Resolutions for consideration at the January 13th Business meeting

[Amanda Wynter]

Please post your proposed resolutions here.

Thanks!

[Nick Iacono]

Resolved: The War in Iraq was a worthwhile endeavor.

Resolved: The Affordable Care Act should be repealed.

Resolved: The U.S. should strike Iran's nuclear development
capabilities.

Resolved: The project of European integration has failed.

Resolved: The SOPA Internet Censorship Bill should pass.







On Jan 8, 1:14 pm, "Colin M. Soper" <csope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Resolved: The film "Friends with Benefits" better represents reality than
> "No Strings Attached"

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> On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Amanda Wynter <amandajw1...@yahoo.com>wrote:
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> > Please post your proposed resolutions here.
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> > Thanks!
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[Andrew Marsh]

Resolved: Law is the tyranny of the people.

Resolved: Imprisonment is a moral evil regardless of its purpose.

Resolved: One best serves humanity as a cosmopolitan, not a patriot.

Resolved: NDAA violates the Fourth Amendment

[Colin M. Soper]

Resolved: the 2-party system does more harm than good for american politics

Resolved: Corporations should not have the rights of personhood

Resolved: Valentines day is fucking stupid.

Resolved: President Marsh's curly hair is better than his straightened hair

Resolved: There actually exists a separation of church and state

Resolved: The NASA budget cuts were justified

Resolved: Modern science leaves no place for the human soul

Resolved: The Stanky Leg is superior to The Dougie.

[Greg Miller]

Resolved: The Chinese one-child policy has done more good than harm.

Resolved: The Arab Spring is bad for the U.S.

Resolved: money is the root of all evil

Resolved: politicians are irrelevant

Resolved: class, and not race, is the most salient factor in social
inequality in the United states today.

[Katie Murphy]

Resolved: America should return to space. (NASA debate, any flavor'll
do. We just need SOMETHING science!)

[Jacob Arber]

Resolved: Adam and Eve should have eaten the apple. (I know its not
technically an apple, but this sounds better than "Adam and Eve should
have eaten of the Fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and
Evil.")

[Jacob Arber]

Resolved: Nuclear weapons have done more harm than good.

Resolved: No man is an island.

Resolved: The 21st century belongs to no nation.

Resolved: Man should stop looking for extraterrestrial life. (if
someone can think of something in the same vein, but catchier, I'd be
all for it.)

Resolved: Georgetown should abandon its Jesuit identity.

Resolved: The would will end, not with a bang, but with a whimper.

Resolved: There is more in heaven and earth than is dreamt of in our
philosophy.

On Jan 8, 11:51 pm, Katie Murphy <hoyamu...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Philodemic Society]

I'm not even sure what to think about your third one...

On Jan 8, 8:47 pm, "Colin M. Soper" <csope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Resolved: the 2-party system does more harm than good for american politics
>
> Resolved: Corporations should not have the rights of personhood
>
> Resolved: Valentines day is fucking stupid.
>
> Resolved: President Marsh's curly hair is better than his straightened hair
>
> Resolved: There actually exists a separation of church and state
>
> Resolved: The NASA budget cuts were justified
>
> Resolved: Modern science leaves no place for the human soul
>
> Resolved: The Stanky Leg is superior to The Dougie.
>

[Matthew Hipple]

Hooray space!

"Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live forever in a cradle."

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 12:51 AM, Katie Murphy <hoya...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Resolved: America should return to space. (NASA debate, any flavor'll
> do. We just need SOMETHING science!)
>

[Daniel Rendleman]

Actually, I think Adam and Eve should have eaten of the fruit of the Knowledge of Good and Evil sounds much better.

[Matthew Hipple]

An Adam and Eve version of the Valentine's Day topic:

Adam an' Eve shouldn't have ate dat shit.

[Amanda Wynter]

Here are Mariele's:

Resolved: Everything is better with bacon

Resolved: The college hookup culture does more harm than good

Resolved: Paris gave the apple to the best goddess ( or the Trojan war
was his fault, not Aphrodite's, idk, its in the works or maybe the
question of which is better - wisdom, power, or beauty)

Resolved: Money is Power

Resolved: Friendly Competition is a Myth

and for Valentine's:

Resolved: Nice Guys Finish Last

[Colleen Wood]

R: Gentrification has done more harm than good
R: Hold developing nations to environmental standards
R: Genius is socially determined
R: Honor is obsolete
R: Rights of due process should be compromised for the sake of
counterterrorism (http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/02/
president-obama-signed-the-national-defense-authorization-act-now-
what/) This one's similar to that proposed by Andrew, but I think it
should be worded less in con-law terms
R: Marriage is dead
R: The melting pot does more harm than good (Re: immigration,
multiculturalism in America.)
R: Bring back the draft

[gavin bade]

Resolved: American foreign policy since the fall of the Soviet Union has done more harm than good.

 (it can be any time period really... I just wanted to limit it somehow)

[Jesse Whitfield]

On the subject of a college hookup culture mentioned by Mariele's topic proposal: I would love to see a debate related to the nature of human sexuality. I think the heart of that debate is whether promiscuity or prudence is the superior lifestyle. I would personally phrase it more in those terms to keep the central idea of the debate focused so we don't have a lot of different tracks and tangents going on during the debate. 

There's certainly a thread here about whether or not sexuality can be corrupting. At least I am getting a hint of that with the Adam and Eve debate proposals.  I think that could also tie into a debate on the virtuous or vice ridden nature of sexuality. 

A debate on whether the highest good is found in the heavens or the Earth is somewhat related to this idea, but can also stand on its own as another excellent debate. Epicureanism versus Stoicism and all that. 

I am in love with the Paris debate, it phrases existential questions through Greek mythology in a way anyone can relate to. Both the mythology and promiscuity debates might be best around Valentine's day. I would personally greatly enjoy this debate. 

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Amanda Wynter <amanda...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[Jon Askonas]

Resolved: The chief end of man is the glory of God
The two-party system does more harm than good
The unexamined life is not worth living
It is better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all
Chastity is a virtue

I'm a little confused about the Adam and Eve resolution: they DID eat
the fruit. Are we trying to establish a normative affirmation? Might
it be better to say "Adam and Eve should not have eaten of the Fruit
of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil"?

On Jan 10, 4:41 pm, Amanda Wynter <amandajw1...@yahoo.com> wrote: