Instigator / Pro
42
1615
rating
16
debates
93.75%
won
Topic
#3531

RESOLVED: The Republic of China is a Sovereign State

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
18
0
Better sources
12
0
Better legibility
6
1
Better conduct
6
0

After 6 votes and with 41 points ahead, the winner is...

BearMan
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
Two weeks
Max argument characters
30,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
1
1489
rating
1
debates
0.0%
won
Description

Republic of China: Taiwan,[II] officially the Republic of China (ROC),[I][h] is a country[22][23][24][25][26] in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. (Taken from Wikipedia).

State: A politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory. (Taken from Merriam Webster)

Sovereign: One possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty (Taken from Merriam Webster)

Independent: Not dependent, such as: not subject to control by others: (SELF-GOVERNING) (Taken from Merriam Webster)

The Burden of Proof is shared. As PRO, I have to prove that the Republic of China is a sovereign state. CON must prove that the Republic of China is not a sovereign state. The qualifications of a sovereign state are up for debate.

Rules:
1) A singular forfeit is an instant loss
2) No kritiks
3) No new arguments in round 5
4) All debate content has to be WITHIN the debate arguments (No debate/citations in the comments!)

Accepting this debate means you accept these rules. If you want a rule change, please say so in the comments, BEFORE accepting.

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@RationalMadman

I don't know what Ramshutu has to do with this, or why a question for him was aimed at me.

As far as my answer to the question: It's a single debate to which the instigator had no reason to believe the contender would be banned, so not farming.
Were the contender to have had any open challenges, they would have been deleted (I can't remember if they did or not).

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@Barney
@whiteflame

28 days no clarification.

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@Barney

What is Ramshutu's hot take on this free win debate being allowed?

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@Barney

nah its fine, looking forward to a free win now

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@BearMan

Are you sure you would like this debate deleted?

i love how some dude gets banned simply for a offensive name. Yet we have guys calling other peoples gods pigs and to low-key commit suicide and no one cares.

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@Barney

Could you close this debate/delete it? The contender got banned.

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@FuCkYoU

Looking forward to seeing your argument!

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@Novice_II

Damn, looks like somebody already accepted.

What the...

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@BearMan

A week may work, although any lower time for arguments would be greatly valued

bump

bump

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@Intelligence_06

Ah, ok.

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@Novice_II

Three days would be a bit tough for me to fulfill, would you accept a week?

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@BearMan

I want the time for arguments to be 3 days, then I will accept

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@BearMan

I would stand no chance in this debate due to my browser(in China) filtering out most of the pro-Taiwan independence sources written in English and most sources against Taiwan independence are either IN Chinese or are sourced from them which makes the entire job 10x harder.