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• L e a v e T h i s W e b s i t e If you had took the time to read my argument, i specifically stated that, "Almost every mass shooting that has taken place in the US has been committed by a mentally ill person, who does not have the ability to legally purchase a gun anyways.".…
• That's an interesting argument, but i have a rebuttal for every one of your arguments. 1. Its not just "some gun control", its how our nation functions. The amendments are fundamental rights. The second amendment is as important as the right of free speech. 2. Under 18 U.S.C. "…

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• Yes i understand that we have a strong military and it wouldn't be that difficult for a military takeover. But we are only considering one aspect about gun control. We have to look at all the things that taking away guns would do. First of all it is till an ammendment and…
• Yes I agree it is terrible how many people have been put in bad situations because of gun violence but it still isn't right to take the privilege of owning guns away from law abiding citizens. In the long run it is hurting them. Marijuana is illegal in almost all states but it…

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• Yes I agree most murders are inexcusable. But not all crimes that seam violent are violent. IF this where true many people would be dead because of it .
• No But it is still a felony so all where arrested or should have been except for the girl but felons you said none should have guns.

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• My opponent described at great length why the over-reliance upon prison sentences as a punishment is detrimental to society, and I agree with him. Furthermore, in addition to the reasons my opponent cited, rather than reforming inmates, prisons tend to serve as universities of…
• In times gone by, perpetrators of petty crimes, from all walks of life, were pilloried in public [1,2]. This involved the offender being restrained, often in prominently situated wooden stocks, and the public were invited to heap scorn and derision upon them. In addition,…

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• Well, I've posted three rounds of argument and only received one rebuttal, so I feel disinclined to continue debating an imaginary opponent. Thank you for following this debate. I believe the case for legality is very strong indeed.
• "1. Production, distribution and sale is in the hands of criminal organisations which may use the profit to finance serious crimes, and in any case deprive the government of revenue"Cannabis is one of the main sources of wealth for the Mexican drug cartels [1], and the death…

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• ok i see where i messed up i'm sry if we could restart this debate it would be cool
• the death penalty should be used in the united states for the following 13 reasons Financial costs to taxpayers of capital punishment is several times that of keeping someone in prison for life. Most people don't realize that carrying out one death sentence costs 2-5 times more…

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• Sorry for taking so long! I was slightly preoccupied with my bad sinus infection and a faulty power jack on my computer. "It's obvious, looking at the legal system, that waterboarding was accepted as a legal method of interrogation at the time." Actually, that's kind of what…
• Hi! Recently you may have heard about detainees being waterboarded. If you have been living under a rock for the past couple months, this might help: http://www.msnbc.msn.com...... Now, for this debate, you get two for the price of one. Not only are we debating that Dick Cheney…

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• I understand you're compelled to post an argument, but I think I have you cornered with your hands tied here. so, round 4 ?? ??
• note. : I'm much better than this in an ad-hoc, verbal setting, so i plead people will not mind my grammar. Hahaha Well, thank you for responding so quickly, even if it is a bit unnerving. ... .... I find several intellectually dishonest / contraindictory / bunk things in your…

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• The drug war is responsible for hundreds of billions of wasted tax dollars and misallocated government spending, as well as devastating human costs that far outweigh the damage caused by drugs alone. The United States" unrivaled incarceration rate is a constant financial drain,…
• Drug enforcement officials often cite drug-related violence as a reason that drugs must be eliminated from our society, but it is actually the system of drug prohibition that causes much of the violence. Just as alcohol prohibition allowed organized crime to flourish in the…

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• First I would like to point out how unfair it possibly is that my opponent didn't truly post his argument in completion because it allows him to edit his case after this round for the voters. My opponent ultimately starts with an observation that ought claims can not be…
• I affirm the resolution: in the United States criminal justice system, jury nullification ought to be used in the face of perceived injustice. For today's debate I would like to offer the following definitions: Jury Nullification: the acquitting of a defendant by a jury in…

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• Thank you for the opportunity to debate this topic. A brief note: It should be assumed in this debate that any reference to "drugs" means illicit drugs, such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, LSD, and other similar drugs. If this does not jive with my opponent, he can let me know…
• I hope that my opponent's life gets sorted out soon and for the better. Whenever he would like to continue this debate, I'm up for it.1. You did not make it sound like the result besides (in the other part two of this debate) I will explain the logic of that.I think you mean…

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• Plain and simple, whoever accepts this debate shall explain why criminals shouldn't be punished more severely, and executed at sight. Criminals these day are reckless, cowards, and violent. They show no remorse or regret, they can kill, rape, steal, and do whatever they want…

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• The Con's point has certain flaws in them. It has to be considered that most children in the prostitution industry are forced to be there. (1) No child in their sane minds would give up a normal life and turn to prostitution. Problems such as human trafficking and domestic…
• Although legalising prostitution itself is perceived as a negative thing, it is very easy to see the positive side of this decision. First and fore-mostly, prostitution is going to exist no matter if it is legal or not. Making prostitution illegal does not stop people from…

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• I'm pleased to have another opportunity to debate cbass, as multiple forfeits in the past have interrupted our debates. First, note that this is merely a question: "Is the death penalty good? " Thus, I will be defending that it is good; not that we have a morally binding…
• As expected, my opponent has forfeited... again. Default Pro.

