Does Israel torture Palestinians?
I've done this debate twice already but I haven't had a good debate in a while and I'm looking forward to one. I'd like to thank my opponent in advance and wish him luck. Israel is the only country in the world whose judiciary has squarely faced the difficult issue of whether it is ever justified to engage in even a modified form of nonlethal torture unlike the current methods being used by the United States on captured al-Qaeda prisoners in order to obtain information deemed necessary to pre...
Islam is a religion of peace
1. Muhammad was a peaceful man who taught his followers to be the same. Muslims lived peacefully for centuries, fighting only in self-defense, and only when it was necessary. True Muslims would never act aggressively. 2. Religious minorities have flourished under Islam. Muslims are commanded to protect Jews and Christians (the People of the Book) and do them no harm. The Quran says in Sura 109, "To you, your religion. To me, mine." 3. Islam is intolerant of enslaving human beings. The reli...
Splitting of the USA
I believe that everything from GA to Texas should break away including Oklahoma and everything up to Kentucky. This would be called Dixie. I believe that I should be the Commander of Dixie. My opponent may choose which topics he would like to discuss. (We will assume that a peace treaty between Dixie and the Yankees is in effect. War betweeen the nations is not an issue that I would like to be included.) Any issue, but war between the nations, will be considered....
Scary Story Writing contest
First round is acceptance and topic choosing. Whoever accepts this chooses the topic. Then I write the first part, and when I am finished, you pick up from there and go until you can't go anymore. Then I'll pick up where you leave off... so on, and so forth....
Who would win in a fight, t-rex or batman?
Batman is the obvious choice to win in this cage match. Batman has countless numbers of different skills and tools that will help to overcome the challenge of the t-Rex. Batman can protect a whole city, a t-Rex is not that big of an obstacle compared to bane for example. Batman will always prevail in this battle!...
Individualism is societally destructive
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...
The Big Bang Theory Is True
I'm doing this for a lot of reasons - Commitment, learning, and most importantly, the weekly stupid. The Big Bang Theory - "A cosmological theory holding that the universe originated approximately 20 billion years ago from the violent explosion of a very small agglomeration of matter of extremely high density and temperature."[1] First round for acceptance, and please don't forfeit. Sources [1]: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/big+bang+theory...
Negotiations for the TPP agreement should be abandoned
Welcome one and all to the grand finals of the second ELO tournament. Special thanks to Noumena for setting things up, Raisor for suggesting an interesting subject as well as agreeing to the final motion and everybody else who competed for making things fun. Extra-special thanks to anybody that votes. Just try to remember to be fair and constructive if you can. The TPP agreement is a little acronym for the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic "Partnership", which is basically a free trade deal. A...
Deadpool is a better superhero that Hawkeye
5 Rounds of debate. This 1st round will be acceptance and the last round will consist of closing statements. 6,000 character limit with 24 hour time to post. Thank you to my opponent for accepting this argument and I look forward to the debate....