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babies should never be for sale so surrogacy should never be allowed. | Surrogacy should be banned | surrogacy should be banned as women are being paid to produce a baby and it is not regulated as stringently as it needs to be. |
bad actors can circumvent economic sanctions, meaning the people who suffer the most would be average, law-abiding citizens. | We should end the use of economic sanctions | economic sanctions usually hurt the poorest in the country and don't have a great effect on the regime leaders. |
bad cuts deeper than good. though social media has good aspects, it is the bad that cuts deeper than the good, therefore, causing more harm than good. | Social media brings more harm than good | social media unites people from all over the world and gives people the opportunity to learn more about people and places all over the planet. |
bad zero-tolerance policy in school | We should adopt a zero-tolerance policy in schools | Zero-tolerance policies have harmful long-term effects. Students who are expelled or suspended are more likely to drop out of high school. |
baiting someone into committing a crime is a waste of time & resources | Entrapment should be legalized | through entrapment, people can be persuaded to commit crimes that may not have done otherwise. |
ban factory farming on the thi tijs | We should ban factory farming | we should ban factory farming because it lead to the abuse of animals |
ban it before anything seriously bad happens with all the new procedures | We should ban cosmetic surgery | cosmetic surgery is harmless, banning a legitimate industry is governmental overstep. |
ban telemarketers so they stop calling at all times of day and bothering us | We should ban telemarketing | banning telemarketing puts an unfair limit on a business's ability to find customers. |
ban the pride parades is a violation of the 1st amendment | We should cancel pride parades | pride parades should be allowed to continue as it allows people to celebrate diversity among human beings. |
bannabis should be legalized as it has been proven to have medical benefits that outweigh any negative effects. it will also remove it from the control of criminals and gangsters | We should legalize cannabis | cannabis is a illegal drug for a reason, it is harmful dangerous drug that alters your mental capacity and should remain illegal. |
banning a religion doesn't work it just makes go underground | We should ban the Church of Scientology | This isn't a real religion, it's an evil organisation that preys on the vulnerable to condition them and take their money, members that do manage to escape are often left with serious psychological issues. |
banning a specific kinds of business violates the principle of the free market. | We should ban private military companies | in the interests of national security only governments should be allowed to have military capabilities so private military companies should be banned. |
Banning algorithmic training would depress the economy by destroying a flourishing market with billions of dollars of investments. | We should ban algorithmic trading | algorithmic trading is not available to everyone, causing an unfair advantage with high economic detriments. |
banning all cosmetic surgery for minors is not the way we need to go. there are too many reasons a minor might need it done, such as injury or deformity. | We should ban cosmetic surgery for minors | we should ban cosmetic surgery for minors because they are too young to decide what they want |
banning all whaling is only justified by making cultural judgements. | We should ban whaling | whaling should be banned because we are hunting the whale population to extinction. |
banning any kind of military takes away firepower from us . | We should ban private military companies | private military companies are wrong and should be banned immediately. they are being paid to create war, not to help prevent it. |
banning child actors is simply impractical; it is better to enforce regulation to protect these actors. | We should ban the use of child actors | we should ban the use of child actors because it forces them to grow up too quick and could damage them when they get older. |
Banning child actors would be denying many very talented young individuals from becoming something great from an early age. | We should ban the use of child actors | the use of child actors should not be banned as youthful actors can take on roles that provide inspiration for young people |
banning child actors would impose serious limitations on the entertainment industry. | We should ban the use of child actors | we should ban the use of child actors because it forces them to grow up too quick and could damage them when they get older. |
banning child actors would limit movies and tv shows. anything with children in the story would be unable to be made. television and movies for children would no longer exist either. | We should ban the use of child actors | the use of child actors should not be banned as youthful actors can take on roles that provide inspiration for young people |
