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<pubDate>2013-06-19T00:14:15-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>I shall marry the user known as Rogue.</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/I-shall-marry-the-user-known-as-Rogue./1/</link>
<description>(Post Voting Period) &lt;div&gt;Official resolution: I, Koopin, shall marry the user known as rogue. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a comical debate (not really, rogue I love you!) however, please treat it as a serious one. Basically, just do not forfeit, no semantics, and no trolling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to thank the audience and my opponent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;=============================&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FIRST: Look at this picture:&lt;/strong&gt; http://i40.tinypic.com/29123qg.jpg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The picture above is rogue's future (PLEASE LET IT BE!). Make sure to read her &quot;About me&quot; &quot;Activities&quot; and &quot;News Feeds&quot;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rogue (1), one of the most attractive females to ever exist on this website. Her beautiful hair that I am sure smell like roses, her soft smooth features, and those wonderful innocent puppy dog eyes that stare directly into your soul. She is a twenty year old, and a female if you were wondering. There is no doubt as to why I wish to marry her. However, this debate is not about why, b</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/I-shall-marry-the-user-known-as-Rogue./1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2012-02-10T16:23:47-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>Who is the biigest fool? Part 2</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/Who-is-the-biigest-fool-Part-2/1/</link>
<description>(Post Voting Period) Okay so this is part 2 of &quot;who is the biggest fool&quot; debate. 
 The way this works is that both debaters have to command each other to do certain actions, that the other person must fulfill. 
Rules:
1. Let's keep this debate rated PG. Nothing raunchy or disgusting.
2. Nothing physically impossible.
3. A forfeit or improperly performing an action results in a loss.
4. This is a video debate so all challenges are performed on video.

Good luck to whoever accepts this debate! My opponent goes first.</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/Who-is-the-biigest-fool-Part-2/1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2012-03-13T16:13:13-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>VIDEO DEBATE: WriterDave should leave debate.org</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/VIDEO-DEBATE-WriterDave-should-leave-debate.org/1/</link>
<description>(Post Voting Period) This is a video debate only. No semantics. Resolution is in title. First round is for acceptance. All seven points go to who makes the best arguement. Video can't be over ten minutes.</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/VIDEO-DEBATE-WriterDave-should-leave-debate.org/1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2012-05-14T23:19:16-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>You can not prove that Santa Claus is not real and living today.</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/You-can-not-prove-that-Santa-Claus-is-not-real-and-living-today./1/</link>
<description>(Post Voting Period) No one can prove to me that Santa Claus is not real and living today.
I am not just talking about Saint Nicholas from the 270 A.D.
I am talking about the Santa Claus that delivers presents on Christmas Eve, and flies in the sky with reindeer.
I will let my opponent start. 


Source:
(1). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas
(2). http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/saint+nicholas</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/You-can-not-prove-that-Santa-Claus-is-not-real-and-living-today./1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2009-12-03T19:15:47-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>smoking should be illegal</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/smoking-should-be-illegal/2/</link>
<description>(Voting Period) Everyone knows that smoking kills. That's not why it should be made illegal. Nicotine is very addictive. That is not why it should be illegal.
I am not a smoker because I value my own life. However, I believe suicide, should someone want it, should be legal. I consider smoking &quot;prolonged suicide.&quot; Honestly, that is why I don't smoke, but that is not why it should be illegal.
Okay, I'm done with that weird repetitive schpiel. I'll get to the point (&quot;Get on with it!&quot;). Smokers inhale approximately 10% of the smoke from their smoking device of choice. Where does the other 90% go? Right into the air. Now, regarding the air, we're all communists. I'm sure someday someone will capitalize air ($10 to go to the breathing station. The air is more pure. guaranteed!), but for now, we're communist. It's everyone's air, so whatever a smoker puts in the air, everyone else gets to breathe it in. Generally, it's not that big of a deal, but if someone lights up right next to </description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/smoking-should-be-illegal/2/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2010-03-30T16:40:48-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>We should move all Israelis to Canada.</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/We-should-move-all-Israelis-to-Canada./1/</link>
<description>(Post Voting Period) &lt;div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; background-color: white;&quot;&gt;RESOLUTION:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; background-color: white;&quot;&gt;The United States of America should move all Israelis to Canada.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; background-color: white;&quot;&gt;INTRODUCTION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; background-color: white;&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I would like to express my thanks to whoever accepts this debate. You may have noticed that it is only one round, which most likely means a win for you. I would also like to thank the audience and mean no offense to Canadians. No use of semantics please. &amp;nbsp;Since I am American, I may use the phrase &amp;ldquo;we&amp;rdquo; instead of </description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/We-should-move-all-Israelis-to-Canada./1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2012-02-23T03:28:36-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>MS Paint battle for PROs</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/MS-Paint-battle-for-PROs/1/</link>
<description>(Post Voting Period) Hello, and welcome. This is a serious debate using MS paint. 