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• I will begin with my main points: 1. Prohibition has not only proven to be a failure in every scenario from drugs to prostitution and even gambling and dogfighting, but it has also been shown to increase associated violent crimes, poverty, thefts, and "crime rates", though…
• Hello!First round is for acceptance only please. This is meant to be a 3 round debate.I am arguing that legalizing all drugs would be in the overall best interest of society.Con must argue that legalizing drugs would have more of a negative impact on society than continuing our…

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• U.S. Congress's Unwillingness to Pass New Gun Control Legistlation has Spurred President Obama to use Executive AuthorityU.S. Congress's unwillingness to pass new gun control legislation over this last decade--which includes failure to extend the expired Federal Assault Weapons…
• My objective with this debate is to educate both debaters and the readers about firearms violence inside the United States and how it compares to other industrialized nations, and about troubling weaknesses in federal gun control laws and the loopholes specific prohibited…

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• Coca production can be justified on cultural grounds
• Legal coca cultivation would enhance economic growth in developing states

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• marriage equality- marriage between any 2 humans who want to get married at least 18 years of age. so if you are for marriage equality, what do you think marriage is about? is it love? is it something else? please provide me a reason or reasons why and how marriage should be…
• marriage equality is not the same as gay marriage.

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• Imagine it's your 9th birthday and your Mummy and Daddy take you to the zoo as a special treat.You have had a lovely morning gasping at the huge elephants, laughing at the funny monkeys and stroking the cute little meerkats when all of a sudden a zookeeper runs towards you and…
• In so far as human rights recognise the sanctity of human life, my opponent has a point: most of society shares the belief that a human life is the most valuable of all commodities. Ironically, it is only psychopaths and religious extremists that do not share the belief that…

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• First, I believe that the main fault in using the 2nd amendment as an argument against gun control lies in the first half of the sentence-"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, " This is the only amendment of the Bill of Rights which…
• Gun control is a hot topic, especially in the USA. It is a widely debated topic with maybe proponents of both sides. Oftentimes I see people attempt to use the 2nd amendment as an argument against gun control. I will be arguing that the 2nd amendment is not a valid argument for…

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• Thank you for responding dukeblueinmyveins, as this is also my first time posting on this website.1) Age restrictions are logicalI believe I was not very clear when I started this debate, and I would like to apologize. I do agree with the fact that age restrictions are logical.…
• In my opinion, gun control in general is highly illogical. I will allow my opponent to state his or her position the first round.

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• 1-. The death penalty is extremely expensive to implement Con main argument so far is cost. Criminal justice is always expensive, but citizens think justice makes it worthwhile to prosecute serious crimes despite the cost. We should be willing to pay what it takes to obtain…
• The death penalty is punishment in which the person who committed the offense is put to death by the state. [1. http://en.wiktionary.org...] Currently 35 of the 50 states have a death penalty, as well as does the federal government and the U.S. Military. [2.…

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• It has so many well uses for it, and most people who have never tried it don't understand how it truthfully is, It is not addicting one but, its proven that coffee is more addicting then it. I go weeks at a time without a hit, i take it as i please, i never get the feeling of…
• Marijuana should be de-criminalized for a few reasons, There is not one case in history that recorded a death due to only cannabis use, not one! Compared to the hundreds of thousands that die due to tobacco and alcohol!

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• @campbell10, I will have to postpone the debate. My step grandmother is in the hospital due to a heart attack. For now, I declare you the winner. Until next time and good job.
• Although the death penalty has been banned in most states, I believe that there are boundaries to a crime, and if crossed, there should be a more severe punishment then life in prison. Act all sweet and nice and they'll have time off for good behavior. If you live long enough,…

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• Regardless, the cops had no way of knowing the gun wasn't real, so they had every reason to believe the kid was trying to shoot them. Neither cop is being charged for anything, and rightfully so.
• Are you going to debate me and talk like in a civilized way? If so I'd be glad to debate you.

