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Truckers fight Facism.
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@oromagi
Unacceptable views is what he said.
They mean the same thing here. Regardless, it's irrelevant since once you have closed yourself off and seek to remove them for protesting peacefully (more on this in a moment), you are morphing yourself into a dictator.

That's false.  An strong majority has supported Trudeau's vaccine mandates for truckers since October. 
Did I say majority? No. I said people. That can mean any number of them, but it's clear that despite being in the minority opinion, they make up a sizeable chunk still. 20-30% isn't to be looked over.

Canadian truckers hate these fascists pretending to be offended on their behalf.  
None of your surveys mention how many Canadian truckers disapprove of these protests, nor does it matter regardless because if you are going to argue against the Freedom Convoy because most are against it you fall victim to Appeal to the Majority Fallacy.

As even Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union state plainly, holding the economy hostage with barricades is an act of violence, not free speech. 
The ALCU and co. can cry foul all they want. Music to my ears. A barricade is not a physical attack; it's just dumb to equate it to violence.

These fascists have attacked Christian charities, set fire to large residential buildings, threatened and intimidated Muslims, Asians, first peoples, etc.
I would argue this is the fringe of the truckers. Some viral videos of a small amount of individuals does not condemn the whole group, this is Guilt by Association Fallacy.

Also, I can specify that at the very least the claims of arson are exaggerated. Two men (of unknown affiliation up to this point, I might add) were shown attempting arson in one building, and somehow according to you they have "set fire to large residential buildings".

Unlike Freedom Convoy, BLM's George Floyd protests in Canada were entirely peaceful.  Every act of violence done during Canadian George Floyd protests was perpetrated by right wing.  Wikipedia reports of George Floyd protests, "Some businesses and banks downtown  {Ottowa} boarded up windows in advance of the march, although there were no reports of damage"
This is a fair point and I will drop it.

By contrast with the Floyd protests, Ottawa residents have already filed suit against the Freedom Convoy documenting $4.8m in property damage. 
This is completely false. The lawsuit is a $9.8M one, with the $4.8M you mention being for "private nuisance" (lmao), and another $5M for "punitive damage", which by definition is meant to exceed any "wrongdoing" to enact punishment. I'm not sure where you are getting "property damage" from, which is also why I still say these protests are peaceful despite some idiots not being peaceful.

Beliefs seems like a lofty word for Christian 5G conspiracy theories, QAnon, and the Nordic Resistance movement.   Trudeau called them fringe views, which seems fair considering that what they really are lies that mentally ill people holler to get attention.
"Beliefs" can also mean "anti-mandate", which is the common denominator of the protest. Any other views some (a minority, I would argue) of the protesters may have is irrelevant, and pointing them out is an Ad Hominem meant to be a deflection. Having frustrations with a vaccine mandate is hardly "hollering to get attention" and the whole "mentally ill people" part doesn't help any thought provoking discussion either.

so abortion, drugs, suicide, smallpox, polio- totally unregulated by the govt.  Let
Abortion takes a human life. Drugs cause people to lose control of themselves and harm others. Suicide is self-harm and a result of mental health issues. As for smallpox and polio, neither vaccines are currently mandated by the US in an individual's private life and opposing the current laws regarding those vaccines is not the same as opposing a mandate of a vaccine of a weak disease in a individual's private life.

So let's say every other army in the world immunizes its forces against measles, smallpox, polio, COVID, etc while the US Army follows your extremism and does not enforce or regulate immunization.  Countless battles tell us that as soon as our forces start encountering a large immunized force, our army is going to be swept by a disarming disabling wave of illness. 
The government may do as they please when it is the military, which they own. Not to mention most soldiers (and people in general) are going to have smallpox and measles vaccines because those diseases are significantly more dangerous than the coronavirus.

