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Ross is the Main Character on Friends

2013-01-14T00:24:21-08:00

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Full Resolution: Given the storyline, if one of the characters of the tv sitcom Friends is to be considered the protagonist, the most fitting choice is Ross Geller.

Friends is an ensemble comedy television series with six well-defined main characters [1]. That said, my opponent and I will both now argue in favor of a single character as being the most fitting protagonist, given their roles within the series as a whole.

The burden of proof will be shared equally. I will argue in favor of the protagonist being the character Ross and my opponent must argue in favor of one of the remaining main characters: Chandler, Joey, Monica, Rachel, or Phoebe.

Protagonist: the leading character, hero, or heroine&n

Maikuru is out of Tulle's league.

2013-03-01T16:39:08-08:00

(Post Voting Period) Resolution: The user known as Maikuru is out of my league. Both parties share burden of proof. We can only use quoted song lyrics to make our case (sentence fragments are ok but complete sentences are better) and must cite the song and artist for each lyric. We can't use a lyric from a song already used. To see whether Oryus or Airmax would be more harmed if they broke up, click here --> http://www.debate.org/debates/I-would-be-more-harmed-than-you-if-we-broke-up./1/

Starcraft 2 is a strategy-intensive computer game

2012-11-24T01:53:03-08:00

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Resolved:: Starcraft 2 is a strategy-intensive computer game.

While I don't believe Maikuru will run semantics on me, definitions are always good.

Starcraft 2: The PC game invented by Blizzard that involves three different races (terran, protoss, and zerg) and their battle for inter-stellar dominance. It functions under the genre of Real-time strategy.

strategy-intensive: requiring a lot of strategical thinking

computer game: oh f*ck off, we all know what a computer game is.

Anyway, as neither of us want a really long debate, the first round is acceptance here. Then comes cases. Then the last round is rebuttals to strictly your opponent's case and then your concluding statements. The Burden of Proof is split between the two of us.

I intend to show that Starcraft 2 is not a strategy-intensive game. My opponent wishes to show that it IS a strategy intensive game.

Direct Intervention From God Is Worse Then Rape

2012-06-22T04:25:13-08:00

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This debate will be about whether direct intervention from God is worse then rape. This debate was inspired by a debate Maikuru and I had in the comment section of popculturepooka's debate here: http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Problem-of-Hell-Redux-2/2/

Within context of this debate, "Direct Intervention" will be specifically defined as a situation in which God overrides a person's free will and causes that person to choose Him. According to Christian Theology, by choosing Him [Jesus], said person will experience an afterlife of eternal bliss. The act of choosing Jesus involves believing and therefore accepting him as your Lord and Savior. In context, "Direct Intervention" will not mean situations in which God facilitates a free-willed choice, because in this case a

Using a time machine to go back and kill Hitler would be a bad idea.

2009-12-06T23:14:43-08:00

(Voting Period) I thank my opponent for the chance to debate. My opponent may not argue from semantics, as it is clear what the resolution states, although an exception may be made if he/she comes up with a particularly interesting objection to the resolution. Firstly, an argument against the viability of time travel itself; -- The Classic Paradox -- First, imagine time travel were made possible, and somebody travels back in time in order to meet their grandfather, whom they never knew. Now, say that due to an unfortunate series of circumstances, he ended up killing his grandfather before he got the chance to meet his grandmother. In this case, the time traveller would never come to exist in the first place. But this is logically contradictory, because if he didn't exist, he could not have killed his own grandfather and thus prevent his own existence. It seems that the only way to solve this contradiction is to conclude that the traveller could never have travelled

Solve the riddle

2012-12-08T02:43:30-08:00

(Post Voting Period) I'll post a riddle in this round. Con gets one guess. I reveal the answer in round two. If Con gets it, he gets all points. If he doesn't, I get all points. RIDDLE: I never was, yet always will be. I am never seen, yet always come. I carry nothing, but hold much for some.

Ultimate Team War - High Altitude

2011-06-22T23:35:37-08:00

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This is Ultimate Team War. Each debater must assemble a team of five characters, and the teams will then fight to the death(ish). Since we cannot have an actual real-life battle, each debater will explain why their team is superior during this debate.

