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Gay Marrige

However, gay marriage is incompatible with beliefs and traditions of many religious groups. The idea of a marriage is a relationship between two people of the opposite sex. This is a primary belief for many Americans but to be free to express this, it is only possible through a heterosexual union. Due to same-sex marriage, it increases much sexual confusion as well as sexual experiences for young people. This defeats the idea of what a marriage is. http://www.redstate.com... http://ic.galegroup.com...
Gay Marrige

Other's opinions and religion has nothing to do with another's life and decisions to marry and raise their children or family the way they want. It is wrong for a Christian person to go and tell a Muslim person how to raise their children and tell them that they are wrong because their views and religion are different then it is not acceptable to do that to some of a different sexual orientation. In addition to that, if we were to go onto the topic of religion and homosexuality the Christian bible contradicts God's views on homosexuality anyway.
Gay Marrige

A child who is an orphan should be happy to have a home whether it is with two fathers, two mothers, or one of each. The child would not be deprived of anything. Adult couples are perfectly capable of taking care of a child with out both having different genders. Plus many children grow up fine with out both or no biological parents. All that matters is the child is treated right and given love. In addition it is a person's right as a human being to marry who they like as long as both sides are consenting adults. It is wrong to deprive any human being of that right.
Gay Marrige

Based on the many difficulties faced by the many children who are orphans or are raised by a single parent, a relative, or a foster parent, it is best for a child to grow up under the influence of their mother and father. If the couple in a gay marriage adopt a child, the child will always be deprived of either his or her biological mother or father. The child will be raised by one person who isn't blood-related and the child will always be deprived of either a mother or a father.
The War on Iraq

First of all when I said the man we went looking for left a while ago, what I meant was the U.S. now believes that he is living in the Pakistan border. Second granted if we left their democracy would probably collapse, but if we did we could put more of that money towards reestablishment the economy. You say that most of the troops would be sent to Afghanistan. Notice what is happening over there so far we are technically at war with three middle eastern nations, and the rest, are all out to get us. My dad is a soldier in Iraq and he says while alot of the locals "like" our presence there are many groups over there who just want us out. You also said that "if" another evil leader took over we could end up back over there. Yeah we might but we also "might" go to war with Pakistan. I believe its time the U.S. stopped fighting for others and tried to fix itself. Our country is rolling down a steep slope and we need support from the government which cannot be given while we spend all that money on the other side of the world making people angry. Same goes for Israel
The War on Iraq

Thank you for starting this debate. Before I start, let me say that I am against the war in Iraq. Though, I am against spending money, but spend it I must. Your argument is filled with fallacies. You claim that the USA needs to leave Iraq because they have already found the person they went in for. The United States is still looking for people, just with smaller names. There are still Terrorist that the United States army is trying to find. You claim that the United States is just "running around. Do you know what they are doing over there? Their original goal was to help the citizens of Iraq start a form of government again. They have made progress, but if we pull out now then the people will again fall, and some other person may try to take over. Our time over there would be wasted. The USA is always going over to people's countries trying to help, there would be a chance that the USA would go back to Iraq if a evil leader took over. Please explain all the harm we are doing to the Iraq nation. You say that we spend billions of dollars just to keep up a useless presence over there. Again we are not being useless. I will list a few more reasons below and will expound on them in round two. The United States is still looking for weapons that were never found. When the troops pull out of Iraq they will most likely be shipped to Afghanistan. Thank you again. Sources: (1). http://marcusfryman.blogspot.com... (2). http://en.wikipedia.org... (3). http://en.wikipedia.org...
The War on Iraq

I want to see if anyone can give any good reasons for continuing the war on iraq. Seeing as the person we went in looking for left a while ago, and the fact that we seem to be running around in their country causing more harm than good. Personally i think its a waste of time. While we spend billions of dollars just to keep up a useless presence over there our economy is crashing, granted they predict a recovery but until then what are we to do? It seems as though the only thing we do over there is run around and make the locals angry, which in turn provides ever willing recruits into the known terrorist organizations. If any one can provide good reasons for our presence please, by all means accept. :)
Most rock is better than pop

