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Labour Union membership should be mandatory.

In that case welcome Statesman! Yes I do believe labour unions are good things for a country to have, lest the buisness class have free reign to oppress workers without them having any chance to defend themselves. The early anti-union laws were unfair and unjust, and hurt workers. But many modern Western societies have long gotten rid of such madness and replaced it with the inverse: mandator, big, lumbering finacial drains that siphon a company's productivity to the point where it no longer is in the workers best interest. So the question arises, how should labour unions be regulated? The answer in any free society should be simple- let the people who's fate depends on it decide! If 3/4 quarters of the workforce strikes obviously than the other quarter believes that their circumstances are unworthy of a strike (or maybe their just sleazy oppurtunists). The buisness in question should than relaize that 3/4 want demands met, and the strike should end up being 3/4 effective. However if the vast majority of workers are unhappy with their earnings than the company shoudl realize something should be done. If it's a minority, than obviously they are overzealous and have cocerns un met by the majoirty. If not everyone supports a union, than it does not speak for them. Freedom of association should differiate between one's employer and that employer's union.
Is gaming harmful to our minds

Im sorry that you forfeited the round. Hopefully you can give a rebuttal next round.Aserstion One-Statistics- Thats alot of kids who play! Anyway to prove my point a majority of teenagers play video games. How can this be harmfull? Well the shooters at Colubine were gamers. There is proof that violent video games can instigate more agression in to people.http://www.psychology.iastate.edu... (Page 4 of 6)Assertion Two-Personal Experience & Tue Storys-On the morning of 1990 April 20th the two shooters of Colubine High School shot to death 12 students, a teacher, and themselves. They were "gamers" Also""A British man who bought one of the first copies of "Grand Theft Auto V"was stabbed, hit with a brick and robbed of the brutally violent new video game on Tuesday, police said."A crime motivated by the game? Was a video game really worth stabing and injuring an innocent man for?http://gadgets.ndtv.com...Is there a bit of a correlation of the storys and statistics? Personally I feel slightly more agrresive after playing vidoe games. Of course I never would kill or hurt someone over a game but others have. Certainly games can be fun but if played to frequently and excesivley then it can be harmful.Assertion Three-Studys-According to Iowa State University aggression can be caused over video games. (See first link) Also the cons seem to outweigh the pros according to this article http://www.raisesmartkid.com...Even the New York Times looked in to this-http://www.nytimes.com...Theory-VideoGames that are violent correlate with agressivness and violence in people. Video games can be harmfull to people and others if played to often. Parents should monitor and control what there kids can play and people shuld see the potentiol harm in some games.
Is gaming harmful to our minds

I accept your challenge to this touchy topic. I will be unbiased and factual as possible.Please note that I myself am a gamer and will provide personal experiences and statistics to prove my point.This is my first debate so I will try my best.I believe that there are cold hard facts. statistics and enough personal experience evidence to prove that video games are harmful in my next post or (Opening Argument) I will provide thaes key elements- Statistics-To show how many kid are affected Personal Experience-As a gamer myself True Storys-Of kids that have been altered because of video games Reseach-Done by scientists Citaion-Where my evidence is from Good Luck!
Impromptu, with rebuttal

For my topic of debate I have chosen: 2) Facebook, as currently constituted, is detrimental to an individual's right to privacy. For which I will take the Pro/Affirmative side. Here are my options: 1. The President of the United States should be elected by popular vote. 2. Spelling differences (ex. colour vs. color, theatre vs. theater) should be standardized throughout the English language. 3. Laughter is the best medicine.
Impromptu, with rebuttal

This impromptu round, first developed in this form by Yvette, takes the spontaneous spirit of an impromptu debate and mixes it with rebuttal, a major part of what makes a debate come alive. This is how the three rounds will go: Round 1: Both sides offer their opponent three options for debate, from which that person chooses one and also chooses which side to take on that motion. Round 2: Each side makes their argument. Round 3: Each side rebuts the other person's argument. Simple! The three options I give my opponent are: 1) The U.S. Vice President should be directly elected at the same time as, but separately from, the U.S. President. 2) Facebook, as currently constituted, is detrimental to an individual's right to privacy. 3) Poker should become an Olympic sport at the earliest possible opportunity.
Illegal Immigration

