Jed612/ED-Dataset · Datasets at Hugging Face

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We should introduce a pollution tax	Liberal veterans described Dion as a "lone wolf" who dismissed suggestions from his senior advisers to avoid using the Green Shift as an election platform.	0
Single-sex schools should be banned	UCC has, and still does, develop sports rivalries with other boys' schools in Ontario.	0
We should prohibit slum tourism	Despite its sophistication in music, Purcell's was not a tame club and slummers often came there to see fights and nasty dancing [REF].	0
We should ban homeopathy	In an article entitled "Should We Maintain an Open Mind about Homeopathy?"[REF] published in the ''[[American Journal of Medicine]]'', Michael Baum and Edzard Ernstwriting to other physicianswrote that "Homeopathy is among the worst examples of faith-based medicine.. These axioms [of homeopathy] are not only out of line with scientific facts but also directly opposed to them. If homeopathy is correct, much of physics, chemistry, and pharmacology must be incorrect.."	1
We should subsidize student loans	In September 2017, the Department of Education announced that it would cancel agreements with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to police student loan fraud.	0
We should ban abortions	Henry Bracton considered abortion to be homicide [REF	1
Bullfighting should be banned	The act of bullfighting is not called or considered a stand-alone sport but rather a performance art.	0
We should abolish the US Electoral College	Some supporters of the Electoral College note that it isolates the impact of any election fraud, or other such problems, to the state where it occurs.	0
We should ban beauty contests	The JDC program was different from the MIF, N/S Series and Land Fund programs in that the general partner paid only a nominal price for the assets and was selected on a beauty-contest basis, and the general partner (rather than the partnership itself) had to absorb most operating costs.	0
We should abolish the monarchy	The Liberal Party of Canada debated whether to sever ties to the monarchy when they met in Ottawa in January 2012 [REF]. They decided not to do so [REF].	0
We should ban cosmetic surgery	In January 2014, Everyday Sexism successfully campaigned for the removal of the mobile app Plastic Surgery & Plastic Doctor & Plastic Hospital Office for Barbie Version from the App Store and Google Play, for its promotion of a poor perspective on the concept of body image to those of a young age [REF].	0
We should ban alcoholic beverages	A 2003 report by archaeologists indicates a possibility that grapes were mixed with rice to produce mixed fermented beverages in China in the early years of the seventh millennium BC.	0
We should lower the age of consent	Sexual expression is an important part of culture: concubines are common, and the age of consent is non-existent.	0
We should ban organic food	In 2003 organic products were available in nearly 20,000 natural food stores and 73% of conventional grocery stores [REF].	0
We should legalize the growing of coca leaf	Even before the coup, relations with the United States had been strained because of Fujimori's reluctance to sign an accord that would increase U.S. and Peruvian military efforts in eradicating coca fields.	0
We should ban partial birth abortions	Jeffords consistently voted against the ban on partial-birth abortion, and also against a harsher line on Cuba.	1
We should legalize public nudity	In September 2011, nudists gathered to protest a proposed ordinance that would put some restrictions on public nudity in San Francisco [REF]. This ordinance was superseded in December 2012 by a ban on public nudity in San Francisco, proposed by Scott Wiener [REF].	1
We should introduce a flat tax	The Estonian economist and former chairman of his country's parliamentary budget committee Olev Raju, stated in September 2005 that "income disparities are rising and calls for a progressive system of taxation are getting louder - this could put an end to the flat tax after the next election" [REF].	0
We should ban free newspapers	Sunderland has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star - a free newspaper [REF].	0
We should fight global warming	The author analyzed 928 abstracts of papers from refereed scientific journals between 1993 and 2003, listed with the keywords "global climate change".	0
Bullfighting should be banned	The Hemingway scholar Allen Josephs thinks the novel is centered on the corrida (the bullfighting), and how each character reacts to it.	0
We should prohibit tower blocks	Starting in November, new permit applications for high-rise residential building must submit documentation to achieve LEED certification, and that requirement ratchets up to LEED Silver in 2009 and LEED Gold in 2012.	0
We should fight urbanization	Urbanization: 68.1% (2004); Population growth: 1.5% (1991-2000); Houses: 1,442,500 (2005) [REF].	0
We should further exploit nuclear power	In 2013, a survey by Harris Interactive of more than 2000 UK respondents found that 'one in four people (24%) considered nuclear power to offer the greatest potential' alongside solar (23%) and ahead of wind power (18%).	1
We should adopt socialism	The conservatives feared the New Deal meant socialism; Roosevelt noted privately in 1934 that the "old line press harps increasingly on state socialism and demands the return to the good old days" [REF].	0
We should abolish the attorney-client privilege	Disclosure alone, without intent, may constitute waiver of the attorney-client privilege... "under traditional waiver doctrine a voluntary disclosure .. to a third party waives the attorney-client privilege even if the third party agrees not to disclose the communications to anyone else."[REF]	0
