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100 Debate challenge 18: This house would censor the internet

Framing the Debate 1) The topic implies the following resolution: "Be it resolved that the internet ought to be censored. " 2) The burden of proof is shared. My burden is to show that the internet can be censored; my opponent must show that the internet cannot be censored. This requires two competing frameworks. We are debating over two possible states of affairs or worlds. I present my ideal world, my opponent presents theirs. 3) Internet: "a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually preceded by the). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols. " (. http://dictionary.reference.com...) I believe this to be the standard definition. 4) Censor: "the suppression of speech, public communication or other information" (. http://en.wikipedia.org...). I believe this is also the standard definition. 5) Censorship need not be absolute. If part of the internet should be censored, then Pro's burden is fulfilled. My overall framework: P1: There is information which ought to not be seen by the general public; P2: This information can be placed on the internet; P3: The only way to prevent people from seeing this information is to censor it preventing the information from ever reaching the public; C. The internet ought to be censored. My argument is logically valid; the truth of the premises imply the truth of the conclusion (I would prefer to not get into a debate over logical validity. ) For my argument to be sound, I must show that P1 through P3 are correct. For P1 to be correct, I must establish at least 1 class of information which ought not be seen by the general public. For P2 to be correct, I must show that the information can be and is actively placed on the internet. The truth of P3 is a priori correct; the only way to prevent someone from seeing something is to prevent them from seeing it. P1 (what shouldn't be seen): Class A: Documents detailing government strategy and contingency plans during times of war; Class B: Private civilian information (credit card numbers, social security numbers, bank account numbers, etc. ); Class C: Copyrighted material (published by non-protected actors); Class D: Child pornography; Class E: Certain news during time of war; Class F: Pornography (toward children); Class G: Engineering details of certain buildings P2: Class A: these documents are stored on servers Class B: already online Class C: It is possible to put online Class D: Is already online Class E: News is publishable online Class F: Pornography is online Class G: engineering schematics are publishable online P3: A priori correct. Onto the next round.
Motion: Religion makes the world a better place.

In conclusion, I will not assume that my opponent has accepted my arguments and therefore chose to forfeit. Perhaps life circumstances led to my opponent not responding or something, However, I hope that my arguments made sense and anyone can understand that there is no solid evidence to support the connection religion being the cause of war. War is started by those who are the disciples of ignorance and the religion always has the cure for such disease. .. we just choose to be blind to it.
Motion: Religion makes the world a better place.

Welcome to DDO, my friend. May your future debates be filled with victories, including this one. I will be more than happy to accept your first debate :) I will be arguing that religion does, in fact, make the world a better place and without it, the word "human" in "humanity" will cease to exist. Accept the terms Con has laid down and I wish you the best of luck. Let's do this.
Motion: Religion makes the world a better place.

In this debate I will be arguing against the motion that Religion makes the world a better place. I am looking for someone serious to debate with me. I'm new to this site but I'm a serious debater. I propose the following itinerary. 1: Acceptance and preparation 2: Opening statements 3: Rebuttals 4: Secondary rebuttals and conclusion I believe you should be able to comment if you want to accept, if I did it right. Either way, I'm looking forward to the debate!
Should you walk to school or go by transport...

Sadly, my opponent has forfeited this round as well, drawing a disappointing conclusion to this debate. I shall now present my closing arguments: Walking to school is not only a good exercise, but also economical. Choosing motorized transport as a preventive measure for losing grades due to late-coming is not a very sensible move. It is a better preventive measure if one makes it sure to wake up early enough. In case of some random, unavoidable incidents which ensure that one arrives late to school, there is no harm in accessing transport means in THOSE situations. This does not affect the original premise of a general preference of walking over transport. The rest is up to the voters, who I hope will be fair when awarding points. May the better debater win.
Should you walk to school or go by transport...

