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Sending children to public school is an act of child abuse
Please note that this argument is limited in scope to schools within the united states.Terms:"Public school" - a state institution in which children are required to consume state-approved information, perform rituals and repetitive tasks, and obey state officials against their will (ie, they don't "want" to go to school, but they "have" to go to school)."child abuse" - The infliction of pain, suffering, humiliation, or other physical, sexual and/or psychological harm onto a child, or the causing...
All Governments are Criminal Organizations
PLEASE READ THE ARGUMENT BEFORE ACCEPTING THIS DEBATE.This argument contains definitions which clarify my position. If you provide an example of a corporation, agency, institution or other body which does not meet the below criteria (ei, at least one of the three attributes listed are not present), or define "crime" as excplicitly including "arbitrary exemptions" (ie, a "law" that allows the state to violate other laws), then you are arguing against a straw man, EVEN IF such institution is...
Should children be raised gender neutral?
The question is should be children be raised gender neutral? I would say yes. This will help lessen the views on typical gender roles, discrimination, and gender socialization....
Are parent's responsible for their child being obese
Do parents have control over their child being obese? I do not believe so. I believe that parents while their child is growing up try to make the right decisions by feeding their child healthy nutritious foods but once they are able to eat on their own, it is in their control. Many parents let their children eat cookies, chips and unhealthy foods for dinner which is a huge contributing factor to obesity. However, it isn't up to their parents to watch every piece of their food that goes into thei...
All Governments are Criminal Organizations
When I am using the word "government", I am describing any number of institutions, with variations in size, scope, complexity, culture, laws, and location. However, I assert that all of these institutions have very specific characteristics in common, which I will sum up into three behavioral attributes: 1) The creation of Laws and Law enforcement. 2) The claim of monopoly rights over a geographic area. 3) The collection of taxes. While there are many variations of structure and organizat...
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| Lost: | 2 |
| Tied: | 1 |
| Won: | 2 |
| Win Ratio: | 50.00% |
| Percentile: | 86.65% |
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| • | Abortion | |
| • | Affirmative Action | |
| • | Animal Rights | N/S |
| • | Barack Obama | N/S |
| • | Border Fence | Con |
| • | Capitalism | N/S |
| • | Civil Unions | |
| • | Death Penalty | |
| • | Drug Legalization | |
| • | Electoral College | N/S |
| • | Environmental Protection | |
| • | Estate Tax | Con |
| • | European Union | N/S |
| • | Euthanasia | Pro |
| • | Federal Reserve | N/S |
| • | Flat Tax | Con |
| • | Free Trade | N/S |
| • | Gay Marriage | |
| • | Global Warming Exists | |
| • | Globalization | N/S |
| • | Gold Standard | N/S |
| • | Gun Rights | |
| • | Homeschooling | N/S |
| • | Internet Censorship | N/S |
| • | Iran-Iraq War | Con |
| • | Labor Union | |
| • | Legalized Prostitution | N/S |
| • | Medicaid & Medicare | |
| • | Medical Marijuana | Pro |
| • | Military Intervention | N/S |
| • | Minimum Wage | |
| • | National Health Care | |
| • | National Retail Sales Tax | |
| • | Occupy Movement | N/S |
| • | Progressive Tax | Con |
| • | Racial Profiling | Con |
| • | Redistribution | N/S |
| • | Smoking Ban | |
| • | Social Programs | Con |
| • | Social Security | Con |
| • | Socialism | N/S |
| • | Stimulus Spending | N/S |
| • | Term Limits | Con |
| • | Torture | N/S |
| • | United Nations | Con |
| • | War in Afghanistan | Con |
| • | War on Terror | Con |
| • | Welfare | Con |