Politics Debate Topics for Students — page 8

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• Government: a system by which a community of people (actively or passively) consent to be ruled. Anarchy: a system of rule that's primary goal is to eliminate hierarchy and protect individual liberty. It utilizes non-coercive consensus building as a means of making community…
• If purpose of government is to organize people for their collective good, and rule by consensus is the best method for doing so, then anarchy best fulfills the purpose of government. Because anarchy allows for free-association, it enables people to find or create a system of…

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• Good afternoon fellow Forum Members!  As my username reveals, I am a 20 year old Danish student, carrying out a college project, about The British Monarchy. My aim of the Project is to analyze the branding of the Royal Family and finally assessable the Royal family"s chances…

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• As I stated in my my last argument I stated "the prime minister holds the power at any time to dismiss the governor-general at any time" in your example for 1975 that the prime minister was dismissed by the governor-general it was only because the prime minister hadn't picked…
• "Is New Zealand to continue to have an appointed Governor-General... or should we move to an elected president? This will not happen because of any lack of affection or love for our Queen in London, but because the tide of history is moving in one direction." - former Prime…

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• My opponent forfeited the last round (all arguments extended). A few more points I would like to add:Canada Breeds More Polite PeopleFor example, a survey conducted showed that 90% of Canadians aged 18 - 25 will say "sorry" if someone bumps into them, which is a higher…
• However, all of his objections are severely misguided. Canadians Live LongerPeople who live in our country live longer by around 3 years. This went completely ignored by my opponent. Canada Has A Lower Suicide RateMy opponent never responded to this point. It stands. Canadians…

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• For some reason my "Copy and Paste" only copied the domain name. I have no idea why so I'll recopy and repaste them all to this debate. For this I apologize. I have no explanation for why that occurred. I'll first go over my opponents case then back over my own. (And then…
• I would like to offer my definition for the most controversial term of th evening: Superpower. Superpower: A superpower is a state with a dominant position in the international system which has the ability to influence events and its own interests and project power on a…

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• Rules: No word play on semantics. No specific format. If you accept, please present a case and don't just forfeit. Thanks in advance! I affirm the resolution. C-1: Many entities use various forms of online voting with success. Examples include Major League Baseball All Stars,…
• It appears that my opponent's only true objection is the possibility of hacking. In the first round, I stated that such a system could be created and regularly updated to prevent intrusion from pirates and hackers, thereby dismantling my opponent's only objection. As such, no…

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• Intro: States ought not posse's nuclear weapons. I'd like to thank my opponent for getting involved with my debate. Here are the definitions that I used to define my resolve. "Ought" is used to indicate duty or correctness, typically when criticizing someone's actions. An…

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• Round 1: Acceptance/clarifications on stance Round 2: Arguments Round 3: Rebuttals Round 4: Rebuttals/conclusion I am arguing that the "Black Lives Matter" (BLM) movement is not effective in its main purpose of bringing racial equality. This extends to all parties using the…

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• i am the pro of this debate.we must be thinking while dictatorship and military are cruel while democracy is the better form.i(a 9th grader) after completing the first lessons of history and democratic politics,i often found that many countries think dictators are cruel.i don't…

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• In life, there will always be obstacles that the U.S. will have to overcome. These obstacles are best addressed in order, begining with the most important. When a concerned American turns on his or her t.v., THey heard about how troubled the economy is and how terrorist attacks…
• Economy: The plan is specifically going to create jobs through funding of the federal government. If the plan were to not provide jobs as stated then the plan would be vetoed. I hope the negation is not questioning the ability of U.S.F.G. to pass plans that are doing what they…

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• Con: "I've read through the page about ten times, it doesn't make sense, it doesn't say what it says it says." Con is speaking in riddles and may think of himself as some type of sphynx rather than a human in a debate. Con: "Then, who cares about what the person did before…
• Let's see if I can make this make sense for you. "The evidence is in the photos. The most clear photo shows an abstract pattern. As seen below." This is not an abstract pattern. In Arabic, "al" is an article or a word for "the", so al-Lah means "the God". In Arabic, the name…

