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This House believes that Western democracies should openly try to circumvent Internet censorship in oppressive regimes

Internet censorship has been growing precipitously in countries around the world. Freedom House finds that 20 of 47 countries examined have increased...

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This House would ban animal testing

Post date: 17 Feb 2012

In this debate testing should be defined as all testing including, medical research, cosmetics, toxicology, and psychology research where animals are used in any part of an experiment. An animal could sensibly be defined as vertebrates.

This house Believes People Should Not Keep Pets

Post date: 26 Jan 2012

Humans, as a natural part of the animal kingdom, have interacted with the animals around them for the entirety of their existence. One of the defining characteristics of the human race is that we developed the ability to domesticate and eventually tame other species for our use.

This House believes single-sex schools are good for education

Post date: 17 Apr 2012

Single-sex schools are schools that only admit those of one specific gender, believing that the educational environment fostered by a single gender is more conducive to learning than a co-educational school. Studies conducted have shown that boys gain more academically from studying in co-education schools, but that girls find segregated schools more conducive to achievement.