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Dungeons and Dragons has no demoralizing effects for the average gamer

This debate was sparked in my mind after reading what I believe is one of the most intolerant articles on the subject of Dungeons and Dragons. (http://www.chick.com...) Many fundamentalists totally misrepresent what kind of game Dungeons and Dragons really is. For example, In this writer's rebuttal against the essential argument that Dungeons and Dragons is just a game, he writes, "Playing chicken with cars is 'only a game' [...] So is Russian roulette!" However, the great fallacy in this counter is that those games involve the physical world while DnD is all in the mind. Others say that this is killing the soul by distracting our attention from God. So does this mean that hopscotch, jumping rope, and scrap booking are also thing that would kill the soul? I hope that I don't have to spend every few hours thinking about Christ in order to get to heaven, otherwise I'm sprirtually screwed. The writer of the article states that the game challenges the players intellectually and emotionally, forcing them to have a high imagination and creativity, something he claims the devil would engineer. In that case, would schools and theaters be works of the devil as well? After all, we all know how much pure children hate school when they start, and schools do challenge the student both intellectually and emotionally. Theaters do the same, while encouraging a great deal of creativity as well. Perhaps the biggest argument is the high use of magic. Although I am aware that magic and the occult are highly prohibited in the Bible, the make believe acting of doing magic is accepted by my standards. Just look at Narnia, which is greatly accepted by Christians, despite the large use of magic in it. Another argument is that being drawn in the game leads many players to blur the lines between reality and fantasy. This is an argument that I have hated since I first started defending interactive media. The inability to tell the difference between reality and fiction is inherent in all people free from mental illness. If this was really to happen, than the person must have had a mental illness to loose touch with reality. In my opinion, Dungeons and Dragons is a good game that challenges while it entertains. As long as you know the difference between what happens on pen and paper from what happens in real life, you're still able to be a good Christian. However, if you have any qualms, then you have the right to stay out. I look forward to my contender's rebuttal.
Football is better than American Football

Football is better in every aspect to American Football (proud US citizen by the way). It is physically and mentally more challenging than American football in every way. The stamina required for all 90 minutes, sometimes more, mixed with the strength to hold off defenders, and to take defenders on, the intellectual level required to play this sport at an elite level. Think about it. A typical midfielder, take Andres Iniesta, must be fit at a very very high level. How many calories would you have burned by running box to box for an hour and a half to two hours? The closest comparison to a centre midfielder I can draw would most likely be the quarterback position. Yes, you take big hits, but you are covered by a good amount of pads. Football players do not stop every 5-15 seconds to wait for their next move, it's go, go, go. And when Iniesta loses the ball, he does not come of off the field. He busts his butt to get the ball back, as do the rest of his teammates. Just look up the Barca 6 second video on youtube. And if a fullback wins the ball back, Iniesta doesn't just jump right back into the game, because he already is in the game. And how strong do defenders have to be to go up against these forwards that are flying at them full speed? The strongest footballer (Akinfenwa) in the world can bench 400 pounds, whereas Aaron Rodgers has a max of about 335 pounds. And the mental strength of a football player must be tremendous. As a goalkeeper, I know the pressure of keeping a clean sheet, or saving a penalty. Speaking of penalties. Stopping a penalty as a goalkeeper is much more difficult than anything you must do in American football. Considering you have almost 200 square feet to cover, and you have no idea where to go, and no one else to rely on except yourself. Penalty shootouts suck. Both sides. There is almost more pressure to score a penalty than there is to save it. Back to my point. Goalies are expected to make all of the saves, just as forwards are expected to score every single chance they have. How strong mentally do you have to be if you miss an open goal opportunity with no one around (Yakubu Aiyegbeni 2012 WC) . I look forward to this debate.
Drug Abuse: Can be stopped without the use of incarceration

While this may work for some drug addicts, it does not fully address the issue of drug abuse on the whole. It does perhaps aid the consumer in their abuse, however it does nothing in the higher echelons of the drug trade system. Users are their end goal. They grow the drugs, process them, supply them, deal them, and then they are finally consumed. Much of the profit of the business starts way before the demand meets the supply. I would argue that incarceration is necessary to prevent drug abuse, because there are people who are enablers that provide vulnerable people with drugs and get them hooked. There are also individuals who don't have broken lives and even maintain a semblance of normality while abusing substances. What about them? People who promote unhealthy substance abuse should most certainly be incarcerated, and as a last point, drug addicts can often be accessories to other crimes such as robbery, assault, and even murder. Because of this, despite being addicts they are still responsible for their other crimes and should still be incarcerated. This is especially evident because of all the drug users already in prison. It's a vice that accompanies other vices. It should be punished just as harshly.
Drug Abuse: Can be stopped without the use of incarceration

