Bottled water should be banned
Resolved: Homosexuality has no virtue.
Thank to my opponent for accepting. Anybody is allowed! Resolved: Homosexuality has no virtue. I am FOR this argument. *This is not a question that someone who is homosexual has no virtue. I think all have some virtue and lack virtue. The question is does homosexuality itself have virtue? http://dictionary.reference.com... The common definition of virtue is: Moral excellence; goodness; righteousness. Conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles. Chastity; vir...
Gay Marriage
Full Resolution: Gay Marriage should be legalized everywhere
I will arguing that gay marriage should not be legal everywhere. No semantics and please try not to forfeit a round.
For clarity I will provide several definitions:
same-sex marriage-
Pure Moral Reasons Are Not Enough to Form Laws
I believe the only reason we should have for laws is to protect living beings, owned items/ structures, and a few basic rights (such as freedom) from being non-consensually harmed or taken. And people whom are unable to make rational decisions for themselves should be protected from themselves (Not spiritually or in a way we can not prove, psychologically only, something like suicide) All other reasons people may find immoral for themselves, but others should be allowed to chose to do as the...
Assisted Suicide can be morally justified in most cases.
Ok, I'm just going to launch straight into the debate, and hope that you all vote in terms of the debates themselves, and not the debaters. Before I start my arguments, I just want to define the topic, just so that we are all clear about what we are debating. I'm going to define Assisted Suicide as a direct action taken to terminate someone's life at his or her request, usually by some painless means. Usually, the patient is unable to kill him/herself, so he/she asks someone else to do it fo...
Homosexuality is immoral
JimProfit has been trolling the forums lately with his anti-gay spiel. Whenever called out on it, he has been unable to coherently explain *why* he thinks homosexuality is immoral. This has led many to speculate that his feelings are owing to personal issues with denial and self-loathing. Here I've provided him with a platform to explain his views to the DDO community and to dispel such rumors. Because Pro has an onerous burden of proof to uphold, I'll give him a head start to lay out his cas...
Cats are the greatest animal known to man.
Let me start this debate with a definition. Cat: Any of several carnivores of the family Felidae, as the lion, tiger, leopard or jaguar, etc. This of course also includes your common domestic cat. Animal: any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli:...
Adolph_Hitler_Rules is an idiot.
1. You spelled Adolf Hitler wrong 2. You're 0-5 (pathetic) 3. You're "52 years old" Conclusion- you're an idiot....
Abortion
I, con, will argue that abortion a bad way to go. Definitions. Abortion: Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy. Fetus: in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation. Sources: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/abortion http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fetus...
Should Women be allowed to serve in combat roles in the Armed Forces?
Who ever accepts this challenge please be sure you can finish the debate and won't forfeit please!! We will discuss the pro's and con's of women serving in combat roles in the military forces. I agree that they should be able to serve on combat roles. This round is just accepting that challenge and I will start with the argument next round. Thanks MJ :D...