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This House Would Implement Mandatory Paternity Leave for New Fathers
Geographical contexts might prove to be a (slight) problem in this debate, if not any. This pertains to the idea of patriarchal/matriarchal values that might differ in some middle-eastern countries and Islamic Sharia countries. Team Affirmative Argument 1: Because we would like to promote gender equality. Instead of this motion being an action of government…
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This House Believes That First-Time Offenders Should Not Be Sent to Jail
One of the law/CJS classics that contains the good old “motivation versus impact”. Picture a scenario of two people drunk driving. The first person hit a tree. The second person hit, and killed, a man. Under normal circumstances (status quo!), Person A is going to be sentenced less harshly than Person B. This means that…