We should end international aid	As some countries in the South experience rapid development, there is evidence that those states are developing high levels of South-South aid [REF].	0
We should end mining	Connor believed that mining would bring non-Mormons to Utah Territory.	0
We should abolish the attorney-client privilege	The McNulty Memo requires that when federal prosecutors seek privileged attorney-client communications or legal advice from a company, the U.S. Attorney must obtain written approval from the Deputy Attorney General [REF].	0
We should legalize public nudity	Others practice casual public nudity.	0
We should abolish the two-party system	Root is a small businessman who believes the 2-party system is built on corruption, greed and bribery.	1
We should subsidize adoptions	Research shows that adoption of mastery goals leads to greater intrinsic motivation as opposed to performance approach or performance avoid which are associated with external motivation [REF].	0
Surrogacy should be banned	The implication of this appears to be that this argument, pertaining to human rights breaches towards same-sex couples in adoption and surrogacy cases, have been nullified as the courts may now make an adoption orders to same-sex couples.	0
We should ban private education	Private entities such as the Guyana Sugar Corporation and the Private Aircraft Owners Association also provide technical education [REF].	0
We should subsidize journalism	War journalism takes advantage of the emotional "high" humans can get from fear through evolutionary psychological mechanisms [REF].	0
We should ban cosmetic surgery	Half of the patients with the disorder who have cosmetic surgery performed are not pleased with the aesthetic outcome.	0
We should abolish the three-strikes laws	Research indicates that mandatory minimum sentencing effectively shifts discretion from judges to the prosecutors. Prosecutors decide what charges to bring against a defendant, and they can "stack the deck", which involves over-charging a defendant in order to get them to plead guilty [REF]. Since prosecutors are part of the executive branch, and the judicial branch has almost no role in the sentencing, the checks and balances of the democratic system are removed	1
We should cancel the speed limit	The president of the AA said that speed limits that are too low can result in a greater number of accidents and that a "blanket reduction of speed limits would not make roads safer, given that many accidents on rural roads involved only one car" [REF].	0
We should introduce compulsory voting	Former Labour Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer has expressed support for the introduction of compulsory voting to counter this trend.	1
We should subsidize higher education	While the College had many successful alumni, many of Michigan farmers still feared that a college education would dissuade their children from agriculture.	0
We should subsidize biofuels	Regional production of microalgae and processing into biofuels will provide economic benefits to rural communities [REF].	1
Bullfighting should be banned	Corridas Goyescas are special events that intend to reflect the visuality of bullfights represented in the works of Francisco de Goya.	0
We should disband NATO	NATO decided that the conflict could only be settled by introducing a military peacekeeping force under the auspices of NATO, to forcibly restrain the two sides.	0
We should prohibit flag burning	Talent is a cosponsor of the Flag Desecration Amendment, which would make it constitutional to criminalize flag burning.	1
We should protect Antarctica	The team soon discover that the same energy signature from Antarctica is being detected by satellites from ancient monuments all over the Earth.	0
We should protect endangered species	The most punishable offenses are trafficking, and any act of knowingly "taking" (which includes harming, wounding, or killing) an endangered species.	1
We should subsidize journalism	Among them are journalism cultures and genres such as watchdog journalism, civic journalism, popular journalism or advocacy journalism characterized by its strong use of journalistic interventionism [REF].	0
We should abandon disposable diapers	In March 2010, Pampers announced a change to their popular Cruisers and Swaddlers diapers with the addition of the new Dry-Max technology.	0
We should increase government regulation	As with wired Internet access, the CTIA has stated that they strongly believe that regulation is not necessary and may do more harm than good [REF].	1
We should adopt libertarianism	Free-market roads are advocated by libertarians, who consider them more efficient, safer, and more cost-effective than public roads [REF].	0
We should limit the right of asylum	The case excited much controversy as was reported by the New York Times, and it considered it involved an interesting international question of the right of asylum.	0
We should fight for Palestinian independence	Brazil has firmly stressed its support for a Palestinian state within the borders of 1967, having Jerusalem as its capital [REF].	1
We should fight nationalism	Eatwell argues that the extreme right' has four traits: "1) anti-democracy; 2) nationalism; 3) racism; and 4) the strong state" [REF].	0
We should end athletic scholarships	Along with basketball athletic scholarships, Lafayette offers scholarships in field hockey and men's soccer.	0
We should end affirmative action	Kennedy has joined with Court majorities in decisions favoring states' rights and invalidating federal and state affirmative action programs.	1
