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DC handgun ban | If the 2nd amendment was to protect an individual right it would have clearly expressed it | PRO |
Muhammad cartoons controversy | The cartoons were an exercise in hate, rather than free, speech. | CON |
Muhammad cartoons controversy | Hateful and harmful representations of Muhammad are illegal and should be censored. | CON |
Muhammad cartoons controversy | Because the cartoons were legal, they did not require a government response. | PRO |
Osama Bin Laden Sea Burial | Why give Osama Bin Laden a dignified religious burial? | CON |
Osama Bin Laden Sea Burial | Many Muslims would have preferred to see body, confirm death. | CON |
Osama Bin Laden Sea Burial | Sea burial doubts diminishes blow to terrorists. | CON |
Osama Bin Laden Sea Burial | Americans deserved to see Osama bin Laden's body. | CON |
Osama Bin Laden Sea Burial | Islamic law flexible to special burials such as Bin Laden's. | PRO |
Osama Bin Laden Sea Burial | No alternative to sea burial was available. | PRO |
Osama Bin Laden Sea Burial | Sea burial elegant solution to burying Bin Laden's corpse | PRO |
Osama Bin Laden Sea Burial | No country would accept his body; sea burial appropriate. | PRO |
Michigan and Florida delegates in 2008 US elections | Michigan and Florida knowingly violated the rules and so should be punished | CON |
Dollarization | Dollarization will not help nations with sound economic policies | CON |
Dollarization | Dollarization is a band-aid approach to poor economic policy | CON |
Dollarization | Overnight dollarization is not feasible | CON |
Dollarization | The UK would benefit from dollarization | PRO |
Dollarization | Dollarization can benefit nations suffering from hyperinflation | PRO |
Ending US sanctions on Cuba | Sanctioning Cuba is appropriate punishment for its flouting the UN | CON |
Ending US sanctions on Cuba | United Nations Resolutions condemning sanctions have never passed through the Security Council and therefore lack any authority. | CON |
Ending US sanctions on Cuba | Sanctions against Cuba have not worked at all in their long history. | PRO |
Ending US sanctions on Cuba | Sanctions violate the principle of just war | PRO |
Ending US sanctions on Cuba | Sanctions against Cuba violate United Nations resolutions since 1992. | PRO |
Free trade | Global governance will make governing free trade possible | PRO |
Superdelegates | The US superdelegate system is undemocratic | CON |
Superdelegates | Superdelegates represent old era of closed-door politics. | CON |
Legalization of Marijuana | There is no evidence that marijuana decreases cognitive functions | PRO |
Legalization of Marijuana | Marijuana prohibition is equally impossible as alcohol prohibition | PRO |
Prostitution | Prostitution is an inappropriate solution to poverty | CON |
Prostitution | Many libertarian feminists consider that prostitution reflects the independence and dominance of modern women. | PRO |
Prostitution | State resources should not be wasted fighting prostitution | PRO |
Prostitution | Common prostitution is not a biblical conflict | PRO |
Prostitution | Governments should not set moral standards on prostitution | PRO |
UN Security Council veto | Vietnam supports banning UN security council veto power | PRO |
Abolition of nuclear weapons | It's not possible to abolish nuclear weapons now that the are at large. | CON |
Abolition of nuclear weapons | Nuclear weapons can not just be simply destroyed or dismantled, | CON |
Abolition of nuclear weapons | A nuclear abolition treaty is feasible with worldwide unanimity | PRO |
Abolition of nuclear weapons | Israel could be compelled to sign a nuclear weapons ban | PRO |
Return of Israel to pre-1967 borders | Pre-1967 borders uphold legitimate Palestinian aspirations. | PRO |
Three Gorges Dam | The TGD taps China's underexploited hydroelectric potential | PRO |
Primaries in US elections | Well organized conventions have always been coronation events. | PRO |
Hate crime laws | Hate crime is a major problem, requiring a state response | PRO |
Hate crime laws | Hate crime laws provide special protections like other laws do | PRO |
Assault weapons ban in the United States | The Supreme Court has affirmed the individual right to bear arms. | CON |
Assault weapons ban in the United States | Semi-automatic weapons has not decimated animal populations. | CON |
Assault weapons ban in the United States | There are adequate alternatives to assault weapons for self-defense. | PRO |
Assault weapons ban in the United States | Semi-automatic weapons do not serve a sporting purpose | PRO |
