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We should legalize prostitution	Since 2003, Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman has repeatedly stated that he favors legalization of prostitution in the city, perhaps turning East Fremont Street into a little Amsterdam. Goodman said there are pragmatic reasons to back legalized prostitution. Those include the acknowledgement that illegal prostitution is occurring and that brothels could provide safer, regulated and revenue-generating sex, he said [REF	1
We should protect Antarctica	Positioned asymmetrically around the South Pole and largely south of the Antarctic Circle, Antarctica is the southernmost continent and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean; alternatively, it may be considered to be surrounded by the southern Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, or by the southern waters of the World Ocean.	0
We should introduce a pollution tax	Agalev gave its support in exchange of a tax on bottles, the first ecotax in Belgium.	0
We should increase internet censorship	The most immediate result of the protests was seen in increased internet freedoms [REF].	0
We should fight global warming	In 2009, Tol published an influential paper that combined data from several earlier studies, concluding that at least some amount of global warming could lead to economic gains [REF].	1
We should further exploit hydroelectric dams	The Government has decided to construct new hydroelectric dams to guarantee national energy security.	1
We should ban human cloning	O'Donnell opposes human embryonic stem cell research,[REF] human cloning,[REF] and research into cloning monkey embryos [REF].	1
We should legalize the growing of coca leaf	Proponents of coca recommend mass production of ypadu as a harmless replacement for heavily refined and concentrated cocaine. They argue that a mild alternative to cocaine would cut into the illicit drug trade and the costs it imposes on societies.	0
We should lower the age of consent	In 1979, the Dutch Pacifist Socialist Party supported an unsuccessful petition to lower the age of consent to 12 [REF].	1
We should ban alcoholic beverages	ABATE chapters have been criticized for the appearance of hypocrisy in their road safety message, in that while their public service advertisements aimed to get drivers to be more aware of motorcycles are helpful, the chapters undermine that message by opposing mandatory helmet laws, and by appearing to encourage alcohol consumption while riding.	0
We should adopt vegetarianism	While there is no mention of Buddha endorsing or repudiating vegetarianism in surviving portions of Pali Tripitaka and no Mahayana sutras explicitly declare that meat eating violates the first precept, certain Mahayana sutras vigorously and unreservedly denounce the eating of meat, mainly on the ground that such an act violates the bodhisattva's compassion.	0
We should abolish the two-party system	As a military opponent of the civilian elite, looking for a way out of the two-party system, Averescu was compared (by both contemporaries and historians) to General Boulanger[REF] and Mustafa Kemal [REF].	0
We should legalize doping in sport	A routine unannounced drug test found the banned substance nandrolone.	0
We should protect whistleblowers	Whistle-blowers, and those who "leak" stories of corruption in political circles often choose to inform newspapers before other mediums of communication, relying on the perceived willingness of newspaper editors to expose the secrets and lies of those who would rather cover them.	0
We should ban lotteries	The mission of the Lottery is to produce the maximum amount of revenue possible for Kansas, while insuring the integrity of its games.	1
We should subsidize distance education	United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) Bronze Award 2007 for Best Practices for Distance Learning Programming [REF].	0
Suicide should be a criminal offence	The relevant provision of the Swiss Criminal Code[REF] refers to "a person who, for selfish reasons, incites someone to commit suicide or who assists that person in doing so will, if the suicide was carried out or attempted, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment (Zuchthaus) of up to 5 years or a term of imprisonment (Gefängnis)."	0
We should ban trans fats usage in food	Trans fatty acids may impair the metabolism of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs),[REF] but maternal pregnancy trans fatty acid intake has been inversely associated with LCPUFAs levels in infants at birth thought to underlie the positive association between breastfeeding and intelligence	1
We should legalize organ trade	As a consequence of the widespread shortage of organs and the increasing ease of Internet communication, organ trafficking and transplant tourism have become global problems accounting for an estimated 10% of organ transplants that are performed annually around the world [REF]	0
We should end athletic scholarships	Because of academic problems, he was ineligible to play and therefore unable to receive a scholarship or financial aid.	0
Physical education should be mandatory	The junior school curriculum covers Japanese language, social studies, mathematics, science, music, fine arts, health, and physical education.	0
We should abolish the three-strikes laws	Three strikes laws specifically target those who have been convicted of a serious criminal offense on three or more separate occasions.	0
We should ban partial birth abortions	The statute includes two findings of Congress: (1) A moral, medical, and ethical consensus exists that the practice of performing a partial-birth abortion.. is a gruesome and inhumane procedure that is never medically necessary and should be prohibited.	1
We should disband the United Nations	Save the Children UK (a partner in the original study) responded, "Nothing that the UN has found makes us think that we were wrong" [REF].	0
