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We should ban alcoholic beverages	The International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology (INHANCE) Consortium co-ordinated a meta-study on the issue [REF]. A study looking at laryngeal cancer and beverage type concluded, "This study thus indicates that in the Italian population characterized by frequent wine consumption, wine is the beverage most strongly related to the risk of laryngeal cancer."[REF	1
We should further exploit green technology	Throughout the country, more than half of all U.S. electricity customers now have an option to purchase some type of green power product from a retail electricity provider. Roughly one-quarter of the nation's utilities offer green power programs to customers, and voluntary retail sales of renewable energy in the United States totaled more than 12 billion kilowatt-hours in 2006, a 40% increase over the previous year	1
The lotteries proved very popular and were hailed as a painless form of taxation	The lotteries were used for such diverse projects as the Pennsylvania Schuylkill – Susquehanna Canal (lottery in May 1795), and Harvard College (lottery in March 1806	1
We should limit the right of self-defense	For him, if the "Indians" of the Americas would not permit free transit, the aggrieved parties had the right to defend themselves and to remain in land obtained in such a war of self-defense.	0
We should abolish the monarchy	One of the leading reformers, Lord John Russell, said in 1831: "Elections carried by money, treating and an appeal to low passions will produce such disorder, and such disgust, that an arbitrary monarchy will sooner or later be the consequence.	0
We should subsidize journalism	Today it is the nation's most broad-based journalism organization, encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior.	0
We should adopt direct democracy	Speaking in late summer 1985 to the secretaries for economic affairs of the central committees of the East European communist parties, Gorbachev said: "Many of you see the solution to your problems in resorting to market mechanisms in place of direct planning.	0
Private universities should be banned	On September 28, 2008, Al-Rashid, along with MPs Abdullah Al-Roumi, and Adel Al-Saraawi have proposed a draft law which suggests that the government fund Kuwaiti students' higher education at private colleges.	0
Single-sex schools should be banned	Girls School (Govt.G.Sec.Sr.Sch.) up to senior secondary level.	0
We should abolish the right to keep and bear arms	Throughout the debate Baldwin repeated his party's pro-life platform and support for the right to bear arms [REF].	1
We should end international aid	The Cancer Society of New Zealand released a position statement which states, "Currently, there is limited evidence of the safety of e-cigarettes or their suitability as a smoking cessation aid" and "Before they are widely promoted, evidence is needed to ensure that e-cigarettes are a safe harm reduction alternative to tobacco smoking, that they are a safe and effective cessation aid, that they don't undermine motivation to quit, and that they don't act as a gateway to nicotine addiction for young people."[REF] .	0
We should abolish capital punishment	Among other things in the debate in which the two opponents "clashed sharply,"[REF] Foley voiced his support for retaining Connecticut's death penalty as is, pledging to veto abolishment bills placed on his desk as governor, while Malloy reiterated his opposition to capital punishment, though he stated he would not retroactively undo death sentences of individuals currently in the process [REF].	0
We should legalize public nudity	While it may be in some manner "expressive" for a person to appear naked in public, the plurality determined that basically any conduct anyone engages in at any time can be considered "expressive," so merely being expressive is not enough to bring such an argument.	0
We should prohibit international adoption	Judge Oddone is a co-founder of the Utah non-profit, international adoption agency, Children's House International [REF].	0
We should disband UNESCO	The whole North Pennines AONB, of which the Inlier forms part, is in fact of such interest to geologists that in 2003 it was designated a Geopark under a Unesco programme to promote public interest in geology.	0
We should adopt libertarianism	Edward Feser emphasized that libertarianism does not require individuals to reject traditional conservative values.	0
We should abandon Gmail	The February 2010 launch of Google Buzz, a former social network that was linked to Gmail, immediately drew criticism for publicly sharing details of users' contacts unless the default settings were changed [REF].	0
We should end daylight saving times	Ripe with pop-culture references and an eclectic mash of immaturity and sincerity, Daylight Savings was a near sell out season.	0
We should protect Antarctica	Long term temperature data from the Southern Hemisphere are hard to find, and by the time you get to the Antarctic continent, the data are extremely sparse.	0
We should ban lotteries	The first draft lottery since World War II in the United States was held on 1 December 1969 and was met with large protests and a great deal of controversy; statistical analysis indicated that the methodology of the lotteries unintentionally disadvantaged men with late year birthdays [REF].	0
We should abolish the three-strikes laws	McDonald opposed a Three Strikes Law favored by Governor Jodi Rell to mandate life terms to career violent criminals; that measure failed to pass.	0
We should disband NATO	The 31st Medical Group supports the readiness of 31st Fighter Wing and associated units throughout the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) southern region, ensuring the health of its community by providing patient-focused medical care from internal, Department of Defense and host nation resources.	0
We should further exploit hydroelectric dams	It is estimated that to date, 40-80 million people worldwide have been physically displaced from their homes as a result of dam construction [REF	1
