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TOPIC: ISSUE147 - "Tradition and modernization are incompatible. One must choose between them."

With the speeding development of the society, the new word "modernization "comes out. It means that full-developed technology, high well-fare and so on, while the past of old thinking, old fashions were concluded as tradition. Many people believe that these two parts cannot mediate because of the issue of time. But I hold the view that they are not mutually exclusive. Modernization has benefited us a lot as well as the tradition which we should protect.

First, modernization brings us to an era of technology. High-tech are used everywhere, covering even tiny aspects of our daily life. Refrigerators storing the food, air-conditioners cooling us down, cars transporting us ,Televisions amusing us, all the above convenient our life. Besides, the instant communicating facilities such as the mobile phone, MSN, QQ shorten the distance between us and hence strengthen our relationship. All seems wonderful unless we are not enforced to do so and be the slaveries of machines.  Admittedly, modernization raises our efficiency, improving the welfare of life, especially increasing the speed of globalization and democracy. But we lose much freedom to the life style we are looking for and even become indifferent towards both ourselves and our environments. We have to concern about the harming effect that we have made on the environments. As to the refrigerators, which released the Freon, destroy the gas layer and lead to extreme weathers over the world. That is the after-math of high-technology we have to confronted with.

On the contrary, history always contains a feeling of humanity. It contains the culture of countries where you live and various values. Tradition brings us back to precious memories where we can share with others. For example, the Chinese Forbidden City, testimony of long history of renewal of dynasties, shows the flourishing of China and warms every authority to draw lessons from the history. Besides, old traditions are related to religions, economic environments at that time so that it will give us a comprehensive view of the life of our ancestors which is so different with ours. All these reflect the core of our culture and our ancestors’ wisdom which deserved to be passing down from generation to generation. As to the core of culture, I think of the kind of moral things which can support my views. With the inventing of cloning, people start to doubt about the effect of high technology. Law is thus enacted to prohibit it. The traditional moral system makes our society stable in an organized way based on the theory of evolution which concerns the deadline of our society. Ancestors pass it down to help humanity develop in a natural way rather than malformed or full of guilty.

But on the aspects of arts or architectures, these two things seem to mediate and desired, for the high -technology can be used to protect our precious tradition. Many famous pieces of artists need protecting through the biological or chemical ways as well as our old buildings. Without devoting to them, manifest giant works would be destroyed in a natural or artificial way. The protecting of old relic calls for technology, as to the tradition calls for the modernization.

TOPIC: ARGUMENT38 - The following memo appeared in the newsletter of the West Meria Public Health Council.
"An innovative treatment has come to our attention that promises to significantly reduce absenteeism in our schools and workplaces. A study reports that in nearby East Meria, where fish consumption is very high, people visit the doctor only once or twice per year for the treatment of colds. Clearly, eating a substantial amount of fish can prevent colds. Since colds are the reason most frequently given for absences from school and work, we recommend the daily use of Ichthaid, a nutritional supplement derived from fish oil, as a good way to prevent colds and lower absenteeism."

The memo finds that in the nearby EM, people have less cold because of eating fishes. He offers two evidences: first, EM has high fish consumption; second, people there visit the doctor once or twice a year. So he concludes that in order to minimize the absence from school and work caused by colds, people in WM should follow the successful way of EM and use Ichthaid which derives from fish oil. I find this argument inconvincible on several aspects.

Firstly, the memo fails to provide evidence to show that people in EM are healthy and like to eat fish. It falsely equaled the time of visiting doctors with the time they are treating colds. It is extremely possible that people just meet their healthy consultancies to get some tips without having colds. Or those patients getting colds don't go to hospitals because of the high price.  Besides, the evidence of high fish consumption fails to convince us that residents there prefer to eat fish .Maybe there is only one market in the nearby areas to buy fish so people from other town have to swarm into EM. It has the possibility that people buy fish not to eat but to produce more cans and sell to other markets, earning profits.

Secondly, given that people in EM have little cold and high consumption of fish, it doesn't necessarily mean that these two things have any casual relationship. Residents there maybe do much exercise everyday or eating balance diet instead of eating only fish everyday to make their body strong.

Even if eating fish leads to less-possibility of having colds, it doesn't mean that Ichthaid derived from fish plays an important role in preventing colds. Without further information of the comprehensive function of Ichthaid, I cannot believe that having the nutrition can put the same effect on people as effectively as fish.

Then, even assuming that Ichthaid really can deduce the risk of getting colds, it doesn't predict that the condition of absenteeism will be hence reduced as the result. It lacks evidence that colds results in the absence from school and work. It is quite possible that crowded transportation system, high working pressures or low salaries reduce people's enthusiasm on working.

Finally, without supportable information of the similarities and differences between EM and WM, I can not believe the memo's suggestion that WM should follow the way that EM takes.  It is likely that residents in WM are not satisfied with fish-eating. Or residents are so healthy that no further supplement are needed.

All in all, the argument lacks to offer tenable evident to support its views. To persuade me, more details are required: first, the health condition and life-style of residents in EM should be investigated; besides, the positive and negative functions of Ichthaid are needed. Thirdly, the differences

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