We should subsidize higher education	Teacher education was recognized by the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1933[REF] and is also approved by the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification and the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, as well as benefitting from the Interstate Certification Compact for all teacher education programs, which allows graduates to teach in 44 states and the District of Columbia [REF].	0
We should not subsidize cultivation of tobacco	Regulations, such as acreage allotment, on tobacco farming has severely impacted acreage cultivated in tobacco once common in the mid-1970s.	0
Physical education should be mandatory	The school's curriculum includes required courses in English, mathematics, science, social studies, physical education, health education, and fine arts/practical arts.	0
We should abolish temporary employment	While this path of career woman is much more arduous than the part-time or temp work that many women seek and offers little real promise of reward, it is a testament to the power of a career woman, to beat the system.	0
We should ban boxing	Sports writer Kevin Iole felt that the boxing match would provide a performance similar to that of the fight between Jose Luis Castillo and Diego Corrales, which was named fight of the year by The Ring magazine [REF].	0
We should limit genetic testing	In one study done by the Chicago Historical Society they "concluded that DNA testing [one of the most widely accepted forms of biohistorical research] would damage the artifacts [here referring to the Society's Abraham Lincoln collection]."[REF]	0
We should end international aid	The research, part of The Cancer Genome Atlas project, provides new information that could change treatments for patients and aid drug development [REF].	0
We should ban lotteries	Florida voters approved the lottery in 1986 to fund education enhancement.	1
We should prohibit tower blocks	Markus Wolf, chief of foreign intelligence for the Stasi, lived in one of the tower blocks in the 1970s [REF].	0
We should abandon democracy	Hermann and Kegley (1995) argue that interventions between democracies are more likely to happen than projected by an expected model [REF].	0
We should ban full-body scanners	A long-awaited total body scanner was installed in September 1977, providing physicians with a sophisticated new diagnostic service.	0
We should further exploit natural gas	The United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimated in 2006 that northern Afghanistan has an average (bbl) of crude oil, 15.7 trillion cubic feet ( bn m3) of natural gas, and of natural gas liquids [REF].	0
We should abolish the double jeopardy defense	One, by Albert Bleckmann, director of the Institute for Public Law and Political Sciences at the University of Münster, objected to the lack of voir dire, the exclusion of evidence under the motion in limine, the fact that the government did not approach LaRouche about his tax situation before indicting him for tax violations, and concerns about double jeopardy because of the nearly identical charges in the Boston and Alexandria trials [REF].	0
We should fight for Tibetan independence	According to supporters of Tibetan independence, Tibet was a distinct nation and state independent between the fall of the Mongol Empire in 1368 and subjugation by the Qing Dynasty in 1720; and again between the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912 and its incorporation into the PRC in 1951.	0
We should ban homeopathy	Sir John Forbes, physician to Queen Victoria, said in 1843 that the extremely small doses of homeopathy were regularly derided as useless, "an outrage to human reason" [REF].	1
We should further exploit hydroelectric dams	Generally speaking, hydroelectric plants produce much lower life-cycle emissions than other types of generation.	1
The free market should be protected	A resilient nation requires: a fully transparent and accountable government, a citizenry that is actively engaged in the political process and has genuine access to the wealth of opportunities that the free market has to offer, and institutions and infrastructure capable of facilitating and taking full advantage of the ingenuity and determination of the American people by promoting private sector innovation."[REF] .	0
We should support water privatization	Many political parties, community groups, NGO's and other groups and people see the privatisation of water as a denial of basic human rights on behalf of State and Federal Governments .	1
We should abandon feminism	Mantecon suggests that a feminist re-visioning of the Crone symbolism away from its usual associations with "death" and towards "wisdom" can be useful in women transitioning to the menopausal phase of life and that the sense of history that comes from working with mythological symbols adds a sense of meaning to the experience [REF].	0
exposure to violent video games causes both short term and long term aggression in players and decreases empathy and prosocial behavior	A 2001 study found that exposure to violent video games causes at least a temporary increase in aggression and that this exposure correlates with aggression in the real world. A decrease in prosocial behavior (caring about the welfare and rights of others) was also noted [REF	1
Physical education should be mandatory	For all students, Chinese, Math, English, and physical education are required.	0
We should ban abortions	St. Fulgentius opposed abortion even for the purpose of saving the woman's life, saying: "But let the child be brought to term and baptized and saved from perdition."[REF	1
Private universities should be banned	Fu Jen ranks at the top of Taiwan's private universities for top-ranked fields of study and distinguished alumni	0
Casinos should be banned	Beyond limited economic efficacy, casinos have faced criticism on cultural grounds.	0
We should abolish the US Electoral College	In the 1876 election, accusations of corruption stemmed from officials involved in counting the necessary and hotly contested electoral votes of both sides, in which Rutherford B. Hayes was elected by a congressional commission.	0
