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Resolved: In a democracy, voting ought to be compulsory
NOTE: Please do not drop arguments. Take this seriously, please. I am doing this to prepare for a debate tournament. This will be done in L-D format, so you need a value and a value criterion. As Abraham Lincoln remarked: "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion... that government of the people, by the people, for the people, sh...
To be "for or against" is not to do philosophy
One can either be for, or against, the "'for or against'". This site is for the "for or against". But modern philosophy is against the "for or against". To be for or against the "for or against" is not a paradox. To be for the "for or against" is to be limited to it. To be against it is not to be limited to it. Wittgenstein, a modern philosopher, was not limited to the for or against. A "for or against" always has the same foundations for both positions. He challenged their foundations, a...
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| Debate Statistics | |
| Debates: | 2 |
| Lost: | 0 |
| Tied: | 0 |
| Won: | 2 |
| Win Ratio: | 100.00% |
| Percentile: | 91.15% |
| Elo Ranking: | 2,203 |
| Statistics based on completed debates. | |
| Activity Statistics | |
| Forum Posts: | 0 |
| Votes Cast: | 0 |
| Opinion Arguments: | 0 |
| Opinion Questions: | 0 |
| Poll Votes: | 0 |
| Poll Topics: | 0 |
| • | Abortion | N/O |
| • | Affirmative Action | Con |
| • | Animal Rights | N/O |
| • | Barack Obama | Pro |
| • | Border Fence | Con |
| • | Capitalism | Pro |
| • | Civil Unions | N/O |
| • | Death Penalty | Con |
| • | Drug Legalization | Pro |
| • | Electoral College | Pro |
| • | Environmental Protection | Pro |
| • | Estate Tax | Pro |
| • | European Union | Pro |
| • | Euthanasia | Pro |
| • | Federal Reserve | Und |
| • | Flat Tax | Pro |
| • | Free Trade | Pro |
| • | Gay Marriage | |
| • | Global Warming Exists | N/O |
| • | Globalization | N/O |
| • | Gold Standard | N/O |
| • | Gun Rights | Con |
| • | Homeschooling | Pro |
| • | Internet Censorship | Con |
| • | Iran-Iraq War | Con |
| • | Labor Union | N/O |
| • | Legalized Prostitution | Pro |
| • | Medicaid & Medicare | Con |
| • | Medical Marijuana | Pro |
| • | Military Intervention | Con |
| • | Minimum Wage | Pro |
| • | National Health Care | Con |
| • | National Retail Sales Tax | N/O |
| • | Occupy Movement | N/O |
| • | Progressive Tax | N/O |
| • | Racial Profiling | Con |
| • | Redistribution | N/O |
| • | Smoking Ban | Con |
| • | Social Programs | N/O |
| • | Social Security | N/O |
| • | Socialism | Con |
| • | Stimulus Spending | Con |
| • | Term Limits | Pro |
| • | Torture | Con |
| • | United Nations | Pro |
| • | War in Afghanistan | Con |
| • | War on Terror | Con |
| • | Welfare | Und |
