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Planetside 2 is superior to Halo (any entry available as of the time the debate was posted)

It has come to my attention, that those ... 'People' who use consoles, are ungrateful for the introduction of Planetside 2, my favourite free to play game, to the PS4's lacking repertoire. This saddens me more, as one of them claimed Halo was better.Round 1: AcceptanceRound 2: reasons for believing one is better and the other is worseRound 3: rebuttal.Round 4: further rebuttal. Please do research here and make sure any arguments stated haven't been countered before, as it taints votes.May the best man win, or go and waste some money on Halo.(that is a joke, I am not that closed-minded)
The class struggle is as important now as it ever was.

"...the people should benefit from the tax revenues AND the profits." Why should they benefit from the profits? The benefit they ALREADY get from the profits is that the company they are buying the product or service from is staying in business and continuing to provide that commodity. That is what they benefit from the profits. However, if it were as under your system, the citizens would receive the profits, but the companies receive fewer of the profits (that they EARNED), and would find less of an incentive to remain in business. "With regard to taxes precipitating the American Revolution, my implication was that the colonists objected to paying taxes because they did not have any influence over how they were spent, and felt very little benefit accrued to North American settlers from paying them." You are wrong about the tax argument. It was the Colonial Scrip. As Benjamin Franklin said: "...There was a cry among the people for more paper money..." http://www.worldwideschool.org... And as Peter Cooper said: "After Franklin had explained…to the British Government [that the paper money w]as the real cause of prosperity, they immediately passed laws, forbidding the payment of taxes in that money. This produced such great inconvenience and misery to the people, that it was the principal cause of the Revolution. A far greater reason for a general uprising, than the Tea and Stamp Act, was the taking away of the paper money." http://www.heritech.com... "Although nobody likes paying taxes, everybody understands that every nation must have working capital in order to provide basic essentials such as roads, police, schools, hospitals, armed forces, etc. These can only be financed through the public purse." Ahem. As far as I'm concerned, roads, schools, and hospitals could be run by private companies that are not recipients of money from the public purse. Also, it would mean less taxation. "It is true that in some European countries with left-wing governments, the basic rate of tax is higher than in the US, for example, but the people benefit from things like excellent free education, free [health care] and modern transport systems..." Yes, it is true that those services funded through tax revenues are "free." Wait a minute... NO THEY'RE NOT!!! Private companies (if given the opportunity) would (more likely than not) provide better quality services due to competition and the incentive to make a profit. About the arguments about the upper and lower classes in the UK, that is unfortunately the case. However, do you think that some of the policies that are so restrictive were made by MPs who follow some of your ideals? I therefore urge you to vote Con for a fairer society where all the citizens can be responsible for their own actions and make an honest living, not by relying on stolen handouts.
The class struggle is as important now as it ever was.

"With regard to the oil companies' profits, 8% is actually quite a good return..." You missed my point entirely. Although 8% is a good return (Which they EARNED! They work hard to keep the world economy from slowing down to a trickle, not to mention keeping the standard of living up.), 15% went to various governments in the U.S. The point was that governments are making more money off of gasoline than the oil companies do. "For instance, there was one country that was ruled by a monarch who oppressed the masses by taxing them heavily and denying them their right to self-determination." Put emphasis on the words "taxing them heavily." That is what happens under a socialist system. "Anyway, that nation seems to have done reasonably well since..." Aw, come on! How do you think that country you are talking about became so great? Government handouts? Redistribution of wealth? Hell no! The incentive to innovate (Otherwise known as PROFIT!!!) made this country so great. Why shouldn't the people who contributed to society be able to reap the fruits of their time and effort (And sometimes accidental discovery!)? ..., I cannot accept your view that a redistribution of wealth would lead to impoverishment." Yes, redistribution of wealth discourages people from innovating because they get nothing in return. Without innovation, the populace will eventually starve and die off due to the lack of technology required to cope with disaster situations (Wait a minute, I'M USING AN ARGUMENT I HAVE ALREADY USED!!! However, it fits here, as well.). "So, whether it is for moral reasons or for personal financial gain, I urge you to support this noble cause by voting Pro." I might as well put "So, whether it is for moral reasons or for personal financial gain, I urge you to support this noble cause by voting Con."
The class struggle is as important now as it ever was.

