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Political debate on this nation's most sweeping issues

Well, I will now elaborate on some positions Affirmative Action-I do not think certain services should be required to establish a quota of a certain races, but I do think impoverished families and communities should get a step up. Cannabis-Legalize and sell it, but put an age requirement on it. Abortion-Only done in cases to save the mother's or child's life. Strict gun regulations-Only on handguns Gay rights-I'm only con cause I do not recognize marriage as a right, but I am pro Gay-marriage. Media-The worldwide media has a positive effect on the world. Raising taxes-It should only apply to certain groups.
Political debate on this nation's most sweeping issues

I have no idea what we are doing but I'm willing to give it a shot I will use round one to state my positions and then round two to elaborate on them if the pro wishes. Affirmative actions: Pro(up to a certain point) Legalized Cannabis: Pro(with exceptions) Media: Pro Abortion: Pro(in some cases) Social Safety Net: Con Strict gun regulations: Con(depending on the gun) Debt Ceiling: Con Gerrymandering: Con Gay rights: Con Intervening in middle east uprisings: Con Raising taxes: Con(depends on who) Cutting military spending: pro Cutting medicare: pro
Political debate on this nation's most sweeping issues

Affirmative action- my opponent suggests that affirmative action, legislation that has given the opportunity to millions of Americans, serves only as a platform for reverse racism. This is just plain silly. Black's and Latino's are at proven disadvantage when it come to applying for a job. Affirmative action is here to solve this by making employers reach a quota so that not one race is hired because some bias by the employer. Also let's not forget that affirmative action not helps those of color but of gender as well. Abortion - my previous statement is perfectly legitimate. Now am I saying that every 15 or 16 year old isn't mature, no. I'm merely saying that the majority of girls and boys of this age aren't ready to have child. Because at this age your not responsible to have a child, the same way you have to be 18 to vote, and 17 to drive in most states. Also children from disadvantaged families will statically become High-School Dropouts, Young Parents and Poor Adults. And besides nobody forcing a pregnant teenager to have a abortion. But merely to give her the option. Guns- My opponents first sentence doesn't make any sense, because you can't kill 20 people in under a minute with a knife, spoon, fork,or what have you. I would like to state it's not just handguns or assault weapons that kill, but all guns. My opponent says that he's opposed to an assault rifles ban because assault rifles just don't account for enough deaths in country to be restricted. This is just sad because one death is too much. Also I would like it to be known that never mentioned a assault weapons ban. http://www.sciencedaily.com...
Affirmative Action

Belonging to a minority group, I should know that discriminatory crimes against my race are nowhere near as bad as they were 30 years ago. Affirmative action was necessary back then, but it's not such a good idea now. To me it is reverse discrimination. Instead of me not getting a job because I'm black, I can steal my white buddy's job from him just because I belong to a minority group and he doesn't. It doesn't matter how qualified he is, or how qualified I am. We both do not have an equal opportunity; I have an advantage over him because of my race and that's discrimination. Also, it ill-equips minority people because it lowers the bar for them just because of their race. It's like giving a twelfth grader a kindergarten test; acing that test does not constitute true achievement. True achievement comes with being able to live up to the standard expectation. . http://www.northbynorthwestern.com... Also, affirmative action can hurt business. Companies who the government knows are the most qualified shouldn't lose contracts just because they don't have enough minority workers. . http://www.i2i.org... Affirmative action was good during the civil rights movement.
Affirmative Action

The greatest indicator in today's society for where a person will end up in life is where they started in life. Nowhere is this more true for minorities where racism and bigotry has repeatedly and throughout the generations squandered any chance at the American dream. It is the duty of government to give everybody an equal shake at life. The concept of liberty is not simply a lack of chains but a chance at gains. The opportunity to do better than our fathers. The first and most well known step of affirmative action was to eliminate racial bias in the case of Brown v. Board of Education which resulted in a busing system such that individuals from white neighborhoods and those from minority neighborhoods could end up getting the same opportunities. Prior to the decision everybody simply went to the closest school and if that school happened to be a majority minority school, it just happened to get far less money and far less support. After breaking down the idea of "separate but equal" we were left with what what amounted to the same thing without the mandate. We needed to take an affirmative action to make sure that equal opportunities were had by all. We needed to take action to make the institutions of this fine country free of bias after it had been entrenched for so long it wasn't simply going to go away because we said it was wrong in a loud voice. Affirmative action is an attempt to make sure that everybody gets a fair shake in society. That you can't simply hire people who look like you and deny the opportunities to those who don't. We don't simply take your word that you hired the best and the brightest and they happened to be the whitest. We need to make sure that those of our fathers generation and their father's generations are allowed to rise to their full potential and not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Admittedly the idea of quotas within affirmative action was a mistake. However, allowing individuals to suggest that all minorities just happened to be less qualified than their white counterparts is just as far from acceptable. Companies can hire whomever they want, they can freely choose one person over another. They can't, however, choose that person because of the color of their skin or gender and deny chances to those who have historically been denied chances. Is it too much to ask that when policemen patrol an area that some fraction of that police force look like those they are policing? That we should take a stand against quiet racism and allow the hiring and firing of people to the point that the entire workforce happens to be all white men? We can't just say "no" and leave it at that. The government needs to continue to take affirmative action to make sure that we banish the specter of racism, not simply the direct bigotry of hate, but also the scars left on those populations which were quelled by injustice and whose children do not have the opportunities of others because their parents didn't have the opportunity of others. It's a vicious cycle and we need to take action, not just in word but deed, to make sure it dies with our father's generation.
Hitler

