Politics Debate Topics — page 24

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• 1998 is not recent enough to be in this debate In the 1990's the United States was occupying Iraq and they are doing the same thing even in 2012. The old saying If you don't learn from history you are bound to repeat it, right now the United States is going down the same path…
• The three points we will be discussing. Our three points are fist history has proven it undermines our national security, America is in more danger there, and lastly doing more harm than good. First point is that history has proven that when the United States is occupying and…

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• U.S. policies have helped create the cartels
• U.S. supplies the guns used by drugs cartels

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• President Obama has been branded as not only the United States' savior, but the world'. I, however, believe that Obama isn't the savior everyone is expecting. He is only one man fighting two war and various domestic issues, which he is unlikely to fully solve. Now, when he was…
• Well than, in your first argument you state "he has already become a savior in many people's eyes," to which is a generalization. You have stated a very general claim, that "he is a savior in many people's eyes." "He may have too much on his political agenda both Domestic and…

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• Sustained.
• Framework and argument sustained.

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• The interests of American Muslims are better and more immediately served by American Muslim participation in grassroots movements and local politics rather than politics on the state or national level.

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• The whole Islamic threat that is picked up by the media, is the fault of our own nations. We created the problem, whether on purpose or not, and it was because of our greed-not our misplaced good intentions. We condemn these men and portray them as evil, when they are no worse…

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• You, like me, have assumed that the subject of the debate only relates to the relationship between opposing political groups:Pro Quote: What happens when two large groups of people in Cairo decide to host the election for the next Egyptian Government?Con Quote: It is…
• Democratic governments do not derive their authority from democracy, but from inflicting the most terror upon a population than any other organization within the same geographic region. In order to host "democratic elections", an organization must monopolize the right to host…

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• Look I am ridiculously sorry but this whole week has been nothing but new stuff coming up. I just can't manage it right now. Consider this my forfeiture in this debate, as I couldn't do it justice with my schedule. Please find a replacement to debate my opponent. Due to…
• For 1harderthanyouthink's August Beginner TournamentDefinitions:Planned Parenthood: the U.S. affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) - and is a non-profit organization that provides reproductive health and maternal and child health…

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• The notion in the United States that we must have the "Separation of Church and State" to live in democratic society. This is false and untrue.

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• 1) "Education for the children of illegal immigrants constitutes the single largest cost to taxpayers, at an annual price tag of nearly $52 billion." While the average college student debt is around $29,400 for borrowers in the class of 2012. That money could be used to fund…
• I am not sure as to why my premise would be invalid. We are talking about legality of citizens. Because public schools cannot turn down illegal immigrants, I'm sure there are illegal immigrants who have dropped out, along with natural-born as well. There is still the issue of…

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• I wasn't trying to prove causation I only was pointing out that where there are more guns there is more homicide. it isn't a far leap though to imply causation.... if makes sense that you are more likely to kill someone if you have a gun, multiply that by lots of guns then you…
• more homicides correlated to more guns owed. here is a quote indicating that's what a literature review confirms, followed by a site with literature review conclusions. aside from a shoddy study or two or so, you can't find generalize consensus that find different conclusions.…

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• Vote Pro/Con/Whatever I am.
• I can do that.

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• First of all; the reliability of your data is questionable because it is so old, second of all; you cannot simply say that selfishness is the primary reason for women getting abortion. If a young woman who is unfit to become a mother has an abortion, she does it because not…
• I can say it is a benefit because I believe it benefits the western world ,by which I mean the EU and the USA and other fully developed countries, because it helps women who would not be able to provide for a child and it also helps women who have been raped. For example; in…

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• My opinions are to substantiated. They are based off of my past experiences with society since the legalization of guns. My refutations have not failed to prove my contentions. My opponent still contends that guns aid a society when I have proven otherwise. Criminals can"t…
• My opponent seems to believe my statements are "absurd" and lacking source, yet he fails to realize the very strength of opinions. Contention 1: Less Guns, Less CrimeMy opponent seems to believe that past occurrences will dictate the future, yet he has failed to adhere to our…

