to notice that modern music is almost painfully repetitive. The repetition in modern pop, the leading genre in the world, allows labels and producers to sell something they know will succeed, but makes new music stale and boring.
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