Debate.org: Apollo.11's Debates

Kevin Durant is a better overall basketball player than Kobe Bryant.

2012-05-30T22:02:52-08:00

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I affrim the resolution.
First round is for acceptance only.

No semantics.
No arguments in the comments section after the debate.

KD35 vs. The Black Mamba.

Yao Ming is better Lebron James will ever be.

2012-06-03T23:17:36-08:00

(Post Voting Period) Yao Ming: A tall center that drives in, and scores. Lebron James: Doesnt score, cant make a shot. Yao Ming is the better player here.

The Hunger Games Series did not resolve itself

2012-04-07T21:05:10-08:00

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The Hunger Games did not have a good ending because it went on too long and did not resolve itself.

Example 1: Presenting President Coin as the main enemy after Katniss sympathizes with President Snow does not make much sense to me as the reader because Katniss has hated Snow for so long and changing the enemy to Coin is somewhat of a last ditch plot twist to keep the reader interested. Not to mention that the deeper plot from Coin was not developing, and was not seen until she supposedly killed Primrose.

Example 2: Primrose Everdeen's death was not necessary to the story because although it provided a reason for Katniss not to choose Gale, it created some loose ends that were not fixed. It was somewhat like Rachel's death in "the Dark Knight" because the story was dragging and needed to

The Chicago Bulls Will Be the 2012 NBA Champions

2012-04-04T00:39:39-08:00

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1. No semantics
2. 8000 character limit
3. Arguments cannot flow into the comment sections during or after the debate.

Structure:
First Round: Acceptance. Defintions. State whcih team you will be arguing for.
Second Round: Arguments/Rebuttals
Third Round: Rebuttals/Defenses

Opponnent must argue that another team (must pick one other than the Bulls) will win.

Dubstep Battle

2012-03-13T17:12:22-08:00

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1st round accpetance.

1000 character limit.

Post one dubstep song each round (4 total).
No actual debating.

Voters should vote according to how much better one side was than the other:
Ex. If you thought it was close, vote 4:3

It would be interesting to see if anyone accepts.

taxes in the united states should be signifigantly lowered currently

2012-04-13T22:57:15-08:00

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Taxes in the united states should be lowered.
I will take the negitive, arguing that we ought not lower taxes signifigantly.
I hope this will be an interesting debate

Also i have some debates going on if anyones intrested you should go vootefor me.....lol

Topics are

wikipedia should be considered a valid source
potenial vampires who could logically exist would win against ninjas
5 ninjas would win against 5 vikings
The united states should suspend all assistance to pakistan
pornography out to be illegal

Id appreciate your votes

We dont need no education

2012-03-18T21:34:19-08:00

(Post Voting Period) Nuff' said

The San Antonio Spurs Will Be the 2012 NBA Champions.

2012-05-29T14:10:39-08:00

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Resolution: The San Antonio Spurs will win the 2012 NBA Championship.

I'm going with Dirk's prediction. Spurs all the way.

Please, no semantics.*

STRUCTURE:

I. Round 1 will be acceptance. My opponent should also use this round to choose the team he/she believes will win the championship.

II. Round 2 will be for arguments/rebuttals.

III. Round 3 will be for rebuttals and defenses. No new arguments (or rebuttals for Con) may be presented in this round.*

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*Failure to adhere to these simple rules should result in an auto-loss.

NOTE: The time to argue will be only 24 hours to minimize the effect that new developments in the OKC/Spurs series have on the debate.

Rick Santorum is a serial flip-flopper.

2012-03-10T13:23:47-08:00

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Ist round is acceptance.

8000 character limit.

I have the burden of proof.

Being a solipsist is unreasonable.

2012-03-22T21:32:20-08:00

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8000 character limit.
No semantics.
First round: acceptance/defintions

Basic definitions:
1. solipsism: the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist. [1]
2. unreasonable: exceeding the bounds of reason [2]

Sources:
1. http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/solipsism
2. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unreasonable

OFFICIAL DDO TOURNIE: On Balance, Nuclear Energy is a more viable alternative to Solar Energy

2012-08-01T22:48:40-08:00

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This is part of the DDO tournament pitting myself against Apollo.

This debate is about whether Nuclear Energy is a better alternative to Solar Energy. I shall argue for nuclear energy, while my opponent shall argue for solar energy.

This debate mostly focuses around the US.

Definitions

Anybody who doesn't know them should go back to their cave.

Anybody who argues semantics shall get a proverbial slap across the hand, coupled with an incision in the jugular.

Style

Round 1: Acceptance

Round 2: Main Arguments

Round 3: Rebuttals

Round 4: Rebuttal/Conclusion. To balance out the last word advantage, Pro can rebut two points while Con can only rebut one point.

Let the games begin!

I did not strawman in my debate with 16kadams

2012-04-12T22:53:35-08:00

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I must prove that I did not strawman in my debate with 16kadams.
http://www.debate.org/debates/Homosexual-acts-are-immoral/1/

Con must prove that I did strawman in my debate with 16kadams.

"The Straw Man fallacy is committed when a person simply ignores a person's actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position."

http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/straw-man.html

1st round - acceptance
2nd round - arguments
3rd round - rebuttals

Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know was the best song of 2011

2012-04-08T17:35:42-08:00

(Post Voting Period) The song Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know was the best song of 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY Qualitatively there is no song better than that in 2011 CE

USFG should disband the Federal Reserve and the gold standard put in it's place.

2012-03-28T20:51:25-08:00

(Post Voting Period) 1. First Round Acceptance. 2. No semantics, if its unclear don't debate. The concept, though, should be easily understandable. 3. Honestly I'm on the fence on this topic, but I want to take the Pro, as a test of it's validity (if I can't defend it well then I probably won't believe it) 4. BOP is on me for the drastic change in status-quo 5. This debate is for Apollo.11 6. No new arguments in 3rd round, only new warrants for previously-stated arguments

The story of Jesus was ripped off of other religions.

2012-03-14T06:37:32-08:00

(Post Voting Period) 8000 character limit. I have the BOP. No semantics. 1st round is acceptance.

Should Kids Be Forced To Go To School?

2012-04-08T12:20:31-08:00

(Post Voting Period) I am the Pro in this argument. With that being said I agree that kids be forced to go to school. First round is acceptance! Good Luck!

Was the war in Iraq justified?

2012-03-28T23:55:24-08:00

(Post Voting Period) Just want to hear your argument. I say no because it was not even proven who the attackers of 9/11 were. Some speculations even say it was the government because they can enter Iraq. Discovery Channel (i think) interviewed the people who made the towers and they said, there is no way a simple plane crash could have leveled the building since the temperature was not hot enough to melt the beams unless something under the building was done, like C4's. Also, know WMD were found so why did we just stay.

The United states goevrment shoudl legalize SSM

2012-03-12T01:00:04-08:00

(Post Voting Period) "Same-sex marriage (also known as gay marriage) is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or gender identity." http://en.wikipedia.org... rules: first round acceptance/definitions 8000 characters no semantics with the title no ad hom

Childhood Euthanasia

2012-04-15T00:34:00-08:00

(Post Voting Period) If a child is so young, why should their only memories of life in pain?

Bitches be bitchin'

2012-04-12T20:49:36-08:00

(Post Voting Period) I Believe no matter the cirumstances, that as long as humans walk the earth, that Bitches be Bitchin'. Con will argue that bitches will not be bitchin. The term is defined as the following: The idea that the collective of Bitches will always/have always been Bitching 1st round acceptance