We should disband the United Nations	The United Nations released a new estimate of 180,000 who have died as a result of illness and malnutrition in the 18 months of the conflict.	0
We should further exploit natural gas	The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) is expected to finalize a natural gas export deal with Pakistan, with exports set to begin in 2011.	0
We should abolish the US Electoral College	There are 31 states plus the District of Columbia where the Green Party has achieved a ballot line in 2008[REF] representing just over 70% of voters[REF] and 68% of Electoral Votes.	0
We should abolish intelligence tests	After the war Terman and his colleagues pressed for intelligence tests to be used in schools to improve the efficiency of growing American schools.	1
We should end international aid	In 2005 the UN drew attention to the increased need for foreign aid given severe problems with drought and locusts resulting in a famine endangering the lives around a million people.	0
We should legalize polygamy	LDS historian Todd Compton, in his book In Sacred Loneliness, described various instances where some wives in polygamous marriages were unhappy with polygamy [REF	1
The vow of celibacy should be abandoned	Christoph Schönborn and Hans Küng have also said that priestly celibacy could be one of the causes of the sex abuse scandals within the Catholic Church [REF].	1
Hunting should be banned	The Germanic tribes responsible for the sack of Rome were avid hunters, though unlike the Greeks and Romans, they considered the deer and not the boar as the most noble quarry [REF].	0
We should ban fishing	The Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that 13,000 families who depend directly on farming, herding and fishing have suffered significant damage to their livelihoods [REF].	0
We should ban homeopathy	As a mother who advocated homeopathy, freedom of expression, lots of outdoor activity, and a solid, highly academic education for all of her children, Stanton nurtured a breadth of interests, activities, and learning in both her sons and daughters [REF].	0
Casinos should be banned	Until near the end of his senatorial career, Farley refused to back casino gambling, a position that some close to him attributed to a desire to avoid the increased scrutiny that gambling would bring to bear on his political machine [REF].	0
We should disband NASA	To prepare for long-term (months) microgravity research aboard Space Station Freedom, scientists and NASA need practical experience in managing progressively longer times for their experiments.	0
We should disband the United Nations	In a 1971 advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice upheld UN authority over Namibia, determining that the South African presence in Namibia was illegal and that South Africa therefore was obliged to withdraw its administration from Namibia immediately.	0
Community service should be mandatory	More than 13,000 community service events took place across the nation on the day, the largest participation in the 14 years since Congress passed the King Holiday and Service Act and more than double the previous year's events [REF].	0
We should ban whaling	Anti-whaling organizations claim that the research program is a front for commercial whaling, that the sample size is needlessly large and that equivalent information can be obtained by non-lethal means, for example by studying samples of whale tissue (such as skin) or feces [REF].	1
We should limit the use of birth control	As World Bank President Robert McNamara declared at the 1968 Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group that countries permitting birth control practices will get preferential access to resources, doctors in La Paz, Bolivia, called it insulting that money should be exchanged for the conscience of a Catholic nation.	0
We should abolish the two-party system	At one point, Labor trailed the Barry O'Farrell-led Coalition by 26 points on the two-party vote[REF] and Keneally trailed O'Farrell by 16 points as preferred premier [REF].	0
We should subsidize biofuels	Opponents also argue that taxpayers are being asked to finance ever-increasing biofuels subsidies that have the potential to affect future federal budgetary choices [REF].	1
We should legalize ivory trade	The debate surrounding ivory trade has often been depicted as Africa versus the West.	0
We should ban homeopathy	Homeopaths who believe Montagnier's study supports homeopathy are only demonstrating their enormous capacity for self-deception." She went on to analyze the studies and pointed out a number of flaws, stating: "..even assuming the results are valid, they tend to discredit homeopathy, not support it.. Homeopathy is a system of clinical treatment that can only be validated by in vivo clinical trials."	0
We should further exploit nuclear power	In 2014, Brookings Institution published The Net Benefits of Low and No-Carbon Electricity Technologies which states, after performing an energy and emissions cost analysis, that "The net benefits of new nuclear, hydro, and natural gas combined cycle plants far outweigh the net benefits of new wind or solar plants", with the most cost effective low carbon power technology being determined to be nuclear power [REF].	1
We should increase immigration to the United States	New Immigrants are entitled to exemption from paying tax on interest on foreign currency deposits for 20 years, so long as the source of those deposits is capital they possessed prior to their immigration, and which was deposited in an Israeli banking institution.	0
We should disband the United Nations	Implementation of population-based UN voting also raises the problems of diversity of interests and governments of the various nations. The nations in the UN contain representative democracies as well as absolute dictatorships and many other types of government.	0
We should further exploit hydroelectric dams	Overall, hydroelectric power can be far less expensive than electricity generated from fossil fuels or nuclear energy, and areas with abundant hydroelectric power attract industry.	1
