Koc Worlds 2010: motions
Итак, российская делегация большей своей частью уже вернулась на родину с Worlds. Правда, как всегда не без приключений (хотя самолет мы всё-таки не проспали, ибо не спали) - но это уже немного другая история. А пока, в ожидании таба с Worlds вашему вниманию предлагается полный список тем отборочных и финальных раундов.
Зачем? 
(а) дабы не потерялось
(б) предлагаю брать какие-нибудь темы и играть в ближайшее время на тренировочных играх в клубах

Итак,

Preliminary Rounds
Round 1 - This House would ban Labour Unions.
Round 2 - This House believes developing nations should pay for full tuition of female university students.
Round 3 - This House would financially incentivize both inter-faith & inter-ethnic marriages.
Round 4 - This House would prohibit high ranking members of the Sri Lankan military & the Tamil Tigers from participating in elections.
Round 5 - This House would abolish taxes on alcohol and cigarettes that go beyond normal sales tax.
Round 6 - This House would prosecute communities for complicity in honour killings.
Round 7 - This House would grant those diagnosed with terminal illnesses the right to access treatments that have not completed clinical testing.
Round 8 - This House would partition Sudan.
Round 9 - This House would ban all pornography.

Open Break
Octo-Finals - This House believes that the west should recognize the Dalai Lama
Quarter-Finals - This House would ban all procedures to alter ones racial appearance.
Semi-Finals - This House believes that the United States government should subsidize Twitter to liberalize oppressed societies.
Final - This House believes that the media should show the full horror of war.

ESL Break
ESL Quarter Finals - This House would ban any scheme intended to "cure" homosexuality.
ESL Semi Finals - This House would allow prisoners to raise their babies behind bars.
ESL Final - This House would prohibit expression that portrays convicted war criminals in a positive light.

EFL Break
EFL Semi Finals - This House would use faith-based rehabilitation in prisons.
EFL Final - This House believes that democratic states should own their own broadcasting corporations.

2009 Kings College London (KCL) IV Motions:

ROUND 1: This House Would Ban All Forms Of Private Education
ROUND 2: This House Believes That Governments Should Not Subsidise Public Broadcasting
ROUND 3: This House Would Replace All European National Armies With A Centralised EU Force
ROUND 4: This House Would Pay All Government Officials And Elected Politicians A Wage Equal To The Median Income Of The Country They Govern
SEMI: This House Would Deport Convicts To Countries Willing To Accept Payment To Receive Them
FINAL: This House Believes That It Is Legitimate To Fire Upon Voluntary Human Shields

2009 Sydney Mini Worlds IV:
 
1. THS a surge in Afghanistan 

2. THBT the government should not fund IVF for infertile couples 

3. THW abolish defamation as a cause of civil action 

4. THS an independent Kurdistan 

5. THW bar current or former bank executives from financial regulation posts 

6. THW charge the poachers of endangered species with first-degree murder 

7.THW place trade sanctions on countries that refuse to ratify the Copenhagen Treaty 

Semi: THW not require child support payments from fathers who offer to pay for an abortion 

Final: THBT the government should forcibly remove women and children from extremist religious communities
 
2009 Cork (Ireland) IV:
 
1 This House Would Not Allow Parents To Remove Their Children From Sex Education Classes
2 This House Would Remove Executive Clemency For Death Row Inmates
3 This House Would Introduce An Annual Tax On High Value Residential Property
4 This House Would Not Negotiate With a Divided Palestine
5 This House Believes The US Government Should Fund Abortions Through Public Health Insurance
Novice final: This house would Ban The Eating of Meat.
Semi: This house believes That The State Should Help Those Seeking A Cure For Homosexuality
Final: This house would Emmigrate". 
 (NOTE: Alaska A (Michael and James) won the Cork IV)

The motions for 2009 UBC CUSID BP Championships were:
Rd 1: THBT aboriginal lands belong to individuals rather than the band.
Rd 2: THS a common EU army.
Rd 3: THW outlaw arranged marriage.
Rd 4: THBT the United States should support China granting aid to African states.
Rd 5: THW legalize euthanasia.
Semis: THBT the new Kenyan Constitution should not include Islamic Family Courts.
Finals: THBT the government should be able to prosecute cases of sexual assault without the victim’s continuing consent.

