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@Dr.Franklin
Out of curiosity, how would you respond to the claim that if a woman doesn't get an abortion and sets the kid up for adoption, that the kid would get messed up? I have an answer, but I'm curious as to what you would say.
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10:10 is kind of a smiley face. That's underrated.
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@Mharman
Circles are dumb
CiRcLeS hAvE nO bRaIn.
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@Vader
Can I leave the game? WIFI is hard to come by where I am.
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@Vader
I forgive you. Mafia games on the internet are hard to manage. Are you taking any APs a a junior?
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@TheRealNihilist
I think it's updated now.
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@TheRealNihilist
Updated.
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@TheRealNihilist
I can make it 10,000 characters, but I like my new description better.
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@TheRealNihilist
I would like it to be more general which doesn't mean you can't use those arguments.
I think you would be strawmanizing me if I were to defend the death penalty for general crimes. I hope I'm not a straw man. I don't want to have to argue the death penalty for misdemeanors.
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@TheRealNihilist
So if I say, "I want the death penalty for murder and treason" and you have to prove that both of these are a bad idea, would that be a compromise.
New description:
I support the death penalty for murder and treason. My opponent must be against the death penalty for both of these crimes.
Is this a good description?
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@TheRealNihilist
Original"I support the death penalty as punishment in at least one real or hypothetical or real instance. My opponent must be against the death penalty for all conceivable crimes. No new arguments in the final round, but arguments in all other rounds are okay. The BoP is shared."New one"I support the death penalty. My opponent must be against the death penalty. No new arguments in the final round, but arguments in all other rounds are okay. The BoP is shared."
What's the difference? I sense a trap.
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@TheRealNihilist
I think that is fair because we both would be arguing the philosophical grounds and if you want to argue with data as well.
What I'm worried about is I don't support the death penalty for all crimes. I don't support it for stealing. I don't support it for speeding. I support the death penalty for murderers. I think most people who claim to be against the death penalty are against it for murder as well as less serious crimes. I don't feel too confident about a gender debate, although I can discuss it on a forum if you want.
I changed the character limit to 7500. I don't want to have to respond to a huge amount of text.
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@Polytheist-Witch
Your the real hater.Your hatred for transgender and gender fluid is noted.
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@Polytheist-Witch
Gender is not a social construct. The NIH confirms various differences between males and females. They have significantly different brains. Women can see colors that men can't. Men tend to be biologically stronger with more testosterone. Women tend to enjoy kids more. Males are not the same as females.
Next thing you know, people will be saying that species is a social construct too. Not accurate.
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@TheRealNihilist
I don't think I can win an argument against the border wall, but I could argue the death penalty. Should I challenge you?
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@TheRealNihilist
I'm not backing down. What do you want to debate about?
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@TheRealNihilist
What post did I say that? We didn't agree to anything yet.
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@mustardness
I challenge you to a formal abortion debate. Do you accept?
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@Mharman
My new position on abortion that ought to be implemented nationwide. Subject to change:
Before 6 weeks: Legal on request. The fetus has a heartbeat and brainwaves by then. I could agree to a short term compromise of 8 weeks.
6 weeks to viability (Around 20 weeks): Only legal if the mother has a strong chance of dying without abortion. Rape victims should have gotten one earlier if they wanted one.
After viability: No reason to get an abortion. If threat to the mother's life, she can put the baby on life support paid for by insurance.
Hopefully, both sides can agree to this. The left seems unwilling to ban it beyond 6 weeks even with the mother's life as an exception. The left wants unrestricted abortion until 20 weeks, the Right wants to ban it altogether. Hopefully, this is a compromise that the sides can agree too.
The Left that loves Europe so much for being so progressive is unwilling to adopt their abortion policies into law. The Roe Standard is 20 weeks. The European standard is about 12 weeks.
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@Snoopy
Right now, the government isn't tyrannical, but we might in the future. This is why we should have the right to bear arms. If the US government were to threaten to nuke some peaceful country, the US should denuke ourselves and use the nukes for power. But we are not in that stage yet.
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@keithprosser
We don't nuke countries anymore. The only time we did was to end WWII. Japan has forgiven us for it and is now a big ally to America.
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@zedvictor4
The US can be trusted with nukes. Iran can't.
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@Vader
Who/What is your current profile picture?
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@TheRealNihilist
Guess you are against tools that make people rational and help with their daily lives.
I'm against indoctrination.
Metric of how you are determining they are "better educated"Evidence?
https://www.brighthubeducation.com/homeschool-methodologies/87123-what-do-the-statistics-say-about-homeschooling/ states that the average public schooler gets in the 50th percentile and the average home schooler is in the 80th percentile.