We should abandon the insanity plea	ALI test: Excuses a defendant who, because of a mental disease or defect, lacks substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality (wrongfulness) of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law [REF].	0
We should abolish marriage	Derrett predicted in his later writings that despite some evidence of modernization, the dominant view in Hindu society for the foreseeable future would remain that marriage is a form of social obligation [REF].	0
We should ban the use of child actors	In one scene where Abraham and Shorey are seen as teenagers smoking Marijuana, most directors would have used child actors but Kashyap decided instead to alter the appearance of the actors and make them improvise and behave as kids themselves [REF].	0
We should ban cosmetic surgery	Expressions such as "the power of the scalpels," "the magic of cosmetic surgeries," and the "march toward scientific progress" are seen and heard everywhere.	0
We should abolish the Olympic Games	In September 1895, they recruited civilians, all linked to the organisation of the Olympic Games, including Vikelas himself, although he claimed only to have given in to friendly pressure, playing a solely financial role and then quickly resigning from it [REF].	0
We should legalize doping in sport	Another argument brought by the athletes was that Jenapharm manufactured substances that had no use other than doping, and that the government pressure in East Germany was not so great that company were unable to refuse engaging in doping-related activities [REF].	0
We should ban trans fats usage in food	The American Medical Association supports any state and federal efforts to ban the use of artificial trans fats in U.S. restaurants and bakeries [REF	1
We should ban the use of child actors	One of the few child actors that Natalie Wood's mother allowed her to socialize with on the set.	0
We should limit the freedom of speech	Kennedy drew a line stating that the effects of freedom of speech are not protected by the first amendment, creating an analogy between newspaper factories causing pollution.	0
We should introduce year round schooling	Year-round schooling came along only in the earlier half of the 19th century, when Aschbach belonged to the Kingdom of Bavaria.	0
We should adopt socialism	Even before that, Stokes was enlisted in the Socialist cause by author Upton Sinclair, who sought to establish a new group fostering the dispassionate study of socialist ideas on college campuses around America, an organization to be called the Intercollegiate Socialist Society (ISS).	0
Organ donation should be mandatory	Noting that research showed that knowing the deceased's wishes were the main determining factor of their family's decision to agree to organ donation, Griffiths announced the Heart to heart campaign, aiming to encourage families to ensure their wishes for organ donation were known to each other [REF].	0
We should abolish the three-strikes laws	Critics argued that the proposed law was too broad in its scope, and included vaguely defined categories in its list of serious offenses [REF].	0
We should abolish marriage	When a U.S. district court invalidated the California referendum that ended same-sex marriages there in 2008, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said it showed "an outrageous disrespect for our Constitution and for the majority of people of the United States who believe marriage is the union of husband and wife" [REF].	0
The use of AI should be abandoned	AI also said that "some women and girls taking part in the demonstrations are reportedly suffering gender based violence and abuse at the hands of police officers" and that at the same time that "protests increase and spread throughout the country, violent methods of repressing dissent intensify and Honduran citizens are increasingly exposed to violations of their fundamental rights."[REF] .	0
We should disband UNESCO	Unesco has formally recognized more than 140,000 figures and symbols,[REF] but new discoveries have increased the number of catalogued incisions to between 200,000[REF] and 300,000 [REF].	0
We should ban school uniforms	School uniforms are not compulsory in Poland and absent from the vast majority of Polish schools.	0
We should ban alternative medicine	Alternative medicine consists of a wide range of health care practices, products, and therapies.	0
We should subsidize higher education	In-service training for primary-school teachers was designed to raise them to a level of approximately two years' postsecondary study, with the goal of qualifying most primary-school teachers by 1990.	0
We should subsidize public service broadcasters	November 3 - Million Puppet March - Approximately 1,500 people and puppets marched in support of continued funding for public broadcasting.	1
We should further exploit hydroelectric dams	The commission concluded that only forested waterways could support hydroelectric dams, so Trujillo banned logging in potential river watersheds.	0
We should disband NATO	In particular, the Serb side rejected the idea of any NATO troop presence in Kosovo to replace their security forces, preferring unarmed UN observers.	0
We should ban fishing	One approach is to ban fishing in areas where bycatch is unacceptably high.	0
We should further exploit wind turbines	West Texas has become notable for its numerous wind turbines producing clean, alternative electricity.	0
We should prohibit corporal punishment	Baumrind has studied the effects of corporal punishment on children, and has concluded that mild spanking, in the context of an authoritative (NOT authoritarian) parenting style, is unlikely to have a significant detrimental effect, if one is careful to control for other variables such as socioeconomic status [REF].	1
We should abandon coal mining	Mercator Group has also acquired economic interest in coal mines in Mozambique and Indonesia with substantial coal resources; as a measure of backward integration to strengthen its shipping activities and to meet the huge energy demand in India.	0
