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Claire McCarthy

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Feb 21, 2010, 9:52:44 PM2/21/10
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This Friday, February 26th we'll be meeting on the second floor of ICC
at 4:30PM to pick resolutions for the next three debates, namely those
to be held on March 4th, 18th, and 25th. Please post potential
resolutions here. Thank you!

Claire McCarthy

Sean Rosenthal

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Feb 21, 2010, 10:53:46 PM2/21/10
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Religion causes more harm than good in the contemporary world.

Albert Einstein was a greater person than Mahatma Gandhi.

Adolf Hitler did more harm than any other person in the 20th century.

The United States Constitution is essentially dead.

Governments should prioritize liberty above life.

America should abolish the Federal Reserve.

The American Dream represents propaganda more than truth.

Christianity has done more harm than Islam.

The War on Terror is Counterproductive.

Plato was a greater philosopher than Aristotle.

Alex Henderson

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Feb 22, 2010, 12:15:56 AM2/22/10
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Natural science can explain every aspect of human life.

Mohandas Gandhi would beat Martin Luther King Jr. in a cliche-diversity-figures cage match.

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Dustin Walker

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Feb 22, 2010, 2:15:56 AM2/22/10
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The baby boom generation has done more harm than good.

It is better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. 

The presidency of Ronald Reagan did more harm than good. 

The presidency of Woodrow Wilson did more harm than good. 

The state of American music is in decline. 

The United States should reinstate the draft.   

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

The protesters of the General Petraeus speech should be punished according to the Student Code of Conduct. 

Redheads do it better. 

Curling is a sport. 

Physician-assisted suicide should be legal.

Executive Order 12333 is justified. 

The Roman Catholic Church position on contraception is unethical.




On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Sean Rosenthal <frighte...@gmail.com> wrote:

Ohm Gore

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Feb 22, 2010, 2:45:22 AM2/22/10
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The relationship between the branches of government ought to be one of confrontation, not collaboration.

Sacerdotalism does more harm than good.

College education should emphasize careerism.

Assisted suicide should be legalized.

The Supreme Court should exercise deference to the Legislative Branch.

The Lenten season does more harm than good.

Will Downes

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Feb 22, 2010, 7:31:58 PM2/22/10
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Force, not ideals, is the basis of politics.

Nick Myers

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Feb 23, 2010, 1:47:58 PM2/23/10
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The United States should not have participated in World War I.

World War I was inevitable.

The snow still present in the District of Columbia has made its point
and now should endeavor itself to get it hence or else prepare for
forcible annihilation.

Brendan McElroy

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Feb 23, 2010, 10:04:44 PM2/23/10
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The United States of America is an empire.

Representation in the U.S. Senate ought be proportional to state
population.

Vladimir Putin has done more harm than good.

The United States should support the Russian democratic opposition.

The United States should support the Chinese democratic opposition.

The regime of V.I. Lenin did less harm than that of Nicholas II.

The worker, not the peasant, is the more useful member of the
socialist republic.

The meaning of a statement is its mode of verification. (Vintage
logical empiricism debate.)

On Feb 21, 9:52 pm, Claire McCarthy <clairemccart...@gmail.com> wrote:

Matt Cantirino

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Feb 23, 2010, 10:58:29 PM2/23/10
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Here are some scattered topic thoughts:

---The project of European integration has failed.

---No nation has a right to nuclear arms. / The maintenance of a
nuclear arsenal is unjustifiable.

---Mediocrity is superior to heroism.

---Sherman's march to the sea was justified.

---Democracy is a historical aberration.

Rahul Xavier Singh

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Feb 24, 2010, 5:51:16 AM2/24/10
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Resolved : God and Country



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Tyler Hale

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Feb 24, 2010, 4:18:27 PM2/24/10
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Resolved: God, and not Country, is the more important member of the Patriotic Slogan Republic.

Drew Nathaniel Peterson

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Feb 26, 2010, 8:27:02 AM2/26/10
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Resolved: Vladimir Putin is the most effective great-power statesman of our day.
Drew Nathaniel Peterson
Walsh School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University Class of 2010
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