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• CONCLUSIONI have proven that America should reduce military spending.
• extend all arguments.

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• But British People are fed up with the EUThere is no evidence to this claim, nor did you source it. Because The UK Government send money to the EU But we are Bailing Countries out Like GreeceCan you source it? From my understanding, inflation rates have soared, and US business…
• What exactly is your resolution? You did not word a exact stance, appear to be against French imperialism in Europe, but have listed yourself as con.You have negated your own resolution, and have not filled your BOP, whatever that might be.

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• This is something that makes me really mad about this site. So many people love to start debates but refuse to finish them.
• First off, this is not a real argument. All you do is present your resolution and then give a definition of the policy. This is not a real argument for the resolution, you give no reasons why your policy option is better. So my argument is twofold: First, we already have policy…

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• I'm not saying we should be unarmed of military weapons, I'm saying for the US, we should cut the budget of building new weapons. Our allies will still have weapons, and since we already have a great military power, we can ask allies to help countries in need. I understand that…
• We could convince other allies to help, and in return pay with money or other ways. Its all about diplomacy. We could share military powers with a trusted country such as Canada. If we join forces with other allies, it'll reduce the chances of nuclear war. And being peaceful…

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• Being an American is not a geographical location. It is an idea of personal freedom and personal responsibility. We have these rights. Life , liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We do not have a right to visit our problems and mistakes on others by government force ( law ).
• You have to see that promote the general welfare from a twisted point of view to mean stealing from one citizen and giving to another.That means to enforce contract law. See to it that one citizen does not get wealth through fraud.That can also mean to promote charitable…

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• Forfeit. I waive this round to be fair. I like trians.
• rebuttals 1. War Actually, war isn`t the only way. Kim Jong Un, And DPRK, can collaspe, or comprimise. China, an long-standing enemy of re-unification, decided to open up to ROSK. Russian agents belive re-unification in 20 years, in fact. Kim jong un, and president Bak guen…

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• yes I get your point but if people wont deaths on the streets to decrease its a good idea to hide them not let everyone know that their there
• I say yes they should be hidden from the public because you are getting the people that slow down and race off when they have passed the camera but if u hide it u can get them and put them in jail or give them a fine

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• Resolved: Military conscription is just Overview: As Justice has been defined as "righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness" it is clear that my burden in this debate is to demonstrate the morality of conscription. I will therefore, give a brief explanation of how…
• Spring Tournament R1: Kasmic vs. Lannan13 Resolved: Military conscription is justBurden of proof on me (pro) to affirm. Definition of Terms:Military: "of or relating to soldiers." (1)Conscription: "compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft." (2)…

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• Unfortunately my opponent was unable to respond. Quick once over of my case: 1.Volunteers are more comitted in getting work done, thus they will be able to get more done than someone who is unwilling. 2. Forced people are more obligated get work done, yet they lack will to do…
• WW: "Sure a volunteer may actually WANT to get the work done but the FORCED are just as likely to get it done because they face dire consequences such as death." But don't you think that having death as a consequence would trigger the opposite effect? I mean, if their life is…

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• My opponent does not understand what I am trying to say. He is ignoring my points. I will say them again. Our department names should reflect what they are saying, and when the government is going into other nations to kill people, that is attacking. Thus, for our troops…
• You asked me what the name of the department should be. My answer; something that truly reflects what it is doing. If it was truly and just defending itself, i could be called the department of defense. Before the 1950's, it was called the Department of War. Frankly, this would…

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• First of all, If you are some elo 9000 leaderboard guy, Don`t accept this. Go find someone your own talent.
• My opponent says that North Korea is bad because it`s communist. However, This still does not refute how North Korea has a good literacy rate. This argument Penetrates any Attempted rebuttal, Unless my Opponent uses a direct, solid argument. My Opponent chooses to not, And…

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• "We need to empower and equip the people who live there to control their own destiny."That was one of the problems, we would arm the Iraqi's and then they would abandon them and run away, giving those things to ISIS. As well, it is our destiny as well, as they do encourage and…
• Thank you for accepting, I look forward to seeing your side of the argument as well!Situation:Isis- Terrorist network that has significant ground forces and has influence on social media. Threatens peace in the Middle East and poses a international threat to the United States…

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• 2+2=4=THE TRUTH. No debate about it, it's scientifically proven. Not 97% science, but 100% the truth. Moderation is propagandists dream, to be a moderator, no that is power! Inquisitor, and mullah style. Is that your style? I support 2+2=4. Period.
• I thought I already did. That is my opinion. Argue against it. You accepted.