2009 New Zealand BP Debating Championships (Victoria) Motions:
 
R1 - This House would destroy the results of unethical research
R2 - This House believes the European Union should be an economic union, not a political union
R3 - This House would ban cosmetic surgery
R4 - This house would pay for the return of hostages
R5 - This House believes groups should have to give up their weapons in order to stand for political office
R6 – This House would end all censorship apart from age restrictions
Semi - This House would legalise the baby trade
Grand Final – This House would prevent criminals from publishing accounts of their crimes
 
2009 Cambridge University Motions:
 
R1: THW reduce welfare payments to parents whose children break the law.
R2: THB that it should be illegal to incite others to boycott an election.
R3: THW replay international sporting events if an extreme umpiring error affects the result.
R4: THBT the USA should pay war reparations to Vietnam.
R5: THW allow children over the age of 13 to obtain gender-reassingment surgery without parental consent.
QF: THB that California should create high schools that teach primarily in Spanish.
SF: THB the State should refuse to assist in rebuilding areas prone to natural disasters.
ESL Final: THW allow the conception of children using the sperm of someone who has died.
Final: THB Western Nations should use military force to rescue journalists captured by the enemy.

2009 Oxford IV Prelim Motions

Rd 1. THW allow deaf couples to use medical technology to ensure they have deaf offsprings.
Rd 2. THW welcome a European superstate.
Rd 3. THW redirect all state art funding for reproduction of classic works of art into new works of art.
Rd 4. THW give the UN Secretary General the power to unilaterally send peacekeepers into regions that are beyond the effective control of their governments.
Rd 5. THW abolish patents and replace them with government funded awards in recognition of R&D.
Rd 6. THBT universities should not license societies that define themselves by gender, race nationalhood or sexuality.

2009 Hugill Cup in Edmonton, Canada Motions

Rd 1: THBT custody hearings should not take a child’s biological parentage into account.
Rd 2: THW allow evidence obtained from entrapment to be admissible in court.
Rd 3: THW deny communion to politicians that support abortion.
Rd 4: THBT Britain UK should withdraw from the EU.
Rd 5: THW condition the award of major international sporting events upon the legalization of prostitution for the duration of the events.
Semis: THBT Saudi Arabia should cancel the Hajj in light of the swine flu.
Finals: THBT, in the future, clones should not be awarded the same rights as humans
 
2009 University of Bath, England Motions
 
R1: THW require free-to-air coverage of all major sporting events
R2: THW allow those who contract swine flu to sue the person who infected them
R3: THW require all citizens to attend day-long political discussion seminars prior to voting
R4: THB that states have no moral responsibility to intervene in other countries, even in cases of genocide, except to defend the interests of its own citizens
R5: THW force MPs to retrospectively repay illegitimate expense claims, as determined by the Kelly report
Final: 'THB that no person should have an income more than three times the median in their society'.

2009 Yale University Motions
 
Rd 1: THBT the US and its NATO Allies should significantly reduce their presence in Afghanistan.
Rd 2: THBT Medicaid should cover all legal abortions.
Rd 3: THB in the right to self-determination.
Rd 4: THBT that the Nobel Peace Prize should only be awarded posthumously.
Rd 5: THBT legal aliens should have an unqualified right to vote.
1/4s: THBT all punitive damages in private lawsuits should be paid to the government.
Semis: THBT the US should impose sanctions on Israel if they do not withdraw all settlements from the West Bank.
Finals: THS races to the bottom.

2009 Hart House (Toronto) Motions
 
Rd 1: THS Turkish membership in the EU.
Rd 2: THS the use of bounty hunters.
Rd 3: TH opposes the ahistorical inclusion of minorities in television and film.
Rd 4: THB China should forcibly reintegrate Taiwan.
Rd 5: Provided we have the technology, THW allow human cloning.
1/4s: THS a 100% death tax.
Semis: THB when states are unable to defend themselves by conventional means, targeting civilian populations are a legitimate act of war.
Finals: THW not contact undiscovered human populations.

