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6 Pros and Cons of Overfishing
Overfishing refers to the over-exploitation of the world’s oceans. Because of it, large amounts of fish and seafood are caught at a rate that’s too fast for these marine animals to reproduce and replace themselves. This, in turn, contributes to the rapid reduction the population of aquatic species around the world. Overfishing has been around […]
6 Pros and Cons of Organic Food
Organic food refers to fruits, vegetables, meat, and other foodstuff that are grown, raised, and processed through organic farming. Organic produce don’t have any bio-engineered modifications, which means that their DNA isn’t altered and they grow through natural processes. They’re also grown without any synthetic pesticides as well as fertilizers that are based on petroleum […]
6 Pros and Cons of Organ Donation
Organ donation is the process of donating one of your organs or tissue to a person who needs it. This can be divided into two types: living (in which you make a donation while you’re still alive) or deceased (in which your organs are donated to other people when you pass away). There are several […]
8 Pros and Cons of Open Source Software
In 1998, a new software development came to be. This is the Open Source Software (OSS) or “free software”. Although this is not literally for free, a program that is open-source has its source course available for other users to use, modify, code and then distribute their own versions to other users. Moreover, virtually anyone […]
6 Pros and Cons of Open Campus Lunch
When a high school has an open campus lunch policy, it basically allows students to leave the school during lunchtime as well as any other free periods they may have. This used to be widespread in the past decades although it has become less common in the recent years, with more and more schools deciding […]
8 Pros and Cons of NAFTA
A clean-energy environmental deal was signed recently by NAFTA member countries on a bid to lower carbon emissions and address climate change, an indication that these countries can take clean energy seriously. On the other hand, federal statistics reported recently that 1/3 of manufacturing jobs in South Carolina had been lost since the United States […]
People With Trust Issues
There is no question that trusting people can be difficult. Almost all of us experience certain difficulties in trusting people at one time or another. Furthermore, almost all of us can imagine scenarios in which trusting certain types of people (for example, many of us have a hard time trusting a lawyer). None of these […]
6 Pros and Cons of Music Censorship
Music censorship is the act of altering the lyrics of songs and even refusing to play certain songs over the airwaves because of moral, religious, political, and legal reasons. It can also include the act of banning offensive music videos and restricting artists from performing songs that are considered to be rude or distasteful. Music […]
6 Pros and Cons of Mountaintop Removal
Mountaintop removal refers to a type of mining that removes the summit of a mountain by using explosives to expose the coal seams underneath it, making it vastly different from the traditional mining practice of manually digging a tunnel through mountains. Mountaintop removal (which is also called MTR and mountaintop mining) requires millions of pounds […]
7 Pros and Cons of Military Spending
Military spending, which is also known as military budget, military expenditure, and defense budget, refers to the amount of money that a government or any other entity sets aside for building and maintaining armed forces. It’s determined by several factors, including the total amount of funds that a country can afford to spend in a […]