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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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• In this Debate I Will argue that the current dispute over the Diaoyu/Senkaku/Diaoyutai island is the fault of the Japanese government with the indirect/direct support the United States of America. . I'm not arguing wither the islands sovereignty belong to Mainland China, Japan…
• After reading con points, i think i'll counter two repeating claims made by CON (1) The islands are Japan They're not Japan. it disputed islands and the sovereignty of the islands weren't never given to Japan by US. SO they don't belong to Japan. (2) China is a bad bad girl (i…

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• OH GROW UP AND GROW A PAIR! Youre just a little whiny kid in your mom's basement! Ooooh, stalin was awesome, ooooh, communism is awesome! OH YEAH!? WELL TELL IT TO THE BILLIONS WHO LOST THEIR LIFES!!!! Communism makes everyone equal?! Look at the soviet union! EVERYONE WAS…
• Thats stupid! Of course you make the same thing! IF THE GOVERNMENT OWNS EVERYTHING! Socialism and communism are both EVIL AND ARE BEING DONE BY OBAMA! I know a lot about this!!!! I READ LOTS OF BOOKS ABOUT IT!!!! You do make the same money! Thats what communism is! You're…

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• A note about Con's R3: I would like to point out that Con used an image to exceed the stated 8000 character limit. The overall sum of his argument for R3 comes to 7,515 characters (including sources); whereas the text of the image exceeds the remaining c500 characters. This…
• Most of his arguments are in favour of allowing new people into power to bring about new ideas and new changes, but RocketEngineer has failed to demonstrate that term limits are necessary to safeguard these transitions. This will be painfully obvious by the end of this entry.…

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• I'll wrap things up: Regarding cost, my opponent claims it would cost America $100mn due to Libya costing $1bn. Now, firstly this implies America is the only funder, which I repeatedly, explicitly state would not be true. The cost would of course be lower than this as well, due…
• Firstly, the positing of a No-Fly-Zone costing hundreds of millions is still unjustified. Quite frankly, making up numbers is poor show. Further, again, one is assuming in this argument that both sides are feasible. If we debate, for example, whether we ought to use nuclear…

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• This is an argumentative forecast of the state of politics in the United States and European Union. My forecast is that social programs, public goods, and redistributive justice in Western civilization lack sustainability. These are expenses which bear growing deficits and…
• Con's participation is well appreciated. However, his obsession with conservatism is still baffling. Yes, libertarians and conservatives share concerns over austerity, but liberals want to retain their identity. This debate is over fiscal policy, but in other debates over…

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• Resolved: The United States ought to submit to the jurisdiction of an international court designed to prosecute crimes against humanity. Jurisdiction:law legal authority: the authority to enforce laws or pronounce legal judgments Microsoft� Encarta� Reference Library 2004.…
• Because joining an international court brings justice to perpetrators of crimes against humanity, I stand in affirmation. Resolved: The United States ought to submit to the jurisdiction of an international court designed to prosecute crimes against humanity. I render the…

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• I see multiple problems with your logic: 1. 30% military spending not being feasible without increased taxes and/or debt. If Dixie produces R revenue, the military spending would be R x .30 . Thus leaving R x .70 for the rest of the economy. Of this, the little social benefits…
• Radical Monarchist, not Conservative Republican You seem to make it out that all Monarchists are strong government dictators. I would be unique in the sense that I would be like a president, in which I could choose my own political party, but have the power of a king in which I…

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• So my opponent ran out of space and says he will continue in his next round. However seeing as my opponent is a real-life debater himself and has already agreed to the rule, No new arguments in the last round, he cannot do so. He is allowed to use the arguments that he has…
• Remember – all drops are concessions (that includes independent warrants or evidence) Flow/Record is gonna be weird in order: Con C1: Pakistan as ally My opponent argues that they are a strong war-ally and this is proven through the cost of $70 billion. However there are a few…

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• I don't have much time to post a more extensive response to my opponent's argument. so I'll be rushing a bit here. I will admit that there are a number of factors that influence how people vote, with the deep south being no exception though it would seem just based on simple…
• Now, there are two demographic trends that I believe will provide the basis for the deep south shifting from Republican to Democratic control, the first trend is racial, the second trend is religious. In both cases, trends seem to indicate a shift away from traditionally…

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• There is a difference between actual journalists and those who like having their names published in newspapers. Assange has far more claim to the description than many of them.
• The concept of what is a journalist needs to be clarified to deal with the reality of new forms of mass communication. Assange gathers, collates and disseminates information, ergo, he is a journalist.

