Question: What debate topic are the following sentences about? 1. This is empirically true in Uganda , high-ranking officials of the Lords Resistance Army specifically cited potential prosecution by the ICC as a reason they put down their arms .
2. No leader wants to lose power , and an ICC warrant limits the movement and liberties of leaders .
3. The mere existence of the court and the possibility of prosecution -LRB- even if not 100 % -RRB- is beneficial in terms of deterring future atrocities .
4. The ICC demonstrates that there is an existing legal court that will hold individuals accountable should they decide to commit grave crimes .
5. , 2008 . .
6. Strategy for U.S. Engagement with the International Criminal Court .
7. Scheffer , David and John Hutson .
8. LRA officials like Joseph Kony have to spend valuable time on evading the ICC that would otherwise be used to perpetuate crimes , showing that there are still marginal benefits even if leaders themselves are not always apprehended .
9. Accessed 14 August 2011 .
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Answer: This House Believes the International Criminal Court is a force for good.


Question: What debate topic are the following sentences about? 1. It also has the effect of sending a message that the state supports smoking , totally the wrong message to send to society , p. 9
2. About half of regular cigarette smokers will be eventually killed by their habit with 100,000 smokers dying from smoking related causes every year in the UK .
3. It is nearly impossible to justify the state spending huge amounts of money on something that causes such large amounts of harm .
4. Tobacco pricing has a large impact on tobacco consumption , in south Africa for example from 1992-99 a period in which the price doubled the number of packets sold declined from 1927million to 1400million , and so by lowering these prices states increases tobacco consumption and all the harms that come with it .
5. By subsidising tobacco farmers the state makes it cheaper for its citizens to do a great deal of damage to themselves and others .
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Answer: This house believes that states should not subsidise the growing of tobacco


Question: What debate topic are the following sentences about? 1. Oxford : Oxford University Press .
2. Is there a God ? .
3. 1997 .
4. Swinburne , Richard .
5. Faith is its own proof , and the willingness of people to make tremendous sacrifices for their beliefs , even dying for them , demonstrates that they must believe in something that is real .
6. Religion of some kind is a constant in virtually every culture , and there is evidence of religious practice almost as far back as we have evidence for humanity .
7. They believe that a higher power watches over them and guides them , and that they will be rewarded when they die for living good lives on Earth .
8. People all over the world believe in God .
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Answer: This House believes that God exists


Question: What debate topic are the following sentences about? 1. -LSB- 1 -RSB- -LSB- 2 -RSB-
2. We should consider the downfall of such a dictator to be a success and benefit to Libya and all who Gaddafi threatened .
3. Western intervention in the Libyan civil war paved a clear path for the downfall of Gaddafis rule .
4. His leadership posed a threat not only to Libya but to countries around the world .
5. The same man was responsible for the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie , Scotland , which killed 270 people -LSB- 2 -RSB- and he supported the leadership of Iddi Amin a dictator who killed masses in Uganda .
6. He ruled Libya with an iron fist , eliminating any political opposition , restricting peoples rights and worst of all supporting different terrorist groups around the world .
7. The country had no Parliament , political parties , or NGOs and no civil society -LSB- 1 -RSB- .
8. Gaddafi was an oppressive ruler who led Libya for 42 years .
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Answer:
This House believes western intervention in Libya has been a success