What I mean is that there should be no time in prison if you use drugs. I personally don't use drugs. My opening statement: Switzerland. In the 1980's, Switzerland had a drug abuse problem. The many side-products that drug abuse in the United States created is occurring once again at Switzerland: crime, prostitution, the whole works. Instead of shoving druggies into jails, they did something nobody in the US would even think about doing: open drug treatments where you can get free heroine (in healthy doses). They helped people who were doing drugs get their lives back together. What happened then was fascinating (or at least to me). Since nobody was buying drugs due to the fact that they can get it free, they started rebuilding their lives back together. Streets that used to have high-crime rates now are dotted successful businesses. There was a "significant drops in overdose deaths" and, for some reason, HIV dropped as well. With their treatment and non-hostile acts, they have found out a simpler way to eradicate drugs.
Drug Abuse: Can be stopped without the use of incarceration

I will be arguing over drug abuse, and how it can be stopped without the incarceration of drug users. My Position: Drug Abuse can be stopped without taking people into jail time. Rules: 1.) No trolling, please take the debate seriously. 2.) Do not abstain after starting the debate. If you accept this debate than you must agree to the following conditions: 1.) Go against my position (look above) 2.) Create 2 arguments, not including this first round. 3.) Have your first "argument" as "I accept this debate and the conditions". The first round will only be used for acceptance. If you are voting, I encourage you to read ALL SIDES OF THE DEBATE. This debate is practice for an upcoming event (of my sort) that will be very....very painful. Please understand that I will make some rookie mistakes.
Daryl Dixon is the most overrated character on The Walking Dead

The so-called "cash cow" of the Walking Dead TV show has been the non-GN character Daryl Dixon. And yes, crossbows are kind of cool, but really isn't he overrated? With a show with so many great characters, it is hard to see why people need to keep buying "If Daryl Dies We Riot" T-Shirts or shipping Carol and Daryl or complaining when Daryl doesn't get enough screen time. Okay, that never happens. Daryl gets TOO MUCH screen time! My point is, that Daryl Dixon dying would not need to incite rioting. Indeed some of us might be relieved because then it would help us to focus more on some of the other characters. It's nice that Daryl has had some plots with Aaron but really? Should he continue to be "safe" because of public opinion of him? Carl, who the show should really be more about the development of, got limited screen time last season, all so Daryl could appease the fans. This has to stop. TWD without Daryl would be a breath of fresh air.
gay marriage

You are right in some ways, wrong in others. Children do need to find themselves but they do need the help from a mom and a dad. Everything will not turn out alright. Look at the world. Everything will not turn out all right b/c we want it to, it will turn out right if we make sure of it. Have you ever taken a look at children who had parents who divorced and then got married again??? They have 2 moms and 2 dads and in many cases(not all) they end up worse than kids with one mom and one dad. Moms and dads are different, in the way they raise kids to the way that they love them. You need both for a healthy family. I am against marriage. It is unethical, not moral, and there is no sense in it whatsoever.
gay marriage

I am not saying that they cannot be fit parents; What I am saying is that while they could they get exposed to things that are not right. If a gay male couple adopt a little girl what is to prevent him from having sex with her b/c up till now, no one has said anything of his life. A gay couple could take of a child in turns of making sure that they are fed and clothed, but in terms of the heart, a child needs both a mom and a dad. A little girl needs a dad to show her what she needs to look for in her husband and she needs a mother to show her how to take care of a family and be faithful the husband. A young boy needs a mother to show him what to look for in a wife and a father to show him how to be a husband. They can't get that in a gay couple.
You do not exist

Definitions: you = people in general From now on, All (sub-)definitions from Merriam-Webster: exist = to have real being whether material or spiritual Sub-definitions: people = plural of person, I. E. Human being, Whether adult or child being = a quality or state of having existence existence = reality as presented in experience experience = direct observation of or participation in events as a basis of knowledge Argument: Granting that all of you are conscious beings following y Ren" Descartes' famous principle of "cogito ergo sum" (I think therefore I am), You are receiving information about everything within and without you through the six senses and countless neural pathways. You are not observing the Universe directly, Therefore not experiencing it, Which means it is not reality as presented through experience, And thus it can't be said to have existence, To be, Except if we trust the honesty of the reality of our senses and neural experiences. I argue that these senses are most probably not an accurate albeit limited representation of actual truth. In fact, If we acknowledge the possibility of faithful simulations of reality being a technical possibility, The probability of our senses communicating a material reality rather than a virtual one are infinitesimally small, Unless all species die out before they can or else refuse to engage in simulating realities such as our own. Furthermore, If we admit our ignorance regarding the world, Countless possibilities show themselves. We may as well be in a Library of Baabel of universes, A series of Planck frames tied together by the congruence of physical laws along their course and thus emerging as organized, Isolated quantum systems where we develop brains that differentiate us from low entropy quantum systems in non-thinking material. These frames need not be consecutive or material, They could be part of a random algorithm. Given these premises, The probabilities are favorable enough to confidently state that you do not exist with the same rigor as the scientific method.
abortion

