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THE NWE ENGLAND PATRIOTS ARE BATTER THAN THE SAN DIEGO CHARGERS!

"First of all, the patriots have one 4 superbowls in the entire history of the NFL.", the Patriots have won 3 super bowls, not four, so you my friend, are lieing about that point. "the chargers havent won a single superbowl.", Chargers have not won one. "and also, the patriots went undefeated for almost the whole year (14-0 the season and 3-1 the post season).", 16-0 season, with a 3-1 post-season "and they also have one of the best quarterbacks in the league, tom brady! Prove me wrong." Now onto your my case, you say that the patriots are batter, than the Chargers, but I will prove you wrong with this. What he fails to realize, is their is no evidence saying that any patriots like bats. So, they are not batter. Also, the chargers are bolts, which can be seen as frequency waves, bats use these waves to fly and find food and other parts of life, sao the chargers are batter than the patriots. So in conclusion, my opponent gave wrong information, thus anything he says cannot be possibly true and I win. Also The chargers are 100 miles away from six flags, the patriots are 156 miles away from six flags and unfortunatly, the New England six flags does not have a batman ride, so they are not batter. Please voter neg
THE NWE ENGLAND PATRIOTS ARE BATTER THAN THE SAN DIEGO CHARGERS!

First of all, the patriots have one 4 superbowls in the entire history of the NFL. the chargers havent won a single superbowl. and also, the patriots went undefeated for almost the whole year (14-0 the season and 3-1 the post season). and they also have one of the best quarterbacks in the league, tom brady! Prove me wrong.
Racists are cowards

The debate was inspired by drive-by racial debate topics, however, the statement is still strong. Racism is the reaction to the fear. To prove racial superiority would not racists, only objectively a truth. A Racists operates as if one race is better than another - fearful that his own race is under attack. The perceived danger is exaggerated through stereotyping. All <race> behave like <this>. When pushed to move from comfortable anecdotal evidence, or examine how differences are not necessarily proof of superiority, it’s common and comfortable to retreat into the homology of their own racial group. Racists are cowards.
The whole bees script except I can't fit it all in the argument

Foolish Samurai Warrior! Let the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the floooooor Beaten why for (why for)Can't take much moreHere we go!Here we go!Here we go!One - Nothing wrong with meTwo - Nothing wrong with meThree - Nothing wrong with meFour - Nothing wrong with meOne - Something's got to giveTwo - Something's got to giveThree - Something's got to giveNowLet the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the flooooorLet the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the flooooorNow!Push me againThis is the endHere we go!Here we go!Here we go!One - Nothing wrong with meTwo - Nothing wrong with meThree - Nothing wrong with meFour - Nothing wrong with meOne - Something's got to giveTwo - Something's got to giveThree - Something's got to giveNowLet the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the flooooorLet the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the floorSkin against skin blood and boneYou're all by yourself but you're not aloneYou wanted in now you're hereDriven by hate consumed by fearLet the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the floooooooorOne - Nothing wrong with meTwo - Nothing wrong with meThree - Nothing wrong with meFour - Nothing wrong with meOne - Something's got to giveTwo - Something's got to giveThree - Something's got to giveNowLet the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the flooooorLet the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the floorLet the bodies hit the floor
The whole bees script except I can't fit it all in the argument

We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so do I A full commitment's what I'm thinking of You wouldn't get this from any other guy I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching, but You're too shy to say it Inside, we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it And if you ask me how I'm feeling Don't tell me you're too blind to see Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you (Ooh, give you up) (Ooh, give you up) Never gonna give, never gonna give (Give you up) Never gonna give, never gonna give (Give you up) We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching, but You're too shy to say it Inside, we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
The whole bees script except I can't fit it all in the argument

You make quite the case, but I can disprove that easily. Watch this! I'm tired of being what you want me to beFeeling so faithless, lost under the surfaceDon't know what you're expecting of mePut under the pressure of walking in your shoes(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)Every step that I take is another mistake to you(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)[Chorus:]I've become so numb, I can't feel you thereBecome so tired, so much more awareI'm becoming this, all I want to doIs be more like me and be less like youCan't you see that you're smothering me,Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control?'Cause everything that you thought I would beHas fallen apart right in front of you.(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)Every step that I take is another mistake to you.(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)And every second I waste is more than I can take.[Chorus:]I've become so numb, I can't feel you there,Become so tired, so much more awareI'm becoming this, all I want to doIs be more like me and be less like you.And I knowI may end up failing too.But I knowYou were just like me with someone disappointed in you.[Chorus:]I've become so numb, I can't feel you there,Become so tired, so much more aware.I'm becoming this, all I want to doIs be more like me and be less like you.[Chorus:]I've become so numb, I can't feel you there.(I'm tired of being what you want me to be)I've become so numb, I can't feel you there.(I'm tired of being what you want me to be)
The whole bees script except I can't fit it all in the argument

