Law Debate Topics — page 14

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• yay.....i win..................................................................................................................................................................................... how does this appear to not be gramatically correct?
• alrighty then you force me to go blah because of the required characters to type,thanks alot,omg how many more are there to go?sjgfijazigljilfghalhfgjiuhiazfhigdppppppppppbggggggggggsa

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• What if we don't have access to a gun, then what are going to do?
• We need assault weapons to keep us alive longer.

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• Sorry buddy I didn't read it carefully . You win. Still even with England's gun ban they are the most dangerous country in Europe in terms of crime.
• A good example is the UK. After they banned hand guns in 1997 they has a violent crime increase by 70% and a homicide increase of 50%. Gun control didn't reduce crime it made crime worse. An important thing to remember when comparing countries is that America has 317million…

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• So, the last round. I'll first go over why my argument already addressed the concerns raised by Con and then summarize what went down in the debate and why my argument stands.Before I begin, as I understand it- the critical difference between me and Con on the issue is our…
• "The truth is that some crimes are so outrageous that society insists on adequate punishment, because the wrong doer deserves it" PRO attempts to diffuse this justification by 1) citing the futility of the death penalty as any form of solace, 2) how it devalues life, and 3) how…

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• Ok. If it gets messed up we can debate it in the comment section. People at the marathon where the bombs went off say that they were told "it's a drill stay calm" also with all the bomb sniffing dogs that were at the marathon I find it hard to believe that those dogs didn't…
• Thank you for agreeing to watch the documentary and debate this with me.

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• Argument 1- Con says,"Why do innocent people get killed? Because of fault in police investigation. The judiciary gives death penalty based on the evidences presented before it. So death penalty can't be blamed for death of these innocent people. "You are not getting my point,…
• Argument 1- Con says," 'I personally have always voted for the death penalty because I believe that people who go out prepared to take the lives of other people forfeit their own right to live.'-Margaret Thatcher". Just quoting somebody doesn't prove your point. Argument 2- Con…

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• Opponent>>> i personally think that abortion will lead to infanticide, which will lead to a cleansing of human beings.For example, In the future im afraid that if a woman has a baby with blue eyes, instead of, i dont know, green eyes, she'll just give up her "fetus" and try…
• +++ Well. Maybe somebody does love the baby. Maybe not. That's not what this debate is about. +++ You cannot kill hobos, because the hobo will not be an emotional and financial leech for 18 years of your life. And a hobo is a person. +++ We have seen your definition of…

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• /debate.
• Extend all arguments.

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• As stated above, my argument is that it should be the responsibility of college administrations to determine whether or not guns ought to be allowed on campuses and to what extent they should be prohibited. No one else has any right to intervene in that regard. C1: Property…
• I'm still waiting for my opponent's case.

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• I stand in firm affirmation of this resolution. I believe that it is unfair, unjust, cheating, and not what the creators of the 14th Amendment originally intended. Firstly, it is important to know that birthright citizenship is one of the most controversial issues in…
• I ask that my opponent does not use arguments that are not written by him or herself unless given permission by the original creator. This will be a PF type Debate.

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• Lets get started Julian Assange has been called a lot of names like traitor and whistle blower but he did what he had to do to show the world the corruption and scandals that was going on in this world and destroying the top 1% of the top 1%. He got shamed later in his life by…
• please follow all rules 1: be open minded 2: have a basic knowledge on the topic 3: good luck

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• Dog fighting is a type of blood sport generally defined as opposing two game dogs against one another in a ring or a pit, for the entertainment of the spectators or the gratification of the dogfighters. Please note that just because I think dog fighting should be legal, doesn't…
• Many apologies to ThinkBig for the forfeit; weekends are too busy for me to get on DDO. Re: The Moral Status of Animals1. The government does not recognize animal rights. My opponent completely dropped my contentions on this point. A) The vast majority of humans are not…

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• Extend. I would like voters to vote for me because my opponent forfeited 2 rounds.
• Extend

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• Many thanks to grape for accepting this challenge. My opponent's victim 'mugging-off the mugger' scam is a very clever analogy. But wait! All is not what it seems. The mugger might actually be a have-a-go hero who saw the man lift the wallet out of a blind man's jacket and who…
• Tax evasion is a numbers game. Let's take the hypothetical example of a braying young aristocrat who has an unearned income of �100,000 per year, this money being accrued through an offshore trust fund that his over-privileged mummy and daddy set up for him when he was born.…

