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Derek.Gunn's Debates
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The united states should declare war on Iran
1. "War should be the politics of last resort and when we go to war we should have the understanding and support of our people."- Colin powell. That quote shows a big part of my position, the US people would not stand behind another war and that is enough of a reason not to do it. 2. Iran is a militarial nation. They have as of 6 months ago a 350,000 man standing army. They are not a bunch of farmers with pitchforks over there. Iraq had no where near this man power when we invaded. This will...
should public school students wear uniforms
I dont think so...
It ought to be illegal to require students to work past 10:00 (pm) on a school night.
My least favorite place in the existence of all lively hood without a doubt is the scum that is Kmart... You see, this is where I work on a weekly basis, and I HATE IT! There are several reasons for this, and one of those reasons is their clever system of scheduling. For example, next Tuesday I work from 6:00 p.m. - 12:15 a.m. This would be the week of semester tests by the way. Speaking of which, I work from 7:00 p.m. - 12:15 a.m. the night before semester tests. I think that this is ridiculous...
The Ecology Movement Has Become a Religion
(Definitions) It is good to want clean water and clean air. Most religions contain beneficial beliefs like "love thy neighbor" that are reasonable and practical guidelines for living. What distinguishes religion from ordinary social beliefs is an irrational component based upon faith. There are distinctive religious practices that only serve to please the gods of the religion or to increase the social binding of the group. For example, religious believers are called upon to perform certain cerem...
Obama is going to make a bad president
Im not tring to be racist or anything but i think Obama will make a bad president because everyone thinks he will get assasinated...
Anthropogenic Global Warming
Anthropogenic Global Warming is enough of a threat to take action against it. I am not certain if it is real; neither side it. But, what I do know is that if we do not take action against it as soon as possible, and it turns out to be real; we will face irreversible side-effects. I will now explain my basic and SIMPLIFIED arguments. I will expand on them as the debate advances. Green House Gases control the global temperatures. This is what keeps us stable; unlike how it is on the moon. We...
Traffic lights either need to be replaced with humans, or manually operated.
I say that traffic lights (you know, those annoying things with the green, yellow and red changing lights on street intersections) need to be replaced, either with the old fashion rent-a-cop in the middle of the street to intelligently direct traffic, or an office were people manually operate the lights. This means my esteemed opponent thinks that street lights need to be kept the way they are: annoying and inefficient, although they'll probably say otherwise. By now, most of us should be abl...
Given the Bible, God is Morally Repugnant and Undeserving of Praise (+).
I could have simply phrased this debate "God is Morally Repugnant and Undeserving of Praise" but then I remembered a debate I was just in where the person who accepted the debate gets to define God. This is not the case here - for purposes of this debate, we shall defer to the Judeo-Christian sense of God, and if it pleases my opponent, we may use the same version of a "mainstream" Bible - I would suggest the New American Bible, for it is the one I shall present my opening arguments from. Th...
Given the Bible, God is Morally Repugnant and Undeserving of Praise.
I could have simply phrased this debate "God is Morally Repugnant and Undeserving of Praise" but then I remembered a debate I was just in where the person who accepted the debate gets to define God. This is not the case here - for purposes of this debate, we shall defer to the Judeo-Christian sense of God, and if it pleases my opponent, we may use the same version of a "mainstream" Bible - I would suggest the New American Bible, for it is the one I shall present my opening arguments from. Th...
Ok, seriously; VIDEO GAMES DON'T MAKE PEOPLE VIOLENT
Ok, seriously! This seems like a topic that is always on the wrong side. Nobody ever really thinks about it except to be negative, and now I will start my argument: Everyone says that the kids from the Columbine were Doom Addicts. 1st of all, I play Doom A LOT. And I play Mortal Kombat A LOT. That doesn't mean I'm gonna bring an SMG to school and start going on a massacre, ripping people's heads off left and right. The kids from the Columbine Massacre had psychological issues. Not everyone you...