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08tsuchiyar's Debates
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Patriotism (Nationalism) is a great thing
The point of this debate is to explore whether Patriotism is truly useful in the world and discuss the positives and negatives of it. I would like to define patriotism as a pride of your country and absolute devotion to it (you can still criticize it). Here are my points.... Patriotism creates a us vs. them attitude leading to..... -war -xenophobia -rights being taken away Patriotism is a snobby thing. -where blind faith is the only driving factor I would just like to hear why...
Communism doesn't work? Nor does Capitalism!
Often times when I discuss communism I hear the argument "communism doesn't work!" I find that concept very interesting and in fact I think I agree with it but I want to present to you another interesting idea. Capitalism does not work. Then they go on to say, "name one successful communist country." "There are none." Recently when I got the idea and presented it to some friends. They repeated some things. "Look at the US." "The US is successful as well as Europe." "But capitalism st...
The Strategic Bombing and use of the A-bomb against Japan in World War 2 was Unjustified (Cont.)
http://www.debate.com/?d=1057 Let us continue the debate sorry about the last round I was planning to reply but a couple of issues came up and I hope people don't vote with there opinion but with the arguments a bit more this time but hell, I know my opinion is a little tough to argue. Anyway, onto the debate. "delivering vengeance to those killed at Pearl Harbor", You said you weren't in favor of revenge? and then you continue to say "while it may have been highly unfortunate and immensel...
The Strategic Bombing and use of the A-bomb was Unjustified and Illegal.
President Roosevelt described the early German bombings "inhuman barbarism that has profoundly shocked the conscious of humanity." Clearly it had not shocked nearly enough because as the tide of the war changed the United States of America (U.S.) completely changed there stance on strategic bombing. In fact the German and Japanese bombings were minor compared to the U.S. bombings. The U.S. bombing of Japan was an unnecessary and cruel act. It is clear that there was no concern for civilian lo...
The Strategic Bombing and use of the A-bomb against Japan in World War 2 was Unjustified
President Roosevelt described the early German bombings "inhuman barbarism that has profoundly shocked the conscious of humanity." Clearly it had not shocked nearly enough because as the tide of the war changed the United States of America (U.S.) completely changed there stance on strategic bombing. In fact the German and Japanese bombings were minor compared to the U.S. bombings. The U.S. bombing of Japan was an unnecessary and cruel act. It is clear that there was no concern for civilian lo...
Violent videogames/movies/books/music do not lead to violent behavior.
Everytime there is a tragedy like a school shooting, everyone looks for the reasons. For example, Columbine or Virginia Tech--a lot of blame was put on the violent media that these kids tended toward as a source for their anger. I believe that violent media is not a source. I think people gravitate towards a certain type of media. If you are a sociopath, you are probably more likely to enjoy hardcore violent action flicks than a romantic comedy. As an analogy: I am a liberal mostly, so whe...
Dead people should be harvested for food.
Dead people should be harvested for food. I say this because unreal amounts of money go into burying the dead in expensive boxes. That money could be spent on people who can't eat, and the bodies of the people being buried could also be used for food to feed the hungry and starving. I am not suggesting that people be harvested as our main source of food and diet, but, if we were able to make the dead weight (pun intended) of the new corpses into food, we could help to destroy the numbers of hung...
America needs to crack down on illegal immigration.
Here are the negatives of illegal immigration. I would like my opponent to say the positives. -Costs taxpayers millions in healthcare each year. When an injured illegal immigrant comes in and receives medical care, it is on the taxpayer dollars. -Costs California an increased tax to have translators for hospitals because of the large amount of spanish-only speaking people who called. -Takes jobs away from hardworking americans. I'll name more in my next arguement....