First of all, do you have any proof that he was a Jew himself. Where are the facts, evidence, or documents that he was a Jew. The fact that he was a Jew is a myth. Secondly, he did not take over Germany, he was elected and even saved Germany"s economy which was at the time being destroyed by Jews. Finally, we can all agree that he did bad things to Jews but he didn"t want to at first. He told other countries that the Jews were destroying the German economy but he was ignored so he was forced to take the matter into his own hands. Back in the 40s, Jewish immigrants were like Muslim immigrants in England, it was completely filled with wealthy Jews whilst German citizens lived in poverty. If you take a look at England these days every 2nd block has a mosque for muslims to pray at because muslims take up the majority of immigration and demand that their be changes to accomodate them over others. One more point, King Leopold II killed more people than Adof Hitler but he is not seen as evil because he only killed African people, had Hitler ventured to Africa and slaughtered Africans as opposed to Caucasian Europeans then he"d have probably gone down as one of the greatest leaders in history. Please, next time you make a statement. Provide evidence or research before making assumptions.
Israeli Involvement in 9/11

1] first of all my opponent has to prove two things:a] the jewish firm in wall street know beforehand that the respective airlines will be used for attack.b] insider trading is illegal everywhere. my opponent has to prove that the jewish firm is doing insider trading.after proving these 2 facts he can say that the jewish firm know about attack beforehand.2] mosad agents are happy for the same reason natanyahu was happy. america is going to attack arabs now. this do not prove that mosad is involved in this massacre.3] natanyahu's expression does not show that he is involved in this attack. if today similar attack is caused by pakistan or china in the U.S., india and indians will be very happy. but that does not prove that india is involved in the attack.4] you say amdocs are tapping your phone calls. how do you know that? what are the evidence you have that lead you to this conclusion? there are many reason why radios went down during the attack.5] presence of spy ring of a foreign country is a very normal matter. in israel, CIA network was there. in india both CIA and mosad network works. so this is no danger signal.6] only U.S. govt. can explain why it announce 19 perpetrator? what happened?see my opponent has no proof supporting his claim. so i win.
Israeli Involvement in 9/11

1] insider trading in jewish owned firms on wall street is a very common thing in any firm on wall street. it has no relation with 9/11 attack.2] it may be a coincidence.3] Netanyahu does not mean that blasting america is good for israel. he means that after the blast america will take revenge against arabs who are the worst enemy of israel. thats why he said so.4] in case of amdocs there is need for further investigation.5] it may be a coincidence again.6] let the us govt. explain the matter.look all these points may be coincidence unless proved contrarary. there is a strong need of more probing in 9/11 case. especially obama should do this investigation.
Israeli Involvement in 9/11

I will begin by making a few points to open the discussion and await rebuttal. 1) inside trading by Jewish owned firms on wall street days before 9-11 2) 5 dancing Israeli Mossad agents caught on Route 3 in NJ looking at the explosions (cheering) detained by FBI. 3) Netanyahu's immediate response to the attacks that it "it was good for Israel" 4) Amdocs Israeli owned firm. This is a data collection agency that has been wire tapping us phone calls for espionage. Wonder why all of the radios went down during the attacks? 5) Prior to 9/11, the FBI had discovered the presence of a massive spy ring inside the United States run by the government of Israel. This seems a harsh gratitude from a nation which obtains 10% of its annual budget from the American taxpayer, $3 billion a year. Over the years, American taxpayers have been required to send Israel more than four times what the US spent to go to the moon. 6) Why out of no where did the US announce 19 arbitrary perpetrators of 9/11 two weeks later? Especially with all the debris and explosions? How did they find passports but no remains? There's much more but I will start with this.
Either the Bible is in a State of Egregious Error or God Seems to Dislike Babies and Small Children

