Pendulum Swings

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Pendulum Swings

It is no accident that life seems to revolve in circles. Everyday events tend to swing to extremes before they find a middle ground. First of all, when public safety is involved, policies tend to be drawn up that initially sway too far to the left or right. Secondly, trends in fashion and beauty are interesting to watch for the cycles they seem to follow. Finally, economic cycles consistently follow a boom or bust trend of extremes. Therefore, to find the most effective position to operate from, the limits of topics must be discovered and examined.

After the dreadful events pertaining to SARS and 9/11, legal and air travel policies became very strict. This was due to an extreme response to panic and the fact that the government didn’t want to appear to make a mistake in the public eye. Therefore, many new policies have been established, such as the open baggage policy, shoes off policy and temperature checking. Initially, the government went to extremes, but with time they rethought which policies they wanted to keep stringent and which they could relax. They wanted to make the policies stricter in preparation for future incidents. In some countries, like Australia and Canada, new routines have been introduced. For example, following 9/11 sniffer dogs have been brought to work at most major airports as a precautionary measure. The pendulum has certainly swung to extremes, but in finding its middle ground societal advancements have been made.

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There are big extremes in both beauty and fashion, but they eventually reach a middle ground. Marilyn Monroe was once the essence of beauty in the early 1960s. She weighted 140 pounds, in her time, which was considered ideal then but is thought to be overweight now. Kate Moss, who weighs 105 pounds, is today’s icon of beauty. This example clearly illustrates the two extremes between 1960 and 2007. Many teenagers are following the keep fit trend because most of the models nowadays are size zero, and they believe that size zero is beautiful. However, things are starting to ...

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