I thank Con for instigating this debate. I would like to start by stating the only 2 required ground rules: 1. I am assuming that for a general student in question, the school is close enough to commute by foot i.e. not more than, say, 15-20 minutes of walking. Ergo, the student has a choice between transport and walking, and I shall be postulating that the student in question should be obliged to walk. 2. By transport i would understand motorized transport i.e. cars, public buses, school buses etc, and not something like a bicycle. I bear no ill-will stating the above 2 rules. For this debate to be fair, these rules must be followed. There is no point in debating the topic if the school is 4-5 miles away from home, as in such a case the student shall always prefer transport. Also there is no point in debating if bicycles and other non-motorized vehicles are included in "transport" for the debate, since it conserves both energy and time, and once again, the student shall always prefer transport. I am only making the debate fair, so that both sides can start unbiased. I hope an understanding can be reached, and with this, we can debate further rounds. Understanding my opponent's opening argument: In the words of Con, "...if you are late for school, so you can't walk to school, you HAVE to go by transport..." By this, Con can mean 2 things. 1. One can opt for transport, but ONLY if one is late for school. 2. One can choose to go by transport everytime, thus protecting oneself from the possibility of arriving late to class. Rebuttal: 1. If one only prefers transport when one is running late, it would mean that the rest of the times when he isn't running late, he prefers to walk. Now, unless the student in question runs late most of the time (which is highly unlikely, and not to mention, unethical), he goes to school on most days BY FOOT. This would mean that he, in general, DOES NOT prefer transport, thus inadvertently putting the argument in my favour. 2. An ideal student is one who never arrives late to class. Of course, no one is ideal, but it's only logical to have one's behaviour as close to the ideal case as possible. Hence instead of spending MONEY AND FUEL on transport, a student can choose to WALK to school, saving both. This would also motivate him to get going early on a daily basis. Proactive rebuttal: If you mention random occurrences as the cause of the student running late, then i would like to point out that these occurrences are quite RARE and would hardly affect the student's grades. I believe i have comprehensively refuted Con's arguments. I await his subsequent argument(s) for the next round.
God Exists

Definitions1. God - the omnipotent, omniscient, intelligent being who is the creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority; the supreme being2. Exist - be actual in objective realityRebuttals1. Pro asserts that without God, there is "chaos." Chaos is defined as "the property of a complex system whose behaviour is so unpredictable as to appear random, owing to great sensitivity to small changes in conditions." [1] This randomness and disorder is always present in any thermodynamic system as entropy. Via. the second law of thermodynamics, the level of disorder in a thermodynamic system never decreases; instead, it gradually increases. As the universe is a thermodynamic system, there is a constant rate of increasing disorder in the universe which defines the "arrow of time." Hence, time is the rate of cosmic entropic graduation. [2][3]2. Pro says that morality exists on a cosmic scale, but does not prove it whatsoever. Morality was most likely created by humans to help maintain social order. 3. Pro states, "There is evidence that there is a God that is omnipotent, omniscient and intelligent, and the creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority." This evidence is not seen or provided.4. Via. the causal premise, Pro says that everything has a cause. New evidence shows that the Big Bang was caused via. uncaused quantum fluctuations originating in a vacuum state and gravity, that created a singularity, a point in gravitational spacetime with infinite density and zero volume. [4][5] The uncertainty principle and mass-energy equivalence together show that the density of energy in the universe can increase or decrease based on the energy density of the Higgs field and the level of mechanical fluctuations. [6]Arguments1. No God is most likely to be true via. Occam's Razor, the simplest explanation is a priori most likely, viz. if x need not exist [i.e. all events attributed to x are explained by another verifiable source], there are other explanations for x, and x is unverifiable, then x most likely does not exist. [7]2. Via. the Russell's teapot analogy, the philosophical Burden of Proof lies with the person making unverifiable but scientifically unfalsifiable claims. [8] Thus, I now shift the BoP to Pro.References[1] http://goo.gl... [2] Carnot, Sadi. (1824). [3] Halliwell, J.J. et al. (1994). Physical Origins of Time Asymmetry. Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-56837-4. [4] http://goo.gl... [5] Hawking, S. W., and Penrose, R. (1965), "Singularities in Homogenous World Models", Physical Letters 17: 246-247. [6] http://goo.gl... [7] http://goo.gl...;[8] http://goo.gl...
God Exists

