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animals in the zoos are kept in restricted space far away from their original habitat
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animals in zoos are frequently teased and stressed by humans. these animals should be allowed to roam free in their natural habitats.
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animals in zoos are miserable and confined.
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animals in zoos have been repeatedly found to be malnourished and mistreated.
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animals kept in captivity are quite often better looked after than animals in the wild they have better medical and dental treatment than a lot of humans and can live longer than in the wild
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animals need to be free and unrestricted, zoos offer small enclosures, denying animals the chance to survive and thrive in their own habitat.
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animals need to be free to roam in their natural environment
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animals should be allowed to roam free. they shouldn't be caged.
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animals should be free to live in the natural habitats rather then being kept in close spaces for people's entertainment
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animals should be free to roam and let nature take it's course
We should abolish zoos
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animals should be in their environment and holding them captive is cruel
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Animals should not be kept in cages. They should be able to run free.
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animals would no longer be held in captivity and be free to return to their natural habitat.
We should abolish zoos
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another concern about plastic surgeries is that it can be painful for patients like skin grafting
We should ban cosmetic surgery
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another party will only add to the gridlock we already are experiencing.
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Another person might be able to make a concept work far better than the original person who thought up the idea.
We should abolish intellectual property rights
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another positive within the foster care system is the environmental change.
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any alternative medicine is in doubt because do not have evidence in western medicine and their result could be useful as well opposite.
We should ban naturopathy
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any alternative medicine, such as naturopathy, is valid if there is a chance of giving a sufferer relief from pain.
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any cosmetic surgery should be banned because violate natural looks individuals specially with minors.
We should ban cosmetic surgery for minors
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any form of support to the education of new generations, is to ensure the continuous development of the nation.
We should subsidize student loans
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any individual, irrespective of age, has the right to decide what to do with their body.
We should ban cosmetic surgery for minors
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any kind of punishment to the kids is harassment and should be banned by the law.
We should abolish capital punishment
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any means necessary to narrow down suspects should be used when trying to solve a crime.
We should end racial profiling
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any method that catches a criminal should be utilized, don't provide protections for them
Entrapment should be legalized
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any murder should be classified as the one and should be under criminal offence register.
Assisted suicide should be a criminal offence
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any person who stays home and takes cares of kids should be subsidized as parenting is a full time job
We should subsidize stay-at-home dads
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any prison system that inflicts torture is against the laws of the u.s.a. and should be stopped.
We should close Guantanamo Bay detention camp
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Any state or non-state actor having nuclear weapons creates fear for other countries that pushes them to develop their own nuclear weapons, creating a cycle of development that can only be ended through abolition.
We should fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons
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any statistical study and classification methods that can improve detection rates and cut crime are valid, irrespective of how ethically sensitive they might be.
We should end racial profiling
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any subsidy for education after school is unnecessary, the right to access education ends at 16 at which point people can fund their own adult decisions
We should subsidize vocational education
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any subsidy would bring with it a potentially harmful influence from outside agencies with an agenda - the neutrality of the information presented may be compromised.
We should subsidize Wikipedia
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any system that rewards parenthood is often abused by lower income families and this leads to more systemic and societal failure.
We should subsidize stay-at-home dads
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any type of helping kill someone is murder even if the person wishes to die. therefore it should be punished by law
Assisted suicide should be a criminal offence
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Any use of nuclear weapons in war would result in mutually assured destruction and likely the devastation of the entire planet, and any amount of conventional warfare is preferable to that outcome.
We should fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons
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Any use of nuclear weapons violates international laws of war because they indiscriminately kill civilians and cause long term environmental damage. Given that there is no legitimate use, we should abolish them.
We should fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons
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any weapon that can destroy the world should be eliminated
We should fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons
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any weapon that is strong enough to destroy the whole planet is completely unnecessary.
We should fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons
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anyone can edit the content so it can not be reliable to be correct
We should subsidize Wikipedia
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anyone can edit the pages, so the information is not guarenteed to be correct.
We should subsidize Wikipedia
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anyone can edit wikipedia which can sometimes not be the truth
We should subsidize Wikipedia
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Anyone remotely familiar with the game theory knows that nuclear disarmament is not probable given the actors' preferences and risks. We should concentrate our efforts on regulating the existing arsenals and stopping proliferation instead.
We should fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons
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anyone that is bothered by telemarketing can block these types of calls without anyone having to ban all telemarketing
We should ban telemarketing
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anyone who commits a crime should be prosecuted
Entrapment should be legalized
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anyone who contributes to ending a life should be punished
Assisted suicide should be a criminal offence
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anyone who wants to behave in a manner not permitted in the safe space is free to leave
We should abolish safe spaces
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Anyone who wants to sell an organ would be made fully aware of the risks involved, in which case they should be allowed to make that choice.
We should legalize organ trade
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anyone with an aptitude for a necessary service profession should be encouraged to pursue it
We should subsidize vocational education
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anyone, regardless of their age, should be able to take the decision to alter their body by means of cosmetic surgery if they think they will look or feel better as a result of it.
We should ban cosmetic surgery for minors
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anything that has been invented should be all of our property.
We should abolish intellectual property rights
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anything what could be harmful for people health and it`s not natural should be banned and restricted.
We should subsidize embryonic stem cell research
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anything what is natural, by god provided for couples to have a kids is right and any other should be prohibited.
Surrogacy should be banned
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anything which brings relief, even if that is akin to a placebo effect, can only be a good thing to those in need.
