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We should introduce school vouchers
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Among the many educational reform efforts, such as charter schools, school vouchers, magnet schools, and alternative schools, the full-service community school model is one of many educational reform efforts that are intended to increase student achievement, but the full-service community school model specifically focuses on the development of the community as a whole.
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We should legalize insider trading
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was established the following year, which helped combat insider trading and reducing transaction risk.
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We should subsidize investigative journalism
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The film won an Emmy Award (1980), George Polk Award[REF] for investigative journalism on TV, Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award,[REF] and Best Documentary at the Mannheim Film Festival [REF].
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We should further exploit nuclear power
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a 2001 survey by the European Commission found that "only 10.1 percent of Europeans trusted the nuclear industry
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We should ban whaling
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The US and several other nations are whaling under aboriginal whaling auspices.
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Hunting should be banned
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The semi-nomadic eco-centred Inuit were fishers and hunters harvesting lakes, seas, ice platforms and tundra.
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We should ban abortions
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Total number of abortions in 2009 was 40 528 [REF][REF] of which 14 629 (i.e.
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Sex education should be mandatory
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Virginity pledges and sexual abstinence education programs are often promoted in lieu of contraceptives and safe-sex education programs. This may entail exposing some teenagers to increased risk of sexually transmitted infections, because about 60 percent of teenagers who pledge virginity until marriage do engage in pre-marital sex and are then one-third less likely to use contraceptives than their peers who have received more conventional sex education [REF
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We should protect Antarctica
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Antarctica's largest scientific base, the United States' McMurdo Station, as well as the New Zealand Scott Base are on the southern shore of the island.
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We should ban trans fats usage in food
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The former federal assistant health minister, Christopher Pyne, asked fast food outlets to reduce their trans fat usage.
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We should legalize insider trading
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One empirical study has found that insiders using 10b5-1 plans do in fact make above-market profits (the paper also alludes to other potential loopholes that might explain this result),[REF] and another has found that the presence of publicly announced 10b5-1 plans has economic effects on securities markets that are generally associated with insider trading [REF].
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We should fight urbanization
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Josiah Strong was one of the founders of the Social Gospel movement that sought to apply Protestant religious principles to solve the social ills brought on by industrialization, urbanization and immigration.
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The free market should be protected
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The existence of monopoly and the potential for cartels, which would later form the core of competition law policy, could distort the benefits of free markets to the advantage of businesses at the expense of consumer sovereignty.
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We should end censorship
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Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, criticized Random House for the decision, saying, "This is censorship by fear and it sets a very bad precedent indeed."[REF]
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We should disband NASA
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1982 May 21: T-38 jet struck by lightning, damaged : Astronaut Gordon Fullerton was piloting a solo flight of a NASA T-38 jet aircraft from Houston, Texas to Cleveland, Ohio to make a speaking engagement.
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We should abolish marriage
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In 2003, the British Columbia Court of Appeal made a unanimous decision that limiting the definition of marriage to heterosexual couples violated equality rights.
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We should abolish capital punishment
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Biden opposes capital punishment and supports the continuation of the war on drugs.
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We should subsidize higher education
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On 9 December 2005, the Higher Education Support Amendment (Abolition of Compulsory Up-front Student Union Fees) Bill 2005 was passed in the Senate, and received the Royal Assent on 19 December 2005.
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We should ban partial birth abortions
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The Court deemed abortion a fundamental right under the United States Constitution
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We should end daylight saving times
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Changes to DST rules cause problems in existing computer installations.
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We should subsidize public service broadcasters
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First, the 1955 legislation authorizing a public television system in the state mandated that these stations serve the school populations in their areas first, before all other considerations.
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We should ban lotteries
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Drawing a distinction between the manufacture of goods and the regulation of certain goods themselves "inherently evil", the Court maintained that the issue did not concern the power to keep certain immoral products out of the stream of interstate commerce, distinguishing previous cases upholding Congress's power to control lottery schemes, prostitution, and liquor.
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We should disband ASEAN
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In May 2000, the finance minister of the ASEAN agreed through the "Chiang Mai Initiative" to plan for closer monetary and financial co-operation [REF].
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We should protect Antarctica
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In 1996, NASA scientist David McKay published a study suggesting the existence of nanofossils - fossils of Martian nanobacteria - in ALH84001, a meteorite originating from Mars and found in Antarctica [REF].
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We should limit the right of asylum
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The advocates of world government, who regard patriotism as the symptom of a diseased mind, took a step closer to their goal of compulsory asylum 'cure' for opponents of UNESCO, when, on January 18, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Alaska Mental Health Act.
