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* Free trade's notion of specialization is risky for countries - If a country specializes according to the principles advocated typically by free traders, it would put all of its eggs in one basket, exposing itself to risks in this way. * Companies that out-source cheaper labor aren't...

* Protectionism is discriminatory When a country protects its industries, it favors its own people over foreign people. This in itself is discriminatory. Also, a country typically can protect itself in different ways against different countries, and can play favorites in this way. Protectionism...

* Free trade is better for consumers Free trade is generally known for decreasing prices by ensuring that countries and people specialize in their comparative advantages. Lower prices for consumers means that consumers can spend less on necessities, enabling them to spend more on other things in...

* Free Trade enables people to specialize and benefit from global productive skills Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, at the Montana Economic Development Summit 2007, Butte, Montana, May 1, 2007 - "At the most basic level, trade is beneficial because it allows people to specialize in...

Without a constitution, ICC cannot adequately protect rights John R. Bolton. "The United States and the International Criminal Court". Remarks to the Federalist Society. 14 Nov. 2002 - "The ICC does not, and cannot, fit into a coherent, international structural "constitutional" design that...

ICC is not historically comparable to the Nuremberg tribunal Gary T. Dempsey. "Reasonable Doubt: The Case Against the Proposed International Criminal Court". CATO Institute. 16 July 1998 - "It is common for proponents of the ICC to argue that it will function like a permanent Nuremberg...

ICC courts uphold individual rights and due process Wes Rist. "The Conservative Case for the International Criminal Court Six Years In". Jurist. 10 Dec. 2008 - "Finally, there are some valid due process concerns relating to the operation of the Rome Statute. While the process provisions of the...

* ICC is the best tool for fighting genocide and war crimes Roger Cohen. "A Court for a New America". New York Times. 3 Dec. 2008 - "After the terrible decade of the 1990s, with its genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda and the loss there of a million lives while the United States and its allies...

* Reforestation would have a negligible impact on global warming Andrea Thompson. "Trees Won't Fix Global Warming". Live Science. 8 Aug. 2007 - "The plan to use trees as a way to suck up and store the extra carbon dioxide emitted into Earth's atmosphere to combat global warming isn't such a hot...

* Trans fats can be replaced w/o changing taste/price. "Ban Trans Fats." Washington Post Editorial. November 6th, 2006: "We would sympathize with the opponents of the trans fat ban if it weren't so easy and inexpensive to use other, less harmful products without significantly altering the taste...

Trans fat ingredient has replacements unlike tobacco/alcohol. Opponents of banning trans fats frequently compare the idea with that of banning alcohol or tobacco. You can't ban trans fats if you're not willing to also ban tobacco and alcohol, they say. But, this misses a key difference. While...

Trans fats can be replaced w/o changing taste/price. "Ban Trans Fats." Washington Post Editorial. November 6th, 2006: "We would sympathize with the opponents of the trans fat ban if it weren't so easy and inexpensive to use other, less harmful products without significantly altering the taste of...

* Govt experts needed to protect citizens from trans fats. "The Trans Fats Ban--Posner's Response to Comments." The Becker Posner Blog. December 24th, 2006: "one can never expect government to get things just right, given the play of politics. There are always going to be silly regulations, but...

* No amount of trans fats healthy, unlike other fats. Catherine Winters. "How to Spot Sneaky Fat: The Truth About Hidden Trans Fats." Ladies Home Journal: "While we know what a healthy level of saturated fat is (10 percent or less of your daily calories), no one knows what a healthy level would...

* Trans fats are uniquely bad for human health "Ban Trans Fats." Washington Post Editorial. November 6th, 2006: "The evidence that doctors and public health experts presented makes you think twice about picking up a Whopper: Trans fats, which are chemically engineered, decrease levels of...

* Kangaroos are part of Australia's identity. In Australia, the kangaroo is part of their identity. The animal is on the coat of arms, 50c coin and is native to Australia. People from all around the world associate Australia with kangaroos. It is, subsequently, wrong to kill kangaroos. It would...

* Kangaroos should just be moved, not culled. The main justification for the culling of Kangaroos is that they are overpopulating specific areas, which strains the ecosystem of that area or simply concentrates difficulties for local human populations. Why not simply move a portion of the...

* Cullings of any kind are cruel to animals. Murder is cruel, always. Kangaroos have a mind, they feel pain, they don't want to die. By culling them, we would be going against the perfectly reasonable wish and natural impulse of these animals. This is cruel. * Culling kangaroos is inhumane...

* Kangaroos are native to Australia., balanced with ecosystem. The kangaroo is native to Australia and does not damage the environment. Kangaroos have evolved as Australian animals and have existed in Australia for 16 million years. Their grazing impact is only a fraction of a sheep's and they...

* Kangaroos are ruining the habitat of rare lizards and other species A report released in early 2008 recommended the immediate slaughter of Kangaroos to protect lowland native grasslands and threatened species, such as the grassland earless dragon, the striped legless lizard, and golden sun...