Interferes with a democratic mandate
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. European Union Election Observation Mission To Kenya , ,
2. Unlike many of the other ICC defendants , Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto have a democratic mandate from elections that represented the will of the voters electoral mandates given to them after their indictment by the International Criminal Court .
3. This must be respected by the ICC and the international community as a whole : even though they are suspected of crimes against humanity by a foreign court .


Sentences: 1. Having been warned that watching the broadcast may cause them offence , viewers still chose to and some , it seems , were duly offended .
2. It seems reasonable , therefore , to assume that the shock was either feigned or a matter of pretence .
3. A free society is predicated on the fact that adults have the right to make choices .
4. In turn that is based on the shared understanding that those choices have consequences ; which may , potentially , cause some degree of harm to the person making that choice .
5. It seems staggeringly unlikely that 55,000 people had accidently been watching opera on BBC 2 having failed to watch any of the warnings in advance or the fairly extensive media discussion in advance of the broadcast .
6. Therefore , those who watched it made a choice to do so and it seems reasonable to consider that an informed choice .
7. The allegation made by those who objected to the airing of this show was that it was blasphemous .
8. There were also objections to the graphic nature of the language and sexual reference .
9. Which leaves the matter of blasphemy ; an offence against a belief system .
10. There was no secret that religious issues were likely to feature in the broadcast and no secret was made of the fact that those views were likely to be both critical and forthright .

What claim can be made from these sentences?

This was a piece of art, advertised and described as such, those likely to be offended were quite welcome not to watch it.


Claim: Even if it matters whether or not humans and animals are similar, humans and animals are in fact similar enough that both should be granted rights.
What evidence supports this claim?

1. Singer , Peter .
2. Animals therefore have the capacity for physical and emotional suffering , and so should be granted rights .
3. While we are unable to know exactly what other humans or animals are experiencing , we can make inference from what we observe .
4. First of all , animals have an equal capacity to experience pain .
5. Assuming but not conceding that this is false , we will prove that animals are in fact incredibly similar to human beings , so much so that we should grant them rights .
6. We have already noted that beings do not need to be similar in order to be equally morally considerable .
7. These impulses , emotions , and feelings are located in the diencephalon , which is well developed in many other species of animals , especially mammals and birds .
8. Although human beings have a more developed cerebral cortex than other animals , this part of the brain is concerned with thinking functions rather than basic impulses , emotions , and feelings .
9. In addition we know that animals have nervous systems very like ours , which respond physiologically as ours do when the animal is in a circumstance in which we would feel painan initial rise of blood pressure , dilated pupils , perspiration , an increased pulse rate , and , if the stimulus continues , a fall in blood pressure .
10. According to Peter Singer : Nearly all the signs that lead us to infer pain in other humans can be seen in other species ... The behavioural signs include writhing , facial contortions , moaning , yelping or other forms of calling , attempts to avoid the source of pain , appearance of fear at the prospect of its repetition , and so on .


What claim can be made from the following pieces of evidence?

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4. When there is n't any scientific evidence to support the differential treatment of one group , it is only based on prejudice and bigotry , which should have no place in a democratic society .
5. Based on the robust nature of the evidence available , the courts in Florida were satisfied in 2010 that the issue is beyond dispute and they struck down the ban .
6. Some studies have gone as far as to demand that in the face of this evidence , gay bans be ended .
7. The overwhelming majority of scientific studies on this issue have convincingly shown that children raised by gay couples are certainly not worse off than those raised by straight parents .

There is no fact-based evidence for this exclusion.


Claim: Belief in Santa stimulates the economy
What evidence supports this claim?

1. Huge sectors of our economy depend on belief in Santa Claus , from the department store grottoes to the entertainment industry , from toy shops and manufacturers to the makers of wrapping paper , stockings , red hats with bobbles on , etc. .
2. And once you take Santa out of Christmas , what else would be stripped away - Christmas trees , lights , tinsel , Christmas dinner ?
3. Without Santa to set an example of generosity , gift-giving at Christmas could go out of fashion .
4. Belief in Santa Claus is also economically necessary .
5. Trust is the basis of all economic exchange , and the consequences of doubt in Santa Claus , in terms of bankruptcies , closures , unemployment and stock market and currency slumps are too awful to imagine .


What is the debate topic for the following sentences?

1. As a 2007 National Academy of sciences report warns us the pervasive lack of knowledge of foreign languages and cultures threatens the security of the united states as well as its ability to compete in the global marketplace and produce an unformed citizenry .
2. The call for students to learn a foreign language not only stems from economic needs but also from the need of improved security and diplomacy , in particular a better understanding of cultures and languages in order to better understand threats to the state and improved foreign services are needed .
3. In many Anglophone countries even in the role of a diplomat there are worrying numbers who do not have the language skills they need , for example in Canada only 16 % of the 180 foreign service officers who were required to have advanced foreign languages skills for their positions , could speak the needed language .
4. Therefore learning languages up to the age of sixteen should be compulsory .
5. Since the increased security post 9/11 the government accountability office -LRB- GAO -RRB- have reported that there are a shortage of foreign language expertise within the government and for this reason may undermine national security .
6. Much of the population of mainland Europe go to great lengths to learn foreign languages , especially the dominant English .
7. English speakers should reciprocate the efforts made by their foreign counterparts ; Nicolas Sarkozy for example is aiming to make France into a bilingual nation .
8. Across Europe at least 20 % of third-level students claim to be proficient in at least two foreign languages .
9. However , in countries where English is a major language , this is not the case ; in Ireland , for example the figure is only 5 % .
10. In the United States the situation is similar only 31 % of US elementary schools and 24 % of public schools teach foreign languages .

This House would make lessons in a foreign language compulsory for school pupils


This House would ban the use of trans fats in food stuffs
What argument could one make about this debate topic?

Healthier equivalents of trans fats exist


What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. There is little urban sociability .
2. A high-rise complex , in contrast , according to architect Carl Fender , occupies very little land , so you get a lot of peoplecloser in to the facilities such as theatre , reception , gardensand you have safety and amenity .
3. Socializing is implicitly encouraged in order to offset the disadvantages of those shared spaces , the peace and serenity of a private garden in a residential house is offset by the social atmosphere of shared facilities .
4. Urban sociability can be promoted by high-rise housing that encourages chance meetings with neighbours through the sharing of mutual facilities , often in social settings .
5. As such , they offer a distinct contrast with increasingly anti-social modern societies .
6. Architect Lawrence Nield argues in modern citiesone leaves home in an air-conditioned car , arrives in the parking space beneath the office , and then goes by elevator to the office floor .
7. There is very little chance for deliberate or accidental contact .

This House would build high rises for housing


Claim: Harsh interrogation is not necessarily an effective tool for extracting valuable information.
What evidence supports this claim?

