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GaryBacon's Debates
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To Be or Not to Be... Vegetarian? I say veggo is the way to go!
101 reasons to go veg.- http://www.flex.com/~jai/articles/101.html Every year in the UK we feed our livestock enough food to feed 250,000,000 people while in the world 30,000,000 people die of starvation 20 vegetarians can live off the land required by one meat eater Every 3 seconds a child dies of starvation somewhere in the world If Americans reduced their meat consumption by 10% it would free 12,000,000 tons of grain - enough to feed 60,000,000 people (the population of Great Britain...
There is no such thing as a gateway drug
There have often been claims that drugs such as alcohol or marijuana can lead people into harder drugs (e.g. cocaine, crack, heroin). I do not believe that this is true, and I am against the whole idea of a gateway drug. This debate should be accepted by someone that DOES believe that softer drugs can lead to harder drugs. It would be appreciated if those people that would turn this debate into something else entirely (such as the definition of the word "such" or similar tactics) refrain fro...
The American federal government should move its general election day to November's first Saturday.
History: In 1845, Congress had to decide when to let Americans vote. It took a very long time to travel. Farmers needed a day to get to the county seat, a day to vote, and a day to get back, without interfering with the time of worship. So they chose Tuesday. Because Wednesday was market day. In 1875 Congress extended the Tuesday date for national House elections and in 1914 for federal Senate elections. This no longer applies to American society because travel is a lot easier and nobody woul...
Telemarketing should be banned
Many people are receiving unwelcome phone calls from solicitors, and it is simply wrong. The telemarketing companies have found loopholes in the "Do Not Call" registries, or have even knowingly and unlawfully violated such state administered acts. It is time to ban telemarketing and make it illegal....
Convert the penny!!!
The United States Government should stop produce current Jefferson nickels and replace them by making Lincoln pennies worth 5 cents and cease a $.01 piece of currency. Currently, it costs the government 1.3 cents to make a penny and over 7 cents to make a nickel. Seignoirage allows the government to profit off of minting currency, but only when the coin costs less to produce than its value. For instance, the $20 bill costs about 4 cents to make. Due to the negative seignoirage value, th...
Should every person proved their DNA, fingerprints, picture to the law when we turn 18?
Use Logical and common sense only. Do not cited the website and use quotes and everything else. I want this debate to be about logical and common sense only! Since the crime rate is still going up and more people are getting away with it. I would have to say it would be the best for people safety and easy for the law enforcement to find the person who does the crime. These would be a lot easier for the polices and FBI to find the criminal who did the crime. Reason why I'm PRO for it?...
The Cloning of Plants and Animals Will Be Benefical.
It's true, the benefits of cloning do outweigh the risks. Before you accept my challenge, please know that human cloning does not play a role in this debate. This debate is about the cloning of plants and animals alone. Now, for my starting arguments. -Studies have shown that pigs have organs that are very similar in structure to the organs of humans, and have concluded that they can be used for organ transplants. With over 180,000 people world wide waiting for an organ transplant, why not cl...
Capitalism is a failed ideology that makes human life worthless, healthcare proves
There are many problems with a totally free market economy, and i will admit that "communism" as a political ideology has failed. But many countries, such as the U.S.S.R. and China, the "communist" party was communist in name only. A true communist country would not fail in the way that capitalism has failed. The main problem of capitalism is that there is no incentive to honor the inherent value of human life. This is because there is no distribution of wealth among the vast majority of work...
War. HU! What is it good for? Absolutely Nothing.
As Pro, I am going to be defending that war (the fighting killing kind) is good for absolutly nothing. I'm going to try something different, and take all my points from War's (the band) song "War". It will be up to my opponent to rebutte all of these points using logic and examples, not just subjective opinions, and if they are good they will also give reasons why war might actually be good for something. This isn't an attack on the current war, World War 2, the 7 years war (etc), directly; just...
Dane Cook's stand-up is overrated and not funny
Dane Cook is a stand-up comedian whose popularity remains an enigma. There are plenty of stand-up comics out there that are funnier than Dane Cook. Yet he seems to sell out shows in large arenas and has a large following. I have been watching stand-up comedy for years, and I simply don't get it. In my opinion, he is extremely overrated and not funny. (Note: I am only referring to his stand-up. Movies have scripts written by others, and if he were ever given a funny line in one of his movi...