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Genetically modified soldiers should be developed and deployed.
Genetically modified: Enhanced in some way, either by utilising bacteria, computer chips or enhancing cells on the human, not the equipment. To adopt con you must: 1. Believe that an enhanced 'super' soldier should never be used in combat. 2. Be able to come up with 2 points why they shouldn't,and be able to rebut 2 of my points. During this debate I will refer to genetically modified soldiers a super soldiers. To start I will give my points: 1. It will make war easier: How many sold...
In a democracy, civil disobedience is an appropriate weapon in the fight for justice.
"One cannot expect a regime to last if any citizen can at any time decide to defy its laws whenever his conscience moves him to do so." (Reeb, Richard, May 19, 2006, Con 19) For this and many other reasons, I stand in firm negation of this resolution: "In a democracy, civil disobedience is an appropriate weapon in the fight for justice." I present the following 4 points: I. Civil Disobedience erodes democracy II. There are Better Alternatives III. It Leads to violence and takes away oth...
A decent god should not send people to hell for an eternity for merely not believing in him.
First of all I would like to point out that I am referring to the Christian god. According to the Christian bible(perhaps not all Christian bibles but you understand which ones I am talking about) to get into heaven you pretty much need to believe in Jesus and ask for forgiveness for your sins. So what happens when you do not believe in the Christian god? You can't get into heaven right? So then I guess you go to hell.. Doesn't that seem like a bit much? He doesn't even seem to want to give u...
Gene Therapy
The Pro would be arguing the side "It should be acceptable for parents planning on having a child to perform gene-selection upon embryos."...
Proposition 8 should not be passed.
Proposition 8 is a motion that is based on irrational grounds. It is a pointless fight against change because it is reasonable to predict that eventually, gay marriage would be legal in all parts of the United States for the same reasons that African Americans and woman now have the same rights as a white male. The con side will have to prove why Proposition 8 should be passed....
Kleptin Brand "Pick Your Own Debate"!
This is a special debate in which the one who accepts the challenge will be the one suggesting the topics of debate. There will be 5 rounds of this debate. 1A: This introductory post 1B: My opponent will suggest 3 topic of debate, of a wide variety of categories. The three topics of debate suggested cannot overlap in terms of topic of discussion, (ie. All three cannot be about Religion, All three cannot be about Politics, 2 cannot be about Music, 2 cannot be about Science), the topics c...
Resolved: In a fight without prior preparation, Batman would certainly defeat Spider-Man.
If Batman and Spider-Man were to fight, Spider-Man would beat the living daylights out of Batman. First, Spider-Man has superhuman abilities. Batman is an Olympic level human in terms of physical attributes. Clearly, Spider-Man is superior in this regard. Second, Spider-Man has the advantage in terms of intellect. Whereas Batman abuses his billions of dollars to buy fancy gadgets, Spider-Man actually creates his sophisticated devices (while using an extremely limited amount of resources) w...
Resolved: It is morally permissible to kill one innocent person to save the lives of many innocent
First off I am a novice ld debater and i need practice so another ld debater would be great. So lets get started. It is morally permissible to kill one innocent person to save the lives of many innocent. First i will start with some definitions. All definitions are from www.thefreedictionary.com. mor·al (môrl, mr-) adj. 1. Of or concerned with the judgment of the goodness or badness of human action and character: moral scrutiny; a moral quandary. 2. Teaching or exhibiting goodness or corr...
Resolved: Military Conscription is Unjust.
Here is the final "draft" of my first argument... INTRODUCTION In 1979, President Ronald Reagan wrote that military conscription "rests on the assumption that your kids belong to the state. If we buy that assumption then it is for the state – not for parents, the community, the religious institutions or teachers – to decide who shall have what values and who shall do what work, when, where and how in our society. That assumption isn't a new one. The Nazis thought it was a great idea." B...
Should we be involved in the war in Irag!
I feel that we should be involved in the War. Now by looking at my name i am a part of the armed forces. I leave June 9th for Paris Island, so that has an influence on my opinon. I look back and my first question for anyone who is against the war is do you remember sept. 11 and watching people holding hands and jumping out of the 83 floor to escape the flames. because terrorist thought it necessary to attack us. Now i know alot of people make the arguement that we shouldnt have gone to Iraq b...