We should abolish primary elections	Small-diameter tactical weapons became primaries for small-diameter secondaries.	0
We should ban beauty contests	In the ensuing public outcry and debate that followed, the effectiveness of the fatwa was shown given the influence of the Selangor's Mufti over the nation's sharia law [REF]. The fatwa resonated with the ideology that Muslim women should cover up private parts of their body, or Aurat of which the beauty pageants' practices ran contrary to - even though such religious enactments also apply to male pageants.	0
We should subsidize Wikipedia	From a sample of vandalism edits on the English Wikipedia during May 2003, they found that most such acts were repaired within minutes, summarizing: We've examined many pages on Wikipedia that treat controversial topics, and have discovered that most have, in fact, been vandalized at some point in their history.	0
We should end water fluoridation	In October 2003, Johnson had was the subject of criticism when she was quoted as saying that fluoridation of water should be "the preferred method of preventing tooth decay on a population basis".	1
We should introduce year round schooling	England abruptly retired in 1997 and was replaced by Jeff Brokamp, who had been principal of the Crest Hills Year-Round School, which had won awards for its all-year curriculum [REF].	0
We should end mandatory retirement	Beginning with the 1935 Constitution, Supreme Court Justices are obliged to retire upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70 [REF].	0
We should ban free newspapers	The students do not pay tuition and they must be provided with health care and a free daily school lunch.	0
We should end affirmative action	The NAACP demanded affirmative action hiring of school personnel and increased desegregation through an "open schools" policy.	1
The free market should be protected	Lee stated that he wanted to restore better relations with the United States through a greater emphasis on free market solutions [REF].	1
We should subsidize public service broadcasters	The main BBC public service broadcasting channels accounted for and estimated 28.4% of all television viewing; the three main independent channels accounted for 29.5% and the increasingly important other satellite and digital channels for the remaining 42.1% [REF].	0
We should adopt libertarianism	Meyer argued that utilitarian libertarians today use court power to force "freedom" ends with such vague phrases as due process and equal protection and manipulating utopian versions of freedom of the press, religion and speech [REF]. Pure libertarians assume they know what "freedom" is and that the state should enforce their vision through the courts.	0
We should ban abortions	Responding to the criticism about the language used in the rape exception clause, bill co-sponsor Dan Lipinski (D) stated, "The language of H.R. 3 was not intended to change existing law regarding taxpayer funding for abortion in cases of rape, nor is it expected that it would do so.	0
Bullfighting should be banned	The children's book tells the story of a bull who would rather smell flowers than fight in bullfights.	0
We should cancel the Affordable Care Act	Huckabee opposed Obama's health care plan, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.	1
We should ban genetically modified crops	The regulation of genetic engineering concerns the approaches taken by governments to assess and manage the risks associated with the development and release of genetically modified crops.	0
We should legalize cell phone use while driving	Psychiatrist Edward M. Hallowell[REF] has gone so far as to describe multitasking as a "mythical activity in which people believe they can perform two or more tasks simultaneously as effectively as one	1
We should ban boxing	Boxing punches account for the vast majority of strikes during the stand up portion of a bout and also account for the largest number of significant strikes, knock downs and KOs in MMA matches [REF].	0
We should abolish temporary employment	Based on employment numbers, the most common work in Solo was worker/paid employee (112,336), followed by self-employee (56,112), self-employee assisted by temporary employee (32,769), unpaid employee (20,193), self-employee assisted by permanent employee (14,880), freelance employee in non-agricultural work (10,241), and freelance employee in agricultural work (237) [REF].	0
We should subsidize distance education	Lickey with his wife Susan had in 1919 founded a law study program in San Francisco for veterans returning after the First World War and other working adults which offered evening classes to part-time students[REF][REF] while he was working as the western representative of the Law Department of the La Salle Extension University of Chicago which offered degrees through correspondence courses [REF].	0
We should ban homeopathy	Montagnier was also questioned on his beliefs about homeopathy, to which he replied: "I can't say that homeopathy is right in everything. What I can say now is that the high dilutions are right.	0
We should raise the retirement age	1961 Early retirement age lowered to age 62 at reduced benefits	0
We should adopt atheism	In the course of his recovery, Priestland became a devoted Quaker, despite having been a confirmed atheist in his youth.	0
We should adopt multiculturalism	The curriculum includes multicultural activities that promotes appreciation of all cultures [REF].	0
Homeschooling should be banned	According to the Home School Legal Defense Association, his work helped launch the Christian homeschooling movement in the United States, Canada, Australia and Mexico	0
