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Song Debate

"Hello" by Adele: Good song. I have to say though I prefer "Someone Like You" and "Rolling in the Deep" "Roses" by the Chainsmokers: Pretty auto tuned, but I like it. It has a very unique melody. "Victorious" by Panic! At The Disco: Love this song! My choices: 1. "Love Yourself" by Justin Bieber I feel so ashamed to put this as number one, but I am singing this song literally everywhere. It is crazy catchy and overall very good. The message is also really awesome. The video pretty much explains it, I really recommend watching it--to the end since it has a little extra part at the end. 2. "Cake by the Ocean" by DNCE I actually hate one part of this song, the part where the lead singer goes into falsetto. It sounds awful. But theres this one line where he goes "Cake by the Ocean" really low, and it gets me every time. I'll just be listening with my friends or something and then right when he says that line I'll yell it with him. It is addictive! But other than that line it's just an ok song. Also a hilarious music video. 3. "Stressed Out" by Twenty One Pilots I can just relate to this song so much. Plus, it is just so catchy, and the beat is lit. 4. "7 years" by Lukas Graham Such a sweet melody, and really thoughtful lyrics. Also the nice piano background. The artist has such a beautiful voice too.
Song Debate

Your use of five songs is just fine. I've always liked "Chasing Cars", "Somebody I Used To Know", and "How To Save A Life" but I actually never heard of "History" or "Little Talks" until now. I quite enjoyed "History" and FELL IN LOVE with "Little Talks" after several listens. I'm glad that I was able to introduce you to "Secrets". Not many people have heard of Mary Lambert which is a shame, but she was featured on "Same Love" by Mackelmore and Ryan Lewis in 2012. If you're interested then she put out her debut album Heart on my Sleeve in 2014, I believe. Anyway, here are my choices for my favorite songs on the Billboard Hot 100. My first choice has to go to "Hello" by Adele. Currently, this song is on number 25 on the charts. The song has been on the Billboard Hot 100 since November and I'm yet to get tired of it. It's easily Adele's best song in a while. This song also has an astonishing 1.4 billion views on YouTube for the music video alone. Song 1: "Hello" by Adele Link: https://m.youtube.com... My second choice goes to "Roses" by The Chainsmokers. I know, the guys who made the ear bleeding song "#Selfie" made this?! A band called The Chainsmokers made a song I thoroughly enjoy?! In what works would this ever happen? I don't know what miracle made this a reality, but whatever it was is surely a blessing. Song 2: "Roses" by The Chainsmokers Link: https://m.youtube.com... Finally, my last choice is "Victorious" by Panic! At The Disco. This is just barely on the charts I don't think it'll be on there much longer, as it's only at 96. Even though this came from Panic's (arguably) worst album, what was good on that album was really good and this song is no exception. If you haven't seen it already, I would recommend watching the music video if you want to see an epic 6 to 1 dodgeball match against Brendon Urie. Song 3: "Victorious" by Panic! At The Disco Link: https://m.youtube.com...
Song Debate

"Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen: I also love Queen. Personally my favorite song of theirs is "Another one bites the dust" "Secrets" by Mary Lambert: This song is so awesome. Thank you SO much for introducing me to it! "That Green Gentleman" by Panic! At The Disco: This band rocks. I guess the way I interpreted was that things change, people change, life changes, but your attitude about it doesn't have to. Ok, now for my picks. Just so you know, my favorite songs change weekly so honestly this list just depends. I love pretty much all music as long is it isn't heavy metal or extreme country. 1. "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol This song just relates to me on a personal level, I guess. I can't really explain it... But the first time I heard this song I started crying because it was so much like my life. Funny story, I heard it in an episode of Grey's Anatomy. But seriously, this has to be one of the greatest songs ever written. 2. "History" by One Direction Hey, I know what you're thinking, but I am NOT a 1d fangirl or anything. In fact, I steer clear of them usually. I'm not even a 'fan'. I'm no screaming 10-year-old girl. But, they are well produced and the lyrics to this song relate to my life perfectly. Every time I listen to it it reminds me someone who used to be really special to me. So even though boy bands who barely play instruments usually aren't my scene, this song breaks that trend. 3. "Somebody That I Used To Know" by GOTYE I think this song would be most likely to be the theme song for my life. It just sums up my life exactly. That's pretty much it. 4. "How to save a life" by The Fray I went through a short period of depression (I think, I never went to a therapist or anything) and this song literally saved my life. I listened to it on repeat for hours. It really helps anytime you ever feel sad, or down. I probably listen to this song daily, and it helps me so much. It is the perfect kind of Alternative, with interesting vocals and a sweet minor key. 5. "Little Talks" by Of Monsters And Men I'm not even sure what the lyrics of this song are supposed to mean, but they are just so beautiful and well written. When I listen to this song, I just appreciate life more. I can't explain it. Also, the vocals are beautifully harmonized, and the use of wind instruments in the background is glorious. Sorry for so many choices, I just can't decide!
Song Debate

Here are my choices for my theme songs. If you know me at all then you would know that I'm obsessed with Queen. I love almost all of their songs. They were talented in the rock genre and the aspects of pop, opera, and metal. But of the all the songs I could've chosen, "Don't Stop Me Now" is the song I would use to describe myself. The song is full of energy you can't help but love every minute of it. Song 1: "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen Link: . https://m.youtube.com... Next up on my list is one of Mary Lambert's songs, "Secrets". Most people don't know about her but she's truly a talented artist. "Secrets" is a special song for me. It describes the artist herself struggling with her dysfunctional family, bipolar disorder, and gayness. Instead of wallowing in sadness, she accepts her fate. She even proclaims that she doesn't care if anyone knows her secrets. I find this to be inspiring and a way I try to live. As someone who struggles with these things too, it's funny how someone can be so open, but nonetheless, I try to stay positive think Mary Lambert in "Secrets". Song 2: "Secrets" by Mary Lambert Link: . https://m.youtube.com... For my last song, I'll be choosing "That Green Gentleman" by Panic! At The Disco. In this song, the band sings about the changes in their lives, but that they're fine with them. They say they feel the same. This song can be interpreted many different ways, so why don't you listen to the song and decide what you think? Song 3: "That Green Gentleman" by Panic! At The Disco Link: . https://m.youtube.com... I look forward to your choices.
Song Debate

I have done one of these before, but I wanted to put a few twists on the formula. Like normal, there will be a theme for each round, but the themes aren't in one specific genre or time period like my last debate. Here is the set up: Round 1- Acceptance This is self explanatory. Round 2 - Your Theme Songs For this round, give me songs that describe you and who you are. They don't necessarily have to have vocals. They can be from any genre and any time. Round 3 - Favorite Songs from the Current Billboard Hot 100 This is the current Hot 100: http://www.billboard.com... Just give me your favorite charting song based on the list. Round 4 - Favorite Songs From Your Year of Birth Unlike the previous category, this doesn't have to be a charting song. As long as you were born in the year the song came out, it's fair game. Round 5 - You Choose All you have to do is comment what the category should be. Whatever you say we have to do. Preferably, this should be decided upon after you accept the debate so I have time to prepare. Rules: 1) At least three songs per round 2) At most five songs per round 2) The same song may not be used in a different category 3) The same band may be used (at most) three times in the debate 4) Link to the songs That's it! I hope to find an opponent very soon.
Guitarist Duel

Jack White was very good! Thank you for that one! I also had a lot of difficulty choosing my 4th guitarist...I will list some of the guitarists I thought about choosing in the comments section after the debate is over...but yea! I know what you mean! There are a ton of great guitarists to choose from! For my last guitarist I will choose Steve Vai! I want to show a clip of him playing in one of my all time favorite movies "Crossroads" I know it looks like Ralph Machio is playing...but really it's Steve Vai's music and he's playing both parts. I thought it would be fun to show the "guitar duel" scene! Many thanks for the debate! It was a lot of fun! http://www.youtube.com...
Guitarist Duel