OK to open this debate, I would like to start with a quote: "We've been inundated with criminal activity. It's just - it's been outrageous." - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer The said let's start with illegal immigration and criminal activity. According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) 2011 report, American prisons hold 351,000 illegal immigrants because of crimes that have occurred and criminal aliens actually have an average of seven arrests. This costs the US taxpayers $1.1 billion (http://www.gao.gov...). The United States of America should not take lawbreakers in as citizens and that is exactly what they are doing by being illegal immigrants. Currently, an average of three border patrol guards are attacked everyday along America's southern border with Mexico. The Justice Department has reported that assaults on US border patrol guards has increased 46% (http://cnsnews.com...). Not to mention that Al Qaeda has maybe infiltrating our southern borders already (http://www.washingtontimes.com...). Now not all immigrants are criminals, still we must enforce our laws. We cannot hold all the immigrants of the world. One immigrant, Carlos Montano, an illegal immigrant, was driving drunk in Virginia and killed a 66-year-old nun, Sister Denise Moiser, and wounded two others (http://www.cbsnews.com...). Now let's turn to illegal immigrants in school. First off, illegal immigrant obviously take up space in school for students who should really be there and thus make classrooms bigger. Also, US taxpayers pay $52 billion annually to educate illegals and that was reported by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) (http://www.fairus.org...). Illegal immigrants cause huge financial strains on the government. 70% of Texas' illegal immigrant families are on welfare? That is already to high compared to the too high 39% of native-born American who receive welfare (http://blog.chron.com...). The total cost of for Los Angeles to handle illegal immigrants is $1.6 billion which is not including the $600 million they pay for illegals' education (http://www.foxnews.com...). Also, due to illegal immigration, the nation's average wages have lowered 7.4% for America's 10 million native-born people who do not have a high school diploma (http://www.fairus.org...). So my opponent, if he/she pays taxes as well as the people will be voting should remember that they pay some of that $5.2 billion in education + $1.1 billion crime + the taxes you pay for 70% of illegal immigrants on welfare if you live in Texas + 1.6 billion it pays to handle illegal immigrants if you live in LA County if you live there.
God's Signature of GOD=7_4 in Bereshit 1:1 / Genasis 1:1

My opponent has once more not proves God. His entire analysis stems from English being a sacred language where coding could occur. I still await an argument for God's existence. I also feel that it is necessary to inform all that he spelt Genesis incorrectly. His entire round makes no sense, and as I said there is no evidence to believe God even exists.
God's Signature of GOD=7_4 in Bereshit 1:1 / Genasis 1:1

GOD=7_4 (G is the 7th letter, a circle O is either 15 or zero, D=4) Genasis=74=G7+E5+N14+A1+S19+I9+S19 My opponent is an atheist that refuses to recognize all the many proofs of GOD, design, and non-randomness in this Universe. Before I show a proof of the GOD-Creator of Earth, I'll show a proof of the FOD-Creator of the Planet Nestor... Nestor is the nearest 'true Earth-like plan-it' - our next-door neighbors - where humanoids have a nest or colony. Nestor was built(64=B2+U21+I9+L12+T20) with the FOD=6_4 algorithm: the exoplanet has 6 continents & 4 seasons, ('6 Seas') & 4 oceans, 64% of the plan-it's surface is water. With the naked eye, the Nestlings see 6 moving objects in their heavens - their '6 Classical Planets'/"6 Heavens" - and 4 don't cast shadows on Nestor/4 can't be easily seen during the daytime. Their two inner planets orbit(64=O15+R18+B2+I9+T20) at .6 AU & .4 AU, etc. See my tweaked NASA conference presentation of 9/21/09 "Identifying 'True Earth-like Planets - All New Worlds Are Built On 7_4 (like Earth) Or 6_4" at http://PlanetNestor.blogspot.com... . Nestlings' calendar is 6 twenty-seven day months + 4 twenty-six day months + 2 twenty-five day days = 316 days solar year. Every 4th year, one of the twenty-day months has an additional day. Nestlings' brain, heart, muscle, and newborns are 64% water. The recognize FOD(6_4) as The Creator - IN FOD WE TRUST - they love to play checkers and chess (64-square board), and their favorite beer is Miller 64.
God's Signature of GOD=7_4 in Bereshit 1:1 / Genasis 1:1

