Dangerous Activities Are Foolish
T here are a lot of activities in the world which are both exciting and safe. Taking part in these could well give lots of thrills for those among us who are more adventurous. Such activities include mountain climbing, water skiing, sky diving and so on. Though these activities do present some dangers, there are several safety precautions which have made th…
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Purposes of Education
W hen education first began. learning to read and write and appreciate history, music and all the beautiful subjects we study today, must have been furthest from man's mind. All that our ancestors probably wanted to do was pass on what they know to their juniors; so that the juniors need not learn from hard _ and often painful _ experience. History reve…
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Sports
S ome time of this evolution, man came upon an idea that other than hunting and fighting with other men for territorial rights, there were other ways in which he could show his prowess in arms and physical fitness, without killing and maiming. Perhaps early man organized little games to see who could hunt the most, or who could throw the spear the furthest …
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Water
T he element of water is essential to life. Without it, life as we know it will just cease to be. It is present everywhere; and is responsible for much that is going on in this beautiful world. Two third of the earth's surface is water. The entire earth and all the life forms depend on water for their lives. The main sources of water are the oceans. In …
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PUNISHMENT
A t some time in history, man discovered a way to keep non-conformists in line: punishment. Anyone caught not keeping the rules of the tribe was punished. Right and wrong was the tribe or the leader saw it. Hence there was not always justice in the meting out of the punishments. Punishments were often meted out on whims and fancies and for reasons that the …
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CRIME
There is a small percentage of the human race who do not want to follow the laws set by the majority of them. Whereas the majority set laws about ownership of property, the sacredness of life and so on, the minority wants to break these laws to serve their own interests. The major breaches of the law that they commit, we all crimes. In ancient times, a si…
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SHOULD CHILDREN OBEY THEIR PARENTS?
This is one of the oldest adages in every culture. Religious and other ancient texts mention that children owe a great debt to their parents. Philosophers---Western and Eastern---have written volumes that children should always obey their parents. It is perfectly clear that children owe some obedience to their parents, at least when they, the children, are …
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CARING FOR A SICK PERSON AT HOME
Almost all of us believe that a sick person is best left in a hospital in the care of health care professionals rather than at home. This may be true only for persons whose illness requires constant medical care. In case where an illness is prolonged, it may be neither practical nor even possible to leave a patient in a hospital. Firstly, because of a shor…
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HUSBAND AND WIFE ARE EQUALS
By definition, a family consists of at least a husband and wife. If is they who from the basic requirements; all other additional members come later. Nature has fitted men and women differently; each is not complete without the other. Hence it makes good sense to accept that they are equal partners. In their traditional roles, the husband went out to hunt--…
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WOMEN -- Mothers AND WIVES
It is true that biologically women have been equipped to be mothers and wives. Try as men might, it would be impossible to even conceive of men carrying out these roles. Such being the case, it is true that women should be mothers and wives; in fact they have to be. However the issue here is, is that all they should be? It is sad but true, but the stand tak…
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MAN HAS NO RIGHT TO HOLD SO MUCH POWER OVER ANIMALS
Viewing purely from the point of view of the theory of evolution, we see that man is a successful species. Even though he is in the habit of exterminating huge numbers of his own kind, man has survived and done very well for himself, in comparison to other animals. One reason he is so successful is that he has managed to bring a lot of nature under his cont…
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