We should subsidize biofuels	It may take some time, as farmers can take some time to change which things they are growing, but increasing demand for first generation biofuels is likely to result in price increases for many kinds of food.	1
We should disband NATO	After the third day of aerial bombing, NATO had destroyed almost all of its strategic military targets in Yugoslavia. Despite this, the Yugoslav Army continued to function and to attack Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) insurgents inside Kosovo, mostly in the regions of Northern and Southwest Kosovo.	0
We should legalize prostitution	China: The Trafficking in Persons Report of 2010 reports that the government of China did not take sufficient measures to reduce demand for forced labor, commercial sex acts, or child sex tourism [REF].	0
We should abolish the double jeopardy defense	Article 14(5) establishes the right of a convicted person to have a higher court review the conviction or sentence, and article 14(7) prohibits double jeopardy [REF].	0
We should further exploit green technology	Now, our premium products will be expressed in advanced environmental technologies, rather than glamorous things attached to the product," he said.	0
We should legalize cannabis	Despite over $7 billion spent annually towards arresting[REF] and prosecuting nearly 800,000 people across the country for marijuana offenses in 2005 (FBI Uniform Crime Reports), the federally funded Monitoring the Future Survey reports about 85% of high school seniors find marijuana "easy to obtain". That figure has remained virtually unchanged since 1975, never dropping below 82.7% in three decades of national surveys [REF	1
We should not subsidize cultivation of tobacco	The son of a tobacco farmer, Stanley Jennings Carpenter grew up helping his father but soon developed a strong interest in nature.	0
We should ban abortions	18th-century Alphonsus Liguori argued that, because of uncertainty about when the soul entered the fetus, abortion, while in general morally wrong, was acceptable in circumstances such as when the mother's life was in danger,[REF	1
We should abolish the double jeopardy defense	Later it rejected claims of lack of probable cause and double jeopardy [REF].	0
We should adopt libertarianism	Despite the violence of some, many anarchists in Spain adopted an ascetic lifestyle in line with their libertarian beliefs.	0
We should disband the United Nations	UNSCOM data and reports provided to the Committee showed that the UN had been unable to account for two of 819 Scud missiles Iraq acquired from the Soviet Union, seven indigenously produced a1 Husayn Scud-type missiles, 50 conventional Scud warheads and over 500 tons of proscribed Scud propellants Iraq claimed to have destroyed unilaterally."[REF] .	0
We should abolish zoos	The largest problem for long-term conservation breeding at zoos will be the lack of understanding by the public that nature is based on surplus, i.e. that always more animals are born than are necessary for maintaining their own species, and that these surplus animals will end up in the food chain, thus ensuring the survival of other species.	0
We should abandon feminism	In fact, they argue, many feminists seem perfectly comfortable equating sex and gender and insisting on a given destiny for trans persons based on nothing more than biology [REF].	0
We should ban homeopathy	According to the same study, of those who used homeopathy, 31.7% had seen a homeopathic practitioner in the past year in 1990 and the number dropped to 16.5% by 1997 [REF].	0
We should ban herbal medicine	Once a person began seeing Krishnamacharya, he would work with him or her on a number of levels including adjusting their diet; creating herbal medicines; and setting up a series of yoga postures that would be most beneficial.	0
We should abolish the monarchy	Thus, the Monarchy declared the very term republican illegal in 1834.	0
We should increase government regulation	The US, EU and Japan argued that the restrictions were a violation of the WTO trade regulations.	0
We should fight urbanization	Many of the urban water supply networks in developing countries face problems related to population increase, water scarcity, and environmental pollution.	0
We should abandon television	Advertising revenue provides a significant portion of the funding for most privately owned television networks.	0
We should abolish temporary employment	In a November 1994 special election, early favorite Gregory-Scocchi was defeated by Barbara Buono, after disclosures that Gregory-Scocchi's temporary employment firm had hired illegal immigrants [REF].	0
The use of AI should be abandoned	M, C4, C5 and C4-2 also expressed reduced human androgen receptor mRNA as expected in AI cells [REF].	0
We should legalize doping in sport	In February 2012, Ullrich was found guilty of a doping offence by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.	0
We should cancel the speed limit	(b-1) A person shall be guilty of aggravated reckless driving if the person violates subsection (b) of this section and the person does one or more of the following: (1) Operates the vehicle at a rate or speed at or greater than 30 miles per hour over the stated speed limit; (2) Causes bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to another; or (3) Causes property damage in excess of $1,000.	0
We should end daylight saving times	The end of daylight savings in some states was also attributed to its rising ratings (the practice has proved to be detrimental to the performance of early evening programs such as The 7PM Project).	0
We should abolish the Olympic Games	At the end of the Games, the flag could not be found and a new Olympic flag had to be made for the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.	0
We should subsidize higher education	19) . Bowen's book provided plentiful evidence that higher education institutions of similar size, situation and repute had radically different costs per student, and spent each dollar differently from one another.	0
