EXERCISE 14.3

EXERCISE 14.3

Formulate an arguable statement, and create a working thesis, for two of the following general topics.

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    The Palestinian-Israeli conflict can be managed but not solved. Thesis: The U.S. government should not attempt to solve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict because (1) it is essentially religious, not political; neither side has a tradition of compromise; and (3) both sides will accept nothing less than possession of the same territories.
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    Teenagers benefit from sex education in public schools. Thesis: Funding for sex education in public schools should not be cut because sex education has been shown to lower the rates of both teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
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    College tuition is too expensive. Thesis: Lowering college tuition rates would benefit our entire society by allowing more people to become educated contributors to the country’s economy.
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    The reinstatement of the U.S. military draft would force every citizen to consider whether a war would be worth his or her life, or the life of a family member. Thesis: Reinstating the draft would help bring the reality of war home to the United States as it would force everyone, before they agreed to let the country go to war, to consider whether they themselves would be willing to fight.
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    Music downloading is a convenient, seemingly victimless kind of petty crime. Thesis: Because theft should not be tolerated, even on a small scale, colleges should uniformly forbid music downloading.