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• With many thanks to my opponent for his eloquent and comprehensive rebuttal, I should like to apologise in advance for the brevity of my reply - I only have a very short window of time before the deadline is up, and it thought it better to write something, no matter how brief,…
• Texas is the only state that was an independent nation before joining the Union and today Texans are still very independent people and extremely proud of their heritage. [1] These days, many Texans feel that their interests are not being properly represented at a federal level…

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• Thanks for the quick response. 1. There is a very low chance of that happening. There are loopholes in any voting system, but they're highly unlikely. As far as the not ranking = ranking last, I see what you're saying but I was talking about if there were several candidates…
• I apologize if I sound like a broken record here, but I don't think my opponent understood exactly what I was getting at. I'll try to go back over my opponent's points once more. 1. I don't think you fully understand the system. I say this not to be condescending, but because…

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• Firstly I shall begin with the economic benefits of the UK remaining in the EU. The European Union is a group that provides a free market for the UK. This allows us to build up our wealth without being swallowed by commercial giants like the USA and Japan. Between 1992 and 2006…

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• Open primaries promote engagement with political minorities
• Open primaries promote moderate, non-partisan politics

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• It is not fair that in the United States we can't know what is happening like the government has Area 51 as such a secret that we can't know what it is. I thought this was a free country can't we know what is happening in our country because if we can't than why is it so…

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• The round is forfeited and I doubt my opponent will post agin. Extend all my arguments.
• The round is forfeited and I doubt my opponent will post agin. Extend all my arguments.

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• Extend?
• http://www.youtube.com...Remember, patriotism is a great gift!

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• When i look at USA, i think of how big of a super power, how well it stood against communist ideas and extremists, how much good it has done for the world. but when on looks deeper, the truth surfaces, USA's wrongs do outweigh the rights, they've caused and got involved and…

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• My position is that Pakistan is a failed state according to the following criteria for a failed state (from: http://ffp.statesindex.org...) 1. The loss of physical control of its territory or a monopoly on the legitimate use of force. 2. Failure include the erosion of…
• I apologize for not responding in time for round 2. I was not overly busy, just not motivated enough to respond. To be honest I am hoping to lose this debate as it will give me some hope for the future of Pakistan. However, I also hope that you will bring up some stronger…

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• Yes, young persons have a better understanding because we listen,observe and therefore our knowledge on the opposing issue is reasonable. We can also think of qquite cons and pros and distinguish as to whats best for the country.
• Its true that these days most part of the world watches cable news and listen to their parents but not all have become independent. There are persons who have formed political parties and are independent. We cannot think about those who live in modern society but those who…

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• I apologize for my wording. I should have said "they are a smart group of men and women who are backed by one of, if not the, most powerful nations in the world, are aided by technology superior to that of our enemies and have one of the best combat records in the world." When…
• I'm sorry. I should have elaborated. The reason I think that the US Marine Corps is one of the best fighting force in the world is because they are a smart group of men and women, they are backed by one of, if not the, most powerful nations in the world, are aided by technology…

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• "C1: Cato and Big Tobacco"1) I may have been a touch misleading here, and I apologize for any confusion I may have caused. I am not arguing that the Institute is tailoring it's content to match it's donors interests in the way you just described, which, unfortunately, is…
• Introduction:The problem I and many others have with the Cato Institute is the fact that it allows special interest groups (individuals, corporations and foundations) who fund it to hijack its message, even when that message is controversial. I will show three prominent…

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• I assume Con means to say that international law wouldn't exist without a state. I don't see the relevance, And to illustrate this I urge you to imagine a national law outlawing the state. The law wouldn't exist without the state, Yet the state is still in violation of its own…
• Anarchism is the political philosophy which advocates self-governed societies based on voluntary institutions built out of non-hierarchical, Free associations. Framework: I approach this debate by referring to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514 (Declaration on the…

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• Most international co-operation can takes place outside UN framework.
• : Main purpose of UN, to prevent war, has clearly not been achieved.

