Question: What debate topic are the following sentences about? 1. Democracy should not be reserved as a privilege for those who happen to be born in a culture that already supports it ; we must endeavour to make all countries believe in the veracity of this declaration .
2. It is a fallacy to suggest that we should excuse countries from this clause because their culture seems to preach otherwise .
3. The principles of democracy are something that everyone is entitled to simply because they are right and fair .
4. Democracy is a universal value which knows no cultural boundaries .
5. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that `` Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration , without distinction of any kind , such as race , colour , sex , language , religion , political or other opinion , national or social origin , property , birth or other status '' .
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Answer: This house would promote democratization


Question: What debate topic are the following sentences about? 1. Such manners are the direct consequence of familiarity with the device and an understanding of appropriate use in certain contexts .
2. In any case , children often have better phone manners than adults they are less likely to shout into the phone , more likely to text discreetly , and more aware of text and phone etiquette .
3. Mobile phone use develops skills for the modern workplace with its need for tech-savvy employees with communication skills and the ability to work flexibly .
4. To prevent a child from having a mobile phone at that age is to put them at a clear social disadvantage compared with their peers .
5. The average age at which children get their first mobile phone is eight according to a recent study .
6. So children need to grow up making use of technology such as mobile phones if they are to be able to fully participate in contemporary society .
7. Information and Communication Technology -LRB- ICT -RRB- is now a normal part of modern life , used by everyone from toddlers to pensioners .
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Answer: This House believes that children should be allowed to own and use mobile phones.


Question: What debate topic are the following sentences about? 1. The proper purpose of schooling is not indoctrination .
2. The Court in Pierce v. Society of Sisters and Wisconsin v. Yoder recognised that the liberty of parents and guardians to direct the upbringing of children under their control extends to the religious faith that is imparted to the children .
3. A formal prayer instills obedience to a faith that the child might neither understand nor accept and to which the parent or guardian might properly object .
4. Should religion be considered a valuable part of a balanced curriculum , it ought to be taught in a broad and critical context in the classroom .
5. The practice does not stimulate discussion or debate and therefore has no place in schools .
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Answer: This House would prohibit school prayer


Question: What debate topic are the following sentences about? 1. They serve no useful rehabilitative purpose , and exist only to fulfil a common desire to punish deviant behaviour and to segregate criminals from the public at large .
2. In the United States , the UK and many European countries , prison populations have increased dramatically , but reductions in rates of offending have been minimal or non existent .
3. Prisons harm inmates and obstruct attempts to reintegrate them into society .
4. Contemporary prisons are the result of a failed utopian experiment .
5. It may be necessary to incarcerate certain compulsive and habitually violent criminals , but for a majority of offenders , prison only serves exacerbate underlying social , economic and psychological problems that lead to criminality .
6. Strictly supervised whipping or caning can adequately and proportionately express societys anger with the criminal , while avoiding the dangers of long-term incarceration and reinvigorating the use of rehabilitation .
7. If imprisonment is a more rational response to criminal behaviour , why would so many rational individuals opt to receive corporal punishment ?
8. Using corporal punishment to reduce or replace custodial sentences would provide an effective way to fulfil the social need to punish criminals , while removing the harmful externalities of mass incarceration .
9. he criminologist Peter Moskos observes that most of us , if given the choice , would opt to receive ten lashes rather than spend five years in prison .
10. Paradoxically , a significant number of us would condemn corporal punishment as barbaric and inhumane .
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Answer:
Corporal Punishment for Adult Offenders