http://www.debate.org/debates/?order=1&sort=&category=Health Customize this RSS feed by going to http://www.debate.org/rss/ en-us 2010-03-11T17:07:05-08:00 2010-03-11T17:07:05-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Womans-Choice-to-House-her-Unborn./1/ (Voting Period) A woman's body is her own. Yes, there are times that her body has and can be used as a means to an end, but it should be her ultimate choice to decide whether or not that "means to an end" be the use of her body to produce a child. In China, for example, with the population rates soaring, the One Child Policy enforced laws that prevented women from having more than one child per family. Women that were expectant with their second child were forced into abortions or in some instances made to pay large fines. The One Child Policy also has created a preference towards boys because boys could take care and provide for their parents in old age, more so than the girls. This is the normal attitude especially throughout the rural areas, where boys are needed to work in the fields. Thousands of first born girls were killed by their parents so that they could get another chance to have a boy. Thousands of women were forced into assisted abortions. Thousands of other chil http://www.debate.org/debates/Womans-Choice-to-House-her-Unborn./1/comments/ 2010-02-15T15:33:50-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/There-is-no-Link-between-smoking-cigarettes-and-lung-cancer./1/ (Voting Period) Link - a fictional character, a legendary swordsman dressed in green wielding a variety of abilities and equipment, and the main protagonist in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series of video games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_(The_Legend_of_Zelda)) Smoking cigarettes - http://www.ubergizmo.com/photos/2007/5/e-cigarette.jpg Lung cancer - a disease of uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_cancer) I contend that the very idea of a fictional video game character being between an action and a disease is preposterous. Link is currently in video games, and video games are concrete nouns that cannot be between a general action and a general disease. I await my opponent's explanation as to how a video game character got between smoking cigarettes and lung cancer. Good luck. http://www.debate.org/debates/There-is-no-Link-between-smoking-cigarettes-and-lung-cancer./1/comments/ 2009-12-27T20:48:00-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Cookie-Monster-is-the-bomb./1/ (Post Voting Period) Name a better Sesame Street character. RULES: These shall forever be known as 'The Radioactivepotatoman Rules" 1. No seriousness. 2. No Walls of text 3. This is NOT a serious debate. 4. You do not talk about Fight Club. 5. You do NOT talk about Fight Club. 6. There are no rules. 7. Rule number 6 is not a real rule. http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Cookie-Monster-is-the-bomb./1/comments/ 2009-11-11T11:39:27-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Death-Penalty-Should-Be-Used-In-Certain-Cases/1/ (Voting Period) Resolved: The death penalty should be used in certain cases There are many cases in which the death penalty is just and should be used. For example, if a man is proven that, without a doubt, he killed another man, that murderer should be killed. While it would be profitable to use the people in prison to do labor, the prisoner should at least be given the option between death and working in prison for the rest of his life. Death Penalty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_penalty http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Death-Penalty-Should-Be-Used-In-Certain-Cases/1/comments/ 2009-11-04T19:03:22-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Public-Health-Concerns-Justify-Compulsory-Immunization/6/ (Post Voting Period) LD format but if you are a national circuit debater, progressive formats are fine. There will be no speech here. Voters, please leave RFD's in comments. http://www.debate.org/debates/Public-Health-Concerns-Justify-Compulsory-Immunization/6/comments/ 2009-11-16T16:41:13-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Abnormal-women-should-be-made-to-wear-unfashionable-uniforms-whilst-out-in-public/1/ (Voting Period) For the purposes of this debate, unless otherwise challenged, "abnormal women" shall mean adult females with an unhealthy body weight, viz. being either underweight or overweight according to the body mass index scale (1) and "unfashionable uniform" shall mean one similar to the garment pictured hereunder: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Irma_Grese.jpg The fact is, being underweight or overweight can present women with serious medical problems and they should obviously aim to be within the normal weight range in order to remain fit. (2, 3) In addition, women who are not too