1. Harsh interrogation of captives has not been shown to be effective -LRB- White , 2007 -RRB- .
2. Those who are prepared to die to advance their cause are unlikely to yield information , no matter how much they are threatened or tortured .
3. Where captives do provide information , they often state simply what they think that the interrogators want to hear , rather than anything that is true -LRB- Mazzetti , 2007 -RRB- .
4. In addition , given the cellular nature of many terrorist organisations , those captured often have very little useful information to begin with .
5. Even if they have been involved in a plot , they may only have information about a very small part of that plot .
6. Furthermore , winning the trust of prisoners can lead to more effective information than the use of torture .


1. The House of Lords should be reformed in order to better reflect the British people so that their actions and decisions benefit the whole of society and not just their own .
2. They represent a social and economic elite and seem to flaunt diversity monitoring in a house with only 181 female peers and a staggeringly low 31 peers from ethnic minorities .
3. This unfair skew in the favour of the conservative has the power to slow down and revise legislation and is a gross misrepresentation of the British population .
4. The traditional provenance of the House of Lords translates to an in-built Conservative majority .
5. Even so called Liberal and Labour peers are usually conservative in their opinions .

What is the general argument implied by these sentences?

The House of Lords has an inbuilt conservative majority.


This House believes Africans are worse off due to natural resources
What is a possible side to this debate?

Resource abundance has led to poor governance


Claim: International Law Mandates Quebec be allowed Independence
What evidence supports this claim?

1. This is but one example of the very clear denial of basic representation and self-governance that afflicts the Quebecois in Canada .
2. Quebecois legislation protection their basic rights to retain their language and culture have been met with contempt and legal action by the federal Canadian government and courts .
3. Reference re Secession of Quebec , , 1998 , 2 S.C.R. 217 , < > Maxime Bernier on Quebec law : We dont need Bill 101 , , 4 February 2011 , < > Hudon , R. , Bill 101 , , < >
4. Therefore , Quebec has the legal right to self-determination and independence in international law .
5. International law recognizes the right of all peoples to self-determination .
6. International law recognizes Quebecs right to self-determination and denying them self-determination is therefore a violation of international law .
7. The Quebecois have been systematically denied adequate representation in the federal government of Canada .
8. The international community has decided that it is oppressive to individuals to live under a government that is systematically incapable or unwilling to protect them and their interests .


What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. It seems there is little value to belief one way or the other , so arguing for Gods existence seems simply to be a waste of time .
2. If God were proved to exist , or not to exist , little in life would change at all .
3. It seems as if life goes on whether God exists or not .
4. Theologians , philosophers , and laypeople have been fighting both in academia and on the actual battlefield over the question of Gods existence , yet in all the centuries no definitive answer one way or the other has been given by either side .
5. Thus a position of atheism serves to relieve the hassle of pointless debate .

This House believes atheism is the only way


This House would fund the provision of higher education by taxing graduates
What is a possible side to this debate?

A graduate tax would make access to higher education fairer and more equitable


This House would only teach abstinence for sex education in schools
What argument could one make about this debate topic?

Abstinence-only education deters people from having sex at a young age.


Marketing aimed at children should be subject to strict regulations.
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. Unlike adults , children are not able to make healthy decisions for themselves .
2. They dont understand what calories , sodium content , or saturated fats are .
3. They are unable to comprehend the long-term effects that fast food might have on their health and development .
4. On the other hand , a toy is instantly appealing to them and offers a straightforward incentive to opt for such a meal .
5. As long as the negative consequences can not be explained to kids in a clear and compelling manner , we should not make unhealthy food even more desirable for them .
6. We should not allow children to make bad choices based on information they dont understand .
7. Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity .
8. Fast Food FACTS : Evaluating Fast Food Nutrition and Marketing to Youth .
9. Yale University .
10. November 2010 .


What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. Psychological problems can only be treated if the person is alive .
2. Treatment for the psychological problem should be considered to go hand in hand with saving the patients life as in the B vs. Croydon Health Authority where force feeding was ruled to be complemented the use of other methods to treat her psychiatric problems .
3. Life is more important than dignity , many medical treatments are unpleasant or painful but they are necessary to preserve life .
4. Without force feeding the anorectic patient will often die .
5. In Australia about 80 per cent of all anorexic children required hospital admission -LRB- from 101 cases -RRB- , and of those , 50 per cent required tube feeding as a life-saving measure to manage starvation .
6. When a patient requires emergency treatment doctors should do what is necessary to save the patients life .

This House would force feed sufferers of Anorexia Nervosa


Sentences: 1. No state or leader can be entrusted , morally , with that power and responsibility .
2. These effects could never be morally acceptable , particularly as the basis of ones national security strategy .
3. They place humanity and most forms of life in jeopardy of annihilation -LRB- Krieger , 2003 -RRB- .
4. The entire point of nuclear weapons , however , is their massive , indiscriminate destructive power .
5. Their use could kill tens of thousands of civilians directly , and their catastrophic environmental after-effects would harm many more all around the world .
6. Nuclear weapons are , by their very nature , indiscriminate and disproportional ; any weapon which could not possibly be used in a responsible manner should not be permitted .
7. Over the past fifty years , we have seen a general tendency towards limited warfare and precision weapons , allowing military objectives to be achieved with minimal loss of civilian life .

What claim can be made from these sentences?

States should not possess such destructive, cataclysmic weapons


What is the debate topic for the following sentences?

1. In 1945 there were only 51 UN members , so eleven Council members were adequately representing all voices .
2. Today the UN membership has risen to almost four times the number of the original one , yet there are only fifteen voices in the Council .
3. This means that there are many countries who do not have anyone on the security council that has similar priorities to them , their views may well be unrepresented .

This House would expand the United Nations Security Council


What claim can be made from the following pieces of evidence?

1. It is an accident of geography , or history , simple bad luck that has resulted in some countries getting large numbers of immigrants while many others get none .
2. The first developed country on migrant routes get large numbers as those wishing to seek asylum have to apply in the first safe country .
3. Similarly those countries next to conflict zones , or places affected by natural disasters , get very large influxes of migrants who hope to return home as soon as possible ; there are more than 1.1 million refugees from Syria in Lebanon a country of less than 6million .
4. It is right that there should be a mechanism to help even out the burden of migrants and that rich developed countries should be those who pay that cost .
5. Syria Regional Refugee Response , , , accessed 19 August 2015


Summarize the argument implied by these sentences?

1. Celebrities are uniquely placed to help bridge this gap and foster sympathy and understand about the fight for gay rights because of the relationship they foster with people in society .
2. People feel as though they have an emotional connection and familiarity with the people who are rocketed into their family rooms through their TV every night .
3. Celebrities are uniquely placed to help break down misunderstanding and prejudice against the gay community .
4. One of the biggest obstacles to breaking down prejudice is the fact that people do not associate with the cause and can view it as alien and a problem that they have , not one that we can understand .
5. Therefore , outing gay celebrities fosters a particular type of sympathy and understanding for the cause that can not be achieved any other way .
6. This level of familiarity means that when they are outed as gay leads to a breakdown of the idea that gay rights are an issue for them as its an issue that now directly affects you .
7. Moreover , the emotional connection you feel you have with the characters these people play , means that you personalize their situation more than you would with any other form of gay rights activism .