God is order. Without Him, there is chaos. Therefore, we should have no right or wrong. Yet we do. Nobel Prize winner, Richard Feynman once said, "Why nature is mathematical is a mystery...The fact that there are rules at all is a kind of miracle." God is order. He established order in our universe through a complex set of "laws" that dictate how our universe functions. He made a sanctuary, Earth, that exactly meets our needs to survive. This is evidence that there is a god that is omnipotent, omniscient, intelligent creator and ruler of the universe and the source of all moral authority. Therefore, God exists. You may ask "if God is omnipotent, omniscient, intelligent creator and ruler of the universe and the source of all moral authority, how come there sin, death etc.?" God gave us free will. Unfortunately, we have abused this and therefore caused sin, death, etc. Therefore, God exists. If God did not exist, we do not have a purpose. We are simply an accident. Yet everything around us had a beginning and a cause. Therefore, if everything that had a beginning had a cause, then we have a cause. There is more evidence to come. Prepare to be blown away and finally understand that God does exist.
Rap Battle/Poetry

Nice rap I bet you worked on it for a while Not good enough just a deep pile A discolored tile Your rap goes the extra mile You aint got skill Unless you take a pill Go eat a dill Roll down a hill I don't want to see yo face go break you neck' Or I will do it for you like a wood peck I missed a round, cuz I couldn't stand to read it because you know your raps make me vomit this sh*t I think you missed the fact that its the last round now I'm gonna hit you back pound for pound **** where you from, eff yo whole crew I just screwed the bish that just screwed you Outta all your cash, nothin you can do And I stick around like an effin' tattoo Your flow washed up you the washed up crew Guns in the jeep as we pullin up to you We about to do a sweep as we yellin' out Su Wu And yo future looks bleak cuz we bangin' without truce Suicide attack someone go and get the noose As I hear the beat drop I'm about to go loose Smoke blow out the window, call it summer haze Starin' down the barrel bet that you seen better days Tell me what more can I say, I can kill it all day Speed dialed the coroner, got some bodies for ya Blood on the carpet, death in the beat And I keep it G always like I'm straight up off the street Hustle like I need it, flow is ice cold And I'd tell you that I killed it But we already know And I mean it when I say that's the way the story goes Leave the King in the castle ... Deheaded flows Youl Make Me Sigh.. No Good Bars. I Guess Shine Can Face Me, Thank Me. It's A Good Cause. I'll Dismantle You All With Cemantics & Stanzas. This Is A Little Jail, & Mental Hell. Watch Me Back These Plans Up... The First round Was Cheeky, He Responded Weakly So Who's Really Believing In Rap You Are Achieving.? Nas.? More Like T-Boz Or Her Cute Friends. With That Verse I Can Guarantee You Have 2 Chins. Was That The Best You Could Come Up With.? If You Mention Guns, They're The Ones Your Father's Son Uses To Hunt Ducks With Even Wiping Your A** With Money You Wouldn't Buck Sh*t Nobody On This List Got Bars, But All Y'all On That Tough Tip I Got A Scheme, I'll Make Fresh Prints You Keep On Making That Strange Music, You'll Get Your Neck Lynched Hung By The Same Shoestring I Hold The Tech With After That Day Tho, I Hadn't Touched A Tech Since Y'all All Look Like Tech Deck Dudes, Lil Baby Skateboarders Probably Love Lil Wayne, Say He's Trash But Still Support Him You'll Be Right There Crying Along As He's Recording That One round Tho, With The Diss I Can Tell By your Pics, you're Always Pissed. Either Mad At yout Boyfriend For His Man On The Side, Or A Maxi Pad. The Taxi Cab Won't Even Let You Ride. I'd Smash Tho... Right Into A Flagpole. You Have GOT To Be The Only One Here Who Smells Like Azzhole.. I'm Past Dope, This Is Nothing. I Got Mad Flow, Plus I'm Wit Tha Sh*ts. If I Pistol Grip & Trip, You Get Mad Holes Like We Diggin' Sh*t. Idiots, I'm Sorry To Whoop Y'all A** Tho. Y'all All Said Booty Rhymes, Ironically I Spit The Crack Tho.. Eaasy... this was a good game now I move on my raps just exposed that your a con
Rap Battle/Poetry

