Proposals for Debate Resolutions for Business Meeting - Friday February 18th, 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. I would ask you to put your best foot forward in
these resolution topics as these resolutions will be for Merrick
Season and we want to showcase the best ideas the Society has to
offer. These proposals will be compiled and presented at the Business
Meeting on Friday, February 18th, 4:30 on the Second Floor of the
ICC.
Please endeavor to submit resolutions with will foster creative,
original and accessible debate.

Best,
Andrew

[Andrew Marsh]

These are a couple of debate idea that me and Allison came up with and
some of the proposed Merrick topics that were not chosen. Have a
looksee!

Resolved: Facebook has changed our concept of identity
Resolved: National identity is elevating force for society
Resolved: It is better to exist in a fool’s paradise than in a
Wiseman’s hell
Resolved: We are the servants and not the masters of our machines
Resolved: Revolution is preferable to reform
Resolved: The public’s right to know ought to be valued above the
candidate for public office’s right to privacy
Resolved: The Trail of Tears was equivalent to genocide
Resolved: The Muslim Brotherhood will be needed to secure Egyptian
democracy
Resolved: The American government serves people only to the extent
necessary to ensure that people will serve it
Resolved: Human Rights are artificial
Resolved: Liberty is more important that equality

[Jacob Arber]

Resolved:...
The demonstrations in Egypt are a force for good.
Social networking is a revolution.
Failed states pose a greater threat to national security than stable
states.
Intellectual property should not be subject to copyright laws.
DPS has done more harm than good.
Oedipus caused his own downfall.

On Feb 13, 11:26 am, Andrew Marsh <admarsh1...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Nick Iacono]

A few alternatives to some of Andrew's and a few new one's.

Resolved: The revolution in Egypt is advancing liberty.

Resolved: American interests are more important than democracy.

Resolved: The US Constitution is a living document.

Resolved: Science and religion are incompatible.

Resolved: Religion is the source of morality.

or

Resolved: Morality depends on a benevolent Creator.

or

Resolved: Objective morality requires God.

Resolved: Judas was a hero.

Resolved: Joseph McCarthy was justified.

Resolved: Chamberlain's appeasement was justified.

Resolved: The United States should not fund the United Nations.

Resolved: Members of Congress should be term limited.

Resolved: Gender and celibacy requirements should be lifted for
priests.

Resolved: Religious organizations should not receive tax exempt
status.

Resolved: New York City should have remained the U.S. capital. (haha)

[Richard Rinaldi]

Resolved: Social networking does more harm than good.

Resolved: Google does more harm than good.

Resolved: Revolution in the Middle East is good for America.

Resolved: Bloggers are journalists.

Resolved: Reality television has ruined primetime.

Resolved: The Office should continue after Steve Carell's departure.

[Robert Silverstein]

A few kicking around in my head:

Resolved: Barack Obama deserved his Noble Peace Prize
Resolved: NCAA athletes should be compensated
Resolved: Miss Havisham is to blame for Estrella's misdeeds

[Nick Iacono]

We debated the first one 2 semesters ago.

On Feb 14, 2:28 am, Robert Silverstein <rsilverstei...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Sam Dulik]

Let's consider these:

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.

[John Mitchell]

Resolved: The Georgetown's alcohol policy should be amended

Resolved: The 3rd floor New South RA is a tyrant

(en serio, the first one would be an interesting debate)

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[Rahul Xavier Singh]

Resolved: The District of Columbia should become the 51st State

Rahul Singh | Internet Architect

To empower people through the Internet to create a better world.

Anant | http://anant.us
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Washington, D.C. 20007

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On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Sam Dulik <shd...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[Jon Askonas]

Achilles was greater than Odysseus
The UN does more harm than good
Humanitarian interventions do more harm than good
Virtue is dead

On Feb 14, 11:40 am, Rahul Xavier Singh <rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Alex Henderson]

Virtue lives!

[Rahul Xavier Singh]

Resolved: The phrase "Does more harm than good" does more harm than good to creative resolutions. 

Rahul Singh | Internet Architect

To empower people through the Internet to create a better world.

Anant | http://anant.us
1010 Wisconsin Ave NW, Suite 250
Washington, D.C. 20007

o 202.905.2818 | m 202.390.9200
s mr.rahul.singh

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Jon Askonas <jon.a...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Will Downes]

Shakespeare's Henry V was a tyrant.
Job should have cursed God.

[Alex Henderson]

Shakespeare's Iago is a modern hero.

Othello deserved his fate.

Thucydides' Nicias was a fool.

Philoredemtion resolution: Slavery is wrong, not really really wrong.

-Alex

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Will Downes <willo...@gmail.com> wrote:

Shakespeare's Henry V was a tyrant.
Job should have cursed God.

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[Sean Rosenthal]

Resolved: End the Fed

[Jacob Arber]

Resolved: Hamlet was mad.

[Nick Iacono]

^ Did it two semesters ago.

[John Mitchell]

Resolved: Mersault, the narrator of The Stranger, was high the entire novel

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[Alex Henderson]

Mersault was justified