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Mall

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Topic

#3760

You pick the topic.

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Finished

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

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Winner

After 1 vote and with 1 point ahead, the winner is...

Novice_II

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Publication date: 09.17.2022 05:47PM
Last updated date: 10.21.2022 01:27AM
Type: Standard
Number of rounds: 2
Time for argument: Two days
Max argument characters: 20,000
Voting period: One month
Point system: Winner selection
Voting system: Open

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Novice_II

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Disclaimer : Regardless of the setup for voting win or lose, The aim of this interaction, Is for those that view it, Learn and or take away anything that will amount to any constructive value ultimately. So that counts as anything that'll cause one to reconsider an idea, Understand a subject better, Help build a greater wealth of knowledge getting closer to truth. When either of us has accomplished that with any individual here, That's who the victor of the debate becomes.

Here's a chance for you to design the platform based on your topic selection.
We'll obviously have opposing sides.

Whatever topic you choose of course, it'll fit whichever side it falls on for you in tandem with the position preset .

***THE TOPICS CANNOT BE DUPLICATE. IT'S AN AUTOMATIC FORFEITING IF THR SAME TOPIC IS CHOSEN***

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Round 1

Mall

09.17.2022 05:57PM

Pro

And our topic today

Novice_II

09.19.2022 07:29AM

Con

Topic: "THBT the United States should ban all forms of writing."

Round 2

Mall

09.20.2022 03:22PM

Pro

Let's see, with all writing being illegal that would mean the law can't even be written.I wonder again on this topic, would it get to the point where this would be a non sequitur situation.

Well a topic for another lifetime I suppose.

But this topic is challenging me to argue a case for something that should be.

By this time, we should understand, no pun intended, what should and shouldn't be universally by what came out of or with the universe.

It has given us this universal law called the law of causality. This is long before the U.S. government and the laws from it, certainly long before any man made law.

So because of this, the sun should shine bright because of its size and activity. On the side of the earth it shines brightly upon, should all areas of it be lit.

So should the earth that contains land and grass based on photosynthesis and all there in to produce vegetation from all the eco elements.

Then all the beings that live should live due to living off the land, vegetation so forth and so on.

These beings thrive to construct a civilization and bring organizations with systems of control which govern.

To govern the land and the people, everything is labeled and named including the land.

This land today is referred to as the United States with its own government and systems.

Still perpetuating the universal law ongoing so forth and ever on.

Going into laws for the land and those laws behave under universal law like everything else .

They systemically operate and go into effect by another political system.

So any act permitted or prohibited by law should be as a cause of the political system.

So reading or writing should be illegal as a cause of a political system not passing a law to make it legal.

These topics are still pretty similar. I guess we all can't master creativity or originality.

Novice_II

09.21.2022 01:27AM

Con

So reading or writing should be illegal as a cause of a political system not passing a law to make it legal.

There are laws/doctrines that make writing legal, namely, the first amendment: freedom of speech and expression. Even if this were not the case, just because something isn't specifically deemed legal does not mean it ought to be banned. Writing, in general, does not cause harm to anyone, and is a key mode of expressing ideas to a population that values them. It also allows people to read and become educated, and promotes the development of modern technology through the documentation of engineering and mathematical formulae. Thus, writing should not be illegal. Pro has not made a single valid argument for his position.

Novice_II

10.20.2022 10:22PM

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@Mharman

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Unfortunately, I am down to 3 hours for this debate, as well as this collection of similar ones which all require extremely easy RFD's, with no votes. Are any of you able to vote here? (all links to similar debates are below)

https://www.debateart.com/debates/3742-you-pick-the-topic
https://www.debateart.com/debates/3744-you-pick-the-topic
https://www.debateart.com/debates/3757-you-pick-the-topic
https://www.debateart.com/debates/3758-you-pick-the-topic
https://www.debateart.com/debates/3760-you-pick-the-topic
https://www.debateart.com/debates/3761-you-pick-the-topic

Novice_II

10.20.2022 12:30PM

Any vote would be appreciated for this debate.

Public-Choice

10.21.2022 01:02AM

Criterion

Pro

Tie

Con

Points

Winner

1 point(s)

Reason:

While PRO's argument is rather interesting, that if writing is not made legal then it should remain illegal, CON shows that writing is, indeed, legalized in the United States under the first amendment.

However, PRO once again moves away from the debate prompt, ultimately arguing that writing is not currently legal as opposed to whether it should be made illegal. While similar, the two arguments are different. This means that CON wins because they not only refuted one of PRO's central claims but also argued for their position.