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This House would enforce term limits on the executive branch of government
What is a possible side to this debate?

Freeing the executive from re-election concerns can help focus attention on the public interest
This House would subsidise poor communities
What is a possible side to this debate?

Substandard living conditions have a broad environmental impact
This House believes that religious beliefs should override government laws
What is a possible side to this debate?

Relationship between state and religious population
The peoples within the state have no desire to live together.
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. They already essentially live in separate states but without the ability to actually direct their own affairs or receive international recognition .
2. The constituents peoples -LRB- Serbs , Croats and Bosniaks -RRB- live almost entirely in separate segregated areas with very little communal intermixing .
3. Wikipedia , Ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina , Application of Genocide convention , Dissenting opinion of Judge Kreca , International Court of Justice , 11 July 1996 , p. 738 ,
4. It should be remembered that the Bosnian Serbs have already voted ponce for secession as in a referendum in November 1991 in areas which were Serb ethnic 96.4 % voted for an independent State within the then Yugoslav federation .
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1. Labour needs to move left to fight on their own ground forcing other parties to match their more populist policies such as renationalising the railways .
2. Since the start of the 1990s Labour has moved to the right to contest the centre ground of politics .
3. This worked in 1997 when the Conservatives were a spent force after 17 Years in power .
4. Tony Blair successfully stole the conservatives moderate policies .
5. However this has resulted in the centre ground moving to the right with policies such as austerity and welfare cuts becoming a consensus .

This House believes a move to the left is good for Labour
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1. Such major changes must be put to popular vote , the citizens of each EU member state have a right to legitimise or reject these changes that push for a more centralized European superstate .
2. The Lisbon Treaty does not only affect international policies , criminal law and national justice systems , it also gives power over to the Commission and European Court .
3. It gives the European Union a legal personality , allowing it to sign international agreements and member countries are now made subject to majority voting -LSB- 1 -RSB- .
4. The Lisbon Treaty significantly affects the workings of each member country .
5. , -LRB- 13 January 2008 -RRB- .
6. -LSB- 1 -RSB- European Commission , , viewed on 13 June 2011 -LSB- 2 -RSB- Foley , Kathy , Lisbon treat : yes , no or eh ?
7. Voters should be included in the debate and key issues need to be highlighted not just ignored .
8. Furthermore the will of the people needs to be trusted , if a reform is intentionally ambiguous and complicated , which was one of the criticisms of the Lisbon Treaty -LSB- 2 -RSB- , it is the job of the politician to explain the cause to the public .

This House would hold a referendum on any new EU treaty
This is no different than political comment, etc.
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. For the sake of consistency , if nothing else , Tarek Mehanna should join them .
2. Ministers of God , political activists and intellectuals have raised the issue of the loss of life among civilians in the Muslim world and the questionable justification of those losses on the grounds of national security .
3. Yet none of them are in prison .
4. Americas allies around the world have questioned the continued presence of US troops in the region and , in many cases , withdrawn their own - andif removing troops from the fight is not aiding the enemy , it would be difficult to imagine what might be .
5. And yet they remain at liberty .
6. They have also pointed out that the only rational response to overwhelming American military superiority in terms of hardware is the kind of warfare being undertaken by insurgents from Bagdad to Kabul .
7. Scholars , commentators and satirists have pointed out the hypocrisy of current US strategy in the Islamic world .
8. Mainstream politicians have called for an immediate withdrawal of American troops and the claims emanating from the right of the Republican Party that doing so gives succour to Americas enemies now sounds as shrill as they do bizarre .
9. None of them are in prison .
10. There may well be those on the American Right who would happily imprison all of these groups but the reality is that they remain at large .
State ownership is not a good way of controlling funds
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. Since the 1980s countries everywhere have followed the example of Thatchers Britain and privatised their industries , freeing them to compete efficiently and to generate more wealth and jobs than they had ever done in state hands .
2. State ownership distorted incentives , interfered with management and produced decades of underinvestment , poor service to consumers , and national economic failure with the most extreme example being the Soviet Union itself .
3. In the 1970s many states owned nationalised industries as part of an attempt at socialist economic planning that has now been discredited .
4. The ownership of important businesses by sovereign wealth funds runs counter to the economic policy pursued by almost every government over the past 25 years .
5. Going back to state ownership of business is a dangerous backward step , especially as it is now foreign governments that are doing the nationalising .
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1. Its focus is on individuals aggregated into interest groups as the main actors in integration , so the focus is on low politics and the areas which become integrated in the European Union reflect that .
2. As such there has been much more progress on economic integration than there has on creating a common foreign and security policy .
3. Neo-functionalism is an example of a liberal theory of regional integration .
4. Its focus is on human welfare needs , not political conflict and law .
5. It also accepts the independent role of international organisations and that the transformation of the international regional system towards a better order is feasible so making the European Union a project worth investing effort in .
6. Center for European studies , European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy , unc.edu ,

