BeIR/webis-touche2020 huggingface dataset:
We're Not Helping The Planet, No Matter How Hard We Try

If your argument is that Earth is the odd one out, and is, metaphorically, the kid in class that works at a slower pace, how do you know Earth is the slowest? Earth has areas that contain similar landscapes to that of other planets, but is hospitable for life as well. The main point of the topic is our pathetic attempt to right our wrongs by turning off light-bulbs when we leave the room. My point is, what we say is helping, isn't helping. As for the panda, bamboo is being tried for fuel usage. We understand we may not save the panda, and are attempting to control the bamboo overgrowth through using it as fuel or otherwise.
We're Not Helping The Planet, No Matter How Hard We Try

My opponent fails to understand that the panda devours bamboo and keeping it from being extinct is a great way to ensure bamboo doesn't over-populate the Earth. Bamboo grows meters per day at times, and is a very tough and hard plant to wipe out by any natural means. This planet is being helped to gradually wipe out all its life, rather than jus tone species at a time, which would mean the prey of predators can then overpopulate and live which is bad. Mercury is lifeless, Venus is lifeless, Mars is supposedly lifeless (although deemed to have not been in the past) and so are all other planets. Earth is like the kid in the class of planets that everyone knows is too slow to keep up with the course but just lets it be because bullying something so helpless just feels wrong and would be a waste of energy since the Sun (teacher)'s gravitational pull (discipline) is too powerful to resist the force of. The Earth is trying to be a rebel and not be lifeless and humans are helping it on its way gradually and strategically.
We're Not Helping The Planet, No Matter How Hard We Try

In my previous argument, I carelessly forgot to specify that the planet I am referring to is Earth. Though it is implied, I apologize. Though I do think we have definitely caused significant damage, and we may not be able to much about it, I do not believe it is a lost cause. As stated before, this planet does not need us. We cannot help it, nor can we harm it. An excellent example is the panda. We feel the need to extend its species time on this Earth. We are merely ignorant, and cannot realize that species are born to become extinct. The only reason we strive to keep them alive is because we like them. If it were an animal of nuisance, we would help exterminate it. We do not help nature, we do not help the planet. We can only make the planet more suitable for our needs while we still reside on it.
We're Not Helping The Planet, No Matter How Hard We Try

My opponent would tell you that we are not helping the planet, no matter how hard we try. "The planet" that my opponent is referring to is identified to be "this Earth". Now if you read through my opponent's argument in Round 1 what you will find is that he/she/it lists a variety of ways in which we are helping the planet to increase its atmospheric temperature and become barren and inhospitable for any and all life forms. This opponent of mine would also have you believe that it is a hindrance to the planet to foster widespread global warming and deforestation but it is the very opposite. the planet was previously going to last far longer in the healthy, natural state that it once was but thanks to our help and the gradual determination with which we have tirelessly given our blood, sweat and tears to help this planet on its journey to lifelessness that all of its rival sin the universe have achieved long ago, we have finally helped it.
We're Not Helping The Planet, No Matter How Hard We Try

Though we can turn to more environmentally friendly ways of living our lifestyle, we cannot save the planet. We, to this planet, are merely a bad case of termites in a tree. We can destroy it, but it will rebuild. Even if we damage this metaphorical tree to the state of decay, it will help revitalize a tree that will grow in its place. Far after our species is extinct, all of our buildings will be gone. Our streets, our creations, everything that we made will be used as fertilizer for the planet. We can build this illusion that we are helping the planet, but we need it more than it needs us. It does not need us. We are a mere hindrance. Earth will rebuild, but it must eliminate the problem first. After we have destroyed the surface of this Earth, it will counter act, and eliminate the minor threat. Us.
abortionist tiller should have been shot, prolife folks should agree

Ok I give up on this debate so I'm just going to say this. He does not deserve to get shot. He deserves to be tortured. Being shot is to quick and painless. He should have been hung naked in a gay pride parade. He should have been shot in the balls and killed with a knife or scissors stabbed through his skull like he did to all those children. I hope he rots in hell.
abortionist tiller should have been shot, prolife folks should agree

I agree he deserves death for what he was doing. But going up to him and shooting him makes you no better. There are ways to deal with people like this. We should be doing this in the right way by not revenge, but for justice. There is a difference. What were the reasons the law was not dealing with this? Was there a reason? Also cutting his arms off would be torture and that would not be right. I'm going to do more research on this guy before I comment again lol. Off topic but who was his killer?
abortionist tiller should have been shot, prolife folks should agree

yes i mean literally shot. this should be a given. how else deal with him? law and poltics werent working. no one would stand by and let people kill two year olds if legal etc... how is that different? cut his arms off or put him in a cage r? what are u suggesting? even tiller's killer thought of stuff like that but decided to kill him. it's the only sure ay to stop him.
Immigrants should not be allowed to Europe

