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If Only Hitler Listened to His Generals......

Hitler made the decisions about what types and how many tanks and aircraft to produce. He was a very poor judge of what Nazi Germany needed, both strategically and operationally, to fight the war efficiently. One example of this is he ignored the jet fighter until the closing months of the war. If he allowed the production of the jet fighter as soon as he found out about it, 1941-ish, he would have the most advanced planes being flown by the best pilots in the world. These pilots of course are Luftwaffe. These planes could have stopped the USA and Great Britain's air raids and without their bombing offensive, there probably wouldn't have been a invasion of Normandy. He also didn't take advantage of the V-1 and V-2 rockets. If he allowed this program to expand, such a missile would be able to cross the channel and destroy airfields, assembly areas and harbors. These missiles would also have been able to reach Russia and take out their large army formations. And eventually, their missiles would have been able to reach the US of A. Now to the if Hitler let his generals control the military. Hitler took control of the war in early 1942, even though he had minimal military training or skills. In making decisions, he was rash and hasty. He made very unrealistic assumptions and gave Spartan-like "no retreat" policies to his troops. He gave full-scale attack orders without fully understanding the realities that the Nazi commanders would have. He was so obsessed with the elimination of the Jews and Bolsheviks, that little else mattered to him at that point. These mistakes by Hitler certainly helped the Allies in many ways. I think the Eastern Front shows that Hitler was not a military genius and in fact, had no right controlling that military. Would they have won the war if he let his commanders do the planning and if he pursued proper strategic programs. Possibly. But one thing is for sure. It would have been much harder for the Allies to beat them if so.
If Only Hitler Listened to His Generals......

I would have to disagree with this. I believe that even if Hitler had listened to his generals he still would have lost the war. The first reason for why this is true is that one, the u.s. would not have entered the war if it had not been for the Japaneses bombing pearl harbor. Therefore whether or not Hitler had listened to his generals would not have affected whether or not the u.s. had entered the war. With this then the Germans did not effect whether or not the u.s. created the atomic bomb which essentially ended the war with the japan after at the end of WW2. So if this is what had happened with Japan to end the war then it is not a large leap of logic to see that this could have easily happened to Germany if they were still a large threat in the war. Seeing this then it is easy to see why even if Hitler had listened to his generals, he still would have lost. Due to the u.s. entering the war regardless of Hitler. Or of the atomic bomb being used on Germany or at least a threat for that country to stand down. Therefore, i urge a negative vote.
If Only Hitler Listened to His Generals......

Ohh right, now I get it. Sorry. So now I will sum up how this round has gone and give the reasons as to why I should be given the vote. Firstly, as I explained already, whether or not Hitler listened to his generals did not affect if the U.S. entered the war. Second, my opponent was contradicting himself about the resolution that he made. Third, that my opponent broke the rules by not responding and so therefore should forefeit. And finally, for the fact that the rest of the world had as good of fighters as Germany. It is for these reasons that I believe that I should win this round.
If Only Hitler Listened to His Generals......

