The following is a list of unedited and non-vetted resolution suggestions from our membership.
- The iPhone should be abolished
- Diminutive words are better than long words
- The Canadian Senate should be abolished
- The Olympic Games are a waste of money
- Childhood vaccinations should be mandatory
- Demagoguery works best
- Morals are overrated
- It helps to be mentally unbalanced to be a good debater
- Trivia is very important
- Why is the Answer
- Canada needs the mandatory long form census
- Canadian territories should become provinces
- Ignorance is bliss
- If Israel has the bomb, why not Iran?
- The religious will inherit the earth
- It is better to be September than May
- Rights are more important than responsibilities
- Children are not born mean
- Thinking is more powerful than acting
- Vampires are the new pirates
- We must believe in free will, we have no choice
- Debaters don’t persuade, they pander
- Provincial governments should be abolished
- Canada needs a carbon tax
- Churches should no longer be tax exempt
- The Long Gun Registry is a real investment
- Statutory holiday shopping will benefit Toronto
- We have a duty to be provocative
- Bicycles and cars can’t co-exist peacefully
- Debating is an exercise in futility
- UFOs are a hoax
- It is not necessary to understand something to be able to debate it
- Canada needs term limits
- America is moving toward socialism
- Toronto city services should be privatized
- Smoking should be banned in homes with children
- Comedy (debates) (are/is) easy
- Who is to blame? Wall St. vs. Washington
- Community centres must be declared an essential service
- The Bank of Canada must offer services to individuals
- Love is better in the morning
- Worldwide Terrorism has run its course
- Ninjas are depicted accurately in the media
- No one will go to a restaurant if it is too crowded
- That proficiency in music rather than expertise in economics be made a requirement to run for election as the Prime Minister of Canada
- Education must be privatized
- High school must be an elective
- All water is bottled water
- Give peace a chance
- Pets should be banned from aircraft passenger cabins
- The school year/day needs to be longer
- Life should begin with death to get it out of the way
- Nutritional information should be stated on menus
- Celibacy is worse than poverty
- Canada should drop the queen as head of state
- If you want peace, forget justice
- Homeland security is an oxymoron
- Airline passengers should be compensated for delays
- Progress is over rated
- Proofreading is very
- The light at the end of the tunnel is most often an oncoming train
- The times makes the man (person) rather than the man (person) makes the times
- Society would benefit from the decriminalize all drugs
- Resort-style tourism in the third world should be abolished
- Tests cannot measure teacher achievement
- Committees take minutes and lose hours
- Religion is a bad influence on impressionable children
- Women are more complicated than men
- Don’t bother with sex education
- “Making love” is a dangerous euphemism
- Jailed criminals should have the right to vote
- We must not contact undiscovered human populations
- Split class in school is beneficial to children
- A hypothetical question deserves an answer
- Torontonians deserve more gravy
- The big bust is coming
- Canada should consider paying ransom for kidnapped Canadians
- Barbie has it all (is a girls best role model)
- Canadian senators should be elected
- The Toronto Island Airport must be closed
- Legal aliens should have an unqualified right to vote
- The Toronto Maple Leafs must be made a topic of national importance
- Oratory should be free of moral constraint
- Hubris causes more conflicts than religion
- Canadians would welcome “3 strikes and you are out” legislation
- If one does not succeed, one risks failure
- Right is the New Left
- The marketplace is a delusion
- Healthcare in Canada should offer a private option
- Watching sports is not as good as playing them
- We can learn from terrorists
- Humans are smarter than cats
- Canada benefits from the long gun registry
- Unions should be abolished
- The CBC must go
- Sunlight is the best disinfectant
- Take out is better than eating in
- Second marriages are more passionate
- Women are more complicated than men
- All foreigners living abroad should be taxed
- Debating is a blood sport exclusively reserved for the pompous and the vain
- Peaceful protesters are accessories to violent protesters
- Drug use/production should be a legal government monopoly
Toronto Debating Society
“The times makes the man (person) rather than the man (person) makes the times.”
Topic suggestion: Ignorance is bliss
Topic should read:
Resolved:
Ignorance is bliss. So is a blonde between the bed sheets.
(Isn’t that more fun to debate ?)
Suggestion: “A hypothetical question deserves an answer.”
All humans would be better off if more humans were vegetarians.
A Canadian “Carbon Tax” would be of benefit to Canada.
Is split class in school beneficial to children?
Should healthcare in Canada offer private health care option?
Resolved :
That the performance of the Toronto Maple Leafs be made a topic of national importance and that the three Toronto dailies be compelled to carry a front-page article on them every week.
(I find that most topics proposed are too serious or restrictive)
F.
Resolved:
That proficiency in music rather than expertise in economics be made a requirement to run for election as the Prime Minister of Canada.
(I have a few more…)
Resolved:
That debating is a blood sport exclusively reserved for the pompous and the vain.
(last one for today…)
One more came to me tonight:
Resolved:
That the Toronto Stock Exchange be renamed the Toronto Stockyards, so as to not frighten away investors when the bulls are running.
One last one:
Resolved:
Levying a tax on VIAGRA is roughly equivalent to letting sleeping dogs lie.
Airline passengers should be compensated for delays
Canada should drop the queen as head of state
America is moving toward socialism
Childhood vaccinations should be mandatory
The Olympic Games are a waste of money
Canada should consider paying ransom for kidnapped Canadians
All foreigners living abroad should be taxed
Bicycles and cars can’t co-exist peacefully.
Right is the New Left
If you want peace, forget justice
The religious will inherit the earth
We can learn from terrorists
UFOs are a hoax.
We must believe in free will, we have no choice.
Debaters don’t persuade, they pander.
“Making love” is a dangerous euphemism.
Women are more complicated than men.
Celibacy is worse than poverty.
Humans are smarter than cats.
Don’t bother with sex education.
Diminutive words are better than long words.
Women are more complicated than men.
Proofreading is very.
Ninjas are depicted accurately in the media.
All water is bottled water.
If one does not succeed, one risks failure.
Life should begin with death to get it out of the way.
No one will go to a restaurant if it is too crowded.
The light at the end of the tunnel is most often an oncoming train.
Committees take minutes and lose hours.
Comedy is easy.
Comedy debates are easy.