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• What we agree onYou have done an excellent job in your response. There are many things that we agree upon, so let me start there. As I stated in my original argument "Let me first acknowledge that homosexuals Americans, like all Americans, are patriotic and love their country…
• Let me first acknowledge that homosexuals Americans, like all Americans, are patriotic and love their country , however, the long held Military principle that homosexuality is fundamentally incompatible with Military service remains correct. Below you will find statistics and…

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• The current polls for the Republican and Democratic parties both have terrible candidates and all of said candidates will not change America. The legislative power of the house and the senate drown any progress made to produce significant change due to the bipartisan split…

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• My opponent forgot to post, this round will not mean anything.
• First on the GDP arguments: My opponent only stated"My post was factual data". Please accept only warranted claims! That does not mean that my evidence can't be. If you look up my evidence, You will see that the WORLD SPENDING is actually 1.5 trillion. Not our budget. And also…

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• Thanks for debating...
• When someone becomes ill whether it be with the flu or a disease and doctors or hospitals turn them away because they can't pay, wouldn't that be stealing someone's life? For someone who worked their entire life and can finally retire and, yet can't pay for medical coverage…

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• I will be arguing that there should be term limits for people in Congress in the United States.
• Your application of the infinite probability theorem would be correct if people were random or inherently neutral when this is not the case. When applied to human nature the possibility of corruption will far outweigh the possibility of coming out of corruption or avoiding it…

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• My opponent insisted that I was arguing semantics, but this is clearly not the case. It is he whose argument is based on semantics seeing as he just defined nearly every word in the resolution and based his entire argument off of it. I was arguing the concept of freedom and how…
• I will now proceed to present my argument. =========== {quote}Free- enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people. My argument is a simple one. By definition, America (The United States of) is a republic. In a republic, citizens…

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• I would like to thank Jesus Christ for Resurrecting Ronald McReagan for debate. I will respond to his contentions one by one. 1. So if a guy was downstairs drinking milk from your fridge you would shoot him? He is really putting your life in danger. I know your response will be…
• Read this while listening to this video to get the full effect of the statement. Seriously.. Ronald, The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties by calling you by your stripper name, I did. ;) But you can't judge a whole debate by the behavior of…

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• Never in all of my large and comprehensive experience of this task we call debating have I ever been this upset. You are gonna lose now, all for no reason. I mean come on dude. Its a debate online, why run away? I'm pretty dissaponted. Dont give up man. Ever. Never, ever, EVER…
• Thank's Con. Also, to make this debate easier for the readers, I would respectfully ask if you would respond to my contentions/subpoints with their headings ("Corruption", for example). I'll refute Cons case first, then defend mine.FrameworkMy Opponent is mistaken. My…

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• OK, thank you for your arguments but I have to disagree with you. For a start a will address your first two points: you compared killing Osama Bin Laden to killing Hitler. Well, Osama Bin Laden is one of many individuals who could take his place. In fact, I think someone has.…
• I hope I didn't make a mistake with the title. I will tell you what I meant but just for the record, if you thought I meant just being glad I will concede. What I meant was, in America I have heard people had parties to celebrate his death and it even spread a bit into the UK.…

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• Every time that liberals want to help the poor and disabled, conservatives repeat "not my wallet" ad neuseoumn.
• Liberals are the ones who provide social welfare for the poor. Liberals are the one ho support gay rights. Liberals are the ones who support the rights of children. Liberals oppose torture. Liberals oppose war,. Liberals oppose the death penalty.

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• I affirm resolved: The United States should invest in to helping the European Union First off i just want to tell my opponent that I am gonna keep this one brief and simple and without sources. Can you tell me what i need to do for sources because i am a new member to this…

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• i commend you for a well argued post. "First, American liberals and conservatives do differ on many issues. For example, take a poll from the Pew Research Center (1), liberals strongly prefer ethnic diversity (76%), few conservatives do (20%). On separation of church and state,…
• most self identified political labels have very little meaning for most people, they are more a tool for psychological self identification than anything, more an indicator of the biases you've grown up with than a thought out label. i would bet if you did a study, you would…

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• I would like to start off by giving a slightly different definition of Affirmative Action as I think the definition given by the negative side is not absolutely accurate. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [1]: "Affirmative action" means positive steps taken…
• Accepted. I therefore argue that affirmative action is in the best interests of the United States. Good luck!