I remind my opponent that s/he has the burden of proof, and that s/he first needs to prove that God exists, and only after that s/he can argue what God's signature is. So first please prove a God. Also I remind the voters that the Bible here is being taken as a historical doctrine, and any judgement should be an existential judgement base on science and logic. I see none of that hither. Also Genesis is spelled wrong.
God's Signature of GOD=7_4 in Bereshit 1:1 / Genasis 1:1

Bereshit 1:1 / Genasis 1:1 בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ This is the original Hebrew of the first verse of the Torah/Bible. It's 7 words and 28 letters (28=7x4) and it's 'God's signature' of GOD=7_4. Of course, it translates to "In the beginning, GOD created the heavens and the earth." "As above, so below." - ancient precept of 'sacred geometry' Did the author of Genasis 1:1 consciously encode the first verse of Holy Scripture? Possibly. If not consciously, then GOD was acting in his subconscious. The ancients - Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Hebrews and others - observed the sacred combination of 7 & 4 in the heavens. There were/are 7 moving objects in the heavens that can be seen with the naked eye. These are known as the '7 Classical Planets': Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. 4 of these don't cast shadows on Earth/4 can't be easily seen during the day. There are 4 lunar phases of a little over 7 days (~7.4 days) each. The lunar year + 7 day week + 4 days = 365 day solar year. The Big Dipper is 7 stars with 4 in its quadrilateral ladle. Its 4th star in its middle is the brightest. The Big Dipper points to Polaris which is at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper, again 7 stars with 4 in its quadrilateral ladle. Polaris has been the North Star since around the time of the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 AD. Mars returns to the same point against the background of stars and in relationship to the Sun and Earth every 47 years. "On Earth as it is in the heavens." The Mesopotamians - Sumerians - were the first to keep astronomical/astrological records. They built their observatories/ temples - ziggurats ("Tower of Babel") - to be 7 levels high and first tracked the 4 seasons. The first Egyptian Step-Pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser was/is 7 levels. The Egyptians took the standard cubits of 6 palms x 4 fingers = 24 digits and added a palm to create the royal cubits of 7 palms x 4 fingers = 28 digits. The Hebrews mystically encoded the 7 Classical Planets through the 7 lamps of the menorah held by 4 branches. "Anytime an idea is connected to nature, it's not only logical - it was inevitable." Note the following examples of 'Simple(6,74) English(7,74) Gematria(8,74)'... GOD=7_4 (O is either 15 or zero) Genasis=74=G7+E5+N14+A1+S19+I9+S19 heavens=74=H8+E5+A1+V22+E5+N14+S19 objects=74=O15+B2+J10+E5+C3+T20+S19 shadows=74=S19+H8+A1+D4+O15+W23+S19 cubits=74=C3+U21+B2+I9+T20+S19 menorah=74=M13+E5+N14+O15+R18+A1+H8 connect=74=C3+O15+N14+N14+E5+C3+T20 . Synchronism: 9/27/14 07:15 Volcano eruption in Japan harmed 11 with 4 being unconscious. 07:50 "It's his signature move." - Ryder Cup Golf on NBC
All Jews are not Israelis

