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It is better to have Brains than Beauty

2013-05-21T04:24:31-08:00

(Challenge Period) " Knowledge is Power" - Sir Francis Bacon 1)The brain is the container of knowledge. The basic difference between a beast and a man, is the latter's possession of an advanced brain which gives him the ability to think and allows him to differentiate between good and evil. 2)Physical beauty is an added quality. Life is enlightened for brains and not for beauty. A beautiful person, especially the female gender in this case, can have a dull brain and might just end up harming herself. For example, Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn was the biggest box-office draw of her time, her name sold a million movie tickets, and every red-blooded man in the world was in lust with her. But despite the power she exerted over men, including the most powerful of them, John F Kennedy, then President of the United States , Marilyn seemed strangely powerless when it came to staying in charge of her own life. She drifted from one disastrous relationship to another, sought comfort in d

Bashar al-Assad should stay or not?

2013-05-20T20:46:58-08:00

(Challenge Period) China and Russia supports him, Turkes supports Free Syrian Army. We don't want to involve the war, there is no reason to stay anymore. He should go with his own. The Salafis and PKK are dangerous for the area. The Middle East should be under the control Turkey. USA army, CIA, whatever they should leave from Middle East!

Resolved: Powerlifting is a Better Choice Than Bodybuilding

2013-05-15T13:03:02-08:00

(Challenge Period)

Resolution:

On balance, powerlifting is a superior lifting discipline to bodybuilding for one to practice.

As Pro, I will be affirming the resolution by arguing that powerlifting is the superior path to take.

As Con, you will be arguing the opposite (that one ought to be a bodybuilder rather than a powerlifter.)

Burden of Proof:

BoP will be shared.

Definitions:

All terms requiring clarification once the debate has started will be defined using the merriam-webster online dictionary definition that best fits the context of this debate. If there is a dispute on which definition best fits the context of this debate, the final arbitration is reserved for myself.

Bodybuilding: A lifting discipline involving building a lean, muscular, and symmetrical body for the purp

Should there be a population police?

2013-05-21T08:59:44-08:00

(Challenge Period) I am 14 and I am having a debate about this in school and I would like to know what you guys think about this. It has been hard finding good inputs and opinions about this. Although, I am a con I would like to know everyone opinion about this.

We should relax restrictions on guns

2013-05-21T08:21:39-08:00

(Challenge Period) Here are some things I agree with: 1. Universal background checks 2. The prevention of allowing guns in the hands of people with certain mental health conditions. Although we cant stop them, I agree that they shouldn't have guns as easily as others. 3. People kill people, not guns. If everyone was armed, there would be less crime because nobody would want to commit crime against an armed person. 4. There should be armed policemen at every school, he can stop the killer before he even kills any innocent lives. With that being said, gun restrictions can make everything worse because it would create a black market which would kill more people. The same thing happened with alcohol, marijuana, and prostitution. If there is something that people want, they will get it. Criminals don't follow laws, to anyone who simply says that it would make it harder for them to get it: this may be slightly true, but reality is they will find a way. For example, Switzerlan

Mac is better then PC

2013-05-21T07:41:48-08:00

(Challenge Period) Mac is way better then PC for tons of reasons and I have few of them First mac is way faster then PC so you dont need to delete anything to make it faster Second it is faster to play games on it and even if there are games that you can "only" play on windows there is stuff to play it on mac Third windows sucks

Pro or Con: Is it easy for US citizens to flee the country after committing a crime?

2013-05-21T02:08:38-08:00

(Challenge Period) Why is it so easy for anyone in USA could flee the country and if the commit a crime but for the rest of the continent of America we need a visa to go visit USA?

Should GEO's (Geneticly Engineered Organisms) Be released into the environment

2013-05-20T23:53:43-08:00

(Challenge Period) I believe that GEO's (Geneticly engineered organisms) should be released ini the enviremont because they could be extremely helpful to everything around them

Wisconsin Womens Hockey is better than Minnesota

2013-05-20T21:08:38-08:00

(Challenge Period) Wisconsin is clearly far superior. Look at their coaching staff. Mark Johnson was a 1980 miracle on ice gold medalist. Where is Brad frost even from? Not to mention Mark has more experience. He coached the olympic team to a silver in 2010. Also Wisconsin has graduated more olympians than minnesota. Vetter, Lawler, Knight, Duggan, Mikkleson, Slusar, Zaugg, and Engstrom to name a few. Not to mention Wisconsin has won more titles in the last seven years.

Radioactive Dating Is Reliable

2013-05-20T21:06:12-08:00

(Challenge Period)

NOTE: I have made this debate impossible to accept. Anyone who finds a way to accept this debate will forfeit. If you would like to debate this, please tell me so in the comments section of this debate.

Full Resolution

Radioactive dating is reliable.

BoP is on pro.

Definitions

Radioactive Dating: "The technique of comparing the abundance ratio of a radioactive isotope to a reference isotope to determine the age of a material."[1]

Reliable: "Capable of being relied on; dependable; yielding the same or compatible results in different clinical experiments or statistical trials."[2]

Rules

1. The first round is for acceptance.
2. A forfeit or concession is not allowed.
3. No semantics, tro

Medical Confidentiality

2013-05-20T03:24:35-08:00

(Challenge Period) Medical diagnosis and treatment produce information useful to direct patient care and a variety of other social circumstances. It has been a traditional precept of medical ethics, however, that confidentiality in health care is the best way to protect the well-being of patients. Both ethics and the law support a strong presumption in favour of medical confidentiality. That confidentiality is not, however, absolute, and there are justifiable exceptions. Discuss the ethical dilemmas of medical confidentiality in view of educational purposes, breach for the benefit of patients and public healthcare policy

Narendra Modi shuld be the next PM of india

2013-05-20T01:30:39-08:00

(Challenge Period)

yes he must be.

Resolved: States ought not possess nuclear weapons.

2013-05-19T14:58:12-08:00

(Challenge Period)

This debate follows National Forensics League LD format. If you are not familiar with it, do not accept this debate!

Voting guideleines will be presented at the bottom. I will try to keep this under 2,000 characters so I can fit my speech in. Formatting will be similar to time, but 1 minute = 1,000 characters. Debaters will be expected to copy+paste speeches into MS Word and provide a word count at the bottom of the speech in order to verify to the judges that the speeches are legal.

Character Limits by Speech:

R1: Terms of debate

Acceptance

R2: AC (aff. constructive) : 6,000 characters

Cross-examination in comments given by negative, questioning aff. Character limit is 1,500 for both the asker and the answerer. This will be done in Q then A then Q then A format until asker hits limit.