Discussion Topics

Controversial Questions
Is there any belief you would be willing to die for?
Are we becoming cyborgs?
How has globalization changed how the world views America?
Does globalization make the world more or less free?
How is globalization changing warfare?
Which protest method is more effective: violence or non-violence?
What kind of racism do you see in your neighborhood?
What kind of racism do you see in your school?
Was it right to drop the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Who has the power and authority in the United States? Who are the powerless? Why are the powerless unable to gain power?
Why is it that the government has so much power yet we have so little? What do we lose when we give power to the government? What do we gain in return?
Why is it that we as a nation are fighting a war? Would Iraq be more free if we weren't there? Is it our job to guarantee the freedom of another nation?
Are unions a thing of the past? In other words, do we even need them anymore?
Is it our responsibility to take of the nations with less power?
How can we prevent endangered species from becoming extinct?
What were one of the major misunderstandings throughout history? What can we learn from them?
Is school like a prison? Does this make it safer? Is it worth it? If it is a prison, what would make it more free?
"When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die."
Is it okay to cuff someone, put them into a police car and take them to jail if there only crime was coming to America?

How is the economy affecting your life?
Is school worth it?
Are we safer?
What is the biggest issue we face in our immediate community?
Which is more important: freedom or safety?
Will women ever have the same power as men?
Why are the people who start the wars never the same people who fight the wars?
Is your generation selfish?
Where does racism come from? Will it ever stop?
What are the pros and cons of technology?
Is it your responsibility to change the world?
What is more powerful: love or hate?
"History is a gallery of pictures, in which there are many copies and few originals"
Should we bother learning history if it's just going to repeat itself?
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. (Pericles)
Does religion make you lose faith in humanity?

Coming Soon!
If education is power, what is ignorance?
Does it require war to create peace?
Should community service be mandatory?
What's the best reason to work a job?
Does having a minority president change racism in America?
Who should not be allowed in America?
Should everyone have to take care of the poor?
What's more powerful: companies or countries?
Are Americans addicted to entertainment?
Would a one-world government lead to more peace? Or would it cause more oppression?
*Coming Soon: Free Speech Cases, etc.

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