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• I won't even try to argue with that!
• I am introducing a hypothetical new third party called the "Survey Party". The outline of the party can be found here: http://thenewthirdparty.blogspot.com... The gist of the party is that each issue is surveyed and the results of the survey form the platform of the party. The…

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• Americans are ruled by popular opinion. We talk a lot and understand little. For Example: Music Some people think rap is bad, others think rap is good. Ask a person why they think rap is bad or good and they will find it difficult to explain themselves, or, at best, they will…
• That's too bad. I was looking forward to repete's rebutal. hopefully he will show up for the next round to continue the debate.

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• It is my stance that both counties (Nassau and Suffolk) should be annexed by The City of New York, to become the 6th and 7th boros. General Point - NYC should annex both counties as it would expand and further diversify an already great city, as well as increasing NYC's…
• Definitions - all words to be defined as they are in the Websters Dictionary. no funny business such as changing variables or any of that, I'm looking for a good honest debate.

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• As I stated, I agree that marches aligned with other methods of non-violent protest can be effective. However, the march itself, cannot end institutional abuses of power. Ending the abuse would also require the portion of the public in support of the governmental abuses to have…
• I agree that marches with additional agendas or actions can have a limited effect. I don't think we really have a premise on which to debate. However, recent marches have proven to be unsuccessful, largely due to the short attention span of society and a general sense of apathy…

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• My opponent brings up the conventional and convienent argument of self determination. But one only needs to take a basic look at the events surrounding how gibralatar came to be a British colony to see how confidently self serving this actually is. This is a rare example where…
• My opponent and I will list arguments and historical facts to support our positions on the prompt. Because the answer is ultimately subjective there is no BoP. This is a persuasion argument.

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• this is true because negative advertisements will make many effect for the parties and the voter because it will make the voter feel that they are gullible by the parties and they will never trust again with the parties it is mean that the party will decrease they supporter to…

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• I will make clear the Conservative Agenda on multiple issues: 1. Capital Punishment: Conservatives believe in the death penalty, and we believe that contrary to devaluing life, this gives the life of the victim enough importance that anyone who takes away their life should die.…
• In this debate there is no real winner. Simply put I will state what kind of America today's American conservatives seek and on your turn you will define what kind of America today's liberals seek. Only accept if you are a liberal, because I'm the conservative here. I will not…

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• My opponent is going to forfeit all rounds evidently. This is deserving of a full sweep for me for all voters.
• That's a shame.

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• 1. Your facts are wrong and are from a biased source. A health care repeal would cost 109 billion ( http://www.cbsnews.com...) so I have no idea where you are getting this 7 trillion dollar debt from 2. A total of 2.6 trillion dollars is gone from social security and part of…
• Obamacare is ruining our nations economy by adding 5 trillion USD in debt and taking from our social security to fuel Obamacare. By keeping Obamacare our nation will keep adding debt and taxes will be raised

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• Thank you for posting so punctually. Counter Refutations I will give the point about gathering information to my opponent. It is not very weighty and there is no way of refuting this. My opponent says that I never clarified that future drones are not included in this debate,…
• I will commence with refutations. RefutationsMy opponent provides no examples or sources of drone warfare actually help in gathering information. I want examples of times drones have actually helped in combat and battle preparation, and how specifically drones were built for…

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• Rounds of sanctions and engagement does not bring a solution any closer
• South Korea can handle the situation itself

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• "It is not strange . . . to mistake change for progress." - Millard Fillmore Why fix it? Not exactly "fixing it" per se, more like "improving". Like upgrading your computer or phone for no apparent reason except that it will improve it, or make it better. Also, what if this…
• "I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and…