It is definitely not so that every Syrian refugee has fled to a 1st world country as you are claiming. As I already stated, a total of 4.8 million people have fled from Syria and only 627.000 of those (13% of the total) have risked their lives and their lives of their children to make the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea. In other words, 87% of all the Syrian refugees have chosen to go to some other Islam country. Additionally, even if their main reason to come to Europe is because they want a perfect life with money and easy education, can you really blame them for that? I don't have any children myself but if I did have children, then I would want for them to have the best life that I can provide and if I had to raise them in conditions that the Syrian refugees find themselves in, then I too would risk my life to move to Europe where a much better life can be made. This is not abnormal or wrong, far from it, it is a very human sentiment that I dare say is shared by the majority of people in the world. Whereas the New Years eve in Germany is concerned, you were talking about immigrants who were raping natives and guess what, not a single native woman or girl was raped at that occasion though it is quite clear that there were a lot of immigrants who ought to learn to have respect for the opposite sex. One thing is certain though, they will not be learning it from us because we seem to have as much respect for them as they have for woman. Additionally, the figures that you provided... the problem that I have with those figures is that they are too one-sided and incomplete to have any comparative value. To explain, the figures say that a certain percentage of Muslims have extreme opinions, but because there are no percentages given on how non-Muslims feel, there is no base for comparison and therefore no way to determine whether those Muslim percentages are above or below the average. This is a shame really, I for one would really like to know how the non-Muslims feel about those subjects. And last but not least, your statement that they do not belong in Europe but in some other Muslim country. The thing is, in Europe we have freedom of religion which means that everyone has the right to follow the religion of their choosing. To take away that right is to take away a fundamental freedom and to deny people entrance into Europe because of the religion that they have, well.... that would smell very badly to say the least.
Immigrants should not be allowed to Europe

But the thing is that they are only going in 1st world countries and want perfect life with money and easy education. While some countries in Europe don't have that things. Why don't they go to some other Islam country and continue living there. But NO they don't want to be peasants,they want to be highest people in highest positions. And didn't you see that New Years eve in Germany?My family was running away for theirs life while these immigrants can go to much closer countries but they don't want to. Some facts about Muslim people: ICM Poll: 20% of British Muslims sympathize with 7/7 bombers NOP Research: 1 in 4 British Muslims say 7/7 bombings were justified Channel Four (2006): 31% of younger British Muslims say 7/7 bombings were justified compared to 14% of those over 45. People-Press: 31% of Turks support suicide attacks against Westerners in Iraq. YNet: One third of Palestinians (32%) supported the slaughter of a Jewish family, including the children World Public Opinion: 83% of Egyptians approve of attacks on American troops. 26% of Indonesians approve of attacks on American troops. 26% of Pakistanis approve of attacks on American troops. 68% of Moroccans approve of attacks on American troops. 90% of Palestinians approve of attacks on American troops. 72% of Jordanians approve of attacks on American troops. 52% of Turks approve of some or most groups that attack Americans (39% oppose) World Public Opinion (2009): 30% of Palestinians support attacks on American civilians working in Muslim countries. 24% support the murder of Americans on U.S. soil. Only 74% of Turks and 55% of Pakistanis disapprove of terror attacks against civilians on U.S. soil. 16% of young Muslims in Belgium state terrorism is "acceptable" Pew Research (2007): 26% of younger Muslims in America believe suicide bombings are justified. 35% of young Muslims in Britain believe suicide bombings are justified (24% overall). 42% of young Muslims in France believe suicide bombings are justified (35% overall). 22% of young Muslims in Germany believe suicide bombings are justified.(13% overall). 29% of young Muslims in Spain believe suicide bombings are justified.(25% overall). al-Jazeera (2006): 49.9% of Muslims polled support Osama bin Laden etc,etc... This says that even if there are some good people that are muslims they seem to support terrorism. And I live in city where some immigrants live and they attacked many people cause of "protesting" They don't belong in Europe!!!They belong in some other muslim country.
Immigrants should not be allowed to Europe