About the oil companies, their record profits are pikers in the equation when it comes to how much government makes. For example, for gasoline (in the U.S.), 8% of the money earned is profit for the oil companies. However, almost twice that amount (15%) is taxes on that gasoline (It's probably higher in the U.K., judging on how many taxes there are). I have to agree with you about the farmers, though. Why the hell are they getting SUBSIDIES anyway (Adding to your taxes!)? However, eliminating Parliament and the judiciary is not going to give you the desired result. As a matter of fact, socialism produces a very powerful upper class ("Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."). Also, redistribution of wealth discourages people from innovating because they get nothing in return. Without innovation, the populace will eventually starve and die off due to the lack of technology required to cope with disaster situations. Please respond.
The class struggle is as important now as it ever was.

The most privileged in today's society have never had it so good yet, at the same time, ordinary working people face an ever-increasing struggle just to pay for the essentials in life. As fuel prices soar greedy oil barons and their grasping corporate backers are reaping the rewards of record profits. At the same time, many ordinary motorists are forced to cut back on all but the most essential journeys. Similarly, wealthy farmers are benefiting from the sky-high cost of food, which is the most expensive it has ever been, yet still they receive massive subsidies from the public purse. In other words, ordinary taxpayers are expected to contribute towards the cost of a moneyed landowner's brand new Range Rover before they think about putting food on their own tables. It is time for the people to rise up and smash the vested interests, and the legislative and judicial infrastructures, that the upper classes use to oppress the masses. Let us join together to empower the workers to create a social and economic meritocracy through the wholesale, equitable redistribution of wealth.
Rap Battle Tourney SemiFinals

