Human Cloning, a science unlike any other

In 1997 a sheep by the name of "Dolly" was cloned. This caused stirred reaction all over the world. The U.S. banned federal funding for cloning. Many world organizations have passed resolutions asserting that human cloning is both morally and legally wrong. However, cloning research still exists behind the scenes world wide. Do you think it's wrong or are we limiting scientific research?
Motions:
1. Maintain a ban on cloning.
2. Loosen the ban on cloning for scientific research.

What is your stance on the issue? Back up your opinion with viable arguments.

Censoring the Internet

The Internet is the fastest growing and happens to be the the greatest tool for mass communication and information distribution all over the world. Increased concern has arised over violent and sexual content. For example, terrorist activities, child pornography, and even instructions to making weapons. Thus, some have called for censorship.
Motions:
1. Censorship of the internet.
2. No censorship of the internet.

What is your stance on the issue? Back up your stance with viable arguments.

Censoring the Arts

Democracies today value free expression. Yet, free expression and freedom of speech is never absolute in society. Some members of society are disturbed by correlations shown among watching violent films, television shows, video games and the violent behavior that exists.
Motions:
1. One side may support censorship of the arts.
2. Censorship is totally against censorship of the arts

What is your stance on the issue? Back it up with reasonable arguments?

Greek Analysis

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

~Aristotle~

What is your interpretation of the quote?

Greek Analysis

Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.

~Socrates~

What is your interpretation of the quote?

Greek Analysis

Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

~Plato~

What is your interpretation of the quote?

Greek Analysis

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
~Plato~

What is your interpretation of the quote?

Greek Analysis

Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil.
~Plato~

What is your interpretation of the quote?