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In the event of major abuses of power it should be the public that holds politicians to account.
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The public should be made aware of major abuses of power so that they can hold politicians accountable
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Immunity for politicians hurts the image of their office
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Giving politicians’ immunity from prosecution allows them to focus on performing their duties
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If politicians are less worried about prosecution, they may be more inclined to do more
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Immunity from prosecution allows politicians more freedom to do what they think is right in their office
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Uniting Ireland would bring about an end to sectarian violence
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Violence would end if Ireland was a united country.
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It would be easier to protect the rights of religious minorities within a united Ireland
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A united Ireland would bring religious peace.
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The majority of the inhabitants of Northern Ireland do not support unification
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Unification is not supported in the Ireland factions.
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Unification would be damaging for the economies of both parts of Ireland
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Unification would reignite civil disorder and violent factionalism among Irish communities
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Civil war will result between Irish factions if unity occurs.
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Unifying Ireland will result in public disorder and unrest in the country.
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The reconciliation process provides access to justice in post conflict states
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Truth and reconciliation process paving way for justice
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reconciliation helps with justice
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Reconciliation can be used to conceal political corruption and patrimony
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reconciliation can be used for political corruption
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reconciliation can help to conceal corruption
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Truth and reconciliation are more important than retribution following violent and long term conflicts
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Negative campaigning reduces the diversity and representativeness of government.
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Negative campaign divides the nation and its people
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Negative campaigns reduce diversity
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Negative campaigns helps reduce diversity
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Existing methods of disciplining and controlling candidates are ineffective.
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Negative campaigning creates voter apathy and prevents accurate reporting of candidates’ policies and ideologies.
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Negative campaigning can create voter apathy
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Negative campaigning leads to negative governance.
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Negative campaigns can lead to negative governing.
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Negativity in campaigns can lead to a government that is negative.
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Socialism was a twentieth century ideology which ran its course and ran out of steam when it became clear that Capitalism worked better
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Capitalism replaced Socialism because it's the better system.
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Socialism died out, making way for Capitalism.
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Socialism has changed historically to meet the challenges of the moment and is addressing those of the 21st century in new ways
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Socialism can be molded to fit the needs of the moment.
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Socialism is a an ever changing set of principles that can be applied in new ways to meet the challenges of a changing world.
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socialism have changed and adapted to meet the upcoming challenges of the 21st century
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Even the leaders of the Left have given up on Socialism as a creed and have now accepted the vast majority of modern Capitalist principles
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Socialism is no longer seen as a viable option and even the Left has accepted that Capitalism is a better system.
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Capitalist principles are now being seen as a better option than Socialism even by the leaders of the Left.
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even left side leaders have accepted capitalism pirnciples and have given up on socialism as a creed
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Even the left fielders are now accepting capitalist principles over socialism in term of real way of life
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Globalisation has made socialism impractical to implement
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Incentive in form of profit benefits society as a whole
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Socialism is a more secure system than the free market in Capitalism
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Socialism outranks capitalism in security.
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Capitalism is less secure than socialist systems.
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The United States need to maximise the effectiveness of its atomic weaponry program before it could be compromised
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In order to continue to protect itself effectively, the United States must upgrade the effectiveness of its atomic weapons program.
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The United States must not allow it's atomic weaponry programs to become compromised.
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the mazimization of the efectiveness of the united states atomic weaponry program are needed before it could be compromised
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before the atomic weaponry program could be compromised, the united states need to maximise its effectiveness
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A negotiated peace would have been preferable to the dropping of the atomic bombs
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Talking it out would have been preferable.
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Peace could have been reached via talks and negotiations.
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Dropping atomic bombs could have been preferably avoided with peace talks.
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A peaceful negotiation would have been a better option than setting off atomic bombs.
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It was not necessary to use atomic weapons on a population centre
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Bombing highly populated areas is wrong.
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It is not required to bomb large cities.
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Using atomic weapons in a populated area was not necessary.
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The use of atomic bombs was the only was to persuade Japan's rulers to surrender
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The inability of Japan's rulers to back down made it necessary to use the atomic bombs against them.
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Dropping the atomic bombs on Japan was the only way to make them surrender and stop the war.
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atomic was the answer for japan's ruler to surrender
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using nuclear bomb was necessary way to persuade japan's ruler to surrender
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The continuation of a conventional war would have been much costlier than an atomic attack
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The cost of dropping the atomic bombs was much less than continuing to fight a costly war.
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Continuing the war was draining the countries resources making it necessary to end it by dropping the atomic bombs.
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the continuation of the war without the nuclear bomb would have been much costlier
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one time atomic attack was less costly then the continuation of the war convenstional way
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The bombing was immoral and illegal
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The bombing was wrong and not moral.
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It was illegal to drop the bombs as they were.
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Not only was the bombing illegal, it was morally wrong!
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The legality and morality of the bombing is questionable.
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The Republican Party has been hijacked by the Tea Partiers who simply don’t have a coherent message or ideology
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The Tea party has totally hijacked the Republican Party with their incoherent ideas.
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The incompetent ideologies and messages from the Tea Party have taken over the Republican Party.
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Having won the economic argument during the Reagan years – both with Russia and the Democratic Party – the Republicans now address social concerns and do so with a consistent message.
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The leadership of the Republican Party simply has nothing to do with its membership as a result no candidate has, or can, capture the imagination.
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Just as with other parties around the world, once the dominant argument of a political party proves to be a busted flush it takes about a decade to recover
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The Electoral College ensures that all parts of the country are involved in selecting the President of the United States.
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The electoral college prevents a tyranny of the majority.
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The electoral college weakens incentives for voting and party building.
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The electoral college makes certain voters decline to vote.
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Voters and party builders are undermined by the electoral college.
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With the electoral college in place, it weakens people's incentives for voting.
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The electoral college goes against the democratic system because it hinders party building and has a negative impact on voting.
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The electoral college forces candidates to win broad coalitions across the country, encouraging national harmony.
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Casting votes by state forces candidates to be attentive to local interests, which they would otherwise ignore in a national campaign.
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The electoral college violates the democratic principle of equality in voting
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The electoral college violates principles of equity.
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America's electoral college should be done away with because it violates the democratic principle of equality in voting.
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The electoral college is just a violation of voter equality.
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The electoral college violates the democratic principle that the winner should be the candidate receiving the most votes.
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The electoral college goes against the idea that whoever earns the most votes wins.
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