We should abandon coal mining	Small mines (comprising 90% of all mines) are known to have far higher death rates, and the government of China has banned new coal mines with a high gas danger and a capacity below 300,000 tons in an effort to reduce deaths a further 20% by 2010.	1
We should abandon democracy	Some studies of American intervention have been pessimistic about the overall effectiveness of U.S. efforts to encourage democracy in foreign nations [REF].	0
We should end daylight saving times	The result was another rejection of DST, by a larger margin compared to the three previous referendums.	1
We should increase fuel tax	In some cases, businesses may be entitled to exemptions or rebates for fuel excise tax, including tax credits and certain excise-free fuel sources.	0
We should ban the use of child actors	David Holt, who as a six-year-old child actor appeared uncredited as a human double for the role in Tarzan the Fearless (1933) [REF].	0
We should ban boxing	Overhand right : The overhand right is a punch not found in every boxer's arsenal.	0
We should raise the retirement age	In the United States, while the normal retirement age for Social Security, or Old Age Survivors Insurance (OASI), historically has been age 65 to receive unreduced benefits, it is gradually increasing to age 67.	0
Community service should be mandatory	Community Service- Each grade participates in different ways to help out the community of Halton Hills every year.	0
Abstinence-only sex education should be mandatory	According to Richey, congressional Republicans knew that Clinton would sign the welfare-reform measure; so they attached a bill to create an abstinence-only education program and authorized its funding with $250 million over five years.	0
We should ban naturopathy	Examples of treatments advanced by Alive & Well as substitutes for antiretroviral therapy include herbal and nutritional therapy, naturopathic medicine, homeopathy, therapeutic enemas, acupuncture, and "imagery" [REF].	0
We should subsidize higher education	The University Act provided that the University should provide "facilities for higher education in all its branches and enabling all persons without regard to race, creed or religion to take the fullest advantage".	0
We should abolish foster care	Michael hides when this happens and is later discovered and placed with an abusive foster father [REF].	0
We should end athletic scholarships	In addition to the quota system, schools are not permitted to induce a student to change schools for sporting purposes, other than by way of a publicly advertised sporting scholarship.	0
Boarding schools should be abolished	In accordance with the assimilation methods used at the boarding schools, the education that the Native American children received at these institutions centered on the dominant society's construction of gender norms and ideals.	0
We should abolish the double jeopardy defense	On 17 October 2006, the New South Wales Parliament passed legislation abolishing the rule against double jeopardy in cases where: an acquittal of a "life sentence offence" (murder, violent gang rape, large commercial supply or production of illegal drugs) is debunked by "fresh and compelling" evidence of guilt; an acquittal of a "15 years or more sentence offence" was tainted (by perjury, bribery, or perversion of the course of justice).	0
We should ban fast food	In most fast food operations, menu items are generally made from processed ingredients prepared at a central supply facility and then shipped to individual outlets where they are reheated, cooked (usually by microwave or deep frying) or assembled in a short amount of time. This process ensures a consistent level of product quality, and is key to being able to deliver the order quickly to the customer and eliminate labor and equipment costs in the individual stores.	0
We should adopt mobile payments	Mobile payments were trialed in 1998 in Finland and Sweden where a mobile phone was used to pay for a Coca-Cola vending machine and car parking.	0
We should ban abortions	Reid however has voted against the Nelson-Hatch-Casey amendment in the Senate which proposed to ban federal funding of plans that cover abortion [REF].	0
We should legalize the growing of coca leaf	Coca consumers claim that most of the information provided about the traditional use of the coca leaf and its modern adaptations are erroneous [REF]. This has made it impossible to shed light on the plant's positive aspects and its potential benefits for the physical, mental and social health of the people who consume and cultivate it [REF].	1
We should ban abortions	In July 2012, Tablet Magazine, an online Jewish publication, quoted the Public Religion Research Institute's 2012 Jewish Values Report: "American Jews are overwhelmingly in favor of abortion in all (49%) or most (44%) cases.	1
Surrogacy should be banned	Surrogacy is not clearly regulated in Swedish law [REF].	0
We should legalize cell phone use while driving	In 2000, Marlboro became the first municipality in New Jersey, and one of the first areas in the U.S., to ban cell phone use while driving, a ban that took effect in March 2001.	1
We should fight nationalism	The opposite point of view consists in two theses: 1) not all the European nations have their own national philosophy; 2) the Romanian nation has its own, distinctive, national philosophy, which continues at a higher level its traditional world-view.	0
We should subsidize Wikipedia	Laudanosine is a metabolite associated with other related neuromuscular blocking agents such as cisatracurium and atracurium and its detected presence is consequent to the in vivo Hofmann elimination of both these chemodegradable agents (cf. the initial 1985 editorial commentary by Frank G. Standaert, MD on the controversial laudanosine issue with atracurium,[REF] with more detailed information on the issue in the Wikipedia article on atracurium itself).	0
We should end mining	Throughout its history, Sapo National Park has been threatened by illegal farming, hunting, logging, and mining, "all exacerbated by the country's grinding poverty"[REF] and social and political instability.	0

