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We should subsidize journalism
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The term open-source journalism is often used to describe a spectrum on online publications: from various forms of semi-participatory online community journalism (as exemplified by projects such as the copyright newspaper NorthWest Voice),[REF] through to genuine open-source news publications (such as the Spanish 20 minutos, and Wikinews).
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We should prohibit hydraulic fracturing
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The Shale Gas Drilling Safety Review Act of 2014 issued in Maryland[REF] forbids the issuance of drilling permits until a high standard "risk assessment of public health and environmental hazards relating to hydraulic fracturing activities" is conducted for at least 18 months based on the Governor's executive order.
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We should disband Amnesty International
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Amnesty International (UK): "Amnesty International calls on the Turkish authorities to condemn all forms of intolerance, to uphold the rights of all citizens of the Turkish Republic and to investigate the murder of Hrant Dink thoroughly and impartially, to make the findings of the investigation public - and to bring suspected perpetrators to justice in accordance with international fair trial standards."[REF]
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We should subsidize journalism
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Besides his professional journalistic memberships Faulkner was also a member of the Cuvier Press Club, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 5.
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We should abandon democracy
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The Council went on to call for the release of all political prisoners in the country, including Nelson Mandela, and that the establishment of a free, democratic society can lead to a solution.
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Organ donation should be mandatory
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The United States Department of Health funded a study by the University of Wisconsin Hospital to increase efforts to increase awareness and the amount of registered donors by pursuing members of the university and their family and friends through social media [REF]. The results of the study showed a 20% increase in organ donation by creating support and awareness through social media [REF].
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The use of AI should be abandoned
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Some computer scientists believe that the specialty of AI can still make new contributions to the resolution of the "mind-body problem".
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We should ban strip clubs
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The Gold Club trial received significant attention because numerous significant professional athletes were called to testify [REF].
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Casinos should be banned
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The rest of the year the park is open for casino gaming and simulcast racing.
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Community service should be mandatory
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The latter were intended to counteract the increasing hegemony of Labour Zionism over community services via the Histadrut and address the refusal of the Histadrut to make its services available to Revisionist Party members.
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We should ban whaling
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Richard Douglass' children Alexander b. 1778, Robert, Lucy, and Richard Jr. Alexander eventually became a whaling captain working in the firm of Benjamin Brown of New London as well as for the Williams firm.
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Single-sex schools should be banned
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The Episcopal Church founded Brownell Hall, an all-girls secondary boarding school in Saratoga.
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We should ban extreme sports
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In the early 2000s, ESPN approached them to create the theme for their Extreme Sports show, which airs internationally.
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We should ban extreme sports
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As technology has advanced, such studies have adapted to include the effects of violent games and non-violent games in new media methods such as immersive virtual reality simulations [REF].
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We should fight global warming
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Many risks are expected to increase with higher magnitudes of global warming [REF].
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We should further exploit hydroelectric dams
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Apart from biomass, which accounts for about 3.5% of total generation capacity, no other renewable energy source besides hydroelectricity plays a relevant role in the energy mix.
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We should ban boxing
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The "rope-a-dope" strategy : Used by Muhammad Ali in his 1974 "the Rumble in the Jungle" bout against George Foreman, the rope-a-dope method involves lying back against the ropes, covering up defensively as much as possible and allowing the opponent to attempt numerous punches.
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We should further exploit nuclear power
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Proponents, such as the World Nuclear Association and Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, contend that nuclear power is a safe, sustainable energy source that reduces carbon emissions [REF].
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We should cancel the Social Security tax
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Though claiming that these changes were necessary to "save and secure this vital, popular program", Ribble's letter also proposed cutting the FICA withholding rate and reducing the cap on wages that are used to fund the Social Security Trust Fund which would reduce revenues for the Fund [REF].
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We should subsidize journalism
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Reporting was highly reactive and focused on the visible effects of the conflict, such as announcements and public disagreements between official spokespeople that appeared to disrupt peace efforts [REF].
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We should disband the United Nations
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While most agree that the UN could be improved, Noam Chomsky, a leading critic of U.S. foreign policy, proposes that measures such as the US relinquishing its veto power in the Security Council and submitting to the rulings of the International Court of Justice could significantly improve the UN's ability to foster the growth of democracy and promote global peace and the protection of human rights [REF].
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Surrogacy should be banned
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Commercial surrogacy and related advertising remains illegal in all states and territories except for the Northern Territory where there are no laws or regulations regarding surrogacy arrangements.
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We should introduce goal line technology
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Law 10 (The Method of Scoring): permitting use of goal-line technology to verify whether or not goals have been scored.