We should prohibit tower blocks	The London Evening Standard reported on 29 August 2014 that the Manhattan apartment block at 40 Riverside Boulevard had been split into two with apartments costing up to $25 million facing the Hudson River and cheaper apartments let at $800 and $1,100 per month in a smaller attached building with a separate entrance.	0
We should limit the use of birth control	Taken after unprotected sexual intercourse or contraceptive failure, such higher doses may prevent pregnancy from occurring [REF].	0
We should lower the age of consent	In 1917 a bill raising the age of consent in Great Britain and Ireland from 16 to 17 was defeated by only one vote [REF].	0
We should limit the use of birth control	In this role Ames helped to form The Doctors Bill to Clarify the Law, which regulated the ability of doctors to provide birth control counseling to married women with health problems, and later helped establish universal access to birth control [REF].	0
We should end cheerleading	There is Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Track & Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, and Wrestling.	0
We should subsidize journalism	Hamlet Isakhanli discusses in his writings the problems of poetry and philosophy [REF]. political science and international relations,[REF][REF][REF] history,[REF][REF] journalism,[REF] etc.	0
We should lower the age of consent	Section 207b[REF] of the penal code contains an exception to the general age of consent: if one of the partners is younger than 16 years of age and "not sufficiently mature to understand the significance of the act", then the act is punishable.	0
We should disband UNESCO	In March 2004 ICOMOS recommended that UNESCO inscribe the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City as a World Heritage Site [REF].	0
Hunting should be banned	Some hunters prefer sunny days vs cloudy or rainy days.	0
We should subsidize biofuels	Transitioning fully to biofuels could require immense tracts of land if traditional food crops are used (although non food crops can be utilized).	1
We should subsidize higher education	There are two central organizations that assist with the process of applying to Ontario universities and colleges: the Ontario Universities' Application Centre and Ontario College Application Service.	0
We should adopt atheism	Madalyn Murray O'Hair was perhaps one of the most influential American atheists; she brought forth the 1963 Supreme Court case Murray v. Curlett which banned compulsory prayer in public schools [REF].	0
We should abolish the needle exchange programs	Montaner's current major research interests are harm reduction (including safe injection sites and needle exchange programs), treating hard-to-reach HIV-positive populations, and developing new antiretrovirals [REF].	1
We should abolish zoos	Although recreation is today not the main aim of zoos anymore, it is clear that it plays still a very important role.	1
Boarding schools should be abolished	In November 2014 the Ofsted Welfare Inspection concluded the school meets the national minimum standards for boarding schools [REF].	0
We should legalize polygamy	In 1882, Congress passed the Edmunds Act, which made polygamy a felony and posed a serious threat to Utah's long-stalled bid for statehood.	1
We should abandon feminism	RW persistently presses to form alliances and united fronts, including early efforts such as the Action Childcare Coalition, the Feminist Coordinating Council (an umbrella organization made up of the whole spectrum of women's groups in Seattle), and the Coalition for Protective Legislation (a labor and feminist effort to extend female-designated workplace safeguards to men after passage of the Washington State Equal Rights Amendment).	0
The policy is controversial both within and outside China because of the manner in which the policy has been implemented, and because of concerns about negative social consequences	the US State Department,[REF] the Parliament of the United Kingdom,[REF] and the human rights organization Amnesty International[REF] have all declared that China's family planning programs contribute to infanticide	1
Tattoos should be banned	To show Jacky that she is under the ownership and protection of her, Cheng Shih orders her assistant to tattoo on her neck a golden dragon, this being Shih's mark.	0
We should ban telemarketing	The TCPA restricts telephone solicitations (i.e., telemarketing) and the use of automated telephone equipment.	1
We should ban fast food	The system rates 3600+ foods including basic foods like apples and oranges, fast-foods, and brand-name foods.	0
We should subsidize public service broadcasters	Meanwhile, the rise of satellite radio services as a major competitor have brought many of the advantages of Internet radio to an increasingly mobile listening public, including lack of censorship, greater choice, a more eclectic approach to format programming, and static-free digital sound quality.	0
We should subsidize public service broadcasters	Quantitative statistics of cultural products revealed that public media in western countries promote more individualistic components than East-Asian countries [REF].	0
We should ban lotteries	2006 research found that 82 percent of South Africans played the lottery once a week and that 53 percent of the population did not engage in any other form of gambling.	0
Assisted suicide should be a criminal offence	In 1998, when the first legal assisted suicide occurred in Oregon, Vlazny declared that the death "can only bring anguish to those who have resisted the public policy initiatives that changed the law in Oregon."[REF] .	0
Bullfighting should be banned	The Arts & Culture House is located inside the complex where the local government building is, and also inside the complex there is another smaller bullfight ring, known as the Cortijo San José, which sometimes hosts rodeo shows.	0
We should ban fast food	Fast food has become a part of American culture as a reward for children.	1

