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1500
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Topic
#3031

Mein Kampf is the most evil and incoherent book to have ever been written

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
0
18
Better sources
6
12
Better legibility
5
6
Better conduct
5
3

After 6 votes and with 23 points ahead, the winner is...

Bones
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
Two weeks
Max argument characters
30,000
Voting period
Six months
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
39
1763
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Description

Is it possible to find another stack of pages filled with more violence, brutality, deceit, falsehoods, and run-on sentences than the "Bible" of Nazi Germany? Count for count, Mein Kampf contains more lies, calls to violence, blatant falsehoods, and incoherency than any other book ever to have been penned by mankind. Or is it possible my opponent can find yet a worse example?

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@Nevets

Thank you for reconsidering. I appreciate you letting me know, but I am okay with leaving the votes how they are since of course I have no illusion about winning a debate wherein I admitted defeat.

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@Barney
@Puachu
@Bones

I have revaluated my vote based upon your complaint and I may have awarded Bones the source point by accident. If you wish for me to revote minus the source point then please contact a Mod and ask them to remove my current vote. However it will make not much difference. You are still 100% guaranteed to lose this debate and due to your concession my next vote will still be awarding the argument to Bones.

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@Nevets

I am confused as to your explanation for awarding my opponent source points, since numerically I provided far more quotes and I'm not aware of any argument I made that required anyone to actually open Mein Kampf. But, I am grateful for the RFD and the conduct point. Thanks for voting!

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@Puachu

You're welcome. Good luck in future debates.

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@RationalMadman
@fauxlaw

Thanks for voting, especially to fauxlaw for the RFD.

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@Bones

In retrospect, yes definitely.

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@Puachu

A think that a better resolution for the debate would have been "Mein Kampf has had the most negative impact on society in history".

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@Bones

I will try to do better this time.

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@Puachu

Could you actually rebut everything I argue? I feel like this is getting repetitive

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@Pilot

Thanks! If you ever succeed please let me know, so I can partake in the festivities 😁

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@Puachu

Good luck on this debate. I wish I could resurrect hitler, so I could brutally (slowly if possible), and systematically murd€r him.

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@Barney

I find it funny that misanthropic people never seem to consider themselves to be one of those kinds of people that need to be "winnowed out". For those kind of people, if all other distinguishing qualities fail, I get the feeling sandals with socks would suffice as a good reason for population control.

I would also appreciate if you were to cast a vote on the debate Puachu keeps pushing. If you have the time.

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@Barney
@Pilot

He was GENETICALLY immune to racism? 😂

"Such hatred could be directed against people who wear socks under sandals, and it would still be nearly as awful."

Don't tell them I'm wearing socks under sandals ... I totally am not!

By the way, me and Pilot would be honored if you could cast a quick vote on our debate here:

https://www.debateart.com/debates/2854-holocaust-denial-should-be-outlawed-in-the-usa?open_tab=comments&comments_page=2&comment_number=45

I was looking at your profile and I saw you are undefeated for almost a hundred debates (seems to defy statistics), so your vote in particular would mean a lot. I know you probably got a notification already, but perhaps it went unnoticed.

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@Bones

Thanks haha, but it was a joke, I guess it fell flat.

I used to know a guy in Antifa who was convinced Hitler's mistake was which race is evil... He loved paraphrasing Hitler... But he was immune to criticism, since he claimed to be too genetically superior to be capable of racism. 🙄

To me the problem with such ideologies will never be in the minutia of which group or groups are targeted for death. Such hatred could be directed against people who wear socks under sandals, and it would still be nearly as awful.

Anyways, glad to see con is not defending Mein Kampf, but strictly targeting the other half of the resolution.

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@Puachu

No problemo, you have two weeks.

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@Bones

Thanks for the response, I shall do my best to rebut them as soon as I finish the therapy sessions I just signed up for. And the psych-eval after that.

Never read Mein Kampf, but I gotta say I found Might is Right by Ragnar Redbeard 'pretty terrible.

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@TheUnderdog

You will find that I have a very usual tactic up my sleeves.

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@Puachu

So it’s basically a track meet(I don’t know if you get that reference); the top 6 Mein kamf quotes vs the top 6 quotes of another book? Because I imagine neither you nor your opponent will use random quotes.

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@TheUnderdog

CTRL + F is a powerful thing 😉 I don't think we need to count literally each one, because based on the quantity and quality of the first ones presented, the voters can get a reasonable picture of the whole thing.

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@Puachu
@Bones

“ Mein Kampf contains more lies, calls to violence, blatant falsehoods, and incoherency than any other book ever to have been penned by mankind.”

Me being a numbers guy, I would count the number of lies, calls to violence, blatant falsehoods, and incoherency in the book versus another book. But I don’t think this debate has enough characters for that.

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@Bones

All good.

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@Puachu

Actually, don't worry about it. Forget I said anything. This is not an issue to me. Keep the debate as it is.

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@Bones

It doesn't let me edit the description since you've accepted, but I will be sure to begin my opening argument by agreeing to your terms.

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@Puachu

If you establish the BoP as the following in the description.

PRO: Mein Kampf is the most evil and incoherent book to have ever been written
CON: Mein Kampf is not the most evil and incoherent book to have ever been written

I will consider.