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• I would firstly like to state my framework for this debate, and then move on to state my contentions for this debate. Framework: The affirmation states "Adopt stricter gun control laws. " This means that the proposition only needs to prove one gun law that should be stricter in…

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• All I want to do this round is do a rebuttal of Con's latest argument, oh wait a minute, I meant debate; no that doesn't sound right."Why are you debating with me if you're not even an American citizen?" I knew it, I bloody knew that you would say this. Why am I not allowed to…
• In this round I am going to do some refutations of the contender's first argument."Guns are not only used for killing, as a person who has used guns for almost my whole life, killing has only been a part of it for a fraction of the time, and human death has never been a part.…

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• Only in death is there agency -- only in death can we ever liberate ourselves. Through death, we own nothing, and through death we affirm. Poetics is pretty cool, it allows us to remove ourselves from the structure of debate through killing ourselves.
• We return to the question of Lenin, that of "what is to be done?"I won't spoil the secret for my opponent for what is to be done, hopefully they can figure it out by themselves!(Hint: there is no private ownership in death!)

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• Per our agreement this debate will end in a tie.
• Thanks, levelwithme for proposing the conventional restraints, since I neglected to do so. I agree- round2 for arguments, round3 for counterarguments and summation. Conditions 1 and 2, however, may prove too confining for my argument, which is more about changing prevailing…

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• To rebut this round, I will match my opponent's tactic, by using bold lettering when quoting him. " However, it was offered within the context of reassuring me that the rates of usage of dangerous narcotics might increase as a result of ending the WoD, and that there are very…
• I suppose I will rebut each statement my opponent has made in the corresponding numbers. 1. United States drug policy technically began in 1914 through the Harrison Narcotics Tex Act. As many of us know, heroin and cocaine were first manufactured pharmaceuticals. Advertisements…

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• Tell me why you think that you have the right to take another persons life if they take another or otherwise why do we get to take the life with chemicals and drugs that we inject to their body. studys show that it could take hours to kill that person or seconds. now in my book…
• Now some of this argument is going to be on the fact that we have a comment on saying that we should kill them all and der it over with! you and the rest of your family and the world when we find out that the "killer" is innocent!!! i should refute your points i know this but i…

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• Thanks, Con. Milton Friedman once said that it is not the purpose of government to make people moral or upright. Laws are created to resolve discrepancies in the way people live, act and trade - not command people on how to treat their own person. While together individuals…
• Many thanks in advance to whomever accepts this debate. == Clarifications == The War on Drugs is a campaign of prohibition intended to both define and reduce the illegal drug trade. This initiative includes a set of drug policies of the United States that are intended to…

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• I apologize to my opponent, but this is going to have to be a one round debate for me, which I acknowledge puts me at a huge disadvantage.
• 3,000 characters. Resolution: police officers should be allowed atleast 48 hours before writing their statement in use of force situation, involving the use of lethal force.

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• I still remain inquisitive in the willingness of my opponent to revert to Lincoln Douglas, Public Forum, or other similar types of debate flow structures for easier point construction and rebuttals, and am still waiting for an answer. Moving on: 1: My opponent's only response…
• Due to the purpose of this debate, I suggest that we utilize other forms of debate structures, such as Lincoln Douglas or even Public Forum in order to better allow for a general debate flow structure that most individuals can understand on a day-to-day basis. It would merely…

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• There is a large argument about the Death Penalty and how it is inhuman or unconstitutional. Your reasons is invalid and unrealistic, this is the Law people, a law thought out carefully to uphold our justice, Protecting our rights.
• IntroductionI want to clarify where this debate headed. This is my understanding of the new debate from your previous responsesFirst Pro-Resolution is as follows: Death penalty is Justice Con-Resolution is as follows: The Death penalty is no Justice Con Stated "I am opposed to…

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• I am putting forward an open debate relating to capital punishment. I believe that capital punishment should be considered as a form of justice and therefore, should be allowed.
• 1) Capital Punishment reduces crime rates by 3.47%. This happens to be an article I read in the times of India a couple of days or so ago. However, I have not yet been able to find a source to this article on the net. Therefore, I shall not be able to furnish a source to the…