We should ban alcoholic beverages

The International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology (INHANCE) Consortium co-ordinated a meta-study on the issue [REF]. A study looking at laryngeal cancer and beverage type concluded, "This study thus indicates that in the Italian population characterized by frequent wine consumption, wine is the beverage most strongly related to the risk of laryngeal cancer."[REF

1

We should further exploit green technology

Throughout the country, more than half of all U.S. electricity customers now have an option to purchase some type of green power product from a retail electricity provider. Roughly one-quarter of the nation's utilities offer green power programs to customers, and voluntary retail sales of renewable energy in the United States totaled more than 12 billion kilowatt-hours in 2006, a 40% increase over the previous year

1

The lotteries proved very popular and were hailed as a painless form of taxation

The lotteries were used for such diverse projects as the Pennsylvania Schuylkill – Susquehanna Canal (lottery in May 1795), and Harvard College (lottery in March 1806

1

We should limit the right of self-defense

For him, if the "Indians" of the Americas would not permit free transit, the aggrieved parties had the right to defend themselves and to remain in land obtained in such a war of self-defense.

0

We should abolish the monarchy

One of the leading reformers, Lord John Russell, said in 1831: "Elections carried by money, treating and an appeal to low passions will produce such disorder, and such disgust, that an arbitrary monarchy will sooner or later be the consequence.

0

We should subsidize journalism

Today it is the nation's most broad-based journalism organization, encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior.

0

We should adopt direct democracy

Speaking in late summer 1985 to the secretaries for economic affairs of the central committees of the East European communist parties, Gorbachev said: "Many of you see the solution to your problems in resorting to market mechanisms in place of direct planning.

0

Private universities should be banned

On September 28, 2008, Al-Rashid, along with MPs Abdullah Al-Roumi, and Adel Al-Saraawi have proposed a draft law which suggests that the government fund Kuwaiti students' higher education at private colleges.

0

Single-sex schools should be banned

Girls School (Govt.G.Sec.Sr.Sch.) up to senior secondary level.

0

We should abolish the right to keep and bear arms

Throughout the debate Baldwin repeated his party's pro-life platform and support for the right to bear arms [REF].

1

We should end international aid

The Cancer Society of New Zealand released a position statement which states, "Currently, there is limited evidence of the safety of e-cigarettes or their suitability as a smoking cessation aid" and "Before they are widely promoted, evidence is needed to ensure that e-cigarettes are a safe harm reduction alternative to tobacco smoking, that they are a safe and effective cessation aid, that they don't undermine motivation to quit, and that they don't act as a gateway to nicotine addiction for young people."[REF] .

0

We should abolish capital punishment

Among other things in the debate in which the two opponents "clashed sharply,"[REF] Foley voiced his support for retaining Connecticut's death penalty as is, pledging to veto abolishment bills placed on his desk as governor, while Malloy reiterated his opposition to capital punishment, though he stated he would not retroactively undo death sentences of individuals currently in the process [REF].

0

We should legalize public nudity

While it may be in some manner "expressive" for a person to appear naked in public, the plurality determined that basically any conduct anyone engages in at any time can be considered "expressive," so merely being expressive is not enough to bring such an argument.

0

We should prohibit international adoption

Judge Oddone is a co-founder of the Utah non-profit, international adoption agency, Children's House International [REF].

0

We should disband UNESCO

The whole North Pennines AONB, of which the Inlier forms part, is in fact of such interest to geologists that in 2003 it was designated a Geopark under a Unesco programme to promote public interest in geology.

0

We should adopt libertarianism

Edward Feser emphasized that libertarianism does not require individuals to reject traditional conservative values.

0

We should abandon Gmail

The February 2010 launch of Google Buzz, a former social network that was linked to Gmail, immediately drew criticism for publicly sharing details of users' contacts unless the default settings were changed [REF].

0

We should end daylight saving times

Ripe with pop-culture references and an eclectic mash of immaturity and sincerity, Daylight Savings was a near sell out season.

0

We should protect Antarctica

Long term temperature data from the Southern Hemisphere are hard to find, and by the time you get to the Antarctic continent, the data are extremely sparse.

0

We should ban lotteries

The first draft lottery since World War II in the United States was held on 1 December 1969 and was met with large protests and a great deal of controversy; statistical analysis indicated that the methodology of the lotteries unintentionally disadvantaged men with late year birthdays [REF].

0

We should abolish the three-strikes laws

McDonald opposed a Three Strikes Law favored by Governor Jodi Rell to mandate life terms to career violent criminals; that measure failed to pass.

0

We should disband NATO

The 31st Medical Group supports the readiness of 31st Fighter Wing and associated units throughout the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) southern region, ensuring the health of its community by providing patient-focused medical care from internal, Department of Defense and host nation resources.