fat and not too thin are typically more attractive to men and are, therefore, not only the healthiest but also the happiest too. It is the type of female role models such as those normally portrayed in women's fashion magazines and adult male interest periodicals that girls and women need to aspire to because if they achieve this healthy body image they will be http://www.debate.org/debates/Abnormal-women-should-be-made-to-wear-unfashionable-uniforms-whilst-out-in-public/1/comments/ 2009-06-24T13:06:05-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Abortion/28/ (Voting Period) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsknXsm2eHo No nation devoted to individual liberty should force women back to the days of back-alley abortions. No women should have to bear a child against thier will. Free-will. That's what I stand for. No, no. That would be terrible, un-ethical and generally wrong. Women with free-will? God-forbid! The fact is that women will always still desire to have an abortion, which some may follow through with. This will never end abortion. You have no control over that. It is estimated near 1 million women saught for illegal abortions each year before Roe Vs Wade. Thats atleast 1 million babies. End of abortion? I think not! Thousands died, tens of thousands mutilated, forced to behave as if they were criminals. A law making abortion illegal would make a law stating that all fetus' are superior to women. Apparently women aren't as important to you as fetus' are. Good thing women don't have feelings, or you would be in t http://www.debate.org/debates/Abortion/28/comments/ 2009-04-19T19:29:46-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Dance-Dance-Revolution-ought-to-be-included-in-High-School-.-.-./1/ (Voting Period) FULL TOPIC: Dance Dance Revolution ought to be included in High-School and/or Middle School Physical Education classes for schools that can afford it. I am in favor of this suggestion. I fully uphold the notion that DDR ought to be included and invite anyone who wishes to argue in favor of the topic. Like my most recent debate challenge, I shall begin argumentation in the second round and shall merely let this round serve as the greeting round. PRO is more than free to follow suit and begin argumentation in the second round Furthermore, I believe the topic is quite clear in it's meaning and reserve the right to challenge any interpretation of the topic which my opponent may have that differs from my own. PS: For those who wish for further clarification on the topic, I shall more than gladly be of assistance in the comment section. http://www.debate.org/debates/Dance-Dance-Revolution-ought-to-be-included-in-High-School-.-.-./1/comments/ 2009-08-20T15:22:01-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/voulentary-euthanisa-should-be-legal/1/ (Voting Period) My point is simple and i will get straight to the point If i person wants to die and has a terminal illness and they have made this decsion then let them give them time to wait and decided but if they are certain they want this let them its that simple. how would you like it if you live in extreme mental and physical health and want to die but some judge who doesnt give a s**t about you says no you cant jsut because he feels like it? i leave you with one message pretty straightforward and apbrupt THERE LIFE LET THEM DO WHAT THEY WANT, THEY HAVE TO LIFE THEIR LIFE NOT YOU THEY DO . http://www.debate.org/debates/voulentary-euthanisa-should-be-legal/1/comments/ 2009-02-23T13:19:02-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Public-health-concerns-justify-compulsory-immunization/5/ (Post Voting Period) I will negate the resolution. Some things my not apply to todays debate becuase I debate this case at tournaments. LD AC, NC, AR, NR, AR2! Let's begin "Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all." Edmund Burke an English philosopher (1797) once said this. Compulsory immunizations take away the justice in society, taking this justice away is like not having it at all. Taking away justice takes away a person's individual rights. If I do not agree with the fact that the vaccine may or may not cure me, then why should I be forced to get it? This goes against the unalienable rights of any person in the world in our individual right to the pursuit of happiness. Therefore I negate today's resolution Public health concerns justify compulsory immunization. My value for this round is justice, moral rightfulness or lawfulness and my cri http://www.debate.org/debates/Public-health-concerns-justify-compulsory-immunization/5/comments/ 2009-11-10T16:04:10-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/End-Prohibition-Drugs-Become-Public-Health-Issue/1/ (Voting Period) This debate will argue the current standards in the United States and Canada. I believe drug abuse should be a public health issue, which