Politics Debate Topics for Students — page 24

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• Canada consists of two separate nations There are a number of definitions of "nation," but its basic essence refers to people who are in effective control of a territory in which they form a majority, and have unifying characteristics, such as language, culture, and tradition.…
• The economic situation in Quebec is favourable. In terms of income per capita Quebec is less indebted than other countries. Quebec's economic performance is surprising and they're doing pretty well. Right now Quebec is just a province without control over all their means.…

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• I will keep the opening argument brief. The topic says it all. I believe liberty is more important than the security of the state.

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• At the time of writing of the this debate argument, America is 20 Trillion in debt to foreigners. That means you and everyone in your family, including your children, owes $60,000 dollars to the rest of the world. This debt occurs when America imports more than it exports. Many…
• I apologize. I'm new here and was in a dilemma. I wanted to say all of that. I guess I'll have to start being less wordy. I'll try to get to know the rules better. Instead of quoting, which would take up so much space, I'll try to sum up statements. I just didn't want to hear,…

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• I find many of your arguments to be things that are inevitable in today's world or in general. 1. "Terrorists can go in and terrorize our citizens." Terrorists already come in. And is it okay that the U.S. government intervenes with other countries' business? Such as Middle…
• I believe the borders of all countries should be open and free for all humans. If one lives in the U.S. and wants to live in Cuba or travel to Germany, they should need no passport or visa. We as humans should be able to go where we please on this Earth. This debate can be…

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• You can change my mind on the topic as I am new to this. (Authoritarianism will not count for this argument) I will establish 2 arguments; 1. Extremist regimes generally establish basic needs (education, Wealth-fare, Housing, Jobs) early on in the starting of the government or…

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• Polls show that Americans would prefer a popular vote over an electoral college.
• The electoral college is undemocratic because it is not based on the popular vote:

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• My opponent has forfeited and has not refuted any of my claims. I extend all arguments.
• My opponent has forfeited and has not refuted any of my claims. I extend all arguments.

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• My opponent plagiarized, http://www.watchblog.com... Conduct point pro, also I think that her points are irrelevant due to this, but I will rebut them anyway. Rationing The US already rations care. Except the way the US rations care is more deceptive, it is based on income. If…
• C1: Cost savings from single payerIt is a common myth that single payer would increase costs to the government and raise current deficits. But many federal studies have shown that the overall cost saving would be extremely large, 100-200 billion dollars in savings. If you are…

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• Social will bring about a more just society.
• "It pays according to effort but through wealth distribution, the same money that the harder workers earned, is given to those making their way by. Winston Churchill once noted, "The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." This being said, a socialist…

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• How Congress Works
• Checks and balances

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• Hello all I'm starting another debate I believe Facism can be more effective than Democracy Facism: an authoritarian and nationalistic system of government and social organization Democracy: a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state,…
• My opponent has FF'd all the debate rounds Vote for Reformist!

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• I thank you for your advice but i do not fall. I will continue with my arguments with why i do not utterly fail this debate but in fact win. This debate will decide on my two point: 1. As what we are fighting on this debate today is about that we should bring democracy in Saudi…
• Well my opponent says that i have violated some rule. First off, There is no rule in debate saying that in FORM. That is not what this debate is about. It is about attacking and making a case. And second of all my opponent said i do plagiarism but first off have you been to a…

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• I will be arguing the affirmative side of a just government should provide health care to its citizens. Martin Luther king jr. once said; "that Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane." If the people, our people the ones we…
• Okay ill forfeit!!!! its not that important!!!! Im sorry that this is my first debate that my high school teacher is forcing us to do i can really care less!!!