However, it will take place in the sky.

DEFINITIONS
Team leader: One of the debaters here, i.e. me or my opponent
Team member: One of the five chosen warriors.
Team Pro: My team.
Team Con: My opponent's team.

RULES
1. The fight is to occur in mid-air. The atmosphere is the exact same as Earth's. The temperature is 25 degrees Celcius, with clear skies and no oncoming weather conditions. The time is noon, with the Sun directly overhead. The ground is empty; the composition of the ground is irrelevant to this debate.
2. The furthest bounds make essentially a cube in the air, one kilometer by one kilometer wide and one kilometer high, directly above t

Debating on Debate.org is better with no pants

2012-02-20T15:45:59-08:00

(Post Voting Period) Round 1 is acceptance. Pro: must say Debating on Debate.org (this website) is better with no pants on. Con: must say Debating on Debate.org (this website) is NOT better with no pants on. This is to be a fun debate of throwing ideas and reasons of your side.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard is superior to Captain/Admiral James T. Kirk

2012-06-11T01:08:48-08:00

(Post Voting Period) This is a one round debate that only allows 3 hours of arguing time. I will stand on the position that Jean-Luc Picard is a better Enterprise captain and is more favorable than Captain Kirk. I stand on this position because it has been shown throughout the Next Generation that Picard is way more of a diplomat than Kirk was, that Picard was a super-smart captain that didn't have to rely on his gut, like Kirk had to, and Picard has the best theme song ever. Kirk never could have inspired anything like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6oUz1v17Uo

Marvel Vs. DC. Who would Win??

2012-04-27T15:57:48-08:00

(Post Voting Period) i am going for Marvel. First round is acceptance

Tuvix Was Murdered

2010-01-29T18:56:14-08:00

(Voting Period) Preamble The 24th episode of the 2nd series of Star Trek: Voyager is entitled ‘Tuvix' in this episode the crewmembers Tuvok, and Neelix are ‘merged' into a single being by a transporter accident. The resulting being subsequently takes the name of Tuvix. A method of separating the two is later developed and Captain Janeway performs the process resulting in the demise or destruction of Tuvix and the restoration of Tuvok and Neelix. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvix Resolution Within the context of the story the destruction of Tuvix was murder. Definition of Murder: Killing that is unlawful and/or immoral. Contentions 1: Tuvix was a living, rational, sentient entity and as a result had a right to life. 2: Tuvix chose to live, and had the right to make this decision. 3: In choosing to separate Tuvix back into Tuvok and Neelix Captain Janeway assumes that she is protecting the rights of Tuvok and Neelix. However she assumes without evidence that this

Choose

2012-05-03T04:07:39-08:00

(Post Voting Period) I've seen a few of these around before. Figured I could hold my own on a lot of things that could get thrown my way (barring whatever Imabench can pull out of his a.ss, that I might not be prepared for). Regardless, I will let my opponent pick the topic and the side they will be (pro or con) and I will debate as such. Please keep the resolution all of these things. 1. Debatable. 2. Fair 3. Interesting Ready....GO!

Green Lantern is Superior to Superman

2011-09-11T22:41:52-08:00

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I will argue that as a superhero, Green lantern is better than Superman. For the sake of consistency by Green Lantern I am referring to Hal Jordan but in general any Green Lantern should do. By better I mean more powerful, or anything that gives him a superior edge. First round is for acceptance arguments start the next round.

Two heads are better than one

2009-11-11T19:59:08-08:00

(Voting Period) They say "two heads are better than one" and they are right. I'm not talking about conjoined or Siamese twins here by the way - where two foetuses become fused in the womb and two distinct babies are born attached to each other - I'm talking about those fortunate mutants who are born with one body and two heads. The advantages of having two heads are manifold. Below are three that come to my head immediately (though there'd be six if I was lucky enough to have two heads). 1 – Save valuable seconds crossing the road. Instead of wasting time looking left, right, then left again before stepping off the pavement (sidewalk), you can look both ways simultaneously. 2 – End the misery of exam revision. Simply give your textbooks to your other head to study while you watch television. Then when you come to sit the exam, your other head can discreetly whisper the answers into your ear. 3 – Drink and drive with impunity. If the police pull you over on your way

Patriotism is harmful to the human race.