0

We should further exploit hydroelectric dams

It is estimated that to date, 40-80 million people worldwide have been physically displaced from their homes as a result of dam construction [REF

1

We should disband the United Nations

The United Nations released a new estimate of 180,000 who have died as a result of illness and malnutrition in the 18 months of the conflict.

0

We should further exploit natural gas

The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) is expected to finalize a natural gas export deal with Pakistan, with exports set to begin in 2011.

0

We should abolish the US Electoral College

There are 31 states plus the District of Columbia where the Green Party has achieved a ballot line in 2008[REF] representing just over 70% of voters[REF] and 68% of Electoral Votes.

0

We should abolish intelligence tests

After the war Terman and his colleagues pressed for intelligence tests to be used in schools to improve the efficiency of growing American schools.

1

We should end international aid

In 2005 the UN drew attention to the increased need for foreign aid given severe problems with drought and locusts resulting in a famine endangering the lives around a million people.

0

We should legalize polygamy

LDS historian Todd Compton, in his book In Sacred Loneliness, described various instances where some wives in polygamous marriages were unhappy with polygamy [REF

1

The vow of celibacy should be abandoned

Christoph Schönborn and Hans Küng have also said that priestly celibacy could be one of the causes of the sex abuse scandals within the Catholic Church [REF].

1

Hunting should be banned

The Germanic tribes responsible for the sack of Rome were avid hunters, though unlike the Greeks and Romans, they considered the deer and not the boar as the most noble quarry [REF].

0

We should ban fishing

The Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that 13,000 families who depend directly on farming, herding and fishing have suffered significant damage to their livelihoods [REF].

0

We should ban homeopathy

As a mother who advocated homeopathy, freedom of expression, lots of outdoor activity, and a solid, highly academic education for all of her children, Stanton nurtured a breadth of interests, activities, and learning in both her sons and daughters [REF].

0

Casinos should be banned

Until near the end of his senatorial career, Farley refused to back casino gambling, a position that some close to him attributed to a desire to avoid the increased scrutiny that gambling would bring to bear on his political machine [REF].

0

We should disband NASA

To prepare for long-term (months) microgravity research aboard Space Station Freedom, scientists and NASA need practical experience in managing progressively longer times for their experiments.

0

We should disband the United Nations

In a 1971 advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice upheld UN authority over Namibia, determining that the South African presence in Namibia was illegal and that South Africa therefore was obliged to withdraw its administration from Namibia immediately.

0

Community service should be mandatory

More than 13,000 community service events took place across the nation on the day, the largest participation in the 14 years since Congress passed the King Holiday and Service Act and more than double the previous year's events [REF].

0

We should ban whaling

Anti-whaling organizations claim that the research program is a front for commercial whaling, that the sample size is needlessly large and that equivalent information can be obtained by non-lethal means, for example by studying samples of whale tissue (such as skin) or feces [REF].

1

We should limit the use of birth control

As World Bank President Robert McNamara declared at the 1968 Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group that countries permitting birth control practices will get preferential access to resources, doctors in La Paz, Bolivia, called it insulting that money should be exchanged for the conscience of a Catholic nation.

0

We should abolish the two-party system

At one point, Labor trailed the Barry O'Farrell-led Coalition by 26 points on the two-party vote[REF] and Keneally trailed O'Farrell by 16 points as preferred premier [REF].

0

We should subsidize biofuels

Opponents also argue that taxpayers are being asked to finance ever-increasing biofuels subsidies that have the potential to affect future federal budgetary choices [REF].

1

We should legalize ivory trade

The debate surrounding ivory trade has often been depicted as Africa versus the West.

0

We should ban homeopathy

Homeopaths who believe Montagnier's study supports homeopathy are only demonstrating their enormous capacity for self-deception." She went on to analyze the studies and pointed out a number of flaws, stating: "..even assuming the results are valid, they tend to discredit homeopathy, not support it.. Homeopathy is a system of clinical treatment that can only be validated by in vivo clinical trials."

0

We should further exploit nuclear power

In 2014, Brookings Institution published The Net Benefits of Low and No-Carbon Electricity Technologies which states, after performing an energy and emissions cost analysis, that "The net benefits of new nuclear, hydro, and natural gas combined cycle plants far outweigh the net benefits of new wind or solar plants", with the most cost effective low carbon power technology being determined to be nuclear power [REF].

1

We should increase immigration to the United States

New Immigrants are entitled to exemption from paying tax on interest on foreign currency deposits for 20 years, so long as the source of those deposits is capital they possessed prior to their immigration, and which was deposited in an Israeli banking institution.

0

We should disband the United Nations

Implementation of population-based UN voting also raises the problems of diversity of interests and governments of the various nations. The nations in the UN contain representative democracies as well as absolute dictatorships and many other types of government.

0

We should further exploit hydroelectric dams

Overall, hydroelectric power can be far less expensive than electricity generated from fossil fuels or nuclear energy, and areas with abundant hydroelectric power attract industry.

