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We should ban cosmetic surgery | people have the right to decide what they can and can not do with their bodies and do not need government interfering. | cosmetic surgery is a choice and bodily autonomy is paramount. | -1 | 1 |
We should legalize prostitution | it would increase tax dollars & help the economy as it would be regulated | Legalizing sex work boosts the economy | 1 | 1 |
Routine child vaccinations should be mandatory | vaccines are very harmful with their side effects and it is not the way to take care of our children | Routine child vaccinations are not necessary to keep children healthy | -1 | 0 |
Homeschooling should be banned | absolutely wrong to ban homeschooling because that helping kids to archive their success at school. | Parents should be permitted to choose the education of their children | -1 | 0 |
We should abandon the use of school uniform | children should be able to dress as they wish, within reason, at school rather than being restricted from expressing themselves through their clothes. | School uniforms are expensive | 1 | 0 |
We should ban private military companies | private military companies are a business like any other and are subject to national and international regulations | Private military companies are well-trained/better equipped | -1 | 0 |
We should ban private military companies | they can go where an official government entity cannot | Private military companies increase safety | -1 | 0 |
We should adopt libertarianism | We should not adopt libertarianism as it will mean that people will lose respect for authority and laws and it will lead to greater problems in society. | Libertarianism is unjust/non-equal | -1 | 0 |
We should legalize cannabis | legalizing cannabis will just pave the way for other drugs to be legalized and it should not be allowed. | Legal cannabis can be getting to the hand of underage teenagers/children | -1 | 0 |
We should legalize prostitution | Legalizing prostitution would strengthen the position of women - the best way to combat sexual violence. | Legalizing sex work increases sex workers' benefits (e.g. health care, safe sex, unionization, etc.) | 1 | 0 |
The use of public defenders should be mandatory | all american citizens have the right to a public defense if they can not afford it | public defenders are important to upholding our individual rights | 1 | 0 |
We should ban algorithmic trading | we do not really know if this form of trading really works and it can be risky | algorithmic trading can be disrupted by hacking or other technological interferance | 1 | 0 |
We should subsidize space exploration | Space exploration has a huge part in the future progress of humanity. | Space exploration improves science/technology | 1 | 0 |
We should fight urbanization | urbanization gives people more access to public transportation, employment opportunities, and health care services. | Urbanization benefits the economy | -1 | 0 |
Social media platforms should be regulated by the government | the government is corrupt and could take advantage of this | The government should not intervene in the affairs of a private company | -1 | 0 |
We should legalize prostitution | prostitution can serve as a front for human trafficking | Legalizing sex work will increase immoral behaviour like pimping/organized crime/trafficking | -1 | 1 |
We should legalize sex selection | Parents should be able to plan out their family the way they please and that includes selecting the sex of their children, if possible. | Sex selection will prevent abortions/infanticide | 1 | 0 |
We should end racial profiling | racial profiling forces people into a life of crime by treating them like a criminal regardless of whether they have committed a crime. | racial profiling creates division among the different groups in a community. | 1 | 0 |
We should abandon marriage | it's just apiece of paper and in this age it doesn't mean too much. | Marriages tie up people with unfair obligations | 1 | 0 |
We should abandon the use of school uniform | school uniforms help everyone feel more like each other and takes the focus off their clothes and allows for more focus on learning. | Children can still express themselves using other means | -1 | 0 |
The vow of celibacy should be abandoned | the vow of celibacy should not be abandoned because if people honor this there would be less deceased in the world | Celibacy is a strong religious belief | -1 | 0 |
We should subsidize space exploration | we should subsidize space exploration because it is beneficial for educational purposes | Space exploration unravels information about the universe | 1 | 0 |
We should legalize prostitution | legalizing prostitution will increase the number of women who enter into this degrading profession. | Selling one's body is immoral | -1 | 0 |
Social media platforms should be regulated by the government | There are many existing risks in social networks, you have to exercise laws in the matter | Social media regulation is required to deal with malicious users | 1 | 0 |
We should ban algorithmic trading | algorithmic trading allows for greater numbers of trades to happen, getting more people involved in the economy | algorithmic trading is just another tool | -1 | 0 |
We should abolish the three-strikes laws | the three strikes law is filling our prisons with people who have not commited serious crimes. | the three-strikes law costs tax payers too much money. | 1 | 0 |
We should subsidize space exploration | space exploration is nice but we need to deal with things here on earth first, such as climate change | Space exploration is ineffective | -1 | 0 |
We should adopt atheism | the belief in god promotes kindness and love towards our fellow man. by taking this away we would be making a less compassionate world who has no regard for their fellow man. | Atheism lacks morality | -1 | 1 |
We should abandon marriage | marriage is an outdated institution that simply binds people by a piece of paper and has no more or less committment than a couple who would choose to live together. | Marriage preserves norms that are harmful for women | 1 | 0 |
We should introduce compulsory voting | we should not introduce compulsory voting as it violates the rights of freedom. | Compulsory voting can cause people to vote in an uninformed/random manner | -1 | 0 |
Assisted suicide should be a criminal offence | assisting suicide is the same of assisting murder. both are crimes. | Assisted suicide should not be allowed because many times people can still get better | 1 | 0 |
We should subsidize journalism | it is important to ensure that the public is able to receive the news. | Subsidies will increase the quality of journalism | 1 | 0 |
We should abolish the three-strikes laws | three strikes laws make people less likely to be repeat offenders due to harsher punishments. | three-strike laws minimize the prison population and are beneficial | -1 | 0 |
We should adopt a zero-tolerance policy in schools | zero tolerance leaves no room for individual cases where it may do more harm than good | a zero tolerance policy is unfair for minimal infractions. | -1 | 0 |
Social media platforms should be regulated by the government | social networks must be regulated by some entity so that there are no improper things in them | Social media regulation protects the younger audiences | 1 | 0 |
We should abolish capital punishment | it is inhumane and teaches that violence solves violence until the justice system is 100% correct all the time, we cannot risk killing someone that may later be proven innocent | The death penalty is a waste of resources | 1 | 0 |
We should legalize prostitution | prostitution should be legal as women should be able to use their bodies however they like. | Legalizing sex work will allow to regulate those in the profession | 1 | 0 |
Foster care brings more harm than good | foster care gives kids who would otherwise not have any parental figures in their lives have a chance at a somewhat normal life. | foster care can provide a child with a family dynamic | -1 | 1 |
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