Wow looks like you went through a change in personality, But come on man face the reality, I'm better than you are when it comes to these , Your raps got me saying "Bsh please". Your rap is all over the place, Like the time I **** in your girls face, This ain't no battle of ones race, While I bring it home you can't make it to base, Yah you missed a round, You got an excuse for that? Now you made a sound, But you can't call it a rap, Your just a sap, A cold hard fact, You took your nap, Now let's bring it back, To the present which is now, Your tone I can't allow, Saying sh]t nobody knows, Come on man your stuff blows, Like your girl and my....bick, She really got me off quick, Your rap makes me sick, Mine are oh so slick, Damn but you went all in, But it'll do you no good I'm still gonna win, This fight ain't over, you just let it begin, And when I'm done they're gonna notify your kin, You've met your fate, It's too late, When you negate, That's just my bait, You don't have the rhymes up to snuff, Come on I've heard enough of your stuff, It sucks, Ain't good enough, A lot of your sh/t doesn't flow, it's too rough, You really want to start the insults eh? When I'm done you'll be saying, "Hey! Cause I can be mean when I write, Because my bark isn't any worse then my bite. That's right, You severely lack insight, While I got the brain, Your getting slain, Feel the pain? Embrace because theirs more, Your insane, Now let's just see whats in store, You are broke, Your just a plain old bloke, I'm the higher power, You just turn milk sour, That's right you suck so much that Dyson called, You look so bad elephant man's appalled, You stink so bad peoples are leaving to mars, When people hear you talk they want you put behind bars. You want more? Better stick her in over drive, This is the end of round four, Now let's see round five.
Rap Battle/Poetry

Let's go Hustle like I"m broke Your **** is just a joke It"s all on me and I bet I never choke I killed your flow with a freestyle You can rap back but it might be while Until I reply, my oh my You lames workin bad bishes twerkin Stack my racks up cuz I"m puttin" work in She popped that ***** til she said it hurtin" I don"t care, treat her like a ho CREAM til the end all a hustler knows Just how it goes, ya I suppose Watch that bish drop straight to floor Flipped that *** over put on fours Here I come, woah bish woah We ride 84s, we tote 44s Talk that ish get your head chopp"d off Yeah I"m out I beast I boss my style is inconceivable the reason for you'r death you'r feeble attempts makes me want to stab you'r flesh take that first step, slice you'r neck and then i fled call nine-one-one, because i left your head for the feds to figure out, that i'm the biggest terror intellect my lyrics are mistaken for national security bomb threats, get on point, my venom is in the water you'r dinkin that's why your manhood is burning when your pissin dismiss the fiction the fact is u should listen to this, i have more hunger for writin than starvin dyslexic kids dont give 2 sh*ts u spit like a b*tch with 2 d*cks under her clit i rip the mic ur shocked from my inmeasurable strikes i murder you twice, ur physical and ur spiritual life you couldent put up a fight good night
Rap Battle/Poetry

You made a gamble, Wanted to ramble, With me, the main brain, Were you insane? Its so lame! We are not the same, You should be ashamed, Trying to make yourself a name? Listen man I make it rain. Yes I am the best, Give this a rest, Like a pest, You infest, Making a mess, Now unless you think you can make a good rhyme, I'll make your boat sink so no sense in trying, You said you were good, now were you lying? Come on boy a stop the crying, Now's the time, to show you got more, Just remember boy you opened the door, I've got more is store, Let's see round four.
Rap Battle/Poetry

Yes I am the king, bsh, Get back in your hole, While I dine with the rich, You shovel my coal. My girl doesn't have a taste for little boys, I'm the man, just go play with your toys, I'm the one they all desire, I'm the one that lights their fire, You want' to give ME advice? Awww how nice, I'm afraid the only thing you know, Is how to make a rhyme that really blows. When I carve with the knife, Brings things back to life, You try to be higher, But you don't light the fire, You don't inspire, Enough with my lady, You ain't no Slim Shady, You don't know sh[t See that chair? Sit! Listen up kid you still think you got this? You rhymes stink like piss, I'm in the Ritz, Keep waving your fists, I'll keep adding on the list, I'll nail you down bud, Your nothing but crud, Your name is mud, I'm the main stud. Alrighty end of round, Of putting your name through the ground, Time to wait and see, What you put in round three.
Rap Battle/Poetry

