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Military recruiting in public schools | Non-military recruiters lack similar resources for recruiting. | CON |
Military recruiting in public schools | The military actively strives for honesty among recruiters | PRO |
Military recruiting in public schools | The military has a compelling story to tell to youth. | PRO |
Military recruiting in public schools | Military recruiters are the nation's first line of defense | PRO |
Bullfighting | Unfair fight; bull is severely injured before matador | CON |
Bullfighting | Not a fair fight: gang of armed men against one bull. | CON |
Bullfighting | Bullfighting is not that big of a tourist draw. | CON |
Bullfighting | Majority on bullfighting shouldn't dictate end of tradition | PRO |
Was the War in Iraq worth it? | War in Iraq was not mainly against terrorists. | CON |
Was the War in Iraq worth it? | Number of US troops lost in Iraq is relatively small | PRO |
Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies | Appropriate that oil more heavily subsidized than renewables. | CON |
Castration of sex offenders | Castrating sex offenders violates right to deny treatment. | CON |
Castration of sex offenders | Innocent shouldn't face choice of more prison vs. castration. | CON |
Castration of sex offenders | Castration is better solution than temporary prison | PRO |
Castration of sex offenders | Sex predators are monsters who forgo most rights. | PRO |
Castration of sex offenders | Sexual assault is one of worst kinds; castration appropriate. | PRO |
Castration of sex offenders | Castration is about helping, not hating/hurting offender. | PRO |
Palestinian right of return | Palestinians never citizens of Israel, no right to return. | CON |
Palestinian right of return | Right of return based on claim of unprovoked victimhood. | CON |
Palestinian right of return | No formal international legal right of return for Palestinians | CON |
Palestinian right of return | Denationalization of Palestinians illegal; have right of return. | PRO |
Palestinian right of return | Israel has consistently dehumanized Palestinians and their rights. | PRO |
Palestinian right of return | Unjust for Jews to be able to emigrate, but not Palestinians return. | PRO |
Palestinian right of return | Plenty of room in Israel for Palestinians to return | PRO |
Compulsory voting | There are many reasons for not participating in elections. | CON |
Compulsory voting | Money spent on mandatory voting is better spent elsewhere. | CON |
Compulsory voting | Compulsory voting won't necessarily make sure the better and capable government comes into power. | CON |
Compulsory voting | Voting is more of a duty than a right. | PRO |
Compulsory voting | Voters could be given option to vote none of the above. | PRO |
Puerto Rico statehood in America | Puerto Ricans have rejected statehood many times now. | CON |
Puerto Rico statehood in America | Puerto Ricans deserve full political rights and citizenship. | PRO |
Puerto Rico statehood in America | Puerto Ricans have earned statehood through support of US. | PRO |
Puerto Rico statehood in America | Puerto Rico as colony is unacceptable. | PRO |
Puerto Rico statehood in America | Puerto Rico has waited for too long for full citizenship. | PRO |
DREAM Act | DREAM Act unsupported without comprehensive reform. | CON |
DREAM Act | Young illegal immigrants are US asset needing development | PRO |
DREAM Act | University leaders almost universally support DREAM Act. | PRO |
Joint JD/MBA degree | Law schools offer classes in business; don't need joint degree. | CON |
Joint JD/MBA degree | JD/MBA is well suited for a number of specialized fields. | PRO |
Joint JD/MBA degree | JD/MBA is great for mergers and acquisitions. | PRO |
Joint JD/MBA degree | Deeper knowledge of JD/MBA is always valuable. | PRO |
New START Treaty | US should not sign New START to bribe Russia on Iran. | CON |
New START Treaty | New START is not adequately verifiable. | CON |
New START Treaty | New START is important to medical health. | PRO |
Airport security profiling | Terrorists don't fit a neat profile | CON |
Airport security profiling | Profiling works well for Israel, can work well elsewhere | PRO |
Airport security profiling | Most people accept profiling as necessary for security. | PRO |
Airport security profiling | Profiling will help avoid invasive scanners and pat-downs. | PRO |
Underground nuclear waste storage | Nuclear energy requires harmful mining/milling of uranium. | CON |
Underground nuclear waste storage | Underground storage will never overcome societal fears. | CON |