In your closing statement you say that the Germans could have Possibly won and that victory would have been much harder on the Allies had the control of the German army gone to the generals. However according to the resolution that you posted it says that Hitler would not have lost World War 2 had the generals had control. Therefore, in your closing statement you are contradicting the resolution that you posted. In your first paragraph you state that Germans had superior flying abilities, this is not neccessarily true. The Allies had many excellent fliers as well The Angels of Annihilation, who were recurited to take down the Flying Circus, and the British Sopwith Camel to name a few. Therefore, you cannot just go out and assume that Germans had the superior flying ability when both sides had many amazing dog fighters. Also you say that Hitler was a ignorant of the weapons that he had, this may be true, but we must also look at the state that Germany was in. After the first world war, Germany was to take full blame for the war as well as cut their army down, destroy and no longer make their U-boats, and pay back all Allied countries that they hurt. This caused Germany to be in such a state of economic collapse that they would not have had the money nor resources to create such weapons that would largely affect the war, since most resources were going towards funding rebuilding Germany and paying back the other countries. You also claim that Hitler was ignorant and obessed in wiping out the Jews and others. This is not exactly correct either, due to the stirct regulations put on Germany after the war, Hitler used this to restrengthen Germany. Since the German army was cut, he had a rotation system in place, where the German army would train soldiers and then send them home. This system of rotating soldiers in the army allowed them to once again have military strength. As for the Jews and others, one of the best was to rally a nation is to have an enemy that the people of that nation can actively move against themselves. This enemy he portaryed as the Jews and Bolsheviks. As this happened it gave the German people a person whom they could blame the loss of World War One on and then use this feeling to rally the people and quickly increase the strength of the German nation. Also once again the Germans had no effect on whether or not the U. S. A. entered the War. Being as they were already working more explosive bombs, which led to the creation of the atomic bomb. It becomes obvious that the Germans would have lost the war regardless of whoever was in charge. Since when the atomic bomb was created it could have been dropped on Germany itself or more likely it would have been used to threaten the Germans to stand down.
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Yep, it's me again. Another rap diss battle. (Cause I love em!) No holds barred. You can call my mother a dirty prostitute or say I have an ugly face or whatever. I won't take offence. But be warned, I will definately say terrible things about you. Anyway, to make it interesting lets add a few elements to the game... 1) Your rap must be at least 16 lines. (Otherwise you suck, duh.) 2) Pooka, m93samman and L cannot accept this battle. (I want to battle new people derp.) 3) You must give your opponent 4 sets of 2 words that he/she must use during his battle. My opponent may choose whether or not to go first. If he chooses to go first, he must forfeit round 4. (No penalty for this obviously) My opponents first 4 words are... Orange Sherbet (Hehe) Sticky-tape Empty box Blank page
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Ding. May have missed a round, but I'm still strides ahead of you. Throw some lyrics together, they stick like fvcking SUPER GLUE. Bell dings, tvell's flying out of the corner, ready to smash it. Your lyrics are as tasty as WARM TOAST covered with rat sh1t. Passion for in-rhymes, doubles and hyperboles. Thrashin' b1tches, pummel em when they try hurting me. Your disses are fables, I'll sink you like I was navel. You're playing checkers, b1tch this is a MAHJONG TABLE. Kicking a5s, my power is greater than the BLUE RANGER. My mighty morphin syllables are putting your life in danger. You've got no class son, you're shooting from a glass gun. I'm taking a limo to buy gum. Like a bubble I pop your dome. Don't lose your BUS PASS kid, you'll need it to get home. No doubt of my victory, Blank. You're as manly as Gwen Stefani. My lyrics are buff like Arnie, HOLLABACK GIRL, stop acting smarmy. Major skills compared to no frills, thrills causing chills, My RED ROCKET will leave you limping like Heather fvcking Mills. Extravagant, tyrannical, taking over DDO rap like my name was Nero. Zero, your score like you aren't plugged in playing GUITAR HERO.
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... yeah ... yeah ...wassup wassup I'm Blank but you already knew that , i make b1tches gush But when i touch the mic I'm LL Cool J "everybody just Hush" T.V, they call me the rap terrorist, my rhymes are like bombers I have you fallin in a instance just like the twin towers You thinking over the pages, but no solution to beat me Add this to another failed rap like an F on your WORKSHEET "Omg TV is it true? that BLANK straight up assaulted you?" "You got raped (lyrically speaking) like the girl with the DRAGON TATTOO?" Yes, ladies and gentlemen its true this guy chickened out like Scooby Doo But it was imminent from the beginning you would lose, couldn't get the clue? No way a tuna can beat a shark, look it up in the NATURE ENCYCLOPEDIA I would say you beating me... haha... simply got bad case of deliria Your brain is like a cheap USB STICK, getting errors for you My rhymes are on a new level and its just too much for you My rhymes are sick, and sweet, I just got a natural flow TV don't try to be Kobe, and try to force your sh1t out bro (Kobe's case) In your eyes i bet i look unbeatable, rapping circles around you like bugs bunny Everyone pull out your wallets, betting on me is another sure thing like flloyd Monay It's sad that it had to go down like this, I thought u had balls but you seem to have a cl1t Pu$$y! don't try this sh1t again, Call PETA on me because it looks like i just had to whip this b1tch! This is just a game to me, I own this sh1t just like a monopoly You say prayers to go to jail, that's right punk you wanna hide from me It is simple I'm on another level, Hell you ain't even ranked Consider this a murder, Headshot! at point-BLANK
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yo... yo... Blank versus TV, rap battle everyone keep you eyes glued A slaughter like this would usually be on a pay-per-view Because God has given me the rhymes as sweet as ORANGE SHERBET I sell my rhymes to amateurs like you, getting green like Kermet Talks about fvcking my mother, but take off the disguise I don't need to be "House" to tell that "everybody lies" But you need a chef not a doctor, if you think you will win this debate We need the best to tell if somebody here is getting "baked" This guy couldn't even get a girl who is he kidding I saw posters on the street with your face on it saying "Game is Missing" Talking about how he always hits and never misses This guy in the club only gets slaps and no digits TV's feeling himself, but his head is just another EMPTY BOX You stepped into a bear's house there aint getting out goldilocks Cause when I spit, my rhymes and my flow is murderous Like Hannibal Lector I eats your rhymes like its breakfast My rhymes float like a butterfly they sting like a bee Against you its safe to say, I can be rap's Muhammad ALI My raps are instant classics like Steamboat Willy I piss on all your rhymes as if I'm R Kelly Put some STICKY TAPE on you mouth and stop breaking microphones My raps fvck you up so bad, Chris Crocker gonna tell me to leave you alone Next round I be having you in a fit of rage As you scratch your head thinking over a BLANK PAGE
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Ok... Ok...... Welcome Blank, to tvells think tank. Thanks for taking the time and try to enjoy your brief stay. Ok, here's what I've got to say… Blank rocks into the DDO bat-tle, Thinking he can compete against the big t-vell? Son, round one, we'll be ringing the knock-out bell. Prattle on as much as you want, try your best, do your worst. You're fvcking with a man with an unquenchable lyrical thirst. I can p1ss away a hundred good disses, all hits, no misses. Thursday to Wednesday, my internal thesaurus persists. Face to face, like Judd Nelson and Anthony Michael Hall. I'll bully this wimp until he crawls in a corner, rolls up in a ball and bawls. But this ain't no BREAKFAST CLUB, we won't be friends at the end. Cause you're like the Tele-Tubbies and I'm the Happy Tree Friends. Eyes roll back in my head, evil grin, just call me Flippy. Having your as$ drinking from a cup that's Sippy. I spit like a crazy mother fvcker, I am insane More personalitys then the crowd at a FOOTBALL GAME. Saliva flies in all directions. Lyrically I discom-fvcking-bobulate. One look, I cause your mum to ovulate. I'm not short, but I'm like Napoleon. Cause I invade and conquer her fallopians. Have her popping PING-PONG balls up out her pus$y. I'm Sushi yeah, I'm cold, raw and fresh. I'm Tim Roth in Lie to Me, I always see the truth. Like a moth, fly or a bee, I'll bug you in the booth. I sting like hitting you in the eye with an ONION RING. Ok, time to wrap this up like a burger at Burger King.
Public college education in the United States should be tuition-free.

I thank you as well for the interesting and informative debate. I understand some of the problems you had understanding what I was trying to say, so I make it a little more clear as to what I am trying to get across. You see, I am very critical of the college system. It seems to me that while some work hard and eventually graduate with a major that they can use to be successful in life, many just come to slack off, have fun, and really have no goals for the future. Personally, I think the idea of tuition is good. I think it gives people more of an incentive to work hard, get scholarships, and succeed as they do not want to end up with a bunch of debt. I think that if we allow a system where college is essentially free, we will just have too many people in the colleges with not enough classes or professors to fill them. We are already seeing a similar problem in universities as many students can not find available classroom seats in courses that they need to graduate which leads to students having to be in college for five years or even more. I also believe that the government just does not do as good of a job as the private sector in really anything. Right now in the nation is about a trillion dollars deep in student loan debt and of that money only about 100 billion is from private universities. If anything it's the government who is giving people all these loans that they will never pay back. If we continue to allow the government to control the educational system nothing will ever get better. While Thomas Jefferson did not have sufficient funds to have a tuition free university, I still do not see why him founding a public university makes him support tuition-free college. You also never went up on one my statements I made earlier that almost half of all college graduates with a bachelors degree are in fields that do not require their major. This is a major issue as it spawns the question I ask. What was the point of these people going to college. It did not seem to help in them following their dreams, it did not really help in rights and equality, and it also did not help them in getting any benefits in higher education. We need to leave education to the private sector. We also need to train kids in grade school in high school better when it comes to being able to find a job. If we do that then only those seeking training for more specialized jobs can go to college, those who do not can enter the workforce, and those who are not interested can pay for their consequences. College has become not a place of higher education and rather some mandatory thing in being able to get ahead in life rather than simply being a place of higher education. If we can resort things back to the old system we should be fine. However, if we continue on the path we are going, free-tuition college may be the least of our worries. Just remember, a government that is powerful enough to give you everything you want is powerful enough to take it away. It was a pleasure debating with you and I had fun. I hope this has been an eye-opener to you and for anyone else reading this.
Public college education in the United States should be tuition-free.

Hello, everybody. First round for acceptance and questions about round. While I feel the topic is straightforward generally, I will provide a few caveats: 1) Public college/university: Any college/university that receives state funding and that falls under the eventual jurisdiction of each state"s department of education, via a board of appointed trustees and/or commissioners. 2) Tuition-free: Without tuition alone; that is, not having to pay for classes themselves. Room and board charges and book charges, along with other extraneous charges, would still apply. 3) Do not change admissions policies; that is, admissions would still be based on merit, affirmative action, or whatever the current policy of the university is. The universities would, however, have the option of admitting more, but still qualifying, students if they so chose. 4) Funding would originate from, but not be limited to, a combination of federal grants to the individual states for education, research, state funding sources, out-of-state tuition charges, and alumni donations. 5) This free tuition would apply only to those students who are classified as "in-state" for a given public university. 6) Universities would have to cap out-of-state students at 25% of each incoming class. Thanks, and good luck!
Bearded communists tend to be 'better' than non bearded communists

