Politics Debate Topics for Students — page 44

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• I'm convinced, so I feel like I have to forfeit this. Sorry for wasting the debate.
• Very well then, I extend my arguments, and further await con's reply.

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• I have no arguements to add i will just add rebuttals because adding new arguements in the final round would be unethicalRebuttals-Stability of democracy: My opponent hasnt explained why this is more effective than a totaltarian state. She has not provided any sources for this…
• Rebuttals-My opponents first arguement is that facilites can only be set up efficently by a Democratic State. Not only is this wrong but the opposite. In many democratic systems people lie and try to get what they want. If a facility was to be ordered then people in congress…

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• "If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, then either we've got to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition, and that we just don't want…
• My opponent's quotes will be in bold. I. Help the sick & feed the poorIt is important to note that Jesus Christ never sent someone sick or someone homeless away on the principle of self-reliance. Instead, that's exactly what the Republican party's intentions are. The difference…

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• Foreign Policy Team Con makes the popular and illogical argument that appointing good subordinates and using them effectively is not evidence of good leadership. To this I ask what my opponent would like, for Obama to parachute personally into Afghanistan and Pakistan with an…
• Resolved: Barack Obama has been a good leader on foreign policy. First: I argue that being a good leader in foreign policy means being able to achieve foreign policy objectives and being able to handle international crises of the time in a successful manner. It does not mean…

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• The resolution isn't about the people who don't support separation of church and state, but about people who don't understand the concept of it. Idiot definition: a foolish or stupid person Source:http://www.merriam-webster.com...
• Con misunderstands me. I said people who don't understand THE CONCEPT of separation of church and state are idiots.

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• one police officer doesn't negate tons of studies and conventionql wisdom of people in the know... that guns are more likely to cause harm to a possessor. which implies reducing possessrs reduces violence.... it's one of the easiest google searches ive done (search words =…
• you just insisted that everyone who can't have a gun will go out and buy one to commit criminal acts. not everyone will, though. this is common sense and explained above, not everyone is a black hoodie who will stop at nothing to get a gun. you didnt specficially address all…

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• Donald Trump is a narcissistic, bigot and racist human being who somehow plays of the your insecurities. If your a Trump supporter, here is the harsh reality. Although I am not an American citizen, nor do I live there currently, my Mum has recently moved to Kansas City and I…
• Thanks for your reply. This is my first debate so I"m voicing my opinion on the matter to see how people (like you) can justify their response. As you have cherry picked my arguments I shall do the same. I am unsure on your position of the debate, making it unclear of your…

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• Just because you don't agree with my evidence, it doesn't mean they are not true! That is totally Igranant thinking that and back in round 1, you made a mock of me by pointing out the views of my party! You dont know anything about North Korea, and if you want we can argue…
• Well if you believe the bbc you will believe anything! My point is that why didnt they intervene in Tunisia or Egypt? Because they are run by supporters of the Weteren world. Gaddaffi was very much against it. He mensioned in his green book " True democracy exists only through…

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• The cost will be expensive, but not as expensive as one might think. The testing would be random and rare. Less than 100 tests per year in all 50 states. If we legalize marijuana we will save over $7 billion in funds spent on enforcing marijuana prohibition. We would also…
• 1) Religion doesn't belong in American politics. It's a place for logic, factual information, and common sense that should be used to make decisions that will benefit the American people as a whole and not just a particular social class. America is a country of free religion,…

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• I affirm that civil disobedience is morally justified in a democracy because of our unalienable right to freedom of speech. Civil Disobedience is defined by a person"s right, or a group of people"s right to break the law by nonviolently protesting against something they do not…
• I'm guessing he lost?

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• 1: Your Imgur link is broken, but sure, maybe the gun control laws passed did little to stop crime, but they were effective at reducing the amount of military-grade weapons used in shootings. Less Ammo = Less Death, Less Death = More People Alive After Homocides. I think the…
• Gun Control is pretty much the perfect solution to lowering the crime rate. The Assault Weapons Ban of 1994, put in place by the Clinton Government was put in place to protect citizens from owning Semi-Automatic weapons that are used frequently in shootings and homicides. It is…

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• Constitutionality DA- The second amendment was needed when the constitution was written because everyday citizens could be called upon as a militia at any given moment. But times have changed and it is not necessary to have this right anymore. Also, the impact has very low…
• INTRODUCTION: Personal ownership: The independent ownership of a firearm. This includes hunting and personal defense. This excludes firearms owned by police officers and those of related professions. These guns, however, shall only be on the officer's person when on duty.…

