Law Debate Topics — page 31

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• Ok, this is really sad. Anyways, my opponent has failed to show why the death penalty is injust. I will simply offer the fact that the fear of death would stop many people from committing crimes. -Thank you.
• Extend my arguments

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• Sorry to read that Opiumfiend!Though I admit that even I find it a difficult subject to debate against such evidence, so I admire you for having a go.Not the sort of subject I would have chosen to be Con on, so I hope you can grab a debate that it is easier to cut your debating…
• Thank You opiumfiend for accepting this Debate/Discussion on the misuse of BITE mind control techniques in society.In answer to your main points:1: "banning these groups is a violation of freedom of speech."I disagree, in that I don't advocate they would be banned from voicing…

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• "The human body is "hooked" on many other substances that aren't drugs, like food and water, except to a much larger degree. To advocate for mind-altering drugs to be illegal on this premise should include an advocation for food and water to be illegal as well. " There is a big…
• "Actions that do not infringe on the individual freedoms of others should not be illegal. When an individual chooses to consume mind-altering drugs, they are knowingly governing their own behaviour. " That may be true, but these are drugs. Once your hooked, you are probably…

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• Affirmation V: Societal welfare VC: Will to Power of societal order Thesis: The will to power is an individual's struggle against their surroundings that culminates in personal growth, and the ability to assert power. Vigilantism is justified through this struggle against the…

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• My opponent has no imperical evedence proving the burden i've placed on him, and he gave the example of Tom Bradley trying to prove that ALL polls are inaccurate. It is a logical fallacy to say that one poll was inaccurate, therefore ALL polls are inaccurate. Until he proves MY…
• Short and sweet: I have proven my burden of doing what is within the American citizen's best interest(refer to sub point C under my 1st contention), and the negative has not proved the burden placed on them by me(refer to directly under my criterion).

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• Since con has forfeited I shall continue. Guns should be available to the law abiding public to give them a chance against a criminal/criminals who wish to do them harm. The average 911 response time is slowing, with no signs of speedy up(1.) So with that knowledge, how can you…
• i would like to point out to the audience that 1st round was supposed to be acceptance. I would also like to point out that the one thing that the Columbine and Aurora shooters had in common was lack of mental health. The Columbine shooters were mentally ill and so was the…

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• I. Intro I'll mostly be going over the major points of contention and showing you why Pro has won this debate. II. Harm Principle No matter whether you buy my argument here or my opponent's, I win this argument, and therefore, the debate. If you believe me and think that people…
• I. Intro What we have is a system that is not working. It's clear from my case, as well as various other issues. It's time to try something new, and that pathway leads to decriminalization. In order to prove that drugs should remain illegal, Con has three pillars to uphold. The…

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• We're all people until race divided us, wealth classified us, and stereotypes difined us. You're clearly forfieting the arguement becasue you nothing to say when your primitive ideologies are tested. I assume your Christian or something... so do you think Jesus would agree with…
• You must a total troll, you didn't even read my previous argument since I explained why that 1/3 black people nonsense was flawed (go read it). You also just copy pasted your previous rant to mine. You say your not a racist, but you say their dark skin absorbs too much sunlight…

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• Yes, I am aware I wasn't given much information on justifying my opinion, because I waiting for what YOU had to say, but now that you said what you said, here's the fun part. Are you ready?? As you stated that there is no such thing as being a "legal human" yes, I am going to…
• I feel that a woman can do whatever she wants with her body. Christians and Catholics need to stop throwing their religion in everyone's faces. If Christianity is a such a loving religion, then how come whenever a woman gets an abortion she is treated like crap? No, abortion is…

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• Well what if the parents buy weed for themselves, but don't let the kids have it? Then the exact same thing can happen with the weed instead of the alcohol. Oh. Oh snap. You see? I'm untouchable. And you just kept repeating the same thing over again. And so I win. Accept it.…
• Wasn't it totally available in like, the 20's? And alcohol is much more available, I mean, what if a kid was home alone after school? Open the fridge, pop out some wine, and drink that sh*t up. The weed would be less available, because they have to pay for it. And their parents…

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• I know that my sources have failed and my arguments have been poor. But let me tell you about the time I ran into a man who was so high he thought he was an orange. It was last year, around October 15, it was a relatively warm day and I was on leave from Iraq. I saw a police…
• Just because It makes you happy, doesn't mean you loose your natural rights. Marijuana is a drug, not just a plant. It should be illegal. look at these pictures and tell me that you want to smell and look like these people. 1. botswana-alcoholaids.tripod.com 2. www.bubblews.com…

