BeIR/webis-touche2020 huggingface dataset:
Minimum Wages Laws Having Economic Effect Should Be Abolished

My opponent has forfeited, so all my previous arguments stand unrefuted. The data are overwhelming that minimum wage laws cause unemployment, especially among teenagers. If Con's argument were correct, that increased costs would be absorbed out of employer profits, the laws would still be immoral. Forcing employers to run a charity is equivalent to special tax levied solely on employers who employ entry-level workers. If society wants to provide welfare benefits, then that should be a matter for charitable organizations or government, not for businesses that have thin margins and often fail. There are three alternatives to paying the minimum wage: 1. Shut down the parts of the business that are rendered unprofitable. 2. Automate the low-skilled tasks. 3. Replace low-skilled labor with more-productive higher caliber staff I am not arguing that automation causes unemployment. I am arguing that automation is one of the alternatives to paying a minimum wage that is not competitive. It is the minimum wage that caused the unemployment. Ordinarily, the main alternative is to shut down the part of the business that is not profitable. Customers have alternatives to paying artificially high prices; they buy less or not at all. Automation only comes into play if the increased cost of automating is lower than the increased cost of the minimum wage. Then it's possible the market might sustain more of the business than would be case if the wage costs were added to prices. The premise of the minimum wage is that employers have no choice but to pay. In fact, they do not have to pay it, and the customers of the business do not have to pay for the more costly products. The minimum wage is bad for employers because it damages their business. It's bad for taxpayers, because it increases unemployment and welfare costs. It's bad for consumers because it increases prices. It's bad for employees because it deprives them of jobs and removes part of the incentive for improving their skills. The arguments against the minimum wage are amply documented by studies performed over many decades. I have cited the studies. My opponent has given no evidence in support of his claims. The resolution is affirmed.
The US Federal Government Should Increase its Investment in ITS

Topiarey and I agree to the following additional rule:6. Judges may NOT vote on Conduct or Sources unless the points are argued for in-round. Spelling and Grammar may only be voted on as a penalty in extreme cases. Ignoring these instructions constitutes a votebomb. Additionally, rule 3 has been discarded since this is only a 3 round debate. Final round is full 8k characters.I would request Topiarey to more fully explain the scope of his plan in his opening speech- specifically what technologies/programs he advocates funding and how much funding he advocates to allocate to these programs. Finally, I thank Topiarey for this debate- the topic he chose should prove to be interesting.
The US Federal Government Should Increase its Investment in ITS

Here are some rules Raisor and I have laid out for the tournament. Rules:1. There are no restrictions on argumentative strategy.2. Burden of proof is shared.3. Last round may be no more than 4000 characters.4. This debate concerns the resolution:5. No arguing on T. RESOLVED: The United States Federal Government Should Increase its Investment in ITSSo, in the first round, I'll basically explain what ITS is, and my opponent will accept. I'd also like to say this round is following the rules of a policy debate, other than an argumentation on T because debating on DDO doesn't restrict us to a resolution, simply the benefits and negatives of a plan. "Intelligent transport systems (ITS) are advanced applications which, without embodying intelligence as such, aim to provide innovative services relating to different modes of transport and traffic management and enable various users to be better informed and make safer, more coordinated, and 'smarter' use of transport networks. " Basically what that means is that through the development, management, and deployment of ITS systems we hope to improve the efficiency of many government operated forms of transportation. The net benefits of this I'll say when I do my case next round. GL HF
The US Federal Government Should Increase its Investment in ITS

I regret to inform my opponent that I am in a condition in which I cannot debate. The flu epidemic has began to spread to my area of california and unfortunately I am one of the earlier cases. I'm extremely sick, and I'm quite frankly not in the condition in which I should be debating. I need to get better for some invitational policy tournaments I'm doing in the next 3 weeks.I apologize foremost to SocialPinko, for screwing up one of the early rounds of what I'm sure will be a great tournament. Raisor, I really wanted to debate you, but I'm going to be spending the next couple days sleeping instead of typing arguments.-Topiarey.
if theres no clock( or watch/sundials/wrist watch/any other time recorder)then time does not exist.