We should abolish the double jeopardy defense	Though eight justices agreed that the double jeopardy right was not "implicit in the concept of ordered liberty", the Palko test has remained the standard for incorporating rights against state and local governments [REF].	0
We should limit the freedom of speech	Opponents also argue that the ban promotes restrictions on free speech as well as restrictions on accurate medical information [REF].	1
We should abolish the two-party system	Sometimes two-party systems have been seen as preferable to multi-party systems because they are simpler to govern, with less fractiousness and greater harmony, since it discourages radical minor parties,[REF] while multi-party systems can sometimes lead to hung parliaments [REF]	1
We should ban genetically modified crops	A 2002 review of the scientific literature concluded that "the commercial large-scale cultivation of current Bt-maize hybrids did not pose a significant risk to the monarch population" and noted that despite large-scale planting of genetically modified crops, the butterfly's population was increasing [REF].	1
We should abolish zoos	In the second issue of Huxley's Natural History Review, an article by George Rolleston on the orangutan brain showed the features that Owen claimed apes lacked, and when Owen responded in a letter to the Annals and Magazine of Natural History that the issue was a matter of definition rather than fact, Huxley made a public dissection of a spider monkey that had died at the zoo, to support his case.	0
We should end censorship	In public debates, Dershowitz commonly argues against censorship of pornography on First Amendment grounds, and maintains that consumption of pornography is not harmful [REF].	1
We should introduce universal health care	Two additional advertisements were scheduled to air in August, the third focusing on free education, and the fourth on free health care.	0
We should further exploit nuclear power	In 2009 the Utah state passed the bill ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROJECTS including incentives for renewable energy projects. It includes a direct reference to nuclear power: "Renewable energy" means the energy generation as defined in Subsection 10-19-102 (11) and includes generation powered by nuclear fuel. The bill passed the house with 72 yeas, 0 nays, and 3 absent, passed the senate with 24 yeas, 1 nay, and 4 absent, then received the governor's signature [REF	1
Surrogacy should be banned	Generally, only gestational surrogacy is supported and traditional surrogacy finds little to no legal support.	0
We should adopt mobile payments	Mobile payment is being adopted all over the world in different ways [REF].	1
We should subsidize electric cars	The CHAdeMO quick charge option was promoted by Nissan-Renault and it has found acceptance with Japanese car manufacturers to allow their electric cars to benefit from the CHAdeMO charger network in Japan.	1
We should abolish no-knock warrants	In the affidavit police used to obtain a search warrant for Johnston's house, Atlanta narcotics officers alleged their informant bought drugs inside Johnston's home earlier in the day from a man named "Sam", and that the home had video surveillance equipment justifying the no-knock warrant.	0
We should abolish intellectual property rights	The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recognizes that conflicts may exist between the respect for and implementation of current intellectual property systems and other human rights [REF].	0
We should disband Amnesty International	Directorio helps inform international human rights organizations like Amnesty International and instruments like the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about human rights violations in Cuba by relaying reports from activists there [REF].	0
Holocaust denial should be a criminal offence	Holocaust deniers argue that the multiple pre-World War II claims of precisely six million Jews facing extermination, like former New York Governor Martin Glynn's 1919 article "The Crucifixion of Jews Must Stop!", suggests the reported death toll is inaccurate and was invented to fit propaganda [REF].	0
We should abolish intelligence tests	Tucker shows that the recognized experts within the field of intelligence research blindly accepted Cyril Burt's research even though it was without scientific value and probably directly faked: They wanted to believe that IQ is hereditary and considered uncritically empirical claims supporting this view.	0
We should subsidize adoptions	Sustainable production can be supported by the adoption and use of environmentally sound technologies which can improve environmental performance significantly.	0
We should further exploit hydroelectric dams	A public opinion poll taken in 1949 indicated that an overwhelming majority of British Columbians supported the Alcan's plans for hydroelectric development on the Nechako [REF].	1
We should disband NASA	If the day of the relevant observations is known, the distance from the Sun on that day can be obtained online from e.g. the NASA orbit calculator,[REF] and corresponding temperature estimates at perihelion, aphelion, etc. can be obtained from the expression above.	0
We should abolish capital punishment	Hanging has been practiced legally in the United States of America from the nation's birth, up to 1972 when the United States Supreme Court found capital punishment to be in violation of the eighth amendment to the United States Constitution [REF].	1
We should legalize doping in sport	Following the 2006 season the designated replacement principal sponsor for the Phonak Hearing Systems team, iShares, pulled its support as a results of the Floyd Landis doping scandal and the team was disbanded.	0

