Politics Debate Topics — page 63

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• My opponent fails to recognize the nature of the world we live in. Countries such as Iran and North Korea are not going to simply halt their nuclear weapons research in the scenario of U.S. disarmament. The U.S. and other European powers who currently maintain nuclear arsenals…
• Nuclear research acts as a defense to the abuse of irresponsible states.

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• I don't have much to say, as my opponent has forfeited this round, but I would like to correct an error that I made in Round 3. I said, and I quote, "Misogynists say, 'Wow, that man claims to have been raped? That must be false, as that would make him a coward, which only men…
• Even though my opponent has forfeited this round, I would like to make another point about the sexism against women that exists in society. In society, it is considered acceptable for men to show their nipples, but not for women. This is a blatant double standard. Some people…

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• It is common sense. If a prison is full nobody new can get in. They have to free people by ending sentences or paroling. Here is a source: www. prisoncommission. org/statements/haney_craig. pdf I really wanted to debate gun control but ok. Most of those crimes are not…
• Ok. I respond to ALL of his points below but I'd like you to seee my offense first. First of all, he didnt even begin to talk about gun control. In Florida, the gun ban was dropped and crime lowered 20%. In D. C. , gun bans were enstated and crime rose dramatically. Criminals…

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• NC - AC NC First, he conceded my definitions. To win I must prove we have a satisfactory reason to use PMC's. Value His value is Justice, defined by him as "being just or fair". First, the definition is circular. Justice is doing what is just? Secondly, I cant experience…
• Good luck to you as well. My last opponent on this had his account deactivated; I hope there wont be a similar problem here. AC I affirm, and define the following terms. Justified: to show a satisfactory reason for something done (Random House) Private military firm: (Hired)…

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• I would firstly like to pint out that when talking about how evil Israel is, it is to shed light on the government, not the people. The government of Israel is evil because of the murder they are performing on Palestinians. It's true that all parties have racist members but…
• Well, starting off with the leader of Ukip, Nigel Farage. In May he said in a BBC interview, "I was asked if a group of Romanian men moved in next to you, would you be concerned? And if you lived in London, I think you would be." This is debated whether this was racist among…

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• Alright, given that this is the last round, I'd like to sincerely thank (not to my other thank yous weren't sincere) my opponent for engaging with me on this debate. I really do appreciate his arguments, even if I fervently disagree with them. with that, I'll launch into some…
• If he wants to change his stance after this debate, I'd be flattered, but I'd rather that he aim to explore his views more thoroughly than completely shift them as a result of this debate. Now, into some rebuttal. "Gun control is not needed in order for that it is responsibilty…

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• Every kind of person has equality of opportunity but only those who deserve a position on merit should win it. Because we live in a meritocracy employers, universities, and other institutions should choosed the best person for the position regardless of background or race. To…
• OK..I have had a busy week and barely made it back on here for Round 3! I don't have alot of time but hopefully I can address at least a few of your arguments! "Why something was originally set up is not an argument for why something should be dissolved now as that something…

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• Hello Imapanicbomb- When I read my argument, I relized that my argument wasn't that "clear". I will try to clear it up now. We need to make English the official language of America. We speak it in Congress, courthouses, national parks, and Presidential speeches. It is spoken in…
• Hello Potential debaters: I think that the US should make English the official language of the US. It is the most widely spoken language in America. 1) 215 million Americans speak English, the only other language that more than 2 million people speak is Spanish. So, there what…

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• Lowering taxes make people richer and not poorer. The military needs to be stronger in order to fight North Korea. The wall is so Mexicans will not enter America illegally. For abortion he will use pro life supreme court justices. Scandals about Donald Trump do not exist. The…
• Obama made the debt rise, and Trump will fix the problem with America's debt. Furthermore, he will ban abortion.

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• Well. Have a great day.YOU CAN'T STUMP THE TRUMP
• FANTASTIC. I guess I'll extend my arguments in hopes that you come back. If not, it won't be the first time someone has called me out then run away or forgotten about calling me out.

