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cjet79's Debates
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My opponent cannot forfeit every round of this debate and still win.
Although, I have seen some people forfeit every round of a debate and still manage to succeed in winning these cases are rare and far between. Usually the debate topic is really bad, the person is despised, or the arguments in favor are actually weak enough that no reply is nearly a tie. None of those apply. - I'm not hated. - The topic isn't so offensive as to illicit anti-votes. - My arguments are not tissue thin and worthless. There are two likely outcomes: -- My opponent will reply...
Government exists to help the poor.
Let's start by reading the purpose of our own government according to our constitution: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." By establishing the constitution, the founders established our government. Th...
Violent video games desensitize individuals to real violence
Violent video games desensitizes individuals, causing them to take real violence lightly. People habituate the video game violence and become physiologically numb to it. Nicholas Carnagey, an Iowa State psychology instructor and research assistant, and ISU Distinguished Professor of Psychology Craig Anderson collaborated on the study of "The Effects of Video Game Violence on Physiological Desensitization to Real-Life Violence" with Brad Bushman, a former Iowa State psychology professor now at...
"I think therefore I am," is fundamentally flawed.
I hope my opponent accepts, since I know that he is a big fan of Descartes' works, he seems to want people he knows to debate him on here, and I figured I'd give him a topic he should know about. If he accepts, I'll put forth my opening argument after he makes any statements he wishes to make. (I put this under the religion category because there is no category for philosophy.)...
Cold is Better than Hot
By Cold I mean temperatures below around 70 degrees F (21.1 C), and by hot I mean temperatures above 90 degrees F (32.2 C), everything in between seems rather pleasant. My stance is that Cold temperatures are better than Hot ones. Thus, the polar opposite of my stance that my opponent will have to take is Hot temperatures are better than Cold ones. Both sides will accept that death can be caused by extremes of either side, so I will not bring it up unless provoked. The main points I will argue o...
Legalizing Drugs: The Difference Between a Buz at Home and Buz Behind Bars
Drug use must continue to be banned. I read your position on a previous debate and was interested in challenging your point of view. Ill let you pose your argument first....
Debate.org is in a rut
Debate.org is in a rut. There is absolutely nothing to do. Debaters on this site are becoming less and less active and at my last count there were only 14 debates on the challenge board 10 of which are dominated by dairygirl4u2c a good debater but one that few seem to want to debate. My point is Debate.org is in a rut and unless they want to see their users leave they should hurry up and make those updates they promised because this site is getting booooooring. No offense to dairygirl4u2c....
Liberty is maximized through Socialism not Capitalism
I believe my statement is quite clear. The reasoning behind my argument is Capitalism restricts your freedom because of your economic status. Since your economic status is something you do not always have control over you have less liberty. In Socialism your are not trapped by your economic status because everything does not have a cost. Keep in mind this is not a debate on systems of rule such as democracy or autocracy, just a debate on the economic systems themselves. I will go into far...
It would be just for the US to use military force to prevent the aquisition of nukes.
In this debate, Justice will be defined as giving each their due. Military force is the only action available and capable of deterring nations from acquiring nuclear weapons Zbigniew Brzezinski explains: "Short of a unilateral military action - the world's only superpower could not dissuade a country firmly determined to acquire nuclear weapons." So, in order to prevent the acquisition of nuclear weapons military force has to be used. We must, in this debate take into account the obliga...
Attending elementary school should not be mandatory in the USA.
My opponent had a wish to debate me on this topic, so here we go. The following argument is the same argument in another debate. Before I begin my argument, I would like to thank everyone will is participating is this debate, from the people who comment in it, the people who read it, the people who vote in it, and the person who is debating me. I would also like to ask everyone who will vote in this debate to vote based upon the debate itself, and not your own opinions. Thank you Also befo...