Rules: 

1. Please take this seriously.
2. Do as best as you can.
3. Be as realistic as you can.

For my first picture, I made a portrait of a man I saw at the park. The detail of his face are so amazingly portrayed, and I would like for someone to try and challenge me. 

My first picture: http://oi42.tinypic.com/90yvc4.jpg</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/MS-Paint-battle-for-PROs/1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2012-04-06T15:57:16-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>Royalpaladin should be made into jerky (full resolution inside debate)</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/Royalpaladin-should-be-made-into-jerky-full-resolution-inside-debate/1/</link>
<description>(Post Voting Period) Note, this isn't supposed to be offensive to anyone. It's just a joke.

Full Resolution: The member known as Royalpaladin should be killed and made into jerky for debate.org members to eat. 

No semantics. 
First round is just for acceptance. No redefining anything or taking another position. You are Con for the original resolution. The only thing you may say in the first round is &quot;I accept.&quot; Anything else will be a forfeit.</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/Royalpaladin-should-be-made-into-jerky-full-resolution-inside-debate/1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2012-05-02T18:55:36-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>Justin Bieber should be killed and forgotten.</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/Justin-Bieber-should-be-killed-and-forgotten./1/</link>
<description>(Voting Period) &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Full resolution: It would be overall better for the world if Justin Bieber was killed and forgotten. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;I will give my opponent the option to start if she wishes, however if she does not want to she can just accept.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Definitions: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Bieber&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Bieber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/Justin-Bieber-should-be-killed-and-forgotten./1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2011-05-22T16:46:20-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>Connect Four</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/Connect-Four/1/</link>
<description>(Voting Period) Good luck to whomever takes this debate.

Official Resolution: I will win a majority of the games of Connect Four that I play against my opponent.

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Debate Rules
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1. Five games of Connect Four are to be played in the comments section of this debate in the manner described below. 

2. The winner of this debate is the person who wins 3 or more of the Connect Four rounds. All 7 points go to the person who won the majority of rounds, regardless of spelling/conduct/sources/argumentation.

3. No penalty is to be incurred for 'forfeiting' a debate round.

4. The result of each game of Connect Four will be posted in one of the rounds by each debater.

5. If the purpose of the debate is not clear, ask in comments. Do not abuse semantics, poorly worded rules, or anything else that would detract from the purpose of this debate.

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Connect Four Instructions
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1. The board is 7x6. Placing a piece anyw</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/Connect-Four/1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2009-12-06T18:01:33-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>I am the user know as interrogator.</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/I-am-the-user-know-as-interrogator./1/</link>
<description>(Post Voting Period) Yes, my dear friends, I am interrogator. I hope that myself will accept this debate, and that I will have a good time.</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/I-am-the-user-know-as-interrogator./1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2011-06-27T14:16:06-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>The death Penalty should still stand.</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/The-death-Penalty-should-still-stand./1/</link>
<description>(Post Voting Period) I think that the Death Penalty should stay. I do not believe that it is right to let a murderer stay in prison living off of tax dollars for the rest of his life. I believe that the penalty should only be used on people they have hard evidence on so they can avoid executing the wrong person. If the death penalty stayed, there would be less crimes in and outside of jail. Criminals would be afraid to kill someone fearing for their lives. 
Does anyone object?</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/The-death-Penalty-should-still-stand./1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2009-11-07T15:15:14-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>Debate.org members* should join the boycott of KFC</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/Debate.org-members-should-join-the-boycott-of-KFC/1/</link>
<description>(Voting Period) Tender, succulent pieces of chicken coated in delicious herbs and spices and deep-fried until they are a crispy golden-brown &#8211; absolutely scrumptious! Yes, I really love KFC. In fact, I very much doubt that there's any Debate.org member who likes KFC as much as I do.

Shame they might go bust then, isn't it?

That's right, with the support of the members of this site, the boycott of KFC in America will grow to a point where their losses will be unsustainable and they will either be forced to clean up their act or close their doors altogether.