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• George Bush was one of america greatest leaders in American History he did many things 1. He passes massive tax relief for the american people because they needed and that setted off huge job growth for many years he greatly stimulated the economy 2. He freed Iraq took out a…

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• I must say I am slightly dissapointed. I will give the benefit of the doubt to my opponent and not assume that he has conceded out of lack of rebuttal. Though I must say that it looks awfully strange that he has been here on debate.org and participating in other debates, yet…
• Hello, I would like to clarify that I intend for this debate NOT to be specific to George W. Bush. This is a debate about presidents in general, whether they are democrats or republicans… When you are president, in this democracy, your solemn duty is to protect the interests of…

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• I'm not going to make this long because you seem to lack interest, and you copy and paste your first response for your second. First off let me say again that it is only acceptable if you accept it as such. So in reality, this is up to you. Second; sitting, kneeling, and…
• Alas, it is only disrespectful because you believe it is disrespectful. I accept the debate. I will allow the Con to make the first point in the next round.

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• Indeed, if my opponent paid any attention to these sources, he would have easily found they were the sources from an article on "The 20th Century Russian Civil War" However, only some of the sources listed on the article were supporting my side. These sources are books, most…
• ^ Jump up to: a b Williams, Beryl, The Russian Revolution 1917"1921, Blackwell Publishing Ltd. (1987), ISBN 978-0-631-15083-1, ISBN 0-631-15083-8 Jump up ^ Overy, R.J., The Dictators: Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia, W.W. Norton & Company (2004), ISBN 0-393-02030-4, ISBN…

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• Thank you once again for your reply. I regret that I will not be able to debate with you fully because of your personal businesses. In rebuttal to your point that wars are bad...that is a generalization that is sometimes wrong. Was the war against Nazi Germany bad? Was it wrong…
• Thank you for your reply First of all, in your rebuttal to my first point you replied that and I quote, "even if Afghanistan did harbor the criminals who committed the attacks, that does not justify attacking the whole country" However, if your neighbor kills a loved one and…

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• Please only accept if you are familiar with this topic and know what the government has done in order to use surveillance to collect information from citizens of this country. First round is acceptance round. Please state your argument and define all the terms in the topic…

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• I am sure that no matter the outcome, this will be a very worthwhile experience for both of us. With that being said I would like to administrate some very basic guidelines for this round. I request that this debate be conducted in a formal, professional and constructive…
• I apologize to my opponent for my lack of participation in the previous round. I regret to announce that I have had and will be having some unexpected schedule conflicts in the next few days. Perhaps we could carry on this debate at a later time?

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• In his initial comments, CON has made several claims, which I will list here for clarity's sake: 1) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issues propaganda in an attempt to "strike fear into gullible people," with the purpose of "creating green guilt. " 2) The phrase…
• I thank CON for offering his comments this final round. I will do my best to address everything that is relevant, since I have been accused of not doing so. Agenda 21 CON has accused me of not addressing Agenda 21. Agenda 21 is a document prepared by the United Nations which…

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• First of all exactly It is not a threat to national security however it is the flag of a force that was. Secondly you make an excellent point, however if we are going to look at it from two sides let me tell you what it represents here, apparently in northern Pennsylvania…
• I do not completely want them removed as I said in my opening statement which apparently my opponent did not read ,I believe that to some extent they should be removed, for instance as a historical and respectable approach to the civil war they should play a major role, however…

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• In this round I'll be summarizing my main arguments in point form. -Article 9 is an infringement of Japan's sovereignty. -Article 9 was established by a foreign power, and hence is another infringement on Japan's sovereignty. -Japan has seen various belligerent organizations…
• (I would like to note to con that round 2 was for opening arguments, as Con was not yet supposed to do his rebuttals. I will proceed with my rebuttals in this round) " This simply doesn't make sense. This damages Japan's sovereignty? Well, if Japan was to reorganise a military,…

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• In a capitalist society I as the proletariat am required to work long hours in terrible conditions for the privilege of not being a hobo. Also, the proletariat is not a Roman people, but the oppressed. I would NEVER take anyone's money I would BURN it. Capitalism degrades the…
• The Moral Demand of Communism is the liberastartion of the proletariat or the poir; my argument stated thus. And I assume you are claiming that I steal. Capitalist society steals people. You force others to work in appalling conditions just to get by. This is immoral. Economic…