We should legalize prostitution

Since 2003, Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman has repeatedly stated that he favors legalization of prostitution in the city, perhaps turning East Fremont Street into a little Amsterdam. Goodman said there are pragmatic reasons to back legalized prostitution. Those include the acknowledgement that illegal prostitution is occurring and that brothels could provide safer, regulated and revenue-generating sex, he said [REF

1

We should protect Antarctica

Positioned asymmetrically around the South Pole and largely south of the Antarctic Circle, Antarctica is the southernmost continent and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean; alternatively, it may be considered to be surrounded by the southern Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, or by the southern waters of the World Ocean.

0

We should introduce a pollution tax

Agalev gave its support in exchange of a tax on bottles, the first ecotax in Belgium.

0

We should increase internet censorship

The most immediate result of the protests was seen in increased internet freedoms [REF].

0

We should fight global warming

In 2009, Tol published an influential paper that combined data from several earlier studies, concluding that at least some amount of global warming could lead to economic gains [REF].

1

We should further exploit hydroelectric dams

The Government has decided to construct new hydroelectric dams to guarantee national energy security.

1

We should ban human cloning

O'Donnell opposes human embryonic stem cell research,[REF] human cloning,[REF] and research into cloning monkey embryos [REF].

1

We should legalize the growing of coca leaf

Proponents of coca recommend mass production of ypadu as a harmless replacement for heavily refined and concentrated cocaine. They argue that a mild alternative to cocaine would cut into the illicit drug trade and the costs it imposes on societies.

0

We should lower the age of consent

In 1979, the Dutch Pacifist Socialist Party supported an unsuccessful petition to lower the age of consent to 12 [REF].

1

We should ban alcoholic beverages

ABATE chapters have been criticized for the appearance of hypocrisy in their road safety message, in that while their public service advertisements aimed to get drivers to be more aware of motorcycles are helpful, the chapters undermine that message by opposing mandatory helmet laws, and by appearing to encourage alcohol consumption while riding.

0

We should adopt vegetarianism

While there is no mention of Buddha endorsing or repudiating vegetarianism in surviving portions of Pali Tripitaka and no Mahayana sutras explicitly declare that meat eating violates the first precept, certain Mahayana sutras vigorously and unreservedly denounce the eating of meat, mainly on the ground that such an act violates the bodhisattva's compassion.

0

We should abolish the two-party system

As a military opponent of the civilian elite, looking for a way out of the two-party system, Averescu was compared (by both contemporaries and historians) to General Boulanger[REF] and Mustafa Kemal [REF].

0

We should legalize doping in sport

A routine unannounced drug test found the banned substance nandrolone.

0

We should protect whistleblowers

Whistle-blowers, and those who "leak" stories of corruption in political circles often choose to inform newspapers before other mediums of communication, relying on the perceived willingness of newspaper editors to expose the secrets and lies of those who would rather cover them.

0

We should ban lotteries

The mission of the Lottery is to produce the maximum amount of revenue possible for Kansas, while insuring the integrity of its games.

1

We should subsidize distance education

United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) Bronze Award 2007 for Best Practices for Distance Learning Programming [REF].

0

Suicide should be a criminal offence

The relevant provision of the Swiss Criminal Code[REF] refers to "a person who, for selfish reasons, incites someone to commit suicide or who assists that person in doing so will, if the suicide was carried out or attempted, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment (Zuchthaus) of up to 5 years or a term of imprisonment (Gefängnis)."

0

We should ban trans fats usage in food

Trans fatty acids may impair the metabolism of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs),[REF] but maternal pregnancy trans fatty acid intake has been inversely associated with LCPUFAs levels in infants at birth thought to underlie the positive association between breastfeeding and intelligence

1

We should legalize organ trade

As a consequence of the widespread shortage of organs and the increasing ease of Internet communication, organ trafficking and transplant tourism have become global problems accounting for an estimated 10% of organ transplants that are performed annually around the world [REF]

0

We should end athletic scholarships

Because of academic problems, he was ineligible to play and therefore unable to receive a scholarship or financial aid.

0

Physical education should be mandatory

The junior school curriculum covers Japanese language, social studies, mathematics, science, music, fine arts, health, and physical education.

0

We should abolish the three-strikes laws

Three strikes laws specifically target those who have been convicted of a serious criminal offense on three or more separate occasions.

0

We should ban partial birth abortions

The statute includes two findings of Congress: (1) A moral, medical, and ethical consensus exists that the practice of performing a partial-birth abortion.. is a gruesome and inhumane procedure that is never medically necessary and should be prohibited.

1

We should disband the United Nations

Save the Children UK (a partner in the original study) responded, "Nothing that the UN has found makes us think that we were wrong" [REF].