dear LLLL. U SPEAK BOUT TIS PHYSICAL TIME . WATS TAT? N OH YEAH IF U COULD AVOID ALL TAT PSCHOLOGICAL JARGONS, I CUD GET WAT U R SAYIN XACTLY!!! U've spoken about all tat moon goin back to its place. dear freind my clock (needle0 too exhibits the same characteristics and m damn sure urs also. an d yeah u just mentioned tat time is a lame concept tat xplains y things happen in a certain order . damn wrong!!!!!!!!! time is a concept invented to xplain how to do things in a certain order. u mention time is not there and u cant grab it n stuff. but tell me one abstract quantity (feelings xcluded) tat u can grab and say its real. nothing watsoever. and guy i guess u r livin in some kind of an illusion or maya. tats y all tat talk about time s not real and tat line about no time someone has fooled us . i mean wat r u gettin at? m dfamn sure u've kept track of time and still do .so if u so strongly beleive someone's fooled you . dude , y dont u stop gettin fooled and do something worthwhile and suggest sumthing tat can stop the rest of the future generations from getting fooled.
if theres no clock( or watch/sundials/wrist watch/any other time recorder)then time does not exist.

dear con . thers no sound without a listener . very obvious . so damn obvious is the fact tat theres no time without a clock. of course agreed. but wat bout tat superclocks nature has provided. no one can deny tat . so wat if the clock goes xtinct. time wud very much exist with the help of those oh so loyal .unerrable sun n moon. i need a reason to rebut. so oh there! opponent lets hav sum fun. !!!!!!
do you argree with homosexual adoption

There's no future needed. Gay couples are raising children. They are doing a marvelous job. There's no reason to suppose that they would do any worse than any other couple. In fact, many different studies have been done and they largely find that something like 5% of the differences between children are due to their parents. So long as parents provide a loving home, food and shelter, the rest is pretty much gravy. Kids do quite well when allowed to do quite well. http://www.webmd.com... Seriously, thousands of kids are being raised by gay couples and they are doing just fine. Kids are kids and cause as much of a problem as kids cause.
Woman, Children, and child pornography

PICTURES? YOU HAVE SEEN PICTURES .... GASP! I repeat ..... did you hit your Head? I saw pictures of the Civil War ... do you HAVE A point? Why are you living today as if it was 1940s and we were AT WAR! Why are you allowing YOUR EMOTIONS to influence you judgement! And WHAT was the old adage about emotions? https://www.psychologytoday.com... You have NEVER SEEN Child Porn? Hmmm, that"s curious? At the beginning of the debate You stated: "Today the primary producers of CP are the teens and pre-teen themselves, and they are doing it from the comfort of their bedroom behind locked doors, with the cell phone and computer cams their parents bought them. " AND "that societies children who by law are unable to make a choice until 18 leave their nakedness plastered all over the internet and in chat rooms. " I have been around for some years ... and although I have heard MANY News stories about children sending a picture to a predator over the internet, from News agencies and Crime shows. ... I haven"t heard News Outlets making, nor crime shows making THOSE statements? And if that is so and it is, HOW DO YOU come by this particular information? I also remember these quotes you made! "Those who hands-on abuse children should be jailed, not the ones that look at pictures that societies children who by law are unable to make a choice until 18 leave their nakedness plastered all over the internet and in chat rooms. The other images are in some cases are over 20-30 years old." And "Less than half the arrests for CP result in prosecution but 100% of the arrests have their lives ruined because of the accusation and their names plastered in the media." And "LE use the media to stimulate people's curiosity about child pornography(CP); a curious person would want to find out more because that's human nature. Less than half the arrests for CP result in prosecution but 100% of the arrests have their lives ruined because of the accusation and their names plastered in the media." I dunno, sure SOUNDS like YOU want to LEGALIZE CP! YOUR SITE, wants to legalize CP disguised as some sort of heroic act! An I doing it to HELP YOU from being oppressed by the big bad LE! UHHHH. No! Sorry, go sell lies somewhere else. My question is WHY would you post that debate on a Religion Site anyway? Why are YOU here? You clearly not being truthful? No, I"m afraid my opinion has NOT changed! Sorry!
Woman, Children, and child pornography