Neo-functionalism explains the integration of the European Union
This policy would benefit the state and provide trade
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. If the government decides to promote mother tongue education for large immigrant groups it will be enhancing mutual understanding between its own population and another nation as the immigrants provide a go between .
2. The state will send a positive message towards the large immigrant groups by allowing them to study in their first language .
3. The reason was because new exporting firms are created immigrants know the conditions in their own country so can access that market , something that would be impossible without a native understanding of the language .
4. The effect of migrants on trade is often ignored but studies have shown that in the case of Spain from 1995-2008 exports are boosted by having immigrant communities ; doubling the number of immigrants from a certain country in a province leads to an increase of the export values from the destination province to the country of the immigrants origin by around 10 % .
5. This may produce clear advantages for both parties , in the form of collaboration , diplomacy and trade .
6. Having migrants creates a link between the two countries .
7. A favorable treatment towards the large immigrant groups will be seen positively by the country the immigrants come from .
8. On the other hand , promoting diversity will promote understanding between countries .
9. The importance of cooperation between immigrant groups and the state is often recognized , for example in combating extremism , this kind of measure encourages such cooperation as it brings with it the good will of the immigrant community .
10. It will acknowledge the importance of such groups in the national society by providing this additional opportunity .
Communities should have a say in what is taught in schools, and many communities want to teach creationism.
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. This is why Creationism , a belief held to varying extents in many countries , should be taught in the classroom.This is particularly true in the United States , where in several states the majority of people does not accept evolution , but have instead adopted Creationism , considering the evidence for the latter to be more convincing .
2. Children deserve to hear that their beliefs and those of their community are respected in the classroom .
3. School boards should be able to set curriculum based on the desires of the public , not just on what the scientific elites command to be taught .
4. Society is made up of communities with their own views on politics , religion , education , etc. .
5. It is important for social stability that schools are allowed to teach what communities believe to be true .
6. Furthermore , evolution taught exclusively threatens religious belief , telling children they are no more than animals and lack the spark of grace given by God .
7. The teaching of Creationism should not be taught exclusively , but should share time with other prevailing theories , particularly those of evolution and abiogenesis .
8. In a poll in 2009 a majority -LRB- 57 % -RRB- said that creationism should be taught in schools either without evolution or alongside it .
Unconventional oil can contribute to ‘energy security’
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. The United States and other oil importing countries could lessen dependence and thereby stop financing corrupt Middle Eastern regimes via oil imports -LRB- 2010 -RRB- .
2. Suppose the United States or the European Union would face a serious deterioration in diplomatic relations with the Middle East , after which OPEC would decide to cut oil supplies the consequences would be dire , as the 1973 oil crisis showed .
3. This creates a dangerous dependency for all oil-importing countries .
4. In 2010 , OPEC-countries held about 80 % of the worlds global proven conventional oil reserves , with the bulk of this in the Middle East .
5. Currently , global oil supply is dominated by the OPEC-cartel , consisting of countries like Venezuela and Saudi Arabia .
6. For example , the second largest world oil reserve lies at the Athabasca oil sands deposit in Canada , which is not a member of OPEC -LRB- wikipedia , .
7. A lot of the worlds unconventional oil is outside of OPEC .
8. Problems affecting the flow of oil from the Middle East are unlikely to affect the flow of unconventional oil from Canada at the same time .
9. Since unconventional oil is found in many places around the world , it offers oil importing countries the possibility to diversify their energy import portfolio , thus lessening the risk of being cut off for political reasons -LRB- , 2011 -RRB- .
Sentences: 1. The decision of whether an individual is ready to engage in a sexual relationship is a purely personal one ; refusing contraceptives places them at unnecessarily medical risk , both physically and mentally , and does not adhere to the duty of care by doctors for their patients .
2. As long as these girls meet the requirements for consent laid out by the relevant medical authority , there should be no reason for contraceptives should be denied to them .
3. Medical advice and prescriptions should be given on an individual , rather than uniform , basis .
4. Refusing to prescribe contraceptives for girls below the age of consent assumes that no under-age girls can make an informed decision to choose a sexual relationship .

What claim can be made from these sentences?

Refusing to prescribe contraceptives below a certain age ignores the principle of informed consent.
What is the debate topic for the following sentences?

