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Alexander Cavell

  • I strongly agree that abortion should be legal
  • I'm not sure that affirmative action should be mandatory.
  • I strongly agree that civil unions/partnerships should be legal.
  • I strongly disagree that the death penalty should be legal.
  • I'm not sure that drugs should be legal.
  • I slightly disagree that environmental protection should be mandatory.
  • I strongly disagree that euthanasia (human) should be legal.
  • I strongly agree that global warming exists.
  • I strongly agree that labour unions should exist.
  • I'm not sure that late-term abortion should be legal.
  • I strongly agree that the minimum wage should be mandatory.
  • I'm not sure that missile defence systems should exist.
  • I strongly agree that national health care should be provided.
  • I strongly disagree that racial/ethnic profiling should occur.
  • I strongly agree that progressive tax should exist.
  • I slightly agree that social security / welfare should exist.
  • I slightly agree that the United Nations should exist.
  • I strongly disagree that the War on Terror is necessary.

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Strongly Against : This House would block access to social messaging networks during riots

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Topics started

New Debatabase articles
10 May 2012
UK government child behaviour expert advocates docking welfare payments to parents of truants
16 Apr 2012
Sepp Blatter, Qatar and the exclusion of LGBT atheletes and spectators from the 2022 FIFA World Cup
10 Apr 2012
idebate.org staff introductions
28 Mar 2012
The Greek government's austerity policies are justified
23 Mar 2012
Equity violations
20 Mar 2012
Online awareness campaigns such as "Kony 2012" mask the complexity of regional conflicts
19 Mar 2012
It is necessary to use profiling to prevent terrorist strikes on transport hubs, and impossible to avoid allegations of bias
7 Mar 2012

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This House prefers trade to aid
The contours of this debate will change radically, depending on the definition of "aid" that is used, and also on the identity of the local- and state-level actors giving and receiving aid...
4 May 2012
The Daily Mail endorsement of Le Pen
You undermine the first paragraph of your response in the second paragraph. You criticise my take on one of the most offensive articles that the Daily Mail has published for years (no mean feat) by...
26 Apr 2012
The Daily Mail endorsement of Le Pen
Let's take a look at the substance of Waghorne's support for Le Pen junior. A number of caveats trail Waghorne's claim that it would be "responsible" to vote for Le Pen. First,...
24 Apr 2012
“State-sanctioned torture is justifiable in exceptional circumstances.”
The "ticking time bomb" scenarios discussed by the Bush administration in debates surround the infamous "torture memo" are extremely rare, to the point of being unheard of outside...
20 Apr 2012
Should the European Union expand further?
Panait - Portugaul, Spain and Italy have, so far, been successful in containing an investor confidence "contagion" linked to Greece's de facto default on its debts. You are correct to...
18 Apr 2012
For & Against the Free market
Before I start to discuss your initial post in any depth, I would like to ask you a question Panait. I'm not trying to catch you out, and I would ask you not to use Wikipedia or Google when...
17 Apr 2012
UK government child behaviour expert advocates docking welfare payments to parents of truants
You're focussing too much on practicalities. As I mentioned above, it is already possible for parents to be fined and prosecuted if their children compulsively skip school, notwithstanding the...
16 Apr 2012
Will money become entirely virtual?
It would be foolish, as James observes, to create a purely digital currency. Currencies designed to facilitate digital transactions have an extremely patchy history, as a brief review of the...
13 Apr 2012
Best debating style/ format for someone new to public speaking
Different clubs work in different formats, even in the same country. The World Schools format, British Parliamentary format and the Debate Matters competition are all very popular forms of debating...
11 Apr 2012
Academic publishers should put their knowledge in the public domain.
Here's the thing, booji. Printing on to paper, even for a short run publication, is cheap. Storing what are often plane text files online is incredibly cheap - the Project Gutenberg organisation...
11 Apr 2012

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1 year 11 weeks
Level Of Education: 
Undergraduate
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Discussions

The Greek government's austerity policies are justified

UK government child behaviour expert advocates docking welfare payments to parents of truants

“State-sanctioned torture is justifiable in exceptional circumstances.”

Should vegetarians eat lab-grown meat?

New Debatabase articles

Academic publishers should put their knowledge in the public domain.

Big Society vs Welfare

Take the dog to work

Sepp Blatter, Qatar and the exclusion of LGBT atheletes and spectators from the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Best debating style/ format for someone new to public speaking

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