Apparently, you want to shoot the messenger and project your cognitive dissonance on me to shut me up. That's not how a discussion operates my gaslighting friend. I personally never seen child pornography (CP) apparently the way you are reacting you have which means you have committed a felony. Would you allow me to do a forensic investigation of your computer? It always the holy rollers, the ones with the biggest mouths that are the greatest offenders. The very definition of CP can be anyone under 18 in a seductive pose. Why hasn't law enforcement(LE) locked up Brooke Shields for the movie "Pretty Baby" when she was 12 or 13 years old, she lay naked on a silver plater naked her virginity offered to the highest bidder, and her taking a bath? I would have liked to have a discussion but you Whited Sepuculars that are full of dead man's bones and all corruption try to block it. In case you missed it the real horrors are exceedingly rare and the most genuinely abusive acts against children, including murder, take place in the HOME, perpetrated by PARENTS themselves; "family values" are only as good as the family that holds them. GET IT? Statistics Laundering: false and fantastic figures http://www.truthmovement.us... Operation Flicker ICE " Special Training Notice 2013 http://www.truthmovement.us...
Woman, Children, and child pornography

Lets see, you"ve MENTIONED Legislators, Feminists, Law Enforcement and Child Pornography. But the fact is your NOT complaining about either one of those! http://www.truthmovement.us... You just wants to be ALLOWED to watch child porn without being arrested! Under the guise it will save the taxpayer money! You honestly attempting to sell us on legalizing Child Porn is THE ANSWER to child porn? That it"s NOT WORSE than the entirety of the Worlds present problems by itself? Nope, no way to justify that argument. I flatly agree that they (Child pornographers and rapists of Every kind, should have one sentence only, life Without Parole.
Woman, Children, and child pornography

So what have Legislators, radical right feminists given us, in the name of protecting woman and children first from "stranger danger" and now from the Wild Wild Web? Constant surveillance and control over all. If over 95% of child sexual abuse is in familial why are we being told otherwise? What we have now is a surveillance state and Law enforcement (LE) will ruin your life over speculation, using the Patriot Act, and the FISA courts that approved thousands of search warrants over the years with less than a five rejections. People have no Idea how terrible it is. LE use the media to stimulate people's curiosity about child pornography(CP); a curious person would want to find out more because that's human nature. Less than half the arrests for CP result in prosecution but 100% of the arrests have their lives ruined because of the accusation and their names plastered in the media. Press intrusion: Don't name suspects in the media until charged!! CP arrests are made using deception and disinformation which is widely propagated in the mainstream media creating an accepted version of events. Journalists don't even raise the simplest of questions about CP, and those that do are labeled as crazy. Today the primary producers of CP are the teens and pre-teen themselves, and they are doing it from the comfort of their bedroom behind locked doors, with the cell phone and computer cams their parents bought them. Concerned, loving parents have been sold the myth that it's a big evil world out there, with weird strangers out to get their kids and do unspeakable things. But real horrors are exceedingly rare and the most genuinely abusive acts against children, including murder, take place in the HOME, perpetrated by PARENTS themselves; "family values" are only as good as the family that holds them. Should LE stop wasting taxpayer money using swat teams to arrest people for looking at pictures and nothing more? Those who hands-on abuse children should be jailed, not the ones that look at pictures that societies children who by law are unable to make a choice until 18 leave their nakedness plastered all over the internet and in chat rooms. The other images are in some cases are over 20-30 years old. http://www.truthmovement.us... http://www.truthmovement.us... abuse-and-erasure.html http://www.truthmovement.us...
cell phone use in school