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We should further exploit sustainable energies
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In chapter 15 of 'Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future, Bryce writes: '"There's no question that carbon dioxide plays a significant role in the atmosphere.
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We should ban private education
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In their favour, it has been pointed out that private schools cover the entire curriculum and offer extra-curricular activities such as science fairs, general knowledge, sports, music and drama [REF].
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We should ban abortions
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The Guttmacher Institute said eighty laws restricting abortion were passed in the first six months of 2011, "more than double the previous record of 34 abortion restrictions enacted in 2005-and more than triple the 23 enacted in 2010" [REF].
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We should increase international volunteering
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The Students' Union also runs an international volunteering project, InterVol, which sends student volunteers to work in rural African communities [REF].
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We should subsidize recycling
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Local trade associations and recyclers were also consulted and they support the development of EcoPark, agreeing that by providing long-term land at affordable cost, together with supporting infrastructure, EcoPark will help enhance recycling technology development and improve waste recovery rates in Hong Kong.
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We should limit the right of self-defense
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Even before the latest eruption of violence in December, UNICEF indicated, "about 2,500 children - both girls and boys - were associated with multiple armed groups, including self-defence groups, in CAR." UNICEF further observed that "more than 300,000 children have already been affected by the violence in CAR and its consequences, including through recruitment, family separation, sexual violence, forced displacement and having limited access to education and health facilities."[REF] .
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We should subsidize condoms
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A survey in Boston just prior to World War I concluded that three million condoms were sold in that city every year [REF].
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We should increase fuel tax
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In the United Kingdom, where fuel taxes were raised in October and were scheduled to rise again in April 2008, there was talk of protests and roadblocks if the tax issue was not addressed [REF].
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We should legalize prostitution
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Officially, prostitution is illegal in mainland China [REF].
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We should legalize polygamy
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Peck said that it's time to find out once and for all if Canada's laws against polygamy will stand. He stated that, "If the law is upheld, members of the Bountiful community will have fair notice that their practice of polygamy must cease."
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We should fight global warming
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Perry's views have been criticized, with fact-checkers stating that surveys showed that more that 97% of climate scientists believed that global warming is anthropogenic and arguing that the ranks of dissenters don't appear to be swelling [REF].
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We should ban beauty contests
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The association has organized annual beauty contests featuring traditional arts and culture, fostered training in health and hygiene, distributed yarn and vegetable seeds, and introduced smokeless stoves in villages [REF].
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We should introduce compulsory voting
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Practically this meant that the party was opposed to government control of society, like compulsory voting, compulsory vaccination, and social security.
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We should protect Antarctica
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The treaty entered into force in 1961 and sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, established freedom of scientific investigation and banned military activity on that continent.
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We should subsidize higher education
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A 2006 report by Future of Children, a collaboration of Princeton and the Brookings Institution, concluded that "the current process of admission to, enrollment in, and graduation from colleges and universities contributes to economic inequality as measured by income and wealth."[REF
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Holocaust denial should be a criminal offence
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According to Ha'aretz, Mahameed intended "to tell the conference that the Holocaust did happen and that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's position of Holocaust denial is wrong".
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We should fight global warming
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Jacobson, M. Z., Air Pollution and Global Warming: History, Science, and Solutions, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2011.
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We should abolish term limits
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In 2010, a term limits review commission appointed by former Mayor Bill White called for amending the city charter on extending term limits where elected officials could serve two four-year terms; the proposal failed 8.18.10 after the Houston City Council voted 7-7.
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We should subsidize higher education
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Financed by the Carnegie Corporation, Cleveland Foundation, Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation, and several local donors, a study commission of national leaders in higher education and public policy was charged with exploring the idea of federation.
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We should legalize doping in sport
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The federal government, through grand juries, had been investigating steroid abuse since 2003.
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We should fight nationalism
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Some modern commentators have argued against exaggerating Chopin's primacy as a "nationalist" or "patriotic" composer.
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We should ban alternative medicine
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Since 2001, Kelsey has overseen publication of a series of similar consumer guides to individual hospital consultants,[REF] maternity services,[REF] and complementary therapists[REF] among others [REF].
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Single-sex schools should be banned
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Bnos Belz or Beis Malka for Belz girls' schools.
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We should increase immigration to the United States
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As such, different immigrant groups vary in whether or not they actively seek out health services.
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We should increase immigration to the United States
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In this respect, negative stereotypical rumors started to spread about the new immigrants.
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We should end daylight saving times
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In 1971, New South Wales, Victoria,[REF] Queensland, South Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory followed Tasmania in observing daylight saving, Western Australia and the Northern Territory did not.
