People who purposely miss school shouldn't be allowed benefits in later life?

I think this would drastically help the situation in the UK where benefits are driving up tax rates. If these people didn't want to work for a future through education why should they be supported by other hard working people?...

resolved: debaters should believe what they say

Playing high school football is better for a man than playing high school baseball

Playing high school football is better for a man than playing high school baseball. I have played both sports at the high school level. I have also coached both sports at this level. Playing football is better for a man and does more for a man than playing baseball. The sport of football teaches a man more about life than baseball does. There are more lessons in football than baseball for a man to learn. Football turns a boy into a man faster than baseball could. The men battle on the lines fo...

Community Service a Requirement for High School Graduation

Sorry if I'm doing this a little wrong. This is actually a paper I wrote for my AP Comp class, wanted to see what you guys could argue against it. This is my first time on Debate.org. :) In high school, we often do assignments not because we want to learn more about the subject but because we "have to". Another example of required assignments we have to do in our school district is community service, doing non-profit work that gives back to the community. High school teachers often force the...

War in Iraq

We should pull out of Iraq. We have done our job and eliminated Saddam Hussein. There is nothing left to do except build what we have destroyed. We should leave Iraq to it's own devices because it is not our job to play God. The only thing we should be there for is eliminating terrorists, and that is not the job the majority of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force does....

Flame War Part 2

I challenge CON to another flame war. He's been too afraid to come back and challenge me. You can run, but you can't hide hoodrat. This is a continuation of http://www.debate.org/debates/I-can-out-insult-anyone-via-flame-war/1/. I'll let you have the first punch, poser. You better hit harder this time or I'll rape your mind and make you my b*tch again then lather your mother's feces on your face....

Should athletes do PE?

No way! Athletes should not have to be required to take PE! 1) Athletes are probably already getting enough exercise from the sports they are participating in. if you were a coach you wouldn't want to have your athlete be over worked. It could be possible that they wouldn't work as hard or they wouldn't come to practice because they're too tired. 2)The chances of getting an injury in PE are pretty high, especially with all the certain courses they make you take. For example, rom my own exp...

why do we not do more for the country?

well i asking because i wreally want to know...

Resolution too long and will be posted in Round 1.

Resolution: The best orgional (your own work) short story wins. (Composes of three parts and each round is a part: The Beginning, The Middle, and The End. This is a debate inspired by the epic story of Koopin and his debate: http://www.debate.org/debate/11051/. Let's begin!) (This is a metaphorical story about a young girl who turns to magic to save her from her own existance, the situational deplority of her own life.) Title: They I walked into the golden room, bathed in the omnipre...

Debate is too definite.

Debate is too definite. We have all done it: begrudgingly realized that our debate opponent has a point. We then proceed to manipulate our argument to keep ourselves from drowning in it ("No way am I forfeiting a round!") . We agree less and less with our own words, and our initial ideas become clouded. Here are some examples of debate topics: 'Merit pay based on student achievement is necessary' 'Capital Punishment Doesn't Go Far Enough' 'Homosexuals should not be allowed in the mil...