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• We should ban guns as that means there will be no more gun crimes. We have banned cocaine and there is no more cocaine in this country. Including myth, marijuana...... Drinking and driving is outlawed. I am glad I don't see on the news of drunken driving murders anymore. This…
• We tell the people that guns are banned and I know those hardened criminals will understand and comply and register their weapons the same day the announcement is made. And we should proudly put signs on our windows and front lawn indicating that we are anti-gun and you may not…

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• yes i have, People used to be able to sit down to thanksgiving dinner with members of their family of all shades of ideology and party, There are numerous reports that the polarized nature of public dialogue has effected holiday dinners people will no longer be in the same room…
• okay give it a stab. . Angry minorities angry women, Gender gap antifa. . Far right terrorism in synogogues that pipe bomb stuff, , And the inccility in our public dialogue

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• "The 23-year-old Navy officer was dead at the wheel, shot by a convicted felon out cruising the highways with two friends. They had been drinking and were looking for cheap thrills, illegally armed with a Glenfield Model 25 .22-caliber rifle and a Remington 870 12-gauge…
• Apparently you listened to nothing I said, first of all the idea that a homicidal man purchasing a weapon legally is absurd no one with a misdemeanor or any type of mental history or illness is capable of such a purchase. My argument is that we should tighten the gun purchasing…

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• Before Jewish migration and war with the Palestinians, the Muslim population was 86 percent. Christian population 10 percent. Jewish population 4 percent. The Jews did not peacefully take Palestine. There was a war and there is still conflict today. They forcibly drove out the…
• You are correct, there never was a "state of Palestine", that was a error on my part. However, Palestinians did control modern day Israel. During Palestinian control, Israel was peaceful and almost all people there were not in conflict. It was not until the radical Jewish…

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• The purpose this debate was to argue the practicality of civilian owned semi-automatic firearms which may be classified as assault weapon. Legislation, and hypothetical mass-shootings are entirely different topics. But I will say, although I believe a modern semi-automatic to…
• The term "assault weapon" is an ambiguous political term used to classify semi-automatic firearms based on superficial features which are believed to resemble those of actual military firearms. The determining features vary between governing bodies. Firearms which can be…

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• To begin with, I will address my opponent's assertion that "Allowing illegal immigrants to then make their way into Texas faster would cause (the number of unemployed) to rise. " Actually, I did not propose that illegal immigrants should be allowed to make their way into Texas,…
• In my opinion, with the possible exception of Oklahoma, you won't find a more impressive state anywhere between Albuquerque and New Orleans than Texas. This state has so much to offer visitors and residents alike and I am very confident that many unemployed Mexicans would be as…

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• Obama has obviously not fulfilled his duties as president. Yes, I do agree that it was a major accomplishment to take out Osama Bin Laden, but that is about all he has done. If you haven't noticed, we are in about 17 billion, 384 Million dollars in debt. He also is losing…

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• Vote for me
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• We never finished this debate the last time. I accept again.

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• I think immigration is a good option because noone wants to do the jobs they do noone wants to run a one dollar store and noone wants to clean our schools

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• I'm not sure if I'm doing this right... I believe in a single payer healthcare system first and foremost, because I believe that healthcare is human right and not just a privilege for the rich. I believe that it is wrong that some of the wealthiest Americans can get the best…
• I believe that we should replace Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as "Obamacare", should be replaced by some form or variation of a single-payer healthcare system.

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• All the terrorists in the world are not muslims. Their names are used for suppressing the rumours. Being an Indian and an Hindu, I strongly say that not all the muslims are terrorists and vice versa. The terrorist activities happen all over the world due lack of love towards…

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• But the thing is that they are only going in 1st world countries and want perfect life with money and easy education. While some countries in Europe don't have that things. Why don't they go to some other Islam country and continue living there. But NO they don't want to be…
• I live in a country that was made by war,destroyed by war,reformed by war and is a nationalist country(Serbia).In the war of Yugoslavia Serbia was fighting against Bosnia and Croatia and of course civilians were harmed and killed. My family was living in Croatia but were Serbs.…

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• even those links about growth v tax cuts admit that revenue would not be neutral or go up for the government... it would go down to the tune of a trillion a year. again, that's a short term solution even if it provides growth it has to be made up for later. i might be able to…
• when you talk about things like immigration, you are talking about things incidental to economics. it's not a main point. but onto your points. simplifying the tax code he's just going to lower taxes, that doesn't change the tiered structure or really simply anything over how…

