http://www.debate.org/debates/?order=1&sort=&member=untitled%5Fentity Customize this RSS feed by going to http://www.debate.org/rss/ en-us 2013-05-18T07:01:50-08:00 2013-05-18T07:01:50-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/LSD-should-be-legalized-for-recreational-use./1/ (Voting Period) LSD refers to Lysergic acid diethylamide, a psychedelic drug illegal in the United States of America. If you challenge me, you are in support of keeping LSD illegal, and/or increasing penalties for possessing or selling it. LSD should be legalized for the reasons listed below. A) LSD use is a victimless crime. If someone ingests LSD, no one is being victimized in any way, shape, or form. B) LSD is less addictive than many legal drugs in America. (1) (2) C) Only one person has ever died of LSD overdose. However, this man died of because of his own ignorance. He was under the impression that the LSD was speed, ergo, he ingested 320 G of LSD, which is much higher than the recommended dosage. However, more than one person has died of alcohol poisoning. (3) D) LSD has medical uses, where as alcohol and tobacco, do not. If nothing else, this should make LSD a class B drug instead of a class A one. (4) (1) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/3158844 http://www.debate.org/debates/LSD-should-be-legalized-for-recreational-use./1/comments/ 2009-07-02T08:36:52-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Gay-Marriage-should-be-legalized./6/ (Post Voting Period) Hunton711 asked me to challenge him to this debate, so I am. I look forward to debating Hunton and welcome him to this site. I would ask my opponent to use this round to clarify definitions and Burden of Proof arguments if they arise - as a result I ask him not to post an argument for the second half of this round and allow actual debating to commence in round two. I, in this debate must prove that gay marriage should always be legalized whereas my opponent must prove that it must never be legalized. Resolved: Gay Marriage should be legalized. Definitions : Gay - of, relating to, or used by homosexuals [1] Married** - A) The act of uniting in wedlock [2] B) To join as man and wife [3] Should - used in auxiliary function to express obligation, propriety, or expediency [4] Legalized - to give legal validity or sanction to [5] **There are two provided definitions of marriage. The first one, A is taken from the American Heritage dictionary pub http://www.debate.org/debates/Gay-Marriage-should-be-legalized./6/comments/ 2009-07-27T18:23:26-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/In-a-battle-between-Keith-Olbermann-and-Pat-Buchanan-Pat-Buchanan-would-win./1/ (Post Voting Period) I will defer to AFF for constructive. The Keith Olbermann and Pat Buchanan refer to the respective political analysts/news personalities. http://www.debate.org/debates/In-a-battle-between-Keith-Olbermann-and-Pat-Buchanan-Pat-Buchanan-would-win./1/comments/ 2009-07-21T22:05:30-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/feverish-rap-tournament-philosophical-vs-untitled-entity/1/ (Voting Period) Whats up guys, sorry about the audio, its not that great. I didnt have a whole lot of time to prep out a great video, but I'm excited for Untitled's response and look forward to it. Good luck! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGp1MXCy0jk LYRICS: INTRO: My rhymes are exotic, This beat is hypnotic, Your raps are robotic, While mine are psychotic. MAIN: Last time you got off easy, but Im not gonna forfeit, So you better hit me hard, or get ready to quit. Your practice was sylux, but here's the real thing, Cuz ima bout to preach to you like martin luther king. Your last rhyme was good, I have to admit, But none if its real. And all mines authentic. Get ready to lose, because I aint playing around Right now I'm getting ready to bury you in the ground. you, know, what your last rap needed was a killa beat. I hope you got one this time, cuz i'm packin' the heat! I know I'm white but my rhymes are tight, I bust out when I'm in a rap fi http://www.debate.org/debates/feverish-rap-tournament-philosophical-vs-untitled-entity/1/comments/ 2010-02-11T11:47:36-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/In-a-battle-between-Ann-Coulter-and-Rachel-Maddow-Ann-Coulter-would-win./1/ (Post Voting Period) I will defer to AFF for constructive. The Rachel Maddow and Ann Coulter referred to are the T.V. news personalities. http://www.debate.org/debates/In-a-battle-between-Ann-Coulter-and-Rachel-Maddow-Ann-Coulter-would-win./1/comments/ 2009-07-09T22:07:34-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/There-Should-Be-A-Constitutional-Amednment-Banning-Gay-Marriage/1/ (Post Voting Period) Resolved : There Should Be A Constitutional Amendment Banning Gay Marriage I will argue that there should not be a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Definitions : Should - must; ought (used to indicate duty, propriety, or expediency): http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Should Constitutional - pertaining to the constitution Constitution - the system of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, corporation, or the like, is governed. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Constitution Amendment - an alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Amendment Banning - to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Banning Gay - a homosexual person, esp. a male. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Gay Marriage - to join in wedlock (Webster's New World) N.B. - any dictionary definition prior to 2005 will read to "unite as ma http://www.debate.org/debates/There-Should-Be-A-Constitutional-Amednment-Banning-Gay-Marriage/1/comments/ 2009-06-15T14:37:50-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/I-will-not-contradict-myself-in-this-debate./3/ (Post Voting Period) I affirm the resolution, "I will not contradict myself in this debate." contradict- to assert the contrary or opposite of http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/contradict Rules: 1. In Rounds 1-3, CON will ask PRO ten Yes/No questions. 2. In Rounds 2-4, PRO will answer all of CON's questions with Yes, No, or an explanation as to why neither answer would be completely correct. 3. In Rounds 2-4, CON can point out any contradictions that he or she believes to be present in PRO's answers. 4. When CON points out a contradiction, PRO may use all of the following rounds to defend the accused contradiction until either CON drops the accusation or PRO admits defeat, or when the debate is over. 5. If CON ever fails to ask PRO exactly ten Yes/No questions when necessary, CON automatically loses. 6. If PRO ever fails to answer every question asked in the previous round by the rules, PRO automatically loses. 7. If PRO is never found to have contradicted himse http://www.debate.org/debates/I-will-not-contradict-myself-in-this-debate./3/comments/ 2009-07-23T13:03:26-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/I-will-not-contradict-myself./7/ (Voting Period) Contradiction: http://en.wikipedia.org... Rules: 1. In Rounds 1-3, CON will ask PRO ten Yes/No questions. 2. In Rounds 2-4, PRO will answer all of CON's questions. 3. In Rounds 2-4, CON can point out any contradictions that he or she believes to be present in PRO's answers. 4. When CON points out a contradiction, PRO may use all of the following rounds to defend the accused contradiction until either CON drops the accusation or PRO admits defeat, or when the debate is over. 5. If CON ever fails to ask PRO exactly ten Yes/No questions when necessary, CON automatically loses. 6. If PRO ever fails to answer every question asked in the previous round by the rules, PRO automatically loses. 7. If PRO is never found to have contradicted herself, PRO wins. 8. If PRO is ever found to have contradicted hierself, PRO loses. 9. Because sources are irrelevant, the two points associated with sources will be given to the victor of the debate. Good luck. http://www.debate.org/debates/I-will-not-contradict-myself./7/comments/ 2009-06-28T21:31:15-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/I-Will-Not-Contradict-Myself/2/ (Post Voting Period) I find this particular debate enjoyable, this will be the last one before I go back to doing some real debating. 1. In Rounds 1-3, CON will ask PRO ten Yes/No questions. 2. In Rounds 2-4, PRO will answer all of CON's questions. 3. In Rounds 2-4, CON can point out any contradictions that he or she believes to be present in PRO's answers. 4. When CON points out a contradiction, PRO may use all of the following rounds to defend the accused contradiction until either CON drops the accusation or PRO admits defeat, or when the debate is over. 5. If CON ever fails to ask PRO exactly ten Yes/No questions when necessary, CON automatically loses. 6. If PRO ever fails to answer every question asked in the previous round by the rules, PRO automatically loses. 7. If PRO is never found to have contradicted himself/herself, PRO wins. 8. If PRO is ever found to have contradicted himself/herself, PRO loses. 9. Because sources are irrelevant, the two points associated w http://www.debate.org/debates/I-Will-Not-Contradict-Myself/2/comments/ 2009-06-20T14:33:45-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/I-will-not-contradict-myself/1/ (Post Voting Period) Contradiction: http://en.wikipedia.org... Rules: 1. In Rounds 1-3, CON will ask PRO ten Yes/No questions. 2. In Rounds 2-4, PRO will answer all of CON's questions. 3. In Rounds 2-4, CON can point out any contradictions that he or she believes to be present in PRO's answers. 4. When CON points out a contradiction, PRO may use all of the following rounds to defend the accused contradiction until either CON drops the accusation or PRO admits defeat, or when the debate is over. 5. If CON ever fails to ask PRO exactly ten Yes/No questions when necessary, CON automatically loses. 6. If PRO ever fails to answer every question asked in the previous round by the rules, PRO automatically loses. 7. If PRO is never found to have contradicted himself, PRO wins. 8. If PRO is ever found to have contradicted himself, PRO loses. 9. Because sources are irrelevant, the two points associated with sources will be given to the victor of the debate. Good luck. http://www.debate.org/debates/I-will-not-contradict-myself/1/comments/ 2009-06-19T14:06:34-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/The-USA-Patriot-Act-Abridges-Essential-Freedom/1/ (Post Voting Period) Resolved : The USA Patriot Act abridges essential freedom. http://www.debate.org/debates/The-USA-Patriot-Act-Abridges-Essential-Freedom/1/comments/ 2009-06-18T18:57:47-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Offspring-is-a-more-influential-band-to-punk-rock-than-Blink-182/1/ (Post Voting Period) aff goes first http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Offspring-is-a-more-influential-band-to-punk-rock-than-Blink-182/1/comments/ 2009-05-29T23:32:58-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Round-1-Feverish-VRB-Tournament/1/ (Post Voting Period) I'll open up the first round for introductions, and second round start rapping. I thank my opponent, Sylux for accepting and look forward to this stimulating debate. http://www.debate.org/debates/Round-1-Feverish-VRB-Tournament/1/comments/ 2010-01-24T22:12:33-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Chrysippus-is-not-a-noob./1/ (Post Voting Period) I thank my opponent and the readers in advance for an interesting debate. I negate the resolution, "Chryisppus is not a noob." ===================== Definitions: Chrysippus- http://www.debate.org/Chrysippus/ noob- newbie. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/noob =================== Chrysippus is a noob. He has joined this site several hours ago, and has created this debate: http://www.debate.org/debates/I-will-probably-lose-my-first-debate-on-DDO/1/ A noob would start out his DDO career by instigating a debate about probably losing his first debate on DDO. Conclusion: Chrysippus is a noob. He has joined only several hours ago, has created a debate regarding the possibility of losing his first debate on DDO, and even stated that he is new to this sort of thing. Resolution negated. http://www.debate.org/debates/Chrysippus-is-not-a-noob./1/comments/ 2009-08-28T18:32:37-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/I-will-not-contradict-myself/7/ (Post Voting Period) I stand in affirmation to the resolution, "I will not contradict myself in this debate." contradict- to assert the contrary or opposite of http://dictionary.reference.com... Rules: 1. In Rounds 1-4, CON will ask PRO ten Yes/No questions. 2. In Rounds 2-4, PRO will answer all of CON's questions with Yes or No, or with an explanation as to why neither Yes nor No would be completely correct or appropriate. 3. In Rounds 2-4, CON can point out any contradictions that he or she believes to be present in PRO's answers. 4. When CON points out a contradiction, PRO may use all of the following rounds to defend the accused contradiction until either CON drops the accusation or PRO admits defeat, or when the debate is over. 5. If CON ever fails to ask PRO exactly ten Yes/No questions when necessary, CON automatically loses. 6. If PRO ever fails to answer every question asked in the previous round by the rules, PRO automatically loses. 7. If PRO is never found http://www.debate.org/debates/I-will-not-contradict-myself/7/comments/ 2009-07-16T15:57:59-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Music-Battle/3/ (Post Voting Period) I'll let aff go first. Five videos per round. http://www.debate.org/debates/Music-Battle/3/comments/ 2009-07-12T21:14:12-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Gay-Marriage-should-not-be-allowed-in-the-United-States/1/ (Post Voting Period) If you're going to comment on the fact that this topic is a dead horse, please don't. I know you're tired of seeing them, I like getting other people's viewpoints. Challenge: I'm issuing a challenge to Pro to not base his or her arguments on a religious basis. http://www.debate.org/debates/Gay-Marriage-should-not-be-allowed-in-the-United-States/1/comments/ 2009-07-10T17:51:47-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Music-Battle/2/ (Voting Period) Hello, this is based off of untitled entity's creative idea, so thanks to her. Rules: Post 5 videos per round of songs. (Music videos and live performances) I'll start out. (I like Muse a lot, if you can't tell...) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7la0SndoCI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC-u2yIsawM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qm1OloZYmQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqsyXdj_p_I&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM5BxEXQFoI http://www.debate.org/debates/Music-Battle/2/comments/ 2009-07-08T10:57:38-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Republican-Party-ideological-stance-makes-more-sense-than-that-of-the-Democratic-Party/1/ (Post Voting Period) Republican Party-The party of former president George W. Bush (2001-2009) Democratic Party-The party of president Barack Obama (2009-?) Basically, the Republicans are right on the issues and the Democrats are wrong. For the sake of this debate we will avoid foreign issues, stick to economics and domestic issues. Basically, the Republican Party is the party of Freedom and the Democratic Party is the Party of Equality of Results. Unfortunately, the Democrat would sacrifice Freedom for Equality of Results. That is all for now, I look forward to this debate... http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Republican-Party-ideological-stance-makes-more-sense-than-that-of-the-Democratic-Party/1/comments/ 2009-07-02T14:59:51-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Gallaudet-University-for-the-deaf-is-not-beneficial-to-the-deaf./1/ (Post Voting Period) I would like this debate to be a fast one. By this, I mean I'd prefer it if my opponent stayed online to complete the debate. Gallaudet University - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallaudet_University Beneficial - 1 : conferring benefits : conducive to personal or social well-being [1] Deaf - lacking or deficient in the sense of hearing I believe that Gallaudet University for the deaf is not beneficial to the deaf. Due to the fact Gallaudet specifically accommodates the deaf to the fullest extent, many hearing impaired students are isolated into this deaf - only community. Unfortunately, this world is not completely deaf. Over 28 million people in America have some sort of hearing loss [3]. Though this is a large number, most of America is not hearing impaired. As a result, it is unreasonable to believe that the "real world" would accommodate these students the way they have been accommodated at Gallaudet. So in reality, Gallaudet does a disservice t http://www.debate.org/debates/Gallaudet-University-for-the-deaf-is-not-beneficial-to-the-deaf./1/comments/ 2009-06-30T11:17:21-08:00