Your argument is purely emotional. You FEEL that God is uncaring because you think He takes life. Christian doctrine teaches that since Adam and Eve fell from grace, the whole human race is cursed with death. Death is the result of their sin. The first thing that you need to realize is that God is our creator. Since you bring up this debate, I am assuming that you acknowledge that there is a creator and that the creator of this universe is known as God. This universe that we live in did not always exist. It had a starting point. Before that starting point, Something that could start it existed. God is what existed before our universe was created. He created it. God, just as Genesis says, created the heavens and the earth. God created all people, animals, plants, rocks, stars and everything else that you see. Who are you to condemn your creator for his acts? God does as he pleases. He is perfect. Of course He is perfect because He is the source of everything. We could go into a long discussion about original sin, how no one is without sin since the fall, but that would take up a lot of time. Suffice it to say, God made you, He can take you out whenever He pleases. And Every time He does, it is to His glory. When a plane crashes and everyone dies, God had a reason for it. He uses disasters to teach people to love each other more and to recognize His sovereignty. God is 100 percent righteous and everything he does is in order to bring glory to him. When a child dies, you may not see His purpose. But there is a purpose. You may not think it's fair, but if it is God's will, it's fair. The next time you draw a breath, you should thank God for it. Another point is: Why do you seem to place more value on the lives of babies and small children? That's another emotional connection. We are all sinners. Babies are sinners. It's inherited. Children are sinners. It's inherited. Once again, your life is in God's hands. He will determine when it starts and when it ends. Since God does everything he does out of pure love, (God is love), His taking life is not evil. It is what he does to further His purpose. His purpose is to use us to glorify Him. To bring us to Him. Using selected scriptures is pointless. The one foundational fact about God is that He loves us all and that anything that He allows to happen to us is done through His love. There is a Pandora's box of issues in this question, but the one question that does have an answer is the question of whether or not God cares about children. Since children are people, then the answer is YES.
Either the Bible is in a State of Egregious Error or God Seems to Dislike Babies and Small Children

The proposition on offer is that either the Bible is in a state of egregious error or the Judeo-Christian God seems to dislike babies and small children as evidenced by his actions in the Bible. ****************************** There are several instances of God killing babies and/or small children in the Bible. These stem from either His wanton disregard for human life when He is quite angry, or from a sense of furious rage and unjust retribution. Furthermore, the Bible ascribes a sense of happiness to persons taking the lives of babies in the book of Psalms: Psa 137:9 - " Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." Here are some examples of God killing babies or young children: Gen 7:23 - "And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. " This would of course include the babies of all people that were not on the Ark at the time of the flood... ****************** Gen 19:24 - "Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;" This would of course include the babies of all the people who were in the city... Remember too, that God only spared the just and righteous of the city (which apparently included Lot for some strange reason)... ****************** 1 Sam 15:2a, 3 - "Thus saith the LORD of hosts... Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and a$$." God orders the "smiting" of the Amaleks including "infant and suckling." Because of course, the infants and sucklings are wicked individuals. ****************** Num 31:17 - "Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him." As part of another God-ordered genocide, the male babies among the surviving Midians. ****************** 2 Kin 2:23-24 - "And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them." God causes two she bears to eat 42 children because they made fun of Elijah. How moral. ****************** I submit that these instances are evidence that God must dislike these small children. Why else would he commit the moral evil of killing innocent babies and at least semi-innocent young children. The only sensible conclusion is that either the Bible is lying about what happened, or God dislikes babies and small children. There must be some compelling reason for killing innocent babies. I submit that this is because God dislikes them, as evidenced by his wanton disregard for their lives in the Bible.
God Exists

