Proponents of Ballistic Missile Defense ( BMD ) argue that MAD is exceptionally dangerous in that it essentially offers a single course of action in the event of nuclear attack: full retaliatory response.

Proponents of extreme programming and other agile methodologies describe this activity as an integral part of the software development cycle.

Proponents recategorize autistic symptoms as telepathic powers, and attempt to " the autistic traits associated with them as part of a positive identity.

Proponents of fox hunting view it as an important part of rural culture and useful for reasons of conservation and pest control, while opponents argue that it is cruel and unnecessary.

Proponents of Afrocentrism support the claim that the contributions of various African people have been downplayed or discredited as part of the legacy of colonialism and slavery's pathology of " writing Africans out of history " Critics of Afrocentricity accuse it of pseudo-history, reactionary and therapy.

Proponents of pluralism argue that this negotiation process is the best way to achieve the common good: since everyone can participate in power and decision-making ( and can claim part of the ownership of the results of exercising power ) there can also be widespread participation and a greater feeling of commitment from society members, and therefore better outcomes.

Proponents of state socialism claim the state, through practical considerations of governing, must play at least a temporary part in building socialism.

Proponents believe that non-optimal levels of certain substances can cause health issues beyond simple deficiency and see balancing them as an integral part of health.

Proponents of the stone's authenticity point to sporadic examples of these simpler forms in some 14th century texts and to the great changes of the morphological system of the Scandinavian languages that began during the latter part of that century.

Proponents of the aquatic ape hypothesis believe that part of human evolution includes some aquatic adaptation, which has been said to explain human hairlessness, bipedalism, increased subcutaneous fat, descended larynx, vernix caseosa, a hooded nose and various other physiological and anatomical changes.

Proponents of this theory believe that short-term investors are more prevalent in the fixed-income market, and therefore longer-term rates tend to be higher than short-term rates, for the most part, but short-term rates can be higher than long-term rates occasionally.

Proponents of linguistic macrofamilies have suggested that Hurro-Urartian is part of an " Alarodian " phylum, together with Northeast Caucasian and further as " Macro-Caucasian ", but these theories are without support in mainstream linguistics.

Proponents of the zombie argument may think that conceptual analysis is a central part of ( if not the only part of ) philosophy and that it certainly can do a great deal of philosophical work.

Proponents of this economic model distinguish it from Market socialism: Market socialists believe that economic planning is unattainable, undesirable or ineffective, and thus view the market as an integral part of socialism, whereas proponents of the socialist market economy view markets as a temporary phase in development of a fully planned economy.

Proponents allege that the train was destroyed, and all the soldiers involved in the discovery were killed as part of a coverup.

Proponents of the effort, dubbed Amendment A, claimed it merely " clarified " existing constitutional language ; opponents claimed it was part of an attempt to strip the Board of Directors of some of its powers.

Proponents of intelligent design argue to the public that their concept does not posit the identity of the designer as part of this effort.

Proponents suggest that some of this opposition is motivated in part by ownership of real-estate on Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard or the mainland and that it raises issues of environmental justice.

Proponents of a Jewish state and Jewish army agitated, but many leaders were so fearful of an antisemitic backlash inside the U. S. that they demanded that all Jews keep a low public profile.

Proponents planned to appeal the postponement to the U. S. Supreme Court.

Proponents tout the 35 jobs and benefits to the local economy, as well as helping to offset a ten billion dollar seafood trade imbalance that the U. S. has with other countries.

Proponents claimed that the extension would save " the equivalent of " of oil per day, but this figure was based on U. S. Department of Energy information from the 1970s, the accuracy and relevance of which the DoE no longer stands by.

Proponents of raw milk ( in the U. S .) advance two basic arguments for unpasteurized milk.

Proponents of U. S. unilateralism generally believe that a multilateral institution, such as the United Nations, is morally suspect because, they argue, it treats non-democratic, and even despotic, regimes as being as legitimate as democratic countries.

Proponents and critics are also sharply divided on managed care's overall impact on the quality of U. S. health care delivery.

