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brian_eggleston's Debates
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Lesbians' rights should be more widely publicised.
It would appear to me that, in view if the almost complete absence of steamy, girl-on-girl action on trains, in libraries, in shopping malls, in car parks, in museums and in other public places, that most lesbians are unaware that, unlike heterosexual couples and homosexual men, they have the absolute legal right to engage in sexual relations, no matter where they are at the time. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/Acts/acts2003/ukpga_20030042_en_5#pt1-pb18-l1g66 Consider the following typical scenari...
There should be an substantial investment in sidewalks and cycle paths in the United States.
As this debate is inspired by a personal grievance, I would ask my fellow debaters to please forgive my self-indulgence in starting this argument. The thing is, the nearest bar to my place (in the suburbs of Bradenton, FL) is three and a half miles away* and since I don't want to drink and drive and there is no public transport and there are no local taxis and it is too far to walk (and there are no sidewalks anyway) and I don't have a chauffeur, I have no option other than to cycle to the pu...
Restaurants that snaffle their staff's tips are rip-off merchants and should be boycotted
When I tip a waiter or waitress in a restaurant for good service, I expect the money to go to that individual directly, not to some grasping plutocrat lounging in a leather chair in an air-conditioned office, but that's exactly what happens at restaurant chains who snatch the tips from their poorly paid staff and keep them for themselves. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/fair-tips-fair-pay-now-the-waiters-bite-back-870724.html If a restaurant advertised the fact in advance...
cricket no more a gentleman's game
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The United Church of Latter Day Hedonists is the world's latest and most exciting religous cult.
I have seen that there is good money to be made out of religion these days, especially if you run your own church. http://www.philcooke.com/money Actually, I could do with a new yacht, and I've always fancied a private jet, so I have decided to use the good offices of debate.com to argue the viability of establishing the United Church of Latter Day Hedonists with me as the Supreme Leader. The basis of my religion will be praising Humanity by indulging in gratuitous pleasures as a tribut...
Ronaldo is an odious cheat; a disgrace to football and should be banned from the game forthwith.
I should just like to provide a few definitions before I begin: Football – soccer. Christian Ronaldo – Manchester United and Portugal international player who ponces about the pitch like Billy Elliot with a feckin' football, looking for an opportunity to deceive the referee into awarding a foul in his favour and thus unfairly penalising the opposing player. Billy Elliot – a fictional character of stage and screen; a nancy boy whose ambition as a youth was to become a dancer. Nancy...
There's more aggro up in Heaven* than at a pikey's wedding.
Okay, I realise that the words "aggro" and "pikey" are not universally understood in the English-speaking world so just to clarify, "aggro" means violence and a "pikey" is a non-Romany gypsy with a propensity to start fights. Now, please allow me to make a few observations: Heaven* has existed since the dawn of time. Heaven* will exist until the end of time. God* will not discriminate against babies, or pre-Christian era people, or people living in tree-houses in Borneo, or anybody e...
should the driving age stay at 16?
Well i hear that they want to higher the age, and i don;t think that is right! The only reson for this is because "Teenagers cause more wrecks!" But if you think about it, its the older people who are getting in more car crashes then 16,17,18,19, and 20 year olds. So i just don't get it....
The UN should give Iran an atomic weapons-backed guarantee against a pre-emptive strike by Israel.
In exchange for complying with her obligations as a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Tehran should receive the assurance that any unprovoked attack on Iran by Israel will be met with an appropriate and immediate military response from UN members, including the use of nuclear weapons if necessary, with no further reference to, or agreement of, the UN Security Council required. I suspect that the knowledge that Israel (a non-signatory to the NPT) already po...
Islamophobia is the new anti-Semitism in Europe and the US.
I would like to invite my fellow debaters to read the following news item: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7488790.stm …and then read the public reaction to the story… http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?sortBy=2&forumID=5061&edition=1&ttl=20080704102159&#paginator There has been a Jewish community in England for almost a thousand years and they have had their own religious courts, the Beth Din, since 1706. http://www.theus.org.uk/the_united_synagogue/the_london_beth_din/abo...