banning cosmetic surgery and obligatory because is harming our health and is not supportive from main western doctors. cosmetic surgery is all about money and nothing else. | We should ban cosmetic surgery | cosmetic surgery is a frivolous waste of resources and should be banned. it takes medical time away from those in need. cosmetic surgery promotes vanity and self absorption. |
banning cosmetic surgery does not make sense. i can be very helpful to a persons psyche especially surgery's that may have been performed on burn or accident victims. | We should ban cosmetic surgery | cosmetic surgery is a frivolous waste of resources and should be banned. it takes medical time away from those in need. cosmetic surgery promotes vanity and self absorption. |
Banning cosmetic surgery for minors doesn't prevent them from every getting surgery, it just makes sure that they still want it when they are adults which is a good risk-balancer. | We should ban cosmetic surgery for minors | we should ban cosmetic surgery for minors because they are too young to decide what they want |
banning cosmetic surgery for minors is inhuman. laying unneeded psychological burden on children that need to undergo surgery, making their struggle much harder. | We should ban cosmetic surgery for minors | we should ban cosmetic surgery for minors because they are too young to decide what they want |
banning cosmetic surgery for minors protects them from potential risks of unnecessary surgery. | We should ban cosmetic surgery for minors | we should ban cosmetic surgery for minors because they are too young to decide what they want |
Banning cosmetic surgery for minors will create an unregulated black market that will be more physically dangerous. | We should ban cosmetic surgery for minors | Allowing minors to access cosmetic surgery would put even more pressure on them to conform to certain unrealistic aesthetic standards. |
banning cosmetic surgery for minors will only aggravate doctor's work load, since they will now have to find creative ways to bypass this ban and preform these needed surgeries. | We should ban cosmetic surgery for minors | Allowing minors to access cosmetic surgery would put even more pressure on them to conform to certain unrealistic aesthetic standards. |
banning cosmetic surgery has many benefits on our health and mandatory to have a happy life. | We should ban cosmetic surgery | cosmetic surgery is a frivolous waste of resources and should be banned. it takes medical time away from those in need. cosmetic surgery promotes vanity and self absorption. |
banning cosmetic surgery is like banning freedom of speech. | We should ban cosmetic surgery | cosmetic surgery is a frivolous waste of resources and should be banned. it takes medical time away from those in need. cosmetic surgery promotes vanity and self absorption. |
banning cosmetic surgery would force people with disfigurements to live that way the rest of their lives which would cause emotional problems. | We should ban cosmetic surgery | cosmetic surgery has too many risks of something going wrong compared to the benefit of looking more aesthetically pleasing. |
banning cosmetic surgery would give people more realistic perceptions of beauty | We should ban cosmetic surgery | cosmetic surgery has too many risks of something going wrong compared to the benefit of looking more aesthetically pleasing. |
banning cosmetic surgery would limit people's experssion. | We should ban cosmetic surgery | cosmetic surgery is a frivolous waste of resources and should be banned. it takes medical time away from those in need. cosmetic surgery promotes vanity and self absorption. |
banning cosmetic surgery would prevent medical mistakes. it would also show people that we are fine the way we were born. we don't all have to have the perfect face and body. | We should ban cosmetic surgery | cosmetic surgery is a frivolous waste of resources and should be banned. it takes medical time away from those in need. cosmetic surgery promotes vanity and self absorption. |
banning cosmetic surgery would prevent people with serious body-image problems from getting help. if someone wants this surgery to feel good about themselves, then it should be their decision. | We should ban cosmetic surgery | cosmetic surgery is a frivolous waste of resources and should be banned. it takes medical time away from those in need. cosmetic surgery promotes vanity and self absorption. |
banning cosmetic surgery would prevent those hurt in an accident or anything similar from getting back any part of their normal previous selves. | We should ban cosmetic surgery | cosmetic surgery is a frivolous waste of resources and should be banned. it takes medical time away from those in need. cosmetic surgery promotes vanity and self absorption. |
banning cosmetic surgery would save lives. | We should ban cosmetic surgery | cosmetic surgery is a frivolous waste of resources and should be banned. it takes medical time away from those in need. cosmetic surgery promotes vanity and self absorption. |
banning cosmetic surgery would save people a lot of money. | We should ban cosmetic surgery | cosmetic surgery has too many risks of something going wrong compared to the benefit of looking more aesthetically pleasing. |
