In reality, is .999 repeating actually equal to 1?

Hello everyone. I have been searching through the website's old debates and I had come upon multiple interesting mathematical debates covering this topic. However, they are long gone and the one I looked through had bad grammar, spelling, and behavior. Thus, I would like to redo this debate with a hopefully better behaved person. Thank you in advance for whoever accepts this debate, and I hope that you enjoy it. Please be aware that when I state a decimal with three numbers following...
Resolved: public health concerns justify compulsory vaccinations

I would like to debate this debate in LD format. I thank my opponent in advance for accepting the round, and good luck :)...
Candy should be used as a reward for students

First i would like to thank the judges and the pro for doing this debate... First i would like to introduce my points I. Bribes a. Some child development experts also describe rewards and incentives for good behavior as bribes. Dr. Martin E. Ford of Stanford University does not believe parents should offer rewards when a child behaves, "In the short-run, bribes produce a high degree of effort from children, but they can have negative long-term consequences." ["Parent & Child," Lawrence Kutn...
3 Items found at Wal Mart that will best kill a velociraptor


Greetings to all. I mean this to be a fun debate. Its goal is clear. What we will do is determine three items found at Wal Mart that would be able to kill a Velociraptor. The scenario is that you (and I) have been trapped by a hungry velociraptor in a closed Wal Mart (with the lights on). One of has has to kill it with our best choices of Wal Mart items. Velocraptor - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor We shall each divulge one idea/item a post. You can have the item stand...
School Uniforms benefit schools


I don't have much time now, so the first round will not have arguments....
The Existence of God

Definitions God: any of various beings conceived of as supernatural, immortal, and having special powers over the lives and affairs of people and the course of nature; deity, esp. a male deity: typically considered objects of worship; in monotheistic religions, the creator and ruler of the universe, regarded as eternal, infinite, all-powerful, and all-knowing; Supreme Being; the Almighty Exist: to have reality or actual being; to occur or be present Sources: http://www.yourdictionary....
Conscientious objectors should be obliged to make the same sacrifices as conscripted soldiers


The leader of one nation to another: "You should, like, chill out, man. Instead of invading my country, why not light an ethically-sourced soy-wax scented candle, make a nice cup of organic Fairtrade jasmine tea and attain inner peace through holistic meditation? Because killing people is like wrong, you know, and war is like really bad and that." I think we can all sympathise with the appeal from a pacifist head of state to an evil, psychopathic tyrant to stop his warmongering ways and get i...
Is the war in Afghanistan and Iraq (in essance, even the whole 'war against terrorism' a religious w


Greetings to my opponent. Good luck and have fun, keep 'er clean. Just to clarify, I am stating that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are, indeed religious conflicts between the Islamic peoples and the 'Christian infidels' of the West. As such, my resolution will also state that the entire affair is born back to the Crusades, in which the disputes over Jerusalem and the Holy Land cost many lives and stirred many sentiments. In fact, this was made quite clear when Husseim stated that h...
Rap music contributes to violent crimes


Just some information as to why I have created this debate. I am currently enrolled in Law and we are scheduled to begin a debate about this issue in a few days. I was to be on the affirmative side, so I will be taking affirmative during this debate as well. ======================================= Be it resolved that rap music contributes to violent crime and therefore its production should be limited. ======================================= Definitions Rap music- a type of rhythmic tal...
death sentence to criminal legal or illegal

it is legal...

