Assignment 3 Idea

One possibility for the major argument of Assignment 3 could be sports and how it acts similarly to religion.  In many case, people are more serious about their sports teams than they are about religion.  If a survey were conducted, one might even find that more people follow sports than the number of people that follow a religion.  Sports, similarly to religion, can bring people together or tear people apart.  It can act as a common ground for a conversation or cause tension between two opposing fans.  Religion has been known to cause wars, rivalries in sports have been known to cause death in extreme cases.  When you meet a fellow sports fan in general, you can instantly bond with them.  You can discuss stats, strategy, who you think will win the championship.  In religion, when you meet someone of the same faith, you instantly feel a bond with them.
Another cultural artifact I could discuss is technology.  Technology bridges any distance and makes life convenient.  It is a useful tool that makes everyday life easier and easier with each passing day.  However, technology can also cause aggression and hatred.  It can give spawn to negativity and things that weren't acceptable decades ago.  It makes file sharing and SPAMing readily available.  It has good, but it also has bad.

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  There is no "I" in team.  As cliche as that saying is, it is a timeless truth.  No matter what the situation is, one person can not carry the entire team alone.  A football team must work together to get the ball into the end zone in an effort known as "team work."  The key word here is team.  Without a team, team work is impossible.  Collaboration, very similarly to team work, can only be achieved through the cooperation of the others involved in a project.
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and without the other pieces, the parts can sometimes be completely worthless.  A computer monitor will not function without the proper wiring to a working computer.  A quarter back can't throw a touch down pass if his receivers can't catch the ball.  A building will not be built if there are laborers but no engineer or vice versa.