This will help people connect with the cause of gay equality


1. If the people within a nation want democracy , it is not wrong -- indeed it may even be morally required -- for us to assist them by imposing democracy against the will of the governing class .
2. Often internal movements lack resources , weapons , or organization , making the fight for democracy very difficult .
3. When individuals seek to defend their rights against an oppressive regime , other nations do them a disservice by allowing evil to win out .
4. Thus NATO 's intervention in Libya was in support of rebels often seen as part of the ` Arab spring ' wave of democratization but the internal movement even if it had large amounts of support was being suppressed and would have been destroyed without outside intervention .

What is the general argument implied by these sentences?

Imposing democracy can be a way to support individuals unable to fight for democracy themselves.


What is the debate topic for the following sentences?

1. Basic Books .
2. Anarchy State and Utopia -LRB- pp. 54-56 , 137-42 -RRB- .
3. Nozick , R. -LRB- 1974 -RRB- .
4. This is all part of what could be called a `` dynamic capitalist system '' which values individuality -LRB- honing your basketball skills -RRB- , rewards ability -LRB- having basketball skills -RRB- and risk-taking -LRB- risking that you will succeed with it -RRB- .
5. On the other hand a mediocre basketball player would not be paid at all since there is no demand to see mediocre basketball , his service does not have an attraction on the market and will thus be eliminated / .
6. People are ready to pay for the service he offers -LRB- excellent basketball -RRB- and consequently his high wage will be justified .
7. The market is thus decided upon what people need and therefore there will be no excess products or services offered e.g. let us presume that many people want to see high quality basketball , a person like Michael Jordan who has a talent for basketball and has honed his basketball skills would in this case be much in demand .
8. If many people want the same thing the demand will be higher and it will be profitable to offer them on the market since it will sell , therefore the people are in command of what products are being offered to them through their own want .
9. A free market gives the power to the people to choose and decide what products and services should be offered to them .

This House believes that capitalism is better than socialism


Sentences: 1. This style is necessary to extentuate the small areas where there are differences between the parties .
2. The public are totally turned off by a style of politics which seems to rely on the levels of club house theatrical abuse that you can throw across at each other in parliament and across the airwaves .
3. Wintor , Patrick , Corbyn : its time for a new kind of politics , , 12 September 2015
4. Introduce real differences on the big issues of government , particularly the economy and society , then such minor point scoring fades into insignificance .

What claim can be made from these sentences?

Lack of difference encourages Punch and Judy politics


Any detention bill will have to be in line with human rights.
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. The process of sectioning ensures this by having two separate doctors diagnose the patient as both mentally ill and a threat to themselves or others ; these diagnoses are then presented to an independent AMP -LRB- approved medical practitioner -RRB- who makes the decision about whether or not the individual can be detained .
2. The 2007 British mental health act was actually created partly in order to update the Mental Health Act 1983 so that it conforms to current human rights law .
3. Therefore they should be no concerns about these detentions violating anyone 's human rights .
4. If a doctor or AMP believes this should be extended to 28 days , then the process is repeated again independently .


This House believes that the UN should restrict arms sales to rogue nations.
What argument could one make about this debate topic?

The UN is able to restrict arms sales to rogue nations.


What is the debate topic for the following sentences?

1. Passing a law would ensure that this no longer happens and family ties between generations would be strengthened .
2. , Daily Mail -LRB- 31 January 2011 -RRB- , viewed on 19 June 2011 .
3. This law would give parents a greater stake in their child 's education and development .
4. Rather than being concerned with saving for later life they will want to think about the future and long term prospects of their children .
5. Similarly a child would be legally responsible for the well being of their parent past adulthood , encouraging children to think more carefully about the decisions they make in regards to care .
6. The stark figures that between 2005 and 2009 , 667 elderly people died from dehydration in care homes and 157 died of malnutrition suggest that children neglect their parents in terms of ensuring they are placed in adequate care .

This house believes children should have legal obligations towards parents after adulthood.


This House believes the republican party has lost its way
What is a possible side to this debate?

The Republican Party has been hijacked by the Tea Partiers who simply don’t have a coherent message or ideology


Sentences: 1. If you accept that the open source software industry is a positive force , then simply by considering open source software , governments are doing well .
2. More dramatically , in 2002 , Real Networks opened up the source code for its world renowned RealPlayer media and music software package and , in 2005 , IBM offered 500 key patents -LRB- out of 40,000 -RRB- to the open source community .
3. Sun Microsystems released its Solaris server operating system to the open source community under the Common Development and Distribution licence in 2005 .
4. Even when governments do not ultimately select an open source program , by simply including them in the competitive bidding process , they have been able to radically change the approach that Microsoft and other closed source companies take to producing IT solutions .
5. Under threat from Linux , Microsoft has launched the Open Source Initiative through which it shares elements of some of its programs source code with key partners to enable the development of software for platforms like Windows Mobile .

What claim can be made from these sentences?

Government contracts can change the software industry for the better.


What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. Dangerous chemicals are pumped into rock formations that are also the source of groundwater for millions of people .
2. The residents of areas where shale gas is found and drilling may occur have a right to maintain their health , something which drilling may affect .
3. Dramatic film of inflammable gas leaking through drinking water pipes underlines the risks posed by this uncontrolled experiment under our homes .
4. In 2008 a hydrologist found benzene in a water well in Wyoming above where fracking was occurring .
5. While there is a chance that lives are at risk , either from water contamination or from gas explosions as a result of the fracking such risky methods of extracting natural gas should be banned .
6. Companies are in denial over these dangers , but their refusal to come clean about exactly what chemicals they are using is hardly reassuring .

This house would restrict the use of fracking to extract natural gas from shale


What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. It is difficult to see what could be a more flagrant example of possible harm than allowing your child to die when an available remedy could save their life .
2. Their beliefs may well lead them to conclusions that others might consider reckless but that is their concern .
3. Nobody is questioning the rights of adults to take actions in accordance with their faith , even when these may cause them some personal harm .
4. If that harm is caused to those who can not resist or who are incapable of responding , intervention is required .
5. However , when those actions impact others in society , it is a matter for social concern and , frequently , the intervention of the law .
6. We do not , for example , allow religious practices such as sacrifice or torture in pursuit of a religious end , however religiously convicted the parents might be .
7. The law explicitly includes children in this category .
8. We expect the legal and medical professions to accord particular protection to children against the actions of others that could harm them including , in extremis , their parents .
9. The case of Kristy Bamu , murdered by his parents , practitioners of voodoo , in the belief he was a witch , is just one such example .