We should ban naturopathy
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apart from what makes parents more lazy because they should give all student benefits to their children
We should subsidize student loans
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apce exploration is important in order to live in other planets
We should subsidize space exploration
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approving such a action will help people who can`t have a kids natural way to have them and making them happy and successful.
We should subsidize embryonic stem cell research
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are we going to make movies without children at all? banning child actors does not seem reasonable in this billion dollar industry.
We should ban the use of child actors
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arenג€™t subsidies opening the door for manipulating journalists and inducing media bias in favor of the government?
We should subsidize journalism
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arguably, entrapment is a devious means to trap not only criminals but others who might be tempted by entrapment who would not otherwise have committed a crime.
Entrapment should be legalized
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Arms are very bad for the whole of society when they are in the hands of bad persons. giving anyone the right to keep and bear arms puts society in danger
We should abolish the right to keep and bear arms
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arms in the hands of private people can lead to more violence in our society and we should ban any of them
We should abolish the right to keep and bear arms
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Arms races which result from the presence of nuclear weapons increase danger as states are more likely to entrust nukes to less experienced military personnel and have more difficulty tracking them.
We should fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons
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art would probably be a lot better without intellectual property rights
We should abolish intellectual property rights
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articles on wikipedia can be taken over by a few rogue accounts, making edits faster than the editing team can delete them.
We should subsidize Wikipedia
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artists and creaters need to eat and earn money
We should abolish intellectual property rights
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as a capitalist nation, we should embrace that form of economy and democracy since it was the ideology our country was founded on
We should oppose collectivism
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as a country, we are falling behind in the space exploration race due to financial constraints
We should subsidize space exploration
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as a last ditch effort the government should be allowed to cut programs and spending to stabilize the economy to prevent failing.
We should adopt an austerity regime
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as a nation we need to prioritize the majority and not focus on the small things
We should oppose collectivism
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As a principal, college admittance and job offers should be based on people's qualifications, rather than their gender and the color of their skin.
We should end affirmative action
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as anyone can effectively edit wikipedia pages, to subsidise it would be a nonsense exercise.
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As automation increases, traditional trades that vocational education prepare people for will become rarer and less likely to provide gainful, long-term employment, and the government shouldn't incentivize people to follow that career path.
We should subsidize vocational education
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As concluded by the California-based Little Hoover Commission (1992) regarding children placed in Foster Care children can come to harmand even die while supposedly under the protection of foster care
Foster care brings more harm than good
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As employment becomes more and more specialized, people are increasingly going to need not only university education, but post-graduate education as well to remain competitive in the workforce.
We should subsidize vocational education
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as far as these threats are being directed towards our country, racial profiling might be the only way to keep us safe from incoming threats from other parts of the world.
We should end racial profiling
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as homeopathic medicines generally contain no active ingredient they are likely to be completely harmless.
Homeopathy brings more harm than good
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as homeopathy is unregulated, it can be dangerous because nobody really knows the quality, safety or efficacy of the products that are on sale.
Homeopathy brings more harm than good
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as human creatures sex is a natural and in our nature. celibacy just leads to repressed and unhappy people.
The vow of celibacy should be abandoned
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as individuals we have a right to not be grouped into one thought process.
We should oppose collectivism
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as it could bring about an end to the black market sale of organs.
We should legalize organ trade
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as it does away with people continuously having children so that they can get the gender they want.
We should legalize sex selection
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as it has its negative side, this will also increase the delinquency of minors for organ trafficking and this is a very bad problem.
We should legalize organ trade
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as it is a temporary care it might be difficult for children to separate after they bonded with their foster parents
Foster care brings more harm than good
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as it is becoming increasingly obvious that they are too dangerous to keep. they cause devastating destruction and in the wrong hands could cause the end of the world.
We should fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons
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as it is the first choice for those seeking information, plus it struggles surviving on donations alone.
We should subsidize Wikipedia
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as life expectancy and healthy ageing continue to grow mandatory retirement no longer makes sense.
We should end mandatory retirement
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as long as all parties are agree, there should not be any problem
We should legalize polygamy
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as long as all parties are willing then polygamy should be legal
We should legalize polygamy
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as long as chicken are properly supervised why not allow them to participate in acting
We should ban the use of child actors
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as long as child actors are protected and monitored, their participation in the acting industry should be allowed.
We should ban the use of child actors
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As long as death penalty is kept, this confirms that our society is founded on violence, and that violence and brute force solve. This mindset perpetuates the circle of violence and doesn't allow to escape it.
We should abolish capital punishment
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as long as it does not harm anyone it should not be banned
We should ban naturopathy
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as long as it doesn't interfere with their schooling and they are well looked after i don't see a problem.
We should ban the use of child actors
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as long as it is fair and unbiased.
We should subsidize journalism
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as long as it is regulated so it is sustainable, there is no reason for us not to harvest the bounty of the ocean.
We should ban whaling
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As long as nuclear weapons exist people will confuse missile-like objects in the sky for nukes, which causes massive public terrors that are very bad for states and individual people.
We should fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons
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as long as nuclear weapons exist, the entire world has to worry about nations deciding to fire them at another or terrorists getting hold of them and causing disaster
We should fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons
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as long as parade participants are peaceful and don't force other people to adhere to their lifestyle, they should be allowed to have a parade for whatever they want.
We should cancel pride parades
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as long as protections are in place to care for vulnerable youngsters, child actors can be just as fulfilled and respected as their elders
We should ban the use of child actors
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as long as regulations are followed to protect the children, it should be allowed. they have an opportunity to save money for a head start on adulthood.
We should ban the use of child actors
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