Jimi Hendrix? Yes!! I can definitely see why you chose him...his name is synonymous with excellent guitar playing. I am going to post my 2 videos this round (as stated in the rules we can do that in one round of our choice)...for my guitarist #3. They are both very short though! Guitarist #3 for PRO is Rusty Cooley. the first video is him doing some scales... I am showing it so that people can appreciate what it looks like when a person plays as fast as he does... the second video is him playing in his band "Outworld" http://www.youtube.com... http://www.youtube.com...
Guitarist Duel

I would like to propose a "Guitar Duel"! The judges will be able to rate the guitarists on any criteria they want to... To decide which "team" of 5 guitarists is better! My 5 guitarists vs. my opponent's 5 guitarists! ... ------------ RULES: 1. Each side chooses one guitarist per round 2. The guitarists can be living or dead. 3. Each person gets to pick 5 guitarists. Once a guitarist has been chosen the other side cannot choose him. 4. Each side gets to post one video of them playing (it can be any length, but remember if you bore the judges they may rate against you!) ***Each side may post 2 videos instead of 1 in the round of their choice! (a video of the SAME guitarist playing something else!!) ---so that the total at the end is 5 guitarists for each side. Pretty much that's it! I think it will be fun to see who other people think the best guitarists are! ------------ Well I will need to start it off (so I can get my 5 total)... for PRO's #1 guitarist PRO choses "Jason Becker" Here is a short clip of him playing live in Japan, while he was with the band "Cacophony" http://www.youtube.com...
Gay Marraige

This is the first time this has ever happened to me. I guess I will leave this round at this. Gay marriage should be the joining of two men or women who love each other as much as a man or women could. If you don't let them get married you are going against their freedom as a people to get married to the one they love. Freedom should be available to all who want it. We shouldn't force someone to not do something. We need to be tolerant to the people even if you don't think it is right.
Choose

So now I’ve given up trying to be original and decided to use this as an opportunity to finish a debate I tried a few months ago. Zaradi will attempt to affirm the following resolution:Batman is, on balance, a positive role model. For the sake of consistency, this discussion will focus on the most common and longstanding representation of Batman (a. k. a. Bruce Wayne) [1]. Other incarnations (e. g. cartoons, movies) are free for inclusion insofar as they accurately represent the spirit of the comic book canon. The first round of this debate is for definitions and acceptance. Rounds 2, 3, and 4 are for arguments and rebuttals. No new arguments are to be introduced in the final round. Also, unless otherwise specified, all words are taken at their common, appropriate definition. The intent of this debate is clear and word meanings and interpretations of the resolution are to be consistent with that intent. Definitions- positive: tending to emphasize what is good or laudable; constructive [2]- role model: a person whose behavior, example, or success is or can be emulated by others, especially by younger people [3] With that, I turn the debate over to Zaradi. References1. . http://tinyurl.com...2. . http://dictionary.reference.com...3. . http://dictionary.reference.com...
Choose