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We should abolish the two-party system
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Since its inception, its chief opposition has been the Democratic Party
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We should fight global warming
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PSR presses for policies to curb global warming, generate what they consider to be a sustainable energy future, minimize toxic pollution of air, food and drinking water, and prevent human exposure to toxic substances.
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We should fight global warming
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Many climate scientists state that they are put under enormous pressure to distort or hide any scientific results which suggest that human activity is to blame for global warming.
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We should legalize ivory trade
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Domestic slaves often lived and ate with their owners, were allowed to work on their own, and could possess their own slaves and livestock; loyal slaves could even be given part of a chiefdom, and it was not unusual for slaves to acquire positions of great influence and power.
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We should abolish primary elections
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Guy deFuria's statement was about as lengthy as Chadwick's, charging that the county G.O.P. chairman, Arthur Bretherick sent letters to "state job-holders threatening their jobs in violation of the governor's announced position of non-interference in Primary elections..Among those threatened are Civil Service employees (protected against political interference by law) and persons subject to the Federal Hatch Act." .
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We should abolish temporary employment
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A.D.I.G. (Additional Deputy Inspector-General) "Tiger" Kelkar has gone to Vigatpore, outside Bombay, to check on Inspector G. V. Ghote's temporary work there.
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We should abolish personality tests
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Users of personality tests have to assume that the subjective responses that are given by participants on such tests, represent the actual personality of those participants.
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We should limit the freedom of speech
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The constitution and law generally provide for freedom of speech and the press; however, growing economic pressures lead journalists to practice self-censorship.
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We should disband NATO
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The protesters urged the Spanish government not to support any US military intervention or NATO retaliation [REF].
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We should subsidize journalism
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Conflict Analysis also provides guidance on mapping the hopes, needs, and fears of all parties to a conflict, including outwardly "impartial" third parties; and acknowledges the potential role of creativity, rather than assuming as war journalism does, that the positions of elites, power gradients and the struggle for power are the most important determinants of a conflict [REF].
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We should further exploit natural gas
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U.S. federal safety law now requires natural gas companies to conduct testing for gas leaks upstream of their customer's gas meters.
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We should raise the retirement age
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Many Japanese companies raised the retirement age they had set, partly in response to this legislation. And despite mandatory retirement policies, many Japanese companies allow their employees to continue working beyond the age of 60, although generally at reduced wages.
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We should legalize polygamy
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Enforcement of the 1890 Manifesto caused various splinter groups to leave the LDS Church in order to continue the practice of plural marriage [REF]. Polygamy among these groups persists today in Utah and neighboring states as well as in the spin-off colonies.
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Community service should be mandatory
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U.S. Courts of Appeals, in Immediato v. Rye Neck School District, Herndon v. Chapel Hill, and Steirer v. Bethlehem School District, have ruled that the use of community service as a high school graduation requirement did not violate the Thirteenth Amendment [REF].
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We should subsidize journalism
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In 1996, The Committee to Protect Journalists awarded him an International Press Freedom Award,[REF] "an annual recognition of courageous journalism" [REF].
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We should disband the United Nations
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In September 2005, a comprehensive report was published by the Chernobyl Forum, comprising a number of agencies including the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations bodies and the Governments of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine.
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We should protect Antarctica
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For a time, McMurdo had Antarctica's only television station, AFAN-TV, running vintage programs provided by the military.
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Casinos should be banned
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Hundreds of Jamul residents showed up to express almost unanimous opposition to the casino.
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We should adopt direct democracy
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The only form of democracy considered acceptable to many anarchists is direct democracy.
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We should ban strip clubs
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After a new blue law is passed, "all strip clubs are to be closed down", Omaha and Shelly are put out of work.
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We should further exploit wind power
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Wind power output reduces spot market prices in general via the merit order effect; in 2008 this caused a net reduction of pre-tax electricity prices (balancing the increase from the feed-in law) [REF].
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We should abolish the Olympic Games
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After the success of the 1896 Games, the Olympics entered a period of stagnation that threatened their survival.
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The free market should be protected
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Neoclassical economic theorists tend to view tariffs as distortions to the free market.
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We should introduce a flat tax
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The tax on the tax exemption is computed by applying the nominal flat tax rate to the exemption.
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We should abandon television
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The article states that television can help young people discover where they fit into society, develop closer relationships with peers and family, and teach them to understand complex social aspects of communication [REF].
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We should abolish no-knock warrants
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A County Police spokesman initially stated that a no-knock warrant had been issued for Calvo's home.