0

We should subsidize higher education

Teacher education was recognized by the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1933[REF] and is also approved by the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification and the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, as well as benefitting from the Interstate Certification Compact for all teacher education programs, which allows graduates to teach in 44 states and the District of Columbia [REF].

0

We should not subsidize cultivation of tobacco

Regulations, such as acreage allotment, on tobacco farming has severely impacted acreage cultivated in tobacco once common in the mid-1970s.

0

Physical education should be mandatory

The school's curriculum includes required courses in English, mathematics, science, social studies, physical education, health education, and fine arts/practical arts.

0

We should abolish temporary employment

While this path of career woman is much more arduous than the part-time or temp work that many women seek and offers little real promise of reward, it is a testament to the power of a career woman, to beat the system.

0

We should ban boxing

Sports writer Kevin Iole felt that the boxing match would provide a performance similar to that of the fight between Jose Luis Castillo and Diego Corrales, which was named fight of the year by The Ring magazine [REF].

0

We should limit genetic testing

In one study done by the Chicago Historical Society they "concluded that DNA testing [one of the most widely accepted forms of biohistorical research] would damage the artifacts [here referring to the Society's Abraham Lincoln collection]."[REF]

0

We should end international aid

The research, part of The Cancer Genome Atlas project, provides new information that could change treatments for patients and aid drug development [REF].

0

We should ban lotteries

Florida voters approved the lottery in 1986 to fund education enhancement.

1

We should prohibit tower blocks

Markus Wolf, chief of foreign intelligence for the Stasi, lived in one of the tower blocks in the 1970s [REF].

0

We should abandon democracy

Hermann and Kegley (1995) argue that interventions between democracies are more likely to happen than projected by an expected model [REF].

0

We should ban full-body scanners

A long-awaited total body scanner was installed in September 1977, providing physicians with a sophisticated new diagnostic service.

0

We should further exploit natural gas

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimated in 2006 that northern Afghanistan has an average (bbl) of crude oil, 15.7 trillion cubic feet ( bn m3) of natural gas, and of natural gas liquids [REF].

0

We should abolish the double jeopardy defense

One, by Albert Bleckmann, director of the Institute for Public Law and Political Sciences at the University of Münster, objected to the lack of voir dire, the exclusion of evidence under the motion in limine, the fact that the government did not approach LaRouche about his tax situation before indicting him for tax violations, and concerns about double jeopardy because of the nearly identical charges in the Boston and Alexandria trials [REF].

0

We should fight for Tibetan independence

According to supporters of Tibetan independence, Tibet was a distinct nation and state independent between the fall of the Mongol Empire in 1368 and subjugation by the Qing Dynasty in 1720; and again between the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912 and its incorporation into the PRC in 1951.

0

We should ban homeopathy

Sir John Forbes, physician to Queen Victoria, said in 1843 that the extremely small doses of homeopathy were regularly derided as useless, "an outrage to human reason" [REF].

1

We should further exploit hydroelectric dams

Generally speaking, hydroelectric plants produce much lower life-cycle emissions than other types of generation.

1

The free market should be protected

A resilient nation requires: a fully transparent and accountable government, a citizenry that is actively engaged in the political process and has genuine access to the wealth of opportunities that the free market has to offer, and institutions and infrastructure capable of facilitating and taking full advantage of the ingenuity and determination of the American people by promoting private sector innovation."[REF] .

0

We should support water privatization

Many political parties, community groups, NGO's and other groups and people see the privatisation of water as a denial of basic human rights on behalf of State and Federal Governments .

1

We should abandon feminism

Mantecon suggests that a feminist re-visioning of the Crone symbolism away from its usual associations with "death" and towards "wisdom" can be useful in women transitioning to the menopausal phase of life and that the sense of history that comes from working with mythological symbols adds a sense of meaning to the experience [REF].

0

exposure to violent video games causes both short term and long term aggression in players and decreases empathy and prosocial behavior

A 2001 study found that exposure to violent video games causes at least a temporary increase in aggression and that this exposure correlates with aggression in the real world. A decrease in prosocial behavior (caring about the welfare and rights of others) was also noted [REF

1

Physical education should be mandatory

For all students, Chinese, Math, English, and physical education are required.

0

We should ban abortions

St. Fulgentius opposed abortion even for the purpose of saving the woman's life, saying: "But let the child be brought to term and baptized and saved from perdition."[REF

1

Private universities should be banned

Fu Jen ranks at the top of Taiwan's private universities for top-ranked fields of study and distinguished alumni

0

Casinos should be banned

Beyond limited economic efficacy, casinos have faced criticism on cultural grounds.

0

We should abolish the US Electoral College

In the 1876 election, accusations of corruption stemmed from officials involved in counting the necessary and hotly contested electoral votes of both sides, in which Rutherford B. Hayes was elected by a congressional commission.

0

We should abandon the insanity plea

ALI test: Excuses a defendant who, because of a mental disease or defect, lacks substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality (wrongfulness) of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law [REF].