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• Hello, I would like to debate the topic of whether Nuclear weapons have helped the world, or harmed it. I will be taking the "Pro" side, and supporting the fact that nuclear weapons have helped our society.
• In your argument you stated that if terrorists got their hands on and atomic level weapon, the world would possibly end, is an obvious fallacy known as "argument from consequences." If in the extreme and unlikely case that they bombed a nation, that nation most likely would not…

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• The first thing wrong with Marxism is the idea of a moneyless society. This can't be implemented because trading goods and services is done much better with money than without if it was all gone trade and production would come to a grinding halt the economy of the world would…
• I'll be arguing that the Marxist vision of a "true communist society" is unrealistic and impossible.

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• Why Somalia still in war?

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• 1. Socialism requires authoritarian rule of economic society Con did not disagree that government must perform functions I listed in (a) – (e), nor did he disagree that government has the unique ability to use force to compel people to obey it's decisions. In a free economy,…
• 1. Socialism requires authoritarian rule of economic society Consider government in two parts: laws and regulations related to the economy and everything else. It's possible to have free markets and the rest of the government under authoritarian rule; Taiwan under Chiang…

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• Great, I look foward to hearing your views and understanding your point of view.
• Europe has faced one of the toughest immigrant waves in the last 80 years, not only have we taken in too many immigrants for our governments to handle, these immigrants have in fact been in many cases terrorists that have struck our European union hard. My opinion is not trying…

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• I know your "sorry" but how did you end up using the same argument? Wouldn't that mean you would have had to copied and pasted it. If my theory is true your argument, wasn't even your argument. Even then though, for Communism to work, you would need an entire nation of…
• Is it just me everyone, or did the contender use the exact same argument twice! If you would try to look it up,and find out, there has never been a national based entirely off of Communist society and government. China was the closest everyone but it still had its hierarchy…

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• Wengerocracy prevents the president to do illegal things but in democracy president just doesnt do illegal things because he is chosen by his citizens. You cant just say wengerocracy wins its just your idea its not a certain situation

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• I feel that I came into the debate with a flase view of communism and sabaren has made it correcrt. I also agree with his point of view now I fully understand communism and resign from this debate.
• Communism is a good idea but it can never work because if everyone gets paid the same amount then there is no incentive for people to work hard. Also if the state owns everything then people can never feel safe as they could lose everything. Also with communism leaders who…

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• FrameworkI will admit that I am not a guy who will always be wanting to enforce a strict round structure in every debate, as I believe my opponent's and I should have a bit of freedom to structure our cases as we please. However, Con has made some framework errors that seem to…
• Those were some interesting points by Con. His Round 2 sources are in the fifteenth comment on this debate.The Role of World PolicemanAs part of his case, Con compared the Roman Empire to the world power of today: the U.S. This is an unfair comparison on many accounts, and it…

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• 1) Bias in evaluating news programs"So far, Pro has not touched my major objection and really the major crux of the debate, namely defining the system"I have explained several times now how this issue is accounted for since the evaluation by the FCC or an independent body, as…
• 1) Bias in the media"Most Americans if polled would acknowledge that while these programs have a particular angle, overall they provide a fair (unbiased, objective) portrayal"Is there any evidence that suggests that could even remotely true? The most recent polling data taken…

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• Incorrect.
• If the big dogs aren't blowing the money, then why are there artificial private islands being made, that are even mobile mind you, and houses worth over millions of dollars. Tell me that's necessary. While the people down here are working every day to put food on the plate.…

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• Reform would strengthen the House of Lords
• The House of Lords is out of touch with the electorate.

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• Do you have any evidence that says closing borders reduces disease spread? No of course not. Your second point admits your concession. Thank your for that.
• Diseases spread regardless, so this argument is not unique to a stronger/open border, therefore can be disregarded. My opponent fails to refute my question from Round 2 on terrorism, therefore extend that argument across the flow. I win offense on this. We might as well have…

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• There will be less nuclear weapons
• Unilateral disarmament will encourage others to disarm.