This House believes that important decisions about childrens health should be made by medical professionals and not by their parents


What claim can be made from the following pieces of evidence?

1. Part of this political clout however , comes from the continued cooperation of other Western Liberal democracies with the U.S. in failing to the sign the cluster bomb treaty despite pressure from other countries , the U.S. fails in this capacity and loses the support of the countries that it relies on to maintain its political status .
2. The U.S. is often seen as the greatest representative of Western liberal democracy as it is the most economically powerful .
3. The continued refusal of the U.S. to tow the same line as fellow liberal democracies makes it look bad internationally ; especially considering that one of the main instigators behind the cluster bomb ban is the U.K. traditionally a great ally of the U.S. politically .
4. The U.S. is one of the only remaining Western Liberal democracies to allow the U.S. of cluster bombs .
5. Moreover , given that the U.S. currently does not help with demining work , this further worsens relationships with other countries .

Rejecting the Ban on Cluster Bombs Hurts the international image of the U.S.


1. Wikipedia , List of conflicts in Africa , accessed 10 January 2014 ,
2. The vast majority of conflicts in Africa have been internal .
3. Ending all conflict is ambitious , ending only inter state war in Africa on the other hand is not .
4. The AUs declaration does not define it .
5. What is War ?
6. Western Sahara might be considered to be frozen with very few deaths as a result of it and the Sudan conflict is in large part a result of the border being new .
7. The only conflicts that might count as inter-state that might be considered ongoing are the situation in Western Sahara and border clashes between the Sudans .
8. None of these are ongoing .
9. The only true inter state conflicts have been the wars between Israel and Egypt , the Eritrean-Ethiopian war , the Uganda-Tunisia war , and the Second Congo War .

What is the general argument implied by these sentences?


What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. As such the American Jobs Act is likely to stimulate the economy through the creation of a bigger and better trained work force .
2. Whilst those who are temporarily unemployed will eventually come back into employment and start contributing to the economy , they will often be offset by those losing work .
3. The long term unemployed in America are important to the economic recovery .
4. Should the U.S. be able to harness these workers and create extra employment capacity to keep them in employment , then the U.S. economy will see a boost as the number of people gaining work will outnumber those losing work to a more significant level than seen ordinarily in an economic recovery .
5. For the U.S. economy to gain headway , spare capacity must be created in the economy for those who have not been employed for a long period of time .
6. Specifically these programmes help those without jobs take temporary or voluntary work whilst they also pursue on the job training in order to make them more employable in the long run .
7. The American Jobs Act helps in this area by creating what is known as a Bridge to Work program which capitalises on initiatives that many states have put into place in order to deal with long term unemployment .
8. Further , prohibitions on discrimination based on length of unemployment will also come into place .
9. There is also a $ 4000 tax credit for employers that hire long-term unemployed workers .

This House Would Pass the American Jobs Act


This house believes that developed countries have a higher obligation to combat climate change than developing countries
What argument could one make about this debate topic?

Developed countries have the greatest capacity to combat climate change.


This House believes in a world government
What is a possible side to this debate?

A world government would enhance the probability of mitigating global environmental problems


Claim: Importance of education to national economic performance.
What evidence supports this claim?

1. A nations most important resource is its human capital , and in the modern world it is vital to have a skilled , educated workforce in order to remain competitive .
2. Many nations have already adopted year-round schooling .
3. By following their example , we will be giving our young people an important advantage in the employment market and thereby improving the countrys economic prospects .


What claim can be made from the following pieces of evidence?

1. The level of emotional involvement in bringing the child up is immense .
2. Parents pour all their souls into children , who , in turn , often leave them disenchanted and exhausted .
3. Parents also have to share their childs problems , fears and traumas , so that the amount of grief that parents take on themselves doubles -LRB- or even triples , depending on how troublesome the child is -RRB- .
4. Not only that , but those who have offspring also become more vulnerable .
5. They worry about their kids from the moment they are born until the day they themselves die .
6. Parents to-worry-about list is endless : from childs nutrition to summer camps , from accidents to social acceptance , from choosing a school to moving out .
7. Having raised children , parents become emotional wrecks .
8. All parents agree that it is emotionally draining and stressful , in 1975 , advice columnist Ann Landers asked her readers , If you had it to do over again , would you have children ?
9. seventy percent of respondents said no .
10. * * Goldberg , 2003 ,

Having children is emotionally draining for parents


Claim: Admissions tests such as the LNAT exaggerate small differences in performance
What evidence supports this claim?

1. A law degree is key to entry to the top tier of society and high income earners .
2. Lawyers are often extremely high paid , and occupy a prestigious position in society .


Claim: A teacher-student relationship is not one between friends or equals.
What evidence supports this claim?

1. Even if such friendships were entirely innocent , they would still cast enough suspicion on the teacher-student relationship to put considerable strain on the teachers role as educator and their ability to do the job .
2. You have to ask why a teacher would do this .
3. According to Carol Shakeshaft an expert in sexual misconduct by teachers : -LSB- e -RSB- ducators who use social media for personal and intimate conversations and contact are not much different from those who spend their time hanging out with students at the beach .
4. Interacting with ones teachers the same way as with ones friends , sharing personal information , can only erode the respect and distance that a teacher needs in order to be an authority figure and a mentor for her young charges .
5. The honest answer is that it rarely has anything to do with student learning .


What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. In many non-western societies gift taking and giving in the public realm is a matter of traditions and customs .
2. Norms and values differ between countries .
3. It is hypocritical for the west to target developing countries for this as many so-called democracies are hopelessly compromised by business interests through political funding and lobbying .
4. Moreover , gift giving is a part of negotiations and relationship building in some parts of the world .
5. The United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act bans large bribes but allows for the payment of small customary sums in order to ease transactions .

This House believes that bribery is sometimes acceptable


Summarize the argument implied by these sentences?

1. In London , where transport and affordable housing are major problems , ` new tower blocks offer a way of alleviating both problems ' .
2. High-rise housing offers solutions to both problems by maximising the number of people that can live on a scarce , fixed amount of available land .
3. Urban migration , whereby populations flock to urban centres looking for work , leaves cities short on affordable housing , transport links and can either lead to inner-city poverty or urban sprawl .
4. High-rise housing is a successful housing solution when faced with the problem of population growth and urban migration .
5. In contrast , Melbourne , where the population is expected to rise by 3 million people by 2050 , ` better use of available city land has been identified as a key to maintaining Melbourne 's liveability , and halting urban sprawl ' .

High-rise housing is a successful solution to the problems of urban migration and urban sprawl


Summarize the argument implied by these sentences?