0

We should abolish marriage

Derrett predicted in his later writings that despite some evidence of modernization, the dominant view in Hindu society for the foreseeable future would remain that marriage is a form of social obligation [REF].

0

We should ban the use of child actors

In one scene where Abraham and Shorey are seen as teenagers smoking Marijuana, most directors would have used child actors but Kashyap decided instead to alter the appearance of the actors and make them improvise and behave as kids themselves [REF].

0

We should ban cosmetic surgery

Expressions such as "the power of the scalpels," "the magic of cosmetic surgeries," and the "march toward scientific progress" are seen and heard everywhere.

0

We should abolish the Olympic Games

In September 1895, they recruited civilians, all linked to the organisation of the Olympic Games, including Vikelas himself, although he claimed only to have given in to friendly pressure, playing a solely financial role and then quickly resigning from it [REF].

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We should legalize doping in sport

Another argument brought by the athletes was that Jenapharm manufactured substances that had no use other than doping, and that the government pressure in East Germany was not so great that company were unable to refuse engaging in doping-related activities [REF].

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We should ban trans fats usage in food

The American Medical Association supports any state and federal efforts to ban the use of artificial trans fats in U.S. restaurants and bakeries [REF

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We should ban the use of child actors

One of the few child actors that Natalie Wood's mother allowed her to socialize with on the set.

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We should limit the freedom of speech

Kennedy drew a line stating that the effects of freedom of speech are not protected by the first amendment, creating an analogy between newspaper factories causing pollution.

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We should introduce year round schooling

Year-round schooling came along only in the earlier half of the 19th century, when Aschbach belonged to the Kingdom of Bavaria.

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We should adopt socialism

Even before that, Stokes was enlisted in the Socialist cause by author Upton Sinclair, who sought to establish a new group fostering the dispassionate study of socialist ideas on college campuses around America, an organization to be called the Intercollegiate Socialist Society (ISS).

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Organ donation should be mandatory

Noting that research showed that knowing the deceased's wishes were the main determining factor of their family's decision to agree to organ donation, Griffiths announced the Heart to heart campaign, aiming to encourage families to ensure their wishes for organ donation were known to each other [REF].

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We should abolish the three-strikes laws

Critics argued that the proposed law was too broad in its scope, and included vaguely defined categories in its list of serious offenses [REF].

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We should abolish marriage

When a U.S. district court invalidated the California referendum that ended same-sex marriages there in 2008, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said it showed "an outrageous disrespect for our Constitution and for the majority of people of the United States who believe marriage is the union of husband and wife" [REF].

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The use of AI should be abandoned

AI also said that "some women and girls taking part in the demonstrations are reportedly suffering gender based violence and abuse at the hands of police officers" and that at the same time that "protests increase and spread throughout the country, violent methods of repressing dissent intensify and Honduran citizens are increasingly exposed to violations of their fundamental rights."[REF] .

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We should disband UNESCO

Unesco has formally recognized more than 140,000 figures and symbols,[REF] but new discoveries have increased the number of catalogued incisions to between 200,000[REF] and 300,000 [REF].

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We should ban school uniforms

School uniforms are not compulsory in Poland and absent from the vast majority of Polish schools.

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We should ban alternative medicine

Alternative medicine consists of a wide range of health care practices, products, and therapies.

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We should subsidize higher education

In-service training for primary-school teachers was designed to raise them to a level of approximately two years' postsecondary study, with the goal of qualifying most primary-school teachers by 1990.

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We should subsidize public service broadcasters

November 3 - Million Puppet March - Approximately 1,500 people and puppets marched in support of continued funding for public broadcasting.

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We should further exploit hydroelectric dams

The commission concluded that only forested waterways could support hydroelectric dams, so Trujillo banned logging in potential river watersheds.

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We should disband NATO

In particular, the Serb side rejected the idea of any NATO troop presence in Kosovo to replace their security forces, preferring unarmed UN observers.

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We should ban fishing

One approach is to ban fishing in areas where bycatch is unacceptably high.

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We should further exploit wind turbines

West Texas has become notable for its numerous wind turbines producing clean, alternative electricity.

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We should prohibit corporal punishment

Baumrind has studied the effects of corporal punishment on children, and has concluded that mild spanking, in the context of an authoritative (NOT authoritarian) parenting style, is unlikely to have a significant detrimental effect, if one is careful to control for other variables such as socioeconomic status [REF].

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We should abandon coal mining

Mercator Group has also acquired economic interest in coal mines in Mozambique and Indonesia with substantial coal resources; as a measure of backward integration to strengthen its shipping activities and to meet the huge energy demand in India.

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We should abandon coal mining

Small mines (comprising 90% of all mines) are known to have far higher death rates, and the government of China has banned new coal mines with a high gas danger and a capacity below 300,000 tons in an effort to reduce deaths a further 20% by 2010.