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• My position is that marriage between partners of the same gender has no significant negative effects on society and therefor should be legal. My opponent has the burden of proof to show that there are negative effects (or can reasonably argue that there will be) and should go…
• Dann continues to argue his opinions about whether the comparison between gay rights and civil rights is a correct one (while still giving no argument as to why he believes this; just that it is "apples and oranges". He gives his opinions about whether the discrimination of…

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• To begin, I wish to rebut some of the arguments the Con side has made. First of all, the Con side has pointed out that the rate of prison escapes has decreased drastically. Though I cannot argue with the statistics that Con side has given me, I believe the actual occurrence of…
• The first main point I have identified in this debate are the societal benefits of punishing some crimes by death. There are 3 main societal benefits I have identified. The first is peace of mind. How would you feel if you knew there was an army of terrible criminals just…

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• 1. Interaction with guards is not the interaction needed when going through the rehabilitation process. 2 That is subjective and has been shown to cause issues in the future. 3. It is unethical and immoral because it is against human rights. 4. Being disciplined is good when…
• 1. Solitary confinement is the isolation of a prisoner in a separate cell as a punishment in jail and prison. 2. Solitary confinement cause prisoners severe mental harm and places them at risk of even more devastating psychological harm in the future. 3. Craig Haney, a…

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• First, I apologize for my relatively inadequate argument in the last round. As I already explained, I had an extremely limited amount of time.Cancer ClaimI will address cervical cancer and prostate cancer separately. It has been proven in studies that medical marijuana (which…
• Rebuttal: It is proven that marijuana is not severely detrimental to healthMy opponent presents a source from WebMD. I would like to present a source from the exact same site, but the article states that there is in fact no connection between marijuana use and cancer. [1]…

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• at first, i had thought that gay marriage was all wrong, however i see it differently now. what if you wish to spend the rest of your life with a person you truely love but however is the same gender? you can't help the fact that you're either a male or female. it's all about…

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• "What would a state established religion do to prohibit the rights of the people? The only point in my argument was that states are, and should be, able to establish their own religion. I don't think that if State A wants to make it's religion, say, Christianity, that it would…
• I must admit, this is an interesting point you've brought up. For a long time, the bill of rights only applied to the federal government rather than state and local governments. This double standard of protecting individual's rights on the federal level while somewhat…

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• Extend all arguments.
• Well that's unfortunate. I await my opponent's response in R3.

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• Yes. I have lost.
• You win. I kind of just chose this topic because it was the only available one to challenge.

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• Judges, I sincerely apologize to you and my opponent for not posting an argument when it was needed. With this being said, I will still provide my own side of the arguments and refute my opponent's case. We must understand that for one thing, my opponent has the entirety of the…
• The next few rounds will be for the actual argumentation of the topic.

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• A drug addict is not nessecarily a criminal. As we send the drug addicts to prison and radicalize them into criminals, we create a society where we look at people with addictions as the scum of the society. In Portugal drugs for personal use have been legal since 2001. What…
• The greatest problem for drug users are that they never know what they get. The reason for this is that as the drugs goes from drug cartel to user, it passes through a system of middlemen. These middlemen are eager to make money, and therefore they mix their drug with e.g.…

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• Illegal drugs should be legalized what do you think?

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• There are bad people out there who deserve to die do not get me wrong. However, there is no doubt the death penalty withholds too many risks and has too many cons to be considered preferable. These criminals most likely want to die as well, so part of their punishment should be…
• When you state "A life for a life" then that opinion is only held by some families of the victims. However, many families are already suffering and the long process that comes with the death penalty would extend their suffering. Locking up the prisoner will allow closure for…

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• >>> the war on drugs used money that could have been spent in other places... but we ar3e not debating weather or not the government spends it's money well. +++ The topic is about the fact that the United States should legalise soft drugs. The utilization of money is included…
• >>> Your argument for legalizing the "softer drugs" is that the drug is "less damaging to the health than a hard drug. " +++ This is an untrue assumption. I support the legalisation of hard drugs, but that is not what this debate is about. It's about soft drugs. >>> However…

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• It's the most tragic cold case I heard of

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• Con wins this debate i surrender
• you win