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• This was a good debate. Here is my summary.- Race should not affect politics, and the governments of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are already simmilar.- Virgin Islanders should get recognition on a national level, even if that recognition is little. - The US would benefit…
• Yeah, sorry about the forfeit. I misjudged the how much time I had. Anyways. .. Further, the Virgin Islands racial majority of blacks[2] would instantly become a small racial minority, trumped by the 99% Hispanic majority in Puerto Rico. [Race should have nothing to do with…

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• New START important to Russian cooperation on missile defense.
• Russia will build-up nuclear arms without New START.

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• "deporting bad politicians from the U. S. would lead to some unfortunate results for them. " THATS THE POINT "Since America is a global power and it's policies affect the entire world, many, many people would love to get their hands on an unpopular president. " THATS THE POINT…
• How does the US have a huge margin of error? When Barack Obama gave his speech on "You didnt build that" he messed up on one pronoun and Republicans have centered their entire election campaign around it! If you mess up in America it resonates and grows to ridiculous…

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• The United states should not supply, aide or intervene in the Syrian conflict in any way. For the purposes of this debate, I am referring to Government intervention, not private humanitarian aide to the refugees, etc.
• As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.…

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• The points are solid points, yet most will disagree.
• My premise is that harmless actions should not be against the law and should not lead to a trial. Looking at an extreme example of Driving Under the Influence (DUI), which most people agree is a serious crime. Mothers Against Drunk Driving implies that in 2012, 10,322 people…

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• My answer for where the guns are coming from was actually (believe it or not) on the next line. Where I state : the CIA and George Bush are supplying the guns for ISIS. It's simple math. By triangulating the location of a few marked weapons, we can determine that they are…
• So, your first argument is you explaining your rulesand trying to tell honest voters what to do, basically calling them stupid, which they arent, so quit trying to bribe them to win. The guns COULD be coming from anywhere else but they AREN'T!!! What do you think the CIA does…

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• Landmines provide a false sense of security
• Banning Landmines is a step towards reducing the horror of war

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• To begin, I am not against women serving in armedforces. I am just against the idea of women serving on the front-lines ofinfantry. Women technically already serve in combat, but theydon't serve in infantry, and they don't bear arms like men, unless forself-defense. The purpose…
• I will be taking Pro, and argue that women should not serve in combat. My opponent will be taking Con, and argue that women should be allowed to serve in combat.I would also like to thank Con if he accepts this debate. Round 1: AcceptanceRound 2: Opening ArgumentsRound 3:…

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• Domestic intelligence services are the only organization that is capable of performing counterintelligence
• Domestic intelligence operates just like the police do.

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• There seems to be a glitch i keep trying to post an argument and it won't let me, No system is pure socialist no system is pure capitalsist, I try to post links and this site gets all funny about it, The nordic model isnt socialism per say but if you went back in time most…
• Social Democracy is not quite Socialism, As many aspects of market capitalism remain in place, Yet it tries to alleviate the harsh aspects of laisez faire capitalism, And is the ideal from of government and economy, The fact it works so well in Scandanavia proves it is possible…

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• I'd like to remind my opponent that many people out of 1/6th is suffering due to poverty etc. China is currently the largest emitter in greenhouse gases, it just overtook USA last month thus it is not something which is expected but something which already happened. It's the…
• Eventhough China is a developing country, we see that it is overreaching the reason as to why we say so is that because China is hiding behind the mere banner of developing countries and not bearing the same obligations as developed nations. For example statistics reveal that…

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• Well yes I am rather modest about the scope of this proposal. In fact I wonder where you are going with objections that it is more complicated or expensive than the present system, such as that the proposal would require election reform. That is the least it would require. If…
• I was going to work on this a little more but there is quite enough here to keep you busy for the few minutes it takes you to reply. I will let you imagine the rest. Clearly you are not a chess player. OK let's suppose we have two choices: reconstruct Congress as it is, an…