We should introduce a pollution tax

Liberal veterans described Dion as a "lone wolf" who dismissed suggestions from his senior advisers to avoid using the Green Shift as an election platform.

0

Single-sex schools should be banned

UCC has, and still does, develop sports rivalries with other boys' schools in Ontario.

0

We should prohibit slum tourism

Despite its sophistication in music, Purcell's was not a tame club and slummers often came there to see fights and nasty dancing [REF].

0

We should ban homeopathy

In an article entitled "Should We Maintain an Open Mind about Homeopathy?"[REF] published in the ''[[American Journal of Medicine]]'', Michael Baum and Edzard Ernstwriting to other physicianswrote that "Homeopathy is among the worst examples of faith-based medicine.. These axioms [of homeopathy] are not only out of line with scientific facts but also directly opposed to them. If homeopathy is correct, much of physics, chemistry, and pharmacology must be incorrect.."

1

We should subsidize student loans

In September 2017, the Department of Education announced that it would cancel agreements with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to police student loan fraud.

0

We should ban abortions

Henry Bracton considered abortion to be homicide [REF

1

Bullfighting should be banned

The act of bullfighting is not called or considered a stand-alone sport but rather a performance art.

0

We should abolish the US Electoral College

Some supporters of the Electoral College note that it isolates the impact of any election fraud, or other such problems, to the state where it occurs.

0

We should ban beauty contests

The JDC program was different from the MIF, N/S Series and Land Fund programs in that the general partner paid only a nominal price for the assets and was selected on a beauty-contest basis, and the general partner (rather than the partnership itself) had to absorb most operating costs.

0

We should abolish the monarchy

The Liberal Party of Canada debated whether to sever ties to the monarchy when they met in Ottawa in January 2012 [REF]. They decided not to do so [REF].

0

We should ban cosmetic surgery

In January 2014, Everyday Sexism successfully campaigned for the removal of the mobile app Plastic Surgery & Plastic Doctor & Plastic Hospital Office for Barbie Version from the App Store and Google Play, for its promotion of a poor perspective on the concept of body image to those of a young age [REF].

0

We should ban alcoholic beverages

A 2003 report by archaeologists indicates a possibility that grapes were mixed with rice to produce mixed fermented beverages in China in the early years of the seventh millennium BC.

0

We should lower the age of consent

Sexual expression is an important part of culture: concubines are common, and the age of consent is non-existent.

0

We should ban organic food

In 2003 organic products were available in nearly 20,000 natural food stores and 73% of conventional grocery stores [REF].

0

We should legalize the growing of coca leaf

Even before the coup, relations with the United States had been strained because of Fujimori's reluctance to sign an accord that would increase U.S. and Peruvian military efforts in eradicating coca fields.

0

We should ban partial birth abortions

Jeffords consistently voted against the ban on partial-birth abortion, and also against a harsher line on Cuba.

1

We should legalize public nudity

In September 2011, nudists gathered to protest a proposed ordinance that would put some restrictions on public nudity in San Francisco [REF]. This ordinance was superseded in December 2012 by a ban on public nudity in San Francisco, proposed by Scott Wiener [REF].

1

We should introduce a flat tax

The Estonian economist and former chairman of his country's parliamentary budget committee Olev Raju, stated in September 2005 that "income disparities are rising and calls for a progressive system of taxation are getting louder - this could put an end to the flat tax after the next election" [REF].

0

We should ban free newspapers

Sunderland has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star - a free newspaper [REF].

0

We should fight global warming

The author analyzed 928 abstracts of papers from refereed scientific journals between 1993 and 2003, listed with the keywords "global climate change".

0

Bullfighting should be banned

The Hemingway scholar Allen Josephs thinks the novel is centered on the corrida (the bullfighting), and how each character reacts to it.

0

We should prohibit tower blocks

Starting in November, new permit applications for high-rise residential building must submit documentation to achieve LEED certification, and that requirement ratchets up to LEED Silver in 2009 and LEED Gold in 2012.

0

We should fight urbanization

Urbanization: 68.1% (2004); Population growth: 1.5% (1991-2000); Houses: 1,442,500 (2005) [REF].

0

We should further exploit nuclear power

In 2013, a survey by Harris Interactive of more than 2000 UK respondents found that 'one in four people (24%) considered nuclear power to offer the greatest potential' alongside solar (23%) and ahead of wind power (18%).

1

We should adopt socialism

The conservatives feared the New Deal meant socialism; Roosevelt noted privately in 1934 that the "old line press harps increasingly on state socialism and demands the return to the good old days" [REF].