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We should adopt direct democracy
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Regarding recent American politics (specifically initiatives), Donovan et al. argue that: One of the original concerns about direct democracy is the potential it has to allow a majority of voters to trample the rights of minorities.
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We should abandon coal mining
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Coal Mining became an important industry for the post-Antebellum, now Gilded Age city [REF].
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We should fight for Palestinian independence
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President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority said that he would oppose the creation of a Palestinian state with temporary borders and further Israel's unilateral withdrawals.
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We should close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp
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In the landmark, Rasul v. Bush (2004), the court held that Guantanamo detainees have the right to challenge whether their detention is constitutional in the US courts.
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We should legalize public nudity
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The court held that an ordinance banning public nudity did not violate the operator of a totally nude entertainment establishment's constitutional right to free speech [REF].
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We should subsidize biofuels
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Biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, are currently produced from the products of conventional food crops such as the starch, sugar and oil feedstocks from crops that include wheat, maize, sugar cane, palm oil and oilseed rape.
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We should ban beauty contests
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Alone, Delmount further criticizes beauty pageants.
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We should close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp
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In this most recent action of civil resistance, inside the United States Supreme Court, on January 11, 2008 he called for the closing of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp by kneeling and praying [REF].
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We should further exploit hydroelectric dams
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"Canadians have exhausted their energies," Innis wrote in 1929, "in opening up the West, in developing mines, hydro-electric power
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We should ban alcoholic beverages
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Alcoholic beverages are classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a Group 1 carcinogen (carcinogenic to humans).
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We should abolish term limits
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In 2009 Referendum, the Constitution of Azerbaijan was amended, abolishing any term limit for the office of President [REF].
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We should abandon disposable diapers
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The campaigners protested by lining the streets wearing diapers themselves, which spelled out the message "Stop pooh bags" [REF].
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We should protect whistleblowers
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The act plans to reduce the opportunity to exert influence with money by banning corporate, union, and large personal political donations; create a five-year lobbying ban on former ministers, their aides, and senior public servants; provide protection for whistleblowers; and enhancing the power for the Auditor General to follow the money spent by the government.
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We should prohibit tower blocks
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The Jim Larkin Court and Gaeltex Drive apartment blocks have a serious lack of facilities.
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We should protect endangered species
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The California Endangered Species Act (CESA) declares that, "all native species of fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, invertebrates, and plants, and their habitats, threatened with extinction and those experiencing a significant decline which, if not halted, would lead to a threatened or endangered designation, will be protected or preserved."[REF] .
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We should abolish intelligence tests
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In 2006, Danish psychologist and intelligence researcher Helmuth Nyborg was temporarily suspended from his position at Aarhus University, after being accused of scientific misconduct in relation to the documentation of a peer-reviewed paper appearing in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, in which he showed a 3.15-point IQ advantage of men over women [REF].
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We should protect whistleblowers
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In 2001, Meyer cautioned whistleblowers that despite the fact that the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 ". .
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Hunting should be banned
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Both Corbett and Kenneth Anderson have written that hunting the man eating panther presented more challenges than any other animal.
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The free market should be protected
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If there is a negative externality associated with a good, meaning that it has negative effects not felt by the consumer, then a free market will trade too much of that good.
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We should abolish the US Electoral College
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Colorado presidential elector Camilla Auger, responding to lobbying of members of the Electoral College, commented: "I was concerned that there are that many nutty people in the country making depressing, absurd allegations."[REF] .
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We should increase fuel tax
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In many countries fuel is already taxed to influence transport behavior and to raise other public revenues. Historically, they have used these fuel taxes as a source of general revenue, as their experience has been that the price elasticity of fuel is low, thus increasing fuel taxation has only slightly impacted on their economies.
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We should limit genetic testing
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There are DNA tests available to help breeders screen breeding animals for NCL (neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis)[REF] and Ichthyosis.
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Private universities should be banned
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V Raghunathan, former professor, IIM-Ahmedabad said "For engineering colleges in most states, the permitted fee for unaided private colleges is in the vicinity of Rs 30,000 per student per annum.
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We should ban cosmetic surgery
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A survey of physicians in the United States came to the result that dermatologists are most satisfied with their choice of specialty followed by radiologists, oncologists, plastic surgeons, and gastroenterologists [REF].
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We should disband NATO
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Operation Deny Flight, and other NATO operations during the Bosnian War, resulted in significant tension within NATO and the Atlantic relationship.
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We should abolish the US Electoral College
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Feeney and then State Senate president John McKay argued the state Supreme Court's verdict in favor of the Democrats' position on recounts essentially "tainted" the entire process, so that there was (as Feeney stated) "a great risk" Florida's electoral votes would be disregarded altogether in the selection of the next President [REF].