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• Death note is being banned in Russia, anywhom, do you resign?
• Con evidence has not refuted my example of Chinese Agriculture as evidence of the superiority of acheiving Socialism in a system which is not a Liberal Democracy. He has also failed to provide an example of an equal or greater acheivement in the field of Socialism in Liberal…

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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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• To wrap things up, I would just like to clarify that my comments should not be construed as anti-government in any way. I'm just merely stating that this government was founded on the idea of political inclusion. A good government is a reflection of it's people, a collective…
• While I admit that at times there is a fine line between what separates a protest and a riot, I don't have to get remotely close to it to demonstrate my point. When I said the government was "hostile" towards activists, I didn't just mean by acts of violence. The three main…

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• "Crimea being 59-60% Russian is due to Jospeh Stalin's crimes in the past." That may be, but that doesn't change the fact that the ethnic majority of Crimea is Russian. "russia has oppressed and killed people who tried to do exactly what russians are doing in Crimea. Get…
• "There were also russians, Ukrainians, and Belorussians who collaborated with the Germans. Only the tartars were exiled. This is not a fair punishment" I agree, there were others who collaborated, but most of them were dealt with and executed. This is not part of the argument…

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• Alright, fair point. I agree with police abusing their power, there a plenty of cases where that happened for the past year or so. But it rarely does, I think the reason for that is, they're somewhat scared. You see there used to be more police brutality when the previous…
• As a filipino citizen, I wanted to hear what foreigners think about this matter. I think the most glaring problem about this is the lack of discipline here in the country, there's literally drug users left and right within main cities and even remote places, crimes, rapes and…

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• I think my opponent is misinterpreting what an LD case is. My opponent only has attacks onto my case, but no actual properly warranted cards, with impacts. Meaning my opponent literally has no offense or defense into this case, and provides no counterplan to preventing the gun…
• Onto my opponents argument that we should be able to use guns as self defense, we wouldn't need guns as self defense if the attacker also didn't have gun. I agree people have the right to defend themselves, but that is why we have police. OK onto my opponent's first argument.…

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• I present the idea that our current political structuring at the federal level is no longer the best fit for the Era we currently find ourselves in. Specifically the Two-Party system paradigm is incapable of accurately representing the diversity of ideas in America. I don't…
• Haha. You had a good point though. We can't lose the diversity in political views if the Two-Party system was going to be reformed.

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• I will be arguing in favor of Immigration reform. Reason 1. The Economy The Immigration bill that was recently passed by the Senate is proven to be extremely helpful to the economy by creating more jobs, lowering the deficit, and growing the GDP. The CBO (Congressional Budget…
• As I said in my last argument, they will go to the back of the line of the people looking for jobs. They can ask to be lawyers and doctors all they want but it will never happen because they need years of schooling only to be put behind citizens born in the U.S. Not to mention…

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• I accept

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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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• My opponent requested I wait at least a day so he will be able to respond and I have now done that. "It's also completely bloody nonsensical to claim that just because people can read and write that they are more likely to go to university. " That is not what I was saying. I…
• Firstly my opponent failed to address the fact that in his opening argument he lied. He needs to explain why he did this because this lie was the basis of arguments he has used later on in the debate. He should also apologise for that lie. He claims that working class pupils…

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• No real idea about how we can destroy Isis apart from a nuclear zap. They've let us know where most of them are , so we should take the opportunity to get as many of them as we can. I don't have ain't moral crisis about it at all. Them or us.
• The survival of my family will always be more important. The states first job is to look after the interests of its citizens. If you don't understand that basic then you don't understand much.