Underground nuclear waste storage | Nuclear-intensive France does not use underground storage. | CON |
Underground nuclear waste storage | Scientific consensus supports nuclear waste underground storage | PRO |
Underground nuclear waste storage | Underground nuclear waste storage is safest option | PRO |
Underground nuclear waste storage | Underground nuclear waste storage far superior than status quo | PRO |
Funding transparency for TV issue ads in elections | Opponents of anonymous campaign ads are just clinging to power | CON |
Funding transparency for TV issue ads in elections | General statements against disclosing TV issue ad funding | CON |
Funding transparency for TV issue ads in elections | Anonymity is essential to free speech in modern democracy | CON |
Funding transparency for TV issue ads in elections | Anonymous funding of TV ads runs against principles of free speech | PRO |
Funding transparency for TV issue ads in elections | If you're going to attack a candidate, reveal your identity | PRO |
Funding transparency for TV issue ads in elections | Attack ads are a part of politics, but sources must be known | PRO |
Funding transparency for TV issue ads in elections | Foreign interests could be funding anonymous issue ads | PRO |
Cellulosic ethanol | There is not enough land too grow sufficient cellulosic ethanol | CON |
Cellulosic ethanol | Processing cellulose is more difficult than starches | CON |
Cellulosic ethanol | Cellulosic ethanol packs three-times the energy as corn ethanol. | PRO |
Carbon capture and storage | Climate change is best solved by energy efficiency, not CCS | CON |
Carbon capture and storage | Carbon capture and storage is smoke-and-mirrors tactic for big coal | CON |
Carbon capture and storage | Risks of stored C02 leaking is very low | PRO |
Carbon capture and storage | Algae CCS produces valuable bi-products. | PRO |
Geoengineering | Geoengineering comes from human hubris; let mother nature work | CON |
Geoengineering | Geoengineering risks can be tested, corrected, avoided. | PRO |
Geoengineering | Many geoengineering approaches are harmless like painting roofs. | PRO |
Geoengineering | Geoengineering solutions often mimic natural mechanisms. | PRO |
Geoengineering | Many green orgs and scientists support geoengineering option. | PRO |
Oil sands | Tar sands unnecessary if focus is placed on clean energy | CON |
Oil sands | Hydrocarbons required in forseeable future, including oil sands | PRO |
Oil sands | Better to import oil from Canadian sands than from corrupt regimes | PRO |
Oil sands | Oil sands will be used by some states no matter what | PRO |
Oil sands | Oil sands are too economically important to abandon | PRO |
Ground zero mosque | Developers have right to build ground zero mosque, but should not | CON |
Ground zero mosque | First amendment protects right to build ground zero mosque | PRO |
Ground zero mosque | Defending mosque honors constitution first responders were protecting. | PRO |
Ground zero mosque | Islam is a religion of peace. | PRO |
Open primaries | General election are open; primaries are OK to be closed. | CON |
Open primaries | Primaries too important in democracy to be internal to parties. | PRO |
Law school | Lawyers rarely engage in intellectual work | CON |
Law school | New lawyers can gain credibility/responsibility quickly. | PRO |
Law school | Practicing law is more art than science. | PRO |
Deporting illegal immigrants in the US | No past administration engaged in full deportation campaign | CON |
Deporting illegal immigrants in the US | Trail of Tears demonstrates injustice of mass deportation. | CON |
Deporting illegal immigrants in the US | Americans oppose the deportation of all illegal immigrants. | CON |
Deporting illegal immigrants in the US | General statements in favor of deporting illegals from the US | PRO |
Deporting illegal immigrants in the US | Mass deportation has been successful in the past | PRO |
MBA | Total cost of MBA (including opportunity costs) is high | CON |
MBA | MBA is a good way to get into inner circle of a business | PRO |
MBA | Corporate demand for MBA is strong | PRO |
European Monetary Fund | EMF will not solve EU structural fiscal problems | CON |
European Monetary Fund | Strictly enforcing budgets is better than creating EMF. | CON |
European Monetary Fund | EMF funded proportional to GDP unpopular among big states. | CON |
European Monetary Fund | European Monetary Fund creates global AND regional system | PRO |
Breastfeeding in public | Breasts are also for sex; public breastfeeding indecent | CON |
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