I understand why Putin wants this and so he pumps tens of millions into COVID disinformation. I don't know why we would want this outcome.
LMAO at the the idea of my opinions on COVID being "PuTIN'S mISiNfORMaTioN MeaNT tO deSTRoY tHe US!" instead of a legitimate argument that should be discussed without being overconfidently written off. This is just a deflection.
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@RationalMadman
I disagree. People see all the forfeits and don’t think much of the site. One sure fire way for people to not care is seeing other people not caring.
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Truckers fight Facism.
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Truckers fight Facism.
Trudeau says these people have unacceptable beliefs. This is why he shut down the protests. He made a policy people didn’t like, and they took to protesting it, as is their right. Aside from one-off incidents, these protests have been peaceful. Unlike the BLM protests (which Trudeau endorsed), businesses aren’t being boarded up here either. 

The fact that people are being arrested over a peaceful demonstration, combined with the infamous quote from Trudeau where he will not even consider their beliefs, tells me that he is a tyrant attempting to control his people.

No government should mandate an individual’s ability to impact their own health. Period. I don’t care what it is, as long as others still have the ability to protect themselves, an individual is not and should not be forced to let others control their health.

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@DebateArt.com
How about more rewards for users who stick around to participate in more debates and more rewards for those who do well in them? 

I’m thinking stuff like username flairs, or unlocking custom profile page options.
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@DebateArt.com
  • We definitely need to have some form of discouragement for forfeits
I’m not sure this would help. If people are forfeiting rounds it means something came up so they don’t have the time (in which losing the debate and the corresponding elo is a penalty enough) or it means that they outright don’t care about the debate. If it’s the latter, than they’re also not going to care about any penalty assigned to them, because these people tend not to stick around for long anyways.

I think the most important question here is: Why do some users create an account only to stop caring about it and how can we get more users to stay?

  • We need more strict separation between rated and "normal" debates
Sure. Unrated debates should probably be more tailor-made for casual debates. I don’t know how this would be done, but I like the idea here.

  • We need a feature to "surrender"
Good feature idea.

  • We need to handle situations when participants get banned
Yeah. We can’t just void debates outright and giving a free win to someone because the other user got banned isn’t great either. I will specify that I don’t think anything needs to be done if a user is banned in the middle of an unrated debate.
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RNG Mafia - ENDGAME
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@oromagi
Huh?
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@Discipulus_Didicit
As for Pie, he did do the best IMO
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@Discipulus_Didicit
A side note, I do have a policy for concessions: They are allowed, but they do not end the game.
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Kanye Discography OR Attack on Titan Mafia (SIGN UPS)
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@Vader
Out for now, but ping me if you are having trouble finding players, or need a replacement. Then I'll join.
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Mafia Mod Sign-Up List
Current Mafia:

None

Signups:

Supa - Kanye West's Discography Mafia OR Attack on Titan Mafia

In the Hopper:

Mharman - NFL Mafia

On Hold:

Earth - Internet Culture Mafia


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RNG Mafia - ENDGAME
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@Earth
@Greyparrot
@Vader
@ILikePie5
@Mikal
game end
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@whiteflame
@oromagi
@Discipulus_Didicit
@badger
@Incel-chud
Endgame
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RNG Mafia - ENDGAME
Town wins!!!

AFFILIATIONS

Town:

Whiteflame - Vanilla
Badger - 1x Gunsmith
Disc- 3x Roleblocker
Oromagi - Vanilla
Greyparrot - Vanilla
Pie - Vanilla
Mikal  - Vanilla

Mafia:

Supa - Goon
Earth - Ninja

MOD REVIEW

I'm not going to sugarcoat it. I felt this game sucked. Yeah, the inactivity was bad, but I'm not going to make a scapegoat out of it. At the end of the of the day, I believe there would've been more activity if I made a better setup that was more fun to play. 

My thought was to create a cool randomized experience. The problem is, having every role is incredibly bastard. So I attempted to balance the bastardization by having pools and probabilities, but that didn't work. One cannot balance bastard design. One must remove bastard design outright in order to make a good game. In my attempt to do so, I only made things worse. The possibility of having a power role only for said role to be useless (like Earth's ninja, since there was no tracker or watcher in the game) is not fun. It's just annoying.