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• Since my opponent has forfeited the last round, then I will continue in support of my case. When the Confederate flag controversy received national attention, the Black Lives Matter protesters were some of the first on the scene. They, of course, claimed that the flag was…
• Thank you for accepting the debate, despite your peculiarity to already state the rules of debate. First we must understand how racism has come to be defined, and then I will offer points on their hypocritical notion of racism. Racism has been defined by liberal whites and…

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• In almost all social and political issues ever debated between conservatives and liberals, Liberals (IE Democrats), have almost always been known to take too much emotion into their arguments. So much that it clouds their judgement, and often makes them mis-lead. This debate is…
• You asked, me to challenge you to a debate, so here it is.

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• Because my opponent forfeited last round I will not go into great detail this round. If he wishes to state any last points it will be fine to do so. I will just stick with what I have argued with so that i do not out number him in the argument.
• The American government is made of electives chosen by citizens, this is true in the story-book sense but let's be realistic. Things happen behind closed doors. The United States government is not controlled completely by the people in a real sense. At least not the poor…

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• Regardless of whether crime is trending up or down, victims are still victims. I advocate enabling and encouraging them to take steps to defend themselves. My opponent wants to comfort them, or their next of kin, with statistics. Before doing so I recommend he review the…
• Let me concede four facts my opponent brought up in their initial argument. First, "Women are biologically weaker"" I was dreading arguing with the type of person who would deny this. Second, based on 2012 statistics NeatFreak stated, "As you can see men are more responsible…

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• My Opponent says he went to Foxnews.com and clicked U.S. why? This is a political debate, He should have clicked politics. You know what I found on the first four stories (they didn't have 5 so I had to go with 4). The 1st 4 stories were: 1. Reid Offers Teachers' Salaries as…
• IfFox News Channelis the bastion of balance that it claims to be, then its pool of guests should reflect a full spectrum of debate, from left to right, and neither major party should dominate over the other. To testFox's guest list, FAIR studied 19 weeks ofSpecial Report with…

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• Although I agree with you that the United States should adopt a more open political system (with multiple parties), we must face facts that such a system will NOT come overnight, or even within a few elections. You have failed to noticed that I am NOT advocating a completely…
• With the President's approval rating hovering around 30-35%, and with the Republicans facing near-guaranteed loss in 2008 with their "mainstream" candidates, the GOP is in dire straits. Unless it returns to its low-tax, less gov't, non-interventionism roots, it will be unable…

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• The European Union has gone from being a 'common market' in the 1970s, where countries traded freely, to now having its own flag, national anthem, president along with free movement. Its time Britain left the EU

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• I accept.

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• Also, try to keep arguments short and to the point.
• I will begin by pointing out major flaws in you arguments, and then point out my new improved argument of why we should not attack Iran. Refutations 1. You are right about one thing. Those are the two things that the debate is centered around, but the later does not matter if…

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• Under Gaddafi's rule,he introduced the gold dinar. It would defeat the US dollar(fiat money) so the US and A invaded Libya. Libya has the largest irrigation system under Gaddafi. Gaddafi is the only one who is holding Libya and the African Union. Libya has different…
• FYI,the US government funded ISIS to fight Assad. The US government has funded Osama bin Laden and the Mujahideen against the USSR. The US government like to send young men to die in their illegal wars. The banksters and evil corporations are in control of the US government not…

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• Thank you for another very well organized and thought out rebuttal. I now will provide my response: Con points out from my last round, "He draws a really good example regarding prohibition, however it is turned to my side. Consider that since alcohol is now legal the black…
• Con has refuted as well as offered counter-plans; however, they will not stop the drug cartel as I will explain: "Counterplan One: Legalize drugs Advantage one: Crime related to the drug trade goes away. This is obvious..if we legalize drugs there will be no drug war to fight.…

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• I am compelled to tackle 2 points of contention: 1) Selling guns in the black market 2) Guns being a deterrent to potential violence and a tool for defense 1) If we are to agree that the authorities can never completely wipe out black markets especially pertaining to guns, this…
• Just because everyone else has weapons does not mean you can stop violence. In fact, many terrorists and gunmen do not even worry about being killed. They go in fully expecting to be dead at the end of the day and as long as they have taken as many lives with them, or made as…