1

We should subsidize biofuels

It may take some time, as farmers can take some time to change which things they are growing, but increasing demand for first generation biofuels is likely to result in price increases for many kinds of food.

1

We should disband NATO

After the third day of aerial bombing, NATO had destroyed almost all of its strategic military targets in Yugoslavia. Despite this, the Yugoslav Army continued to function and to attack Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) insurgents inside Kosovo, mostly in the regions of Northern and Southwest Kosovo.

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We should legalize prostitution

China: The Trafficking in Persons Report of 2010 reports that the government of China did not take sufficient measures to reduce demand for forced labor, commercial sex acts, or child sex tourism [REF].

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We should abolish the double jeopardy defense

Article 14(5) establishes the right of a convicted person to have a higher court review the conviction or sentence, and article 14(7) prohibits double jeopardy [REF].

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We should further exploit green technology

Now, our premium products will be expressed in advanced environmental technologies, rather than glamorous things attached to the product," he said.

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We should legalize cannabis

Despite over $7 billion spent annually towards arresting[REF] and prosecuting nearly 800,000 people across the country for marijuana offenses in 2005 (FBI Uniform Crime Reports), the federally funded Monitoring the Future Survey reports about 85% of high school seniors find marijuana "easy to obtain". That figure has remained virtually unchanged since 1975, never dropping below 82.7% in three decades of national surveys [REF

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We should not subsidize cultivation of tobacco

The son of a tobacco farmer, Stanley Jennings Carpenter grew up helping his father but soon developed a strong interest in nature.

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We should ban abortions

18th-century Alphonsus Liguori argued that, because of uncertainty about when the soul entered the fetus, abortion, while in general morally wrong, was acceptable in circumstances such as when the mother's life was in danger,[REF

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We should abolish the double jeopardy defense

Later it rejected claims of lack of probable cause and double jeopardy [REF].

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We should adopt libertarianism

Despite the violence of some, many anarchists in Spain adopted an ascetic lifestyle in line with their libertarian beliefs.

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We should disband the United Nations

UNSCOM data and reports provided to the Committee showed that the UN had been unable to account for two of 819 Scud missiles Iraq acquired from the Soviet Union, seven indigenously produced a1 Husayn Scud-type missiles, 50 conventional Scud warheads and over 500 tons of proscribed Scud propellants Iraq claimed to have destroyed unilaterally."[REF] .

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We should abolish zoos

The largest problem for long-term conservation breeding at zoos will be the lack of understanding by the public that nature is based on surplus, i.e. that always more animals are born than are necessary for maintaining their own species, and that these surplus animals will end up in the food chain, thus ensuring the survival of other species.

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We should abandon feminism

In fact, they argue, many feminists seem perfectly comfortable equating sex and gender and insisting on a given destiny for trans persons based on nothing more than biology [REF].

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We should ban homeopathy

According to the same study, of those who used homeopathy, 31.7% had seen a homeopathic practitioner in the past year in 1990 and the number dropped to 16.5% by 1997 [REF].

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We should ban herbal medicine

Once a person began seeing Krishnamacharya, he would work with him or her on a number of levels including adjusting their diet; creating herbal medicines; and setting up a series of yoga postures that would be most beneficial.

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We should abolish the monarchy

Thus, the Monarchy declared the very term republican illegal in 1834.

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We should increase government regulation

The US, EU and Japan argued that the restrictions were a violation of the WTO trade regulations.

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We should fight urbanization

Many of the urban water supply networks in developing countries face problems related to population increase, water scarcity, and environmental pollution.

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We should abandon television

Advertising revenue provides a significant portion of the funding for most privately owned television networks.

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We should abolish temporary employment

In a November 1994 special election, early favorite Gregory-Scocchi was defeated by Barbara Buono, after disclosures that Gregory-Scocchi's temporary employment firm had hired illegal immigrants [REF].

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The use of AI should be abandoned

M, C4, C5 and C4-2 also expressed reduced human androgen receptor mRNA as expected in AI cells [REF].

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We should legalize doping in sport

In February 2012, Ullrich was found guilty of a doping offence by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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We should cancel the speed limit

(b-1) A person shall be guilty of aggravated reckless driving if the person violates subsection (b) of this section and the person does one or more of the following: (1) Operates the vehicle at a rate or speed at or greater than 30 miles per hour over the stated speed limit; (2) Causes bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to another; or (3) Causes property damage in excess of $1,000.

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We should end daylight saving times

The end of daylight savings in some states was also attributed to its rising ratings (the practice has proved to be detrimental to the performance of early evening programs such as The 7PM Project).

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We should abolish the Olympic Games

At the end of the Games, the flag could not be found and a new Olympic flag had to be made for the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.

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We should subsidize higher education

19) . Bowen's book provided plentiful evidence that higher education institutions of similar size, situation and repute had radically different costs per student, and spent each dollar differently from one another.