Ah, quite enlightening. Now, for my rebuttle. How can you see into my eyes, like open doors Leading you down into my core Where I've become so numb, Without a soul My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold Until you find it there and lead it back Home Wake me up, wake me up inside, I can't wake up, Wake me up inside, save me, Call my name and save me from the dark, wake me up Bid my blood to run, I can't wake up Before I come undone, save me Save me from the nothing I've become Now that I know what I'm without You can't just leave me Breathe into me and make me real, bring me To life Wake me up, wake me up inside I can't wake up, wake me up inside, save me, call my name and save me from the dark, wake me up Bid my blood to run, I can't wake up Before I come undone, save me Save me"
The whole bees script except I can't fit it all in the argument

Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb In the shape of an "L" on her forehead Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running Didn't make sense not to live for fun Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb So much to do, so much to see So what's wrong with taking the back streets? You'll never know if you don't go You'll never shine if you don't glow [Chorus:] Hey, now, you're an All Star, get your game on, go play Hey, now, you're a Rock Star, get the show on, get paid And all that glitters is gold Only shooting stars break the mold It's a cool place and they say it gets colder You're bundled up now wait 'til you get older But the meteor men beg to differ Judging by the hole in the satellite picture The ice we skate is getting pretty thin The water's getting warm so you might as well swim My world's on fire. How about yours? That's the way I like it and I'll never get bored. [Chorus 2x] Somebody once asked could I spare some change for gas I need to get myself away from this place I said yep, what a concept I could use a little fuel myself And we could all use a little change Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running Didn't make sense not to live for fun Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb So much to do, so much to see So what's wrong with taking the back streets? You'll never know if you don't go You'll never shine if you don't glow. [Chorus] And all that glitters is gold Only shooting stars break the mold
Harry Potter is better than the Twilight saga.

Riversidegirl4life, I find it quite amazing that a 14 year old girl can sustain such a quality argument; you are an amazing credit to yourself. I’m going to be brutally honest: I despise Twilight. Not only is it a poorly written series, but the underlying messages are awful and prey on the often vulnerable teenage mind. Before this debate began, I had never read any Twilight novels. At this very moment, I have not read the whole series, but have been bitterly disappointed with what I’ve read so far. Stephanie Meyer did not intend any of the characters to be weak so as to convey a message, on the stark contrary, her “dream based” series was based on normal circumstances; Meyer whole-heartedly believes that girls act like Bella and require men in their lives. I fathom this is due to her Mormon background (which teaches such gender roles). I tried to argue for Twilight purely to see if there was an argument for Twilight being better than Harry Potter. What I’ve concluded, is that both have different agendas. However, relative to literary merits, Twilight is horribly incompetent. Some examples: there is an overwhelming repetition of words (“scowl”, “grimaced” and “perfect” caught my eye more than they should have), some of the lesser characters are merely plot devices (Sue Clearwater gets killed off in New Moon because she is no longer required to aid the plot) and Twilight, indisputably, is superficial. Bella only likes the creatures (Jacob and Edward) for their beauty, and the creatures only like Bella for her beauty. According, true love is only skin deep. Conversely, Harry Potter teaches about friendship and, at least in my opinion, has better morals to Twilight. You gave a brilliant example: as Sirius Black says, "We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are”. Ultimately, there is no argument for not only Twilight being better than Harry Potter, but Twilight being reasonable literature too. Sure, Twilight explores teenage love angst, but it does so in a superficial and ineffective method. It seems, unfortunately, that Twilight has had success due to its mediocrity. There is no brilliant satire within her work (Meyer did not make the characters intentionally weak in a display of ingenious satire; always ask for a source or quote – this is a lie that I made up). You let me get away with that (which was the only premise I could construct any argument upon), but I’ve had my fun and willing to admit defeat. Anyone who argues that the Twilight series contains superior work to that of the Harry Potter series is either mentally dishonest or mentally deficient.
Harry Potter is better than the Twilight saga.