means users and abusers do not face criminal penalties, but are offered treatment for their addiction in an open ended, government funded center. This would remove much of the racial stereotype seen with arrests for possession of illegal drugs. This would save billions of dollars in police processing fees, court fees, incarceration fees, and potential recidivism costs. Money would also be saved with the end of prohibition world wide, including all border regions, bribe costs to maintain prohibition, less violence and therefor less collateral damage to pay for, ect. These savings would go towards prevention methods, which would be intelligent and factual pieces of information spanning across all forms of media and entertainment in order to educate ages child to adult. By removing prohibition, the existence of the http://www.debate.org/debates/End-Prohibition-Drugs-Become-Public-Health-Issue/1/comments/ 2009-09-07T11:02:22-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Should-children-drink-wine/1/ (Post Voting Period) I think that children should be allowed to drink small amounts of alcohol because it has been clinically proven that children who drink small diluted amounts when they are young like in Europe have less drinking problems and there isn't as much of the binge drinking culture because kids have been exposed to it they don't need to go out and get drunk. http://www.debate.org/debates/Should-children-drink-wine/1/comments/ 2010-01-06T14:33:11-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Health-insurance-profits-are-not-a-major-part-of-health-care-costs-in-the-U.S./1/ (Post Voting Period) Advocates of increased government involvement in health care frequently cite the profits of private health care providers as a major part of the costs of health care. An example of the criticism is that of Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY), speaking on the Rachel Maddow show, who said, speaking of proposed legislation that would heavily tax the health insurance industry: "Well, the one behavioral change we are clearly not going to see is the insurance companies aren't going to suddenly start saying, 'You know what, we are going to stop making 30 percent profits and cut it down to 10 percent or 5 percent because of this bill.' " http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33293461 So are the insurance company profits really 30%, as claimed? Fortune magazine http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2009/performers/industries/profits/ rated the health insurance industry as the 35th most profitable of 53 industries surveyed for 2008: 35 Health Care: I http://www.debate.org/debates/Health-insurance-profits-are-not-a-major-part-of-health-care-costs-in-the-U.S./1/comments/ 2009-10-31T18:16:21-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Public-Health-Concerns-Justify-Compulsory-Immunization/2/ (Voting Period) Because this is the nov/dec LD topic and both my opponent and I do LD debate this is going to be done in LD format. This means that although I am technically the instigator I will not present a case in this round. PRO(AFF) should present their case in round 1. This is How The Debate Will go. Round 1 Neg: I am setting up the debate Aff: Affirmative Case Round 2: Neg: Negative Case And Rebuttal Aff: Affirmative rebuttal Round 3: Neg: Negative Rebuttal and summary Aff: Affirmative Rebuttal and summary. Alright, Good Luck to my opponent, Twsurber, who will be taking Pro(Aff) for this debate. http://www.debate.org/debates/Public-Health-Concerns-Justify-Compulsory-Immunization/2/comments/ 2009-10-29T06:36:28-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/One-could-logically-follow-a-majority-of-these-guidelines/1/ (Post Voting Period) Resolved: that of the 8 guidelines for safety found here: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/27460 one could logically justify adhering to a majority (5+) of these with the intent of preserving health and safety. Do not continue on without reading the above link. It won't take more than 1 minute. RULES 1. I do not want semantics in regards to the resolution. If I have poorly laid out what this debate is to be about, address it in 'comments' or briefly in your argument. I do not want a debate about how I worded the topic. Feel free, however to debate the proper interpretation of each of the given guidelines. 