<p>Birdkiller, I don't think that arbiter was saying Abu Grahib was justification for torture, I think that he was giving some examples of torture that got a lot of media coverage to look into.</p>
<p>Censorship- I did this for a research paper.</p>
<p>Maybe whether the government should allow scientists to research certain dangerous things (such as nuclear weapons, the smallpox virus, etc.)</p>
<p>(Of course stem cell research is a subset of this controversy)</p>
<p>-legalization of prostitution
-the requirement of an HPV vaccine in middle schoolers
-nuclear proliferation
-the citizenship of children born in the US to illegal immigrants
-the use of ethanol
-the decline of a secular state with an increasing religious right population in middle america</p>
<p>gay marriage
i was thinking iraq war too, but it's pretty a consensus that ongoing war in Iraq is senseless
zionism</p>
<p>socialized medicine
Mandatory vaccination of teenage girls against HPV
minimum wage vs. living wage</p>
<p>we're doing this too for our english class lol</p>
<p>-gay marriage (BIG)
-abortion (BIG)
-stem cell research
-decline of languages/cultures (stupid americanization)
-national security
-poverty
-healthcare in the US
-minimum wage/inflation/economy
-the draft
-closing down mental institutions and leaving those mentally ill out on the streets homeless</p>
<p>I'd go with legalization of drugs. I have a lot to say about that. Namely that throwing drug addicts in prison is NOT a deterrent or an effective therapeutic solution; we MUST focus more on the therapeutic side of things rather than punitive. People slip up. It happens. How about a program like in Britain or Sweden where the government gives you incrementally smaller doses of drugs to wean people off of them? NOBODY has the ability to quit cold turkey, whether it's alcohol or heroin.</p>
<p>Cryonics. As evidenced by no one having mentioned it. People tend to get real into this once you explain what it is. I personally plan to join the less than 200 currently frozen one day (with any luck, not for eight or nine decades).</p>
<p>That whole "boy crisis" in education thing. We did a similar project in my AP Lang class and that worked pretty well.</p>
<p>reinstating the draft is a really good one if you understand both sides of the issue well</p>
<p>My two cents -- the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy.</p>