“An attack” on the other series is necessary to demonstrate a lacking of substance/quality (or whatever lacking there is). Of course, if you disagree with any of this then I urge you to present other methods of determining which series is better. “but having more weak characters than strong ones just gives you the impression that the weak ones were intended to be good. This is true in Stephanie Meyer's case, as she describes Edward as chivalrous and the perfect boyfriend” Have you ever considered Myer’s “perfect boyfriend” a mockery of the concept ‘the perfect boyfriend’? Also, is “perfect boyfriend” a direct quote, or have you deduced this with your own subjective interpretation? “obviously weak characters make the book- but when the "strong character" is actually extremely weak- there's something wrong. ” Again, Edward is portrayed like that in order to demonstrate a point: there is no perfect boyfriend. As “strong” as he is, he is just as weak. Edward’s existence is satire of the “perfect boyfriend”. “I fully agree that protecting someone does not make them unequal, but when Bella never protects herself and she is constantly protected by either Edward or his family, it does seem a little sexist and unequal. ” While Bella seems to be weaker than most female characters, she is required to be weak in order for Edward to be “strong” for her. Her ‘weakness’ is merely a clever plot device, and is again satire mocking the perception that all women need men in order to be safe. The relationships are poor and flawed because that was the intention of Myer’s: to show that the ‘dream relationship’ is not so as a boyfriend can not be perfect even when a girl is horribly weak. I wish to retract my argument about “Hermione never getting into trouble for being stubborn”, seeing as you have unquestionably demolished my argument. Twilight campaigns against promiscuity Twilight brings up the serious issue of ‘sex before marriage’. Edward is adamant on waiting, so Bella and Edward do wait until they marry. It is an excellent message to teens everywhere: it’s okay to say no and wait for/with for that special person. To be honest, I’m not sure if Harry Potter addresses this issue, but I don’t remember reading about it. Sparkling vampires was an innovation Meyer came up with the idea to make vampires sparkle, giving them a new dimension. The sparkling skin as being “alluring” -- It’s supposed to enchant their prey and draw them in. This idea is not copied from anywhere else and is totally unique to the Twilight series. Conversely, Harry Potter has wizards, witches, wands, giant spiders and an array of other things that have all been done before. Twilight is one of the few series designed for females By default, most fictitious novels/series are will cater to a male audience. Taking a harder route (writing for females) shows that Meyer has the skill and courage to devote her work to a less known audience. Because the work was harder to produce, in a sense, the Twilight series is better than the Harry Potter series.
Harry Potter is better than the Twilight saga.

I accept and submit to all rules. My only request of my opponent is to clarify the use of the term "better". In what sense and to what degree are we going to argue why either series is "better" than the other? An example to demonstrate my concern: say I argue (hypothetically) that the Twilight Series has a higher grossing than the Harry Potter Series, therefore the Twilight series is better than the Harry Potter one. However, you rebut with semantics by saying that "better", in actuality, refers to superior quality in writing. So, before you initiate the argument, I ask that you define the word "better" that we will be arguing with.
Harry Potter is better than the Twilight saga.

These are the rules: 1. Debators cannot make empty opinions, such as "twilight is better because it is awesome and harry potter sucks". Although, backed up opinions are encouraged, such as "I think Harry Potter is better than twilight because it has a wider age range". 2. This debate is about the books and NOT THE MOVIES! This makes arguments such as "the special effects are better" invalid, and therefore any arguments relating to the actors or film writers are irrelevant and invalid. 3. Proper grammar and spelling should be used. 4. Please back up arguments with quotes from the book, or just very well explained arguments. For example, a comment such as "Harry Potter is innapropriate because Voldemort gets turned on by torturing people! " is invalid, as this is not at any point during the books, mentioned. Thanks, please accept! !
Is being "Offended" bullsh!t

Let's say hypothetically I made a game that involved sluts stripping, killing an excessive amount of people for fun, and you could also kidnap and rape people. you know what f*ck it I make a kid's game where you're at a beach and there was a bunch of skinny, sexy girls in bikinis, and they were in the background. 5 minutes after the release batsh!t insane parents would say "This corrupted my kid!" , or "This offends me!". And it would be banned in less than a week. Like if someone would say the N-Word or someone says "Bitch make a sandwich" people would would complain until it was banned because it was "Offensive". I honestly am sick of it don't people have something better to do?
Reality is a computer simulation