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We should prohibit tower blocks

The London Evening Standard reported on 29 August 2014 that the Manhattan apartment block at 40 Riverside Boulevard had been split into two with apartments costing up to $25 million facing the Hudson River and cheaper apartments let at $800 and $1,100 per month in a smaller attached building with a separate entrance.

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We should limit the use of birth control

Taken after unprotected sexual intercourse or contraceptive failure, such higher doses may prevent pregnancy from occurring [REF].

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We should lower the age of consent

In 1917 a bill raising the age of consent in Great Britain and Ireland from 16 to 17 was defeated by only one vote [REF].

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We should limit the use of birth control

In this role Ames helped to form The Doctors Bill to Clarify the Law, which regulated the ability of doctors to provide birth control counseling to married women with health problems, and later helped establish universal access to birth control [REF].

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We should end cheerleading

There is Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Track & Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, and Wrestling.

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We should subsidize journalism

Hamlet Isakhanli discusses in his writings the problems of poetry and philosophy [REF]. political science and international relations,[REF][REF][REF] history,[REF][REF] journalism,[REF] etc.

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We should lower the age of consent

Section 207b[REF] of the penal code contains an exception to the general age of consent: if one of the partners is younger than 16 years of age and "not sufficiently mature to understand the significance of the act", then the act is punishable.

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We should disband UNESCO

In March 2004 ICOMOS recommended that UNESCO inscribe the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City as a World Heritage Site [REF].

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Hunting should be banned

Some hunters prefer sunny days vs cloudy or rainy days.

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We should subsidize biofuels

Transitioning fully to biofuels could require immense tracts of land if traditional food crops are used (although non food crops can be utilized).

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We should subsidize higher education

There are two central organizations that assist with the process of applying to Ontario universities and colleges: the Ontario Universities' Application Centre and Ontario College Application Service.

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We should adopt atheism

Madalyn Murray O'Hair was perhaps one of the most influential American atheists; she brought forth the 1963 Supreme Court case Murray v. Curlett which banned compulsory prayer in public schools [REF].

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We should abolish the needle exchange programs

Montaner's current major research interests are harm reduction (including safe injection sites and needle exchange programs), treating hard-to-reach HIV-positive populations, and developing new antiretrovirals [REF].

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We should abolish zoos

Although recreation is today not the main aim of zoos anymore, it is clear that it plays still a very important role.

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Boarding schools should be abolished

In November 2014 the Ofsted Welfare Inspection concluded the school meets the national minimum standards for boarding schools [REF].

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We should legalize polygamy

In 1882, Congress passed the Edmunds Act, which made polygamy a felony and posed a serious threat to Utah's long-stalled bid for statehood.

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We should abandon feminism

RW persistently presses to form alliances and united fronts, including early efforts such as the Action Childcare Coalition, the Feminist Coordinating Council (an umbrella organization made up of the whole spectrum of women's groups in Seattle), and the Coalition for Protective Legislation (a labor and feminist effort to extend female-designated workplace safeguards to men after passage of the Washington State Equal Rights Amendment).

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The policy is controversial both within and outside China because of the manner in which the policy has been implemented, and because of concerns about negative social consequences

the US State Department,[REF] the Parliament of the United Kingdom,[REF] and the human rights organization Amnesty International[REF] have all declared that China's family planning programs contribute to infanticide

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Tattoos should be banned

To show Jacky that she is under the ownership and protection of her, Cheng Shih orders her assistant to tattoo on her neck a golden dragon, this being Shih's mark.

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We should ban telemarketing

The TCPA restricts telephone solicitations (i.e., telemarketing) and the use of automated telephone equipment.

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We should ban fast food

The system rates 3600+ foods including basic foods like apples and oranges, fast-foods, and brand-name foods.

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We should subsidize public service broadcasters

Meanwhile, the rise of satellite radio services as a major competitor have brought many of the advantages of Internet radio to an increasingly mobile listening public, including lack of censorship, greater choice, a more eclectic approach to format programming, and static-free digital sound quality.

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We should subsidize public service broadcasters

Quantitative statistics of cultural products revealed that public media in western countries promote more individualistic components than East-Asian countries [REF].

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We should ban lotteries

2006 research found that 82 percent of South Africans played the lottery once a week and that 53 percent of the population did not engage in any other form of gambling.

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Assisted suicide should be a criminal offence

In 1998, when the first legal assisted suicide occurred in Oregon, Vlazny declared that the death "can only bring anguish to those who have resisted the public policy initiatives that changed the law in Oregon."[REF] .

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Bullfighting should be banned

The Arts & Culture House is located inside the complex where the local government building is, and also inside the complex there is another smaller bullfight ring, known as the Cortijo San José, which sometimes hosts rodeo shows.

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We should ban fast food

Fast food has become a part of American culture as a reward for children.

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