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• For this last round I'll begin by tackling Con's points in round 4 before making my final plea! Con attacks direct democracy on the basis of its inefficiency – the example of Switzerlandshould be enough to refute this, but even if direct democracy did hurt efficiency, it would…
• Thanks to Con for a great critique in the last round – I appreciate the space constraints and will refrain from further criticism of social democracy until he has made his defence. For this round I will simply respond to Con's critiques of democratic socialism. Issues around…

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• here are the points which con is asking for - Post War time periods establish a balance of power creating peace through necessity. Tried to bring peace and prosperity in the 1920's, but it didn't work. Wars forces economic growth through a nation's conquests . For the most part…
• i agree with the con but thats the fact i was telling the fact with which everyone satisfies and now i going to tell which everyone do not get - 1) the development of the japan as a developed country after world war 2 http://en.wikipedia.org... - proves my statement

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• If it makes them uncomfortable, they can excuse themselves from the room. Teachers must allow that.
• Agreed, if people were forced to say "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, that would be violating their First Amendment rights. But the fact is they aren't. In schools, students have the option to abstain from the entire pledge or two omit parts of it. This case has already…

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• You say that "Even they keep the nuclear weapons and don't use it now, they will still use it someday in the future". Nuclear weapons have not been used in the last 67 years, and the safe-guards preventing accidental use are only getting stronger, meaning that with every year…
• Since the end of the Cold War many have argued that we no longer need nuclear weapons. This holds particular sway in Britain where right now the Government is considering a non-nuclear replacement for Trident. However, since the fall of the Soviet Union new threats have…

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• The final nail in the coffin of democracy and justice was hammered into place with the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act. NDAA allows for the U.S. military to arrest, imprison, and torture American citizen without due process of any kind. Contemporary America…
• America Is Rapidly Becoming More Like Nazi Germany I will be arguing that the US is becoming like Nazi Germany The United States of America is becoming more like Nazi Germany every single day. Most Americans simply have never learned what life was really like back in Nazi…

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• Ok, just challenge me whenever.
• You've still got a round to be an apologist for fascism.

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• Glad to see that Bench is going to debate me seriously. This should be a great debate then!I. Respect for Institutions and the Law Whether the people of Egypt liked it or not Morsi was elected legitimately by an election from the people. The very foundation of all strong…
• Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood president of Egypt who was recently deposed by the military at the request of the "people" should not have been removed.First round is for acceptance.No semantics.Good luck.

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• Recently, republican Ben Carson has stated that no Muslim should ever be president. Or he said something like that. I would take it a step further and say that atheists should never be President of the United States. Why? 1. Our country was founded on Christian/religious…
• First I would like to ask my opponent to read my response two or three times before responding. He still does not get what is being argued and has not even tried to understand anything that I have written. I have never had this problem before and I have used this same argument…

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• I cant be bothered to debate . Next debate I will actually research.
• War. All in all if has caused geneside,murder and destroyed great cities. However this cost is mere compared to all the lives it has benefited. Penicillin was the first mass produced drug in the world and was mass produced in war to save soldiers at the front. Since then has…

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• I know this round isn't the place for rebuttals, but I have one thing I need to say about a point my opponent made.1) After doing some research, I came to remember something the the Nazis. The word Nazi means Nationalsozialismus, or National Socialism (1). Nazism, is a…
• 1) Right-Winged governments, like Fascism, is rather new as well. These issues are mostly cultural. Remember that if we assume Far-Right governments exist long before, we must accept that it was Far-Right Governments that ended slavery. As for American slavery, I can agree with…

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• Thanks for accepting. Constructive The United States should engage in a war against ISIS for two major reasons, Contention 1: ISIS is killing not only United States Citizens but Citizens world wide. Enough is enough. The fact that US citizens are being killed, more like…
• Please only accept if you're going to debate without any forfeits. Forfeit by either side results in automatic loss. Definitions ISIS- Refers to the terrorist group that rose to prominence this summer, taking over parts of Iraq and Syria, declaring a new caliphate and killing…

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• My opponent says that humans cannot have worth under secular principals. Does that mean that he would commit murder, rape, or robbery if he knew that no God existed? He also seems to think that we need "moral codes based on religion" to make society civilized. Civilized society…
• My opponent begins the second round by agreeing that the "Establishment Clause of the First Amendment" prohibits the government from forcing religion onto people. Then he turns around and makes the following statements which I will refute one by one: STATEMENT #1: "People may…

