C. Open IPDA Event Prompts
Round 1 - Prep @ 10:00am/Speak @ 10:30am
Speaker 1
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When in conflict, progress is preferable preservation.
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The USFG should do more to protect the environment.
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Another pandemic is inevitable.
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Mindfulness apps do more harm than good.
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The USFG ought to pay reparations.
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Round 2 Prep @ 11:15am/ Speak @11:45
Speaker 1
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Carbon trading is not sustainable long-term.
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All salaries should be public information.
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Ethical concerns are more important than economic concerns.
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When in conflict, honesty is preferable to loyalty.
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College education should be free.
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Round 3 - Prep @ 12:45pm/ Speak @ 1:15pm
Speaker 1
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Collaboration ought to be valued over efficiency.
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Healthcare in the US should be universal.
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When in conflict, accountability is more important than harmony.
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The UN should eliminate veto power in the Security Council.
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The War on Drugs is over.
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Round 4 - Prep @2:30 / Speaker @ 3:00pm
Speaker 1
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The USFG should do more to limit poverty amongst its citizens.
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Politicians ought to value representation of constituents over personal principle.
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The US is no longer the world’s greatest power.
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The electoral college should be abolished.
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Use of drone strikes is immoral.
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Open Quarters/C.C. Final -Prep@4:00pm/Speak@4:30pm
Speaker 1
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All felons should have the right to vote in the US.
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When forced to choose one over the other, creativity is preferable to practicality.
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Use of eminent domain is unjust.
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Nuclear warfare will never happen again.
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The USFG should reform its disaster preparedness programs.
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Semi-Finals - Prep @5:15 / Speak @ 5:45
Speaker 1
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Cities should value public health above all else.
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US foreign policy ought to change radically.
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When in conflict, quality of life is preferable to the presence of life.
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More should be done to ensure fair and free elections in the US.
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Streaming services are becoming cable.
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Open Finals - Prep @6:15/ Speak @ 6:45
Speaker 1
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All permanently inhabited US territories should receive statehood.
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Judicial activism is always immoral.
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In the US, for-profit prisons should be abolished.
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Personal freedom should be valued above all else.
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Superbugs are the greatest threat to human life.
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