Interestingly, my opponent did not rebut my arguments. As I have the burden of proof, if my arguments are not refuted, the resolution is proved. "Another thing that is a bad thing about abortion is that it can lead to, unwanted memories, which can result into great stress and depression."I can't deny that. However is also true that having a child can lead to stress and depression. As a matter of fact, having children will definitely cause you stress. Then that doesn't prove me wrong."Now I also understand the people who have been raped and ended up pregnant and cannot bear to have a child, but In the instance of rape and incest, proper medical care can ensure that a woman will not get pregnant."This is not true. If you got pregnant there's no other way of ensure that you will no longer be pregnant than abortion. If someone rape you and you got pregnant, there's no way proper medical care can ensure you will not get pregnant, you've already got pregnant!!"There are many options other than abortion that people can do"Having options doesn't prove abortion is wrong.
abortion

Another thing that is a bad thing about abortion is that it can lead to, unwanted memories, which can result into great stress and depression. Some women experience a feeling of guilt, which lasts for their whole lifetime. In short, abortion can turn out to be a lifetime worth of burden, it leads the person to be not only depressed but the person can end up suicidal because of the fact that they did take a life, a life that could have became something much more than just a fetus. After all, abortion implies denying someone a well-deserved life. Just because the odds are not in our favor, can we deprive someone the chance to live? There are many options other than abortion that people can do, adoption is a viable alternative to abortion and accomplishes the same result. And with 1.5 million American families wanting to adopt a child, there is no such thing as an unwanted child. So to be technical there are other options than taking something that could be someone's life. Now I also understand the people who have been raped and ended up pregnant and cannot bear to have a child, but In the instance of rape and incest, proper medical care can ensure that a woman will not get pregnant. Abortion punishes the unborn child who committed no crime; instead, it is the perpetrator who should be punished.
abortion

I get Con's argument but it's based upon one unproved assumption: a fetus is a human.If a fetus is a human, then obviously abortion is wrong, abortion is murder. The problem here is that a fetus is not a human.Let's examine what differences humans. Humans have consciousnes, that's the human essence. Humans can be aware, they are capable of reasoning and philosophizing. That's the human definition: reasoning animals. But what enables us to be that? What enables us to unlock the capacity of reasoning? The brain.Our brain is what makes us capable of reasoning, is what makes us humans in the first place. Then to know if something is human you have to see if it has a brain and if it has brain activity (because having a non functioning brain is like not having a brain). "The thalamo-cortical complex that provides consciousness with its highly elaborate content, begins to be in place between the 24th and 28th week of gestation. Roughly two months later synchrony of the electroencephalographic (EEG) rhythm across both cortical hemispheres signals the onset of global neuronal integration. Thus, many of the circuit elements necessary for consciousness are in place by the third trimester. " Then, we can say that a non born baby becomes a human by the third trimester. Therefore, a abortion is wrong when it happens after this. So, before this moment, abortion is not wrong. "A baby is often considered as a God"s gift, and it"s believed that every living being has a purpose behind his/her birth. By messing with a life, aren"t we acting against the creator of the world, and us?" Well, this part is really subjective. This assumes god does exist. As an agnostic atheist, I discard this. I can respect belief, but don't let belief affect reason."having an abortion done always carries the risk of not being able to become pregnant ever again in life."This is not true nowadays. Modern medicine can handle abortions without that risk. I mean, the risk of being incapable of having a baby exists, but is pretty little compared to the risk caused by other daily activities we do (us alcohol, tobacco, and others).On balance, as far as it's before the development previously explained, abortion is not killing a human, thus it's not wrong. Looking forward to Con's rebuttals. Cheers!Sources:- Scientifc American- Meditations on First Philosophy - Descartes- Plato and Aristotle works
abortion

Like I said before abortion is murder and as every child was ever told, murder is horrible, nasty and cruel. Murdering a man is the same thing as murdering a woman or a child, which goes the same as your unborn child inside of you. Now I know I am getting a little religious when I say this but A baby is often considered as a God"s gift, and it"s believed that every living being has a purpose behind his/her birth. By messing with a life, aren"t we acting against the creator of the world, and us? Now lets say that you are to young to have a child or not prepared, but want a child in the long run, well having an abortion done always carries the risk of not being able to become pregnant ever again in life.
Rap Battle