1. To appeal to the childs right to life is just circular whether a fetus has rights or not , or can really be called a child , is exactly what is at issue .
2. Everyone agrees that children have rights and shouldnt be killed ; a fetus is not a life yet .
3. These are important events in a womans life , and if she does not want to go through the full nine months and subsequent birth , then she should have the right to choose not to do so .
4. There are few if any other cases where something with such profound consequences is forced upon a human being against her/his will .
5. Women should have control over their own bodies ; they have to carry the child during pregnancy and undergo childbirth .
6. No one else carries the child for her ; it will be her responsibility alone , and thus she should have the sole right to decide .


This House would prosecute war criminals
What argument could one make about this debate topic?

War criminals need to be prosecuted in order to provide justice.


What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. Although deficits in times of plenty are a grave concern , during a recession most economist agree that deficits may be necessary .
2. However , these pressures are not the main source of concern .
3. Ultimately maintaining a permanent deficit harms the economy creating both inflationary pressures and effecting interest rates .
4. Ultimately the US Government has to pay its bill just like everyone else .
5. The implications should conflict arise between the two are severe as China , effectively has the capacity to bankrupt the US and the dollar at a time of its own choosing .
6. Increasingly , its debt is owned by the major Asian economies ; especially China .
7. However , the US is no longer mostly in debt to itself as has been the case in the past .

This House would prioritise eliminating the budget deficit over increasing domestic spending


What claim can be made from the following pieces of evidence?

1. 2010 .
2. About the Licenses .
3. Anderson , N. , Free Nine Inch Nails albums top 2008 Amazon MP3 sales charts , arstechnica , 7 January 2009 , Creative Commons .
4. The state should thus facilitate the sharing by mandating the distribution of art of all kinds under creative commons licenses .
5. Giving undue artistic and distribution control to the artists through constricting and outmoded copyright may mean less significant reach and impact of the work .
6. After all , the artists still retain control of the commercial uses of their work and are guaranteed under creative commons licensing regulations to be credited by users of their content .
7. Creative commons licenses are so remarkable because they can be deployed by artists to expand their markets , and to profit even more from their greater recognition .
8. A major example of this is the band Nine Inch Nails , which opted in 2008 to begin releasing its albums through the creative commons .
9. Wider use by other artists and laymen alike helps artistic works go viral and to gain major impact that allow the artist to generate a name for his or herself and to attain the levels of earnings conventional copyrights are meant to help artists generate but that ultimately hamstring them .
10. The nature of the internet and mass media on the 21 century is such that many artists can benefit from the freedom and flexibility that creative commons licenses furnish to them .

The creative commons is a more effective means for artists to build and expand their reach and markets than traditional copyright licensing arrangements


Summarize the argument implied by these sentences?

1. One of the most fundamental principles of economics is that of supply and demand .
2. By artificially reducing the supply -LRB- of hours -RRB- then demand must increase for other labour , ceteris paribus .
3. The only question once that is realised is what limit should there be on working hours to ensure full employment .
4. -LRB- Or employment at maximum practical capacity . -RRB-
5. The purpose of the economy is to serve people , and having a large percentage of people excluded when there is an easy and obvious fix is to fail in the economies mission .

Introducing a cap on working hours would reduce unemployment.


Claim: Reduce the prominence of bad and fake drugs
What evidence supports this claim?

1. The cost of patented drugs has forced many to search for other options .
2. The increased availability of high quality generic drugs will reduce the numbers of bad and fake pharmaceuticals on the markets .
3. Fake drugs are the cause of around 100,000 deaths in Africa every year .
4. This is exploited by the billion dollar global counterfeit drug trade .
5. The widespread introduction of low cost , high quality drugs will hopefully ensure that consumers do not turn to sellers in market places .
6. Bad drugs , which are substandard , have also found their way in to Africa ; one in six tuberculosis pills have been found to be of a poor quality .
7. Sambira , J. Counterfeit drugs raise Africas temperature Ibid


Claim: State-sponsored Christmas celebrations can represent a form of aggressive evangelism.
What evidence supports this claim?

1. It is a Christian ideal to be tolerant of others , and limiting the use of the term Christmas in favor of more inclusive terms would be an incredible display of this , the term Christmas would not be banned , but its use limited to specific occasions in which it specifically refers to Christian based activities rather than the general celebration that is seen throughout the mid-winter period .
2. The Red Cross in 2003 banned nativity decorations from its British shops because it stated that an alignment to a particular religion could compromise its ability to work in conflict situations around the world .
3. It is an ethical duty of both Christians and society more generally to respect the beliefs of others , this makes the term `` Happy Holidays '' a much more appropriate greeting as it takes into account the mid-winter festivals of other faiths and cultures such as Hanukkah , Kwanza , Diwali , Eid , Ashura , to name a few .
4. To members of ethnic minority groups overt public celebrations of Christmas can seem like a form of aggressive evangelism .


The right to life, liberty, and property are fundamental human rights, as is the right to defend them
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. Marquette Law Review 86 -LRB- 4 -RRB- .
2. `` Of the Enemy Within , The Castle Doctrine , and Self Defense '' .
3. The right to self-defense extends also to the defense of other people , as it is no less a right for someone to preserve his own existence by any means necessary , but also that of others , particularly those dependent upon him , or otherwise unable to defend themselves .
4. This is a natural law , one that predates the existence of the social contract or the state .
5. Just as when a wild animal threatens someone 's life he has the right to do whatever he can to survive , so too does the individual have the fundamental right to defend himself from another human 's aggressive acts .
6. When an individual is under immediate threat he has every right to defend himself from an aggressor .
7. It is just and proper that citizens be permitted to fight back to protect what is theirs by right .
8. When burglars and marauders choose to violate these fundamental rights they make the conscious decision to violate other individuals .
9. A violation of one 's property is a violation of one 's self .
10. Furthermore , self-defense must extend to the protection of property , since it is in many ways part of an individual .


What claim can be made from the following pieces of evidence?

1. New York : Verso Press .
2. Client State : Japan in the American Embrace .
3. Japan can serve as an exemplar to its neighbors still laboring under tyrannical regimes , such as North Korea and Burma -LRB- Myanmar -RRB- and to help promote an organic progression to democracy in the region .
4. Japan is a nation with a now-ingrained democratic tradition and a strong liberal economic system , which makes it the perfect actor to engage politically with states in East Asia on behalf of the international community , as well as to serve as an example of the benefits of liberal democratic values to a society .
5. When Japan seeks to engage with despotic states and to reach out to their people , tyrants can point to the bases as exemplifying Japan 's position as a puppet of the United States and not truly an independent nation at all .
6. All of these activities are hampered , however , by the presence of American military bases in Japan .
7. By withdrawing its troops , the United States gains an influential ally in the promotion of views in keeping with its own .
8. So long as its strings appear to be being pulled by the United States , Japan will unable to effectively promote democracy and liberalism amongst its neighbors .
9. 2007 .
10. McCormack , Gavan .

The withdrawal of American soldiers and bases will cause Japan to be perceived as a more legitimate and believable exponent of liberal democratic values in East Asia.