If business here was as usual, I would f*cking hate losing But screw it, you're so charming, you could be in a movie I can't even force myself to get mad or sad, and I'm just saying crap, Is it bad that once you win and I drop back I'd still stand up and clap? You're an inspiration to every nation across the entire globe Instead of bombs, man, you could just make harmony in Israel explode My lyrics are crap, and in fact, I wait until almost the last minute to post 'em Your punctuality makes a fool out of me, and to the finish line you're "coastin'" So each rhyme you write is a sight to the sore eye of the beholder I write at night, hunched over an ipad screen's light, in my four-poster You're on a "roll", bro, like Pillsbury dough, but you've never boasted 1 roll plus coasting equals "six flags"*, cuz you're a "roller coaster" So four more lines and this battle's timed out and you've won I'd like to tell you that you're great, son, and shout that I had fun So as time ticks away**, I'll call you the bomb because your lyrics are just verbal terrorism Every single day, and you'll last forever, like antidisestablishmentarianism Good battle, man. Remember that you can't post a verse next round. *I earlier talked about him "coasting" and then being "on a roll" so rolling + coasting= roller coaster, and six flags is a theme park with a number in its name, furthering the addition symbolism. **Time is ticking like a bomb
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Oh, what an incredible previous round We can see my opponent has no bounds He has mentioned such detail with X-treme focus He does not trail off like my hocus-pocus Why, my opponent is better than a sniper Shootin' down enemies, swift like the Dnieper He manages to crush giants as easily as he breathes Move entire continents with just a little sneeze I simply cannot compare to him, he's the real rappin' king Standin' up to him I'm like a little meal, I look like nothing He shreds me, eats me up like I'm a paper in a shredder If he was cheese nobody could eat him, he simply got too much cheddar He's too amazin' with his glowin' orbs of eyes They dazzle brighter than those stars in the skies This battle is already set, he won before this even started His objectives have been easily met; I got trumped an' outsmarted
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Spaceking, you're flattering, but what you say is mostly untrue, Please, let's just give some real credit where real credit is due I'm going to lose, you're so cool, I couldn't attempt to beat you Call you Wiz Khalifa because there ain't no stopping this dude [1] Every rhyme you spit is like the greatest story ever told You're Rumplestiltskin spinning some crazy lyrical "gold" You could go "diamond" if your lyrics as music you sold "Granite"* that you would have to stop being so damn humble I guess what I've been trying to say is you're really "rock" solid Hard, unshakeable, and unbreakable, you're so polished To be honest, I won't, can't, even try to begin to acknowledge How in every way you're flawless or I'd be here all through college Man, you don't even know the way I look up to you every day It's like I was Eminem, and your name was freaking Dr. Dre You inspire everything I say, you make me want to be great You're without any mistakes, you I wish I could even try to emulate So I suppose I should end this rap about the greatest man alive I just hope I can grow to maybe one day look him right in the eyes So thank you for inspiring, making me dream higher, man, but you see That just like a white fire, man, you'll always just burn brighter than me [1]http://rap.genius.com... *Granite keeps the rock/mineral theme, but should be interpreted as "granted" in context of the line Good luck Spaceking!
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Phoenix is so darn creative, got a 5-6-8-4 super cool line scheme To Rhyme Town he's almost like a native, he even made awesome cool memes He accepts his fate, no matter how bad, even when he sees the thorn gate He saves everyone, not just his mates; they're all in debt to him 'til this date To train for bein' a hero he lifts mountains every single day You swim across the swimmin' pool as he swims across the Bengal Bay He's even more caring than those Care Bears, he's a good mate He's loyal to the end even when he's about to be in a dead state He fizzles the villains with his shootin' rays an' lasers of destruction Afterwards the mayor gladly hires him for reconstruction You can see he's so talented, nothing can stop him, not one disruption He can even make those local volcanoes halt their eruptions His powers seem omnipotent, science-fiction, almost like magic When he's faced with rodents, 'ey get so much affliction, it's nearly tragic Nobody with a bad intent can even look him right in the eye He don't even have to try, the guilt destroys them quickly from the inside
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Thanks for the argument, this is an interesting way to battle. All these compliments from my opponent but he fails to recognize his own greatness He has been bombing it and owning it, this man is the damn king of all the spaces With his presence he graces, and a great present he gave us, by showing his face, yes, And "presently" he "past" me with paces, and it's crazy the way he has been creating and shaping This battle, I gotta face it, like Adele I'll just be chasing his pavements His humility astounds me, he writes verses more profoundly Than Andre 3000, but he's no "Outkast", he has friends abounding He has only one single flaw I can think of: he's just way too nice He compares me to God but I think I'm closer to Vanilla Ice Because I'm white and I know I cannot really rhyme: If our battle count hit 99 he'd still win every time Seriously, man, every single line or rhyme he spit made me sit back and cringe Not in a bad way; I just don't know how the hell I'm gonna win If he spit his raps out loud, it would make the crowd stand up When he passes by the stands, every damn man wants to man up But they're still not as buff as him, it's never enough to win, So even when he's suffering, he'll rough it and he's even tougher than Michael Jordan in the flu game, he just hits three point buckets, and If lyrics were a basketball, he'd jump up and be dunking them So everyone for 9spaceking can you please vote? This battle, I just don't think should really ever be close I can't win against the smartest, nicest man alive So give to him the win, please, guys, don't make him lose or tie
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(I hope my opponent doesn't mind, we're doing complimentary rap battle because I used up all my attacking energy to cushion the blows Truth delivered in his battle and counter them back at him) Golden feathers, bright halo, angelic voices singin' all around He controls the weather, voice is way low, all his statements are profound Who is this amazing man--wizard, demigod, GOD? I'm truly confound! Everybody comes to get his signature, a huge 3-suare-mile area 'ey surround Oh, it is the incredible user who calls himself Phoenix61397 He looks like he was sent from above--all the way from heaven He calls himself a wondrous bird, he's more than what he credits To describe him you need more than words, he's perfect, needs zero edits He's patient, helps the poor people everywhere without complaint If you need an abortion, he got the Abortifacient; like a great saint He wins all his games of mafia, no contesting the master of the game He hides all his roles carefully, givin' away nothin' while still statin' his name Man he so nice, goes to freerice, garnerin' more 'an 10 mill. grains 'n an hour People ask him for advice, he even better than Jesus Chirst, bad guys see him and know to cower None of the glory gets into his head, anyone he equally treats, gladly greets and meets He just can't be beat, handwritin's so neat, to e'en get a chance at him you've to cheat
PETA is crazy