Kosovo independence | Serbia's abuses in Kosovo are exaggerated | CON |
Kosovo independence | Kosovar Albanians have terrorized ethnic Serbs in Kosovo | CON |
Kosovo independence | An independent Kosovo is the least bad option now | PRO |
Kosovo independence | The potential of violence should not deter a principled move to an independent Kosovo | PRO |
Kosovo independence | Kosovo's autonomy within Yugoslavia supports moves to independence | PRO |
Kosovo independence | Serbian abuses invalidate their sovereignty over Kosovo | PRO |
Driftnet ban | By-catch doesn’t need to be a reason to ban driftnets. | CON |
Driftnet ban | The reports of extinction through over-fishing are inconclusive and based on anecdotal evidence. | CON |
Driftnet ban | Driftnet fishing is a form of subsistence living for many. | CON |
Driftnet ban | An effective driftnet ban must go beyond international waters into countries' Exclusive Economic Zones. | PRO |
Ecotourism | Ecotourism is just green-washing for profit | CON |
Corn ethanol | Corn ethanol is inferior to sugar ethanol | CON |
Corn ethanol | Corn feedstock is a beneficial byproduct of corn ethanol production | PRO |
Corn ethanol | Many race cars run on corn ethanol: | PRO |
Boycott of 2008 Olympics in China | Boycotting China will be against the spirit of the Olympics | CON |
Boycott of 2008 Olympics in China | Olympic boycotts have achieved nothing historically | CON |
Boycott of 2008 Olympics in China | China's unwillingness influence Burma's crisis justifies an Olympic Boycott | PRO |
Boycott of 2008 Olympics in China | Boycott Beijing Olympics | PRO |
Fish farming ban | Farmed fish is not healthy | PRO |
Bush economic stimulus plan | A tax rebate is not a sustained, long-term stimulus | CON |
Bush economic stimulus plan | Tax Rate Cuts, Not Tax Rebates, Stimulate the Economy | CON |
700 mile US Mexico border fence | US education and health care are more important than building a border fence | CON |
700 mile US Mexico border fence | Building a border fence is not racism | PRO |
700 mile US Mexico border fence | San Diego is symbol of efficacy of fence | PRO |
700 mile US Mexico border fence | The 700 mile fence is not relatively expensive | PRO |
700 mile US Mexico border fence | Good fences make good neighbors | PRO |
Waterboarding | Torture violates the dignity of the human being | CON |
Waterboarding | Torture violates protections of the vulnerable | CON |
Waterboarding | Waterboarding is a mild interrogation technique | PRO |
Waterboarding | Torture is justified in saving lives. | PRO |
Waterboarding | Torture is justified in the ticking time-bomb scenario | PRO |
Waterboarding | Waterboarding is highly valuable in the war on terror | PRO |
Legalization of drugs | Forbidden fruit concept is nonsense. | CON |
Legalization of drugs | There is no such thing as a safe drug (regulated by the state). | CON |
Legalization of drugs | An immoral drug-trade should be confined to criminal-agents rather than governments. | CON |
Legalization of drugs | Individuals have the right to control their bodies and consume drugs | PRO |
Legalization of drugs | Drug-use does not directly harm others, so it should be legalized | PRO |
Drivers licenses for Illegal immigrants in the US | Offering illegal immigrants driver's licenses would violate the rule of law | CON |
Seattle deep-bore tunnel | Seattle doesn't need a tunnel highway | CON |
Seattle deep-bore tunnel | Environmental groups prefer surface route over tunnel. | CON |
Seattle deep-bore tunnel | Development after removing viaduct will pay for tunnel. | PRO |
Seattle deep-bore tunnel | Clean electric cars will use Seattle's tunnel. | PRO |
Seattle deep-bore tunnel | Tunnel works well with surface-street option. | PRO |
High-speed rail | High-speed rail can't work without subsidies. | CON |
High-speed rail | High speed rail not best way to create local jobs. | CON |
High-speed rail | High-speed trains: costly govt project in search of need | CON |
Mandatory military service | Impossible to mandate morality of state | CON |
Mandatory military service | Government better off running training schemes. | CON |
Mandatory military service | Mandatory military service popular where it exists. | PRO |
No-fly zone over Libya | No-fly zone does not constitute military intervention. | PRO |
Military recruiting in public schools | Military uses sophisticated persuasion techniques on kids. | CON |
Military recruiting in public schools | Recruiters there to persuade, not provide information. | CON |
Military recruiting in public schools | Military recruiting in high schools is not essential. | CON |
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