Regardless, there still is hope for a cool game to be made out of this concept. But only by embracing the natural bastard design, and making the game an open setup bastard game. Seriously. I think this game would've been more fun for all if everyone was just goofing off knowing they were in a bastard game. Just imagine a "Chaotic RNG Mafia" game in which literally anything is possible. It doesn't get any more gloriously bastard than that. Someone should put Disc up to it.

As much as it sounds like I'm beating myself up about this game, I'm really not. I'm only starting to become a better mod and this setup was made before I really desired to be one. Plus, no one else had a game ready and there was no one in the hopper on the sign-ups thread. So I just rolled with it. The be honest, I still see improvements in my own modding here. I was more active and able to update vote counts and confirm night actions, I had a better policies, and I didn't do anything stupid. All that was missing was a good setup, and I already have a good one made with the help of Lunatic. It is a 12 player game based on the NFL. I look forward to it.

SHOUTOUTS

I don't really like MVP awards anymore because they almost always seem to cause some stupid argument. So I'll just give shoutout to players for plays they made that I liked.

Pie: This man is on a tear right now. Between solving the game in Anime Waifus Mafia, blending in effectively in Ozark Mafia, and calling both scum players DP1 in this game, I think he is at least the best town player on the site right now. Congrats on your intellectual pop-off, Pie.

Badger: Giving Greyparrot the gun was completely based. The amount of trust this man had for one of the boys to send him that gun when he was scumread by Greyparrot is pretty neat and I nominate it for bro moment of the year.

Disc: Read Supa quickly, and used his PR to end the game. It was kind of simple, but a clean play nonetheless.
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February Debate Tournament
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@DeprecatoryLogistician
bruhhhhhhhh
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RNG Mafia - DP2
Supa has been shot! They were guilty! The game is over!

Stop posting. Endgame up soon. 
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RNG Mafia - DP2
Welcome to DP2!

Lynched last DP: 

Earth - Mafia Ninja

Died in the night:

No one

Remaining players:

1. Whiteflame
2. Disc
3. Supadudz
4. Oromagi
5. Mikal (still looking for a replacement)
6. Pie
7. Badger
8. Greyparrot

With 8 players alive, it will take 5 votes to lynch. The DP ends on February 20, @ 9:00 PM EST.

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February Debate Tournament
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@Lunatic
I hope so
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RNG Mafia (RESTARTED) DP1
Final Vote Count
Earth (5/5) - Pie, Supa, Oromagi, Badger, Whiteflame
Whiteflame (2/5) - Disc, Earth
Badger (1/5) - Greyparrot

Earth was lynched! They were guilty! Submit night actions!

The DP is over. Stop posting.

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RNG Mafia (RESTARTED) DP1
Counting the votes now.
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RNG Mafia (RESTARTED) DP1
Stop posting everyone.
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I am looking for a replacement for Mikal.
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February Debate Tournament
Just waiting on Tej and DL.

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February Debate Tournament
3/4 matchups are conceded… dang
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RNG Mafia (RESTARTED) DP1
Current Vote Count
Whiteflame (3/5) - Disc, Earth, Badger
Mikal (2/5) - Whiteflame, Oromagi
Earth (1/5) - Pie

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Current Vote Count
Whiteflame (3/5) - Disc, Earth, Badger
Mikal (2/5) - Whiteflame, Oromagi
Disc (1/5) - Pie
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February Debate Tournament
Voting can be mentally tiring.
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RNG Mafia (RESTARTED) DP1
Current Vote Count
Disciplus (2/5) - Pie, Badger
Mikal (2/5) - Whiteflame, Oromagi
Whiteflame (2/5) - Disciplus, Earth

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RNG Mafia (RESTARTED) DP1
Current Vote Count
Disciplus (3/5) - Pie, Badger, Oromagi
Mikal (1/5) - Whiteflame
Whiteflame (1/5) - Disciplus


