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@Barney
@Intelligence_06

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Seems interesting

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@MisterChris
@seldiora

If you guys feel so strongly about this topic, I plead you not to vote on this debate.

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Say Overall, Music has Gotten Worse over the Last 50 years

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@Barney

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@whiteflame

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Oh wait I messed up

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@Intelligence_06

The best debater is the one who beats all others in one word. 30,000 is just so people who like long arguments have no boundaries.

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@Intelligence_06

Yes I realize that, but you can also realize that every single person can do that. I'm trusting you guys enough to not copy each other's arguments.

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@seldiora

My god. I agree with Chris. This argument is amazing.

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Good Luck!

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Good Luck!

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I've done an immense school debate on this one. I've though it out for three months. But I was on the Pro side.

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@seldiora

Your opponent could just say that it would be only enforced in rich private schools, negating most of your arguments. I suggest saying a specific school system, or a location.

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@Intelligence_06

Basically what I said in this vote, but edited a little less.

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Enforced where? The public school system of where?

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Enforced where? The public school system of where?

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@seldiora

The reason why you lose is mostly by the resolution. You have to meticulously define the resolution, and word it so that no obvious flaws are there. Or else people like oromagi and Intelligence will ruthlessly kritik the resolution.

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@Intelligence_06

seldiora always makes debates like this, but always loses. The problem lies in his resolution. Instead of putting probably lose, he put will lose. Which means seldiora must prove that you will CERTAINLY lose the debate.

This point remains relevant through all of these types of debates: Pro's Argument is that he is better, and Con's argument is that it is less probable to lose than it is to win or tie, and that you can not say for certain the outcome of any debates.

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@Intelligence_06

Cheap points, but valid ones.

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@shadow_712

Money is not real. The value of money is simply just a reward in our mind. That is why the value of foreign currency is hard to understand without transferring it into native or local currency.

Merit on the other hand is you. It is part of who you are as a being. Those who value merit over money believe in the true nature of us as human beings. Those who value money on the other hand value the societal nature, or the modern nature we have adopted to. This modern nature includes complex parts of thinking, ideas which have melded into effective government systems, rewards, and scientific advancements.

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@shadow_712

Yeah. Well money and wealth builds merit, and merit enhances that wealth. Essentially, once you have enough money, your merit builds the wealth, and not your actual money. I'm not sure if this makes sense, but this is what I believe.

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@Intelligence_06

You basically checkmated him. Then again, this debate is super easy to win as pro.

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@Intelligence_06

No. I will win the debate.

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@Intelligence_06

Forfeiting three times merits a loss

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@ammaraybll123

bruh

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@User_2006

Animal abuse.

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@RationalMadman

Ok.

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@Barney

Thanks, I'll use that.

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@RationalMadman

"I will waive the first round and my opponent the last. Upon acceptation, my opponent agrees to the terms above. Upon voting, voters agree to accept the terms above regarding losses."

Yeah I think I did. Perhaps you are reading the short description?

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@RationalMadman

Yeah I know. but i fixed it.

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@fauxlaw

I disagree. Waiving is a perfectly fine way to have your opponent have the first word, and you have the last. As with EricT, he was being an idiot.

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@fauxlaw

yes but they aren't the same. It has been proven again by a scholarly source. So I don' think my entire argument is invalid just because of that.

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@fauxlaw

Oh, btw quarantine and stay-at-home orders are different things.

https://forrestfirm.com/blog/stay-at-home-or-shelter-in-place-orders-are-not-the-same-thing-as-quarantine/

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@fauxlaw

Argument: Pro argued that stay-at-home was not the same thing as social distancing, then applied the rest of his argument, and sourcing, applying social distancing as the bar against which to measure, thereby undermining his own argument. Con argued that extended stay-at-home would collapse the economy; a far more valid argument.

Can you please explain what this means? Thanks!

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Nah it is.

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@RationalMadman

Ok thanks.

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@User_2006

Nah. All croc talks about is China.

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@User_2006
@EricT

https://images3.memedroid.com/images/UPLOADED382/5c0383f5d5257.jpeg

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@User_2006

He's actually pretty good if he tries.

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@RationalMadman
@fauxlaw

Ok. Thanks.

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@fauxlaw

What does ibid mean?

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@RationalMadman

obvi

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@fauxlaw

A very good plan, I see no flaws.

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@MisterChris

Taken from my pre-written debate:

A pandemic ends when, as stated by the New York Times, the disease is eradicated or when “people grow tired of panic mode and learn to live with a disease”. Essentially, it is either ended by medical data or sociopolitical processes.

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