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• Ok well I'm not going to type as much as I would like(due to time restraints) ill combat to your points. 1.Marijuana does have some minor side effects, But these effects are far much less than what legal drugs can do to you, i.e tobacco and alcohol causing much more addiction…
• Its my first one also! But lets get down to business. Everyone knows the government will do anything it can to not give any attention to marijuana. Its listed as a schedule 1 drug which means its apparently more dangerous than cocaine. For a drug to be in schedule 1, it has to…

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• internet sales will increase if drugs are legalised.
• The Illegality Of Recreational Drugs Results In Unnecessary Risks For Those Who Choose To Consume Them

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• Thank you for your interesting points. You write " A private business, while owned by someone privately, is a service that you provide to others. By selling a product or providing an active service you put yourself out there for criticism and legal punishment." Why do I lose…
• Thank you for your acceptance and I greatly look forward to hearing your side of this debate. I will keep my opening statement short. In arguing in favor of this motion, I will repeatedly set forth to show that this position is both correct from a moral and legal perspective as…

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• You've forgotten the most important fact of all. You know how the Constitution states our god-given rights that cannot be taken away by anyone? The constitution of the United States says, "the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Therefore, people…
• Quote from your argument- So your biggest negative impact is that criminals will get a leg up and hurt helpless citizens. To minimize that impact I provide 3 rational. 1) Most Americans do not own a gun; therefore, the number of citizens that will be defenseless will not…

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• Your argument is good, but there are several flaws in your argument. In your first argument, you talk about how the wording of the 2nd amendment specifically pertains to a "well regulated militia." While at first glance, it may seem as though they were referring to a militia…
• The second amendment very clearly states "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." By implementing gun control, we are infringing the rights to bear arms, and therefore, we are implementing an unconstitutional law. Con can go first.

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• In my eyes, the person is first found guilty. The authorities have found him guilty. His fingerprints are on the gun. The other man is surely dead. They don't deserve life on Earth after the other is dead. Say the man is not given life in prison. After ten years he is bailed…
• The death penalty is a serious problem the world. For other countries they kill without a crime. There needs to be some sort of law to stop these crimes. I don't understand why some people are for abortion but against a death penalty. How could you kill a defenseless, innocent…

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• As stated in an article "A Case for the Death Penalty" the murder rates raised when capital punishment was declared unconstitutional. This is a prime example of murders rates rising when there is no punishment. As stated in the article… When executions went down, the number of…
• The death penalty should be legal in all states across the United States considering some people commit crimes knowing they will get away with it. If the death penalty was implemented, those murderers might reconsider before committing the act.

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• 2nd amendment guarantees both militia and individual arms rights
• 2nd amendment secures equally the right of the militia and the individual to arms.

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• Firstly, when arguing that utilization of racial profiling as one of many techniques in identifying an offender violates the 14th amendment you clearly did not read the definition I stated in the terms of this debate. I am not arguing for law enforcement to stop anyone they…
• Terms of discussion: - 1st round is for acceptance and opening statements - Opponent will be arguing against the use of racial profiling in any form by law enforcement. - Definition of racial profiling: The use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having…

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• First of all, I should like to address the You Tube clip my opponent embedded which depicted a flogging scene from the olden days. Now, we don't know who the prisoner was or what his crime was, but you can bet it was more than illegally parking his chariot – more likely…
• Flogging offenders with a cat o' nine tails [1] is the fairest, most egalitarian way to punish petty crimes. Let's say, for example, that someone parks their car illegally and gets a ticket. It may be a low-paid single father who illegally parked his beaten-up old Vauxhall…

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• Thank you Con for the response. I will first address Con's case and provide rebuttals where needed, then move on to reaffirming my own case -Con's position- She starts off by stating that " Anything that harms our individuals is something that we should act against. I think the…
• It is my position that promotes self-interest. The united states government should not have the authority to govern how one chooses to live their life. The only time the government should interfere with ones autonomy is when that individuals self-interests infringes on…

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• Drugs cause nothing bad, in fact life is too shallow to actually live it without drugs. Live is very monotonous, you just work, eat and survive. By actually trying different states of consciousness can give you happiness.
• I believe that drugs are good for the body because they allow you to have a good leisure time and enjoy your life. Life is short and we must enjoy it, the government has no say about how we chose to live our lives.

