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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...
Free will exists.
I thank my opponent for challenging me to this debate. He will be playing the Devil's Advocate, as we agree on the issue of free will. Free will: The capability to make a free choice. Free choice: A choice that is ultimately not influenced by any outside entity and completely unpredictable, but is also completely rational from the perspective of the entity making the choice. Rational: Proceeding or derived from reason or based on logical reasoning. (dictionary.com) Note that a being with...
A just society ought not use the death penalty as a form of punishment.
This is the round two debate of the Tournament of Champions. I thank my opponent for participating in this debate, the gracious judges for their time, and the host(s) of this tournament for creating a great forum for debate. Although this is an LD resolution, it will be debated in a more loose format. Definitions Just: acting or being in conformity with what is morally upright or good. Society: an enduring and cooperating social group whose members have developed organized patterns of r...
Fallacy Debate: Marijuana should be smoked regularly by adults in the United States.
Inspired by http://www.debate.org/debates/Fallacious-Arguments/1/ Each person must argue the resolution to the best of their ability. But the catch is, each person must use as many logical fallacies as possible. The arguments vote should be given to the person with the best balance between persuasiveness and fallaciousness. To my opponent, please do not argue semantics or attempt to weasel out of the spirit of the debate. Since sources are irrelevant, the sources vote should be defaulted t...
No using the letter "e": Abortion within 20 weeks of pregnancy is morally okay.
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Charles Wanless should be banned.
Charles Wanless: owner of Charlie_Danger http://www.debate.org/Charlie_Danger/ Banned: Not allowed to create an account on debate.org. The basis for banning Charles was originally that he created an inappropriate debate. However, I argue that this is not enough basis to ban his account. He wrote a public apology [1] in which he explained that his friend probably created the inappropriate content. This is believable for several reasons: -If Charles had created the inappropriate content, he w...
Bruce Schneier Facts Contest
Each person may post up to five Bruce Schneier facts per round. Posting more than five results in a forfeit. This debate is similar to http://www.debate.org/debates/Funny-Joke-Contest/1/ All voting categories are to be defaulted to the one with the funniest and most clever jokes. Since these jokes are inherently math- and science-centric, cleverness is just as important as funniness. Also, because I am just mean, no jokes are to be explained. *** 1. Bruce Schneier once factored a pri...
Rap Battle.
This here is a rap battle, kids. The objective for each side is simply to make a rap, not too short but not too long, that attacks the other person. Because we're simply writing our raps, beats won't really be an issue, so the battle will essentially be more poetic than fully hip-hop like. The criteria used for judging should simply be the quality of the wordplay, taking into account creativity of the rhymes, references to outside things, etc. Flow–meaning rhythm, and the syllabic structu...
School uniforms ought to be worn in primary and secondary schools.
School Uniform: An outfit of clothing to be worn daily to school. "Traditionally, school uniforms have been subdued and professional. Boys' uniforms often consist of dark trousers and light-colored shirt, often with a tie. Girls' uniforms [...] typically consist of a dress or a blouse worn either with a skirt or culottes or under a pinafore." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_uniform) It is assumed that wearing the school uniform (as described above) does not conflict with any religious...
Ultimate Team War: Maikuru vs. MTGandP
This is another installment of Ultimate Team War. Each debater must assemble a team of five individuals, and the teams will then fight to the death. Since we cannot have an actual real-life battle, each debater will explain why their team is superior during this debate. DEFINITIONS Team leader: One of the debaters here, i.e. me or MTGandP. Team member: One of the five chosen warriors. Team Pro: My team. Team Con: My opponent's team. VOTING Conduct: Vote for both normal conduct and who...