2009 Pan Pacific (Hawaii) Motions
 
THW This house would classify crimes motivated by a victim’s homeless status as “hate- crimes”.
THB undocumented immigrants should be eligible for financial aid for higher education.
THB the United Nations should protect the Arctic.
THW increase its support of military efforts in Afghanistan.
THB the International Criminal Court should prosecute war crimes in Gaza.
THW exchange personal privacy for counter terrorism monitoring.
Finals: THB that President Obama should not have won the Nobel Peace Prize.

From Colm Flynn's World Debate Blog:

Preparing for Worlds: some topics

As mentioned in the previous post I have a list of potential topics for Worlds.  It's a list I first published a number of years ago.  I have added a few new topics and deleted a few out of dates ones.  This is not a complete list of possible topics.  I have no idea what motions the adjudication team for Koc will come up with.  It is just a starting point to get you going on research.

If you can add any to this list then that would be very welcome.  Please post them in a comment and I'll add them to the list.

Aboriginal justice (e.g. aboriginal community courts)
Adoption (e.g. overseas adoptions, Celebs (Madonna, Elton John)
Afghanistan (e.g. failed democracy and drug production)
AIDS prevention (e.g. condoms, drug patents)
Anti social behaviour (e.g. ASBOs in UK)
Anti-terror leglislation (e.g. patriot act)
Assassination of heads of state
Ban hunting (e.g. fox hunting in UK)
Bank Bailouts (UK, Ireland, US, Germany)
Bank Bonuses
Burma (e.g. Aung San Suu Kyi)
Capitalism vs Socialism (e.g. failure of one over the other)
Carbon quotas (National or individual)
CCTV (use of)
Child care (e.g. for working mothers or maternity/paternal leave)
China and Africa
China and Taiwan
Citizen initiated referenda
Citizenship exams
Class action lawsuits (banning them)
Cloning (Animals, Humans etc)
Compulsory ID Cards
Computer Games (e.g. violence in)
Condoms in Pornography
Consensual Cannibalism
Cuba (e.g. sanctions against)
Darfur & Sudan
Death penalty (e.g. US, concept of “redemption”)
Divorce (access to, Fault vs no fault)
Egypt (e.g. rise of Islamist political parties)
Embro rights (e.g. right to life, right to implantation, parental rights)
Energy (e.g. generation of, political use (Russian Gas))
Established Journalism vs blogs/podcasts
EU Commission (e.g. election of)
EU Democracy (e.g. Only Ireland held referendum on Lisbon)
EU Expansion
EU Lisbon Treaty/Constitution
EU single working language
EU/US relations (e.g. trade, terror etc)
Euro (e.g. Italy/Ireland should abandon, UK should adopt)
Exploration of Space (e.g. Mars, ISS, China)
Extended alcohol drinking licences (e.g. 24 hour pubs)
Face transplants, ethics of
Far Right Parties (access to the Media, BNP)
Free Speech (e.g. Wikipeadia)
Freedom of labour movement (e.g. migrant labour in EU)
Freedom of speech (e.g. Muhammad Cartoons, Holocaust Denial)
Gay public figures, Outing of
Gay rights (marriage, priests, adoption etc)
Genetically Modified Organisms (e.g. food)
Green Energy (benefits, hype etc)
Healthcare (e.g. US, cost of, etc)
Honour killings
Human genetics (cloning, stem cells etc)
Human Rights linked to sporting events (e.g. Olympics in China)
Hybrid energy (e.g. hybrid cars)
Illegal Immigration (e.g. into US/Australia/Europe)
International Adoption (e.g. Romanian orphans)
International ban on whaling
International Challenge in business (i.e. industry moving from west to east) AKA "Outsourcing"
International dimlomacy (e.g. role of UN, US, EU etc)
International emergency response force (e.g. Tsunami, Earthquake, New Orleans)
International extradition of terrorists (CIA flights to Europe) aka International Rendition
International laws on intellectual property (copyright, patents etc).
Internet music/film Piracy (e.g. Pirate bay etc)
Internet Pornography (e.g. .xxx domain names, child porn)
