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Military recruiting in public schools
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Non-military recruiters lack similar resources for recruiting.
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CON
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Military recruiting in public schools
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The military actively strives for honesty among recruiters
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PRO
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Military recruiting in public schools
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The military has a compelling story to tell to youth.
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PRO
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Military recruiting in public schools
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Military recruiters are the nation's first line of defense
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PRO
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Bullfighting
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Unfair fight; bull is severely injured before matador
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CON
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Bullfighting
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Not a fair fight: gang of armed men against one bull.
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CON
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Bullfighting
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Bullfighting is not that big of a tourist draw.
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CON
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Bullfighting
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Majority on bullfighting shouldn't dictate end of tradition
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PRO
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Was the War in Iraq worth it?
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War in Iraq was not mainly against terrorists.
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CON
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Was the War in Iraq worth it?
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Number of US troops lost in Iraq is relatively small
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PRO
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Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies
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Appropriate that oil more heavily subsidized than renewables.
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CON
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Castration of sex offenders
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Castrating sex offenders violates right to deny treatment.
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CON
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Castration of sex offenders
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Innocent shouldn't face choice of more prison vs. castration.
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CON
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Castration of sex offenders
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Castration is better solution than temporary prison
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PRO
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Castration of sex offenders
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Sex predators are monsters who forgo most rights.
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PRO
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Castration of sex offenders
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Sexual assault is one of worst kinds; castration appropriate.
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PRO
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Castration of sex offenders
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Castration is about helping, not hating/hurting offender.
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PRO
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Palestinian right of return
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Palestinians never citizens of Israel, no right to return.
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CON
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Palestinian right of return
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Right of return based on claim of unprovoked victimhood.
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CON
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Palestinian right of return
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No formal international legal right of return for Palestinians
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CON
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Palestinian right of return
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Denationalization of Palestinians illegal; have right of return.
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PRO
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Palestinian right of return
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Israel has consistently dehumanized Palestinians and their rights.
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PRO
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Palestinian right of return
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Unjust for Jews to be able to emigrate, but not Palestinians return.
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PRO
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Palestinian right of return
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Plenty of room in Israel for Palestinians to return
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PRO
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Compulsory voting
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There are many reasons for not participating in elections.
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CON
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Compulsory voting
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Money spent on mandatory voting is better spent elsewhere.
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CON
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Compulsory voting
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Compulsory voting won't necessarily make sure the better and capable government comes into power.
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CON
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Compulsory voting
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Voting is more of a duty than a right.
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PRO
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Compulsory voting
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Voters could be given option to vote none of the above.
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PRO
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Puerto Rico statehood in America
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Puerto Ricans have rejected statehood many times now.
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CON
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Puerto Rico statehood in America
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Puerto Ricans deserve full political rights and citizenship.
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PRO
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Puerto Rico statehood in America
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Puerto Ricans have earned statehood through support of US.
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PRO
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Puerto Rico statehood in America
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Puerto Rico as colony is unacceptable.
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PRO
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Puerto Rico statehood in America
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Puerto Rico has waited for too long for full citizenship.
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PRO
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DREAM Act
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DREAM Act unsupported without comprehensive reform.
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CON
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DREAM Act
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Young illegal immigrants are US asset needing development
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PRO
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DREAM Act
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University leaders almost universally support DREAM Act.
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PRO
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Joint JD/MBA degree
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Law schools offer classes in business; don't need joint degree.
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CON
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Joint JD/MBA degree
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JD/MBA is well suited for a number of specialized fields.
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PRO
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Joint JD/MBA degree
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JD/MBA is great for mergers and acquisitions.
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PRO
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Joint JD/MBA degree
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Deeper knowledge of JD/MBA is always valuable.
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PRO
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New START Treaty
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US should not sign New START to bribe Russia on Iran.
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CON
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New START Treaty
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New START is not adequately verifiable.
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CON
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New START Treaty
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New START is important to medical health.
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PRO
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Airport security profiling
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Terrorists don't fit a neat profile
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CON
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Airport security profiling
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Profiling works well for Israel, can work well elsewhere
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PRO
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Airport security profiling
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Most people accept profiling as necessary for security.
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PRO
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Airport security profiling
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Profiling will help avoid invasive scanners and pat-downs.
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PRO
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Underground nuclear waste storage
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Nuclear energy requires harmful mining/milling of uranium.
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CON
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Underground nuclear waste storage
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Underground storage will never overcome societal fears.