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We should abandon democracy

Some studies of American intervention have been pessimistic about the overall effectiveness of U.S. efforts to encourage democracy in foreign nations [REF].

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We should end daylight saving times

The result was another rejection of DST, by a larger margin compared to the three previous referendums.

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We should increase fuel tax

In some cases, businesses may be entitled to exemptions or rebates for fuel excise tax, including tax credits and certain excise-free fuel sources.

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We should ban the use of child actors

David Holt, who as a six-year-old child actor appeared uncredited as a human double for the role in Tarzan the Fearless (1933) [REF].

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We should ban boxing

Overhand right : The overhand right is a punch not found in every boxer's arsenal.

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We should raise the retirement age

In the United States, while the normal retirement age for Social Security, or Old Age Survivors Insurance (OASI), historically has been age 65 to receive unreduced benefits, it is gradually increasing to age 67.

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Community service should be mandatory

Community Service- Each grade participates in different ways to help out the community of Halton Hills every year.

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Abstinence-only sex education should be mandatory

According to Richey, congressional Republicans knew that Clinton would sign the welfare-reform measure; so they attached a bill to create an abstinence-only education program and authorized its funding with $250 million over five years.

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We should ban naturopathy

Examples of treatments advanced by Alive & Well as substitutes for antiretroviral therapy include herbal and nutritional therapy, naturopathic medicine, homeopathy, therapeutic enemas, acupuncture, and "imagery" [REF].

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We should subsidize higher education

The University Act provided that the University should provide "facilities for higher education in all its branches and enabling all persons without regard to race, creed or religion to take the fullest advantage".

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We should abolish foster care

Michael hides when this happens and is later discovered and placed with an abusive foster father [REF].

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We should end athletic scholarships

In addition to the quota system, schools are not permitted to induce a student to change schools for sporting purposes, other than by way of a publicly advertised sporting scholarship.

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Boarding schools should be abolished

In accordance with the assimilation methods used at the boarding schools, the education that the Native American children received at these institutions centered on the dominant society's construction of gender norms and ideals.

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We should abolish the double jeopardy defense

On 17 October 2006, the New South Wales Parliament passed legislation abolishing the rule against double jeopardy in cases where: an acquittal of a "life sentence offence" (murder, violent gang rape, large commercial supply or production of illegal drugs) is debunked by "fresh and compelling" evidence of guilt; an acquittal of a "15 years or more sentence offence" was tainted (by perjury, bribery, or perversion of the course of justice).

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We should ban fast food

In most fast food operations, menu items are generally made from processed ingredients prepared at a central supply facility and then shipped to individual outlets where they are reheated, cooked (usually by microwave or deep frying) or assembled in a short amount of time. This process ensures a consistent level of product quality, and is key to being able to deliver the order quickly to the customer and eliminate labor and equipment costs in the individual stores.

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We should adopt mobile payments

Mobile payments were trialed in 1998 in Finland and Sweden where a mobile phone was used to pay for a Coca-Cola vending machine and car parking.

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We should ban abortions

Reid however has voted against the Nelson-Hatch-Casey amendment in the Senate which proposed to ban federal funding of plans that cover abortion [REF].

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We should legalize the growing of coca leaf

Coca consumers claim that most of the information provided about the traditional use of the coca leaf and its modern adaptations are erroneous [REF]. This has made it impossible to shed light on the plant's positive aspects and its potential benefits for the physical, mental and social health of the people who consume and cultivate it [REF].

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We should ban abortions

In July 2012, Tablet Magazine, an online Jewish publication, quoted the Public Religion Research Institute's 2012 Jewish Values Report: "American Jews are overwhelmingly in favor of abortion in all (49%) or most (44%) cases.

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Surrogacy should be banned

Surrogacy is not clearly regulated in Swedish law [REF].

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We should legalize cell phone use while driving

In 2000, Marlboro became the first municipality in New Jersey, and one of the first areas in the U.S., to ban cell phone use while driving, a ban that took effect in March 2001.

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We should fight nationalism

The opposite point of view consists in two theses: 1) not all the European nations have their own national philosophy; 2) the Romanian nation has its own, distinctive, national philosophy, which continues at a higher level its traditional world-view.

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We should subsidize Wikipedia

Laudanosine is a metabolite associated with other related neuromuscular blocking agents such as cisatracurium and atracurium and its detected presence is consequent to the in vivo Hofmann elimination of both these chemodegradable agents (cf. the initial 1985 editorial commentary by Frank G. Standaert, MD on the controversial laudanosine issue with atracurium,[REF] with more detailed information on the issue in the Wikipedia article on atracurium itself).

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We should end mining

Throughout its history, Sapo National Park has been threatened by illegal farming, hunting, logging, and mining, "all exacerbated by the country's grinding poverty"[REF] and social and political instability.

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