Speaker 3 Impatience Should plastic bags be banned? Begin at the beginning... and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

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1 Round I Integrity Should charter schools be able open to all students? We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation. ~François VI de la Rochefoucault Solace Should all Genetically Modified food be labeled? A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure. ~Lee Segall Impatience Should plastic bags be banned? Begin at the beginning... and go on till you come to the end: then stop. ~Lewis Carroll Accommodation Should restaurants include calorie counts in their menus? Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. ~Andre Gide Ignorance Should driver license renewal require a driving test every 5 years? Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. ~Aesop Limitations Should US citizens be automatically registered to vote at age 18? I am a part of all that I have met. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson Enthusiasm Should public schools have armed guards? There's more to the truth than just the facts. ~Author Unknown

2 Round II Conquest Should public schools reduce the importance of standardized testing? The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer. ~Edward R. Murrow Reliance Should welfare or other assistance programs be tied to drug testing of beneficiaries? Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb Relevance Should the minimum wage be raised? Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. ~Ludwig Börne Optimism Should the US spend less on the military? If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky? ~Stanislaw J. Lec Opulence Should the age of Social Security eligibility be raised to 70? When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Buddhist Proverb Courtesy Should the 2nd Amendment be absolute? Before enlightenment-chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment-chop wood, carry water. ~Zen Buddhist Proverb Abandon Should voting laws be standardized for all states? If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb

3 Round Semi-Finals Wisdom Should the US get rid of the penny? Knock on the sky and listen to the sound. ~Zen Saying Inquisition Should the US upgrade to a "smarter" electronic grid? By daily dying I have come to be. ~Theodore Roethke Lethargy How should internet neutrality be maintained? You never know what is enough, until you know what is more than enough. ~William Blake, Proverbs of Hell Opaque Should the Stand Your Ground laws be expanded? It requires a great deal of faith for a man to be cured by his own placebos. ~John L. McClenahan Splurge Should college athletes be paid? Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science. ~Henry David Thoreau Sarcasm Should the Supreme Court be required to follow the Federal Code of Conduct for Federal Judges? Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. ~Henri Louis Bergson Responsibility Should the US Constitution be amended to limit First Amendment rights from corporations? If you think you're free, there's no escape possible. ~Ram Dass

4 Round Finals Wit Should Social Security be privatized? The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter. ~G.C. Lichtenberg Aggression Should term limits be established for the US Congress? Don't miss the donut by looking through the hole. ~Author Unknown Silence Should the US Constitution be amended to include a right to vote? You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb Certainty Should the death penalty be abolished? To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday. ~John Burroughs Regret Should the US Postal Service be privatized? Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind. ~John Lancaster Spalding Revenge Should the US stop the use of drones in the Middle-East? We must remember that nothing in this world really belongs to us. At best, we are merely borrowers. ~Christopher Isherwood Allegiance Should political ads be required to be truthful? No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head. ~Terry Josephson

5 Extra Topics Resistance Should the interest on "pay day" loans be limited to no more than 10%? I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. Lewis Carroll,