First off, I'll start by noting that as the contender Pro has the BoP in showing that rock music is better than pop music. =My Argument= Pro is arguing from an entirely personal perspective. The general fact is that it's a matter of personal taste. While some people may prefer rock to pop, others may prefer the latter. I'd note that in many circumstances [particularly with people that are very into music] both genres are considered appealing. Rock can actually be heavily associated with pop, especially when songs that are categorized as rock make into the pop charts. At one point in musical history it was difficult to fully establish the difference between the two genres as number of artists and bands that played "rock", were also part of the pop music culture. The Beatles would be fine example of this. Pro also asserts that pop is exclusively about "relationships and sex", which is largely incorrect. Pop music is arguably the most varied type of music out; with songs being about a whole host of different things. When Pro uses terms such as "main hoe", one wonders if they're actually mistaking R&B and rap for pop, which generally doesn't have those type of lyrics. Pro also claims that "rock is real", and pop "doesn't tell the truth". Obviously both genres are real as they technically both exist. Pop can also feature songs based on real things and "tell the truth" in its lyrics. For something to be "the truth", the only requirement is that it be real. If a pop song is featuring lyrics that are covering a truism or something else that is based in reality, it therefore qualifies as "real". Another observation here is that Pro appears to be only talking about "screamo rock", which is not the entire genre of rock itself and only covers one particular category. Pro has the impression that all pop is "soft and cute", which is again a fallacy. Because popular music is so diverse, it can have a number of different styles. In addition, popular music continues to remain the "best selling" genre" worldwide. So in those terms Pros case is easily negated. [1.] http://my-top-music.blogspot.co.uk...
Most rock is better than pop

I love debating but never done online debates TIL now! So I might be a bit rubbish. ANYWAY. Rock is way better. Pop is basically all the same ha know relationships and sex. Whereas rock has a meaning. The lyrics aren't just about their main hoe or whatever. Rock is about life. Rock is real. Pop is just... No. This is just my opinion tho so.... But seriously sure screamo Rock ISNT as soft and cute but it tells the truth. Pop doesn't.
Make up a topic

Again, as I'm stating twice now, I do have many topics to debate about but I want to be sure I'm actually GOOD at debating before I debate them. Therefore I create an open debate to just practice on any level.Also, I don't neccessarily agree with the statement that morality is a base being plus it's adaptation. For one, that equation in of itself is flawed in that it is much to broad. All of human thought could be summarized as "being+adaptation," everything from language to a musical sense can be summarized by being plus adaptation. Also, it has been shown many times that morals can exist despite a lack of adaptation. Take for instance the psychological case study of Genie, a woman who was kept away from social interaction and was regularly beaten and punished until she was almost 14, already halfway through puberty and adolescence where most things learned and adapted to are taken in. She had to learn how to do basic things like walk, talk and understand. her rehabilitation never worked, and in 2008 she still did not learn how to speak.Despite regular beatings and abuse, though, Genie showed no signs of 'bad behavior' save for a few hissy fits. Never once did she seriously lash out, hurt someone physically or emotionally, and despite what most would have considered traumatizing and would have turned her into an aggressive and brutal being.https://en.wikipedia.org...(feral_child)
Make up a topic

Well as I have JUST previously stated, this is my FIRST debate. I didn't want to create a professional and official debate topic until I actually learn how to debate. I am not yet, how you would say, a master debater. I have the ideas and the topics to debate but not yet the skill or understanding of the debate to argue any of these topics yet. So, assuming now that the subject of the open ended debate is now 'why make an open ended debate?' My answer to you is what exactly is so bad about an open ended debate? It allows the challenged party to pick whatever they chose to debate about and grants them complete control over the debate topic. In your shoes, I would be delighted to be able to debate about whatever I so wished. We could debate about gun crime, about gay rights... Or about open ended debates, apparently... As a final point, I'd like to kindly ask exactly what did you mean in that comparison in the latter part of your argument. Something about throwing money at a tree and escaping a resteraunt...
Music Battle: Inner Struggle

This debate has been truly an amazing one and has certainly broadened my music perspective and I hope it did the same for everyone else as well. As for my Round 5 Submission, here it is. . http://www.youtube.com...Round 5 SubmissionBreaking the Habit by Linkin ParkNow I understand that this is a band repeat. But I STRONGLY believe this is the quintessential song on Inner Struggle.
Music Battle: Inner Struggle

I also do believe that the voters should not deduct points for his concession. It would have been different had he not. Round 4 SubmissionYou Found Me by The FrayThis can be simply put as an Inner Struggle to find God. Now before you go and call me religious, please note that I post this not to push religion or whatever, I like it, and it represents a very wide and popular struggle to find God that many, many people go through. Thank you very much PRO for this debate. I look forward to our final round and look forward to more songs that pique my interest. . http://www.youtube.com...;
Music Battle: Inner Struggle