What claim can be made from the following pieces of evidence?

1. Popular Mechanics conducted a usability survey that incorporated a panel of testers with a range of experience and preference that ran the gamut from expert users to -LSB- one person who -RSB- had never actually turned on a computer and concluded that overall the Mac was easier to use .
2. This has been corroborated by people who have tried both PCs and Macs .
3. Users are able to anticipate how the system behaves and what to expect from its applications .
4. Juul Coolen explains that consistent interface design made it possible for users to actually use most Mac-applications in a very same way , creating a seamless and comfortable experience in the end .
5. Mac apps all have similar looks and interfaces .
6. Apple has gone to greater lengths to make using their computers easy to use than PC makers have .


Claim: Based on allegation rather than proof (cf. Sorcery, witchcraft, etc.)
What evidence supports this claim?

1. Equally , unless the law takes a particular theological position , one persons blasphemous slur is anothers sacred profession .
2. It relies on the predicate that the person alleging blasphemy was offended or felt their faith was under attack .
3. Blasphemy , by its nature , is all in the eye of the beholder .
4. It is impossible , in most cases , to determine whether there was intent on the part of the accused and as a result it is difficult to codify in legislation .
5. Acts of blasphemy can not rest on intuited human norms I do not wish to be harmed in this way therefore you do not wish it either because those involved have a different understanding of the harm .
6. In the light of this there may be many remedies for blasphemy but legislation in general and criminal sanctions in particular can not be appropriate .
7. Of course these offences are very real and may at times be possible to codify but they can not be applied universally because the perceptions they necessitate are not universal .
8. As a result , as in the case given above , allegation and proof must be deemed to be the same thing - to be accused is to be found guilty .


What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. It is the interventions that take a long time to succeed , such as Kosovo , or even fail such as Somalia , or those where many people do not buy into the justification such as Iraq that are remembered .
2. Slowly as it becomes accepted that interventions will happen the threat will become enough .
3. In Libya NATO only committed airpower and supplied weapons so keeping the conflict as much a domestic affair as possible .
4. Where possible as little force as possible should be used .
5. Where this luxury does not exist it is important not to do as happened in Iraq and disband the civil service and prevent those natives who are qualified from running the country even if they may have been implicit in the previous regimes actions .
6. This example also shows that it is important to have support on the ground as the British were seen as being legitimate and there was a functioning government who could do the rebuilding .
7. However it may also have emboldened Blair to help with intervention in Iraq .
8. In 2002 Britain sent 800 paratroopers into Sierra Leone , originally just to evacuate foreigners from the country but became an intervention when the British helped government forces drive out rebels which may have saved many lives .
9. Sierra Leone is the forgotten conflict of Tony Blairs premiership in the UK .
10. However this forgets that there have also been many small successful interventions and sometimes the threat of intervention is enough .

This house would use force to protect human rights abroad


What is the debate topic for the following sentences?

1. Following the seminal work of John Maynard Keynes during the Great Depression of the 1930s , it has become widely accepted within the economics profession that a certain amount of interventionist national government policy is essential to maintaining a proper balance between the twin economic evils of unemployment and inflation .
2. Just as judicious national anticyclical policy is beneficial to national economies , so too a judicious world anticyclical policy , as implemented by a functioning world government , would be beneficial to the world economy .
3. Economic interaction among the nations of the world , in the form of trade , investment and migration , has reached such a point today that it is meaningful to think of the world economy .
4. Economic globalization suggests the need for political globalization in the form of a world government .
5. A world government would also improve the overall functioning of the global economy by means of regularizing various circumstances of international economic interaction -LRB- for example , in the area of patents and copyrights -RRB- , and by working to reduce various trade impediments -LRB- such as tariffs and quotas -RRB- imposed by national governments .

This House believes in a world government


What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. The failure of the UN operation in Somalia in 1990 is telling ; the country has not had a functioning central government ever since .
2. Intervention to prevent such outcomes will require both greater willingness to commit funds on the part of the powerful states and a commitment to conflict resolution which has been largely lacking in recent national policy world-wide .
3. States should act to help the people of a failing state , as once it collapses no government services will be provided , including law and order .
4. States should work with the UN in leading attempts at conflict resolution , and should engage in subsequent peacekeeping missions and investment in nation-building initiatives -LRB- e.g. funding and organising the reintegration of non-combatants into society , organising elections , building up civil society , creating effective government institutions , etc. -RRB- .
5. CNN -LRB- 2011 , June 21 -RRB- Somalia again is at top of failed states list .
6. Retrieved June 23 , 2011 from CNN Wire :

This House would intervene to prevent the collapse of the state in other countries.


A EU constitution will foster a “European identity”
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. However , European citizens do not identify themselves with the EU in the way that citizens of the USA self-identify as American .
2. Since the Maastricht Treaty , the citizens of EU member states have possessed parallel citizenship of the EU .
3. The European Union aims to bring about ever closer union between the peoples of Europe .
4. An important part of the patriotism of Americans is constitutional patriotism ; pride in their constitution and civic institutions .
5. It should foster a shared sense of European identity by adopting a constitution , in which every citizen of the EU can take pride .


This House believes the United Nations has a responsibility to protect.
What argument could one make about this debate topic?

A strong United Nations commitment to the Right to Protect will create an effective deterrent to future atrocities.


What is the debate topic for the following sentences?

1. Yanukovych in a letter to Putin called on the President of Russia , Mr. Putin , asking him to use the armed forces of the Russian Federation to establish legitimacy , peace , law and order , stability and defending the people of Ukraine .
2. He is therefore perfectly at liberty to allow Russian troops into his country to keep the peace in much the same way as countries around the world welcome US troops on their soil as protection from external threats or UN peacekeepers to keep the peace domestically .
3. President Yanukovych is Ukraines legitimate President .

This House believes Russia has the right to send troops into Crimea


What claim can be made from the following pieces of evidence?

1. This change in the salt content of irrigation water threatens to pollute the same soil that the irrigation system feeds .
2. This , in turn , will lead to widespread crop failure , incurring significant losses for the farmers involved .
3. Moreover , the need to protect large amounts of uniformly vulnerable biomass from pests and disease causes farmers to employ large quantities of pesticides , insecticides and herbicides , all of which can damage soil quality , pollute water sources and harm local biodiversity .
4. Monoculture crops can expose farmer to economic risks that subsidies can not compensate for .
5. If a particularly virulent strain of disease attacks a monoculture crop it is likely to spread quickly , assisted by the large , un-partitioned fields and storage areas that are characteristic of the practice .
6. Successful cultivation of this produce has necessitated the construction of extensive and disruptive irrigation networks .
7. The burden that irrigation has placed on the Sacramento-san Joaquin delta , west of San Francisco has become so great that the salinity of delta water is now slowly increasing , due to tidal intrusion of seawater .
8. Finally , subsidies also encourage intensive agricultural production in unsuitable or unstable areas .
9. Examples of this practice include the cultivation of fruit and vegetable crops in naturally arid areas of south California .
10. Subsidies encourage monoculture farming the large scale production of specialised produce .

