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 * 1) [|Should there be a ban on television advertisements aimed at children?]
 * 2) [|Is it morally acceptable to experiment on non-human animals to develop products and medicines that benefit human beings?]
 * 3) [|Should human beings be allowed to use other animals as objects of sport and entertainment?]
 * 4) [|Should the medical profession force-feed anorexics as part of their treatment?]
 * 5) [|Are beauty contests harmful?]
 * 6) [|Should young people be subjected to nighttime curfews as a way to reduce crime?]
 * 7) [|Is stricter punishment the answer to juvenile crime?]
 * 8) [|Should children be allowed to work in the performing arts or professional sports?]
 * 9) [|Should schools and colleges increase the importance placed on co-curricular activities, so that they are formally recognized as equal to the academic curriculum?]
 * 10) [|Should schools be allowed to teach creationism alongside evolution as part of their science curriculum?]
 * 11) [|Should cultural treasures be returned to their country of origin?]
 * 12) [|Should there be a separate criminal offense of date rape?]
 * 13) [|Should we create a database of DNA that can be used by police authorities in order to apprehend criminals?]
 * 14) [|Should there be a worldwide ban on the use of driftnets to catch fish, including within each country’s Exclusive Economic Zone?]
 * 15) [|Should (either public or private) school students face mandatory drug-tests?]
 * 16) [|Should the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport be legalized?]
 * 17) [|Should a voucher system be used to introduce choice and competition between schools?]
 * 18) [|Should the US adopt a different method of electing its President?]
 * 19) [|Should extremist political parties be banned from standing for political office? Does their right to have their say outweigh the harm and offence that they cause?]
 * 20) [|Is the practice of extraordinary rendition a useful and necessary policy in the fight against terrorism?]
 * 21) [|Should there be a tax on fatty foods?]
 * 22) [|Should all school pupils be made to learn at least one foreign language?]
 * 23) [|Should the government censor lyrics of songs that are violent or expletive, for example “gangsta” rap?]
 * 24) [|Should we intervene in the genetic makeup of our children? Should genetic screening be used to produce genetically healthy or even "designer" babies?]
 * 25) [|Should acts of hate be criminalized? What acts should be considered hate crimes?]
 * 26) [|Is it correct for university authorities to ban hate speech?]
 * 27) [|Should elementary school students be given homework tasks to complete outside school? Or are such tasks pointless?]
 * 28) [|Should we legalize the sale of human organs?]
 * 29) [|Should governments have the power to intern suspects without trial?]
 * 30) [|Should the present international ban on trading elephant ivory be lifted?]
 * 31) [|Should the USA discontinue the production of landmines, and sign the Ottawa Convention?]
 * 32) [|Should mercenaries be recognized as a legitimate part of warfare and given the same rights as soldiers?]
 * 33) [|Should the military be banned from visiting schools to promote the armed forces and recruit new soldiers, sailors and airmen?]
 * 34) [|Should there be public schools open to only one race?]
 * 35) Should there be public schools open to only one gender?
 * 36) [|Should there be a minimum weight limit for professional models?]
 * 37) [|Should National Service be reintroduced?]
 * 38) [|Should the USA abandon national testing in schools? Or should testing be extended so that the federal government sets the same tests for every school?]
 * 39) [|Should we continue to prosecute Nazi war criminals?]
 * 40) [|Should the state provide free nursery education for all children?]
 * 41) [|Is it justifiable to force gay and lesbian celebrities out of the closet, in the interests of gay rights?]
 * 42) [|Should convicted pedophiles be electronically tagged?]
 * 43) [|Do children have the right to know their biological parents?]
 * 44) [|Should parents be held morally and legally responsible for the actions/needs of their children?]
 * 45) [|Should drugs companies be allowed to advertise prescription drugs direct to the public?]
 * 46) [|Should Physical Education in (high/elementary) schools be compulsory?]
 * 47) [|Should marriage to more than one person be legal?]
 * 48) [|Should Catholic priests still be required to take a vow of celibacy?]
 * 49) [|Are religious beliefs irrational or rational? Have they done more harm than good?]
 * 50) [|Should the religious slaughter of animals be banned?]
 * 51) [|Should we abolish the SATs in the USA?]
 * 52) [|Should everyone be forced to stay at school until they are 18?]
 * 53) [|Should children go to different schools depending on their academic ability?]
 * 54) [|Should men found guilty of sex crimes be chemically castrated?]
 * 55) [|Should those who choose to consume tobacco products be denied, or have greatly limited, access to state healthcare provisions?]
 * 56) [|Should the USA invest in the exploration of space?]
 * 57) [|Do schools have the right to search students’ lockers?]
 * 58) [|Should suicide be a criminal offense?]
 * 59) [|Can terrorism ever be justified?]
 * 60) [|Should so-called "three-strikes" laws be repealed?]
 * 61) [|Should the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have the power to regulate tobacco as an addictive drug?]
 * 62) [|As the stakes of the war on terror are raised, are the US' use of torture, and its attitude towards UN's Geneva convention justified?]
 * 63) [|Should unhealthy foods be banned from schools?]
 * 64) [|Should the state make vaccination compulsory?]
 * 65) [|Should we stop eating other animals? What are the moral, environmental, and health issues involved?]
 * 66) [|Should we ban or restrict the use of violent video games?]
 * 67) [|Should the international ban on the hunting of whales be lifted?]
 * 68) [|Is Wikipedia a force for good, or do its weaknesses outweigh its strengths?]
 * 69) [|Should women be allowed to serve in combat roles in the armed forces?]
 * 70) [|Should unemployed people be made to work for their welfare money?]
 * 71) [|Should we ban the keeping of animals in zoos?]
 * 72) [|Should boxing be banned?]
 * 73) [|Should gay parents be allowed to adopt?]
 * 74) Do television liquor ads promote underage drinking? (and thus, should they be banned?
 * 75) Is hunting an animal morally acceptable?
 * 76) Should violent juvenile criminals be tried as adults?
 * 77) Does television/video game/film violence contribute to juvenile crime?
 * 78) [|Are student dress codes a violation of civil rights?]
 * 79) Should pregnant addicts be prosecuted?
 * 80) Should public school teachers in Hawai’i be tested for drugs?
 * 81) Are the D.A.R.E. programs and other anti-drug programs effective?
 * 82) Should student athletes be drug tested?
 * 83) Should restaurants be required to have nutritional information?
 * 84) Should we reinstate the draft? (for men and women?)
 * 85) [|Should gays be allowed in the military?]
 * 86) Should the U.S. retain a significant nuclear arsenal?
 * 87) Can prison boot camps reform young criminals?
 * 88) Should executions be televised?
 * 89) Should children be allowed to divorce their parents?
 * 90) Should the United States space shuttle program continue?