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Mods should work to prevent and sanction personal attacks.
This debate was inspired by WriterDave's thread: http://www.debate.org/forums/debate.org/topic/20753/1In the OP, WriterDave suggests that the current moderator(s) ought to respond to personal insults and attacks by deleting abusive posts and comments. Taken a step further, repeat offenders should be banned. Almost every single person who posted in the thread disagrees with these sentiments, so I should have absolutely no problem finding an opponent for this debate. Round 1 will be util...
Pascals Wager is not a logic fallacy
Pascals wager in short for this debate can be summarized as: "God is, or He is not" A Game is being played... where heads or tails will turn up. According to reason, you can defend neither of the propositions. You must wager. (It's not optional.) Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is. (...) There is here an infinity of an infinitely h...
Obama is a Celebrity President
Simple debate, Obama has been called the "Celeberty Presedent" Lets decide here and now. I thank my opponent.Definitions: Celebrity: A person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity]President: The head of state and government of the United States. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States]Obama: Barack Hussein Obama II, born August 4,...
The Problem of Hell Redux (2)
I thank KeytarHero for agreeing to debate this with me. IntroductionI have already done two debates on this subject but I hope to tackle this issue yet again. [1][2]To reiterate, my position is that the existence of hell - conceived of as eternal, conscious torment (e.g. the "traditional" doctrine of hell) - is, in all likelihood, incompatible with the existence of a God who is conceived of as perfectly good (e.g. just, merciful, loving, etc), powerful, and wise. I think this problem presents a...
Faith schools are immoral, children should not be indoctrinated.
First round is for acceptance. I propose that so called "faith schools" are wrong, and should be outlawed. I believe that religion belongs in RS lessons, not ingrained in the curriculum of a school, and I would like to see some convincing arguments that oppose my views. No rules, just don't let this turn into a flame war esque exchange. Accepted on the premise that faith schools are moral and should not be outlawed. I will argue that children should not be brainwashed, but the indoctrinati...
Napoleon v. Washington
time: 1812 (Yes I know Washington was not in control then). I argue if there was a war AT THIS TIME in the US (assuming Washington controlled the military) would win. Factors taken out: Britain is not in the US at this time, ignore that war. We are assuming instead Napoleon was the invader of 1812 instead. No semantics trolling etc. 1st round acceptance. I argue Washington wins. I accept this debate challenge and will be arguing that the French Empire under Napoleon I would ha...
The MPAA rating system is a useless entity
The MPAA rating system is a useless entity that has not accomplished it suppose mission, which is keep parents informed of content of a movie. The MPAA rating systems goal as outlined by my opponent is to rate films G, PG, PG-13, R, etc. My opponent does get that correct. Now, my opponents case fails as it argues the rating has "no effect". But this makes no sense, you ask any kid (well most) and these kids that where 6 years old probably did not watch R movies. The MPAA creates a situation...
Death Penalty
The crimes of rape, torture, treason, kidnapping, murder, larceny, and perjury pivot on a moral code that escapes apodictic [indisputably true] proof by expert testimony or otherwise. But communities would plunge into anarchy if they could not act on moral assumptions less certain than that the sun will rise in the east and set in the west. Abolitionists may contend that the death penalty is inherently immoral because governments should never take human life, no matter what the provocation. But...
Abortion
Abortion is a medical procedure that involves terminating a pregnancy by the removing or expelling of a fetus or embryo from the uterus. Women all over the world have the right to choose what they want to do with their bodies. Pregnancy causes major changes in a females body, and these changes occur because of the child they are expecting. The majority of women who choose to have an abortion, mainly have one because they have the desire to delay childbearing or because they themselves are too yo...
Best Pun
Same rules as this:http://www.debate.org/debates/Best-Pun-Debate/1/ So that Pirate made me walk off the plank and I asked, "Can't I have one last mug of root beer?", and he said "That would be fine", so then I took the mug and jumped! And you know, I would've drowned if it hadn't been for one thing: Root Beer Floats! [1] The marvelous misadventures of Flapjack S1E10 I was wondering why the baseball was getting bigger ... and then it hit me....
Superman is the best superhero ever!
Superman is the best superhero ever! Nothing you can say or do can stop that Well, I have no idea why my opponent decided to challenge me personally but whatever. Since superheros do not actually exist, I've decided that best means which superhero is is the coolest/most interesting. I now turn the debate over to my opponent. ...
Her Majesty the Queen is a worthy owner of all Britain's wild swans
No doubt most of you read Britain's leading revolutionary anti-capitalist newspaper, The Socialist Worker, from cover to cover every week, but for those few who do not (and if not, why not, may I ask?) please find reproduced hereunder a short article from this week's edition which is entitled ‘What have toffs done to Cambridge swan?' "Concern is mounting for a swan that has been moved to a ‘secret location' — after attacking posh Cambridge University rowers. The class warrior bird had been...
The United States Should Suspend all Assistance to Pakistan
This debate is for 16k's debate tournament.The resolution is as follows:The united states should suspend all assistance to PakistanI will be affirming the resolution. Vmpire will be negating it.Round structure is as thus:1. Acceptance2. Cases only3-4. Rebuttals and defenseSome basic ground rules:1. Dropped arguments = concessions2. Forfeited round = 7 points to the victorLet's get this going. Accepted. :)...
An Iceberg did NOT sink the Titanic, THE GERMANS SANK IT!!!!!
This is part of Cheesedingo1's troll debate tournament, the resolution is stated above. I will be arguing that the Titanic did not sink from being hit by an iceberg, instead it was sunk by a German submarine in 1912 as an early act of hostility against the British for World War 1. I am pro this resolution, con is against this resolution. Let the debate begin >:) I accept. As Con, I will try to prove that the sinking of the Titanic was, in fact, caused by an Iceberg from Pluto, NOT...
should beyonce have dropped out of high school to join destinys child
I think that she shouldn't have. Especially because she has a baby to attend to she really shouldn't be trying to go back now. Nothing is worth your education. A high school education increases an average lifetime earning potential approximately $400,000 beyond the lifetime earnings of someone with no high school[1].Beyonce made $87,000,000 in from 2009-2010 alone [2].This Beyonce's choice was clearly worth more than a typical education.Bonus fact, she's getting her GED [3] so its also a case of...