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• To Opponent:Thank you once again for your submission. Since we are running out of rounds, let's continue with the rebuttals for these two rounds. I could clearly tell that you have not paid any attention to what I have said. First off, let's review zealotry once again. I have…
• -Thank you for such a well written argument. I could already tell that you are a deep thinker and a man that supports humanitarian ideas just like I do. I clearly instructed that a minimum of 1,000 words is required, but you have broken this rule, I will pay no attention to…

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• FINAL ROUND!!The obesity: what I'm trying to say that is in reality Snorlax is this amazing guy who can take huge hits as well as dish out humongous lazers that will destroy any bad guys in their sight.Flowers: bad guys get destroyed by flowers, don't you know? "AHHHHHH…
• REBUTTALS1. Bear's unresponsibilitySnorlax is amazing. He has the right to sleep. His amazing powers...just wow. Watch the youtube video. Just watch the Youtube video.http://www.youtube.com...(Skip to 4:10 for the important part) As for wrong hands, you obviously didn't read my…

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• So Im going to put them back into Contentions because I think it is easier to read a flow the arguments Contention I I would like to say that I never advocated the "eye for an eye" policy but simply for a just punishment for such a hanus crime. My opponent over exaggerates the…
• Based on my opponent definition I would like to say this on the word "Criminal" This is a person that has violently and often committed a premeditated murder. This is to say that they took the life of another human being, this is a reprehensible action that deserves to be…

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• Thanks for the debate.
• Racism & Poverty: Nothing for me to rebut here, any concerns Con raises here would be solved through legalization as well. Why Legalization Won't Work:Crime: Con begins by focussing on stats coming out of California. However, there is a large problem doing this. Marijuana for…

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• Unfortunately, his forfeiture of the second round really hurt the flow of the debate. Since round 3 was intentionally meant for rebuttals, I will be breaking down and refuting my opponent's arguments. 'What makes these drugs different from their natural bases is the ways in…
• It seems to be that my opponent has forfeited his round. I will not post any arguments. I'll give him another chance to post his arguments.

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• I will be arguing that all law-abiding citizens should be able to obtain a gun license. Con will be arguing that citizens should not have access to guns unless their job requires it. Burden of proof is shared.
• It is now time for conclusions. Remember not to read mine until after you post yours. Suicides Con says that guns are the most common suicide method. However, if they were eliminated, people would poison themselves, jump off buildings, cut themselves with knives, or suffocate…

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• the reality, there's still big amount of people who believe in their own religion. They breath, eat, drink and doing everything with religious guidelines, so religion is important for them, and of course because it is important, they want to follow the guidelines as good as…
• Right to believe. Right of the people to be treated the way as system they believe. There's a people who believe a different policy, which is religion policy. why they believe in this kind of policy? because the state policy is universal and some of the state policy different…

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• I will be arguing that it should be legal for our military to use torture on terrorist suspects if they see it is necessary. First round is acceptance. My opponent must show why tortue by our military shouldn't be condoned. By torture, I'm mainly talking about waterboarding,…
• 1.Legality"My opponent says that terrorists are not part of a country, we should not abide by the Geneva Conventions. He is basically saying "it is okay" that we torture random citizens who are of a threat to our nation."_Contra, Round 3, R1. LegalityNo, I stated that because…

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• I will present the following arguments to start with in favor of my position. Capital punishment is replying to one death sentence with another. Murder indeed constitutes the death penalty. It deprives an individual of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It should…
• As I've stated twice now, Universality in this case goes as follows: by their action the murderer has said all should do the same, regardless of personal motivations. This does not apply to what is actually their reason (if there is one) to kill, but once again refers to "act…

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• Cost effectiveness DNA databases are more cost effective compared to other police counterparts. Without the use of DNA databases, it becomes more difficult to find individual subjects. This normally means increasing the task force by hiring more police officers which can result…
• DNA databases exonerates wrongfully convicted defendants. Along with this, DNA allows for the release for those wrongfully incriminated. Throughout history, there have been multiple cases of evidence seeming to prove an individual wrong when in actuality, they are innocent.…

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• Forward all points.
• Forward all points.

