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1. Re-emergence of U.S. Fascism
Agree Argument 2 - FASCIST-FRIENDLY POWER BROKERS
"The Roaming Ghost Case"
You have probably been talking with your friends at school and heard a rumor about a teacher or principal in your community doing something that many consider "socially ...
Date Created: 1/7/2003 7:54:00 AM
2. Affirmative Action
Agree Argument 2 - PRESENCE OF DISCRIMINATION
"The Tainted Ground Case."
Imagine that the grade school you went to turns out to have been built on a toxic waste site, and you and all of your classmates might have been poisoned and become sick ...
Date Created: 1/12/2002
3. Genetic Engineering - On Humans
Agree Argument 3 - CLONING BODY PARTS AND BODY FLUIDS
"The Pillow of Life Case"
Imagine standing next to a bed at night in a hospital, watching your grandmother die because of a failing organ. You notice the antiseptic smell of the hospital sheets, ...
Date Created: 12/10/2001
4. Civil Liberties in the U.S.
Disagree Argument 9 - 4TH AMENDMENT - PROTECTION AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEARCHES
"THE CHILLING WIND CASE"
Have you ever been at school telling a friend a secret and they whisper it to classmates like leaves blowing in the school parking lot? The chill of betrayal is how you m ...
Date Created: 11/2/2001
5. Civil Liberties in the U.S.
Disagree Argument 9 - 4TH AMENDMENT - PROTECTION AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEARCHES
"The Wing Whacking Case"
Have you ever been vacuuming a rug in your house and sucked up an insect through the long dark tube, its wings whacked like the snap of cap gun fire? Similar to the in ...
Date Created: 10/29/2001
6. AIDS as a Biological Weapon
Agree Argument 3 - EXTENSIVE U.S. BIO-WEAPONS RESEARCH
"The Digested Immune System Case."
You have probably heard about the Nimda computer virus at school or in the news. It invades the computer when you open an attached file in your e-mail and then damages ...
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7. Genetic Engineering - On Humans
Disagree Argument 11 - UNEQUAL ACCESS TO LIFE AND LIMB
"The Shell Game for the Poor Case"
Imagine you are home at the kitchen table with a sobbing family member who sits in pain after having fallen out of a tree and broken his arm. The money that will be need ...
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8. Genetic Engineering - On Viruses
Disagree Argument 1 - UNINTENDED KILLER VIRUSES
"The Crackle Pop Lab Case"
Imagine standing at a lab table in chemistry class during 5th hour when a lab accident happens. A fizzing gas fills the room with a stench that crackles through your sinu ...
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9. Medical-Assisted Suicide
Disagree Argument 7 - EXPERT OPINION
"The Starving Birds Case"
Imagine you are in the middle of a student council meeting and the president asks for a vote on setting up a dance music DJ during Friday's lunch once a month, after whic ...
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10. Nuclear Power
Disagree Argument 12 - ENDANGERMENT OF THE POPULATION
"The Loaded Gun Case"
Imagine you and your brother are looking for a sweatshirt or something jumping over your parent's bed and you discover in your parent's bedroom a gun and some ammunition. ...
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