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The US Should Have Better Gun Control

2013-05-18T23:13:42-08:00

(Voting Period) I believe that the lack of gun control in the Unites States is a serious danger to the public, in nations with full gun control the homicide rate, armed robbery rate, and suicide rates are much lower. First Round is for acceptance Second Round is for initial arguments & rebuttals Third Round is for further arguments & rebuttals Fourth Round is final rebuttals & concluding statements only, no new arguments

Spider man is better than Superman

2013-05-21T20:35:44-08:00

(Voting Period) Spider man is bad a ss. Superman is a strait up PUSSS SSSSYYYYY. Id like to see that muh fu ckah step to the web head. hed steady get a mud hole stomped in his as s. real talk though that underwear over the pants wearin b itch aint got nothing on spiderman. Plus my nigga spiderman be gettin that mj p ussy. what is superman gettin? batmans d ick. try and argue with me bitc hessssss

The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument is Sound - 2

2013-05-16T01:25:43-08:00

(Voting Period)

Resolved: The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument is Sound.

Rounds:

1. Presentation of the LCA/Initial Refutation
2. Clash
3. Weighing/Clash

No new arguments should be presented in round 3 unless in direct response to a new argument presented in round 2.

God is defined as the necessary, personal first cause of the universe.

We should rationally accept an argument as sound if the affirmation of its premises is more plausible than the negation.

The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument

Every existing thing has an explanation of its existence, either in the necessity of its own nature or in an external cause.
If the universe has an explanation of its existence, that explanation is God.
The universe is an existing thing.
Therefore the explanation of the uni

Resolved: North Korea and South Korea should just have sex and get it over with already

2013-05-11T17:13:27-08:00

(Voting Period) The debate resolution is that North Korea and South Korea should just have sex and get it over with already. THIS IS A TROLL DEBATE 1st round acceptance only 4000 character limit Can now be accepted

The consumption of meat is ethically wrong

2013-05-15T20:20:40-08:00

(Voting Period)

Greetings Valladarex,

Here is the debate!

Ethics: normatively to refer to a code of conduct that, given specified conditions, would be put forward by all rational persons.

Outlines:

- First round acceptance, just so I can outline everything (you can briefly outline your arguments if you want to).

- 4 rounds because of the outlining in the first.

- No new arguments in the last round.

- The burden of proof is 100% with me.

- Prepare to have your arguments demolished

Good luck!

IPL should be banned. Yes/No

2013-05-22T11:16:27-08:00

(Voting Period) IPL should not be banned. It is very good and entertaining.

Wrestling being eliminated from the 2020 Olympic Games

2013-05-21T17:30:59-08:00

(Voting Period) First of all wrestling is one of the oldest Olympic sports and that alone should be a good enough reason to keep it. When wrestling was chosen to be one of the sports that may not be on the 2020 Olympic program the wrestling community came together to make sure our dreams stayed alive. Just recently we had the Rumble on the Rails which is a tri-meet between the United State, Iran, and Russia. It took place in Grand Central Station and had very many spectators. It was also broadcasted on television. We brought three countries together in hopes of keeping something we love dearly in the Olympics.

Selena Gomez is and ugly bitch, right?

2013-05-21T12:36:02-08:00

(Voting Period) Yes, Selena Gomez is and ugly bitch! I used to find her sexy and she used to be the woman of my dreams, until I saw Debby Ryan!

The Democrats are not protecting the US Constitution right and have communist views.

2013-05-20T10:37:41-08:00

(Voting Period) Rules of debate: 1. Censor all vulgar vocabulary with pound (*) better yet, try not to cuss at all. 2. Mention nothing of gay marriage. It is off topic and too minor for this debate. 3. Be Clear, be fair First Argument: First I will state my thesis: 1. Hate Crimes 2. Gun Control 3. Banning sodas (why the heck would you do that??!?) 1. Hate Crimes The metal band Threshold has a song called, Return Of The Thought Police. It does explaining on this subject. If you are going to say that if you do a crime, and you hate the person you committed the crime against, then you get extra penalty. You would put in jail for three years for murder, instead of two, because the person that you commit the crime against, stole your girlfriend. So therefore this person's life is based on something as trivial as girlfriends (in a political view, girlfriends will help your life). Soon that will turn into corruption of the Judicial branch. People will get hig

Barack Obama is a bad president.

2013-05-20T05:49:06-08:00

(Voting Period) First round is acceptance. Good Luck.