That's because the cruelty KFC inflicts on the 1 billion chickens they kill every year in the United States has incensed countless decent Americans who are absolutely appalled at their animal welfare abuses and who are now boycotting KFC restaurants. (1)

Let's be in no doubt, the level of suffering that KFC's factory farmers inflict upon chickens would be illegal in most civilised countries and, outside the Unite</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/Debate.org-members-should-join-the-boycott-of-KFC/1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2010-03-29T11:25:06-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>Gambling casino should be allowed in the USA.</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/Gambling-casino-should-be-allowed-in-the-USA./1/</link>
<description>(Voting Period) I do not believe that gambling casinos should be legalized in the USA.
I will let my opponent speak first since I am con.</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/Gambling-casino-should-be-allowed-in-the-USA./1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2009-12-24T10:03:17-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>Ban Divorce &amp; Interracial Marriage</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/Ban-Divorce-Interracial-Marriage/1/</link>
<description>(Post Voting Period) Rule: To be Con you must fully oppose my position, arguing that both divorce and interracial marriage should be legal.

Reason Applied to Both:

King Henry VIII embarked Britain on a bold social experiment with legalized divorce that eventually spread to her colonies and is now even embraced by most Catholics as acceptable.

This changed the definition of marriage. Traditional marriage was 1 man, 1 woman, same race for life. They changed it then to 1 man, 1 woman, same race for life unless they get a divorce.

Then, centuries down the road in the 1960s with Loving v. Virginia America embarked on a bold social experiment.

Loving changed the definition of marriage to 1 man, 1 woman of any race for life unless divorced.

People back then argued this would be a slippery slope to other deviant forms of sexuality in marriage, such as marrying your dog.

As we can see from recent political developments they're right!

Divorce lead to interracial marri</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/Ban-Divorce-Interracial-Marriage/1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2010-12-31T16:27:58-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>Women should be treated with the respect men get.</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/Women-should-be-treated-with-the-respect-men-get./1/</link>
<description>(Post Voting Period) My opponent ManPower believes that men are much better than women. I believe women should have the same amount of respect men get.</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/Women-should-be-treated-with-the-respect-men-get./1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2010-01-13T20:35:41-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>Guitar battle-</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/Guitar-battle/1/</link>
<description>(Voting Period) Is is a video guitar battle chalenge to koopen, I'll let my oponent choose-
do u want this to ba a battle of skill or composition?
Coposition-must play original stuff
skill-can play anything, Meerly to see who is better</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/Guitar-battle/1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2009-12-15T18:41:05-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>If war is murder, than it should be legal for anyone to murder anyone.</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/If-war-is-murder-than-it-should-be-legal-for-anyone-to-murder-anyone./1/</link>
<description>(Post Voting Period) I would like to deeply express my thanks to lovelife for excepting this debate. I hope this is both a fun and educational experience for both of us.

Full resolution: Assuming war is murder, then it should be legal for anyone to murder anyone.

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Definitions: 

WAR: A conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air. (1)

MURDER: According to this debate, the act of killing another human being and any scenario. (2)

LEGAL: Permitted by the law. (3)

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My opponent lovelife has said in another thread that war is Murder. I replied that if war is in fact murder, than murder is necessary. She responded with:

&quot;Then it should be legal for anyone to murder anyone, not just because they live in a certain place or dressed a certain way.&quot; (4)

Lovelife also agreed that she would be willing to debate this topic for me. Obviously this debat</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/If-war-is-murder-than-it-should-be-legal-for-anyone-to-murder-anyone./1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2010-09-01T21:11:43-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>Marjiuana should be legal</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/Marjiuana-should-be-legal/1/</link>
<description>(Voting Period) Marjiunana should be a legal drug through out the United States.Alcohol is more harmful then Marjiunana, and its legal at the age of 21</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/Marjiuana-should-be-legal/1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2010-03-23T20:08:40-08:00</pubDate>
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<title>ticket scalping should be illegal</title>
<link>http://www.debate.org/debates/ticket-scalping-should-be-illegal/1/</link>
<description>(Voting Period) Ticket scalping should not be illegal because the person who is reselling the ticket has afforded the ticket with their own money so it is legally theirs to do whatever they want to do with it. Why should there be a limit to your freedom of what you want to do with your own item?</description>
<comments>http://www.debate.org/debates/ticket-scalping-should-be-illegal/1/comments/</comments>
<pubDate>2010-01-05T18:49:01-08:00</pubDate>
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