Your sources are just lame fillers, you got no real materialI got no sources an' I'm still an amazin' killer, not to mention serialYour sentences are just fragments, when you wrote this your mind was absent It's as if you're welcomin' my victory, knowin' it's an unstoppable adventMy hand of cards still remain unbeatable,Poker-face unreadable, actions unpredictableYour poor achievements are so bad they're unspeakableYour demise is sad yet already set, story's uncompletable In this rap battle I remain as strong as adamantYour poor rhythm and rhyme offer my easy dominance Your small size gives to you little prominence Sand? Puh-leaze, to me that's completely incompetent You think your raps can make good stuff, but it's all just a bluffReadin' books simply ain't enough, fancy words are just fluff'ey only make you so dorky no guy'll date or even come to youEven the nerdiest of nerds compared to you, they're way too coolMy opponent doesn't even understand my complex verseThis only shows fur'er evidence 'at she's way worseI can destroy her, line by line with little cannon bursts Her ship is already sank, and her womb is thus dispersedThere's no way she can win, her stuff belongs in the trash binEven reading her stuff's a sin, no one wants her, not even her kinShe thinks she's tall, but compared to me she's a neanderthalShe completely failed, not only in this rap, but in life she's also yaw'd**This word means to swerve off course/deviate from direct course, for those that are too lazy to look this up See: http://dictionary.reference.com...
Rap Battle

Hey all my homies, I’m doing yet another rap debate, Calling all guys, girls, pegasisters [1] and bronies [2] - watch me wipe 9space off his slate. By the time I finish with little 9spaceking, he’ll be in a state. He won’t ever dare enter a rapping ring, “no rap debates” for him will be a mandate. I’m not a brave man, I’m a valiant woman. You’ll be begging for a ban, when I’ve showed you all my hands. You can try all you can, but this, right here, is my land – Should’ve ran, or you might as well just bury yourself in the sand. I’m a Bookworm, I don’t crawl. I can slither through tiny crevices and creaks. When we finish here, Ima be standing tall, while you cry to your momma [3] about how you so weak. I can picture it now – how you would bawl, ranting on and on about how you’re a freak. Why do you think I’ve, to the last minute, stalled? So it’d be less obvious that you got mutilated by a geek. You ain’t got any jurisdiction, to refer to anyone as a whore. You might be wishing you were fiction, because when this is done, you’ll be nothing more. Get an epitaph for your destruction, forever shall be highlighted with its excellence and gore. My raps are like construction – building up amazing sites and galore. I haven’t lost my love, job and bliss, so I don’t know what you’re trying to say or how that was supposed to be a diss? Maybe someone’s backside you’re trying to kiss? Or maybe you just missed it because of your tired wrists? Your flaws and inadequacies – I can put in a list. When I’m done here, I’ll shove it in your face with my fist. I guess, of what I’m saying, you get the gist, and don’t get too pissed, but I’ve already won this.Sources:[1]- http://www.urbandictionary.com...[2]- http://www.urbandictionary.com...[3]- http://www.urbandictionary.com...
Rap Battle

Accept when you can.Why waste a perfectly good killer rap? Let's use it against someone and put it to the test...(It didn't count in the other debate anyways, so I don't think it really matters I'm re-using this...:P)*Plays super rap music in the background with beat*Yo guys, everybody, I'm feelin' like doin' this againIt's time for somebody to die, or are you not a brave man?Round one's not acceptance, you start rappin' from there But beware of my presense, you'll fear me like that Death BearFor I fly wtihout impair, high in the air, like a magic unicorn mareTake care, you'll be scared, shudderin' at my terrifyin' blaresYou crawl on the floor like a beatle, I can crush you so easily But I'm not ready to let you just settle, gonna stab your skin an' bones deeplyHa, you fall on the floor, crawl in place like a poor old retired clownWe all know you stink like a whore, sniffin' your own scent an' you still fall downI be shinin' bright as a dazzlin' star, you be like a lonely firefly I stand above you so darn far, can't even hear your tiny dire cries You think you're a worm? More like a slug, a little insignificant bugI can easily throw salt, make you squirm, or just sweep you under the rugMy victory is not just a mere approximation, nor a close estimationIt's already determined by divination, 100-percent true predictionYou already lost this as you lost your love, job and all your blissIt would be better if you just jumped into an endless abyss Better surrender already with your white flag, wearin' your dumb ragsYou're a hobo not worth fightin', they all spit on you an' call you a hag