
Online: | 12 Years Ago | Name: | Hugh Mahlendorf | |
Updated: | 12 Years Ago | Gender: | Male | |
Joined: | 12 Years Ago | Birthday: | August 7, 1940 | |
President: | Not Saying | Email: | - Private - | |
Ideology: | Liberal | Education: | Some College | |
Party: | Democratic Party | Ethnicity: | White | |
Relationship: | Married | Income: | Less than $25,000 | |
Interested: | No Answer | Occupation: | Retired | |
Looking: | No Answer | Religion: | Atheist |
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Governments should require that funded climate data be posted


The full resolution is: "In all countries, governments should impose a condition on climate research grants and aid related to climate research that source data collected or analyzed under the grant, and all software developed under the government support shall be posted on the Internet within one month of publication or announcement of the results by any means." The resolution was abbreviated to meet the character limits, and the full resolution is the one to debate. The purpose of this reso...
Resolved: Atheists Shouldn't Observe Religious Holidays 2


Christmas is just around the corner and every year this question pops up..."why do you, an atheist, celebrate Christmas? Aren't you being a hypocrite?" So I am taking the Con and pose this debate to anyone who is willing to tell me why I should NOT observe Christmas, Easter, St. Patrick's Day, Rosh Hashanah, L. Ron Hubbard's birthday or Halloween. I will start by defining some of the terms that will be referenced: Atheist: one who believes that there is no deity http://www.merriam-webster.c...
Resolved: Atheists Shouldn't Observe Religious Holidays


Christmas is just around the corner and every year this question pops up..."why do you, an atheist, celebrate Christmas? Aren't you being a hypocrite?" So I am taking the Con and pose this debate to anyone who is willing to tell me why I should NOT observe Christmas, Easter, St. Patrick's Day, Rosh Hashanah, L. Ron Hubbard's birthday or Halloween. I will start by defining some of the terms that will be referenced: Atheist: one who believes that there is no deity http://www.merriam-webster.c...
Resolved: In a democracy, Civil Disobedience is morally justified.


Hello, I am Sam Zack and I will be the affirmative for the resolution that "in a democracy, civil disobedience is morally justified". I would first like to start off talking about what civil disobedience is. Civil Disobedience is defined as the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government, or of an occupying power. It is one of the primary methods of nonviolent resistance. There have been and continue to be serious disputes over exactly what the term "civil disobedie...
Resolved: Legislation to Extend First Amendment Rights to Employees and Students


Resolved: That Congress(1) enact legislation to extend First Amendment(2) rights to persons employed in privately owned enterprise(3) and persons employed by and students of privately funded schools(4) and universities(5) , while transferring certain responsibilities(6) from said employers and administrators to employees and students. Definitions: See footnotes Under current law and practice, private employers and school administrators are empowered to punish, up to and including "discipli...








Debate Statistics | |
Debates: | 5 |
Lost: | 1 |
Tied: | 0 |
Won: | 4 |
Win Ratio: | 80.00% |
Percentile: | 95.38% |
Elo Ranking: | 2,510 |
Statistics based on completed debates. |
Activity Statistics | |
Forum Posts: | 9 |
Votes Cast: | 0 |
Opinion Arguments: | 0 |
Opinion Questions: | 0 |
Poll Votes: | 0 |
Poll Topics: | 0 |
• | Abortion | Pro |
• | Affirmative Action | Pro |
• | Animal Rights | N/S |
• | Barack Obama | N/S |
• | Border Fence | Con |
• | Capitalism | N/S |
• | Civil Unions | Pro |
• | Death Penalty | Con |
• | Drug Legalization | N/O |
• | Electoral College | N/S |
• | Environmental Protection | Pro |
• | Estate Tax | Con |
• | European Union | N/S |
• | Euthanasia | Con |
• | Federal Reserve | N/S |
• | Flat Tax | Con |
• | Free Trade | N/S |
• | Gay Marriage | N/S |
• | Global Warming Exists | N/S |
• | Globalization | N/S |
• | Gold Standard | N/S |
• | Gun Rights | N/S |
• | Homeschooling | N/S |
• | Internet Censorship | N/S |
• | Iran-Iraq War | N/S |
• | Labor Union | N/S |
• | Legalized Prostitution | N/S |
• | Medicaid & Medicare | N/S |
• | Medical Marijuana | N/S |
• | Military Intervention | N/S |
• | Minimum Wage | N/S |
• | National Health Care | N/S |
• | National Retail Sales Tax | N/S |
• | Occupy Movement | N/S |
• | Progressive Tax | N/S |
• | Racial Profiling | N/S |
• | Redistribution | N/S |
• | Smoking Ban | N/S |
• | Social Programs | N/S |
• | Social Security | N/S |
• | Socialism | N/S |
• | Stimulus Spending | N/S |
• | Term Limits | N/S |
• | Torture | N/S |
• | United Nations | N/S |
• | War in Afghanistan | N/S |
• | War on Terror | N/S |
• | Welfare | N/S |