Subsidies incentivise environmentally harmful farming practices


What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. European Parliament , About Parliament - Members , , , accessed 3 May 2013
2. The age should therefore be lowered to sixteen so that voting age is universally recognised with no one group receiving the right to vote before the others .
3. This means that a tiny minority of the Youth in the European Union get to vote before the rest something which is clearly discrimination against the majority of the European Unions 16 and 17 year olds ; universal suffrage should be universal for the European Parliament across the whole of the Union .
4. This is the case in European Parliament elections at the moment ; young people in Austria are able to vote in elections at 16 while everyone else has to wait until they are eighteen .
5. It is ridiculous and clearly unfair that some sixteen year olds should get to vote in an election while most are barred from participating .

This House would allow voting at 16 in European Parliament elections


Summarize the argument implied by these sentences?

1. Both the Russians and Chinese are showing that they are willing to support Assad by vetoing anything hinting at sanctions .
2. The plan is simply being used as political cover by Assad , as long as he is signed up to such an agreement and other countries believe there is a chance that he will implement it the Russians and Chinese will not allow further Security Council action .
3. Therefore the only thing the Annan plan does is provide more time for Assad to go on killing his own people so that he can remain in power as is shown by his unwillingness to implement any of the plans provisions .

The plan is just political cover for Assad.


Claim: Involving men is the best way to ensure family planning works
What evidence supports this claim?

1. Men often have limited knowledge about family planning so it is necessary that they are included in learning and the transfer of knowledge -LRB- Kaida et al , 2005 -RRB- .
2. When both partners are knowledgeable and involved family planning is far more likely to become a reality .
3. Family planning means planning how one can cope with having a child mentally , emotionally , financially , and physically , and sensitizing couples as to what kind of life standard they want .
4. With the young generation of Ugandans a new culture of a smaller family can emerge .
5. Therefore the involvement of men in family planning is enabling perceptions of what the family should be to change .
6. The cost of raising a family is realized , and intervening methods are being used to have fewer children .
7. By including men fast action can be taken to control the size , and growth , of families .
8. The patriarchal power structures mean men have a key voice in household decisions .
9. Wasswa , 2012 .


This house would teach creationism in schools
What is a possible side to this debate?

Scientific opinion often changes; evolution may be accepted in the scientific community now, but it could well be rejected in future.


1. The teaching workforce requires includes both replacements and additional teachers .
2. UNESCO -LRB- 2013 -RRB- report the need for 6.8 mn teachers by 2015 for the right to primary education to be achieved .
3. In 2012 , 80 students were reported per teacher in the Central African Republic -LRB- World Bank , 2013 -RRB- .
4. Africa has a reality of low teacher-student ratios .
5. Careers can be encouraged through multiple paths .
6. Positive schemes are needed to incentivise potential teachers to enter the profession and meet demand .
7. Tanzanias Ministry of Education provides grants to students entering University to study teaching .
8. For example , providing incentives to study teaching as a profession .

What is the general argument implied by these sentences?

Social Policy: encouraging teaching careers


This House supports the death penalty for the worst of the worst
What is a possible side to this debate?

Can be reserved for the worst of the worst


Claim: The rules and laws that protect the accused will remain at retrial
What evidence supports this claim?

1. Mark Weston , for example , was convicted at a re-trial after specks of the victim 's blood were found on Weston 's shoes , justifying the re-opening of the case .
2. After a few years , the impact of DNA testing on solving similar cold cases will be expended and there will be very few retrials .
3. Nor is the system likely to be overwhelmed with retrials .
4. Much of the current push for the end of the double jeopardy rule comes from the widespread use of DNA testing , which has allowed many old cases to be revisited with compelling new evidence of guilt or innocence .
5. All the rules and laws that protect the accused at the first trial will be in place at a second - it 's not as if the rule of law suddenly disappears .
6. The presumption of innocence , proof beyond reasonable doubt , the right to a fair hearing and competent counsel , the judge 's duty to appropriately direct the jury , etc. will all continue to apply and prevent miscarriages of justice from occurring .


Summarize the argument implied by these sentences?

1. The individual taxpayer sees none of the benefit of this money and often they dont like paying so much aid , 59 % of Americans support cutting aid .
2. Secondly it is good for the freedom of choice of the taxpayer .
3. At the moment they are having their choice taken away from them as they have their own money being spent by the government on someone else ; foreign countries .
4. It will clearly be up to the migrant to decide if they want to or can afford to send their money home ; they can decide how much they want to send , when they want to end it , how they want to send it etc. .
5. At the other end it will be up to the individual recipient to decide how they want to spend the money received .
6. Changing from ODA to Remittances is good for freedom of choice in two ways .
7. First tax breaks and other incentives will mean that migrants have more money .

Remittances creates freedom of choice for individuals


What claim can be made from the following pieces of evidence?

1. Deutscher Bunderstag , Facts The Bundestag at a glance , , August 2011 , Eurostat , Unemployment Statistics , , , accessed 3 May 2013 Crook , Why Europe Really Must Pursue Structural Reform , , 1 February 2012 , Eurostat , Population structure and ageing , , October 2012 ,
2. Young people are not well represented in European national parliaments either in terms of the membership of those parliaments or the policies they produce .
3. The average age in the Bundestag is 50 and it is similar in most parliaments .
4. Youth unemployment in Europe for the fourth quarter of 2012 was 23.2 % , almost twice the unemployment rate as a whole .
5. This is because many countries do not implement youth friendly policies ; northern countries like Germany are determined to impose austerity which increases unemployment , while southern countries when implementing reforms are not implementing labour reforms that would loosen the security of permanent workers in return for reducing unemployment .
6. This may in part be a result of demographics in Europe .
7. Europe is aging ; in 1991 19.3 % of the EU 27s population was under 14 while 13.9 % over 65 , by 2011 this had changed to 15.6 % under 14 and 17.5 % over 65 .
8. With an increasing contingent of elderly -LRB- who are anyway more likely to vote -RRB- the influence of young voters is declining .
9. Reducing the voting age will help to redress this imbalance .


What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. Much of the rich world is aging , and in a few cases is close to having a declining population .
2. As a result the size of the available workforce will decrease .
3. For example in Germany by 2050 a third of the population will be over 60 , and over the next 15 years will as a result loose five million workers from the current workforce of 41 million .
4. While increasing retirement age can mean that these reductions in the size of the workforce come later to maintain the size of the workforce immigration or a rapid increase in birth rate is necessary .
5. These countries in order to maintain the size of their economies will therefore either have to rapidly increase productivity , which itself may not be easy as they are already the most productive nations , or else allow migrants to fill the gaps in the labour force .
6. At the same time there will be an increase in some jobs that rely on migrants such as care workers to help look after the increasing number of elderly .

