Instigator / Pro
11
1566
rating
29
debates
56.9%
won
Topic
#1596

America's constitution is vitally flawed

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
3
3
Better sources
4
4
Better legibility
2
2
Better conduct
2
2

After 2 votes and with the same amount of points on both sides...

It's a tie!
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
Two days
Max argument characters
5,000
Voting period
One week
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
11
1337
rating
26
debates
9.62%
won
Description

America's constitution. The longest standing government charter. The longest standing government flaw.

Round 1 - state your arguments
Round 2 - clash, and provide counter arguments
Round 3 - clash, and provide counter arguments, along with a closing

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@DynamicSquid

You're welcome.

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@SirAnonymous

Hmm... that is a good point. My bad then. I have now changed my metaphor. Thank you for fact checking me.

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@DynamicSquid

You're forgetting about cannons. Yes, you can always make some kind of fortress regardless of what weaponry you're facing, but stone castles were rendered almost totally useless by cannons. Also, that article contains a significant inaccuracy. It treats the idea of individual ownership of cannons under the Second Amendment as a joke. In reality, private citizens could not only own cannons but an entire warship loaded with them.

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@SirAnonymous

I'm not saying there were any active castles at the time, but I don't know about you but ...

https://www.ranker.com/list/firearms-in-1791/rachel-souerbry

... a castle doesn't seem so bad.

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@DynamicSquid

Castles hadn't been a useful form of defense for two hundred years before the Constitution was written. They had been going obselete since the 15th century when the Ottomans used cannons to batter the walls of Constantinople.

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@PaulVerliane

I'm a little confused. Organic as a living breathing organism? Or organic as a metaphor?

the constitution was not flawed from the beginning as society changed it often failed to keep with the times however that is why we have amendments, and a Supreme court to interpret the meaning of the document to apply to the society of today, much of the confusion over this great document is that it is to be strictly interpreted as if it is set in stone, that was NEVR THE INTENT it was written to change and adapt to times

i contend the constitution is organic is is alive it grows and changed with the ages it is not as some contend static, that is why we have amendments