1. Even if a state were to give preferential treatment to domestic manufacturers and low-level service providers , it would still run the risk of being out-competed by its counterparts in the developing world .
2. The residual power of collective bargaining mechanisms such as unions , coupled with expectations of high pay and highly refined working conditions mean the relative competitiveness of first-world manufacturing industries has dropped .
3. While , in the long-term , the number of highly skilled workers within domestic economies will grow , in the short term , a significant number of older manual and clerical workers may become unemployable as a result of more intense overseas competition .
4. Better standards of education , growing personal wealth and the frequent use of credit to purchase assets have created a collective action problem in first world states that practice off shoring .
5. This interrelationship has successfully fostered developed within all of the worlds largest economies , without creating unmanageable regional inequalities and without undermining workers rights .
6. Competition within these areas will drive labour costs down but a downward trend in service and production costs will usually lead to an upward trend in demand .
7. First world nations now compete in knowledge-led economies , seeking to provide research new technologies and provide novel services to consumers in other highly developed nations .
8. Greater social mobility and education attainment within developed economies reduces the availability of the types of skilled and semi-skilled manufacturing-oriented labour that drove first-world economies during the twentieth century .
9. Further , the potential costs of assisting excluded domestic workers to re-enter the job market will be covered by increased taxation and excise revenues resulting from more frequent trade with offshore outsourcing firms .
10. However , side proposition argues that this constitutes a marginal and bearable cost in term of the wider benefits to quality of life that outsourcing achieves .

This House Would Encourage Offshoring
A Cap and Trade system is fairer to producers
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. It is wrong to suddenly consider all energy production that involves carbon emissions a social `` harm '' , after decades of thinking to the contrary .
2. Carbon emitting energy industries emerged long ago , before anyone thought about the environmental impact of this industry .
3. Further , A cap-and-trade system is `` fair '' because it rewards `` efficient '' - polluters while punishing `` non-efficient '' polluters : Given the above argument , this is a more reasonable approach to rewarding and punishing an industry whose emergence pre-dates the environmental concerns surrounding carbon emissions .
4. Modern energy producers should not be punished for their participation in an industry whose emergence pre-dates concerns of global warming .
This House believes democracy can be built as a result of interventions
What argument could one make about this debate topic?

Interventions show external support, strengthening local democratic movements.
Claim: IVF treatments will be safer.
What evidence supports this claim?

1. Most couples which decide to do IVF treatments do not have unlimited funds available to them .
2. Therefore , once they decide to do IVF treatments in order to reduce the costs of more cycles , couples and clinicians -LRB- with only private funds -RRB- typically opt to implant numerous embryos , hoping at least one will survive .
3. While this may reduce the cost of treatments , it can result in multiples anything from twins to the infamous Octomom octoplets .
4. Multiples tend to be born prematurely and have a high rate of health problems , which can result in tremendous medical costs and life-long expenses , such as special education .
5. Through the IVF treatments the early numbers in Quebec show , only 3.8 per cent of pregnancies in the IVF program are now multiples , down sharply from 27.2 per cent .
6. So with the public funding , two benefits are safer treatment of mother and child -LRB- since only one implant at a time gets implanted -RRB- and reduced cost of IVF treatment for parents .
This House supports the Chapter 11 bankruptcy laws
What is a possible side to this debate?

Protecting the interests of stakeholders
1. Trading a plea bargain for those dangerous and actively criminal associates is good for the community , but can not be accomplished if we can not prosecute the car thief in the first place .
2. Prosecutors are the appropriate individuals to determine which particular crimes are most damaging to the community , and how resources should be allocated .
3. They have the greatest amount of exposure to criminals -LRB- particularly repeat offenders with whom they may be familiar -RRB- and the methods that can be used to punish and rehabilitate them .
4. Limitations statues should be repealed to give prosecutors more flexibility , in pursuing and investigating crimes .
5. For instance , even if a low-level criminal who committed grand theft auto with a statute of limitations of three years is no longer a real threat , threatening him with prosecution might cause him to give up friends he knows who committed more relevant , more recent crimes .

What is the general argument implied by these sentences?

Prosecutors are the appropriate individuals to determine which crimes to prosecute in order to keep the community safest.
Claim: Collaboration in editing encourages democratic principles
What evidence supports this claim?

1. The process of collaboration required to create and maintain an up-to-date , factual source of information encourages democratic practices and principles .
2. Wikipedia seeks to achieve its democratic goal of the spread of free , open material by democratic means .
3. As an open-source project it relies upon the collaboration of tens of thousands of people who constantly add , check and edit articles .
4. Disagreements and disputes are sent up the line to moderators , who oversee the editing process .
5. This socialisation of expertise as David Weinberger puts it ensures that errors and omissions are rapidly identified and corrected and that the site is constantly and accurately updated .
6. No traditional encyclopaedia can match this scrutiny .
7. Indeed , Wikipedia has the potential to be the greatest effort in collaborative knowledge gathering the world has ever known , and it may well be the greatest effort in voluntary collaboration of any kind .
8. Not only do such democratic processes encourage democracy more generally , but they are an effective means to create a user-friendly product , as illustrated by open source software such as Firefox and Linux .
What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. Advertising gives the impression , especially to children , that they can and should have everything they want .
2. This makes people too interested in material things .
3. People are becoming more selfish and obsessed with their possessions , and losing their values of patience , hard work , moderation and the importance of non-material things like family and friends .
4. This harms their relationships and their personal development , which has serious effects for society as a whole .