The UN special envoy for Syria estimated that 400,000 people have been killed throughout the past five years of civil war. To escape the fighting, 4.8 million people fled Syria and became refugees. Of these, about 627.000 have risked their lives and their lives of their children by making the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea that has already caused so many deaths. You can of coarse ask yourself why anyone would make such a dangerous journey and personally I wouldn't be surprised at all if some of them do it for the wrong reasons, but the fact remains; they are refugees, they have no homes and nowhere else to go to, and their children are children and deserve to be children and to grow up without the constant fear. The only problem about this is, its inconvenient. They bother us with their presence and saddle us with a problem by becoming our problem and that's a problem. So what do we do? We point a finger and call them "rapists" and "terrorists" and by doing so, create a stigma that condemns them no matter whether they are guilty of something or not and by doing so, allows us to turn our backs on them, to no longer be bothered by them, and to justify closing our borders to them. Problem solved... if not for the fact that it is all based on a lie! Let's take the "they are all terrorists" argument; of the 627.000 people who fled from Syria to Europe, how many have actually taken part in a terrorist attack on European soil? I imagine that that number is very very low, no more than fifty at most which is even less than 0.001% of the total number of Syrian refugees in Europe. Is it right to condemn 126.000 people for the crime of single individual? If so, then there is going to be a whole lot of condemnation to go around and there will not be a single person anywhere who is not guilty of anything simply because of the group that he belongs to, whether he wants to belong to that group or not.
Immigrants should not be allowed to Europe

I live in a country that was made by war,destroyed by war,reformed by war and is a nationalist country(Serbia).In the war of Yugoslavia Serbia was fighting against Bosnia and Croatia and of course civilians were harmed and killed. My family was living in Croatia but were Serbs. There was about 800 000 Serbs in Croatia. When war started my family had to run for theirs life's because Croatians were like shooting at the house,started throwing grenades in ours backyard and other stuff. We had to change house with Croatian from Serbia. He had small house for like 4 people max to live in and we had huge house that had 2 flours. We had to if we wanted to be alive. And there was no thinking about future and how we should go to some rich country. So we just moved to Serbia in a small house wit no money. And that did 600 000 Serbs as well. But now when some muslim immigrants are running away they don't want to go in some 3rd world country.My father had to fight in the war.These are not real immigrants...And they area raping and doing other stuff in countries that let them in.
Immigrants should not be allowed to Europe

The thing the almost everyone seems to forget is that "immigrants", "asylum seekers", and "refugees" and all "people" with human feelings, desires and dreams who all know what it is to love, to cry, to laugh and who are there for in no way "more" or "less" than anyone else. Some of them are smart, some of them are average, and some of them are dumb just like anyone else from any group from any country. Why should they have less rights on having a good life than those who happened to have been born on the right side of a border? Why should they have less value as people or have less rights? Why should their children not be allowed to grow up in a save country?
to be consistent, a bible christian from today living in old testament times, should stone people

con seems to miss the point. would you stone people if you lived in OT times as hthe bible requires? i would argue yes, if you are a bible christian. most just say no and can't give any reasons why that's teh proper response. perhaps you just didn't realize that jews were the predecessers to christians. jesus was a jew. jesus even said at one point, though i personally find reason to distrust what mean exactly said, that God said stoning was to occur in OT days. i'm not arguing that christians should stone people now tfrom a consistency point of view. it's hard to determine why con is making his points and not addressing the heart of the deabte, so i'm giving a few possible responses to thinkgs that could be concluded from what h's said.
to be consistent, a bible christian from today living in old testament times, should stone people

If you had any theological knowledge you would know that the people stoning christian were actually Jews. As more and more people became christian, the Jewish people, and the Pharisees in particular became scared that they're power would be taken away. You would also know the story of Jesus and that when he died, many changes took place within the Roman empire and middle eastern areas. Due to the mass of new Christians at the time.
to be consistent, a bible christian from today living in old testament times, should stone people

it seems that con might continue to not understand the debate. this i a hypothetical debate. it's not about stoning people nowadays. it's what woud you do if you lived in jewish days? the old testament has verses taht the "the LORD said to stone xYz"... the book of matthew has jesus as saying "God said to stone.. xyz" in reference to OTestament. it's a command from God. you live in the old testament times. aren't yu obligated to stone people?
to be consistent, a bible christian from today living in old testament times, should stone people

