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larztheloser's Debates
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That we should pay people to donate blood
Thanks Yraelz for agreeing to debate this topic with me. My model in this debate is simple. People who give their blood to registered blood-banks in order to help save those in need ought to be given some kind of recompense, notwithstanding reasonable restrictions that for the most part already exist in blood-banks (ie you have to be a certain age, you can't give blood too often, you can't have deadly blood-diseases etc). This incentive would be funded via the blood-bank themselves, who are t...
Politically, the republican party is better.
This debate will be relatively unrestricted. Only talk about political issues. You may begin in round one....
The Most Reliable Basis For Determining Morality Is Via Secular Means
I would like to start my time here at DDO with a subject that is very close to my heart, the nature of where we derive our morality from. In my view, it is via secularist means. I am issuing this as an open challenge to anyone with interest in arguing from a different position. Before we begin, I would like to clarify the terms, namely that: Morality - What we consider to be right or wrong Secularism - actions and thinking that are derived from a non-religious standpoint. Whoever decide...
That the recent partial sale of state assets by New Zealand is regrettable
The topic refers to the recent program of selling state assets by the New Zealand government. Outside of New Zealand this is not a well-discussed topic, but important background information for those not familiar with it can be found here: http://www.3news.co.nz/The-Governme...
Resolved: Rehabilitation Should Be Valued Above Retribution
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...
Composition Contest Rematch
This is a rematch between larztheloser and I for the composition contest we had: http://www.debate.org/debates/Composition-Contest/1/ The rules will be pretty much the same, and here they are: In the first round, larz should give me a theme to work off of. We'll then give each other our themes in each round. Compositions must abide by the themes, to help assure that each one is made from scratch. Our entries should be no less than 1:30, and should be embedded to the page from YouTube. A...
Liberals Will Become Libertarians
This is an argumentative forecast of the state of politics in the United States and European Union. My forecast is that social programs, public goods, and redistributive justice in Western civilization lack sustainability. These are expenses which bear growing deficits and debts with no turn around in sight, so eventually, they will need to be downsized and cutback. In turn, liberals will have to make a choice: 1) Either drive their societies and economies into anarchism (which even libera...
Pokemon Is better than Yu-Gi-Oh
Rules:
1. You may not focus primarily on generation 5.
2. You may not say that "gen 1 and 2 wer...
That trademarks should be abolished
Hey everyone. In this debate, I'm going to be proposing the motion that trademarks should be abolished. My opponent, naturally, will negate this topic. We each have 72 hours to argue our points, and 8000 characters to do so in each round. There are four rounds, although the first is just for acceptance, rules, etc. As usual, please only vote if you're either being completely fair or voting for me. I would very much appreciate (and I think my opponent would too) constructive comments for im...
Let it be resolved that the market is the best mechanism for providing internet infrastructure
this is a googlehangout debate...