0

We should abolish the attorney-client privilege

Disclosure alone, without intent, may constitute waiver of the attorney-client privilege... "under traditional waiver doctrine a voluntary disclosure .. to a third party waives the attorney-client privilege even if the third party agrees not to disclose the communications to anyone else."[REF]

0

We should end international aid

As some countries in the South experience rapid development, there is evidence that those states are developing high levels of South-South aid [REF].

0

We should end mining

Connor believed that mining would bring non-Mormons to Utah Territory.

0

We should abolish the attorney-client privilege

The McNulty Memo requires that when federal prosecutors seek privileged attorney-client communications or legal advice from a company, the U.S. Attorney must obtain written approval from the Deputy Attorney General [REF].

0

We should legalize public nudity

Others practice casual public nudity.

0

We should abolish the two-party system

Root is a small businessman who believes the 2-party system is built on corruption, greed and bribery.

1

We should subsidize adoptions

Research shows that adoption of mastery goals leads to greater intrinsic motivation as opposed to performance approach or performance avoid which are associated with external motivation [REF].

0

Surrogacy should be banned

The implication of this appears to be that this argument, pertaining to human rights breaches towards same-sex couples in adoption and surrogacy cases, have been nullified as the courts may now make an adoption orders to same-sex couples.

0

We should ban private education

Private entities such as the Guyana Sugar Corporation and the Private Aircraft Owners Association also provide technical education [REF].

0

We should subsidize journalism

War journalism takes advantage of the emotional "high" humans can get from fear through evolutionary psychological mechanisms [REF].

0

We should ban cosmetic surgery

Half of the patients with the disorder who have cosmetic surgery performed are not pleased with the aesthetic outcome.

0

We should abolish the three-strikes laws

Research indicates that mandatory minimum sentencing effectively shifts discretion from judges to the prosecutors. Prosecutors decide what charges to bring against a defendant, and they can "stack the deck", which involves over-charging a defendant in order to get them to plead guilty [REF]. Since prosecutors are part of the executive branch, and the judicial branch has almost no role in the sentencing, the checks and balances of the democratic system are removed

1

We should cancel the speed limit

The president of the AA said that speed limits that are too low can result in a greater number of accidents and that a "blanket reduction of speed limits would not make roads safer, given that many accidents on rural roads involved only one car" [REF].

0

We should introduce compulsory voting

Former Labour Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer has expressed support for the introduction of compulsory voting to counter this trend.

1

We should subsidize higher education

While the College had many successful alumni, many of Michigan farmers still feared that a college education would dissuade their children from agriculture.

0

We should subsidize biofuels

Regional production of microalgae and processing into biofuels will provide economic benefits to rural communities [REF].

1

Bullfighting should be banned

Corridas Goyescas are special events that intend to reflect the visuality of bullfights represented in the works of Francisco de Goya.

0

We should disband NATO

NATO decided that the conflict could only be settled by introducing a military peacekeeping force under the auspices of NATO, to forcibly restrain the two sides.

0

We should prohibit flag burning

Talent is a cosponsor of the Flag Desecration Amendment, which would make it constitutional to criminalize flag burning.

1

We should protect Antarctica

The team soon discover that the same energy signature from Antarctica is being detected by satellites from ancient monuments all over the Earth.

0

We should protect endangered species

The most punishable offenses are trafficking, and any act of knowingly "taking" (which includes harming, wounding, or killing) an endangered species.

1

We should subsidize journalism

Among them are journalism cultures and genres such as watchdog journalism, civic journalism, popular journalism or advocacy journalism characterized by its strong use of journalistic interventionism [REF].

0

We should abandon disposable diapers

In March 2010, Pampers announced a change to their popular Cruisers and Swaddlers diapers with the addition of the new Dry-Max technology.

0

We should increase government regulation

As with wired Internet access, the CTIA has stated that they strongly believe that regulation is not necessary and may do more harm than good [REF].

1

We should adopt libertarianism

Free-market roads are advocated by libertarians, who consider them more efficient, safer, and more cost-effective than public roads [REF].

0

We should limit the right of asylum

The case excited much controversy as was reported by the New York Times, and it considered it involved an interesting international question of the right of asylum.

0

We should fight for Palestinian independence

Brazil has firmly stressed its support for a Palestinian state within the borders of 1967, having Jerusalem as its capital [REF].

1

We should fight nationalism

Eatwell argues that the extreme right' has four traits: "1) anti-democracy; 2) nationalism; 3) racism; and 4) the strong state" [REF].

0

We should end athletic scholarships

Along with basketball athletic scholarships, Lafayette offers scholarships in field hockey and men's soccer.