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CON
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Underground nuclear waste storage
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Nuclear-intensive France does not use underground storage.
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CON
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Underground nuclear waste storage
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Scientific consensus supports nuclear waste underground storage
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PRO
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Underground nuclear waste storage
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Underground nuclear waste storage is safest option
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PRO
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Underground nuclear waste storage
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Underground nuclear waste storage far superior than status quo
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PRO
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Funding transparency for TV issue ads in elections
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Opponents of anonymous campaign ads are just clinging to power
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CON
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Funding transparency for TV issue ads in elections
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General statements against disclosing TV issue ad funding
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CON
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Funding transparency for TV issue ads in elections
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Anonymity is essential to free speech in modern democracy
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CON
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Funding transparency for TV issue ads in elections
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Anonymous funding of TV ads runs against principles of free speech
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PRO
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Funding transparency for TV issue ads in elections
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If you're going to attack a candidate, reveal your identity
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PRO
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Funding transparency for TV issue ads in elections
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Attack ads are a part of politics, but sources must be known
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PRO
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Funding transparency for TV issue ads in elections
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Foreign interests could be funding anonymous issue ads
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PRO
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Cellulosic ethanol
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There is not enough land too grow sufficient cellulosic ethanol
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CON
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Cellulosic ethanol
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Processing cellulose is more difficult than starches
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CON
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Cellulosic ethanol
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Cellulosic ethanol packs three-times the energy as corn ethanol.
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PRO
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Carbon capture and storage
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Climate change is best solved by energy efficiency, not CCS
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CON
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Carbon capture and storage
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Carbon capture and storage is smoke-and-mirrors tactic for big coal
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CON
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Carbon capture and storage
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Risks of stored C02 leaking is very low
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PRO
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Carbon capture and storage
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Algae CCS produces valuable bi-products.
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PRO
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Geoengineering
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Geoengineering comes from human hubris; let mother nature work
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CON
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Geoengineering
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Geoengineering risks can be tested, corrected, avoided.
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PRO
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Geoengineering
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Many geoengineering approaches are harmless like painting roofs.
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PRO
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Geoengineering
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Geoengineering solutions often mimic natural mechanisms.
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PRO
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Geoengineering
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Many green orgs and scientists support geoengineering option.
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PRO
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Oil sands
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Tar sands unnecessary if focus is placed on clean energy
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CON
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Oil sands
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Hydrocarbons required in forseeable future, including oil sands
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PRO
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Oil sands
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Better to import oil from Canadian sands than from corrupt regimes
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PRO
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Oil sands
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Oil sands will be used by some states no matter what
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PRO
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Oil sands
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Oil sands are too economically important to abandon
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PRO
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Ground zero mosque
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Developers have right to build ground zero mosque, but should not
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CON
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Ground zero mosque
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First amendment protects right to build ground zero mosque
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PRO
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Ground zero mosque
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Defending mosque honors constitution first responders were protecting.
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PRO
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Ground zero mosque
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Islam is a religion of peace.
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PRO
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Open primaries
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General election are open; primaries are OK to be closed.
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CON
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Open primaries
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Primaries too important in democracy to be internal to parties.
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PRO
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Law school
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Lawyers rarely engage in intellectual work
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CON
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Law school
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New lawyers can gain credibility/responsibility quickly.
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PRO
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Law school
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Practicing law is more art than science.
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PRO
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Deporting illegal immigrants in the US
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No past administration engaged in full deportation campaign
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CON
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Deporting illegal immigrants in the US
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Trail of Tears demonstrates injustice of mass deportation.
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CON
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Deporting illegal immigrants in the US
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Americans oppose the deportation of all illegal immigrants.
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CON
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Deporting illegal immigrants in the US
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General statements in favor of deporting illegals from the US
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PRO
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Deporting illegal immigrants in the US
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Mass deportation has been successful in the past
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PRO
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MBA
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Total cost of MBA (including opportunity costs) is high
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CON
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MBA
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MBA is a good way to get into inner circle of a business
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PRO
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MBA
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Corporate demand for MBA is strong
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PRO
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European Monetary Fund
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EMF will not solve EU structural fiscal problems
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CON
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European Monetary Fund
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Strictly enforcing budgets is better than creating EMF.
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CON
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European Monetary Fund
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EMF funded proportional to GDP unpopular among big states.
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CON
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European Monetary Fund
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European Monetary Fund creates global AND regional system
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PRO
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Breastfeeding in public
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Breasts are also for sex; public breastfeeding indecent
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CON
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