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randhail said:
Personally, I think you overestimate the effect that medical marijuana would have - if it becomes an acceptable drug to be used, then it would be subject to FDA regulation and would most likely not be grown by average people because they could not comply with the regulations. Additionally, the patient population for which marijuana is a viable option is rather small - not nearly enough to impact the economy in any significant way.
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Damn it. So any suggestions on a new topic?

Thank you for pointing that out. I don't know if it makes a difference, but what about the general argument about the legalization of marijuana? FDA regulations would definitely be mentioned, but it could also open more employment opportunities, right?

I need to get the right sources and stuff, but the stupid stoners all over the world makes the sources unreliable. Damn cannabis forums. *shakes fist angrily*
 
Could you maybe generalise it more? To something like Marijuanas role in society? Or is that too broad?

I dont know how it works in the US, but we have classifications for drugs, maybe you could write about getting it reclassed. :shrug:
 
youtooellen said:
Here's the actual rubric/lectured information: it's supposed to be an opinionated paper while containing all of the arguments in the text.

- Identify main points of Hume's argument. What are the four arguments that Philo makes to Cleanthes?
- Do you agree with Humes (ex. intelligent design)?

So far I'm thinking that the four arguments are all amongst empiricism (?): "intelligent design"-- the world as a "perfect machine", fideism, the problem of evil, and maybe the ontological idea. I don't even actually know. Haha.

Now that I think about it.... I guess I'm struggling with this. :slant:

By the way, thank you for your help! :)
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I don't know why I said four arguments, it's quite markedly three :lol: All three arguments do argue the same, very basic message, but only Cleanthes argues empiricism. Both Demea and Philo (Philo considerably better) state that God's nature is beyond human comprehension, and we can therefore never know this nature through the medium of reason. Cleanthes contradicts this view, and states that reason is the only way in which you'll know it.
Cleanthes bases his belief on empirical theism on intelligent design, and Philo is used as the sceptic to raise Humes own objections to the argument from design. When he gets down to Gods moral attributes in the last bit (if I remember rightly... it might be before the end) he cites evil in nature as evidence against God being 'infinitely' anything.

When discussing opinions, I'd go for the intelligent design argument if I were you because it's the most obvious thing to focus on - there's a lot of material there for you to use. Philo's argument for fideism is probably the best argument in the text - but it's used more as a conclusion as an arguing point, so you couldn't express a contradictory argument (... I don't think, unless you want to free style without referencing the text :lol: )

Not too sure whether this actually helped at all, but if you have any more questions on this I'll have a bash at answering them :D
 
^ thank you so much!!

your help really made a difference in my paper. it helped me figure out a thesis statement and everything. :up: i owe ya one. :wink:

turned that paper in at 11am this morning and tonight i have to write my english argumentation paper... about marijuana. i'm seriously debating if i should change my topic, but i don't know what to do it on.

not to mention that i have 16 hours left to brainstorm and write it... :lol:
 
^ EDIT.....

I changed my topic to euthanasia and its pros and cons. It's such a typical argumentative paper, but seeing that my paper is officially due in... 12 hours... I guess I have no other choice. I must say that euthanasia has a stronger debate in comparison to marijuana. I have to tie Thomas Jefferson in with my paper and his belief in freedom. Yeah. I write in this thread often, but I guess it's because I lack the academic support in my life. :wink:
 
youtooellen said:
^ thank you so much!!

your help really made a difference in my paper. it helped me figure out a thesis statement and everything. :up: i owe ya one. :wink:
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:lol: I'm sure you're exaggerating and knew it all anyway!

I'd so rather write a paper on euthanasia than marijuana use me thinks, it's a bit more black and white.
 
P.s. If someone in here's fluent in/pretty good at French I could probably do with some help on my next assignment. Yes, I've had to resort to begging in my blog for help in the past :lol:
 
Do any doctors or med students have any advice for learning anatomy?

I'm trying to nail vertebrate anatomy at the moment but I get flummoxed with recalling all the elements, I am willing to try flash cards, software etc.
 
A model is a good idea, I agree. That way you can do a self test and label the parts as you attempt to memorize them. That's what my professor recommended I do when I had Biology and it worked really well.
 
Hey all! Good news!

... I have another math exam on Thursday. :hyper:

I don't even know what the fuck we're studying right now. :) :up:
 
So I am acing my English Comp class.

I am sooo proud of myself. : pats self on back: Considering I haven't done this well in anything since my junior year of high school, I'm entitled to a little bit of pride. :lol:
 
^ :hmm:

... they're serious grade-related. i think the courses are set up as a yearlong class crammed into one semester. so 12 months worth of a class being taken in the span of 5 months? i dunno. all of the exams are pretty vital to my grades because our grades are determined ONLY by: attendance (sadly enough), exams, and participation. homework and all of that isn't mandatory.

it's a bummer though. i received my euthanasia paper, previously marijuana paper, and my professor said i did a good job. he gave us a revision day this morning and so i handed it in again. :up:

as for my college algebra exam, i bullshit some excuse to my professor via email and said that my parents would be outta town so i gotta work... and now i can make up the exam on tuesday or anytime following. :happy:
it's fucking great, i feel soooo relieved. :)

how is everyone else doing here? hopefully everyone is doing wonderfully with school and the like. :wave:
 
^I had a mentalbreakdown yesterday night. There's a lot of shit going on recently. I already failed an exam this semester and when I heard that my uncle is diagnosed with cancer (again) and a cerebral tumor, I was like ok, think about that later, the exam comes first. But yesterday night my head started to hurt like hell and I had an awful noise in my ear. I felt like everything I do leads to nothing. -- I went to see a doctor this morning cause I have an exam tomorrow and I really can't show up there. :depressed: :depressed: :depressed:
I hope you're doing better folks!
 
^I'm sorry to hear that. If the sound in your ear doesn't go away after three, four days, go see your doctor. I've developed a tinnitus myself in the summer of 2006 due to mental stress. It's not to be underestimated.

Hope your uncle's cancer turns out to be treatable.

:hug:
 
Thanks VV! :hug:
I sometimes have that sound in my ear for a fews days in a row and then it goes away. But it always comes back when I'm in a stress situation. And then I can't sleep at night though I'm totally overtired. The doc. said I'm unable to work till tuesday, but I know it's coming back anyway. That scares me to death. What did you do then?
My uncle's cancer isn't treatable...now the lung cancer he had last year spread all over his body...but that's beside the point here.
 
I went to a specialist and got some cortisone pills which didn't help. Then I received six infusions of the same additional to the pills and he said it either goes away or there is nothing he could do that's known to help. It didn't go away so I didn't have a totally quiet moment for almost two years now.
Only good thing is that I only hear it when it's really quiet. Any light noise is enough so I won't be bothered. But it's still a pain.

At least you don't have it permanent.
I'm really sorry for your uncle. Cancer is such a fucking bitch.
 
Oh shit that sucks!!!:huh:
I got some pills so that I can calm down. But I'm not sure if that helps. I just hope that it does not happen again...I still have to take 4 exams. :|
 
Oh, good luck and I hope you can take them. If you need help you know where you find me. ;)
 
^ hope things get better for you. :hug:

my current rough patch is physical geography. i keep getting all of the wind and effects confused. hurricanes, cyclones, storms, etc.. yeah. i'm still reading up on it but i recall some environmental science smarties here... so i'll leave it as that. haha, when i get more time to work on my stuff, i'll elaborate. :|
 
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