I understand that you think your the king your castle's your home I'll give your girl a ring kick you offa your throne And as you lie in your moat attempting to stay afloat remember my chatter's a mask and my task is destruction And you'r precious rhyme construction end's with your abduction your ego needs reduction you need some instruction I wonder how a chunk of wood and a knife brings forth life? that's counter-life the only knife your allowed to have in your jail is a butter knife you fail as your rhymes are just one tall tale There is no chance of bail although you can still send mail to your girl though she wont reply because I got her we are even in the process of making a daughter Oh, I'm sorry did that hit a nerve get ready for round three boy you just got served
Rap Battle/Poetry

Well you think your up to the test? Get the heck out of my nest! You arrogant pompous pest, I know your not the best, Because that seat has been taken, My rhymes bring home the bacon, I know your just faking. But come on let's get shaking, I say the length doesn't matter, But your rhymes they all splatter, Like constant squirrel chatter.... And uncontrolled bladder, "Like steak on a grill" Hey at least I'm what's hot, You'll sure get your fill, and pass out on a cot. Yes you are a newbie, Obvious is such, I'll make you scurry up a tree, Or I'll eat you for lunch. For I am the better poet here, and I make this so clear, Filling my opponents with fear, Like a wolf pack to a deer. Yes your style makes things die, Because it's so dry, While mine brings forth life, Like a chunk of wood and a knife... I bring out the beauty in something so bleak, While you bring forth nothing your rhymes are so weak, You should try to stay humble, smaller, meek, Cause I can beat your rhymes any day of the week. I don't think you even know how to rap, Your a lost cause and your not on the map, Because all you are is a bloody young sap, Go take a hike, go on, run a lap. You want something longer? Hey look at my....feet, At debating I'm stronger, Just take a seat, That's right your dead meat, I'll turn you into a little treat, Feed you to my parakeet, Cause I know how to beat. and standards? you don't meet. For round two this is all I'll write, Let's see you make a fight, I await to see what you'll do, When you post your round two.
Rap Battle/Poetry

I"ve wanted to do one of these for a while But I"ve sat and observed my opponent's style He"s sent the challenge and i'm up to the test Now let"s see which one of us is the best Serious debates, don"t make me laugh Your best lines don"t even make up a paragraph You think you"ve got skill but you're making me ill I"ll cook you up like my steak on a grill I know that I"m the newbie But I hope you agree That ain't nobody here be better than me I understand you briannj to the highest degree if you put my style in water you"ll get the dead sea You may think I"m a rookie here sit down have a cookie While I make your home a ghost town I don"t clown around here when I rap I write better than you while drinking a frappe don't even try to scrape me I'll up and slap ye don"t even try to mask it I"ll cap thee lay you in a casket before you can flee I'm the king of debating And I'm hereby fating you lose you will do now I sit here and wait for round two!
Rap Battle/Poetry

Serious debating always is the best, However there is a thing to say about all the rest, Like rap battles that we don't see enough, Where people really show that they're tough. I like my opponent to start with a bang, Something to make us all say "Dang! " Because they're going to have to give it their all, Otherwise I will make sure that they fall. I usually have rules, So all the ignorant fools, Will not make stupid claims, There are quite a list of names But let's go all out right here, Fill each others hearts with fear, An all out match is what I need, and on your defeat I will feed.
Using elo and age ristrictions to spam debate's

The tactic used by some individuals is a way to weed out the kids, The 14 year olds and the immature debaters who only come on here to debate silly debates like Pok"mon, Beyblade issues or just retarded debates. Some individuals just want a serious debate which is almost impossible to have on DDO. The age restriction and elo gives you a chance to restrict and save time from immature babies to accepting debates. There are also a lot of debaters who forfeit, Quit or just walk away from a debate by round 2 or 3 while the other person posts a lot of info, Research an pours their time into a debate only to be trolled or have their debate forfeited. Therefore the age restriction and elo is a great way to weed out those people from your debates