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• Daris321, this has been a fascinating debate. Thank you for an entertaining discussion and respectfully rebutting my point of view. The scope of this debate is to discuss whether the State can be justified doing acts that individuals can not, specifically whether the State can…
• To begin, I think our idea of the State is radically different. Your perspective is much in line with the political philosophy of Max Weber who espoused in his essay "Politics as a Vocation" (1) the concept that the State has the monopoly on violence. But even if this were…

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• Sorry for my mistakes :) But I really do not understand what you wanted to say with argument which you mentioned. you contradict yourself. we are paying taxes not to provide prisoners with food and contains with money. Prisoners live thanks to us. we must saves tax money ,…
• society is one of the most important aspects of our lives! First, reduce the number of criminals. The death penalty will be a lesson and an example for others. We must proceed, of course, on the severity of the crime. If the crime is proved, and it really is difficult, or that…

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• My opponent has forfeited the final round. His contentions have been effectively rebutted, and mine stand strong.
• I will waste no more space arguing about whether my opponent's quote was plagiarism. "Preservation of a way of life for yourself IS self preservation." And, as I previously stated, it is a beneficial form of self preservation. "We are not talking about the average human, we are…

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• As I summarized in the opening, my argument is one of an unobtrusive government, and our right to privacy. If the government has no overriding social concerns, then it should politely stay out of its citizens' personal affairs. The problem is that because marriage is such an…
• In the wake of the LGBT rights movement, I want to scope out ahead of the civil rights curve a bit. Like gay marriage, I see nothing fundamentally wrong with polygamy, such that it should specifically be prohibited by our government. When you strip away any imposed religious…

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• Recreational marijuana has many benefits in society today. It has gone through history as a drug grouped together with heroin, meth and cocaine. Grouping them together is highly unrealistic. There are many reasons that marijuana prohibition has done more harm than good and , if…
• I thank you for stating your starting arguement. I will start the second round to rebuttal your claims. However before i start i would like to mention than most of your sources are news cites. Please keep most sources to actual studies or an article with links to the study and…

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• Because my opponent forfeited his last round, he has conceded to all of my points as to why Marijuana should be legalized.
• Please extend my arguments seeing as my opponent forfeited this round.

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• Thank you for your rebuttal. After rereading your opening statements a few times, here is my rebuttal. Morality - In this section of my opponents argument, they mentioned that the murder affected the entire family. The death penalty doesn't cocern the effects the family in…
• Thank you for your opening statements. Here are my reasons to go against the death penalty. 1) Cost 2) Innocent or Guilty? 3) Racial Bias 4) Deterrence Which further ado, here's my argument. Cost In Kansas, the cost is a staggering 70% more in cost for a death penalty case than…

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• Thanks for the debate, Mr. Keller!It's been a challenging one, for sure. == NEG CASE ==1. Correlation vs. CausationCon has totally neglected to address the central objection I was making. I'm not trying to question the authority of his sites; I am objecting to how he is using…
• Note that the *only* thing Con has done in response to the studies I cited is contradict the findings in them with his own research. Now, allow me to points out a few outstanding problems with Con's approach, here...Burden of ProofFirst and foremost, Con's method of…

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• I need more blood because MMA is not enough, football is a joke, and baseball obviously isn't a sport. Sports are not violent enough. People need entertainment, and the current sports do not provide the proper kind of entertainment this country needs. Uncle Sam is a…
• Prove what? Death matches would be awesome. I would like something to debate with, opponent, so actually come up with a claim because I have already made mine.

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• Well, it appears you have no retort for my assertions nor any defense of Scientology so I'll make this short and sweet. Scientology is a dangerous cult and I'd strongly urge anyone involved or considering becoming involved to thoroughly investigate organization outside of the…
• Nothing about Scientology can be called religious. This is a dangerous cult that draws in people with promises of being able to help with all that ails them, be it mental or physical illness or success in your career. If you don't have any real problems, they'll simply make…

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• I believe that the idea that torture is always wrong is a distorted moral judgment. Any interrogation method can be identified as torture. Take the "chinese water method" for example. It's not even a splash of water on the face. It's just a drip. But even a drip sustained long…
• This is my first debate on this site so please bear with me. I believe that captured terrorists should be tortured to obtain information and here is why: 1. Interrogation Is Torture An interrogation is deliberately causing someone pain or anguish in order to extract information…

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• You may bring up valid ponts as to why gay marajuana should be legalized, but my question is this: why should other people be able to choose who pollinates who? If a CanniBro and a CanniBitch get married, no one seems to care. They are two plants who feel affection for one…
• Like I brought up, Gay Cannibis has had every right that regular cannibis has had in the past. It's abded by every rule they've made. But now that they want to expresse their sweet stoner love, they can't? Explain that.