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• Well, ..., 1Alyssa appears to have conceded the argument as best as I can tell. At the very least, 1Alyssa has not contested My rebuttal. So, ..., yeah.
• [As noted in the 'comments' section, I apologize if the formatting of My previous argument appears odd; it did not look this way when I typed it up.]1Alyssa, having forfeited the previous round, I take it You are conceding the points I raise.

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• Thanks to my opponent for his speech. I shall now issue my rebuttal and then sum up, as no new substantives may be introduced in this round. In my rebuttal I shall issue a point of rebuttal against the point raised by the Opposition. P1: Not voting may well be a vote for apathy…
• Thanks for your rebuttal. I shall address your points one by one before adding my final substantive argument. In response to the first point: the Opposition has been quick to cite this "right to liberty", and we do accept that people should be allowed to be free. However simply…

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• Scandal: A scandal can be broadly defined as an accusation or accusations that receive wide exposure. Generally there is a negative effect on the credibility of the person or organisation involved. Society is scandalised when it is made aware of blatant breaches of moral norms…

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• Exponential population growth rate and civilisation collapse

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• My opponent begins his arguments with naive attacks on my arguments defending capitalism. Yes, these companies are focused on making profit, and it benefits us. If you had a life, you would at least use some social networking site. Social Networking has benefited a lot of…
• My opponent is trying to compare Sander's policies with Franklin Roosevelt. He claims that his approval rating is at 64%. This evidence is true, but what my opponent doesn't understand is that we live in a different America. Roosevelt was living in a different more united…

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• I"m not sure if Catalu"a will be better on their own or under the Spanish federal government. Please take in mind that while they are part of Spain, they can use the other states as a market, and many Spanish people say they will not let them be part of the European union if…
• You can debate in English, Spanish or any Catalan dialect. 1000 characters per post. My position, is that Catalonia is an oppress nation under spanish control and dever a pacific independence for the good of Spain and Catalonia.

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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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• Thanks.
• sorry, but my computer which i had my case on isn't working, so i won't be able to do this debate. I'll accept another debate like this if you want later.

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• I support the statement that civil disobedience should not be used as a form of political change and that civil disobedience has not not truly helped America or any other society as much as one would think. I accept your definition of civil disobedience. May I also clarify that…
• It seems I have already won this debate for my opponent is inconsistent with his objective. First he describes civil disobedience as peaceful and non violent, then he uses examples such as the American revolution and black civil rights as example. Then he goes to say that he is…

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• lets take health care for instance. i would love every person in the United States to be able to afford healthcare, but the answer is not bigger government. LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE, Nationalized Healthcare has been a failure. Look at Cuba, Canada, and England. All these…
• "things like the new deal were good at that time. it grew into something bad." I completely agree. The problem I have with liberals is that their answer to this is not to change direction, but to expand these programs and give more power to the government. I think Reagan hit it…

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• First Round is reserved for acceptance of the debate 2nd Round is for opening arguments 3rd Round is rebuttal for the initial arguments and last new points 4th Round is for the Conclusion to the argument By accepting the argument you must accept the following definitions:…

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• By the way, this is for a debate project in my college English class, so I don't actually have to be legitimately for or against it. But I have to be for it just for the debate. I'm pretty much against it, though. I feel as if we should stop interfering with other countries and…
• Thank you for taking the time to debate this topic with me. You make some very valid points. 1. It's not necessarily just the poor countries, it just seems like it's a lot worse in poor countries. A country with poor treatment of women is not defined by its category of being…

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• My opponent's first new objection is that campaign strategy would be different under direct election. I have no problem with this: the new campaign strategy would target voters more efficiently and more thoroughly. Under the current presidential election procedure, a…
• My opponent argues that the electoral college system is superior to direct democracy because the delegates can make a more intelligent decision than the majority. Ignoring the elitism, "faithless electing," where electors vote other than their promise, has only happened 158…