This House believes that advertising is harmful
Sentences: 1. The United States must prevent Iran from ever being able to put such threats into action which may mean having to engage in military action to prevent Iran gaining the capability .
2. Even an unsuccessful attack on Israel would provoke a counter strike .
3. The US would take much of the blame for the casualties of such a strike even if it counselled Israel against it .
4. Iran has explicitly threatened to destroy Israel , President Ahmadinejad described Israel as a `` disgraceful blot '' that should be `` wiped off the face of the earth '' .
5. Such a prospect would be disastrous , not just in its initial consequences , but for the entire region .

What claim can be made from these sentences?

[Iran specific] Iran has threatened to destroy Israel
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1. Israel restricted the Palestinian construction and economic development , which led to the emigration of the Palestinians from the city to new areas developed as suburbs of the city .
2. This territorial/demographic domination and restriction on Palestinian development affected East Jerusalem by deteriorating its functionality in disconnecting it from its hinterland and West Bank areas .
3. On the contrary , the policy has been to separate and isolate them .
4. East Jerusalem serves naturally as a metropolitan center of the entire West Bank , until the Oslo agreement in September 1993 , some autonomy of Palestinian Jerusalemites was allowed especially in educational , sport , health , cultural , religious institutions and community based organizations .
5. Israeli policies have been directed to mainly serve spatial/demographic domination of `` Jewish Jerusalem . ''
6. There was no attempt to `` integrate '' the Palestinian neighborhoods ' functions with West Jerusalem or the settlements built in Palestinian areas .
7. Israel of today is in the process of replacing the slogan of `` United Jerusalem '' with great `` Jewish Jerusalem '' with the Old City as its core .
8. As a result of the Israeli policy , Palestinian neighborhoods -LRB- including the available land for future development -RRB- consist of only 17 percent of the entire East Jerusalem area and 7 percent of total municipal Jerusalem .
9. There has however been a movement from `` United Jerusalem '' to `` Jewish Jerusalem . ''
10. From 2000 the Palestinian demographic threat , became the reason for `` getting rid '' of Palestinian Jerusalemites after Israel had accomplished its spacio-political goals for a `` Jewish Jerusalem . ''

This House believes that Jerusalem should be divided
What claim can be made from the following pieces of evidence?

1. Theyve proven there is no link between MMR vaccinations and autism .
2. Since then several studies -LRB- 31 according to the NHS -RRB- disproved the claims made by a study .
3. Because it was published in a well-known magazine it was considered a reliable source .
4. In 1998 , Dr , Andrew Wakefield started a big campaign against multiple vaccinations , when his research , published in The Lancet -LRB- a medical journal -RRB- a study on how MMR jabs increase the likelihood of children for autism .
5. Based on that evidence we see , that not more children became autistic because of the vaccination and that on scientific grounds there is no found linkage between autism and multiple vaccination .
6. The prevalence of autism varies considerably with case ascertainment , ranging from 0.7 21.1 per 10 000 children , with autistic spectrum disorder estimated to be 1 6 per 1000 .
7. The WHO states , that : Autistic spectrum disorder represents a continuum of cognitive and neurobehavioral disorders including autism .
8. Further on the World Health Organisation explained in 2003 , that autism , especially in countries with high vaccination rates has not increased .

Multiple vaccines do not cause autism
What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. There is then a period where there are condemnations and threats to increase sanctions that usually dont get anywhere as they are blocked by China .
2. The North Korean regime will then proclaim a willingness to do business and negotiate giving minor concessions on the issue of the provocation in return for aid or whatever the regime happens to want at the time .
3. North Korea has an attention seeking cycle on the go that was used by Kim Jong Il and now seems to be used by his son Kim Jong Un .
4. Essentially North Korea takes a provocative action -LRB- as big or small as it thinks necessary this may be a missile launch , right up to some kind of military attack -RRB- in order to grab the worlds attention .
5. Hong , Adrian , How to Free North Korea , , 19 December 2011 ,
6. Of course whatever concession it gives is easily reversible so setting up another round .
7. This is a good deal for North Korea as it essentially gets aid in return for bad behaviour , it is therefore not surprising that the North is willing to continue engaging in bad behaviour .

