{"id":1031,"date":"2011-02-24T23:59:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T07:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2011-02-24T23:59:11","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T07:59:11","slug":"class-notes-and-assignments-the-pacifism-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/class-notes\/class-notes-and-assignments-the-pacifism-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Class notes and assignments &#8212; the pacifism debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Scholars,<\/p>\n<p>In our class Thursday (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiziq.com\/online-class\/473067-advanced-writing-and-college-prep-english-feb-17-2011\">view the recording<\/a>.  LaRA, Angela and Amanda\/Dorothy joined us online. Apologies to you  online folk &#8212; the screen sharing never seems to be properly  synchronized):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We had many excellent papers and covered most of them.<\/li>\n<li>We also discussed and defined some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sadlier-oxford.com\/vocabulary\/iwords.cfm?sp=student&amp;level=E\">vocabulary from the Sadlier Oxford site<\/a>. Please keep expanding your vocabulary journals.<\/li>\n<li>We engaged in a spirited debate on the subject of music downloading and piracy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We decided that Micah would choose a debate topic for next week. He has chosen a very interesting and provocative topic: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aos.abacus-es.com\/mod\/forum\/discuss.php?d=895#p1773\">the value of pacifism<\/a>. Let&#8217;s do a little research on the issue and post thoughts. Persuasive essays on this subject are welcome. Please post.<\/p>\n<p>Arguments from the page Micah provided:<\/p>\n<p>Proposition: Is the rejection of all violence a valid principle by which to live?<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"4\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"arguments\">\n<td class=\"arguments\" width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"arguments\" width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"point12\" width=\"50%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"point12\" width=\"50%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"point12\" width=\"50%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"point12\" width=\"50%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"point12\" width=\"50%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"point12\" width=\"50%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"point12\" width=\"50%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"point12\" width=\"50%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"point12\" width=\"50%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"point12\" width=\"50%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Scholars, In our class Thursday (view the recording. LaRA, Angela and Amanda\/Dorothy joined us online. Apologies to you online folk &#8212; the screen sharing never seems to be properly synchronized): We had many excellent papers and covered most of them. We also discussed and defined some vocabulary from the Sadlier Oxford site. 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