I've seen a few of these around before. Figured I could hold my own on a lot of things that could get thrown my way (barring whatever Imabench can pull out of his a.ss, that I might not be prepared for). Regardless, I will let my opponent pick the topic and the side they will be (pro or con) and I will debate as such. Please keep the resolution all of these things. 1. Debatable. 2. Fair 3. Interesting Ready....GO!
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To do this, I will end up relying on a sole argument that my opponent seems to consider insignificant, and on the wording of the resolution (no, this is not semantics. It is how the way the round is supposed to be weighed). As we are looking at whether or not, on balance, Batman is a positive role model or not, we must look to the weighing of opinion. Which denomination dominates society more: those that find batman a positive role model or a negative role model. Once we find that, we find who is the winner of this debate. Now let's go back to where my opponent defined role model. His definition states, through the words "especially by younger people", that younger people are more influenced by role models than those of older people. So to find the majority opinion on Batman, we must look to the younger generation in order for this round to be decidable. At this point is where my opponent's arguments fail. My opponent's arguments are all hingent on the fact that Batman practices vigilante justice, which is a bad idea, and that he's a sociopath, which is generally bad. But I'll refer the audience back to my first observation I made in my case, where I point out that the average youngster doesn't grasp these concepts. No six year old is going to understand the downfalls of vigilantism in comparison to the way in which our law enforcement system operates. Moreover, no six year old is going to understand what the characteristics of a sociopath are and how Batman meets those characteristics. What a six year old see's when they watch a cartoon of Batman is a guy in a cape with weird pointy ears sticking out from his head who beats up bad guys and helps the good guys. While the costume might be a little strange, who wears underwear on the outside? , the general principle of what a kid see's is a guy beating up bad guys and helping good guys. When it comes down to superheroes, that is the absolute base reason why superheroes are good role models, and Batman shows this just as much as any other superhero. The methods, while maybe more important to older viewers, are not important to the younger viewers, who are more likely to model their actions after someone they view as a role model. So, at this point, the debate breaks down pretty simply. While my opponent has a well constructed case for why Batman a bad superhero, through vigilante justice and being a sociopath, he's not fulfilling the "on balance" part of the resolution, as he is only supporting the view of the minority of Batman viewers. My views appeal to the majority of viewers, and the very base action of what Batman does, beats up bad guys and helps good guys, is what ultimately makes Batman a positive role model.
In a debate, a side that uses profanities in a derogatory manner should lose

if you curse at someone, it's intention is not always to offend him/her (e. g. , oftentimes it is used in a facetious, playful manner. ) Um. .. . Playful manner? how can you playfully curse at someone? Woman:"F*ck you! " Man: "Haha, no, F*ck YOU! " Woman: "Hahahaha! ". .. .. . Does that make any sense? How can one curse at someone in a "playful manner"? Besides in a possibly sexual way, I see no way how that's possible. Cursing is used to show displeasure about something, not when they're happy about something. There is no "playful manner" in cursing. Oh, and this is something that all of the audience should know: The defenition of derogatory. The defenition is: Showing critical or disrespectful attitude. My oponenent says that the intention is not always to offend him/her. Well, he is completely, 100% going against the resolution now. It says that profanities in a derogatory manner ARE MEANT TO OFFEND AND SHOW DISRESPECT TOWARDS. This is by biggest point because of how he is contridicting himself so much my saying this. He's saying the intention is not always to offend them, but he says THE POINT IS TO OFFEND THEM IN THE RESOLUTION. Since he is going against himself, I win this point without a doubt. I looked Derogatory up in my dictionary, for my source. For some reason, dictionary. com isn't working right now. The opponent fails to show how he logically "deduced" such claims from my arguments. I deduced this, because his standpoint is that one can use profanity and not lose a debate, therefore making it allowable to curse and offend people at free will without losing a debate. Using the N-word is a use of profanity, therefore allowing the use of that word at will. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how i've "deduced" such claims. These are the only two attacks my opponent made on my case, the rest I assume he agrees with and they remain strong. No one is offended by the n-word if it is used within a Ku Klux Klan meeting, since it is accepted there. Furthermore, African American vernacular allows for the use of the n-word like many use "dude" or "man. " These are extreme examples that simply show that, overall, arbitrariness exists. Well, my opponent, I guess, is saying that using the n-word is ok to say, according to the KKK. How in any way is the KKK a role model? !? !? !? ! We shouldn't fallow the KKK and their ideas about morals. They're crazy and want to KILL ALL BLACK PEOPLE! . http://answers.yahoo.com... in any way is that moral? !? !? !? ?! I beleive by stating this, my opponents argument is invalid and should be thrown out. You see, ladies and gentleman, this debate is now about the morals of using profanites. My opponents main argument is about how different judges will have different views, but this is a debate about how someone should lose when cursing, and if it is morally right or not, not about the different views on other debating voters, no matter how morally structured they are, which destroys his case on arbitrariness. I have explained how cursing is immoral, which is my criterian for this debate. That is all.
In a debate, a side that uses profanities in a derogatory manner should lose