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• I posted this in my first post,"If Hillary and the democrat party were the defenders of women and women's rights as they claim to be ( would they be selective in backing women or would they get behind all women) trying to advance in a world that has been so unfairly against…
• Lookingatissues Pro (for) When looking up the word ...FOR ) in the Thesaurus in the OxFord American Writer's Thesaurus under (favor,) I find as a definition for the word,... "For" is " Favor." " she looked at him with "favor," The word,"Pro," in the dictionary means," favoring,…

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• "Concealed carry laws do not make guns less bad as guns are not bad to begin with. Concealed carry laws only make guns better."the evidence i cite says more guns, more homicides. that means those laws at best can make the bad presence of guns not so bad. guns are causative, so…
• the debate is about more guns means more homicides or not. not about what concealed carry laws do or dont do. they might just make more guns less bad, but the bottom line is more guns means more bad, more murder. concealed carry might make so many guns less bad, i dont know. i…

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• jorge is bad because of giving the arabs guns and ammunition and plus he was the one who then said that theyve got weapons and attcked them so that they could get the oil from the country to become even more rich driving the arabs poor./then jorge bush also bombed the 2…

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• Arguments extended.
• Arguments extended.

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• 1. "It's not as though they are like bargaining tools…which individual states seek to exploit one another." The very bargaining that nuclear weapons allow for can constitute in war. States "seek to exploit one another" through the threat of nuclear destruction. If there were no…
• Yes, I am saying that "if nuclear weapons are held by adversarial countries, then a deterrence effect preventing war between them will not occur." Argument 1: If nuclear bombs do deter wars, then why are the US spending $55 billion[1] in 2012 (which is expected to rise)? Why is…

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• Con has clearly missed the point of this debate, which makes it difficult for me to know where to start. So far, Con has presented two arguments. 1. The use of marijuana impairs motor-skills. Con suggests that legalising marijuana will result in more people driving whilst…
• Okay, so my argument is pretty simple: 1. People who are high on marijuana are less likely to be violent. This is why you have never witnessed a stoned person initiate a fight. It is practically impossible to get into a fight when stoned. Marijuana usually has a sedative…

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• Hello LeStudMuffin! Interesting debate, very nice topic, I just had to take it. My position is that guns are dangerous, people should not have them. If guns were not sold to the public, there would be a massive decrease in gun-related incidents and injury.
• Thank you for allowing me to express my opinion here.

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• A world war does not necessarily have to involve nuclear weapons. Also, the United States has many countermeasures that can deter any nuclear strike. We are able to target incoming missiles with ground-based and air-to-air missiles. And since Russia would not want nuclear…
• World War III is inevitable. Russia will be the instigator in the coming war and the rest of the world is just watching it happen. Please state your position in the first argument.

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• I have found from personal experience that many people that receive benefits have zero motivation to separate themselves from them. Moreover, they are motivated to continue receiving them. If a 25 year old single mother living in "the hood" receives $600 per month in food…
• It's very simple and I challenge anyone to prove otherwise. Welfare is and has been a crutch for a long time particularly in the black community. When you have people proud of getting food stamp so that they can "sell" them to others for profit, then we have a problem. When we…

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• Clarification Pro= I will be going over why we should end the war on drugs, what other problems it feeds or leads into, and even suggest alternatives to combat drug use. Clarification of my position= I am not going against preventing people from using drugs I am just going…

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• R1:'The party platform itself may not directly use such inflammatory language, of course, but it pays the extreme Christian Right a nod by placing such high priority on things like "protect traditional marriage".'Thanks to Con for an interesting opening argument, I'd like to…
• To start I will give a quick summary of the GOP's platform: -Simplify the tax system through a 20% across the board tax cut, an elimination of taxes on interest and dividend for the middle class, and an end to the death tax. Along with this the GOP supports a reduction of our…

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• Opion, not fact. Trump's abortion policy is good becauseunborn babies have the right to live.
• I think these are good quality policies. Why wont you dispute me?

