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Post by Daniel on Dec 29, 2009 17:02:03 GMT -4
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behavior within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporate, academic and religious institutions. It consists of "social relations involving authority or power"[1] and refers to the regulation of a political unit,[2] and to the methods and tactics used to formulate and apply policy.[3]
The word "Politics" comes from the Greek word ðïëἰò ("polis") meaning city-state. The Greek word ðïëßôἰêïò "Politikos" describes anything concerning the state or city affairs. In Latin, this was "politicus" and in French "politique". Thus it became "politics" in Middle English (see the Concise Oxford Dictionary).
(Source: Wikipedia)
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Post by Daniel on Dec 29, 2009 17:06:32 GMT -4
Useful Political + Morality debate topics...
1.Debate:Does Abstinence Only Education help or hurt us?
2.Debate:Is homosexuality responsible for totalitarianism?
3.Debate: Did the Founders have a religious motive?
4.Debate: To what extent should we have obscenity laws
5.Debate: Is communism founded on Christian doctrine?
6.Debate:Why do we still have an embargo on Cuba?
7.Debate:Has Britain Declined?
8.Debate:Is illegal immigration control the answer to illegal immigration?
9.Debate:Has Britain become the 51st State of the US?
10.Debate:You think these Phd's are nuts?
11.Debate:Does the European Union pose a threat to the United States?
12.Debate:Which is true; progressive Liberal or regressive liberal
13.Debate:Define torture
14.Debate:Should the United States have entered World War I?
15.Debate:Should the United States have entered World War II?
16.Debate:Should the United States have eliminated communism in North Korea as General Douglas MacArthur wanted?
17.Debate:Was the United States right to drop atomic bombs so quickly on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
18.Debate:If President Roosevelt had known about the Pearl Harbor attack in advance, would it have been wrong for him to allow the attack in order to wake up the American public and motivate Americans to fight and win the war?
19.Debate:Is gun-control the answer to crimes involving guns?
20.Debate:Was world war inevitable?
21.Debate:Does "free trade" increase wealth rather than simply redistribute it?
22.Debate:Is it even possible to install democracy in a Muslim country?
23.Debate:Is democracy even possible in Iraq?
24.Debate:Should we have given the Panama Canal back to Panama?
25.Debate:Should the United States leave the United Nations?
26.Debate:Crusades... Good or Bad?
27.Debate:Was American soldier Michael New right to refuse to fight wearing part of a United Nations uniform? See Michael New
28.Debate:Which is a more powerful ideology, Islam or communism?
29.Debate:Should the United States intervene in small countries to defeat communism there?
30.Debate:Should public displays of the 10 Commandments be allowed under the constitution?
31.Debate:Which has the best philosophy of education: the public school system, private schools, or the home school movement?
32.Debate:Should We Support Democrats For Life.org?
33.Debate:Women in the Military?
34.Debate:Should students learn a foreign language?
35.Debate:Why does the right side of the political spectrum tend to be more religious?
36.Debate:Should there be a consistent standard on human rights applied to left and right?
37.Debate:Should American companies be allowed to send their own troops into a war which America is participating in?
38.Debate:Giuliani's lack of social conservative viewpoints should not stop you from voting for him.
39.Debate:Is President Bush good for America?
40.Debate:Is the Iraq War a success?
41.Debate:Does Single sex schooling promote homosexuality?
42.Debate:Is the murder of 3,000 people just a few or is it a lot? Does it make a difference if the murdered people are Americans?
43.Debate:Does the media really have a liberal bias?
44.Debate:What kind of leader will Democrats make if they run from debates on Fox?
45.Debate:Are the Democrats capable of fighting terrorism?
46.Debate:Can a rogue nation be thought of as a sovereign nation?
47.Debate:Has Russia reinstalled stealth communism?
48.Debate:Do we all know what Democrat Presidential candidates stand for yet?
49.Debate:Define Civil War
50.Debate:Should gun sales to terror suspects be allowed?
51.Debate:Is Darwinism liberal or is it conservative?
52.Debate:Why did God place most of the world's oil in politically unstable places?
53.Debate:Restoring the USA image in the world, just a fancy phrase that means zilch?
54.Debate:Placing the blame on how America got polarized
55.Debate:Is most government criticism really patriotic?
56.Debate:Is environmentalism mostly about preserving natural resources?
57.Debate:Is the conservative stance on illegal immigration going to loose the Hispanic vote for the GOP in the 08' election?
58.Debate:Third Party Debate
59.Debate:Who kills more innocent people: religious believers or atheists?
60.Debate:Preferred Democrat for the White House?
61.Debate:Does Republican equal conservative? Does Democrat equal liberal?
62.Debate:Obama's preacher.
63.Debate:Should the United States begin Colonizing Space?
64.Debate:Should the federal government have the power to define marriage?
65.Debate:The Declaration of Independence or Interdependence?
66.Debate:Should the you.S.A. abide by a withdrawal timetable if the Iraqi Parliament votes for one?
67.Debate:Should you.S. troops be subject to Iraqi law if that allows our continued presence there?
68.Debate:Should government restrictions on smoking be tightened or rolled back?
69.Debate:Is Sarah Palin an asset or a liability to John McCain's candidacy?
70.Debate:Is a candidate's military record relevant anymore?
71.Debate:Should politicians be allowed to misspeak?
72.Debate: What is sufficient proof that Obama is a Muslim?
73.Debate:Is Obama a Muslim?
74.Debate:Was McCain's threat to pull out of the debates a political stunt?
75.Debate:If Obama Was Conservative
76.Debate:What level of Gun Control is appropriate?
77.Debate:Is the Bush administration's Conscience Rule a step forward or backward for you.S. Healthcare?
78.Debate: Why do political views appear to be correlated with others?
79.Debate:What should be America's policy toward Islam?
80.Debate:Is the American Occupation of the Hawaiian Islands justified?
81.Debate:Was the American involvement in the Vietnam War justified?
82.Debate:Was the North right to prevent Southern secession in the US Civil War?
83.Debate:Is the 2009 Stimulus Plan the right approach, and if not what would be?
84.Debate:Is Obama being unfairly criticized, or is too much being expected of our new president?
85.Is it possible to be conservative and know there is no possibility of there ever being a "God" and/or higher being?
86.Debate:Is Obama an Atheist?
87.Would anybody consider President Barry Soetoro a Muslim?
88.Debate: Can there be price controls without shortages?
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