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Income and Democratic ideals

thett3

The full resolution is: In the United States, current income disparities threaten democratic ideals. I changed it in the title to deter debaters from finding it by googling the resolution and stealing my sources and arguments.

Round 1 is for acceptance. The other 3 are for rebuttals. New arguments brought up in the 4th round will not be considered.
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The republican house has not voted in favor of more than 2 bills that are benifiical to the USA

Willoweed
imabench

The republican house has not voted in favor of more than 2 bills that have been benifiical to the united states of America. It will be up to my opponent to list and show bills that they've voted for that will improve america. There will be a few rules 1) My opponent cannot list new bills that they didst list before in the last round. 2) Bills that maintain the status quo do not count....

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The United States is too involved in Middle Eastern affairs

imabench

I believe that the United States is both today and in the past, too involved in middle eastern affairs and issues. Middle East = Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Lebanon, Qatar, Kuwait The Con must simply show that the US is not very involved in Middle eastern affairs. Con may use the first round for arguments or just acceptance....

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Wikipedia is a good source of information

imabench

I hear it all the time on here and so do most of you, someone makes a reference to a Wikipedia article in a debate, the other side instantly claims that it is not a reliable source for information, but never actually explains why.... I have looked through many Wikipedia articles over the years and all of them are neutral over controversial issues, straightforward in anything relating to math, gives reasonably accurate statistics about past wars, and gives both sides of the story on historical...

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Homosexuals should be given the same rights as heterosexuals.

tbaldwin94

I will be affirming the topic: Homosexuals should be given the same rights as heterosexuals. To support the affirmation, I will support two basic contentions. 1. There is good reason to give equal rights to homosexuals 2. There is no good reason to deprive equal rights from homosexuals Contention 1: Good Reason for Equal Rights Sub Point A: Homosexuals are no less human than a heterosexual. To deprive rights from any living creature emphasizes their subhuman position in society. For...

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If North Korea were to invade South Korea, South Korea with US support would win

imabench

I believe that If North Korea were to Invade South Korea, then they would eventually lose the war against South Korea with US support. Con must argue how the North Koreans would guarantee to win the war WITHOUT any foreign help (like from China or Russia) 5 rounds, 6000 character limit Con may use the first round for acceptance or they can post their arguments....

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2011 November-December LD

BangBang-Coconut

Full Resolution- Resolved: Individuals have a moral obligation to assist people in need This first round will be for rule/acceptance/clarifications/etc. + Although this is the current LD topic, this debate will not take place in an LD format. + All arguments should be written to be as clear and concise as possible. + Arguments do not have to include data. However if data is not included, then clear philosophical warrants should be made. I will be arguing that individuals do not have...

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Jesus is not the messiah

Mr.Infidel

Resolution

Jesus is not the messiah that was predicted in the Old Testament.

The opponents of the debate, and what positions they will argue.

Mr.Infidel is possitive, my opponent is negative.

The length of the debate, in number of rounds.

Arguments begin in round 2

There are a total of 4 rounds.

The maximum length of each stateme...

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Drug Legalization

Deathbeforedishonour
thett3

Resolved: The United States should legalize all drugs.

I propose that we debate drug legalization. The first round is just for acceptance of the challange, and its definintions.

Drugs: A chemical substance, such as a narcotic or hallucinogen, that affects the central nervous system, causing changes in behavior and often addiction [1].

[1] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/drugs
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The Bible contains historical inaccuracies

Diagoras

Since I was unable to post in the last round of our debate, we will be doing this again. We will copy and paste our round 2 arguments so that we can get back to the same round 3 where the last debate ended. That other debate is listed here. http://www.debate.org/debates/The-bible-contains-historic-inaccuracies/1/...

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