banning cosmetic surgery would send a better message to youth to accept themselves as they are | We should ban cosmetic surgery | cosmetic surgery is a frivolous waste of resources and should be banned. it takes medical time away from those in need. cosmetic surgery promotes vanity and self absorption. |
banning cosmetic surgery would take the pressure off people to look a certain way that media and society dictates. | We should ban cosmetic surgery | cosmetic surgery has too many risks of something going wrong compared to the benefit of looking more aesthetically pleasing. |
banning factory farming would put entire communities at risk because lots of jobs would be lost and there would be less food available meaning the unemployed are more out of pocket. | We should ban factory farming | we should ban factory farming because it lead to the abuse of animals |
banning fast food completely is unrealistic. instead, educate people on using them in moderation | We should ban fast food | fast food provides minimal nutrition and is addictive with no health benefits so should be banned to preserve the health of the population. |
banning fast food could increase the sense of boredom among students, this could potentially result in decreased academic performance | We should ban fast food | fast food provides minimal nutrition and is addictive with no health benefits so should be banned to preserve the health of the population. |
banning fast food is an example of regulations which take away our right to freedom. | We should ban fast food | fast food provides minimal nutrition and is addictive with no health benefits so should be banned to preserve the health of the population. |
banning fast food will encourage people to make better and healthier food choices and strengthen family bonds. families would have to cook and eat together instead of grabbing a quick unhealthy meal. | We should ban fast food | fast food provides minimal nutrition and is addictive with no health benefits so should be banned to preserve the health of the population. |
banning fast food will put a lot of people out of work. | We should ban fast food | fast food should be banned because eating it too much leads to health problems such as obesity and diabetes |
banning fast food will restrict access to affordable meals to marginalized communities. | We should ban fast food | fast food is a lucrative business and it is not right to attempt to take someone's livelihood away from them just because some people eat in an unhealthy way too often. |
banning fast food won't change anyone's diet because unhealthy choices will still be there | We should ban fast food | fast food is inherently unhealthy and is made with low quality ingredients which impacts on peoples health. |
Banning fast food would create job losses for millions of workers. | We should ban fast food | fast food provides minimal nutrition and is addictive with no health benefits so should be banned to preserve the health of the population. |
banning fast food would put a lot of people out of work | We should ban fast food | fast food should be banned because eating it too much leads to health problems such as obesity and diabetes |
banning fats food should be obligatory for all governments as hurting people health. | We should ban fast food | fast food provides minimal nutrition and is addictive with no health benefits so should be banned to preserve the health of the population. |
banning flag burning would violate the first amendment of the constitution | We should prohibit flag burning | we should not prohibit flag burning because freedom of speech is one of the defining rights of the american citizens. |
Banning holocaust denial combats anti-semitism by preventing the spread of anti-semitic mis-truths about Jewish history. | Holocaust denial should be a criminal offence | Holocaust denial propagates negative Jewish stereotypes and encourages Anti-Semitism. It must be stopped. |
Banning holocaust denial gives the government the ability to define what views should and shouldn't be held in society, which is a very oppressive power and a slippery slope. | Holocaust denial should be a criminal offence | Holocaust denial propagates negative Jewish stereotypes and encourages Anti-Semitism. It must be stopped. |
banning homeschooling takes away the right of the parent to choose the education they feel is best for their children. | Homeschooling should be banned | homeschooling should not be banned because in some circumstances for example children living in remote locations it is the only way a child can receive an education |
banning human cloning is essential to stopping people from playing god. | We should ban human cloning | we should ban human cloning because it is against human nature |
Banning is an extreme measure, it should be used only when real harm is done, which isn't the case here. | We should ban telemarketing | banning telemarketing puts an unfair limit on a business's ability to find customers. |
banning it would lead to childless couples not having kids | Surrogacy should be banned | surrogacy should be banned as women are being paid to produce a baby and it is not regulated as stringently as it needs to be. |
Banning missionary work would be to religion what a totally government controlled market would be to an economy. | We should ban missionary work | missionary work should be banned as it can be abused and vulnerable people can be taken advantage of |