Proponents argue that the FTF aligns the U. S. with the rest of the world, according to the original U. S. patent system, and brings more certainty, simplicity and economy to the patent process, all of which allow greater patent participation by startups.

The Army's active duty Special Operations Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations units, along with the Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Force Modernization / Branch Proponents, continue to fall under the U. S. Army Special Operations Command and its subordinate United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School respectively.

Proponents of MAI ( such as the U. S., Canada, and several EU members ) continue to promote similar to MAI investment provisions through regional trade agreements, bilateral investment treaties, bilateral free-trade agreements and discussion at the World Trade Organization to be incorporated into the General Agreement on Trade in Services.

Proponents of single elements tend to ensure predominance of that element without determining if it is justified, and the element with the most enthusiastic and vociferous proponents has assumed the greatest importance.

Proponents of Zen to the West emphasize disproportionately the amount of Mahayana Buddhism in Zen, probably in order to dignify the indisputably magical Taoist ideas with more respectable Buddhist metaphysic.

Proponents of ethical altruism maintain that individuals are morally obligated to act altruistically.

Proponents prefer " America the Beautiful " for various reasons, saying it is easier to sing, more melodic, and more adaptable to new orchestrations while still remaining as easily recognizable as " The Star-Spangled Banner.

Proponents of Universal Reconciliation point out that this has significant implications for the problem of hell.

Proponents of repeal argue that the clause is a bigoted anachronism ; Cardinal Winning, who was leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, called the act an " insult " to Catholics.

Proponents of both Atlantis as a myth and Atlantis as history have argued that the word refers to Crantor.

Proponents of the adversarial system often argue that the system is more fair and less prone to abuse than the inquisitional approach, because it allows less room for the state to be biased against the defendant.

Proponents of inquisitorial justice dispute these points.

Proponents of Raw foodism argue that cooking food increases the risk of some of the detrimental effects on food or health.

Proponents argued that the name Dominion Day was a holdover from the colonial era, an argument given some impetus by the patriation of the Canadian Constitution in 1982, and others asserted that an alternative was needed as the term does not translate well into French.

Proponents of this position believe that the presence of believers during the tribulation is necessary for a final evangelistic effort during a time when external conditions will combine with the Gospel message to bring great numbers of converts into the Church in time for the beginning of the Millennium.

Proponents of this idea argue either that such diversity is valuable in itself, to preserve human historical heritage and knowledge, or instrumentally valuable because it makes available more ways of solving problems and responding to catastrophes, natural or otherwise.

Proponents argue that the First Cause is exempt from having a cause, while opponents argue that this is special pleading or otherwise untrue.

Proponents of the name acknowledged that the Cleveland Spiders of the National League had sometimes been informally called the " Indians " during Sockalexis ' short career there, a fact which merely reinforced the new name.

Proponents emphasize that technology should be implemented only in the context of careful strategic and operational planning.

Proponents of a formalized leadership and succession suggest that Clement succeeded Pantaenus as leader of the school, and was succeeded himself by Origen.

Proponents of the CVBG argue that it provides unmatched firepower and force projection capabilities.

Proponents argue that the inter-rater reliability of DSM diagnoses ( via a specialized Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV ( SCID ) rather than usual psychiatric assessment ) is reasonable, and that there is good evidence of distinct patterns of mental, behavioral or neurological dysfunction to which the DSM disorders correspond well.

Proponents argue that the deep and lasting truths of the dharma become implicitly present to those who practice mindfulness, truths that lead practitioners to experience changes that astonish and humble all involved.

Proponents of the French bow argue that it is more maneuverable, due to the angle at which the player holds the bow.

Proponents of the use of German bow claim that the German bow is easier to use for heavy strokes that require a lot of power.

Proponents of the distinction, however, state that deprogramming entails coercion and confinement.

Proponents of moral science like Ronald A. Lindsay have counter-argued that their way of understanding " morality " as a practical enterprise is the way we ought to have understood it in the first place.