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We should disband Amnesty International
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The publicity on the massacre and its aftermath coincided with the publication of the 2010 Mid-Year Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA),[REF][REF][REF] in which worries were expressed about the rising number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan and that was directly followed by an advice of human rights organisation Amnesty International that the Taliban should be prosecuted for war crimes [REF].
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We should further exploit unconventional oil
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Total crude oil production in Canada was projected to increase by an average of 8.6 percent per year from 2008 to 2011 as a result of new non-conventional oil projects [REF].
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their teachings are outdated in comparison with modern Western morals
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Homosexuality is illegal in most Muslim countries, and in many of these countries carries the death penalty. In July 2005, two Iranian men, aged sixteen and eighteen, were publicly hanged for homosexuality, causing an international outcry. Human rights organisations estimate that hundreds of people have been executed for homosexuality by Iranian authorities since the 1979 revolution [REF
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We should abolish intellectual property rights
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"If some intellectual property is desirable because it encourages innovation, they reason, more is better.
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We should abandon online dating services
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Mystery (2011) In Mystery, Delaware and Sturgis tackle the online dating world, when one of its sexy girls gets her face blown off in real time.
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We should lower the age of consent
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Subsequently, the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill was introduced on 16 December 1998 and, again, the equalisation of the age of consent was endorsed on 25 January 1999 by the House of Commons
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The use of AI should be abandoned
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Most mainstream AI researchers hope that strong AI can be developed by combining the programs that solve various sub-problems using an integrated agent architecture, cognitive architecture or subsumption architecture.
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We should legalize polygamy
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Opponents of the LDS Church found in polygamy a convenient cause célèbre.
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Physical education should be mandatory
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With the development of new and improved technology with physical education, and especially adapted physical education, it is important for the APE teacher to know and understand different ways to implement technology for increased success for their students.
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We should ban lotteries
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The Cohens appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that their conduct was protected by the Act of Congress authorizing the D.C. lottery.
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We should raise the retirement age
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On the outbreak of war, the French Army Commander-in-Chief General Maurice Gamelin was already past retirement age.
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We should abolish no-knock warrants
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As justification for the no-knock warrant, the Atlanta Police Department initially claimed that the police were searching for drug dealers after a police informant was said to have bought crack at Johnston's home [REF].
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We should end mining
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According to Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), an alliance of oil sands producers formed in 2012, who share research on Environmental Priority Areas (EPAs) such as tailing pond water and greenhouse gases, "Tailings are the sand, silt, clay and water found naturally in oil sands that remain following the mining and bitumen extraction process."[REF]
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We should cancel the Social Security tax
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The determination that the Social Security tax was unconstitutional became the first instance in which the Court invalidated legislation as a discriminatory reduction of compensation [REF].
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We should disband UNESCO
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Cogley said that a bibliographic search indicated that it had been copied inaccurately from a 1996 International Hydrological Programme (IHP) report by Kotlyakov, published by UNESCO, which gave a rough estimate of shrinkage of the world's total area of glaciers and ice caps by 2350 [REF].
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We should limit the freedom of speech
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A summons was refused on 30 January 2007 due to lack of prima facie evidence that a crime had been committed, and the provisions of the 1968 Theatres Act, which enshrines the right of free expression in theatrical works [REF].
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Organ donation should be mandatory
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The purpose of creating the Trillium Gift of Life Network was to increase organ and tissue donation across Ontario and improve the process of registering [REF].
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We should abolish temporary employment
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A temporary employee is then found in the database and is contacted to see if they would be interested in taking the assignment
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We should adopt socialism
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Marx predicted that socialism and communism would be built upon foundations laid by the most advanced capitalist development.
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We should abolish temporary employment
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Temporary employees are also used in work that has a cyclical nature, requiring frequent adjustments to staffing levels.
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We should ban alcoholic beverages
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From a research perspective, scientists began differentiating alcohol consumption among the various classes of beverages - wine, beer, and spirits. This distinction allowed studies to highlight the positive medical benefits of wine apart from the mere presence of alcohol
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We should legalize polygamy
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"In the case of polygamy, there is a universal standard - it is understood to be a sin, therefore polygamists are not admitted to positions of leadership including Holy Orders, nor after acceptance of the Gospel can a convert take another wife, nor, in some areas, are they admitted to Holy Communion."
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We should abandon social media
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While social media is not as essential for survival as traditional public utilities such as electricity, water, and natural gas, many people believe it has become vital for living in an interconnected world and without it, living a successful life would be difficult [REF].