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• In the vision for this debate I imagined I would do Pro Obama/Con Bush and you would do Pro Bush/Con Obama. However it was not realized by some lack of communication. You also did not look at the cold facts of the case, but simply stated your opinion. In fact what I wanted you…
• We must remember the condition of the country as the President took office as part of his record, in that a person inherits a certain situation and must do the best they can to operate from that position. When Obama took office the economy was failing, we were faced with a…

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• Your irrationality strikes me as odd...
• It is all boring, so I'm going to try to reason with you. Guns are against God's will, therefore they are satanic, therefore they are evil, therefore gun ban is good.

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• The final round... wow, this debate went by fast. However, in this last round, I want to get back more onto the title statement, or this may just drag on into an Obamacare debate. I'm honestly not sure why your family's premiums went from $50 to $180. The average premium…
• I'd like to ask my opponent to use sources to verify his arguments in Round 3 so they can be justified. Just saying, personal anecdotes are not counted as reliable sources, but I will trust my opponent's honesty anyway. Ronald *Reagan* is a totally different story. Any number…

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• I mean any religion. I think that a religious rights debate would be unnecessary in any legitimate political debate because religion can't actually fix true problems in society. When a politician plays the religion card all it is is his or her attempt to gain voters and money…
• Though it is an effective campaign strategy, I think that God and religion should be left out of elections all together. In certain cases, the power of religion can be an unfair advantage for the candidates running and I am afraid that one day the bible belt would be deciding…

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• 2nd Round - Opening Argument. 3rd Round - Second Argument/Closing Statement.
• Con has taken good viewpoints against my proposal, but there are many holes within them. I'll break it down. I. Religious Justification/Demographic Correlation With the comment, ". .. many states are justifying laws that suit the populace within them. " that makes me think that…

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• I'm sorry but I'm going to have to forfeit this debate
• There is a lot to debate and I'll post by countering my opponents arguments. Debate: Whether Donald Trump would make a good president.

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• It doesn't have to be an amendment. Even a federal regulation banning assault weapons and mandating universal background checks would be enough. You say that it may not be ethical, but it's unethical to let dangerous lunatics and violent extremists have powerful weapons. That…
• I agree that potential shooters who already have access to guns is a problem, but that doesn't include all shooters.if even one massacre is stopped by gun control, then it's worth it. Also, there are ways to solve that problem. Maybe a gun-buyback program like Australia's, or…

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• The Republican Party has been hijacked by the Tea Partiers who simply don't have a coherent message or ideology
• The leadership of the Republican Party simply has nothing to do with its membership as a result no candidate has, or can, capture the imagination.

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• To clarify what I said was "The cost in lives of the war exceeds the number of people killed on 9/11". See I said people. The use of "people" is generic and includes all lives both civilian, military, firemen, and police. When I later said, "To justify that high number of…
• Sorry about the mishap. I know it's frustrating. Ok, so my opponent concedes that the war is not stopping - Attempts of Islamic terror on our homeland- jihadis from crossing our borders- "home grown" terrorism- the ever present threat of Islamic terror inside the USHe concedes…

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• The Republican coalition is made up of Fiscal conservatives,Libertarians,Neoconservatives,Paleoconservatives,Progressive Conservatives, and Social conservatives. The Democratic coalition is made up of Environmentalists,Labor…
• I will limit the primary reasons to three points. 1. Different reasoning The Democratic Party tends to lean left. While the Republican Party leans right. The left-right spectrum tends to be viewed as the separation between those who believe in equality and those who do not…

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• Rebuttal to the Origin of WarThe origin of war you refer to is an original theory of the start of war. I will agree that this is a likely starting point. However for one of the orginal groups to go to war, war was necessary. Man inherently looks to benefit from action, arguably…
• As an individual or group of people, you must prepare for war and be willing to go to war. My basis will be global thermonuclear warfare, personal defense, and history.1. Global Thermonuclear Warfare - Probably not the best idea title but I'll stick with it. This will act as…

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• First, let me thank you the opportunity to debate you. My argument is simple. Since your claim that a country should never start a war is normative--that is, it specifies what one *ought* to do--it must necessarily abide one of the following two ethical forms: (1a) It is wrong…
• I don't know if 28% of wars are justified, but I doubt it.The study to which I referred concluded merely that 28% of the time the *claimed* justification for war was utilitarian. I think the number is much lower. In any event, it is not my intent to argue this statistic, or to…

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• Now not all wars are necessary, not all are evil. But my point I want to make is a good amount are needed. While at the same times the others are usually well evil. These other wars usually are in third world nations. These nations have suffered under years of oppressive…
• The world would not exist as we think of it without fighting for what is needed. If we didn't fight then there would be more deaths, and our nation would be under a different flag. War is necessary, war is necessary when there are no other options other then fight, or give up.…