I accept your challenge. As it is my first challenge to except on this cite please disregard my noobiness and treat me as if i where a fellow debater. I will argue that PETA as a whole is in fact not crazy, but some of its members may be a tad extreme in there support and that PETA as a whole should not be held accountable for the actions of few compared to the actions of many. Not to say that those few who are a tad extreme should now be held accountable for their own actions.
PETA is crazy

My opponent has stated his definition of crazy as being "1.Foolish or impractical;senseless" and "2.Fantastic;strange;ridiculous". I move that these definitions make my opponents arguments invalid on the grounds that these are subjective emotions. What may be seen as crazy for my opponent doesn't necessarily mean society as a whole or that the majority of the population agrees and understands PETA as "Crazy". In theory I could think 10,9,7,6,4,3 and 2 are acceptable. PETA's strategy is most likely to be seen as outrageous so that the public with be attracted to them, negative or positive, they will get there points across making them very smart logical people capable of seeing the flaws in humanity's attraction to the things the deem strange or crazy. This would show that though there protest's are crazy, themselves as people are not. Since this argument is based around PETA being crazy radical vegetarians and not there protest being crazy, and that you cannot prove that every single PETA or the Majority for that matter are Crazy in the eyes of the population, I feel as if you have no facts to back up your claims and that you have been insufficient in showing that PETA is "CRAZY". To me its like your calling the guy who dresses up to advertise a restaurant crazy because it gets attention. As for your second paragraph, Hypocritical People are not crazy people. And sense this is euthanasia which is a humane way of ending a life deemed so by the government (also subjective) and not dumping all the puppies in a pool of acid, I don't see how this makes PETA in your definition, crazy. My argument was not to prove that PETA is not crazy but you to prove that PETA was. I feel that all you have deliver is subjective and opinionated evidence with no facts. Your arguments were as follows. ""My first piece of evidence will be these links to PETA protests: http://www.toptenz.net...... http://www.hbhud.com...... http://listverse.com...; -These are links to websites of PETA protest's. They show PETA members doing strange protest to captivate audiences for public appeal in order to get there message across and spread throughout the media. Though some of these protest are in my opponents eyes viewed as crazy I consider them strategy's.- "My second piece of evidence is that they are hypocrites." -Though this may prove your subjective definition on the grounds of "Foolish or impractical; senseless". It ways upon the actions of few compared to the actions of many. Because some PETA members are hypocritical in there standings does not mean that they all are.- With this evidence I feel "PETA is a crazy organization of radical vegetarians" was not proven with facts but was based on your own personal beliefs. Since this is the final round and I have no way to object to anything you say afterward I hope you will not decide to change your argument to somethings more suiting such as "I meant PETA as an organization" or "PETA as this guy I know" such as you changed your definition. I hope the public will rule in my favor on this matter. Happy Holidays.
PETA is crazy

