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Police Profiling is a good thing.
I believe that police profiling is not a bad thing, and back my belief with numerous reasons. For this debate we will go by this definition of police profiling - The use of demographics and statistics by law enforcement to deter, prevent, and apprehend criminals. Police profiling is effective; Police profiling is a very effective way of catching criminals and preventing crime, and allows the police to focus on areas where crime is high, and needs to be prevented. Racial Profiling isn't...
Libertarians have it right on taxes- national sales tax, abolish that pesky income tax
- A national sales tax discourages consumption, leading to a conservation of resources. - The removal of an income tax encourages saving and investing, which is the key to job growth. - Individuals would have an extra incentive to work hard and earn income, leading to a far more productive nation. - A sales tax would be a much simpler system, eliminating the need for individuals to comply with complex tax reporting requirements and freeing up all the money & time lost on the income tax pro...
Libertarians are right on crime- No victimless crimes and support gun control
Gun control laws do not work because criminals will prey on citizens because criminals will be armed while citizens are defenseless. In Florida, the murder rate dropped 20% after gun control was abolished. Criminals fear armed suspects. Our Constitution says, "The right to bear arms shall not be infringed." Gun control laws are unconstitutional. Our police spend a lot of their time fighting victimless crimes like prostitution, gambling, and drugs. No body is hurt but the police are being...
Death Penalty
The Death Penalty - is murder, which is morally wrong. It is not the government's place to murder people without war. - Nobody is afriad of the death penalty so it is ineffective. People are afriad of prison. You never hear, "I would but I don't want to get the death penalty." You do hear, "I would. I don't want to go to jail." - It kills people instead of allowing them to pay for their crimes. - The appeal process is too great for a death penalty person. They can get acquitted any time wr...
Do you honestly beleive that George w. Bush stole the 2000 election?
I think that it is quite obvious that he did. There is extremley mounting evidence that he had his brother's assistants help swing the Florida vote in his favor. When that wasn't working, he had daddy's supreme court "justices" help out....
The United States Federal Government should ban the sale or export of Microsoft products.
I. Microsoft is the Borg of computing a. Microsoft controls the server market http://www.news.com/Microsoft-still-rules-server-OS-market/2100-7344_3-5088233.html b. Microsoft is a virtual monopoly -- they control 90% of the market. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/ofnote/9-16mrktshare.mspx II. Microsoft's market saturation threatens humanity a. Homogeneous systems fail because they are prone to viruses (Alteiri 1999) b. Viruses are used in bot nets http://arstechnica.com/news.ars...
Parenting in the US needs to be more strict, and punishment should be more harsh
In the last several years, there has been an increased amount of violence, and both physical, and verbal abuse among children of increasingly young ages. I believe that although parenting is not the cause of this problem, it contributes, and could be the solution. The amount of violence, and bullying is increasing in schools, and becoming more severe, as we see from incidents across the nation, along with incidents in our own towns and schools. In the last years, there have been several shooti...
Drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Reserve (ANWR) should be blocked from oil extraction.
Oil extraction from the Alaskan National Wildlife Reserve should be blocked on all fronts. The harmful effects caused from both drilling for oil and the subsequent burning of that oil does not outweigh the idea of becoming an energy independent America....
We should a limited number of voters or limeted time on www.debate.com
I know most people here including myself are here to learn and dont really mind losing or winning a debate. Instead I wanna learn from others. I just think that during the voting period, we should have a limited numbers of voters or days to decide the winner and the loser. This will make the whole debating thing exciting... because right now it is not limited and you must keep checking all the time to know if there is any change. Thanks...
Clarence Thomas isn't fit to be on the Supreme Court.
Many people know of Clarence Thomas, the only african american on the Supreme Court. He is also one of the two most conservative justices on the court. This is a bit of a suprise, as over 90% of african americans vote Democrat, the liberal party in the United States. Below are the reasons that I think C.T. isn't fit to be on the Supreme Court: Disagreement with Stare Deceisis: S.D. is the legal principal that literally means "let it stand". This is the principal that once a court rules one...