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 :)...
Abortion
-ABORTION- Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo, resulting in or caused by its death.[1] An abortion can occur spontaneously due to complications during pregnancy or can be induced, in humans and other species. In the context of human pregnancies, an abortion induced to preserve the health of the gravid (pregnant female) is termed a therapeutic abortion, while an abortion induced for any other reason is termed an elective ab...
Public Health Concerns Justify Compulsory Immunization
LD format but if you are a national circuit debater, progressive formats are fine. There will be no speech here. Voters, please leave RFD's in comments....
smoking
I would like to go ahead and thank my opponent for accepting this debate. I am looking forward to an interesting debate. Proposition of Policy: Cigarette smoking should not be banned in the United States Key terms: ( taken from dictionary.com) Cigarette-a cylindrical roll of finely cut tobacco cured for smoking, considerably smaller than most cigars and usually wrapped in thin white paper. Smoking-to draw into the mouth and puff out the smoke of Banned-to prohibit, forbid, or bar...
Euthanasia - Putting People out of Their Misery
Euthanasia should indeed be legalized in the United States. Many people are suffering and living almost intolerable lives that could be ended humanely while the person still has a shred of dignity left. Many will argue that Euthanasia is morally wrong, but who is to say in the matter? Is it not more compassionate to end a human's suffering then to make them hold on only to die later after a long, drawn out pain filled battle?...
The Cookie Monster is the bomb.
Name a better Sesame Street character. RULES: These shall forever be known as 'The Radioactivepotatoman Rules" 1. No seriousness. 2. No Walls of text 3. This is NOT a serious debate. 4. You do not talk about Fight Club. 5. You do NOT talk about Fight Club. 6. There are no rules. 7. Rule number 6 is not a real rule....
Access to affordable health care is a right, not a privilege.
Background of controversy: The U.S. Congress is currently working on health care reform legislation. Some of the factors fueling the quest for reform are Americans losing their insurance coverage through loss of employment, the expense of obtaining individual, private health insurance, and pre-existing conditions and rescission used by private, for-profit insurers to deny coverage. Without insurance, health care costs are costly and out of reach for millions of Americans. Controversy exists abo...
Public health concerns justify compulsory immunization
I will negate the resolution. Some things my not apply to todays debate becuase I debate this case at tournaments. LD AC, NC, AR, NR, AR2! Let's begin "Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all." Edmund Burke an English philosopher (1797) once said this. Compulsory immunizations take away the justice in society, taking this justice away is like not having it at...
Lard is a healthy food
Lard RULES. It can burnt to keep people warm. It can make anorexic people normal sized. It can make hides waterproof....