on this i agree with you though i believe in tighter restrictions on cellphone usage however with technology becoming more and more integrated into our lives this may be difficult. to close this debate schools purpose is to teach students how to use their brains to be independent and successful individuals. technology's purpose is generally to make a task easier. almost all computers take the load off of our brains and onto themselves so we do not have to do virtually anything. this defeats the purpose of school so cellphones should not be used for school purposes in most circumstances.
cell phone use in school

some battles will never be won, it doesn't matter if schools want to ban cell phone use in school. Students will always find a way of bringing them to school. If you disagree with me try to go to any school that has banned cell phone use, you will find students in halls trying to text eachothers. Others are using them for social networking communications. So in mhy opinion I believe that cell phone use should be allowed in schools, though regulations should be set to control their usage. Teachers should have printed guide lines showing students when and how to use their cell phones in school. Academic administrators, should find a way of integrating cell phone use in the curriculum, because, it is very easy for a student to have a cell phone rather than having a computer.
cell phone use in school

a student does not need a cellphone in class. if a student needs to look something up then they should be able to use a text book, it increases attention span which is something that the most recent generations have a serious lack of. if the information is not in a text book the the internet is a viable option, yes, however a cellphone or other personal device is not necessary to do this. if the class materials are inadequate to do the class work then the class instructor should be instructed of this. the teacher will be allowed to use an internet connected device to access the required information. or you as a student can ask to use a computer, laptop, tablet, ipad, or phone from the instructor. you do not need a cellular device with you at all times, in a class all a phone will be used by is social media and/or games thus becoming a distraction in class.
cell phone use in school

If a parent is willing to send a student to a public school then they should be confident that the school can protect their child. that is school's primary objective after teaching students. School lock downs are very unlikely. if one needs to contact their parents their are two options 1. use the phone in the front office-most if not all schools nowadays have them 2. use your cellphone what my school does and most other schools do is have students place cellphones in a box at the beginning of class. thus if there is an emergency the students may easily access it and the phone is not a distraction in class. Just because someone may use the argument that phones can be an educational tool, as of 2009 97% of teachers had at least one computer in the class at all times, this number has undoubtedly gone up over the last 6 years and teachers can access a computer lab so using a phone to access the internet is not very smart. otherwise how could apps that many students actually use like snapchat, facebook, twitter, vine, skype, and others could have any educational value whatsoever.
Disney is not wholesome entertainment for children

Again about the male dominance, having a woman needing saving is not showing that only men can dominate because other movies send other messages. You rejected the example of mulan because she pretends to be a man but that is the key reason it is not about male dominance. She needed to be a man because the soldiers were sexist and would not let women join, in fact when they discovered she was a woman they kicked her out. IN the end when she saved the entire city, they learned that women are just as capable if not more so than men showing that male dominance is indeed wrong. Not only that look to other movies with female leads, the little mermaid or pocahantas. Both show that women can beat the bad guy when no man could. About the racism, my opponent ignores my responses about how disney has been recognizing race which is one of the key things that makes disney wholesome. Moving past that, my opponent then offers then offers another example of "racism". Not having black people in the jungle is not racist, in fact assuming that the african jungle has to be filled with black people is somewhat closer to actually being racist. The movie is about a boy who lives in an uninhabited jungle who is raised by apes. If there were people in the jungle he wouldnt have been raised by apes thus the story itself clarifies why there arent black people. now to build my own case disney is wholesome because -it celebrates race(black history recognition, hispanic awarenss) and attacks racism(pocahantas) -associates bad qualities with villians that way kids wont have them ---murder(scar, the guy in mulan), greed(jafar), hatred(townspeople in beauty and the beast), rape(the guy in his huncheback of notredame clip) -it demonstrates good qualities with heroes ---perseverance(the fox and the hound, bambi), stand up for what you believe in(mulan, lion king, little mermaid, fox and the hound), dont judge people because of how they look(the fox and the hound, hunchback of notredam)
Disney is not wholesome entertainment for children