My opponent stated that "Since Noah is fake, the bible is fake" and I have to disagree. Noah, and his ark, are very much real. The imprint in the link I posted is only just that: an imprint. How do we know it wasn't several stories tall. As the writer stated, all the wood would have deteriorated by now. My opponent also said "fact, we human are build by bacteria,microorganisms , DNA , h2o , and so, the main point is all those element could be found in earth!!" I would like congratulate you on realizing that. In Genesis, God creates Adam from the dust of the Earth. It makes sense that what is found in our bodies, is actually found in the Earth. So, in a way, my opponent has strengthened my own argument. However, my opponent goes on to state that bacteria can live without light or water, and that there is bacteria on Mars... I fail to see how this appertains to the point that God exists.I ask how it is more logical believe we are the product of evolution. Because, if that's the case, we are all a mistake. There is no point to our lives. But, the thing is, we aren't a mistake. We were created by an intelligent mind. And since the intelligent mind has done so much for us, shouldn't we give him the honor he deserves? God exists. Two simple words, yet they mean so much. We know that the Bible is true because it has been found everywhere. Ancient writings recording the same things the Bible does have been found. We also know that Jesus rose from the dead because there were thousands of witnesses, who heard, saw, and touched him... he still had the holes through his hands and feet. And if the bible is true, and Jesus is alive, then God exists.
God Exists

Noah and his ark is a tip of the iceberg to the true of "god". Drop your belief of fake tales ,a sound mind will clearly know how could a boat large enough to house 2 of every animal ? there at least few millions of species on earth, compare the size of the noah ark that u found, explain how will it fits all species of animal? its just a tales!!. how could it possible that Noah gathered 2 of every animal with the limited space? some species are asexual, therefore Noah and his ark is not accountable to be true when there lie . if noah from the bible is fake, how could bible be true? please stop those fake tales like those animal are in mini size, or so did the bible explain? no... for the good deed of human race stop those fake tales. The ark belong to a tribe of human, but they twisted the whole fact of it in the name of "god". God exists in human because we human wanted to life forever, you may not agree but its deep down to our biology, we do everything for our reproduction. heaven was created by human imagination deep down to our biology we wanted to life forever. the bible is full of fake stories. this is just about Christian god, there maybe more fake stories of god all around human tiny brain. fact, we human are build by bacteria,microorganisms , DNA , h2o , and so, the main point is all those element could be found in earth!!. do u know bacteria alone could life without sunlight, water or need any thing to survival on their own. Organic compounds usually created by bacteria. there even bacteria in Mars. its more logic to think we are product of evolution than god created us. we need solid proof that bible are true before we could decide if there a god, if word of god is not true how could there be even a god.you have fail to show solid proof that god exists, even with your holy father bible. it just show more fake tales. time to wake up people, we are living in a whole new thinker world, we do not seek to believed fake tales that was passed down generation with untrue based fact.
God Exists

Let us begin. I would also like to say, I appreciate grammer, spelling, and puncuation. It may benefit my opponent to use those things. My opponent asks how we know the Bible is true. Well, let us look at the evidence. God created the world The first chapter of Genisis explains how God created the universe, the planets, and the life forms on Earth. Every discription is accurate. Noah and his ark Later in Genisis, God commands Noah to build an ark that would hold two of every animal. Many people believe this story, like many others, are just myths. However, it has been proven. . http://www.sunnyskyz.com...-If that is true, isn't the rest? If God doesn't exist If there's an anthem of non-belief, it would be Imagine by John Lenon. "Imagine there's no heaven. .. " Is he right? Would the world be better if God didn't exist? Let's imagine. If there is no God, there is no heaven. If there's no heaven or God then this life is all there is; when you're dead, you're dead. What John Lenon imagined is the same thing Vladimir Lenin had already constructed in communist Russia. The godless world of that Lenin was a living Hell, filled with torture and genocide. The twentieth century was the bloodiest century thanks to atheistic views of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, and Mao Zedong. Good thing God exists, huh? The complexity of life Brain: the human brain simultaneously processes an amazing amount of information. Your brain takes in all the colors and objects you see, the temperature around you, the pressure of your feet against the floor, the sounds around you, the dryness of your mouth, even the texture of your keyboard. Your brain holds and processes all your emotions, thoughts and memories. At the same time your brain keeps track of the ongoing functions of your body like your breathing pattern, eyelid movement, hunger and movement of the muscles in your hands. Earth: its size is perfect. The Earth's size and corresponding gravity holds a thin layer of mostly nitrogen and oxygen gases, only extending about 50 miles above the Earth's surface. If Earth were smaller, an atmosphere would be impossible, like the planet Mercury. If Earth were larger, its atmosphere would contain free hydrogen, like Jupiter. Earth is the only known planet equipped with an atmosphere of the right mixture of gases to sustain plant, animal and human life. (everystudent. com) Only and intelligent mind could create something like this, not an explosion somewhere in outerspace. Think of everything you see, all the colors, animals, people. How could that just be an accident? How could an explosion create colors and smells? How could a big bang create the single-celled organisms that humans and animals supposedly evolved from? I look forward to seeing my opponents arguements