Internet Privacy (retention of browsing history, e-mails etc)
Internet regulation (ICANN and role of US government)
Iraq, future of
Israel (right to defend itself, illegal settlements)
Judicial independence (e.g. appointment or removal of a judge)
Korea (North v South relations)
Limit Free speech (e.g. Holocaust denial/incitement of terror/Turkey & Armenia/Thailand Royal family)
Limits to self defence (e.g. right to shoot intruders in your home)
Mandatory minimum sentences (e.g. for drug crimes)
Maritime Law (e.g. flags of convince)
Marriage (e.g. states should only recognise civil partnership)
Medical "fashion" (e.g. hype around Bird Flu, SARS, Swine Flu)
Nobel Peace Prize (e.g. merit of)
Nuclear Power (e.g. environmental benefits/costs)
Nuclear proliferation/disarmament (e.g. Iran. Khan network)
Obesity in Children
Palestine, future of
Parental consent for medial treatment of under 16s (including seeking an Abortion, obesity, MMR)
Parental responsibility for crimes of children
Pensions (e.g make them compulsory)
Performance enhancing drugs in sport
Piracy on the high seas (e.g. Somalia)
Piracy on the internet (e.g. pirate-bay)
Pre-emptive military action (e.g. Israel v Iran)
Privacy of the Catholic confessional
Prostitution (e.g. legalisation of)
Public sector vs Private sector (benefits of working in one over the other)
Public vs Private education
Public-Private partnerships (e.g. in infrastructural development)
Reality TV (influence of)
Religious dress in school/work (e.g. Hijab in France, Crucifix in Italy)
Religious education (e.g. what should be taught in state funded schools)
Religious law Vs National Law (e.g. canon law)
Respect for national sovereignty (e.g. in war on terror)
Respecting Ethnic Diversity (muslims in France, travellers in Ireland, aboriginal populations)
Retirement Age (e.g. raising it to 75)
Rights of minority to homeland (Basque, Kurds etc)
Russia (e.g. economy, democracy)
Salary cap in sport (e.g. English Premiership)
Social Media (youtube, blogging etc)
Social Networking (e.g. facebook, twitter)
Social partnership (e.g. Unions, Government, Employers working together)
Social welfare (% or minimum wage, vouchers vs payments)
State funding for charity (Overseas aid budgets)
State funding for sports
Swine Flu (hype or real risk, government response, vaccination)
Tax incentives for artists
Taxation (what to tax, social contract etc)
Telephone records (e.g. state monitoring private calls)
Term limits for politicians (e.g. Bloomberg in New York)
Terrorism Compensation (e.g. Lockerbie, IRA)
Testing on Animals (drugs, cosmetics etc)
Tibet (Independence, Dali Lama)
Torture (e.g. use of in war on terror, waterboarding)
Trade Unions (e.g. benefits of, dangers of)
Trade Unions (e.g. future of)
Traffic problems (e.g. Congestion charges, toll roads, mandatory car pooling etc)
Treatment of addicts (e.g. access to further treatment e.g. transplants)
Truth & reconciliation commissions (South Africa, Ireland etc)
Turkish entry into the EU.
Turkish genocide in Armenia
UN (e.g. reform of)
Vaccination (international programmes, swine flu)
Voting Rights (e.g. age, convicts, emmigrants)
War Crimes Tribunals (Serbia, Karadzic)
Women in politics (e.g. quotas)
Women's rights (e.g. in the Church, workplace, education etc)
WTO Negotiations (e.g. Agricultural subsidies, Tariffs)
Zimbabwe (democracy, constitution, elections)

2009 European Championships
 
Motion round 1: This house would allow the police to use entrapment
 
Motion round 2: This house would use the educational system to instill moral norms in children beyond mere obedience to the law.
 
Motion round 3: This house would grant citizenship to ilegal imigrants who report on workplace exploitation
 
Good Luck in England, Canada, and the United States. This November 2009, Northwest University will have students competing in three different countries at the same time! What a blast!