2. I win if I prove that a person could logically decide to adhere to 5 or more of the given guidelines with the intent of safety. My opponent wins if he can prove that 4 or more of the given guidelines are not logical in promoting safety. With that in mind, my opponent could lose (or simply ignore) arguments on 4 of the guidelines and still wi http://www.debate.org/debates/One-could-logically-follow-a-majority-of-these-guidelines/1/comments/ 2009-10-26T16:19:28-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Resolved-Public-health-concerns-justify-compulsory-immunization./1/ (Post Voting Period) This is the NFL November-December 2009 Lincoln Douglas resolution. Please only accept if you are willing to follow the Lincoln Douglas format. Due to the LD format, I (the negative) will not be posting an argument this round. The affirmative will lead with his or her constructive speech, after which I will post my constructive. The affirmative has three speeches, the negative two. I thank my opponent in advance for accepting this debate. http://www.debate.org/debates/Resolved-Public-health-concerns-justify-compulsory-immunization./1/comments/ 2009-10-23T15:48:48-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Marijuana-Legalization/5/ (Post Voting Period) This is a four round debate. The first round is for presenting our positions, but the debate officially starts in Round 2. I would prefer to debate this with someone who feels strongly about the position, and not just playing devil's advocate or semantics. This is my basic position, and will get into further detail pending my opponent's response. Do not accept if you are only going to debate the specifics of my position rather than the overall legalization position. If your concern is regarding the personal preferences I set forth in my own hypothetical situation legalizing marijuana, then you are not truly against the legalization of marijuana. This is not a debate about degree of legalization, nor is it abut decriminalization vs. legalization. This debate is about the status quo vs. ANY form of legalization, liberalization, or reform of marijuana laws in favor of non-violent users. Thank you. 1- Marijuana should be legal in small quantities (3 oz. or less) http://www.debate.org/debates/Marijuana-Legalization/5/comments/ 2009-12-31T11:13:35-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/The-health-care-reform-currently-in-congress-should-be-passed/1/ (Voting Period) Thank you to whoever accepts this, and I hope for a good debate. Here's my constructive: "We spend much more on health care than any other nation, but aren't healthier for it. That is why I've said that even as we rescue this economy from a full-blown crisis, we must rebuild it stronger than before. And health insurance reform is central to that effort." -President Barack Obama Because I agree with President Obama, I affirm the resolution, "The United States should adopt the proposed health care reform." Contention One: The current health care system is unsatisfactory. According to YES! Magazine Fall 2006, "Health Care – It's what Ails Us" there are many problems with the current system of U.S. health care. It states "An Estimated 50 million Americans lack health insurance, an estimated 18,000 die each year because they lack medical insurance, and even those that have medical insurance are not safe; Of the more than 1.5 mil bankruptcies filed in the http://www.debate.org/debates/The-health-care-reform-currently-in-congress-should-be-passed/1/comments/ 2009-08-09T21:27:46-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Smoking-should-be-permanently-banned-worldwide./1/ (Post Voting Period) I hold the position in agreement to my topic. Cigarettes should be banned from society and be illegal parallel to selling illicit narcotics such as heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. Tobacco smoking can be dated back to approximated 6000 BC. Today it is ubiquitous throughout the Americas. 42 percent of Americans smoke cigarettes. The exponential increase in demand attests its highly addictive nature. Till today, some people rest assured that cigarettes are merely a mental addiction, and the "habit" can simply be tossed in the dust bin whenever they please. The media is culpable for this illusory misconception. Movie stars are seen quotidian puffing carefree on a cigarette. This allures many teenagers into thinking they be be lionized if they imitate their favorite actor/actress. In addition, teenagers are peer-pressured into smoking to maintain or achieve a status within their clique. There are an estimated 4000 chemicals compacted in each cigarette you smok http://www.debate.org/debates/Smoking-should-be-permanently-banned-worldwide./1/comments/ 2009-10-11T11:16:55-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Free-Health-Care-is-realistic-for-the-United-States-in-2009/1/ (Voting Period) I stand in negation of the resolution. As my opponent is affirmative, I will allow him/her to frame th debate as they wish. I will only define the following terms. Free- provided without, or not subject to, a charge or payment Realistic- interested in, concerned with, or based on what is practical I leave the opening argument to my opponent. Good luck! http://www.debate.org/debates/Free-Health-Care-is-realistic-for-the-United-States-in-2009/1/comments/ 2009-05-03T13:37:21-08:00