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| About Me: | I am not Hunter Parrish, but I'm quite a fan of Weeds. |
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| Beliefs: | I believe that the iPhone 5 should have a longer battery life. |
| Books: | I have a few. |
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| TV Shows: | Mad Men, Weeds, The Borgias |
Classic Rock Competition
--------------Classic Rock Competition-------------- Defined- Classic Rock will be loosely defined, but shall be limited to, for the proposes of this debate, music of the "Rock" genre which was recorded between the years of 1960-1990. Structure- Rd. 1) Intro Rd. 2-5) Classic Rock Awesomeness Format- (1) Debaters will post up to five classic rock songs from Youtube, and will type the name of the song and artist in a list format. (2) Debaters may but are not required to prov...
Dubstep music battle.
Very simple here: First round intros. Rds. 2-5 for dubstep awesomeness. Instructions: Each debater may post up to five songs/music videos of the dubstep genre. Debaters must type the name of the song, artist, DJ, etc. so that in the event that the song is removed from Youtube, judges may be able to find an equivalent video on their own. Voting is to be based on how awesome the songs selected are. Obviously subjective, but whateves. Debaters are not to be held responsible...
Originalism is the correct principle for interpreting the Constitution.
RESOLUTION: Originalism is the correct theory for interpreting the Constitution. Originalism says in short that the only coherent answer to the question "What does the Constitution mean?" is that the Constitution means what its authors intended it to mean. I'm Pro, YYW is Con. The basic rules for debates on DDO apply: R1 is for acceptance, no semantics, no new arguments in R4, and whatever else I'm forgetting to mention but gets applied generally across the site....
The hegemonic practices of soft power and hard power are immoral
Since a second opponent has forfieted on this topic, I'd like to try this debate again. Please do not accept if you do not have formal debate experience or at least a few political debates under your belt here.To limit the debate to a reasonable scope, I am hoping we can discuss this in the context of Western actors and Western philosophy - unless my challenger feels there significant issues that we need to touch on by non-Western actors and moral paradigms. If so, please mention which iss...
Contemporary American culture is rife with examples of glorifying stupidity.
RESOLVED: "Contemporary American culture is rife with examples of glorifying stupidity." OVERVIEW: This is first and foremost a funny debate, but my hope is that it will be entertaining to read and "lighter" than some of the other debates on DDO as of late. The purpose of this debate will be to examine if it is the case or not the case that "contemporary American culture is rife with examples of glorifying stupidity." Stupidity, for this debate shall include but not be limited to...
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| Debate Statistics | |
| Debates: | 28 |
| Lost: | 5 |
| Tied: | 6 |
| Won: | 17 |
| Win Ratio: | 77.27% |
| Percentile: | 98.24% |
| Elo Ranking: | 3,073 |
| Statistics based on completed debates. | |
| Activity Statistics | |
| Forum Posts: | 4055 |
| Votes Cast: | 99 |
| Opinion Arguments: | 8 |
| Opinion Questions: | 0 |
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| • | Abortion | Pro |
| • | Affirmative Action | Pro |
| • | Animal Rights | |
| • | Barack Obama | Pro |
| • | Border Fence | Con |
| • | Capitalism | |
| • | Civil Unions | Und |
| • | Death Penalty | |
| • | Drug Legalization | |
| • | Electoral College | |
| • | Environmental Protection | |
| • | Estate Tax | Con |
| • | European Union | Pro |
| • | Euthanasia | Und |
| • | Federal Reserve | Pro |
| • | Flat Tax | Con |
| • | Free Trade | |
| • | Gay Marriage | Pro |
| • | Global Warming Exists | Pro |
| • | Globalization | Pro |
| • | Gold Standard | Con |
| • | Gun Rights | |
| • | Homeschooling | Con |
| • | Internet Censorship | |
| • | Iran-Iraq War | |
| • | Labor Union | |
| • | Legalized Prostitution | |
| • | Medicaid & Medicare | Pro |
| • | Medical Marijuana | Pro |
| • | Military Intervention | Pro |
| • | Minimum Wage | Pro |
| • | National Health Care | Pro |
| • | National Retail Sales Tax | Pro |
| • | Occupy Movement | Con |
| • | Progressive Tax | Pro |
| • | Racial Profiling | Pro |
| • | Redistribution | Pro |
| • | Smoking Ban | Con |
| • | Social Programs | Pro |
| • | Social Security | Pro |
| • | Socialism | N/O |
| • | Stimulus Spending | Pro |
| • | Term Limits | Con |
| • | Torture | Und |
| • | United Nations | Pro |
| • | War in Afghanistan | Pro |
| • | War on Terror | Pro |
| • | Welfare | Pro |