The motions at Yale 2009

Rd 1: THBT the US and its NATO Allies should significantly reduce their presence in Afghanistan.
Rd 2: THBT Medicaid should cover all legal abortions.
Rd 3: THB in the right to self-determination.
Rd 4: THBT that the Nobel Peace Prize should only be awarded posthumously.
Rd 5: THBT legal aliens should have an unqualified right to vote.
1/4s: THBT all punitive damages in private lawsuits should be paid to the government.
Semis: THBT the US should impose sanctions on Israel if they do not withdraw all settlements from the West Bank.
Finals: THS races to the bottom.

The motions at Hart House (Canada) 2009 were:

Rd 1: THS Turkish membership in the EU.
Rd 2: THS the use of bounty hunters.
Rd 3: TH opposes the ahistorical inclusion of minorities in television and film.
Rd 4: THB China should forcibly reintegrate Taiwan.
Rd 5: Provided we have the technology, THW allow human cloning.
1/4s: THS a 100% death tax.
Semis: THB when states are unable to defend themselves by conventional means, targeting civilian populations are a legitimate act of war.
Finals: THW not contact undiscovered human populations.

Worlds 2009

Motions:
Final : That this house would allow abortion at all stages of pregnancy
Semi Final: This house believes governments should subsidise private home ownership.
Qtr Final: This house believes that the international criminal court should prosecute crimes against the democratic process.
Octo Final: This house would arm local militia to fight the taliban in Afghanistan.
ESL Final: This house would implement quotas for domestic players in national football leagues.
EFL Final: This house would prohibit all private health care.
Round 9: This house would ban the publication of political opinion polls.
Round 8: This house would apply a lower rate of income tax to women.
Round 7: This house believes that the west should recognise the independence of Abkhazia.
Round 6: This house would criminalise adultery.
Round 5: This house believes that China and India should bear the same obligations as the West in fighting climate change
Round 4: This house would force the religious desegregation of Northern Irish schools.
Round 3: This house would allow soldiers to sue their government for negligence.
Round 2: This house would fire the senior managements of all corporations which receive government bailouts.
Round 1: This house would ban all forms of gambling.
Womens Debate: This house would ban all forms of religious gender discrimination.
Adj Test: This house would allow insurance companies to view genetic test results in assessing potential customers.
 

Topic Ideas from the Economist Summer 2009
 
THBT democracy is the best way to draw the poison of extremism
THW establish a cap on the federal deficit
THW reform the state tax code
THW federally-mandate menu labelling at chain restaurants
THW provide temporary property tax relief to primary residences
THW curtail the rise in presidential power
THW legalize the consumption of drugs
THBT Mexico should strengthen its asset seizure laws
THW significantly increase military assistance to Mexico to aid the War on Drugs
THW create an energy tax and exempt green energy sources
THW support family farmers and curb the power of agribusiness corporations
THW fund humanitarian aid for refugees displaced in the War on Terror
THBT China should strengthen protection for public-interest lawyers
THW ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
THBT major developing countries should stregthen their commitment to contain carbon emissions
THW promote the sale of sophisticated weapons to India
THW jointly-award the Nobel Peace Prize to the Party Leaders of Taiwan and China
THW fund humanitarian aid to the people of Myanmar
THBT Indonesia should close radical schools
THBT Saudi Arabia should expand its terrorist re-education campaign
THW better protect political protestors
THW fast track Turkish membership in the EU
THW declare the 1915 Massacre of Armenians a genocide
THBT Iceland should adopt the Euro
THW slow EU integration
THW reject moral relativism
THS the Lisbon Treaty
THW ban non-EU funds selling to Europeans when they have lighter regulation and taxation
THW subsidize independant local newspapers
THW abolish the Financial Services Authority
THW establish spending caps for political candidates between elections
THW practice the principle of non-indifference to large-scale crimes
THW establish an early-warning system to limit the damage of hate speech broadcasts in conflict zones
THBT Europe should create a unified patent system
THW reject protectionism
THS the right of individual nations to restrict bank disclosures on customer accounts
THW blacklist tax havens
THW curb the power of rating agencies in the financial marketplace
THW mandate better protection for coma patients
 