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• Since my opponent has basically forfeited the debate, I will simply say that the legal definition based on the arguments raised in this debate should remain the same, and I have clearly won this debate. I rest my case.
• Since my opponent has forfeited this round, I will close my argument saying that I have clearly won this debate, saying that the legal definition of genocide is correct and shouldn't be changed. The burden of proof was on my opponent, and he/she has provided no solid evidence…

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• Well, my opponent sure feels very strongly about his beliefs. In his last speech, he made very weak attacks on my case. I will first address these, and then move on to further destroy his. 1. He tries to attack my case with this statement: "protecting the rights of the american…
• Well, it seems that my opponent misses the mark in this debate. His entire argument is why we Americans shouldn't torture innocent people via water boarding. Opponent, would you please read the resolution more carefully? I am saying that water boarding is a just way to extract…

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• Like you said we don"t know "he may not care if he dies" but on the other hand we don't know if he does care if he dies, because we don't know what is going on in his head we don"t know what he exactly feels about his situation. And we still don"t know for sure that he will…
• It is quite alright thank you for apologizing though i appreciate that. I see what you are saying, however he can also become a symbol to people who are similar to him and want a race war against blacks and whites or any other race in general to let him live is showing in a way…

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• C1: Gun bans increase crimeNow, we must look into the facts on gun bans that have happened in the US, as there is always the crowd that calls for ban. Lets look into DC and Chicago, as John R. Lott writes in one of is online articles:"But it is not just D.C. that has…

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• People convicted of a crime by a judge and or their peers in society that are found guilty, are therefore guilty. We can argue that they are innocent. Actually if you visit a prison everyone in there will tell you they are innocent. The recidivism rate speaks for itself, if you…
• Here is my rebuttal and further reasoning for chipping convicted criminals. Once a person is convicted by the courts and found guilty, he/she is sentenced to a prison to serve time. At that point the state becomes responsible for the custody of the individual convicted…

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• I do find your argument to be thoughtful, educational, and your own. As for the pundits I listed, I will not attribute their nonsense with your articulate response. I see no need to lie; my distain for these pundits is high, but I do not attribute any of that distain towards…
• Definitions: Empathy - . http://www.merriam-webster.com... In addition, I do like the wikipedia entry on this one. . http://en.wikipedia.org... My opponent may choose not to accept a wiki, but the write up is good. Race - .…

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• My proposal is to first reduce the amount of use, while also making the conditions less harmful, and then eliminating the practice in the future. (I am thinking many years, between 5 and 10.) These negative psychological effects can occur in as little as ten days, though some…
• I would like to take one second to correct my opponent. Solitary confinement, in the United States at least, was implemented as early as 1826 (Bennion, 2015. ) Also prisoners can spend many more years in segregation than just one. One prisoner in Colorado was kept in isolation…

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• Husband Wife Divorce Problem SolutionHusband Wife Divorce Problem Solution, Marriage is one of the most beautiful relationships in the world; you build your marriage life with endless dreams. It is always not necessary that your entire dream must be fulfilled at the right time.…

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• Yes, the Court has a record of upholding drug laws. That is to be expected, because if they didn't, the drug laws wouldn't be around for us to debate on. The Court has a trend of not overturning its own rulings. It delegitimizes itself when it does. However, the Court is very…
• "(Pro's main argument) suggests that it is expected, practical, and logically necessary that drug prohibition will be found to violate (1st and 9th amendment) rights as guaranteed by the Constitution." I will submit to this statement, and assume the burden of demonstrating it.…

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• My opponent is correct in asserting that I have BOP, but misguided as to how this works. First, because I noted in round 1 that the US kept CP, that I had to show an instance of it being unjust to fulfill my BOP for the complete abolishion of it. My opponent fails to understand…
• Opponents Fallacies:Argument from Ignorance: - Claims that an ongoing debate is to be held to conclude what the current justice system is (retributive or restorative) and then make an argument. He justifies this as "not self-evident". I noted that there is in fact…

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• Please vote on arguments, not on how you personlly feel about the issue being debated (albeit for one round). Thank you.
• My opponent has closed her account, so I will not be posting an argument in round three. That would be an opinionated rant, not a debate. Instead, I will give a simple closing argument in this round. It would very likely be different if this debate had continued as planned, but…

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• Section 1: I shall be going into the mind of a so called "stoner" in this section. So to start off I'll say that, pot isn't lethal. Marijuana is pot, and pot has never killed anyone. Plus marijuana makes all my problems go away, its fun. From here on out I shall be discussing…
• I accept.