CA:"So my oponent [sic] is saying that someone can have free will do morally offend not just the oponent [sic], not just the audience and voters, but everyone who see's [sic] their argument."The opponent deduces this poorly thought-out idea without basis. A word does not inherently have the power to offend "everyone" who is exposed to it. People who feel that they should be offended by it will act offended by it, and those who feel otherwise will not. "My oponent [sic] is saying that its ok to do that, and it's ok to be racist."It was never stated whether racism, specifically, is "okay" or not. This a debate over whether the implementation of profanities (used in a disparaging manner) should be allowed in a debate, not whether racism is "okay." "My first round was showing how ridiculous it is to allow cursing and profanity into a debate."Whether or not someone finds the usage of profanities to be "ridiculous" is a strictly arbitrary matter. Arguments in a formal debate context should be judged on objective logical soundness, not based on subjective interpretations of words that are deemed unacceptable by cultural norms. "Has everyone noticed that when one tries to type up a curse word, Debate.com [sic] doesn't allow it?" I do not know of this "Debate.com" that the opponent refers to, but I do know that DDO's rules do not necessarily reflect the way things should be. Moreover, this debate is about the necessity of repercussions for fowl language use in a debate, not whether or not people participating in a formal debate should be enabled to use such language through censorship. ---Arguments:AI: ArbitrarinessThe idea that a word is offensive or not is completely subjective. A judge may deem a word offensive and make a side lose because of it; but a different judge could find a word to not be offensive at all and not make the side lose. In a debate, in which the goal is to discover a superior logical argument for or against a given resolution, such subjectivity only takes away from the purpose. AII: PurposeThe purpose of a debate is to affirm or negate a resolution; this is, of course, I assume, a statement that the opponent can agree with. The opponent could argue against this (the resolution of "the purpose of a debate is to affirm or negate a resolution"), but it would make no sense, because, intuitively, the opponent would be solely initiating such a debate in order to negate this resolution; this would, of course, make the argument fall apart. Anyway, by implementing criteria that are completely unrelated to this purpose completely takes away from the debate, since, by definition, a debate relies upon such a purpose to be pursued. ---Thank you.
In a debate, a side that uses profanities in a derogatory manner should lose

My oponent beleives that profanity should not cause someone to lose an argument just because they cursed or used profanity. "(e.g., n-word)" My oponent says that stating the derogitory term for a black person doesn't mean that they should lose an argument. So my oponent is saying that someone can have free will do morally offend not just the oponent, not just the audience and voters, but everyone who see's their argument. The n-word is a word used to put down and offend not just black people but anyone, and accusing your oponent of not just being black, but offending them if they are, is morally frowned apon. My oponent is saying that its ok to do that, and it's ok to be racist. I beleive quite the contrary. If i were to see someone call another human that in a FORMAL DEBATE (as stated in his first round) it seems only right to vote that person to lose by his acts disrespect and offense. My first round was showing how ridiculous it is to allow cursing and profanity into a debate. I stated that as my argument to show that cursing makes one look quite unintelligent. Wouldn't you agree that my first argument was very sloppy, crude, and seemed immature? I was mocking my oponent by showing my slopiness and saying how his support of the con to the resolution should be deemed ignorant. Has everyone noticed that when one tries to type up a curse word, Debate.com doesn't allow it? HMM, I WONDER WHY? Probably because IT SHOWS POOR CONDUCT AND IT OFFENDS PEOPLE AND IS MORE NOTICABLE THAN AN ALL CAPS RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Debate.com doesn't allow cursing because it wants a friendly environment not built on offending and angering people, which my oponent appears to want. I, on the other hand, don't. I hand it over to my oponent.