I should have been more clear with the definition. The definition I am using is "1. Foolish or impractical; senseless" and "2. fantastic; strange; ridiculous." In the first link 10,9,7,6,4,3, and 2 are ridiculous. 8 isn't crazy. 5 is strange. 1 is impractical. This shows that all of them except for 8 are crazy.Everything in link 2 is ridiculous.Link 3 I now realize doesn't actually have any relevant information. "We are entitled to freedom of speech under the First Amendment." This argument isn't relevant to this debate since the debate is about whether PETA is crazy or not (but yes I do agree that they are entitled to free speech.)According to the link and con PETA euthanizes animals to "put them out of their misery."While I do agree with euthanizing them in those conditions there are a lot of animals that are brought to the shelter that haven't been abused or hurt and are in good shape. here's a quote from Peta Kills Animals: "New records show PETA killed a staggering 89.4 percent of the adoptable pets in its care during 2012." The key word here is ADOPTABLE. Adoptable pets are not going to be the ones who are injured and in pain. Adoptable pets are going to be alive and well and they kill 89.4% of that group. So that "putting them out of their misery" thing doesn't work for many cases. Here's a quote from wikipedia about their practices. "two PETA employees were acquitted in 2007 of animal cruelty after at least 80 euthanized animals were left in dumpsters in a shopping center in Ashoskie over the course of a month in 2005; the two employees were seen leaving behind 18 dead animals, and 13 more were found inside their van." While they were acquitted there isn't any doubt that they left the animals in a DUMPSTER.It doesn't matter how humans view themselves; humans are still animals. So PETA's advocacy of human testing over Animal testing is still hypocritical.About the self-inflicted torture it appears I was wrong about that.Sources:Merriam-Webster DictionaryPeta Kills AnimalsWikipedia
PETA is crazy

I will use this round to negate all of my challengers evidence. I will attempt to prove PETA is not crazy by disproving all my opponents evidence as unclear, circumstantial, or incorrect. As for your first piece's of evidence. I have read them and though they are radical in a sense I would not deem them as crazy. Crazy in its definition to me means mentally deranged, esp. as manifested in a wild or aggressive way. Though they protest in miss-truths such as cow-milk causes autism (Autism is Genetic but speculations have been made that environment plays a small part.) I don't believe what they do is what you say as crazy or aggressive in any way (I will explain the Whips and Chains Later). We are entitled to freedom of speech under the First Amendment. As for your second piece of evidence. "that they are hypocrites". I will first explain why PETA Euthanize's animals. In the same sense its why we pull people out off of life support or in other more brutal words "Put people out of there misery." Sometimes animals come in with injury's that are cant be treated, cured, or fixed in anyway such as rabies. http://www.peta.org... This link will give you PETA's side on why they euthanize. As for Human testing vs Animal Testings, Humans as a species may be in the animal kingdom many of us do not consider ourselves as such. Our better sense of morality, and rationality set us apart from others as well as a more advanced race and uniquely special. Some people say it is the soul but to say it is the soul would just be complicated and dumb, its more that we are able to self reflect, or take that mental and spiritual leap of stepping outside of himself and seeing himself from an alternate perspective, or realizing consciously that he is alive, that his heart is beating, that he is walking the planet, that he will die someday, and that the moon is overhead. http://www.psychologytoday.com... (I do believe animals hold some morality) http://www.scienceofidentityfoundation.net... http://wildtruth.net... As for your third. "The whips and chains" From your link is what i assume you are talking about if not please provide more evidence of self torture, but with the evidence provided it is un-sufficient. The whips and chains protest the whipped plastic cows not human beings, they only dressed up in dominatrix wear.
PETA is crazy

My first piece of evidence will be these links to PETA protests: http://www.toptenz.net...http://www.hbhud.com...http://listverse.com...All of these were participated in by many members of PETA.My second piece of evidence is that they are hypocrites. They denounce killing animals, yet they euthanize 90% of all animals that are sent to their animal "shelter."There also hypocrites in that they denounce animal testing yet they are proponents of testing new potentially drugs on humans; which are animals. The third way they are hypocrites is that in protests they subject humans to treatment that they would sue over if done to any other animal. All the members of PETA actively support these actions and voluntarily allow themselves to be tortured during protests in ways they would never allow for other animals.