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Eris

23-year old male in Davis, California, United States.

Online:	3 Years Ago	Name:	- Private -
Updated:	3 Years Ago	Gender:	Male
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Ideology:	Other	Education:	Graduate Degree
Party:	Other	Ethnicity:	White
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Interested:	No Answer	Occupation:	Student
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5 Debates

The United States should change towards the use of alternative fuel and away from fossil fuels.

Here I will argue for the presumption that the United States should change towards the use of alternative fuel and away from fossil fuels. I define the United States to mean the public as a whole and not just the government. Alternative fuels are fuels that are other substances other than the conventional fossil fuels that can be made and used as fuels; renewable energy source. Fossil fuels can be defined as a non-renewable energy source that is formed by the decomposition of organic matter...

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Resolved: The production, sale, possession, and use of marijuana for those 18 should be legal.

TO CLARIFY PLEASE NOTE I MEANT THIS AS THE TOPIC: "Resolved: The production, sale, possession, and use of marijuana for those 18 and older should be legal." I simply ran out of room. I propose that this be debated in a modified (no crossex) Lincoln Douglas format, as follows: 1. Affirmative Constructive 2. Negative Constructive/Rebuttal 3. Affirmative Rebuttal 4. Negative Rebuttal 5. Affirmative Rebuttal (Due to the nature of this site the negatives last speech should be blank, as af...

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Marriage should be abolished as a legal institution

We'll start off with some definitions: 1) Mar·riage: the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law Miriam-Webster @2009 2) abol·ish: to end the observance or effect of Miriam-Webster @2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is my contention that marriage should cease to be recognized as a legal institution as it is discriminatory in nature...

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People do not have the right to an absolute "freedom of belief"

It is my contention that human beings should not be allowed to exercise the right to absolute "freedom of belief", contrary to the popular opinions of most individuals. Indeed I would instead assert that there are certain beliefs within the spectrum of possibility that - as human beings - we should actively discourage from being supported or defended by our peers; namely those beliefs which survive without, and despite, scientifically verifiable evidence. It should be noted that this is a pur...

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"no planes on 9/11" thoery

Hello people my name is Tom. I am involved with a local portland truth group dedicated to exposing the truth about 9/11. I would prefer my opponent to already know at least some of the truth about what happened on 9/11. If you still believe people in a cave did this then please don't bother and go do some research for yourself. The reason why i am debating this is because it creates much controversy within the truth groups. I am here to explain how the world was duped into thinking that planes a...

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Debate Statistics
Debates:	5
Lost:	2
Tied:	1
Won:	2
Win Ratio:	50.00%
Percentile:	87.03%
Elo Ranking:	2,025
Statistics based on completed debates.

Activity Statistics
Forum Posts:	4
Votes Cast:	14
Opinion Arguments:	0
Opinion Questions:	0

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•	Abortion	N/SComments Supported until a fetus is self-aware.
•	Affirmative Action	N/SComments Race should have no bearing upon social or educational benefits.
•	Animal Rights	N/S
•	Barack Obama	N/S
•	Border Fence	N/SComments Not so much for the aspect of illegal immigration as for preventing, or in any manner hindering, human trafficking.
•	Capitalism	N/S
•	Civil Unions	N/SComments I'm more for outlawing marriage as a legal institution and reaffirming it as a solely religious ceremony, but at the very least civil unions should have the same economic and legal benefits as a "marriage".
•	Death Penalty	N/SComments An entirely inefficient method of punishment.
•	Drug Legalization	N/SComments Drugs should all be treated equally and taxed oppressively.
•	Electoral College	N/S
•	Environmental Protection	N/SComments It's not a political issue, or even a philosophical one. It's a question of survival.
•	Estate Tax	N/SComments I'm unsure of where exactly it became philosophically justifiable for the Government to tax you simply because someone in your family died.
•	European Union	N/S
•	Euthanasia	N/SComments It's always curious seeing people defend the death penalty, and yet seeing those same people oppose euthanasia.
•	Federal Reserve	N/S
•	Flat Tax	N/SComments A Reagan corruption of fundamental economic principles.
•	Free Trade	N/S
•	Gay Marriage	N/SComments See Civil Unions.
•	Global Warming Exists	N/SComments It clearly and unabashedly exists. The question is the extent of our influence, which I would guess at somewhere more than insignificant but somewhat less than dominant.
•	Globalization	N/S
•	Gold Standard	N/S
•	Gun Rights	N/SComments There are some rights we shouldn't have, much less want.
•	Homeschooling	N/S
•	Internet Censorship	N/S
•	Iran-Iraq War	N/SComments What?
•	Labor Union	N/SComments More positive than negative historically, though recently I am rather unsure...
•	Legalized Prostitution	N/S
•	Medicaid & Medicare	N/SComments Should be combined with a national healthcare system.
•	Medical Marijuana	N/SComments See Drugs.
•	Military Intervention	N/S
•	Minimum Wage	N/SComments Supported simply because a free-market system is not concerned with whether or not you can eat, but I am.
•	National Health Care	N/SComments Healthcare should not be run for a profit.
•	National Retail Sales Tax	N/SComments Consumption taxes are indefensible.
•	Occupy Movement	N/S
•	Progressive Tax	N/SComments I understand people resent taxes. I also understand that if you were poor, you would want someone to help feed you.
•	Racial Profiling	N/SComments A necessity of living in the real world. Though egregious cases should be condemned.
•	Redistribution	N/S
•	Smoking Ban	N/SComments People need to be free to make the stupid choices, simply because they'll die out sooner.
•	Social Programs	N/SComments Non-profit organizations need to be run more efficiently, but they provide services the "free market" never could or would.
•	Social Security	N/SComments Plan ahead. Don't be stupid. You'll be fine.
•	Socialism	N/S
•	Stimulus Spending	N/S
•	Term Limits	N/SComments I don't trust the majority to know what's bad for them.
•	Torture	N/S
•	United Nations	N/SComments Good idea, waiting to see the results...
•	War in Afghanistan	N/SComments Morally justified, though executed atrociously.
•	War on Terror	N/SComments Yes and No. You can't expect us to just ignore someone yelling that they're going to kill us.
•	Welfare	N/SComments Some people need a hand. Though the limits should be reduced, because sometimes they also need a kick in the ass.