This House would ignore North Korean provocations
This House prefers its government Big and Beefy
What argument could one make about this debate topic?

Government was required to drive through major changes such as drives for equality within society, universal education, and preservation of the environment. Mostly in the teeth of big business
This house Would Ban School Uniforms - Junior
What argument could one make about this debate topic?

Dress Codes instead of school uniform
Summarize the argument implied by these sentences?

1. -LSB- 2 -RSB- Ikenberry , John G. -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , Americas Imperial Ambition , September/October 2002 .
2. * liberal grand strategy is a terminology that describes the USAs long term policy goal - to promote its system to other countries .
3. Social Forces , States and World Orders : Beyond International Relations Theory , in R.O. Keohane -LRB- ed . -RRB-
4. , -LRB- New York : Columbia University Press , 1986 -RRB- Where the US has used military force , it has largely done it to uphold human rights and international peace , security and prosperity .
5. Gramsci , Hegemony and International Relations , , Vol .
6. 12 , No. 2 , 1983 , pp. 162-175. , Cox , Robert .
7. -LSB- 2 -RSB- This has allowed other countries to prosper economically and also in terms of their security ; the rebuilding and success of Japan and Germany provides important examples of this .
8. -LSB- 1 -RSB- Cox , Robert .
9. As Robert Cox argues , American hegemony has been successful because the US has been able to maintain its dominance through a high level of global consensus by establishing a broadly accepted rules-based liberal international economic order , and has been able to shape other states preferences in a manner that has awarded sufficient benefits to these states while ensuring the dominance of the US .
10. -LSB- 1 -RSB- This has been what John Ikenberry terms Americas liberal grand strategy , * which has enabled the US to construct a relatively benign and highly institutionalized multilateral system based on open markets , free trade , and the provision of public goods , such as collective security and an open international trading regime .

The US used its power to establish a set of open global institutions which have been broadly beneficial.
Gender and geographic diversity would improve through popular election
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. For example , Hilary Clinton or German Chancellor Merkel might be candidates , as well as figures from Eastern Europe -LRB- who have held no SG positions so far -RRB- .
2. Getting rid of the cumbersome veto process might encourage more women to come forward .
3. Currently , the status quo tends to perpetuate itself .
4. The representatives who end up making the decisions on a candidates viability are usually men , from wealthy and privileged backgrounds .
5. By bringing more people into the decision-making process , the door is open to more types of people .
6. Gender and geographic diversity would improve among candidates .
7. Out of eight Secretaries-General so far , a woman has yet to lead the organization .
8. Furthermore , women candidates are rarely even considered .
9. Vaira Vike-Freiberga , only got seven positive votes when she ran against Ban Ki-moon .
Claim: Israel’s security wall annexes Palestinian territory that is needed for a viable state.
What evidence supports this claim?

1. Most western governments have criticised the barrier because part of its route departs from the so-called Green Line , Israel 's pre-1967 boundary and the internationally recognised border .
2. This obviously reduces the viability of any eventual Palestinian state as it will need to rely more on imported food .
3. Palestinian leaders assert that the route chosen could lead to almost half of the cultivatable land in the West Bank being annexed .
4. Israels security wall effectively annexes Palestinian territory .
5. This is clearly wrong and a barrier that kept to the 1967 border would have allowed the Palestinians a viable future state while also providing security for Israel .
6. It also violates property rights , as thousands of acres of land have been taken away from Palestinian owners in order to build the wall and the wide strip of access tracks beside it .
7. The route is not based on security considerations , but is clearly political , concerned to tie the land around Israeli settlements to Israel .
Claim: The ICC offers justice to victims of war crimes.
What evidence supports this claim?

1. Such reparations may include restitution , indemnification and rehabilitation .
2. Judges are able to order such reparations whether the victims have been able to apply for them or not .
3. Though reparations will often not be sufficient on their own for lasting peace , they are a step in the right direction and only made possible by the establishment of the ICC .
4. The ICC offers a multilateral means by which international law can be brought to bear on the perpetrators of war crimes .
5. As Amnesty International argues , ` the ICC ensures that those who commit serious human rights violations are held accountable .
6. Justice helps promote lasting peace , enables victims to rebuild their lives and sends a strong message that perpetrators of serious international crimes will not go unpunished ' .
7. Furthermore , and for the first time , the ICC has the power to order a criminal to pay reparations to a victim who has suffered as a result of their crimes .
This House would introduce a Tobin tax.
What is a possible side to this debate?

A Tobin tax protects the most vulnerable economies.
What claim can be made from the following pieces of evidence?

