India’s Sacred Cow by Marvin Harris The cultural practices of other people often seem strange‚ irrational‚ and even inexplicable to outsiders. In fact‚ the members of the culture in question may be unable to give a rationally satisfying explanation of why they behave as they do: they may say that "the gods wish it so‚" or that "it is always done that way." Yet a fundamental assumption of social science is that no matter how peculiar or even bizarre human cultures may appear‚ they can be understood
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writing a conclusion. After reading your article on ‘‘I see a killer die’’‚ in the first place I strongly disagree with The Execution of Robert Harris which was described in detail in your article. Why should the government kill the killer? This makes them a murderer as well. Even the prisoners with him are using words such as ‘‘this beast’’ to describe Robert Harris‚ but it is wrong to punish his crimes by taking his life away. This shows that they are equally as bad as the murderer. Why did they not
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Dangerous camping with cows By Jack Edmunds Cows are scary at night. I found this out once on a Boy Scout camping trip. Camping trips with the Boy Scouts can be great fun if you can come up with things to do during the dull moments between planned activities and sleep. This was never a problem for me and my peers being the criminal mastermind that I was back then. I never had any trouble thinking of stupid ideas to get us all in trouble. On this occasion since we were camping on a farm after
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18 India’s sacred cow MARVIN HARRIS Other people’s religious practices and beliefs may often appear to be wasteful. They seem to involve a large expenditure of scarce resources on ritual; they contain taboos that restrict the use of apparently useful materials. Their existence seems irrational in the face of ecological needs. One example that many cite in support of this viewpoifJt is the religious proscription on the slaughter of cattle in India. How can people permit millions of cattle to
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Every year many people die from the cow flupidemic yet very little action is taken. One method that may save lives is the use of inoculations. However‚ the use of inoculations costs the state much more and also has a risk of death. The negative factors outweigh the small benefit of using inoculations. Moreover‚ the cow flu is present in rural areas where individuals are more susceptible. In these areas the local health care clinic should become proactive and educate individuals in those environments
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Touching” by William Harris‚ is a mind blowing article that shows how every day of people’s lives they get germs from all the things they touch and how it can affect them. The article titled‚ “ ‘Harmless’ Things You Should Really Wash Your Hands After Touching” by William Harris‚ is a mind blowing article that shows how every day of people’s lives they get germs from all the things they touch and how it can affect them. According to the author of this article‚ William Harris‚ he claims that when
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Times I want to reveal/ what means the most to me/ if our eyes met today/ I doubt I could look away‚ explain how things went wrong we know what went right/ in a sense‚it was tight/ now those days are gone/ no words‚only silence/ waiting on things to come/ meanwhile we hope/ and I know someone heard that/ But I pray it wont get us in trouble/ I followed my heart/ Its led me to you/ admit there’s been a few/ I would call it 2/ Y look back at what Ive been through/ I feel like I grew/ closer to you
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BU 230 A Purple Cow A “Purple Cow” for a person‚ company‚ or product is someone or something that no one has seen before. Also‚ it can be the thoughts or uniqueness of that person‚ company or product. A “Purple Cow” is a remarkable idea or product that is worth talking about‚ or paying attention to. Boring products and ideas become invisible to the market. Example of a “Purple Cow” is the ipad‚ Steve Jobs for conducting and bringing the ipad and iphones to life‚ also the company itself
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Cattle (colloquially cows) are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae‚ are the most widespread species of the genus Bos‚ and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius. Cattle are raised as livestock for meat (beef and veal)‚ as dairy animals for milk and other dairy products‚ and as draft animals (oxen or bullocks) (pulling carts‚ plows and the like). Other products include leather and dung for manure or
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The story “The Cow of the Barricades” gives a picture of India’s struggle for independence under the inspiring leadership of M.K. Gandhi. In the story‚ the Master is not other than the Mahatma. Gauri-death symbolizes the enduring source of energy that lies in purity‚ peace‚ goodness and unselfishness. The people of Suryanarayana Street paid high respect to Gauri who used to visit the Street in the interval of seven days‚ on Tuesday. Her arrival gave a kind of awareness to the people who were very
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