So, the resolution is: " All Jews are not Israelis"This is will be my only argument for this round. ..1. Some Jews are IsraeliYou realise that all I have to do to successfully negate the resolution is to show that some, a good percentage of jews are Israeli. Obviously, I concede to the point that some jews are not israeli but you have the impossible task of showing that there are no israeli born Jews in order to fulfill the BoP which you have. Many sources state that Israel is the the country with the second largest jewish population; America being the largest. Lets hope that you know where to locate Israel. .. The rate of jewish- births per million every yearConclusion:I have shown that that some Jews are Israelis which means that the resolution is impossible to defend. Vote COn! This guy laughs at the resolution. http://www.simpletoremember.com...http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu...https://sites.google.com...https://sites.google.com...http://www.myjewishlearning.com...http://en.wikipedia.org...https://www.google.co.uk...
All Jews are not Israelis

Some people believe that all Jews are Israelis. I may not be a Jew nor an Israeli, but I do believe the terms are different. If you call yourself a Muslim, does that mean you are an Arabian? No, it means that you believe in Islam. If you call yourself a Hindu, does that mean you are Indian? No, it means that you believe in Hinduism. If you call yourself Christian, does that mean you are a Greek (as Greece has the highest percentage of the population which is Christian)? No, it means that you believe in Christianity. So why must people say that if you believe in Judaism, you must be an Israeli?
THE NUMBER 10 IS EQUIVALENT TO THE NUMBER 5

After your third revision, I got of seeing this change and change while you simply attack me for pointing out that you've posted a topic that's impossible to debate. I will offer a mathematical proof for why 5 = 10. ******************************* Let t = a + b and a = 5 and b = 10 1. a + b = t 2. (a + b)(a - b) = t(a - b) 3. a^2 - b^2 = ta - tb 4. a^2 - ta = b^2 - tb 5. a^2 - ta + (t^2)/4 = b^2 - tb + (t^2)/4 6. (a - t/2)^2 = (b - t/2)^2 7. a - t/2 = b - t/2 8. a = b ******************************** Fairly simple to follow with a rudimentary understanding of algebra.
High school varsity restrictions

Varsity teams are those that represent the school, college or university against others[1]. They are not necessarily the most skilled players of their school, much like the footballers of a country leaving unknown to us the most incredible talented footballers of all time who simply weren't lucky enough to make it.The argument I have rests on two philosophies.Firstly, if you offered Lionel Messi $20,000,000 to play against Barcelona for a match do you know what he'd do? Spit on your money and tell you to F*** off.[3] He is purely loyal to this club for the bonds he has formed and what they've done for him, it's because he had to work year on year to get to play for them, that he had to work so hard to inspire them to hire him (and in his case give him expensive growth hormone to be decent sized[4]). To force you to play with the same team for a year to finally get the 'privilege' of playing for them makes you desperate to prove yourself to them and then stay loyal for all you have gone through with them and for them (and they for letting you finally be on the team). The truth is, if you make a man or woman desperate for an extended period of time for something, and never give it to them until that time, it forces them to push boundaries they wouldn't if they knew they could get in straight on talent alone. The fact that they have to prove themselves to you under a severely harsh regime provides the urge to help. After all how to armies work? You think you just send a man who can shoot amazingly well and fight like a boss out there? No you must force him to wait patiently until he can prove himself to be worthy to fight for your country, then you have not only a skilled soldier but also a loyal soldier. This is a key reason to have such a policy. After all, who would give up what they worked their butt off an entire year off?Secondly, it teaches the student patience and blind work for later reward. This sort of training is similar to the philosophy of martial arts where, even if you are amazing you must work hard[5] to be able to carry it out as muscle memory. This is vital to team success. You must make them willing to sit out a whole game if need be and yet play madly well and enthusiastically in the next match. You must teach the student to work for the sake of working and train simply to be amazing, if you force them to work so hard without recognition for a year imagine how obedient they'd be the next year?The truth is you want a loyal obedient member of a team as the coach, you don't want an amazing player who later betrays you and leaves because you let them join without proving themselves for a long time beforehand. So from the point of view of the school and coach, This policy on varsity is beneficial. The only opposition could come from an impatient student with an inflated ego. Sources:[1] http://en.wikipedia.org... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org... [3] http://www.soccernews.com... [4] http://soccernet.espn.go.com...# [5] http://en.wikipedia.org...
High school varsity restrictions

