Positions

Difficult climatic conditions and evidence of famine has led some scholars to argue that environmental pressures, particularly in Anatolia and the Levant, may have created the Sea People. Material culture and origin myths from Italy support this claim.

According to Greek history the Mycenaeans carried out pirate raiding trips around the Mediterranean. Some of these seafaring Greeks became the Philistines, one of the groups potentially identified in the Egyptian sources.

There have been a plethora of issues with the Seattle Mariners over their franchise history, especially within the context of the wider MLB. Seattle is a strong candidate for the worst of the worst.

This position holds that the Star Wars sequel trilogy is better than the prequels. It argues that the sequels boast far higher production values, stronger scripts and performances, and that they add more to the saga's world and mythology than the much-maligned prequels did.

This entry documents the fringe theory that the lost colonists of Roanoke were abducted by aliens. Proponents argue it would explain why no bodies were ever found at the sites—though there is no evidence for it, and historians favour far more earthly explanations.

A previous attempt to colonized Roanoke Island had been made between 1585 and 1586, but they soon returned to England after attacks from Native Americans. It is more than possible that the same event could have occurred with this batch of colonists as well.

153 notable signatories from across the political and ideological spectrum, including many academics and authors, claim cancel culture is eroding our freedoms, curtails free speech and is bad for democracy.

This position holds that the so-called snowflake generation exists only in contrast to those before it. It argues that each generation is judged against its predecessors, that it is for the individual to decide how they measure up — and that this generation actually has it harder, not easier.

This position holds that the 'snowflake generation' is not real. It argues the term is no genuine demographic cohort but a movable insult — the generations it targets, millennials and Gen Z, span some forty years, far too broad to dismiss as uniformly oversensitive.

This position holds that the 'snowflake generation' is tied to the rise of conservatism. It argues the label only exists in relation to a resurgent right, and that without that clash—and the platform amplifying it—the two warring sides would never have collided and the term never caught on.

This position catalogues the theory that the Soviet Union was behind John F. Kennedy's assassination. It holds that Lee Harvey Oswald — who had defected to the USSR — acted as a Soviet agent, casting the killing as a Cold War operation. It runs counter to the official findings.

The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765 on its colonists in North America. The tax on the colonies was to pay off the British debt that incurred during its war with France. However, the colonists did not have representation in Parliament and therefore believed that the Stamp Act was unjust.

This position holds that the state should pay for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's security. It argues the state has a duty to protect its citizens, that royal protection is effectively a birthright, and that the couple's risk of attack makes public funding warranted.

This position presents the Stratfordian view: that William Shakespeare of Stratford wrote the works bearing his name. It argues the simplest evidence settles it — his name is on the plays and poems — and that there is nothing implausible about a gifted common man from Warwickshire.

This position holds that student loan debt should be reformed rather than wholly eliminated. It argues that loans have come to serve lenders' profit through compounding interest rather than students' needs, and that overhauling the system would ease repayment and free all parties economically.

This position holds that 'snowflake' is a politicised insult rather than a real generational label. It argues the term is hurled at those seen as taking political stances too emotionally, and functions chiefly as a slur from the political right aimed at the left.

China increasing tariffs on U.S. imports such as food will produce a rise in price for Chinese consumers. Large tariffs of Chinese exports will reduce exports and manufacturing and cause damage to China’s economy. Together, these mean that the trade war will place China at a significant disadvantage.

The United States should pick its fights better; the trade war with China will harm United States consumers and businesses by causing exporters to lose business and U.S. consumers to pay higher prices.

The trade war harms international free trade. It causes collateral damage to global economies. The trade war is also indicative of a broader isolationist foreign policy direction that undermines global economic institutions which are good for the world.

The trade war is good for China because it provides an incentive for market expansion in domestic consumption and exports, encourages innovation, and necessitates diversifying where it imports from. Also, China is more likely to win the trade war because it can last longer and cause more damage to the United States.

The U.S. has the upper hand; it is likely to win the trade war because it can place tariffs on more imports from China than China can place on imports from the United States. Winning will force China to stop its unfair trading practices which will make the U.S. more competitive and bring jobs back to the United States.

The trade war is good for the world because if China wants to stop the harm that the trade war is causing it then they will be forced to stop engaging in unfair economic practices. It will reinstate a rules-based order to the global economy.

While China does engage in unfair trading practices, the trade war violates international norms. The U.S. should not have used a coalition instead of a bilateral approach. It also should have used a more effective means of retaliation instead of tariffs.

The trade war is a legitimate response to China's unfair economic practices. America is just trying to protect itself by applying tariffs. This will force China to stop its unfair practices if it wants to negotiate an end to the trade war.

Shakespeare's tragedies use Aristotle's theory of tragedy, featuring a tragic hero with a fatal flaw which causes his downfall. They are enduringly popular, with 'Hamlet' and 'Romeo and Juliet' remaining famous worldwide.

This position holds that the UK's two-party system is likely to give way to a multi-party one. It argues that smaller parties are playing an ever-larger role and that a rising share of voters is backing them, gradually eroding the dominance of the two main parties.

This position holds that the UK's two-party system is likely to remain. It argues that the Conservative and Labour parties will continue to be the only two capable of forming a UK-wide government, as they always have — the structure of British politics enduring despite smaller parties' gains.

This position holds that the UK's two-party system will endure, but with a rotating cast of protest parties around it. It argues that the Conservatives and Labour will remain the parties of government, while smaller protest parties rise and fall without ever truly threatening that dominance.

Many stood to gain from the deaths of the two young princes, and the list of suspects is limitless. That being said, there are a few notable suspects with proper means, motive, and opportunity.

Proportional Representation is more democratic. It gives a greater voice to candidates and parties that have long been eclipsed in first-past-the-post voting. It also ensures that fewer votes are wasted and means that everyone's votes go toward electing a government that is more representative of the national political opinion.

The UK held a referendum on electoral reform in 2011. Although the referendum was regarding an Alternative Vote system instead of Proportional Representation, the result was clear. Just under 68% of the voting public voted decisively to keep the First Past the Post system. This shows there is little majority for electoral reform in the UK.

This position holds the United States is a poor country in which to live. Its argument points to the US ranking only 15th for quality of life, citing high living costs, weak affordability and political-stability scores, and public-safety concerns as evidence it falls short of the best.

This position holds that the United States is a favourable country to live in. It points to American higher education, home to many of the world's top-ranked universities, and to its economic strength — a stable reserve currency, high incomes and plentiful jobs — as defining advantages.

This position holds that the US lost the Vietnam War because it was unwinnable from the start. It argues the conflict was an all-consuming quagmire with no realistic path to victory, so that no strategy, leadership, or level of commitment could ever have delivered an American win.

The South Vietnamese Government should have done more to help with the war effort. It was their country, their civil war, and ultimately responsibility for defending it must fall on their shoulders.

This position holds that the US lost the Vietnam War on the home front. It argues that domestic turmoil tied successive presidents' hands, that losing the support of the American public doomed the effort, and that the 1968 'gold and dollar' economic crisis sapped the war's resources.

This position holds that the West should actively isolate Vladimir Putin. It argues he has shown time and again that he cannot be trusted, so engagement is futile, and that diplomatic and economic isolation is the only sound response to his conduct.