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2020, regardless of whoever wins, left or right will be a significant year. A plurality of kids don't care that much about politics, so the leftist schools can easily indoctrinate kids to be leftist. This has led to homeschooling being very right wing in nature. Homeschool kids tend to be better educated then public school kids.
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@Mopac
I sent you a friend request if interested.
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@Mopac
Christianity is not "the integrated assertions, theories and aims that constitute a sociopolitical program".
The main assertion with Christianity is that Jesus is God and that God exists. The aim of true Christianity is theocracy which is kindof a sociopolitical program. Fits the definition of an ideology pretty well as at least a single issue.
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@Mopac
So it has been established that an ideology is not God.
God himself is not an ideology but Christianity is. It has been established that Christianity is an ideology.
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RM I think spends more time on this site then all of us. This was how he was able to rank up and earn medals. I spend a lot of time on it too.
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@Mopac
No idealogy can be The Truth.
Christianity is ideology. Here are some beliefs with it:
-Pro life
-Jesus is God
-Do what God and Jesus say
-In the event of a contradiction, believe Jesus.
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@Mopac
SJWs take matters into their own hands.
SJWs don't think for themselves. They believe the same stuff that their leftist overlords do.
And God is The Truth.
SJWs believe their ideology is the truth too.
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@Dr.Franklin
On DART, although most people are democrats, they aren't that crazy.
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@DebateArt.com
Can you add to the leader board how many metals we have?
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@oromagi
How did you figure out I was #2?
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@oromagi
How did you figure out the number of metals someone has?
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@janesix
did you try nicerete gum? It allows you to quit smoking without giving up on nicotine.
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@Mopac
Some human rights, like obtaining life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and the 1st and second amendments through reasonable means, are almost universally okay. The Bible wants to take away the former 2 in the name of sacrificing to God.
What God and SJWs have in common:
They both are against hate speech against their figure.
God thinks mankind is sinful and needs Jesus to be a good person. SJWs thinks the white male is sinful and needs feminism to be a good person.
God punishes people for the actions of their grandparents and parents. SJWs do the same.
God thinks he represents justice. SJWs are social justice warriors.
See the similarities?
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@Mopac
Dignity must be earned by being a good person.
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@Mopac
Atheism has more human rights then Christianity, with maybe 1 exception.
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@Harikrish
Any wonder the Orthodox Church is shrinking. The only truth they know is they are shrinking.
Christianity is shrinking because atheism is growing. Eventually, it seems that atheism will replace Christianity in the west I hope. Every religion claims to be the truth but they often contradict each other. Hard to tell who is right. I assume that religion is a social construct.
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@Harikrish
Religion is so confusing to me. There are thousands of them, in this day in age, most representatives of the religion would say science is on their side. It's hard to tell who is right.
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@DebateArt.com
For the leaderboard list, add number of medals each person has.
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@Zeus4ever
I'm an atheist. Is there evidence for the existence of Zeus?
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@oromagi
Milo is not a Nazi. His boyfriend is black.
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@blamonkey
Why would we burden prisons with finding jobs for these people if they barely can afford staff or to fix prison infrastructure?
I'm not sure on this, so I might be wrong, but it might be due to the lack of funds going to prison. They get more funds by prisoners working on things like construction projects so the prisons get more funds by selling the houses they create.
The GAO reports that the current backlog of prison repairs is over 200 at federal prisons alone (12).
What is a backlog?
The Bureau of Prisons should focus on the well-being of their inmates and staff members, not the federal budget.
The inmates, especially if they are rapists, arsoners, kidnappers, murderers, or people who commit high treason don't deserve good treatment. Otherwise, jail wouldn't be much of a punishment. Staff members I think already have good treatment, although I might be wrong. The aim of my idea is to keep prisons a state owned endeavor that pays for itself and pays the government for the crimes the criminals commit.
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@Death23
The immigrants would require more housing, so this provides more work for American construction workers to build them a house and to get paid for their labor in the for of building more houses that get sold to a bank that then get mortgaged out to immigrants that help keep the economy moving. More immigrants means more houses to build and more people to drive, which means more work for Americans.
I think overall, immigration doesn't affect the worker already here. While they have less work per house to do since an immigrant would be helping them out, they would be working on more houses since immigrants need a place to stay and with that, would bring more work and wages. This basically cancels out in a 1:1 ratio. It is good for the immigrant, since they come for a better life(one that has to be earned), it helps business by providing them with more labor and it helps this country by increasing our GDP. The worker doesn't get affected economically.
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