This House would grant an amnesty to illegal immigrants


Nationalism promotes cooperation and social cohesion
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. Societies with a healthy sense of nationalism are more likely to provide for each other and avoid the plight of poverty or poor health .
2. Those who are net contributors to the system need something to make them feel that what they are doing is worthwhile and in their interests ; something a national identity provides as it creates a sense of belonging that transcends economic interests .
3. In Canada for example those who strongly identify with Canada are much more likely to support redistribution and healthcare than those with low identification with Canada .
4. Nationalism and the identity it brings creates a social glue which binds otherwise different people together , that sense of social cooperation makes welfare , social security and medical programs much more likely and stronger .
5. It also may make for a smoother political process when there is a solid basis for consensus .
6. Nationalism is a sense of fellow-feeling between group members .
7. This promotes cooperation and social cohesion within the group .


What is the debate topic for the following sentences?

1. No matter the intention such subsidies are clearly not fair .
2. When the government provides lots of different subsidies for different things ; fuel , food , housing etc. , and especially when some of them are universal , it is clear that it will never be possible to distribute the money fairly on the basis of need .
3. One of the reasons why poverty does not get eliminated is that it is governments who provide the subsidies that are intended to do just that .
4. Many countries spend their money for subsidies poorly , for example in Indonesia before fuel subsidies were combined with cash subsidies in 2005 the top income decile received more than five times the amount of fuel subsidy as the bottom decile making the policy highly regressive despite it being politically sold as a subsidy to the poor .

This House would give cash to the poor to reduce poverty


What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. Added to which , those prepared to plough through it -LRB- even Mussolini said that it was boring -RRB- will at least be rewarded with historical insights from leading scholars .
2. Reuters , German far right in legal battle over free speech , , 29 June 2012 , Relax News , Mein Kampf to see its first post-WWII publication in Germany , 6 February 2010 ,
3. At the moment the book is not , per se , banned , its just that the owners of the copyright havent allowed publication until now .
4. As a result , come 2016 , there would have needed to be an intervention in the normal flow of events to prevent its subsequent publication ; Munichs Institute for Contemporary History had already said it would publish the book .
5. As long as Mein Kampf remained unavailable it acquired the inevitable allure of the unattainable .
6. The book could be presented as having a status far beyond what it is the ill thought-out and self-indulgent ramblings of a bad writer .
7. For example the far right National Democratic Party went to court to get its newsletter delivered by the postal service .
8. Indeed , given the weakness of many of the arguments they make , silencing them has frequently been far more self-defeating than opening up their beliefs to scrutiny .
9. Extreme parties frequently thrive when they are able to present themselves as being suppressed by a supposed elite .
10. Their ability to portray themselves as being unfairly silenced by a capricious elite has long been used to attract support by parties on the far-right in Europe and elsewhere .

This House supports the decision of the state of Bavaria to publish Mein Kampf


This House would ban religious symbols in public buildings
What argument could one make about this debate topic?

Many symbols are seen as a symbol of oppression on women.


What debate topic are the following sentences about?

1. Society has a right to choose and structure its values as it sees fit and there is no reason why the Western construction of values is right or should take priority over any other .
2. In Muslim countries faith may be a more important aspect of life that it might be in Western countries and it is entirely legitimate that those societies might choose to value protecting the dignity of their faith over absolute freedom of speech .

This House Supports Indias Ban on the Satanic Verses


What claim can be made from the following pieces of evidence?

1. Who is to say that something similar isnt going to happen vis -- vis China ?
2. This has happened with U.S. President George Bush jr. s push to let Ukraine and Georgia in as new members in his global campaign to spread democracy .
3. This has only served to increase tensions with Russia -LRB- see next argument -RRB- .
4. Originally , NATO had a clearly defined purpose and a common enemy : the Soviet bloc .
5. With the demise of that shared enemy , NATOs original purpose has disappeared but its well-functioning military structure remained , leaving it open to be seized by opportunistic politicians in a classic case of scope creep .

Continued existence of NATO makes the world less safe


The campaign is unpopular among the majority of NATO countries citizens, so we should solve the Afghan problem in diplomatic way, specifically through a power-sharing deal with the Taliban.
Come up with some evidence to support this claim.

1. The majority of citizens in the USA and the UK oppose the war in Afghanistan and want troops to come back home .
2. As was the case in Iraq , a diplomatic solution is required to end the war as smoothly as possible .
3. As at 12 August 2011 , a total of 379 British forces personnel or MOD civilians have died while serving in Afghanistan since the start of operations in October 2001 .
4. About 2000 coalition soldiers in total expired in Afghanistan .
5. More than 1340 British soldiers have been wounded in action .
6. U.S opinion poll proclaims that 62 % of Americans want troops home as soon as possible while the rest want a timetable for troop withdrawal .
7. According to Michael Moore , Obama is the new war president .
8. He needs to prove that he is a peacemaker to retrieve the support of his people .
9. The media agrees that the war is unpopular and there needs to be an end creating sentiment like I wish they would bring them all home .
10. Jonathan Freedland of The Guardian argues I think the people in Wootton Bassett -LSB- where UK soldiers are repatriated -RSB- are representative of a very widespread ... feeling , actually , of outrage on their behalf that is quite new in British politics .


Sentences: 1. Many people find maths hard , 37 % of teens think it is the most difficult subject , for a variety of reasons it simply isnt suited to all minds .
2. Another fundamental principle is that all children are equal , in the sense that we should support them equally in helping them find the right opportunities .
3. It is a fundamental principle of education that different people think in different ways .
4. One notable application of this is the theory of different learning styles , and it also makes people have a preference for certain subjects .
5. It makes sense to teach arithmetic to even these people , but there is no need to make them study further .
6. Cherry , Kendra , VARK Learning Styles , , accessed 12 June 2013 Saad , Lydia , Math Problematic for U.S. Teens , , 17 May 2005 ,
7. It follows that we should teach them something useful and relevant to their personality and preferences .
8. But whatever that may turn out to be , it will not be maths , and maths would just waste their time .

What claim can be made from these sentences?


Claim: The more the US waits, the stronger its opponents become.
What evidence supports this claim?

1. In that time , Iran will continue to enrich uranium and North Korea will continue to expand its nuclear arsenal .
2. If the US waits for preconditions to be agreed on and met , by the time president Obama gets to talk and negotiate directly with the leaders of these states , he will have a much bigger crisis to deal with .
3. Preconditions delay engagement and negotiations .
4. Sometimes it can take years before the parties even start talking to each other .
5. Irans acceleration of its nuclear programme angers the west .
6. 19 July 2011 .
7. It may have even gotten to the point where diplomacy can no longer be used effectively .
8. Borger , James .