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• It's obvious what I'm for so. Polygamy- Having more than one spouse at a time. Is there a viable reason against it?
• 1) Yes, I do. The resolution is "Polygamy should be allowed in the United States." In my opening words I said, "Is there a viable reason against it?" Clearly, this means that it has been deemed wrong and I want an answer as for why. What else can it mean? Just simply stating…

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• Wow... Conceded!
• I feel very sorry (and stupid) for screwing this up.____________________________________________All sexual-relations/mariage should be legal between consenting adults. However, animals cannot consent, are not easily definable "adults", and any pregnancy would be…

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• After 1996, less than 10% of nonfatal violent crimes involved firearms. http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov....... So criminals with guns are hardly an issue, as most just don't have guns, which in your society, they will. This is to say that ninety percent of the non fatal violent crimes…
• A. Guns save more lives than they take; prevent more injuries than they inflict * Guns used 2.5 million times a year in self-defense. Law-abiding citizens use guns to defend themselves against criminals as many as 2.5 million times every year -- or about 6,850 times a day.1…

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• #1: The Constitution "The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States." - Article 4 Section 2 (1) The Government has a duty to its people. To protect them against unjust laws and maintain equality amongst them.…
• I am FOR legallizing Gay Marriage nationally. The rules to this debate are simple. 1) no foul language, 2) when using statistics provide your source(s), & 3) no disrespecting any religions and/or belief systems. I will begin with my first argument. #1: The Constitution -…

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• Drug Consumption Will IncreaseActually it seems drug consumption drops off with legalisation. Here is a graph of drug consumption in porchagal before and after legalisation (all drugs were effectively legalised in 2001).download (1).jpgDrug's Will be Easier to Access Actually…
• We don't Have a Right to Control Other PeopleTo a person who says that that drugs should not be legalised my first response is always: What gives you the right to control what a person chooses to put into their body in the privacy of their own home? Allows Federal Control of…

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• I believe firearms should be always under regulation by the government. I welcome you to debate me on this, and maybe even change my mind.Rounds:1. Acceptance. Don't present arguments in the first round.2. Arguments. Con can't rebuttal Pro.3. Rebuttal and more arguments.4.…
• I believe firearms should be always under regulation by the government. I welcome you to debate me on this, and maybe even change my mind. Rounds: 1. Acceptance. Don't present arguments in the first round. 2. Arguments. Con can't rebuttal Pro. 3. Rebuttal and more arguments.…

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• I'd like to start by saying that I am not suggesting that we throw every attempted murderer in prison for life (uk) or in the us kill them because I am saying they should get the same punishment as they get in murder and they should like in murder trials be given a fair trial.…
• Attempted murder when a person try's to murder someone but fails is it really different from the real thing? Murder is so much different for the victim and his family but for the murderer it only mean s a shorter prison sentence and this means they are just out on the street…

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• I agree with you on that. I think that would be a good option.
• I do not agreed that it should be raised to 21. That is an extremely high age to have parental control over a young woman's body. Parents do not always know best. There are still many parents who are bigoted and would force a woman to have a child she didn't want. Some parents…

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• Con has conceded his round.
• I thank con for his opening round, however he has failed in his attempt to show why there should be no Gay Marriage.Con puts forward a few assumptions that I would like to deal with individually.Con asserts that marriage has always been between a man and a woman, and that…

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• You do not have the burden of proof, granted. But if you let my points slip by uncontested, then you are making a big mistake! As I see it, you have let quite a few of my points slip through without a whimper, and you are losing ground with every one of them. Whether or not you…
• Thank you for accepting my challenge, paradigm lost. Points unanswered in round 1: Contention 1) Con did not provide ample evidence that drug war is working Contention 2) Con did not contest that kids are "eased" into a life of crime by harsh alcohol/drug laws Contention 3) Con…

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• My opponent's arguments are not new, and they have not contested my arguments. I urge you to vote in my side's favor.
• Sexting among teens has one stated problem by my opponent: potential loss of job opportunity in the future. I contend only if the recipient of such text violates social norms of privacy does that sext become visible to an employer. Meanwhile sexting is a form of expression…

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• Intro: Most self-appointed spokesmen for "oppressed" groups love to blame the free market for the "inequities" of modern society. Were it not for benevolent government intervention, these people claim, lacks would still use separate water fountains and women would serve only as…
• By "discrimination" i refer to Wikipedia's definition; "the prejudicial treatment of an individual based solely on their membership in a certain group or category". Begin! :D

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• Thank you, buckIPDA, for participating in this Debate.Regarding the definitions that Con chose:1. The link supplied for "baby" includes all of these nouns:a. baby, babe, infant (a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk) "the baby began to cry…
• This Debate will focus on the claim, made by abortion opponents, that an unborn human can be called a "baby" or a "child". I will endeavor to show that that claim is propaganda at best, and an outright lie at worst, and causes severe emotional suffering whenever a natural…