TASK DEFINITION: You will be given a topic and an argument. Decide the argument's stance towards that topic. The argument's stance is in favor or against the topic. If the argument supports that topic, answer with "in favor"; otherwise, if the argument opposes the topic, answer with "against".
PROBLEM: topic: High-speed rail
argument: High-speed trains: costly govt project in search of need

SOLUTION: against

PROBLEM: topic: Criminalization of Holocaust denial
argument: Holocaust deniers' claim of no major loss of Jewish lives is false

SOLUTION: in favor

PROBLEM: topic: Tibet independence
argument: Protecting Tibetan culture by opposing modernization is wrongheaded.

SOLUTION:
against