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- - - - Anecdotal Testimony I have witnessed excessive violence in movies and television shows from a younger age. The majority of those glorify the violence shown, and provides little to no consequences for those being violent. In elementary school, we had to go on lock down because there was a man nearby with a gun that was trying to escape from the police. We had to practice those drills a lot, and I only recently learned that many other countries do not have them because they do not need them.
      - Anecdotal Exception to the Rule I have not witnessed violence like that in real life. I have not seen someone get murdered or beaten up. Yet that may just be due to the small town that I live in. I also know many people that are not violent.
  - - - Anecdotal Testimony I have seen the class divide in our country, especially when I travel to bigger cities. You can see that there are many more people that live in extreme poverty than people who live in extreme wealth.
      - Anecdotal Exception to the Rule I have been to a few places where the wealth gap was less noticeable and where people are coming out of poverty.
- - - - Anecdotal Testimony I have witnesses portion sizes dramatically increasing in my lifetime in the food industry. I have also seen that trend with houses getting progressively larger and larger.
      - Anecdotal Exception to the Rule There are some restaurants that I have been to that have very small portion sizes that have not conformed to the rest of the industry.
  - - - Anecdotal Testimony The majority of the time that I make eye contact with someone, they smile. I have also had someone pay for my order that was in the car in front of me and I never knew who it was.
      - Anecdotal Exception to the Rule I have met some people that if you try to ask them something, they will keep on walking as if they have not heard you. I have found that to be more apparent in big cities.
- - - - Anecdotal Testimony I have watched debates online where the politicians disagree on everything except our need for freedom. Their opinion on what defines freedom usually differs, but I have not seen any expressing a need for us to have a dictator in charge.
      - Anecdotal Exception to the Rule I have heard a person say that they wished we had a monarchy so they did not have to wonder who would be in charge next.
  - - - Anecdotal Testimony Since I started school, I have been taught that America is the greatest country in the world. We learn that we are one of a kind, the only beacon of light the darkness. We are number one in the world for military power and for money spent on medical research.
      - Anecdotal Exception to the Rule I have read some statistics that have shown that America is not number one in everything, although as of 2011, we are number one in total prison population, obesity, divorce, illegal drug use, reported rapes and murders each year, total crimes per year, student loan debt, and national debt.
- - - - Anecdotal Testimony I have played sports for as long as I can remember, and even as children they play viciously. The adults can be worse at times. There have been a few instances when I have been cheering that parents have gotten so mad at a call the referee made that they screamed profanities and stormed out, just because it hurt their child's chance to win.
      - Anecdotal Exception to the Rule When I was younger, my soccer team played without keeping score. We just did our best and had fun with no pressure.
  - - - Anecdotal Testimony I have been in classes that we debate in, and everyone normally tries their best to be politically correct and respectful to others.
      - Anecdotal Exception to the Rule I have seen people on the internet who acted as far from politically correct as possible. They were just purposefully being rude.