2009-05-08T21:03:36-08:00

(Voting Period) I am challenging Maikuru to debate the one (interesting) issue that we disagree on. If he chooses to accept, this should be very interesting. Definitions Patriotism: Love for or devotion to one's country. (Webster's) Harmful to the human race: Tends to be detrimental to the general well-being of the human race and/or human society as a whole. Fascism: a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition (Webster's) I affirm the resolution: Patriotism is harmful to the human race. Note: In some of my explanations, I am speaking about an imaginary person named Bob and his country called Countryland instead of abstract concepts. I am doing this simply because it makes the pronouns easier to work with. Contention

Earth Day supporters contradict themselves.

2009-04-26T13:18:50-08:00

(Post Voting Period) Okay, the phrase, "Every day is Earth Day," is common among Earth Day supporters. http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/earthday/play.htm?f We hear this phrase on the news a lot. I see signs around town saying, "Every day is Earth Day." There's just one problem; I only see and hear these around the regular, established Earth Day. If every day was in fact Earth Day, then why wouldn't Earth Day supporters publicly announce it when the rest of the world forgets that it is Earth Day, and needs to be reminded. Earth day supporters claim that every day is Earth Day, only on Earth Day. Thus, they contradict themselves. Thank you.

Ultimate Team War: Maikuru vs. MTGandP

2009-06-24T16:12:29-08:00

(Voting Period) This is another installment of Ultimate Team War. Each debater must assemble a team of five individuals, and the teams will then fight to the death. Since we cannot have an actual real-life battle, each debater will explain why their team is superior during this debate. DEFINITIONS Team leader: One of the debaters here, i.e. me or MTGandP. Team member: One of the five chosen warriors. Team Pro: My team. Team Con: My opponent's team. VOTING Conduct: Vote for both normal conduct and whoever follows the rules most effectively. S&G: Vote as usual. Arguments: Vote for whoever proves most effectively that their team would win. Sources: As sources don't really matter, vote for whoever proves most effectively that their team would win. RULES – Standard Ultimate Team War rules apply: 1. Battles take place on an earth-like planet; there is a human population, but humans will not interfere with the war unless forced to become involved. 2. No team membe

NCIS is the best TV show.

2009-05-19T20:48:14-08:00

(Voting Period) I think that the TV show NCIS is the best TV show. NCIS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCIS_(TV_series) Best - excelling all others (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/best) TV show - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_show Naturally, the term "best" is subjective. My opponent will choose one (1) other TV show, and we will debate over which TV show is better based on their pros and cons. Anything possibly relevant to being a pro or con to a TV show is acceptable. This first round will just be for greetings and TV show selection. I await my opponent's choice.

The Constitutional Basis of Roe v. Wade

2009-04-06T18:14:30-08:00

(Voting Period) Listen, I am pro choice. I am not against abortion, I'm just for state's rights. However, I have done some research, and I have determined that the ruling of Supreme Court on Roe v. Wade has NO constitutional basis. The Supreme Court ruled in Roe's favor because of the Fourteenth Amendment's Section I (specifically the Due Process Clause), which is shown below: "Section I: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; *nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;* nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." The clause in asterisks (*) is the Due Process Clause. I do not see exactly how abortion law violates due process. Plea

People should be banned for forfeiting debates on debate.org

2009-03-25T23:35:48-08:00

(Voting Period) This debate was not some random idea that I came up with and decided to post. It was from personal experience on debate.org I have only been in about 5 debates and only 2 have been fully completed, the others have been forfeited. I know a lot of newer sites are started with word of mouth and this site is still fairly new. I'm not saying that's the only method to gain popularity but it does play a huge role. I loved the setup of this website and the atmosphere. It was very intuitive and very well designed. I knew then, i might finally have a chance to get my mother a bit more interested in some online activities. So i thought this would be a great place for her to start her online experience, beyond msn and hotmail. Well she spent quite some time writing up her argument for her opponent to see, she had notepad (yes an actual notepad,) taking notes to come up with a debate) Her opponent forfeited and also didn't even have the common courtesy to respond in the