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• Religious pluralism creates a more tolerant and peaceful society
• It is religiously intolerant states that pose most threat

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• 1. My opponent by default has forfeited. The rules were to accept this debate in round 1. He did not. I offered a negotiation in round 2 with the stipulation he accept or resign. He did not accept. It is impossible to fairly debate a topic when only 1 person agrees to the…
• It is clear my opponent is distracting from the original argument with his ignorance. Please keep this in consideration when you vote. Realizing I needed to spend valuable characters defending my original stipulated argument he agreed to by accepting this debate. 2, 3, 4 " I am…

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• Hi there,I just noticed your current ongoing debate about "Europe countries should join the BDS and boycott Israel".I was struck by two things. Firstly how civil it was considering the topic which is always a joy when it so often turns nasty and secondly how, despite the fact…
• Unfortunately CON has FF, so I will spend this post further rebutting their R2 argument. Although I used basically all 10,000 characters available to me, I thought some parts were still a little truncated.Israel lets the civilians in Judea and Samaria live as they wantI would…

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• I think Jerusalem has always belonged to the Jews since ancient times, and not the Palestinians. What do you guys think?
• Jerusalem became a city in 1010 B.C.E. when King David defeated the Jebusites. King David made that city his seat of government. In fact, King David loved Jerusalem that he brought the sacred Ark of the Covenant into that city and stripped the so-called twelve tribes of Israel…

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• It's too late for us to stop sticking our nose in other states' businesses. We entered WW2, and that set off a chain reaction of us being involved in things that are of no concern to us. As it stands, Iran is seeking the destruction of our major ally in the Middle East, Israel,…
• A peace treaty?! Iran isn't at war with us (yet)! Iran's funding of terrorism is costing far more lives than a war would. Assassinating the Ayatollah will throw Iran into chaos, and a US invasion would be welcomed to restore order.

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• Thanks for my opponent for continuing this debate. Opponent arguments – 1. You drop the free will argument but that is ok because like you said it was irrelevant. 2. I want to first divide this argument into two parts for clarity. 1a – Definitions) In my previous round I used…
• Thanks for the previous round. I will now support my arguments with sources. I will take up the suggestion of my opponent and support the position with the Bible. For Christians the Bible is the sole source of authority. Thus it is the ultimate authority regardless of…

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• I will now state why indeed I think that conservative elements are not productive in modern society and therefore will state how it has now place in the modern world. Conservatism could well be said to be the domination of society but the wealthy and classic the aristocracy.…
• The argument I am going to attempt to present here is that the only way the world can move on and progress is by liberalness and I will also prove that conservative values have no place in the modern world. Round one: Acceptance.Round two: Introductory argument. (pro)Round…

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• "In today's wars, there are no morals." a quote by the infamous Osama bin laden. What this quote shows us is that the enemies of the U.S. will not let anything stop them from achieving their goal, the destruction of the US. Therefore the U.S. must be allowed to use the…

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• I would like to accept your offer and take the pro side of the argument. Good luck.
• THis post is necessary to finish this debate.

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• Over the past six years, we have seen the word "terrorist" thrown around by the media and politicians alike, to describe almost anyone outside the country with a different point of view. The word has over 100 different definitions, and according to expert Walter Laqueur, the…

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• more guns =/= more safety but having more restrictions is pointless if it has no actual effect on homocides. However, this is completely contradictory because if more guns = more crime, less guns will = less crime. Furthermore, your statistic doesn't actually say "92" in it,…
• Seeing as most of his points will be refuted in my constructive, I will present my arguments. C1: CORRELATIONS BETWEEN GUN OWNERSHIP AND GUN VIOLENCE The idea that increased gun ownership will result in decreasing crime rates is statistically unfounded. America has the highest…

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• You are the one with aids sweetie
• your mom had sex with obama because she wanted a black coc and slavery in her house