1. The cancellation of the debts would only apply to government to government debt and debts to the big international institutions such as the World Bank so there are relatively few actors who need to agree to the cancellation .
2. Cancelling debt and the interest payments these debts entail is the easiest way of helping the poorest countries develop .
3. The IMF and World Bank could look at countries on a case by case basis to see which countries are most deserving and where the cancellation would have greatest benefits .
4. As the cancellation would be done between governments it would be easy to target which countries get debt cancellation , this would mean the poorest and most in need but could potentially mean excluding countries where the windfall will simply mean propping up a regime that is brutalizing its own people .
5. The actual cancellation of the debts would then be relatively simple , the governments would simply accept that they are never going to be repaid and take the debt off their books .

Cancellation is the easiest option to help the poorest develop
This House would allow wire-tapped and intercepted evidence as admissible in court
What argument could one make about this debate topic?

Countries which do not allow intercept evidence have created a contradictory, rather than transparent, set of legal boundaries.
Claim: Sharing Jerusalem is necessary for peace
What evidence supports this claim?

1. Hady Amr , Director of Brookings Doha Center , wrote in 2007 : `` At a recent closed-door gathering of former Israeli and Palestinian negotiators hosted at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution ... had come to realize just how painful the issue of Jerusalem was for both sides , that neither side could feel whole without Jerusalem , and that separation arrangements were unworkable when emotions flared over a few feet of Jerusalem stone .
2. Although it took a decade , the Israelis realized that they could not be secure from Palestinian rancor if they deprived Muslim and Christian Palestinians of sovereignty over the Muslim Noble Sanctuary and the holy Christian churches .
3. The Palestinian negotiators also acknowledged the corollary Israeli need for sovereignty over not only the Wailing Wall , but also the Jewish Temple Mount . ''
4. -LRB- 4 -RRB- A poll in 2000 showed some 40 percent of Israelis were ready to give up Arab East Jerusalem without even knowing what they would get in return .
5. -LRB- 1 -RRB- While it is an unlikely solution most of the more likely methods have already been tried so new more unconventional solutions need to be tried .
6. The division of Jerusalem could be such a solution that would kick start the rest of the peace process .
7. The benefits of ending the conflict would be immense .
8. -LRB- 4 -RRB-
9. The Palestinians wont trust them as a result of decades where they have not been fair to Palestinians and have been abusive rather than protective .
10. -LRB- 2 -RRB- All this means that Israeli rule in East Jerusalem can never be legitimate in the eyes of the Palestinians , and so long term peace can never emerge as long as this rule continues .
1. 30 Septemebr 2008 .
2. The Independent .
3. Israel will have to reinstate pre-1967 border for peace deal , Olmert admits .
4. MacIntyre , Donald .
5. 5 November 2010 .
6. UPI.com .
7. Saudi to Israel : Return to 1967 borders .
8. Haaretz .
9. PLO chief : We will recognize Israel in return for 1967 borders .
10. Even Ismail Haniyeh , leader of the more extreme Hamas organisation , has said Hamas will accept a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders and will offer Israel a long term truce if it withdraws accordingly .

What is the general argument implied by these sentences?

Returning to the 1967 borders would bring peace to Israel.
Claim: Profit margins are too small
What evidence supports this claim?

1. The Tourism Crisis in Tunisia Goes Beyond Security Issues , 26 June 2012
2. This reliance on a low-profit niche in the tourism industry is a systematic flaw which will not provide the economic growth which the country needs .
3. 1 -RRB- Achy , L .
4. This has resulted in a low per-capita spending rate as food , drink and travel are all usually included in sea-side holiday resorts .
5. Average per-capita spending for tourists in Tunisia amounted to around $ 385 in 2012 which is low when compared to Egypts $ 890 and Greeces $ 1000 .
6. A major problem for Tunisias tourism sector is the small profit margin .
7. The industrys main targets are European , middle class income visitors on package holidays to sea-side resorts .
What claim can be made from the following pieces of evidence?

1. Russia remains reliant on natural resources for much of its wealth ; 30 % of its GDP and 70 % of exports .
2. Its most recent presidential election that voted in Putin for a third term was not exactly free and fair .
3. The G8 has been meant to be a group of industrialised democracies .
4. Russia is neither particularly industrialised , nor particularly democratic .
5. Yet Russia remains essentially an outsider in the group , it does not share western values and goes its own way .
6. The OSCE election observers concluded There was no real competition and abuse of government resources ensured that the ultimate winner of the election was never in doubt .
7. Its qualifications for membership have been questioned from the very beginning , when Russia joined the G7 were able to argue inclusion would bring it closer to the west .

Russia should never have been a member
Claim: It’s in the interests of employers
What evidence supports this claim?

