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FOR ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AGAINST ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 1. SOCIETY OVERMEDICATES Doctors are far too quick to prescribe drugs to patients and it’s becoming…

FOR DEMOCRACY AGAINST DEMOCRACY 1. CYNICISM IS OVERRATED ‘Cynicism is laziness masquerading as wisdom.’ The most common argument against democracy is that…

AGAINST BANNING GAMBLING FOR BANNING GAMBLING 1. AS GOOD AS ANYTHING As the popular adage goes, time you enjoy wasting is not…

FOR CONSCRIPTION AGAINST CONSCRIPTION 1. WAR-READY Europe is weak. Armies across Europe are struggling to find new recruits and are seeing their…

FOR CRYPTOCURRENCIES AGAINST CRYPTOCURRENCIES 1. A NEW ALTERNATIVE Critics of cryptocurrencies have to acknowledge that our current system is not so rosy….

FOR Government Surveillance AGAINST Government Surveillance 1. WE NEED TO BE KEPT SAFE We should not be naïve: the world is not…

FOR Globalization AGAINST Globalization 1. ONE BILLION PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY Between 1990 and 2010, the number of people living in extreme poverty…

FOR Legalising Drugs AGAINST Legalising Drugs 1. PERSONAL FREEDOM If they are not harming other people, the government has no right to restrict what…

FOR the death penalty AGAINST the death penalty 1. JUSTICE… An eye for an eye. The death penalty is reserved for…