Banning missionary work would constitute a religious act by non-religious people and would therefore be hypocritical. | We should ban missionary work | missionary work should be banned as it can be abused and vulnerable people can be taken advantage of |
banning missionary work would keep people out of countries which can carry a danger upon entry | We should ban missionary work | missionary work should be banned as it can be abused and vulnerable people can be taken advantage of |
banning missionary work would leave millions without aid. | We should ban missionary work | missionary work should be banned as it can be abused and vulnerable people can be taken advantage of |
banning missionary work would leave those in need without the help they require to thrive | We should ban missionary work | missionary work should be banned as it can be abused and vulnerable people can be taken advantage of |
banning natuopathy is against people's freedoms. | We should ban naturopathy | we should ban naturopathy since it has no scientific basis and has no medical benefit beyond the placebo effect. |
banning naturopathy as a whole is the wrong move. massage falls under that label and has been proven to be highly effective for many ailments. | We should ban naturopathy | we should ban naturopathy since it has no scientific basis and has no medical benefit beyond the placebo effect. |
banning naturopathy is an affront to some religions and cultures. | We should ban naturopathy | we should ban naturopathy since it has no scientific basis and has no medical benefit beyond the placebo effect. |
banning naturopathy is obligatory to our government because is experimental and there is no quaranties in such a healing or medicine help. | We should ban naturopathy | we should ban naturopathy since it has no scientific basis and has no medical benefit beyond the placebo effect. |
banning naturopathy is the best thing to do since not doing so allows people to believe that natural "necessarily" means "safe". | We should ban naturopathy | we should ban naturopathy since it has no scientific basis and has no medical benefit beyond the placebo effect. |
Banning naturopathy will allow individuals who have been harmed by it to seek compensation. | We should ban naturopathy | we should ban naturopathy since it has no scientific basis and has no medical benefit beyond the placebo effect. |
Banning naturopathy will allow the government to punish the people who profit off of lying to people and actually disincentivize future sale and advertisement. | We should ban naturopathy | we should ban naturopathy since it has no scientific basis and has no medical benefit beyond the placebo effect. |
Banning Naturopathy will not make anyone safer, it will only drive it underground where regulation is impossible and the danger is far more real. | We should ban naturopathy | we should ban naturopathy since it has no scientific basis and has no medical benefit beyond the placebo effect. |
banning naturopathy would help prevent people from experimenting with natural items to cure their health issues without really knowing what the harm could be. just because it's natural, doesn't mean it's safe. | We should ban naturopathy | we should ban naturopathy since it has no scientific basis and has no medical benefit beyond the placebo effect. |
banning naturopathy would prevent people from treating medical conditions naturally, which may be healthier than drugs made in labs. | We should ban naturopathy | we should ban naturopathy since it has no scientific basis and has no medical benefit beyond the placebo effect. |
banning organisations that happen to hold unorthodox views is a complete violation of free speech, and shouldn't be tolerated in a democracy. | We should ban the Church of Scientology | scientology should not be banned as people have the right to worship in whatever religion they wish and in a way they wish to. |
banning payday loans cuts vulnerable people off from one of the only financial avenues available to them. | Payday loans should be banned | payday loans should not be banned because they do help people receive money that they desperately need. |
Banning payday loans would force the government to investigate other, better solutions to temporary financial need. | Payday loans should be banned | payday loans should not be banned because for many people that is the only way they are able to pay their bills on time and keep their homes. |
banning polygamy is an unjustified limit on individuals choice of family structure. | We should legalize polygamy | polygamy often leads to inequality and oppression for women therefore it should be banned. |
banning polygamy is contrary to religious freedom, and thus it must be allowed. | We should legalize polygamy | polygamy often leads to inequality and oppression for women therefore it should be banned. |
banning pride parades is stopping people express themselves | We should cancel pride parades | pride parades should be allowed to continue as it allows people to celebrate diversity among human beings. |
