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September October LD topic.
Okay, first, some rules. This will be done like LD. You must have a value and a criterion. If you don't knw LD rules, learn them first, please. Aff R1 cannot have more than 7000 characters. Then, in the comment section we will have a CX, where Neg can ask up to 10 questions. After that, Neg R1 will go, and (s)he can use all 8000 characters. Then, aff does a CX in the comment section, where they can ask up to ten questions. Then in R2, aff only gets 4500 characters for rebuttal, neg gets 6000. In...
Resolved: Military Conscription is unjust
Greetings and good luck to my opponent. I hope the best debater wins. The title seems to be straightforward; however, I will use some definitions to clarify it: Military 1. Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Military) con·scrip·tion –noun 1. compulsory enrollment of pe...
Resolved: There is at least one absolute truth.
Resolved: There is at least one absolute truth. Definitions: Absolute Truth: something that is true no matter what, not up to interpretation. Contentions: I. Law of Gravity. Gravity exists everywhere no matter what. It is a scientific law. This cannot be disputed. II. The Truth of no truth. Lets say there is no truth. Then thats a truth. If the truth is that there is no truth, then there is truth. Therefore, even by claiming no truth, you are claiming truth. Refute that Con....
In matters of collecting military intelligence, the ends justify the means.
Topic 17: DrAlexander vs. Girr29 I will make the introduction to this debate simple: I believe in matters of collecting military intelligence, the ends justify the means because: 1. The importance of national security out ways the means used to achieve the end of national safety. 2. The resolution is justified by Utilitarianism. 3. In order to achieve good ends you must have good means. Therefore, whenever the end is good, the means are inherently good as well. I will leave it...
nurses wearing uniform vs. nurses not wearing uniform
Nurses should wear hats as part of their unifom to give them a more professional look while they are on duty in the work place. supervisors should make it a responsibility for nurses to wear hats....
RESOLVED: Globally speaking, imperialism should be allowed
A country is like any organism, it has needs. A country has many needs because it is responsible for its constituents. Some of these include: 1) Protecting its constituents 2) Housing its constituents 3) Feeding its constituents 4) And all other forms of aiding its constituents For the country to survive, it must do all these things, as a country without constituents is a barren, desolate place. Darwin came up with the origin of species, a theory that all animals mutated and evolved f...
We should follow Yraelz's lead and start over on Debate.com.
I affirm. When I looked over this debate's comments (http://www.debate.com/debates/Yraelz-should-delete-his-debate.com-account.) several days back, it dawned on me that Grievous was right: "I think we should all delete our current accounts and start from scratch. Having a hierarchy of popularity on a site such as this has always been bad. A state of neutrality should be maintained for the fairness and competition this site needs." I propose this: Every debater that believes that they...
On balance, a corrupt government is better than no government.
As written in Plato's Republic, 'Law is the king of all, mortals as well as immortals..' Because of Plato's analysis, and the reasons that follow, I stand firmly in affirmation to today's topic, that 'On balance, a corrupt government is better than no government.' For overall clarity I'd like to offer the following definitions and say thanks to dictionary.com. Better means morally superior. Corrupt is defined as made inferior by errors or alteration. While a Government is...