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NFL Wild Card Playoffs
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@Vader
IF they draft better o linemen they’ll be back next year
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RNG Mafia (RESTARTED) DP1
ATTENTION: Wylted/Incel-Chud has been replaced by Disciplus_Didicit
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NFL Wild Card Playoffs
Rams win.
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NFL Wild Card Playoffs
It has begun! I think Rams but go Bengals!
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RNG Mafia (RESTARTED) DP1
Current Vote Count
Incel-Chud (3/5) - Pie, Badger, Oromagi
Mikal (1/5) - Whiteflame


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RNG Mafia (RESTARTED) DP1
Current Vote Count
Incel-Chud (2/5) - Pie, Badger
Badger (1/5) - Oromagi
Mikal (1/5) - Whiteflame



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Current Vote Count
Badger (1/5) - Oromagi
Mikal (1/5) - Whiteflame
Oromagi (1/5) - Badger
Incel-Chud (1/5) - Pie

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Current Vote Count
Badger (2/5) - Pie, Oromagi
Mikal (1/5) - Whiteflame
Oromagi (1/5) - Badger

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I would prod some people for activity right now but considering the fact that it is every player right now I think I’ll be open to a DP extension upon request. We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.
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“everything’s gonna be all white” docuseries
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@SkepticalOne

It is likely you are the recipient of the benefits due to your ancestors. It is also likely some of those benefits came from systemic repression of other groups. 
I’m sorry but do you know me and my life? Do you know the poverty both of my parents grew up in? The idea that being white gives you an easier pass is bullshit when there are white people growing up in the same circumstances as other races. You can argue that percentage wise some races may have it worse, but there are individuals of all races who have started out in horrible living conditions only to find success beyond their wildest dreams. If they can do that, then any individual of any race growing up in poverty can make it to the middle class at least. There is no excuse. 

Individuals are responsible for their own life choices, regardless of the hand being dealt. One cannot use race as a scapegoat for failures or a reason to discredit others’ successes. Instead one must suck it up and work hard. If they do that they will make a significant lifestyle improvement. Anyone of any race can do that.
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Badger (2/5) - Pie, Oromagi
Mikal (1/5) - Whiteflame

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RNG Mafia (RESTARTED) DP1
Current Vote Count
Supa (2/5) - Pie, Oromagi
Mikal (1/5) - Whiteflame

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Supa (2/5) - Pie, Oromagi

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@SkepticalOne
No. But I have heard this one before. "Our ancestors had a rough time in history, and now we want some kind of reparations."

I am not entitled to any of the benefits of my ancestors, nor am I forced to inherit their problems. I am responsible for my own choice and actions. Same goes for anyone else. I don't care who you are.
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@Dr.Franklin
In some cases, yes. But that doesn't tell me what I am entitled to as a person. Same thing with any other people.
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Answers From Science-Sceptical Individuals Only, Please
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@Discipulus_Didicit
Would you be able to describe step-by-step in as much detail as possible how you think the scientific community actually reaches these conclusions that you mention?
There isn't really a specific step-by-step. There can be a variety of reasons. Financial incentives, political agendas, and mass confirmation bias being chief among them.

I would also like to clarify that not every member of the scientific community falls into these pitfalls, which is why there are scientific debates always happening. Which is good for science. Saying "trust the science" just because you hold the majority position among your colleagues isn't.
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@SkepticalOne
Well I wasn't responsible for any of history's misfortune.
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@Earth
Had to restart because I screwed up the DP starting post https://www.debateart.com/forum/topics/7320-rng-mafia-dp1
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Current Vote Count
Supa (1/5) - Pie
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Mafia Mod Sign-Up List
Current Mafia:

Mharman - RNG Mafia - DP1

Signups:

None

In the Hopper:

None

On Hold:

Supa - Kanye West's Discography Mafia
Earth - Internet Culture Mafia
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@Earth
@Greyparrot
@ILikePie5
@badger
welcome
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