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• We will soonly be electing a new president, as of now the current candidates have more cons to them then pros. Even though many do not like Barrack Obama, he has improved our country quite a bit and he would do a better job at staying for another term and waiting for other…

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• There are many, many wholes in your argument. First of all, President Clinton had a surplus because of the republican congress! Have you ever heard of a man by the name Newt Gingrich? He is the one (speaker of the house) who proposed and got passed the budget that led to the…
• The liberal philosophy for economic growth (or lack there of) is not effective and demonstrates a lack of economic knowledge and responsibility. Let's look at our current situation, shall we? The nation is $17 trillion in debt and we have a budget deficit of nearly $1 trillion…

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• Something cropped up in real life. I think you would have won anyway, if it helps your ego. Hope you can find a better challenger.
• Religious Right? Why limit myself to that. .. I'll prove that almost any group endorsing a particular viewpoint is beneficial to Contemporary America. 2 reasons: (a) There is always a chance, however sure you are that a viewpoint is wrong, it is actually correct. (b) Even if a…

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• Alright, I will concede to you that Freedom Of Religion is based on religion, so it technically has influenced a policy. However, that is really a technicality, and lends no weight to the argument that we should continue to allow certain religions to influence laws that an…
• Okay. I took history, and understand our country was founded by religious people. However, our country was also founded on many different concrete ideals. One of which is freedom of religion. One could affirm, that having such a freedom entitled to us would entitle us to not…

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• For reference this is what feminism means from several sources: Merriam-Webster - the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes https://www.merriam-webster.com...... Dictionary.com - the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of…
• Feminism is defined as "equality of the sexes". It is not just about women; it covers men as well. Now technically you could use the term masculism, but as it should mean equality of the sexes they are two words with the same thing meaning, and feminism is already in use and…

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• I am happy to debate someone.

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• i never said it would solve the gun problem. the only point is that it would help. even con seems to suggest in his words that some help will occur, just not all of it. he misses the point. well to be clear, he is actually contradicting himself. "UBC's do work until as I said,…
• i never said it would solve the gun problem. the only point is that it would help. even con seems to suggest in his words that some help will occur, just not all of it. he misses the point.

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• Since Donald Trump was elected in 2016, I think that he has proven to be better than the former president Barrack Obama. I will be posting four reasons in this round and the next as to not bombard you. I will not post any new arguments in the closing round as I wouldn't want…
• Hey fellow debaters. I am searching for an opponent to take the Con side that Donald Trump is better than Barrack ObamaThis debate will consist of 4 rounds. Round 1 will be Acceptance/greeting. You can also put here anything you want to clarify such as from which standpoint you…

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• Forfeit= I win. We can start in the next round if my opponent shows up
• I accept this round. Recall that my obligation is not to argue that corporate contributions should be banned, indeed doing so would violate the first amendment and private property rights, but rather to show that they are indeed harmful. I do not know how my opponent wishes to…

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• If we take away gun rights innocent people would be un armed against intruders. Imagine how many people have been saved by just owning a gun. you cannot expect taking away gun rights will keep criminals from getting them. After all they do still get a hold of drugs don't they?
• a comment made said that criminals can get guns and hurt people if gun rights are kept. but if they are dangerous criminals it should be hard for them to get guns and if gun rights are kept the victims may be able to better defend themselves. Drugs are illegal but people still…

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• you did repeat. i posted points about people just finding alternative ways to kill and getting guns on the black market, and you just ignored the responses i gave and reiterated those argument i responded to. con says people will just get guns illegally. if more guns means more…
• con just restates points i responded to without responding to what i posted already as responses. you say they will just find another way to kill. but you didn't respond to the study that says the more guns there are, the more overall homicide there is. that means people don't…

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• CONCLUSION I have proven my case.
• Extend arguments.

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• I'll start this round by saying that as I mentioned in the previous round, there is in fact regulations in place. I can not buy a RPG tomorrow, as there is no real purpose for it (protection, hunting, range) in the everyday world. These regulations currently in place are fair,…
• For starters, I would like to say that I agree with your opinion that criminals do and will obtain firearms illegally, proven by the statistic in my previous round (90% are obtained illegally). My question to you would be how do you think our country could even become "gun…