0

We should end affirmative action

Kennedy has joined with Court majorities in decisions favoring states' rights and invalidating federal and state affirmative action programs.

1

We should abolish primary elections

Small-diameter tactical weapons became primaries for small-diameter secondaries.

0

We should ban beauty contests

In the ensuing public outcry and debate that followed, the effectiveness of the fatwa was shown given the influence of the Selangor's Mufti over the nation's sharia law [REF]. The fatwa resonated with the ideology that Muslim women should cover up private parts of their body, or Aurat of which the beauty pageants' practices ran contrary to - even though such religious enactments also apply to male pageants.

0

We should subsidize Wikipedia

From a sample of vandalism edits on the English Wikipedia during May 2003, they found that most such acts were repaired within minutes, summarizing: We've examined many pages on Wikipedia that treat controversial topics, and have discovered that most have, in fact, been vandalized at some point in their history.

0

We should end water fluoridation

In October 2003, Johnson had was the subject of criticism when she was quoted as saying that fluoridation of water should be "the preferred method of preventing tooth decay on a population basis".

1

We should introduce year round schooling

England abruptly retired in 1997 and was replaced by Jeff Brokamp, who had been principal of the Crest Hills Year-Round School, which had won awards for its all-year curriculum [REF].

0

We should end mandatory retirement

Beginning with the 1935 Constitution, Supreme Court Justices are obliged to retire upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70 [REF].

0

We should ban free newspapers

The students do not pay tuition and they must be provided with health care and a free daily school lunch.

0

We should end affirmative action

The NAACP demanded affirmative action hiring of school personnel and increased desegregation through an "open schools" policy.

1

The free market should be protected

Lee stated that he wanted to restore better relations with the United States through a greater emphasis on free market solutions [REF].

1

We should subsidize public service broadcasters

The main BBC public service broadcasting channels accounted for and estimated 28.4% of all television viewing; the three main independent channels accounted for 29.5% and the increasingly important other satellite and digital channels for the remaining 42.1% [REF].

0

We should adopt libertarianism

Meyer argued that utilitarian libertarians today use court power to force "freedom" ends with such vague phrases as due process and equal protection and manipulating utopian versions of freedom of the press, religion and speech [REF]. Pure libertarians assume they know what "freedom" is and that the state should enforce their vision through the courts.

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We should ban abortions

Responding to the criticism about the language used in the rape exception clause, bill co-sponsor Dan Lipinski (D) stated, "The language of H.R. 3 was not intended to change existing law regarding taxpayer funding for abortion in cases of rape, nor is it expected that it would do so.

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Bullfighting should be banned

The children's book tells the story of a bull who would rather smell flowers than fight in bullfights.

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We should cancel the Affordable Care Act

Huckabee opposed Obama's health care plan, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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We should ban genetically modified crops

The regulation of genetic engineering concerns the approaches taken by governments to assess and manage the risks associated with the development and release of genetically modified crops.

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We should legalize cell phone use while driving

Psychiatrist Edward M. Hallowell[REF] has gone so far as to describe multitasking as a "mythical activity in which people believe they can perform two or more tasks simultaneously as effectively as one

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We should ban boxing

Boxing punches account for the vast majority of strikes during the stand up portion of a bout and also account for the largest number of significant strikes, knock downs and KOs in MMA matches [REF].

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We should abolish temporary employment

Based on employment numbers, the most common work in Solo was worker/paid employee (112,336), followed by self-employee (56,112), self-employee assisted by temporary employee (32,769), unpaid employee (20,193), self-employee assisted by permanent employee (14,880), freelance employee in non-agricultural work (10,241), and freelance employee in agricultural work (237) [REF].

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We should subsidize distance education

Lickey with his wife Susan had in 1919 founded a law study program in San Francisco for veterans returning after the First World War and other working adults which offered evening classes to part-time students[REF][REF] while he was working as the western representative of the Law Department of the La Salle Extension University of Chicago which offered degrees through correspondence courses [REF].

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We should ban homeopathy

Montagnier was also questioned on his beliefs about homeopathy, to which he replied: "I can't say that homeopathy is right in everything. What I can say now is that the high dilutions are right.

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We should raise the retirement age

1961 Early retirement age lowered to age 62 at reduced benefits

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We should adopt atheism

In the course of his recovery, Priestland became a devoted Quaker, despite having been a confirmed atheist in his youth.

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We should adopt multiculturalism

The curriculum includes multicultural activities that promotes appreciation of all cultures [REF].