Jason Sandford
Assistant Debate Coach
Northwest University

private healthcare insurance markets
THW cap the tax advantage of employer-provided healthcare
THW create an Independant Medicare Advisory Council
THW modify equity requirements to stabilize the commercial property market
THW abolish restrictions on post-conviction DNA testing
THW require prisoners to pay for being in prison
THW increase the transportation infrastructure between the US and Canada
THW use trade sactions against Honduras until political legitimacy is restored
THBT China should actively enforce its new labor laws
THW ban hazing in colleges and universities
THW endorse a sovereign Kurdistan
THBT Iran should conduct a referendum on the disputed election results
THBT the EU should abolish visa restrictions in the Balkans
THW protect minority languages
THBT Ireland should reject the Lisbon Treaty
THW expand Teach First initiatives
THW mandate increased compensation for wounded soldiers
THW require real estate agents to abide by a Code of Conduct
TH prefers political extremism to voter apathy
THW give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission more power to speed energy development
THW require power companies to get a fixed proportion of their energy from renewable sources
THW create a Consumer Protection Agency to curb abuses in the financial services industry
THW expand the supervisory powers of the Federal Reserve
THBT the Securities and Exchange Commission should ban flash orders
THW offer financial incentives to migrant workers to return home
THBT China should allow its exchange rate to rise
THW tax junk food
 
Jason Sandford
Assistant Debate Coach
Northwest University
 
 

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topics from the Worlds tournament at Cork Ireland:

Motions:
Final : That this house would allow abortion at all stages of pregnancy
Semi Final: This house believes governments should subsidise private home ownership.

Qtr Final: This house believes that the international criminal court should prosecute crimes against the democratic process.
Octo Final: This house would arm local militia to fight the taliban in Afghanistan.

ESL Final: This house would implement quotas for domestic players in national football leagues.
EFL Final: This house would prohibit all private health care.

Round 9: This house would ban the publication of political opinion polls.
Round 8: This house would apply a lower rate of income tax to women.

Round 7: This house believes that the west should recognise the independence of Abkhazia.
Round 6: This house would criminalise adultery.
Round 5: This house believes that China and India should bear the same obligations as the West in fighting climate change
Round 4: This house would force the religious desegregation of Northern Irish schools.
Round 3: This house would allow soldiers to sue their government for negligence.
Round 2: This house would fire the senior managements of all corporations which receive government bailouts.
Round 1: This house would ban all forms of gambling.
Womens Debate: This house would ban all forms of religious gender discrimination.
Adj Test: This house would allow insurance companies to view genetic test results in assessing potential customers.
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Topics from the College of Idaho tournament Oct. 2008

1-The USFG should alter its foreign policy toward Pakistan.

2-The United States should enact legislation requiring a paper backup for all electronic voting machine

3-The United States Government should increase off shore drilling for oil in US territory.

4-The USFG should significantly curtail agriculture subsidies.

5-The United States should eliminate the Electoral College. 

S-The USFG should support increased domestic production and/or use of nuclear energy.  

F-The first new policy of the next President of the United States should be___________

Topics for Pan Pacific Championships, Hawaii Pacific University
Oct 2008
TH opposes the bailout.

THW limit the sovereignty of Zimbabwe in order to pursue democracy.

THW allow individuals to sell their organs for profit.

THS the expansion of NATO.

THS the increased participations of women’s groups in peace negotiations.

THW significantly increase the protection of ocean resources.

FINALS: THW give war a chance.

Possible topics by Jim Hanson for PLU 2008

The U.S. Congress should pass a free trade agreement. (us and free trade agreements)

The U.S. should increase its energy production from renewable sources. (us and renewable energy)

The U.S. should increase its pressure on China to reform. (us and chinese reform)

The U.S. should increase its efforts to combat cyber-terrorism. (us and cyber-terrorism)

The U.S. should decrease regulation of genetically modified organisms. (us and genetically modified organisms)

 The USFG should increase the scope of and/or access to reproductive rights (us and reproductive rights)

 The USFG should re-schedule one or more schedule 1 drugs for medical use (us and schedule 1 drug medical use)

The USFG should substantially increase access to college education (us and access to college) 

The USFG should increase trade pressure or military pressure on Russia in defense of one or more former Soviet Block countries (us, russia and former soviet block countries) 

The USFG should increase incentives for "green" buildings. (us and green buildings) 

The USFG should expand the powers of the Federal Reserve. 