About the Male Dominance, have you ever noticed that the man is usually saving the woman? (Ex. Tarzan and every Disney movie with a princess. ) The woman is usually portrayed as a defenseless and weak until the man can save her. There are few movies where the woman is the hero, and in one of them, Mulan, the woman has to pretend to be a man to be the hero. And on the subject of racism in the movies. .. When do you ever see a black man or woman in the classic films? In Tarzan, a film that is set in Africa, there a no black people, with only chimps and monkeys to take the black people's place. What is that? No Africans in Africa? I would also like to point out how my opponent did not mention subliminal messages in his rebuttal. He only said "Disney is sexual-how is that immoral or not good for wellbeing? ". I'm sorry, I wouldn't want my children to be watching films riddled with subliminal messages telling them "Sex" and "love" repeatedly with sexy dancers thrown in too. . http://www.youtube.com...
Disney is not wholesome entertainment for children

Wholesome is defined by dictionary.com as "conducive to moral or general well-being; salutary; beneficial." I will now move on to address my opponents arguments Disney teaches male dominance-Having a male hero most of the time is not the same as male dominance. It just shows that men can be heroes. In no way does Disney ever say women cant be heroes, in fact it has movies where they are such as pocahontas or look to atlantis where the lead character is a weak male who is often pushed around by his much stronger female mechanic. Because dinsey in no way says that women are weak or cant be heroes, the assertion that Disney promotes male dominance is untrue. I have no clue how having the mother die at the beginning of some movies is a sign of male dominance, in fact it seems just an example of how people can persevere through troubles and serves as an inspiration to young children to persevere. Disney teaches racism-Not having black people in movies is not racist. Having a person of a particular race doing something bad is not racist either if it is not always like that. They had the non accented therefore presumably white dog be a tramp is that racist? Disney has time and again had white people be villains is that racist? No because white people are not always villains, and same with Hispanics. Besides casting multiple Hispanic actors on their tv shows (esteban in suite life of zack and cody, demi lovato, selina Gomez) Disney also has a hispanic awareness week. At the point of time where Disney hires actors of all different races for their tv shows, does not only portray certain races in certain ways, and in fact celebrates different cultures with things such as Hispanic awareness week and the recognition of accomplishments of African Americans during black history month, they are not racist but rather celebrators of race and thus wholesome. Disney is sexual-how is that immoral or not good for wellbeing?
Disney is not wholesome entertainment for children

I believe that Disney is not wholesome entertainment for children for the following reasons: 1. Many of the Disney films teach male dominance and racism throughout most of their films. Have you ever noticed how the woman always being saved in most Disney films, or, especially in the classic movies, there's almost never a mother of the main character? Or how the mother usually dies in the beginning of the film? Ex. Bambi. And about the racism, have you ever noticed how in the classic films, there is seldom a black man or woman in the film? If there is a minority in the film, such as the Hispanic dog in "Lady and the Tramp" is very mischievous and trouble causing? Or how the Siamese cats are probably some of the worst Asian stereotypes in any kid's movie? 2. Subliminal Messages. Yes, we all heard of subliminal messages in the Disney classic movies, but have you really ever thought about the possibility of them being true? For example, in the Hunchback of Notre Dame, there is a scene where one of the main characters in the story, is dancing. She is wearing a loose dress. And while she is dancing, there is a frame where her dress becomes almost like spandex. There are more films that are choc-full of subliminal messages, but for now, I'll just show you a video on Notre Dame. http://www.youtube.com... I await my opponent's rebuttal.