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The US Should Have Better Gun Control

Samos
utahjoker

I believe that the lack of gun control in the Unites States is a serious danger to the public, in nations with full gun control the homicide rate, armed robbery rate, and suicide rates are much lower. First Round is for acceptance Second Round is for initial arguments & rebuttals Third Round is for further arguments & rebuttals Fourth Round is final rebuttals & concluding statements only, no new arguments...

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Updated 1 Month Ago

The United States should break ties with Israel.

Eitan_Zohar
brian_eggleston

This is a response to Brian's opinion on "Should the US boycott Israel?":http://www.debate.org/opinions/should-the-u-s-boycott-israel?aid=565e2b23-2ec1-4cec-a52d-7e117981e569&cid=0421ee35-1b5c-4b6a-b4aa-5e67a1b6bb65

His opinion in full: "Israel continues to flout inte...

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Updated 4 Hours Ago

participation of foreign countries in protecting human rights of a country could be justified.

minoli
savvga13

There are many types of administrations in the world. Some are democratic, some are socialist. But, human rights are common to everyone. Of course, because we all are humans. Therefore if a certain human right is violated either by the society or the government, other countries could involve in order to help the victim affected. Even if both the society and the government was against the victim, he/she could get the help of a foreign country/ organization in order to get justice for themselves!...

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Islamic Socialism Is Superior To Atheistic Socialism

A.WitherspoonVI
G131994

This is not a theological debate but the merits of Islamic Socialism and Atheistic Socialism in political theory and application.

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23 Comments
Updated 3 Weeks Ago

jews should be sent to jupiter

jared8844
KingDebater

the jews are bad. they steal us taxpayers money. their noses are the worst thing in the world. theres a reason for why they persecuted since the beginning of time. they also took off my foreskin when i was a baby. why should these people still exist. move them to jupiter where they belong!...

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Updated 1 Week Ago

The death penalty should be abolished

Nordenkalt444
4saken

There are many cases where people debate on this topic on how "humane" it is, but I want to talk more about effectiveness. I'd be glad to challenge anyone to this debate....

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Updated 3 Weeks Ago

Individualism is societally destructive

thett3
DanT

I've made this impossible for anyone to accept, if anyone wants to debate this comment or PM me.

Individualism is defined by Merriam Webster as: "a doctrine that the interests of the individual are or ought to be ethically paramount"

Destruction is synonymous with ruinous. My advocacy will essentially be that the individualism that has sweeped the world, particularly the West, since the enlightenment is responsible for many of society's current...

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151 Comments
Updated 1 Month Ago

Lincoln is better than Obama

GRANTHOLBEN
imabench

President Abraham Lincoln did many wonderful things. He freed the slaves, which was something that no other president had come close to completing. I'm sure some people would say that President Obama is the best president in history. Well, I'm here to argue. Let's Compare: Lincoln: - For Constitution - Protecting Rights Obama: - Against what our country was set up on, the Constitution. - Wanting to ban Gun Rights...

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9 Comments
Updated 2 Weeks Ago

The Americans with Disabilities Act should be repealed

RoyLatham
Raisor

This debate is about the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 [ADA], including changes made by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-325). The full text of the various versions of the law are linked from the ADA's government site. [1. http://www.ada.gov/pubs/ada.htm] Wikipedia summarizes the law:

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44 Comments
Updated 1 Month Ago

Narendra Modi shuld be the next PM of india

amey
Cermank

yes he must be.
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17 Comments
Updated 2 Weeks Ago