Although I concede the assertion that your first song is invalid (since I realise one could extremely abstractly see it as an expression of internal expression). I only concede the point not the debateI should not at all lose any voting points by default for conceding a point I made (and which I sitll firmly believe).Please vote based on meaning and the song, not our debates. Thank you.This song needn't have an intro. It's that epic. Suicide.http://www.youtube.com...
Music Battle: Inner Struggle

____________________________________________________________________PRO's Claim: "That song is nothing to do with an inner stuggle. "Clearly, PRO did not intently listen to the lyrics of the song as they state in the very first stanza of the song:"I had a way then losing it all on my ownI had a heart then but the queen has been overthrownAnd I'm not sleeping now, the dark is too hard to beatAnd I'm not keeping now, the strength I need to push meYou show the lights that stop me turn to stoneYou shine it when I'm aloneAnd so I tell myself that I'll be strongAnd dreaming when they're gone'Cause they're calling, calling, calling me homeCalling, calling, calling homeYou show the lights that stop me turn to stoneYou shine it when I'm aloneHome"As we can see, PRO's argument that this song is not about an inner struggle is clearly moot as the lyrics point out a person going through the darker stages of depression and someone who is continuously prodding at her depression makign it worse and worse, but in the end she will be able to fight through it. I listened to this song whenever I was going through depression myself. Shine on. :D________________________________________________________________________________________________ROUND 2 SUBMISSION. http://www.youtube.com...Now this song can be seen from two different angles. From the angle I see it, it is a teenage boy who is struggling to meet his parents expectations, but continually fails to. Or there is the adult side of a spouse failing to meet his or her mates expectations, could be an abusive relationship. It is all dependant on how the listener perceives it. Though regardless, a classic, great Linkin Park song. Enjoy!
This debate meets voting requirements (3)

Here I will rebut your supposed action to refute my supposed rebuttal. As I rebut my point, you have to be ready to refute my rebuttal. Refutation will be hard to accomplish, as my rebuttal has been rebutted very well, so it seems as if your refute to my rebuttal shall be insignificant. The insignificantness of your refute will be shown in your lack of ability to refute my rebuttal, because my rebuttal is so well worded and placed that you will have no choice but to give a poor refute.
Rap Battle

Many thanks in advance to Mikal for this challenge. This will be a rap battle of 3 rounds each. I will start in Round 2, and allow Mikal to use R1 for introductions and to set the terms. I am prepared to do a traditional diss rap battle, or rap on particular subjects/topics for Con to specify in R1 - I'll leave it up to him. The winner should be determined by considering the battle in its entirety. Lyrical eloquence, witticisms, articulation, disses and overall presentation ought to be considered in judging.
Rap Battle

I don't know if you guys caught that, but she actually just called herself a whore It's sad when you admit your vagina is more tore and sore than a pornstars back door Pimpin aint easy, but it is a chore so when she conceded that fact, she lost this war So get ready for the gore, I'm guna disassemble her core and leave her body on the floor I'm going to get a thrill when I go in for the kill Skill that can earn bills until I decide to fulfill my will Drill her right square in her grill, until she feels a chill Death is your only escape, so just say yes to the pills This is the type of girl that likes to run to the cops the first time bullets drop The type of girl that begs me to stop when I spit hip hop because I get props The type of girl that will set up a shop and then when money drops , take off her top She claims shes lesbian, but she sucks the juice of cocks like they were ice cream pops I just label her life as absolute confusion because shes lost in delusion This battle is amusement and the solution is pollution of her grand illusion This battle has a resolution and that"s revolution ending in one conclusion The conclusion is her loosin and me proving the truth about evolution So let me paint a picture of this punk azz p***y pretender She thinks shes more real than me but she aint even a contender I aint a first time offender, I got bars that are more ill than benders [1] She just should surrender and declare me the winner of this venture At first glance it may seem like she has a sliver of a chance But I"m letting you know in advance that this is her last dance Prepare my stance, go in a trance and then run her through with my lance This battle is going to end worse than her last relationship, a bad romance What I"ve did to her in this battle is so sickening that it deserves mention and possibly intervention The tensions from these writtens are from another dimension an extension of her misapprehension I"m evil like a demon and the stuff I do is demented so pay attention 666 tatted on my neck as I kill this metaphorical god and start my ascension Her nickname is D and we can all see that has a certain type of irony and what is really at stake Her vagina is constantly in agony because she gets tiny shiny currency from the D that she takes Her silent transparency is like a primordial authority that highlights a vital dynasty about to break So when I awake this snake we can momentarily see that she is inherently a mistake that is fake She is a clown with downs so give her hard hat for a crown Stick her in a red wagon and watch her frown as I take her to town Drown her while shes wearing her favorite brown gown Then she will be in the past test so we can"t even relate her to a proper noun Wit that is sharp like a knife that can dice you in half She thinks she"s nice but she hasn"t done the math Listen to my concise advice because you are on the wrong path I"ll end your life twice and put you on ice with my precise wrath [1] http://www.rapgrid.com...
Rap Battle