My opponent has done well to provide a reason why such a virtual reality might exist in theory. He says, however, that it is possible for all of reality, as we know it, to not only be stored and computed in a system but also updated at the speed of light. Any person with a simple knowledge of virtual reality systems and/or basic science will know that is wrong. Virtual reality simulations use tricks to mimic reality, but if you try creating an atomic bomb in virtual reality you will fail. His case is flawed because he fails to take into account the scientific observations of the last 200 years. The number of atoms in the universe is at least 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 [1] (I am sure that has the right number of zeros). There are many studies I could cite telling us that there are more, but let us settle on this. Each occupies a position in one of at least 870368613000000000000000000000000000000 picometers, across the three dimensions, but the precision must be more than that [2]. Each is made up of many subatomic particles that must all be updated too – I will guess an average of 4. Each must also have the constants of speed and spin attached. Factoring all this in, your computer needs at least 2.611105839 to the power of 63 bits of memory (but again, probably more). That is 2.611105839 to the power of 38 times the size of a yottabyte, which is the largest memory storage unit we even have a name for yet. It needs a hard-drive read speed, well - it is a number so large that my computer refuses to calculate it. The point is that electricity does not move at this speed. The size of the memory required is too large for each unit to be read and updated at the speed of light. And let us not even talk about the complicated math involved in performing subatomic calculation on every single one of these particles. The universe has existed for 13750000000 years [3]. To power such an instrument would require more electricity than there is in the universe. Why? Because electricity comes from electrical charges in atoms! If my opponent would like to prove me wrong he must first show how his assertion that "imagine that father down the line from where we are today super computers exist that can support ... Realities so real that perfectly mirror the real world" can possibly be true. It is impossible for us to build such a machine. My opponent even asserts the possibility of building two of these machines. I would like to invite my opponent to try! But he also commits another logical fallacy at the end. If there are three universes (one real, two simulated), then that does not mean there is a one in three chance I live in each of them. No, it means there is a 100 percent chance I live in one of them. His claims are scientifically unfounded and based on faulty logic. Therefore he is making an "outlandish claim", and therefore his case falls. I'd like to see my opponent try to rescue his case, but I suspect it will be too little, too late. [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org... [2] - http://en.wikipedia.org... [3] - http://en.wikipedia.org...
Reality is a computer simulation

Thank you for accepting my topic and I apologize for my delayed response. I appreciate your additions and I believe that they will add to the debate. I would like to first start by saying to the reader that to live in a computer simulation is not an outlandish claim. If time is thought of not was we perceive it but as is seen in a timeline imagine that father down the line from where we are today super computers exist that can support virtual realities far beyond what we can imagine today. Realities so real that perfectly mirror the real world. Now imagine using those "realities" to observe human behavior or to see what may have happened had Hitler won WWII. The possibilities would be endless and in no doubt people would create these realities for people, like us, to inhabit and to learn from. If they made more two of these realities then there would be a two in three chance that your reality is a simulated one.
Reality is a computer simulation

I accept your challenge! For this first round, I'm just going to put forward some extra definitions, because I think the onus is on the PRO side to provide some sort of evidence for their claim. I think prima face reality is not a computer simulation, so unless PRO can provide some really good reason why reality IS a computer simulation, the debate falls to my side of the house. I'm going to define reality as being that which actually exists, as opposed to what is being percieved (this is consistent with the definition given in my Shorter Oxford English Dictionary). PRO presumably argues that our perception of reality is false, not reality itself, because it is being controlled by a simulation. I on team CON will take the viewpoint that perception and reality are either alike or not being controlled by a computer. I'm going to define a computer as being any programmable electronic instrument, probably the broadest possible definition. A simulation is an approximation of an external system. I don't think these definitions have much bearing on the debate, however. Let the real argumentation begin!!!
My oppenent doesn't care as much for me as I care for him

Ugh. Fine. I un-forfeit for the sake of keeping the round going. I love my opponent more because I have told him the whole truth about all of me. I know wholy and completely the feeling of falling in and out of love and just what it's like when you can't walk away. I can't walk away. I love him. For everything. For his perfections and imperfections. Even though he gets under my skin sometimes it just makes me love him more because I realize that the times when things aren't so amazing just make me appreciate more the times that are amazing. I want to be with him when we're both all old and ugly and wrinkly. XP And while people can say young love is immature and immoral, I don't believe it. Nothing that feels this right could ever be wrong