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We should subsidize public service broadcasters
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On July 26, 2011, NJTV announced a partnership with the Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting (formerly the NJN Foundation) to jointly fund and create additional public affairs programming.
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We should fight global warming
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Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, introduces a significant positive feedback as global warming leads to the retreat of vast permafrost regions in the northern hemisphere.
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We should ban abortions
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Roe established a "trimester" (i. e., 12 week) threshold of state interest in the life of the fetus corresponding to its increasing "viability" (likelihood of survival outside the uterus) over the course of a pregnancy, such that states were prohibited from banning abortion early in pregnancy but allowed to impose increasing restrictions or outright bans later in pregnancy.
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We should ban genetically modified crops
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Advocates claimed that the technology restricted the introduction of genetically modified plants into nature by causing second generation seeds to be sterile.
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We should protect endangered species
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On December 16, 2008, the Center for Biological Diversity announced intent to sue the Interior Department under Kempthorne for introducing "regulations.. that would eviscerate our nation's most successful wildlife law by exempting thousands of federal activities, including those that generate greenhouse gases, from review under the Endangered Species Act."
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We should close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp
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Clive Stafford Smith, a British human rights lawyer, expressed hopes that Obama would close Guantanamo Bay detention camp within the time period [REF].
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The vow of celibacy should be abandoned
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The phrase "contract marriage" in the first part of canon 21 excludes clerical marriages, and the marriages that the second part says must be dissolved may possibly be such marriages, contracted after ordination, not before.
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Boarding schools should be abolished
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In 1758, Howard married Henrietta Leeds who died in 1765, a week after giving birth to a son, also named John, who was sent to boarding school at a very young age.
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We should ban school uniforms
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As of 2006, over twenty high schools require their students to wear school uniforms or "standardized dress."
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We should abandon social media
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A 2014 survey of recruiters found that 93% of them check candidates' social media postings [REF].
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We should legalize public nudity
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In 2012, the city council of San Francisco proposed a ban on public nudity in the inner city area.
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We should prohibit tower blocks
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The Metromover is free and stations can be found at roughly every two blocks in Downtown and Brickell.
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We should ban abortions
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Czech Republic: A May 2007 CVVM poll found that 72% believe abortion in the Czech Republic should be allowed "at the request of the woman", 19% that it should be allowed for "societal reasons", 5% that it should be allowed only if "a woman's health is at risk", 1% that it should be "banned" [REF
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We should ban alcoholic beverages
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A German study conducted in the late 1990s showed that non-drinkers had slightly higher infection rates of Helicobacter pylori than moderate wine and beer drinkers [REF
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We should ban racial profiling
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The King County Council said it was to discourage racial profiling and decrease the fear of seeking health care [REF].
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We should ban extreme sports
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In 1988, Eduard Tatulian, the Soviet director of rugby coaching, said in an outspoken interview that the USSR required ten times as many coaches and referees as it had [REF].
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We should legalize doping in sport
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In October 2015, the NRL announced that the Australian Anti-Doping Tribunal had handed Earl a 4-year ban for the following anti-doping rule violations; use of CJC-1295 (eight violations), possession of CJC-1295, trafficking in somatropin, trafficking in clenbuterol, attempted trafficking in SARMS and attempted trafficking in testosterone.
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We should subsidize public service broadcasters
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Bensberg said that it would appear "inappropriate to encrypt public service broadcast content on DTT".
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Private universities should be banned
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Higher education is provided by a number of public and private universities.
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We should ban fast food
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The fast food industry is a popular target for critics, from anti-globalization activists like José Bové to vegetarian activist groups such as PETA
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We should abolish zoos
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Many zoos work to improve their animal enclosures and make it fit the animals' needs, although constraints such as size and expense make it difficult to create ideal captive environments for many species [REF].
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We should abolish marriage
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To live together as spouses in community of life, to afford each other marital privileges and to be ever faithful, are the inherent commands which lie at the very heart of marriage [REF].
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We should adopt open source software
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In this way, open source software provides solutions to unique or specific problems.
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We should abolish the US Electoral College
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The Democratic Party's electoral success has been attributed by some to running conservative-leaning Democrats against at-risk Republican incumbents,[REF] while others claim that running more populists and progressive candidates has been the source of success [REF].
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We should introduce recall elections
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Callicott referred to the successful recall election of Mayor Frank L. Shaw in 1938 of which he said he was one of the leaders [REF].
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religious belief is a delusion
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According to Professor Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, "It's possible that many great religious leaders had temporal lobe seizures and this predisposes them to having visions, having mystical experiences."[REF
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