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• The Military Commissions Act (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov...) is unconstitutional, unethical, and unnecessary. Under this act, the government can declare any alien, including someone who has lived in the United States for years, an "unlawful enemy combatant." Furthermore,…
• I agree with you that no law is perfect, and if this law really was necessary then maybe it would be better just to fix the wholes, but as I pointed out, not only are there many horrible problems with the Military Commissions Act but it also doesn't help anything. There is no…

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• Yolo swag

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• As mentioned in the rules I am not allowed to add anything significant in this round. I therefore will only wish the judges luck with judging this debate.
• Again, there's not much to debate about.

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• I will be basing my argument off one from a previous debate of mine (. http://www.debate.org...) . === PRO ARGUMENTS === ECONOMIC BENEFITS: If Prostitution was legalised, the government could regulate it and tax it. It would create more revenue for the government through this.…
• I hope all is well with my opponent. However, my arguments stand unrefuted, and I await his response in the next round.

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• My opponent would like to discuss the merits of the gun control debate as an issue worthy of discussion at all. Understanding that my opponent does not feel that gun control (and, by extension, gun-related violence) is a problem of a scope which requires redress at the…

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• Since 1791, the United States has had the second amendment which is a law that allows US citizens to carry guns. As a result, within the past six years, there have been over 1600 shootings in the US resulting in thousands of lost lives. Because of this, I am for the resolution,…
• Arguments will begin next round.

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• Majority can rule against gay marriage all they want that doesn't mean they are right. The Supreme Court is made up of people who care about others and their happiness because they are the people who aren't sexist, racist, or stereotypical. The country was built on the basis of…
• In America we have a Supreme Court, people who make the major decisions for our country that we as ordinary people can't decide. Gay marriage has been a question tossed in the Supreme Court's face so many times it might as well be boring, but it isn't. In America people have…

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• I can't argue against the scenario where the person is only a suspected terrorist. I believe giving the government the ability to torture people who they haven't proven to be enemies to be a bad idea, as they could use this to infringe upon the rights of Americans. So I'm sorry…
• Thanks to my opponent for the arguments. Before I get into rebuttals integral to this debate, I'd like to rebuttal the use of the word 'innocent'. I feel the need to rebuttal this because it's the kind of descriptive language that can sway voters. My point here is that the man…

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• Remeber what i said that they have to pass a test and the government isn"t that dumb and would not let buy any gun. Once a person have internal problems they can scan it on the way he acts while testing. Many people now in days are very more wilder than back then most of the…
• If you have your gun legalized and have special permission from the government which you will need to be trained by police officers, not only on firearms, but in self defense classes. Having permission to have a firearm requires a psychological and physical exams. If you have…

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• I'm sorry for the unfortunate forfeit round; I've been busy and my immediate needs precede those of mine on this site. Anyhow, since you seem to agree with me that we're still arguing on whether this drug ought to be immediately legalized for recreational use, let us continue…
• Yes, you're absolutely right that the reason not enough is known about it is mostly the fact that it's not legal and thus no conclusive, acceptable, long-term studies have been conducted yet. And speaking of risky behaviors, I ask you, which is more risky? Complete…

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• Thanks for your argument however I assume that this problems exist in the hiding world of prostitution. But after legalization these women can easily go to psychologists to talk about their emotional and mental problems and together they are more likely to solve this problems.…
• According to the arguments of my opponent prostitution brings more crime to the streets, however after legalization percentage of criminals decreased significantly again in Amsterdam. It is one of the most law abiding cities in the World. Police will take under control areas of…

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• Well, my opponent has forfeited R3, but hopefully he will at least provide a conclusion to his arguments. For my conclusion, I will provide some background, and then reiterate my arguments. Marijuana is a plant grouped by the genus cannabis. It has three species: cannabis…
• Because my opponent keeps jumping around the topics, and has ignored the case I have made, I will address his points one by one (or try to): "So realistically he must prove that both can be legalized, or else I win this round." -Indeed I have shown in both R1 and R2 arguments…

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• Well, that ends that! VOTE PRO ON THE BANNING OF THE DEATH SENTENCE!
• My opponent has forefited the last round, so I can't post a rebuttal. It has been a nice debate, though.