"The Varsity title simply categorizes and separates the best players from the poor ones." It also separates those loyal to the school to those who simply use the school to play the sport."If the new student maintains their GPA, passes drug tests, and maintains good behavior in and out of school, there is absolutely no reason why they cannot be placed on the Varsity team from the beginning or within the season of their first year" What if they get on with no-one in the team, are particularly aggressive and foul a lot on the pitch or simply are very lazy and rely purely on natural talent and don't do as told in training sessions."It IS fair." You never justified this. Nothing in life is truly fair."The other team members who have been paying for years and are still on Junior Varsity or get bumped down just because there is a better new member can just suck it up." The fact that they can suck it up doesn't justify it occurring. This was irrelevant to the debate."It's about how well you play in order to win." It's also about how willing you are to be the substitute on the bench the entire match and not complain about it as well as how good a team player you are and how humble an individual you are in taking criticism and improving."if the new incoming student meets all requirements, they should be able to play for the Varsity team if they are good enough to be on it." Ironically, if one of the requirements is to have trained with the team for a year, then that requirement must be met. So yes, you are correct but this doesn't support your side of the debate.
High school varsity restrictions

I completely disagree. If there IS any sign of misbehavior from that student, then a consequence should be imposed. That's why there are credentials for all team players. They must maintain a certain GPA and maintain behavior to a certain degree. This applies to all players, so this is completely irrelevant to their Varsity or non-Varsity status. The Varsity title simply categorizes and separates the best players from the poor ones. If the new student maintains their GPA, passes drug tests, and maintains good behavior in and out of school, there is absolutely no reason why they cannot be placed on the Varsity team from the beginning or within the season of their first year. It IS fair. The other team members who have been paying for years and are still on Junior Varsity or get bumped down just because there is a better new member can just suck it up. It's about how well you play in order to win. So in summary, if the new incoming student meets all requirements, they should be able to play fr the Varsity team if they are good enough to be on it.
High school varsity restrictions

It is indeed extremely unfair to the player and from the player's point of view is a total outrage of justice. However, it is only unfair to the player, to everyone else involved in the allowing or disallowing of a varsity team member this system is beneficial.From the coach's perspective, forcing a player to train with the team for a year before being allowed to play for them enables them to truly crave playing for the team and hence you have a severely loyal player who will release all the anger and frustration of how hard it was to get on the team every match (probably fighting harder than students who were always at the school because they really want to become captain and get revenge by making the team train and work to THEIR orders).From the headmaster's perspective, you know that the student could potentially be very rowdy and, since they are new to the area, are yet to develop a bad reputation outside of school (hence all other school's will say how did that jerk, or cow, get to play involving huge jeering and reduction of team morale for that very rowdy character being on it). Additionally, the student could be very bad behaved at school but amazingly good at a sport which would lead to you, yourself, having to expel the team captain of the sports team, or even a very good player. to do this would make all sports teachers despise you and several students begin to lose respect for you. Thus, by having a strict non-negotiable policy which enables you to truly analyse a student's character and behaviour before allowing them to play on your school team, you avoid such hassle and essentially maintain your own reputation if it comes to expelling them.From a psychologist's perspective, making people work severely hard and long to earn a reward leads to them perfecting what they do so much more since they have to prove themselves for an extremely long time. Why do you think we have school reports, mock exams and behaviour records as opposed to just an exam? So that a university can observe a students entire profile, not just their ability at a subject. You could be getting 100% every exam and be denied from Harvard, Yale or Oxbridge if all your teacher's and work experience (apprenticeship) employers give you a bad an inconsistent reputation. This is the same theory applied to the varsity policy. You need to know the player is going to play their hardest for our team, not just rely on natural talent and merely get on the team and then be snobbish or arrogant to team members. There is so much more to a person than natural talent. Natural talent is minimum requirement.In summary, only from the student's perspective is it unfair. It is a beneficial and justified system by all other parties that would be involved in analysing the situation.