Does Marsellus Wallace look like a b*tch?

2013-05-19T22:31:05-08:00

(Voting Period) I'd like to put forth the notion that there is a possibility that "Marsellus Wallace," a powerful mob boss in Los Angeles, looks like a b*tch. Other definitions will be put up more for connotation as the argument calls for. Sources can come from anywhere, and no suggestions will be made. I will be arguing that Marsellus Wallace does, indeed, look like a b*tch while my opponent will be arguing that, no, he doesn't. First round is acceptance. Second round will be arguments. Third round will be rebuttal, but arguments may be made. Final round will only be rebuttal. "What" is not to be said in any round. Lack of adherence to these rules will cause a n*gger hiding in a bowl of rice to pop a cap in the a*s of the violator.

The Cosmological Argument is Sound

2013-05-18T19:06:52-08:00

(Voting Period)

Ave, ladies and gentlemen. I've decided to challenge TheHitchslap to a debate on the Cosmological Argument. He's obviously a fan of Christopher Hitchens, the late member of the New Atheist movement. I think it will be interesting, then, to see what he has to say about this argument. Perhaps he will fare better than his hero did against William Lane Craig at Biola University.

The cosmological argument for this debate will be the one that William Lane Craig uses. Everything that begins exist has a cause, the universe began to exist, therefore the universe had a cause of its existence.

God is defined as the timeless, immaterial, spaceless, omnipotent, and personal cause of the universe existing.

Being a Fatty is Worse than Being a Ginger

2013-05-17T21:38:09-08:00
(Voting Period)
BRING. IT. ON.

I purposely challenged MassiveDump seeing that not only is he the most famous ginger on DDO but he would know what being a ginger is like more than most of us!

This is a troll debate!

Telling the truth is not required, but let's at least try to make it relative to being fat or being a ginger. No going, "EMEMGERD FAT PEOPLE ARE FLYING ALIENSFRFROM MARZ THEREFORE THEY ARE BETTER." Or anything like that! Let's keep it real bro.

Innapropriate language is also allowed!

First round is for acceptance.

Note to all viewers: this debate may be found offensive, especially to fat people and gingers. Viewer discretion is adviced. And don't say I didn't warn you.

Euthanasia needs to be made legal for those who need it

2013-05-16T22:20:34-08:00
(Voting Period) Many people die a slow death because the law is against Euthanasia, but why? Why is it so bad if thousands of people beg for it and even go to the courts for the right to die? It is a personal choice and it needs to be made legal.

School kills creativity

2013-05-16T20:30:51-08:00
(Voting Period) Students think that once they come to school that all their creative juices have to stop working, but that doe not need to be the case. They can express the creativity in different ways, such as a creative writing class or a group project where everyone in the group can put their own spin on the topic. There are also other outlets to express creativity, the person just needs to find a way to let their creative juices flowing. If you enjoy playing instruments then join band, and if you enjoy singing then join chorus. You do not need to put your creativity on hold just because you are in school for a couple of hours during the day.

Jim Carrey is better than Adam Sander

2013-05-22T11:11:00-08:00
(Voting Period)
In this debate I will be affirming the resolution.
Resolved: Jim Carrey is better than Adam Sander
This is a debate for entertainment, so at least pretend to have fun!

RULES OF THIS DEBATE:

One video or link must be posted eve

ravens are better than the 49ers yes fur ravens no for 49ers

2013-05-17T08:00:46-08:00
(Voting Period) the 49ers are better

Mac is better then PC

2013-05-21T15:32:52-08:00
(Voting 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

Homeschooling is better than Public or Private School

2013-05-20T21:56:58-08:00
(Voting Period)
Now, I must say something up front, I will not be on this site from Monday till' Friday. So as odd as it sounds, a round will be forfeited by both sides to let me get back from being a State Page where I will not have regular internet access.

So, here are the basic rules:

Stay Civil

Use Spell-Check (please)

Use sources/logic/experience to back up your claims and/or contentions

Wikipedia is not, I repeat, not a source.

Experience should be a secondary, if not last, resort as support for a claim/contention. It should be used more as a way to give examples and illustrations.

Round 1 is acceptance

A round will be forfeited at no expense to either side (Must be the same round for both parties and AFTER round 1 and 2).

'Nuff said.

I know more about debate.org than you.

2013-05-20T20:19:29-08:00
(Voting Period)
I know more than you. Agreed?