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brian_eggleston's Debates
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A history lesson from then for now.
An unpopular opinion these days... SOME OF YOU ARE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THAT NEARLY EVERY FAMILY IN AMERICA WAS GROSSLY AFFECTED BY WW II .. MOST OF YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE RATIONING OF MEAT, SHOES, GASOLINE, AND SUGAR. NO TIRES FOR OUR AUTOMOBILES, AND A SPEED LIMIT OF 35 MILES AN HOUR ON THE ROAD, NOT TO MENTION, NO NEW AUTOMOBILES. READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE WOULD REACT TO BEING TAKEN OVER BY FOREIGNERS IN 2008. This is an EXCELLENT essay. Well thought out and presented. Pl...
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
This excerpt from the US constitution makes it clear that all US citizens have the right to own guns....
Resolved: A just society ought not to use the death penalty as a form of punishment.
If I can prove to you that use of the death penalty is just then you must vote negative. So justice is the superior value we are trying to achieve in this debate. In order to achieve justice, a society must have an efficient justice system. It must give each their due and nothing else. If a criminal who killed a number of individuals is not given the death penalty, but rather some other failed form of punishment, society then fails to practice justice because it failed to give that criminal what...
Joke Competition
I've seen a few of these in the past, and thought I'd give it a try...the rules of the competition are as follows: 1. Each round a new joke will be posted as your "argument" 2. The Pro and Con positions mean nothing in terms of the arugment. 3. There is a limit of one joke per round. 4. The loser will have to individually wash the corns of the winner's feet. Scratch rule #4. Let the Joke Competition begin! One midsummer's evening, two sight-seers were captured by a native jun...
Wide Loads Should Proceed in Single File.
Clearly, a slow-moving convoy of trucks hauling abnormally wide loads should travel in single file, because if they drove side-by-side they would effectively block the entire carriageway. That is why they are prohibited from doing so by law. The same principle should be applied to the narrow, crowded pavements (sidewalks) of central London. The obese are the human equivalent of vehicular wide loads and yet they are allowed to impede the progress of ordinary Londoners who are in a hurry to...
Is homeschooling better than public school?
I am seeing this through the eyes of a high schooler. I believe that homeschooling is better for a high schooler than public school. I will let my opponent give his argument first, because I don't want to let my crap outta the bag before i have an argument....
We will never run out of oil
There will always be oil. As oil depletes, alternative sources of fuel will become more economically viable. A switch from one fuel to another will occur before all the oil is depleted....
Ms. Harman's Equality Bill is a bad idea
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2197691/Women-workers-to-get-%27positive-discrimination%27-rights.html This is nothing more than than feminist getting out of control. It will only make men angry at women, make everyone question the qualifications of any women in any postion, impose real costs on employers, create new costs on employers, distort the marketplace, etc, etc....
The United States Federal Government should help to modernize third-world countries.
Round 5: (Pro) girr_29 (Con) Astrosfan Topic 14: The United States Federal Government should help to modernize third-world countries. I look forward to what should be a very fun round, and I would like to thank the judges before hand for taking their time to read through the debate. I know that time available to do these things can be very short sometimes, so I appreciate your time that you will put into reading this. Since my cases are mostly based on the resolutional wording, my main...
Story Challenge: Moat Maiden
I would like to introduce an exercise (story challenge) in which PRO and CON incrementally develop what, in the end, becomes an interactive short story. This is probably best explained through an example. After the example are a few parameters, to which compliance is implicit in accepting this "debate". Following that, I present the Round 1 opening to Moat Maiden. Note that the rounds can be brief. Think Groo meets MacGyver. -- Noel Leon /-------------------- Worked Example: PRO Rou...