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| Ideology: | Liberal | Education: | High School | |
| Party: | Green Party | Ethnicity: | White | |
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| About Me: | MTGandP prides himself on being very logical, but passionate. |
| Activities: | In his free time, MTGandP enjoys writing computer programs and debating online. Sometimes he plays video games if he's really bored. |
| Beliefs: | MTGandP is unsure what to put here. He does not believe that a God exists. He supports Utilitarianism as an ethical theory, except that he is a moral nihilist. He believes that everyone should use good grammar. MTGandP also believes that free will is an illusion. |
| Books: | A Song of Ice and Fire, 1984, Innumeracy, Ender's Game, Crime and Punishment |
| Movies: | MTGandP's favorite movie changes rather regularly. He currently likes The Princess Bride, The Great Escape, and 12 Angry Men. |
| Music: | Do not concern yourself with my musical tastes. |
| Quotes: | "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -commonly attributed to Voltaire |
| Sports Teams: | MTGandP does not follow sports. Sports are merely synthetic nationalism. |
| TV Shows: | In order of how much I watch it (not necessarily how much I like it): The Simpsons, 24, Family Guy, Scrubs, TNG, Dexter, Numb3rs |
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| High School: | The Khabele School, Class of 2012
Austin, Texas, United States
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When forced to choose, a just government . . . (see text for full resolution)
Resolved: When forced to choose, a just government ought to prioritize universal human rights over its national interest. All year, I kept saying that I'd get back into debating during the summer, when I had more time. Well now it's summer. I'm busier than I thought I'd be. But I think I owe it to myself to do a debate. This resolution is one of the potential resolutions for LD in 2010-2011. Resolved: When forced to choose, a just government ought to prioritize universal human rights ov...
Overall, 1984 is worse than Brave New World.
My first real debate in 8 months. This should be exciting. ======== Procedure Definitions will be created and clarified in round 1. Debate will not begin until round 2. ======== Definitions By "1984" and "Brave New World" I refer to the worlds that these books are about, and not to the books themselves. You cannot live in a book, obviously. So "1984" really means the fictional world created for 1984. (1984 refers to the novel, not the time period.) worse: Less morally prefer...
The God of the Bible exists.
My opponent believes that God exists. I do not. We are both rational people; it's time to settle this once and for all. The topic of the debate should be clear enough. God, as depicted in the Bible, exists in reality. As my opponent is making the positive claim, he has the burden of proof. I will allow my opponent to make the opening argument....
should religion be based on the parents wants?
my father grew up in a catholic home and did not follow the customs as you would call it. and did not think that there customs were all correct as you would call it and for those who do not know catholic traditions some follow as: *no sexual contact which involve masturbation UNLESS you are married to the opposite sex *homosexuality is not allowed *when you have committed a sin you must tell "the father" confessions first off they say no masturbation so when a little boy starts puberty,t...
No Religion in school should include certain theories.
Let me start off by thanking my opponent for his or her time. Also, let me state this is my first debate so afterwards please leave in comments or send me a messgae how I did. Thank you. I believe that If Religion is not aloud in school this should include certain theories. A couple of these theories are but not limited to (due to me not being able to think of them mainly and this is my first debate.): Theory of Evolution. Big Bang Theory. My arguments for the following are as follo...
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| Debate Statistics | |
| Debates: | 70 |
| Lost: | 18 |
| Tied: | 1 |
| Won: | 51 |
| Win Ratio: | 73.91% |
| Percentile: | 99.54% |
| Elo Ranking: | 3,543 |
| Statistics based on completed debates. | |
| Activity Statistics | |
| Forum Posts: | 702 |
| Votes Cast: | 256 |
| Opinion Arguments: | 0 |
| Opinion Questions: | 0 |
 | Updated 3 Years Ago |
| • | Abortion | |
| • | Affirmative Action | |
| • | Animal Rights | N/S |
| • | Barack Obama | N/S |
| • | Border Fence | |
| • | Capitalism | N/S |
| • | Civil Unions | |
| • | Death Penalty | |
| • | Drug Legalization | |
| • | Electoral College | N/S |
| • | Environmental Protection | |
| • | Estate Tax | |
| • | European Union | N/S |
| • | Euthanasia | |
| • | Federal Reserve | N/S |
| • | Flat Tax | |
| • | Free Trade | N/S |
| • | Gay Marriage | |
| • | Global Warming Exists | |
| • | Globalization | N/S |
| • | Gold Standard | N/S |
| • | Gun Rights | |
| • | Homeschooling | N/S |
| • | Internet Censorship | N/S |
| • | Iran-Iraq War | Und |
| • | Labor Union | |
| • | Legalized Prostitution | N/S |
| • | Medicaid & Medicare | Und |
| • | Medical Marijuana | Pro |
| • | Military Intervention | N/S |
| • | Minimum Wage | |
| • | National Health Care | |
| • | National Retail Sales Tax | |
| • | Occupy Movement | N/S |
| • | Progressive Tax | |
| • | Racial Profiling | |
| • | Redistribution | N/S |
| • | Smoking Ban | Und |
| • | Social Programs | |
| • | Social Security | |
| • | Socialism | N/S |
| • | Stimulus Spending | N/S |
| • | Term Limits | |
| • | Torture | N/S |
| • | United Nations | |
| • | War in Afghanistan | Und |
| • | War on Terror | |
| • | Welfare |