1. HIV can make people tired and can lead to being sick more often as it means the immune system will not be able to fight off infections as well as it normally would .
2. They will have to make provision for possible sickness cover and replacement workers , potentially for medical and/or retirement costs .
3. A long , incurable and debilitating condition has stricken one of their employees .
4. Its in the interests of employers .
5. Traditional rights ideas such as concerns about privacy of medical records are less important than the benefit to society of being able to cope with the unique problem of HIV more effectively .
6. Employers must be listened to in this debate in many HIV-stricken countries , theyre the last thing between a semi-functioning society and complete economic and social collapse .
7. If things are made difficult for employers with HIV positive workers , then they are less likely in the future to employ people who -LRB- they suspect -RRB- are HIV positive .
8. The employees productivity might be reduced to the point at which their continued employment is no longer viable .
What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. They have to balance the number of applications they get with both the number of teaching staff they have and the time they need for research .
2. Universities can not take every student who applies .
3. Simply put , if you want to have academics doing useful research , you cant expect them to teach all the time .
4. In the UK , almost a third of applicants do not get places as it is , and those that do often find they have less contact time with staff than they had expected .
5. Currently , universities are so overwhelmed by demand that it isnt possible for them to test this properly in most cases , they will take a cursory look at predicted grades , and perhaps an interview with the candidate .
6. If universities have a finite number of places , it makes sense that they should be allocated to the people best suited for them .
7. It will also allow them more leisure to reach out to and target students with the right personality , improving the quality of applications .
8. Discouraging applicants would lower the stress on admissions departments , making the process more accurate .
9. Forget all of the discussion as to whether or not academic courses are useful its simply not practical to have everyone do them .

This House would encourage fewer people to go to university
International adoption laws are looser than domestic requirements
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. Jacobson , C. , Ethnicity .
2. Contemporary Sociology , 2009 , pp.425-426 .
3. Furthermore , mothers allowing others to adopt their child are far more likely to pick young couples than older couples who have outlasted their body clock in the search for a child .
4. Therefore , whilst your local government would argue you have insufficient resources to adopt , you are still able to provide for a child a more comfortable environment than that of an orphanage in his home country .
5. Those looking to adopt have to face stringent scrutiny .
6. For example those making less than or equal to 20,000 U.S.D annually have difficulty adopting as they qualify as living below poverty level in the U.S whereas in third/fourth-world countries that same amount qualifies as a decent income .
7. Many parents who desperately want children do not fit the socio-economic requirements to adopt in their own country .
8. Western adoption laws are very difficult to pass through ; even though anyone fertile can have naturally born children .
What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. In Edinburgh , the multi-million development of the out-of-town shopping centre in Livingston is believed to have created more than 1500 jobs alone .
2. This is not only true in the initial construction stages , it will also apply once it is up and running , as retail staff will typically be recruited fairly locally .
3. As out of town centres are often built on aesthetically unappealing `` brownfield '' sites , the injection of large investment by a retailer is a vote of confidence in the area and this has a knock-on effect in the local economy .
4. Out of town centres bring development in their wake .
5. Other amenities and housing will typically start to congregate near the shop and the centre creates a boom for the local economy .
6. The out of town centre acts as a magnet for further positive development locally .

This House would drive to an out of town shopping centre
Claim: The importance of jobs in livelihoods - money
What evidence supports this claim?

1. Having a job and the financial security it brings means that other benefits can be realised such as investing in good healthcare and education . .
2. Women working from home in Kenya , designing jewellery , shows the link between employment and earning an income .
3. When a woman is able to work she is therefore able to take control of her own life .
4. Additionally she may provide a second wage meaning the burden of poverty on households is cumulatively reduced .
5. A key asset is financial capital .
6. Jobs , and employment , provide a means to access and build financial capital required , whether through loans or wages .
7. Jobs are empowerment .
8. Building sustainable livelihoods , and tackling poverty in the long term , requires enabling access to capital assets .
9. The women have been empowered to improve their way of life .
10. See further readings : Ellis et al , 2010 .
This House believes Wikipedia is a force for good
What argument could one make about this debate topic?

