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mustard is better then ketchup

GENERIC-OLD-GRAMPA
stefanman125

mustard is yellow...

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Updated 4 Weeks Ago

It is most probable that a god exists.

Typhlochactas
Magicr

Ave!

God is a maximally great being, and by definition, you cannot conceive of anything greater than god.

'Most probable' simply means that it is more possible than its negation. If the theist side's arguments are more plausible than t...

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23 Comments
Updated 1 Month Ago

Facebook does more good than harm

dragonb95
Typhlochactas

We will be debating whether the benefits of facebook outweight the detriments. Burden of the proof is equal.

If you accept, you will be debating that facebook is bad. First round is for accepting only.
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Updated 1 Month Ago

How I almost Died.

leojm
AnAsianPanda

This debate is about who has the most tragic way of almost dying. You have to be telling the truth. No lying. Have fun with this debate. There will only be two rounds, First round is acceptance, Then the second round is your story about how you almost died....

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13 Comments
Updated 1 Week Ago

One Sentence Debate

Gaurdian_Rock
Formic

superman is better then batman...

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Updated 1 Week Ago

The government department named "The Department of Defense" is misleading and wrongly named.

TheConservativeLiberal
Badtothebone

The Department of Defense, to a logical person, means that one is defending themselves from an attacker. It does not mean you are fighting war, attacking, or trying to make peace. It means you are defending yourself from invaders. Our troops are in nearly 150 countries (http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/04/us/table.military.troops/)! We have invaded many countries since the name change, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan... (and who knows how many secret operations went on). Take I...

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10 Comments
Updated 1 Week Ago

Should cheese be Legal?

zebrafashionista
firefish12

The question is: should cheese be legal? I say yes. What do you think?...

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9 Comments
Updated 3 Weeks Ago

Philosophy and the humanities are underrated in education.

Danielle
RoyLatham

I would like to thank my esteemed opponent in advance for accepting this debate. I look forward to what I hope will be a very thought provoking and insightful discussion :)

For all intents and purposes, I believe the resolution is pretty straight-forward. By underrated, I will be arguing that increasing the focus in humanities and/or philosophy in education, particularly higher education, would be beneficial to society. I will contend that there is an increasing problematic...

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61 Comments
Updated 4 Months Ago

Solar roads

16kadams
lannan13

Definitions: "A solar roadway is a road surface that generates electricity by solar power photovoltaics" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_roadway First round acceptance...

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6 Comments
Updated 2 Weeks Ago

Resolved: Rehabilitation Should Be Valued Above Retribution

phantom
larztheloser

This is for Spinko's Elo tournament.

Burden of proof

The BoP rests neither fully on myself or my opponent but we should each make a case. I for rehabilitation and con for retribution.

Definitions

Rehabilitation: to restore to a positive state, such as in restoring a criminal to good standing in society

Retribution: punishment enacted due...

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Updated 1 Month Ago