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• Whatever, c*nt
• blah blah blah its like im talking to a f*cking brick wall. forget it

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• even what con found to be the source of the study the oregon experiment showed things like diabetes detection and management. it is simple. all con's wordy bluster is a way to deny common sense. without health insurance or coverage you die, or at least regulations. if you have…
• i wish con would have started into his arguments more that the free market would properly take care of healthcare, so that we can delve into it all sooner than later. cause you can count me as prime skeptical. free markets leads to people not having health care, and thus they…

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• My opponent seems to have 'peaced out', So I will be leaving this debate here unless they come back, However another person has challenged my views on this topic which I will link here. https://www. Debate. Org/debates/why-I-am-ignorant-to-this-debate/1/ Thank you kindly
• The first thing we must do is define what Fascism, A expression which has changed since Mussolini first theorised it; it is important to note that the Nazis were in fact technically not fascists despite the common misconception, They were national socialists, Donald trump…

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• We have established that the CIA did in fact use harsh interrogation methods. These methods yielded credible information. [1] If this did in fact yield credible information, then why should they not use it? Using harsh methods may seem like overkill, but the rewards are far…
• I wish to contend that the CIA was right in the usage of harsh interrogation methods. If you do not know of this, here is a link: . http://www.bbc.com... I would prefer facts mentioned to be attributed to their source. Good luck and have fun!

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• This debate will be on whether or not Donald Trump is well-suited to be our next commander-in-chief. This is not a debate on who might be better than Trump, so please don't suggest another candidate. I am on the pro side, and will be debating the person on the con side.

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• DEFINITIONS: (1): Con agrees that Russia should be on the list under his framework. True, this debate is centered around Cuba and not Russia, but this is a point that should be evaluated at the end of the round if con attempts to use his FW as justification for Cuba being on…
• DEFINITIONS: Sponsor/International Terrorism - the con has given the definition, he must stick by it until the end of this debate, that means no changes. ONE - The definition of the Con's "international terrorism"/ sponsor is flawed. On the ground that we use this definition,…

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• Clarifications Rebuttal "I have not explicitly nor implicitly branded you, my opponent, as an NRA affiliate or a conspiracy theorist" -Just by bringing it to the surface in this debate, you have done just that. Anyone with a predisposed problem with the NRA could make a…
• Now, towards the point. "The thought that the government is trying to remove the second amendment is a gross misinterpretation of government reactions on the recent shooting tragedies. Such thinking can be likened to those NRA spoon-fed crazy conspiracy theorists who believe…

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• I will be making the case that Iran Nuclear Deal is beneficial.
• It seems my opponent has left. While this may be the case, it does not seem right to upset the balance of the argument by introducing new points.

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• The last Republican president who ever balanced the budget was Dwight Eisenhower.Between 1998 and 2000, President Bill Clinton"s Treasury Department paid off more than $360 billion in debt. As a result of 115 straight months of economic expansion that began after an increase in…

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• "Israel as a country has done nothing wrong against the palestinians." I will challenge this false statement with providing arguments on how the Israeli Government has committed many atrocities against the Palestinians. Note(I do not hold any grudge against the Israeli people,…
• This debate however is about human rights. I have stated studies that have proven that Israel has committed atrocities against the Palestinian people. I do not hold any prejudice against the Israeli people, but its government. I would like to gather all of the studies that…

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• Yes, Gladly.
• I myself live in Europe, And have a direct view of the daily life here. One of the first thing I notice is that people who identify themselves as "Muslim", Are the same people who cause a lot of crime for a relatively small group. 70% of prisoners in French jails are Muslim…

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• Immigrants should be allowed in the united states because they are good at working. Immigrants have taken up the bad jobs so that we don't need to take them. GO IMMIGRANTS!!!
• Immigrants help the economy and the population.

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• I extend my arguments, and submit that they affirm the resolution. I would like to thank Guidestone for conceding, rather than simply forfeiting, and I thank him for 4 delightful rounds. Maybe we can rehash this issue at some later time.
• Thanks again to Guidestone! I will use this round to conduct a line-by-line rebuttal of Con's claims thus far. P1: The Nature of the Establishment ClauseI shall place Con's remarks in italics. My rebuttals shall be in regular script, as before."This is separation of Church from…

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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…