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Homeschooling should be banned

According to the Home School Legal Defense Association, his work helped launch the Christian homeschooling movement in the United States, Canada, Australia and Mexico

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We should abolish the double jeopardy defense

Though eight justices agreed that the double jeopardy right was not "implicit in the concept of ordered liberty", the Palko test has remained the standard for incorporating rights against state and local governments [REF].

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We should limit the freedom of speech

Opponents also argue that the ban promotes restrictions on free speech as well as restrictions on accurate medical information [REF].

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We should abolish the two-party system

Sometimes two-party systems have been seen as preferable to multi-party systems because they are simpler to govern, with less fractiousness and greater harmony, since it discourages radical minor parties,[REF] while multi-party systems can sometimes lead to hung parliaments [REF]

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We should ban genetically modified crops

A 2002 review of the scientific literature concluded that "the commercial large-scale cultivation of current Bt-maize hybrids did not pose a significant risk to the monarch population" and noted that despite large-scale planting of genetically modified crops, the butterfly's population was increasing [REF].

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We should abolish zoos

In the second issue of Huxley's Natural History Review, an article by George Rolleston on the orangutan brain showed the features that Owen claimed apes lacked, and when Owen responded in a letter to the Annals and Magazine of Natural History that the issue was a matter of definition rather than fact, Huxley made a public dissection of a spider monkey that had died at the zoo, to support his case.

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We should end censorship

In public debates, Dershowitz commonly argues against censorship of pornography on First Amendment grounds, and maintains that consumption of pornography is not harmful [REF].

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We should introduce universal health care

Two additional advertisements were scheduled to air in August, the third focusing on free education, and the fourth on free health care.

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We should further exploit nuclear power

In 2009 the Utah state passed the bill ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROJECTS including incentives for renewable energy projects. It includes a direct reference to nuclear power: "Renewable energy" means the energy generation as defined in Subsection 10-19-102 (11) and includes generation powered by nuclear fuel. The bill passed the house with 72 yeas, 0 nays, and 3 absent, passed the senate with 24 yeas, 1 nay, and 4 absent, then received the governor's signature [REF

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Surrogacy should be banned

Generally, only gestational surrogacy is supported and traditional surrogacy finds little to no legal support.

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We should adopt mobile payments

Mobile payment is being adopted all over the world in different ways [REF].

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We should subsidize electric cars

The CHAdeMO quick charge option was promoted by Nissan-Renault and it has found acceptance with Japanese car manufacturers to allow their electric cars to benefit from the CHAdeMO charger network in Japan.

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We should abolish no-knock warrants

In the affidavit police used to obtain a search warrant for Johnston's house, Atlanta narcotics officers alleged their informant bought drugs inside Johnston's home earlier in the day from a man named "Sam", and that the home had video surveillance equipment justifying the no-knock warrant.

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We should abolish intellectual property rights

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recognizes that conflicts may exist between the respect for and implementation of current intellectual property systems and other human rights [REF].

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We should disband Amnesty International

Directorio helps inform international human rights organizations like Amnesty International and instruments like the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about human rights violations in Cuba by relaying reports from activists there [REF].

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Holocaust denial should be a criminal offence

Holocaust deniers argue that the multiple pre-World War II claims of precisely six million Jews facing extermination, like former New York Governor Martin Glynn's 1919 article "The Crucifixion of Jews Must Stop!", suggests the reported death toll is inaccurate and was invented to fit propaganda [REF].

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We should abolish intelligence tests

Tucker shows that the recognized experts within the field of intelligence research blindly accepted Cyril Burt's research even though it was without scientific value and probably directly faked: They wanted to believe that IQ is hereditary and considered uncritically empirical claims supporting this view.

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We should subsidize adoptions

Sustainable production can be supported by the adoption and use of environmentally sound technologies which can improve environmental performance significantly.

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We should further exploit hydroelectric dams

A public opinion poll taken in 1949 indicated that an overwhelming majority of British Columbians supported the Alcan's plans for hydroelectric development on the Nechako [REF].

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We should disband NASA

If the day of the relevant observations is known, the distance from the Sun on that day can be obtained online from e.g. the NASA orbit calculator,[REF] and corresponding temperature estimates at perihelion, aphelion, etc. can be obtained from the expression above.

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We should abolish capital punishment

Hanging has been practiced legally in the United States of America from the nation's birth, up to 1972 when the United States Supreme Court found capital punishment to be in violation of the eighth amendment to the United States Constitution [REF].

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We should legalize doping in sport

Following the 2006 season the designated replacement principal sponsor for the Phonak Hearing Systems team, iShares, pulled its support as a results of the Floyd Landis doping scandal and the team was disbanded.

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