You had some nice points there but please,next time check you spelling. It can make reading your argument a strenuous activity. I would like to point out some irreverent part in your text, where you are targeting my arguments and no the debate. In your first paragraph you are complaining that i did not understand the point, then you give reason for why i might not understands, from that you state you view again: "i'm not arguing that Christians should stone people now from a consistency point of view."(I corrected your spelling mistakes) Then you admit to summarising my argument. Please next time focus on the issue at hand, and never summarise your opponents argument. I would like to restate the original question: "To be consistent, a bible Christian from today living in old testament times, should stone people". My answer is no. I have yet to see any evidence to support any modern day Christians stoning people or putting them to death. Although all religions and organisations have done bad things. But as a modern day Christian i believe it is not up to us to judge whether people deserve to die, its up to God. I would like to point out as said before, Jewish and Christians are two different religions. I like to think that although Christianity is based around Jewish religion, it is very different in that we have been saved through Jesus. My apologies but i have run out of time for this argument and i must leave.
Gay Marriage

I'll be honest, that last part there really got me. "But when you finally hold your partners hand and say, "I do", it will be the happiest moment of your life. And you'll know, that God has at least a little faith in you, because you were lucky enough to get married to the love of your life. It's as simple as that." Mainly because I thought of the girl I currently like. I don't think gays are huge mistakes. No one is a mistake. That is degrading to a human, to be called a mistake. I think gays are living in sin, but it can be changed. But I am no better than any gay person ever, because I too have sinned. I sin (unfortunately) all the time. Now of course I try to prevent it but that is not my point. I just think being gay is a sin, and that by gays getting married, it is ruining the man with wife bondage marriage is and I guess was. I'm Christian and we have slightly different beliefs. We believe in the same God, but I believe in the Messiah, you do not. As I mentioned earlier, "Jesus says that the most important commandment was to love the Lord with all you heart, with all your soul and with all your mind. He then says that the next equally greatest commandment is to love your neighbors as yourself." So I try to show love to anyone, including gays. Thank you for debating with me respectfully.
Gay Marriage

This is the last round, am I wrong? So I'll conclude it all with this: I'm Jewish, and we have slightly different beliefs. A little while ago a class of eager young Jews sat eagerly in their seats listening to our teacher. She was a very wise teacher who had taught Jewish classes for a while. And that was her first year teaching sixth grade, she had always taught Jewish values and other Jewish stuff. One of the quotes I remembered clearly was, "God will give us whatever we want, as long as we don't screw up." Well, I'm not a movie star or a millionaire right now, so that quotes either completely incorrect, or I've screwed up at some point in my life. And I trust my sixth grade Hebrew school teacher. She was, and still is, an inspiring person. So I think I've screwed up. No, I'm not talking about big screwing up. I haven't committed genocide or anything bad like that. But I've made my mistakes, and everyone has. I've done some things against the commandments, but (mostly) everyone has. Consciously or not. I'm not dead. I have a family and a pretty good life. Nothing horrible has happened to me, even if I have "screwed up". But this isn't about me. To you, and many other concerned citizens, gay people have screwed up. Not tiny mistakes like I've made, but to you guys, they are huge mistakes. And I understand. But nothing bad has happened to them. Nothing that wouldn't happen to the average person. I'm not saying it's an easy path. There are bullies. There are abusers. There are people who, unlike you, go screaming "GAYS GO BURN IN HELL!" and other people against them. But when you finally hold your partners hand and say, "I do", it will be the happiest moment of your life. And you'll know, that God has at least a little faith in you, because you were lucky enough to get married to the love of your life. It's as simple as that.
Gay Marriage

God will always be by everyone's side. But that is not the point of this argument. You said that there are pictures online of huge weddings when a state has finally legalized being gay. You say the couples look happy. You then said that since they are happy, God must be happy. That is wrong and incorrect conclusion. A man who goes to a strip club may be happy, but that does not make God happy. Just because you are happy, it does not automatically make God happy. You mentioned, "God may have not wanted "A man to sleep with a man as they would with a woman". " Which is true, God is against homosexuality. You then go on to say that above all God wants us to be happy. That is not true. Jesus says that the most important commandment was to love the Lord with all you heart, with all your soul and with all your mind. He then says that the next equally greatest commandment is to love your neighbors as yourself. Sure happiness is great, but to be happy because of your living in sin, is not what God wants.
Gay Marriage

I understand that you believe being gay or lesbian is a sin, according to the bible. I am just pointing out, that from what I know by my sisters, brother, parents, and friends, I know that love can sometimes seem to defy all. If they really love them, they'll know that God is on their side no matter who they love. There are pictures online of huge weddings when a state has finally legalized being gay. If you look at them, all the couples are so happy, there are smiles on their faces, and the skies are blue. They are happy, God is happy. Again, I am going to point out that God may have not wanted "A man to sleep with a man as they would with a woman". And I understand. But I know that above all laws that are mentioned in the bible, He wanted us to be happy. And if you look at the pictures, they are happy indeed.