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We should further exploit sustainable energies
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Individuals are usually assured that the electricity they are using is actually produced from a green energy source that they control.
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Community service should be mandatory
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Established in 1987, the NAB Crystal Radio Awards recognize broadcasters for outstanding commitment to community service [REF].
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We should fight nationalism
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French right-wing monarchist and nationalist Charles Maurras held interest in merging his nationalist ideals with Sorelian syndicalism as a means to confront liberal democracy [REF].
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We should disband NATO
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The questionable identity of these helicopters became particularly problematic after the Black Hawk Incident in Iraq, because NATO pilots became more reluctant to engage potential belligerents without clear identification.
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We should subsidize public service broadcasters
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In 1894 Oliver Lodge, a professor at the University, made the world's first public radio transmission and two years later took the first surgical X-ray in the United Kingdom [REF].
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We should subsidize biofuels
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On February 3, 2010, EPA issued its final ruling regarding the RFS2 for 2010 and beyond,[REF] and determined that Brazilian ethanol produced from sugarcane complies with the applicable 50% GHG reduction threshold for the advanced fuel category [REF]. EPA's modelling shows that sugarcane ethanol from Brazil reduces greenhouse gas emissions as compared to gasoline by 61%, using a 30-year payback for indirect land use change (ILUC) emissions [REF
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We should prohibit flag burning
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In June 2003, he voted against a Constitutional amendment to prohibit the physical "desecration" of the flag of the United States [REF].
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Suicide should be a criminal offence
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An ongoing study has also suggested that high use of the Internet may cause suicides [REF].
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Single-sex schools should be banned
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Coeducation at Princeton University refers to the transition of Princeton University from being a single-sex education university which only admitted males to being a mixed-sex education university.
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We should limit executive compensation
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The backdating allegedly occurred with the knowledge and approval of the directors, including Kean, who sat on the company's compensation committee during three crucial years, according to the Journal.
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We should prohibit tower blocks
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In January 2007, Miller criticized an Ontario Municipal Board decision which allowed a high-rise project on Queen Street West.
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We should abolish temporary employment
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As a result of the legal and tax rulings, human resources organizations at many companies changed their policies towards temporary employees.
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We should subsidize biofuels
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Fargione and his team published a separate paper in the same issue of Sciencexpress claiming that clearing lands to produce biofuel feedstock created a carbon deficit.
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We should adopt open source software
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Members of the Open Source Movement stress the importance of differentiating between "open source" software and "free software".
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We should abolish the US Electoral College
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People's National Party leader Meli Bogileka said that the whole purpose of identity cards would be defeated if electors without them were allowed to vote, and considered their introduction a waste of money.
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We should fight nationalism
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Still only 30 years old, Nicholas was a more decisive and risk-taking character than his brother, as well as being far more nationalistic.
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We should subsidize public transportation
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Many public transportation advocates and planning experts maintain that the project precludes impending access of high-speed rail technology and north-south passenger rail routes such as Front Range Rail, is designed to present logistical complications for both rail and bus commuters, lacks integration of bicycle facilities and an intercity bus station, and is being modeled to perform as a stub-end terminal for current and future intercity rail routes.
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We should ban cosmetic surgery
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During 1966-72 he was on the Metropolitan Toronto Hospital Planning Council under the chairmanship of Dr. H. Hoyle Campbell, plastic surgeon, who with Dr. Shouldice, pioneered outpatient surgery in Toronto.
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We should disband the United Nations
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Giving a reformed UN more powers but enshrining the subsidiarity principle in its Charter would guarantee that the UN does not evolve into a world autocracy that can arbitrarily dictate policy.
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We should subsidize condoms
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A study on female HIV prevention published in the Journal of Sex Health Research asserts that Latino women often lack the attitudes needed to negotiate safe sex due to traditional gender-role norms in the Latino community, and may be afraid to bring up the subject of condom use with their partners.
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We should fight global warming
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In later years, when it was clear that the climate was indeed warming, Bryson argued that while climate change and a global increase in temperature are real, he did not believe that they are caused by human activity.
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We should cancel the Affordable Care Act
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With respect to the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court held that the ACA's requirement that states rapidly extend coverage to new beneficiaries or lose existing federal payments was unduly coercive [REF].
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We should further exploit natural gas
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By January 1968, reports began circulating that natural gas had been discovered by a discovery well [REF].
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We should ban gambling
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Gambling provides jobs since all commercial games require labor.
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We should raise the retirement age
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The number of U.S. workers per retiree was 5.1 in 1960; this declined to 3.0 in 2009 and is projected to decline to 2.1 by 2030 [REF
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