Proposals for Debate Resolutions for Business Meeting - Saturday, March 26th, 4:30 PM - ICC 2nd Fl

[Andrew Marsh]

Ladies and Gents
,
Please use this thread to submit your resolution ideas for the next
round of debates. We have only one Merrick debate left to decide so
start thinking about that. On a related note, Dean Gordon is also
coming up in this round so please start brainstorming some funny
resolutions.These proposals will be compiled and presented at the
Business
Meeting on Saturday, March 26th, 4:30 on the Second Floor of the
ICC.
Please endeavor to submit resolutions with will foster creative,
original and accessible debate.

All the best,
Andrew

[Sam Dulik]

Options for the last Merrick debate and/or the non-Merrick debate pre-
Dean Gordon:

Resolved: Sherman's March was justified.
Resolved: The United States should end its embargo against Cuba.
Resolved: The U.S. Constitution is a living document.
Resolved: History is moved by ideas.
Resolved: Human rights are artificial.
Resolved: Colonialism did more harm than good.
Resolved: Affirmative Action is justified.
Resolved: U.S. Senators should have the power to filibuster.
Resolved: Power corrupts.
Resolved: Mexico is a failed state.
Resolved: Hugo Chávez is a tyrant.
Resolved: The U.S. Senate should be abolished.
Resolved: Puerto Rico should become the 51st state.
Resolved: Birthright citizenship should be eliminated.
Resolved: The Department of Education should be abolished.
Resolved: The Environmental Protection Agency should be abolished.

[Nick Iacono]

Resolved: Liberal bias in the American university is harmful.

Resolved: Nuclear power is too dangerous to implement.

Resolved: The Fourth Estate has failed the people.

[Will Downes]

Resolved: American Universities have failed their students.
Resolved: The city, and not the countryside, is more conducive to
human flourishing.


Dean Gordon:
Resolved: The end is nigh
Resolved: Georgetown University's neighbors are despoiling the area.
Resolved: The Bros

[Colleen Wood]

Resolved: the people's right to know outweighs the government's need
for confidentiality.

Resolved: Freedom to is superior to freedom from.
or
Resolved: Liberty is more precious than law.

Resolved: Morality should be legislated in a democratic society.
Resolved: Feminism is a just cause.


Dean Gordon:
Because who doesn't love Rebecca Black?
Resolved: The front seat, rather than the back seat, is the more
superior place to sit.

[Andrew Marsh]

Merrick/Regular
Resolved: The war on terror has contributed to the growing abuse of
human rights
Resolved: Internet privacy is an illusion
Resolved: All is fair in love and war
Resolved: Single-sex education is outdated
Resolved: Terrorism and Religion are connect
Resolved: America is an ethical nation
Resolved: China is the model for the future
Resolved: Religious institutions should stay out of civil marriage

Dean Gordon Topics
Resolved: God sank the Titanic to prove a point
Resolved: California should secede!
Resolved: America should annex Canada

[Will Downes]

Resolved: It is morally acceptable for Governments to negotiate with
Terrorists

[dwa...@gmail.com]

In response to Will's, I think the policy question is more interesting and pertinent.

The United States should not negotiate with terrorists.
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[Robert Silverstein]

Resolved: Miss Havisham was to blame for Estrella's misdeeds

Resolved: Civilization is the enemy of the environment

Resolved: America is a democracy

Resolved: Legalize it

Resolved: The CIA is a terrorist organization

Dean Gordon:

Resolved: The man is bringing us down

[Richard Rinaldi]

Resolved: U.S. Military action is Libya is necessary.

On Mar 23, 1:51 am, Robert Silverstein <rsilverstei...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Alex Henderson]

Topical & Georgetown centered:

Resolved: Bring Back Healy Pub

http://www.bringbackhealypub.com/

-A.

[Jacob Arber]

Also
Resolved: Oedipus caused his own downfall.

On Mar 23, 11:42 am, Alex Henderson <aln...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Topical & Georgetown centered:
>
> *Resolved: Bring Back Healy Pub*

>
> http://www.bringbackhealypub.com/
>
> -A.
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Richard Rinaldi

> <richard.rina...@gmail.com>wrote:

[Jacob Arber]

Regular topics:

Resolved: Civil society is dead.
Resolved: America has fallen. (Or America is no longer number one/a
hegemon.)
Resolved: Religion is inextricable from the State.
Resolved: Pragmatism should take precedence over principle.

Dean Gordon:

Resolved: Bros before hoes.
Resolved: Canada is America's hat.

This one could go either way:
Resolved: Disney defined us.

On Mar 23, 11:42 am, Alex Henderson <aln...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Topical & Georgetown centered:
>
> *Resolved: Bring Back Healy Pub*
>

> http://www.bringbackhealypub.com/
>
> -A.
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Richard Rinaldi

> <richard.rina...@gmail.com>wrote:

[Nick Myers]

I like the idea of a no-fly zone debate, but perhaps short of
"necessary:"
Resolved: U.S. Military action is Libya is justified.

Dean Gordon:
Resolved: The state of popular culture is cause for concern.
Resolved: Man-eating Sharks should be renamed People-eating Sharks.

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[Will Downes]

Resolved: Salieri killed Mozart.

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[Nick Iacono]

Resolved: Funeral protest by the Westboro Baptist Church is protected
speech ( I know the Society prefers resolutions with no more than 5-6
words, but sometimes you can't express a complete thought)

Dean Gordon:

Resolved: Charlie Sheen

Resolved: Winning

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[Allison Wagner]

Institutionalized religion promotes human flourishing.
Allison Wagner
Georgetown University
Class of 2011

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Subject: [Philodemic Society] Re: Proposals for Debate Resolutions forBusiness
Meeting - Saturday, March 26th, 4:30 PM - ICC 2nd Fl

[Dustin Walker]

I like it Allison. I like it a lot. 

[Rebecca English]

(That was for Dean Gordon, btw)

Rebecca J. English
Walsh School of Foreign Service, Class of 2011
Georgetown University
re...@georgetown.edu
(954) 816-5538

[Rebecca English]

Resolved: Gotta get down on Friday.

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Dustin Walker <dwa...@gmail.com> wrote:

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