Wikipedia provides free, open access to knowledge
Syria has not lived up to its commitments
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. Neither happened .
2. The Syrian government blamed the lack of protective equipment as well as the security situation but the OPCW says it has handed over the necessary equipment .
3. yria is falling well behind on handing over its weapons .
4. The deadliest chemicals were supposed to be removed by 1 January and the rest by 6 February .
5. Blanford , Nicholas , Months of stalling preceded Syrias latest chemical weapons handover , , 4 March 2014 , , 2014 ,
6. Under a new timetable Syria has pledged to remove all chemical weapons by 13 April , but by the end of March had only removed just over half .
7. If Syria continues to fail to meet deadlines there have to be consequences , including abandoning the mission .
What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. Lawrence : University Press of Kansas .
2. Flag Burning and Free Speech : The Case of Texas v. Johnson .
3. 2000 .
4. However , it has limits .
5. Freedom of speech and expression is an important right , which is why it is listed first in the Bill of Rights ; it is central to a fair and free democracy .
6. This is why such things as incitement to hatred , other violence-promoting speech , as well as defamation and perjury are legislated against ; they are expressions that infringe the rights of others , by causing fear and increasing risk of harm in case of hate speech , and by harming reputations and the effective administration of justice in terms of defamation and perjury respectively .
7. Some forms of speech are contrary to the values of democracy , namely when they infringe upon or violate the ability of others to enact their own rights and freedoms .
8. In the case of flag burning , as the dissenting opinion of Justice William Rehnquist on the issue says , the act is an extremely visceral one , and is often perceived as a direct attack on the core values of America itself , which many consider to be representative of those values , leading to feelings of anger and violation .
9. Rights stop where harm to others begins .
10. Goldstein , Robert .

This House would prohibit burning the stars and stripes
1. In the UK , for example , Gaby Hinsliff noted , As a result of the costs of borrowing through a recession , in five years ' time the national debt is forecast to reach 1.3 trillion clearly , NATO members have more pressing concerns than keeping up superfluous armies .
2. Given that most NATO members have been in a deep recession , and direct military threats to their territories are unlikely , it only makes sense to cut defense expenditure .
3. With a growing military cost for ammunition , wages and supplies -LRB- such as food -RRB- NATO members can afford no course of action other than cutting their armed forces costs .
4. Currently , Britain spends over 2 % of its GDP on defense , and Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox recently admitted that the mission in Libya may cost the UK up to 260 million .

What is the general argument implied by these sentences?

Given the economic situation, NATO’s European member states need to cut costs. Cutting defense spending is an obvious way to save money
What is the debate topic for the following sentences?

1. This kind of waste can only be corrected if it is found out about , and for that transparency is necessary .
2. An audit of the Pentagon in 2011 found that the US Department of Defense wasted $ 70 billion over two years .
3. They are also likely to be costly ; something the military and national security apparatus is particularly known for .
4. In security mistakes are much more likely to be a matter of life and death than in most other walks of life .
5. This applies as much , if not more , to the security apparatus than other walks of life .
6. Transparency is fundamental in making sure that mistakes dont happen , or when they do that they are found and corrected quickly with appropriate accountability .

This House believes transparency is necessary for security
Summarize the argument implied by these sentences?

1. Initially , this was the case however , by 2004 , Japan was contributing 19 per cent of the UN budget , second only to that of the United States -LSB- 1 -RSB- .
2. In third place , contributing 8 per cent , was Germany , another state lacking a veto power and any ability to overrule the interests of P5 nations , all bar one of whom contributed less to the UN budget -LSB- 2 -RSB- .
3. Funding contributions to the United Nations should directly relate to the influence that member organizations thereafter have on its actions ; with the veto in place , this is no longer the case .
4. The Permanent Five , as the group of nations granted the most constitutional power in the United Nations , should contribute a proportional amount of resources to the institution .
5. A fairer , more equitable model would insist on a greater proportionality between ones contribution to the United Nations and ones ability to influence its actions .
6. -LSB- 1 -RSB- Blum , 2005 -LSB- 2 -RSB- ibid
7. Furthermore , India and Brazil , whilst not contributing financially to the degree of Japan and Germany , have permitted large swathes of their armed forces to join U.N. peacekeeping operations to fulfil the mandates handed down by the Security Council .
8. Despite these financial and military contributions , the states concerned get no greater say in the interests and actions of the organization .

The Permanent Five no longer contribute to the United Nations to a degree expected of their special status.
That all states should immediately ratify the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families.
What argument could one make about this debate topic?

Ratifying the U.N. Convention would improve diplomacy between source countries and receiving countries.
Summarize the argument implied by these sentences?

1. The ASBO is the latest example of excessive state interference in the lives of citizens .
2. Certainly there are problems in the way people conduct themselves but if such behaviour isnt criminal , then its up to families and communities to fix it .
3. Their powers are wide and undefined too wide , meaning that Judges and magistrates can do pretty much whatever they like .
4. ASBOs address the symptom , not the condition .
5. ASBOs arent intended to deal with that kind of problem : theyre the tool of the state controlling behaviour .
6. Restraining orders exist .
7. The law of nuisance exists .
8. Either conduct is criminal , or it is not .
9. The powers granted to the state in its efforts are disproportionate to the problems concerned .
10. Just because a problem exists , doesnt mean its the job of the state to try and fix it .

ASBOs do not address the real problem