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• Africa is endowed with immense natural and human resources, yet the continent continues to overdevelop. The core nations(the West)have heard a lot of interest in Africa, but such interests are not really to benefit Africa, but to continue with the exploitation of resources and…

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• You are totally right that JUST a wall wouldn't be as effective, but by adding surveillance, drones, or more border patrol will help to ensure that a drastic decrease in illegal border crossings happen. The Berlin Wall is not a good analogy because the purpose of the Berlin…
• The Border Wall that Trump has talked about is an idea that has been used by many countries and would actually make the problem of the 11 million illegal aliens living in the United States easier to control. Many European countries are building walls to and seeing as much as a…

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• Quite possibly one of the world's fastest debates. Again, this was set to a 30 minute time limit, which makes my opponent's situation unfortunate. Good Day to you all.
• Unfortunately my opponent didn't respond. It should be noted that this debate has a 30 minute time limit. I suppose all of my arguments stand, hopefully she'll be back for the next round.

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• Actually yes, I have heard of both inductive reasoning and proving a point through examples. I declared practically your entire argument irrelevant because it really had nothing to do with my initial argument. Debates do proceed from a premise but as the con team, your…
• First of all, I would like to point out that you never said anything about the led poisoning or gas. The only thing you really attacked was that of the raised prices so that in itself shows that you agree with me about the gas and led poisoning, so that is a dead case which you…

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• I cannot believe how incredibly stupid you are. I mean rock-hard stupid. Dehydrated-rock-hard stupid. Stupid so stupid that it goes way beyond the stupid we know into a whole different dimension of stupid. You are trans-stupid stupid. Meta-stupid. Stupid collapsed on itself so…
• I cannot believe how incredibly stupid you are. I mean rock-hard stupid. Dehydrated-rock-hard stupid. Stupid so stupid that it goes way beyond the stupid we know into a whole different dimension of stupid. You are trans-stupid stupid. Meta-stupid. Stupid collapsed on itself so…

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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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• First, there is a right to self defense, especially in the situation when South Korea is receiving severe imminent threat. The Korean war has still not ended. Although the last fight had occurred 60 years ago, there was no treaty or declaration confirming the end of the war,…
• I would like to define this motion and state the status quo in the first round. First, I would like to define possess as in developing and owning something (in this case, nuclear weapons) for one's own country. Nuclear weapons are powerful weapons that derive their force from…

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• anyways, i think we should remove the umbrella, true that it never states that we would fight the other country but just by having the agreement proves that we could escalate to war and we would be involved, if we are going tell them that we might not be there some time, is…
• The Plan is simply take away the extended nuclear deterrence otherwise known as the nuclear umbrella or missile defense, from Japan. This will solve for an China or an north Korean war. The way it does this is by allowing Japan to have nuclear weapons to deter China or North…

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• Hi Again,.. I dont think my opponent has read my argument thoroughly. I have explained in detail why a personality cult is dangerous for political progress in India. If my opponent still believes that a personality cult like Modi is beneficial to India's social and economic…
• Thanks for instigating this debate, Pariashi! Without wasting my character limit, I will begin my argument immediately. People in leadership positions in the political arena should be expected to always act in accordance to the Constitution, the rule of law, and to the…

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• Yes Beef should be banned in India. As due to moral obligation and sentiments related to it of Hindus.Cow is considered as "Gau matta" or Cow as a mother, nobody wants to kill their mother in any circumstances. How it is possible to cut the mother of around 1028 Million just…

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• The fact that you aren't disputing any of my arguments is a bit disconcerting. It doesn't matter what someone says something is if it's not true. It's like the democratic party. What they're supposed to be isn't what they are. They used to stand for something. What happened to…
• After watching this I can tell you those people are actors. Everyone in the back was black or asian but it's been proven more white fathers walk out then black fathers. It's actually just a stereotype that was proven false. Now I want you to watch this See my family and I…

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• My opponent could not defeat any of my arguments. Therefore, taxes are justifiable. All my points stand, and my opponent has failed to refute any of them. If my opponent even argues a new case in round 5 - he loses, because he cannot argue in round 5, as I said in R1 that would…
• Thanks for your response. I will tell the voters that the one mistake I made was a pure accident, and unlike you my PC has no spell check. You mispelled cloths. --------Rebuttals---------- C1: Government and Taxes = PRO "There is no sufficient proof that a government is needed…

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• The plan is just political cover for Assad.
• The Syrian opposition will never be willing to deal with Assad.