Quality over Quantity Supercalifragilisticexpealidoshus I had to impale Mikal in this - he's atrocious See I'm ferocious, precocious since my childhood He still watches cartoons with kids like a pedophile would You're damn right my flow includes similes and metaphors That's why yours is silly and mine is so much better than yours Your "flow" DOESN'T FLOW AT ALL if you spit it out loud That's why rapping by hillbillies should not be allowed Dude am I supposed to be offended cuz a lot of women like me? What a STUPID way to try and get to my psyche to spite me You must not be anything like me if you think sex is bad That's why everyone says I'm the best they have had Masturbating prob'ly consumes all your damn energy So much lube in your hands - talk about elbow grease [1] Want your d!ck in my face? I don't think it's objectifying harassment If the weapon used against me requires magnifying glasses Kid why is your entire last round about my great sex life? Maybe you'll get some of your own from your next wife That is if you could even find a girl to marry around Your imaginary friends from online don't count Your rhymes suck a$s and nobody's feeling it You're as annoying as when I get my period I caution this: forfeit and go home now that I've won Oh whoops, never mind - I forgot you can't afford one
Rap Battle

She spent and entire round on game metaphors and acted like she could spit That round was worst than the first time she decided to try and lick a girls clit She likes to talk sht but I'ma end that trip real quick and end this btch Flick my dik at her face and slap her until she starts to twitch I don't do battles for commission, but do em because I have ambition I don't need permission to do simple addition and start this mission I'll start a petition to transition you from proper nutrition to remission I'm a electrician so when I cross your bars the emission will send you to a mortician She says I'm not straight because i'm not coming onto her but that's not my even my concern I'm not coming to her, on her, or near her because shes licked so much p**y her tongue has carpet burn Dates girls that like to grow ferns so she can upturn and churn their insides until they adjourn Even if I tried to fuk her, it would make her sexual orientation take a 90 degree turn She is an in the closet heterosexual, that much is a fact that she can't redact She wants the dik so much, shes actually begging me to attack her with my sack Bend her over and let her interact with some hard impact that will make her crack One we're done she will sign a pact saying shes straight and beg for me to come back You better believe this, but what I do most people will never even achieve this John cena btch, you can't see this, Im a phoenix that arose from the ashes in egypt Most people say they need this, because the sht that I spit is strategic D*k so big that when I fuk girls, it immediately leaves them as a paraplegic Fuk this bitch , and fuk all the fake sht that she likes to claim, it aint a game Fuk her metaphorically, yeah that means fuk her claim to fame so she wont be the same fuk her literally because she aint a minor and wont be able to remember her name[1] Fuk her so good that by the end of this sht ima be fuking both her and her dame She rhymes like shes in a 50s sitcom, let's just call her mrs cleaver [2] I'm just doing that so I can take on her persona and then beat her beaver Make her my golden retriever, and then pound the beaver to shes a believer Then have her catching cum, like shes payton mannings best receiver Don't believe nothing she's say because you'll get misled Go ask beavis and you can see that I get nuttin but head [3] I'm spitting sexual innuendo that can actually a break a bed So when I murder her it's going to be like her first time having sex, nothing but red I mean the sad thing is, that I know her pu**y isnt even tight hell judging from what some people say, it may even bite but I believe in a fight because and I know she likes stories about white knights So I'm going to let her treat me like a horse, then saddle up and ride it all night Theres nothing left to say, she got slayed because she stayed either way Im getting paid and laid, and your just left there afraid This was more brutal than any roman catholic crusade that was ever displayed just remember your a btch, so when I'm done, treat you like a used phone and then upgrade [1] [2] http://en.wikipedia.org... [3] http://www.mtv.com...