banning private military is essential to gaining peace worldwide. we can not have alt left companies in this. | We should ban private military companies | private military companies are wrong and should be banned immediately. they are being paid to create war, not to help prevent it. |
banning private military takes away from the protection our counrty was founded on. | We should ban private military companies | private military companies are wrong and should be banned immediately. they are being paid to create war, not to help prevent it. |
banning promotional and marketing calls will deprive the customers of the benefits and be a severe hindrance to those who are open to receiving information about various products and services | We should ban telemarketing | banning telemarketing puts an unfair limit on a business's ability to find customers. |
banning prostitution is must for all of us who cares about moral and dignity of women. | We should legalize prostitution | prostitution should be legalized as it provides a service and reduces rape and sex crimes |
banning school prayer violates freedom of religion | We should prohibit school prayer | we should prohibit school prayer because there is supposed to be a separation between church and state and because it's not fair to promote one religion over another. |
banning surrogacy cuts off much needed income for poor women. | Surrogacy should be banned | surrogacy should be banned as women are being paid to produce a baby and it is not regulated as stringently as it needs to be. |
banning surrogacy wll force the practise underground leaving the parties involved without any legal protection should anything go wrong | Surrogacy should be banned | surrogacy should be banned as women are being paid to produce a baby and it is not regulated as stringently as it needs to be. |
banning targeted killing would even the playing field for the target because entire governments against an individual isn’t a fair fight. | We should ban targeted killing | targeted killing can possibly save millions of people if we are targeting those who mean to carry out dangerous plans against the rest of the world. |
banning targeting killing could lead to dangerous individuals getting away. | We should ban targeted killing | we should ban targeted killing because it is unethical and creates more radical opposition |
banning telemarketing has no approval anywhere as customers will not be able to see new products available to buy. | We should ban telemarketing | banning telemarketing puts an unfair limit on a business's ability to find customers. |
banning telemarketing is a good idea because they are annoying. | We should ban telemarketing | banning telemarketing would be a breach of people's right to freedom of speech |
banning telemarketing puts an unfair limit on a business's ability to find customers. | We should ban telemarketing | banning telemarketing puts an unfair limit on a business's ability to find customers. |
Banning telemarketing will create job losses for many people who work in this industry. | We should ban telemarketing | banning telemarketing puts an unfair limit on a business's ability to find customers. |
banning telemarketing will give a chance to other to get some money by advertising. | We should ban telemarketing | banning telemarketing puts an unfair limit on a business's ability to find customers. |
banning telemarketing will open other sources of marketing which could be beneficial for most, not just for tv stations. | We should ban telemarketing | banning telemarketing puts an unfair limit on a business's ability to find customers. |
Banning telemarketing will result in lost jobs for many people. | We should ban telemarketing | banning telemarketing puts an unfair limit on a business's ability to find customers. |
banning telemarketing would be a breach of people's right to freedom of speech | We should ban telemarketing | banning telemarketing puts an unfair limit on a business's ability to find customers. |
banning telemarketing would cause a lot of people to lose their jobs | We should ban telemarketing | banning telemarketing puts an unfair limit on a business's ability to find customers. |
banning telemarketing would destroy many businesses leading to masses of forced redundancies. | We should ban telemarketing | banning telemarketing puts an unfair limit on a business's ability to find customers. |
banning the church of scientology would be good because it is very cult like. | We should ban the Church of Scientology | scientology should not be banned as people have the right to worship in whatever religion they wish and in a way they wish to. |
Banning the church of Scientology is an infringement on the first amendment. It also violates separation of church and state | We should ban the Church of Scientology | scientology should not be banned as people have the right to worship in whatever religion they wish and in a way they wish to. |
banning the church of scientology would not serve to eradicate it, only drive an already secretive organisation further underground where various troubling behaviours would only be exacerbated. | We should ban the Church of Scientology | scientology should not be banned as people have the right to worship in whatever religion they wish and in a way they wish to. |
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