The USFG should increase access to private education. (us and access to private education) 

The U.S. should increase pressure on 'rogue nations'. (us and rogue nations)

NATO should offer membership to one or more countries. (nato and membership offers) 

The USFG should substantially increase its efforts to develop energy reserves in the former Soviet Block (us and energy reserves in former soviet block)

The USFG should significantly decrease its military support of Pakistan (us and military support with pakistan)

X should be elected to the US presidency (the next president)

The USFG should significantly decrease its military presence in Afghanistan (us presence in afghanistan)

The USFG should significantly increase its constructive engagement with Iran (us engagement in iran)

Research Page

2007-2008 Topic List and Casing Strategies (45 of 110) 

(Topics contributed by Jason Sandford, Northwest University; and, JJ Rodriguez, Loyola Maramount University)

Note: Topic areas are not mutually exclusive, and simply serve to help foster creative groupings of topics which may have thematic similarities. 

TECHNOLOGY

THW better regulate the development and distribution of prescription drugs

THW rapidly expand the development of stem-cell research

THBT the state should include all citizens in a national DNA database

THW require all citizens to participate in an organ donor program.

ENVIRONMENT

THW ban the use of the Artic Polar Route for the Shipment of Nuclear Waste from Europe to Japan

THW fund the regional development of an internationally-controlled Trade Authority for Artic Exploration and Trade Expansion

THW make the development of clean industry a condition for receiving non-emergency aid.

MILITARY

THW rapidly increase the speed of regional autonomy within IRAQ consistent with a policy of federal control

THW suspend US Security Council Veto Power unless it agrees to honor the Geneva Convention.

THBT military leaders should be barred from running in democratic elections.

THBT China should intervene in Burma.

THBT it is time for Israel to try a non-military strategy.

THW classify renditions as a war crime

PHILOSOPHICAL

THS the claims of native peoples to better compensation for historic damages and social injustices

THW use the WTO to crack-down on the infringement of Intellectual Property Rights

TH prefers a truth and reconciliation commission to tribunals.

LAW

THW apply international human rights laws to the status of economic refugees in the developed world 

THBT the military should expand first amendment rights for the media in areas of military combat  

THBT civil trials should use judges rather than juries.

THBT the state should be able to retry the accused who have already been found not guilty.

THBT there should be no statutes of limitations.

THBT criminals should not be allowed to publish the accounts of their crimes.

EDUCATION

THW massively expand the state's financing for all levels of education

THW expand the use of public-private partnerships in pre-college education

SOCIAL

THW mandate the widespread use of safety sanctions on imports from China

THW hold Internet Service Providers responsible for digital Identity Theft Insurance

THBT people should be banned from adopting children from overseas.

THBT the state should never support the paying of a ransom.

THW ban dowry payments.

THW make voting compulsory.

POLITICAL

THW make foreign policy the centerpiece of the first presidential debates in the United States

TWW focus on gender and minority relations in selecting the next presidential party candidate

THW grant the state the exclusive right to make decisions on behalf of the mentally ill.

THB in two states for Israel and Palestine.

INTERNATIONAL

THW quicky establish an International Taskforce to abolish sweatshops in the developing world

THW reverse the tides in the Global Warming problem

THW not give aid to countries that fail to combat political corruption.

THW allow citizens living abroad to vote in the elections of their home country.

THBT Musharraf should enter a power sharing agreement.

RELIGIOUS

THW protect the freedom of religion in public and private education

THW offer economic incentives for social programs developed in cooperation with church groups

THBT the pope should lift the condom ban.

ECONOMIC

THW place emergency limits on the access of commerical trucks from mexico under the NAFTA

THW fast-track the adoption of the Free Trade Agreement for the America

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