Privet Comrade! I happily accept this debate on our glorious leaders and hope that by the end of it we shall have a better idea of the role a healthy chin bush plays in bringing honour and happiness to our cause.In my rounds I will be submitting several leaders for the judges' consideration. All of their faces are cherubic and clear of any underbrush. It will be my contention that this has in no way impeded them in making a significant and most valuable contribution to furthering the cause of Communism.Along the way I shall also seek to place the achievements of my opponent's submissions into proper perspective whilst not intending to minimise or belittle their efforts in any way.PRO has already done an excellent job of establishing the terms of our debate, and I am most pleased to acquiesce.I urge the Judges to thoughtfully consider the total impact these leaders have had on Communism as we see it today. Sipping vodka while reading may help with this.Also note that we have a gentleman's agreement as to how long the leader needed to sport the flavour-savour before they can be included into his team. Check the comments section if you are in doubt.I look forwrad to this debate - Udachi!
Bearded communists tend to be 'better' than non bearded communists

For the purpose of this debate better will be defined as doing 'more good' and 'less bad'. My burden of proof is to show that bearded communists (communist leaders with beards) did more good for their people than their non bearded counterparts and did less bad to their people/enemies than them as well. I will argue that the percent of 'good' bearded communists is more than the percent of 'good' non bearded communists. Since there are a HUGE number of communists, only national leaders of communist countries or leaders of communist guerillas and revolutionaries will be included in the debateBeard does NOT include mustache. For example, Joseph Stalin is a non bearded communist despite his mustache. Rules:Forfeiture = 7 points to other debater1st round acceptanceNo new arguments in round 4Semantics may not be debated, if you do not understand what is being debated, ask me in comments. Failiure to adhere to these rules results in loss of conduct (except for the forfeiture which results in loss of 7 points)
I will lose this debate.

ok, lol, thanks for this utterly pointless debate, but im onli participating for a win, and because i'm bored. My opponent states, "Vote for Pro if you believe I will lose this debate." Well, he is Pro. And if you believe he will lose, then you can not vote for him, since that would disprove this statement that he will lose. Anyway, this statement is completely illogical, since if a voter believes that a person will lose, then they will clearly vote against him/her. Now, the resolution states, "I will lose this debate." This is in reference to my opponent, the Pro, the instigator. thus, you must negate.
Rehabilitation vs Prison for Addicts

So, what should society do with addicts? Just throw them in prison and throw away the key? Maybe we shoud put them on a dessert island? Just Kill'em off? Not allow them to work a decent job? Maybe they and their children will just starve if we let them work in minimum wage jobs? They are people too! They have children and families and bills just like you and me. What if it were your child? brother? mother?
Rehabilitation vs Prison for Addicts

Good day to you. I am forced to disagree with the point you are trying to prove. A drug addict is defined as a person who is addicted to an illegal drug. I live in a city bordering Mexico. I've seen first hand how drugs can destroy not only a person's life but also the people in his or hers immediate surroundings. Families have been torn apart. Marriages. Responsible every day Americans that had a life before they entered the horrible world of drug addiction. Drug addicts do anything in their power including stealing, lying, and cheating just to get their hands on more illegal drugs. Many of the criminals locked up are in facts locked up for crimes related to drugs. I believe rehabilitation is not the answer for drug addicts because sooner or later they will go back to they wrong doings and all the money spent on rehabilitation programs will be in vain.
Rehabilitation vs Prison for Addicts

Drug Court is more effective than prison. If an addict is clean in prison it's because he has to, kind of like being a dry drunk. The trick is to rehabilitate an addict in their own hometown. However, society needs to be ready to accept them back into society in order for them to become a productive member of society. There need to be laws put into place making it illegal for any company to discriminate against hiring felons.!!!
Rehabilitation vs Prison for Addicts

No sir we shouldn't. When I said prison, I had a specific plan in mind. We should have the three strikes of drug charges and you are out rule. You give the addict three chances. If they break the law 3 times chances are they are going to do them more times after that. We have to scare them with long and harsh prison terms. We have to scare people into not becoming an addict. We have to show them that there are consequence in your actions. We have to teach them to be responsible. I say 3 opportunities is enough. There will be a lot of people in jail at first but once people understand that no good comes from drugs the prison rate will decline once more. I'm sorry but rehabilitation does not work. Most of the time. Many famous celebrities have crashed and burned because of drugs. Many of them went to rehab multiple times. They would detox, stay clean for a short while, and after they would go back to their natural life and routine they would continue doing drugs. Why? Because if a human wants to do something. They are going to do it. Especially if the addict is under a chemical dependence. I find it hard to change somebody's mind as well.