BeIR/webis-touche2020 huggingface dataset:
"Being drunk" is not a valid reason to not be able to give consent to sex.

AND LET ME CLEAR UP THE RESOLUTION. The resolution means, Being drunk (not blackout drunk, and no date-rape drugs were used) is not a valid reason to accuse the person you had sex with of rape. (this is completely gender-neutral) IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WANT TO CLEAR SOMETHING UP, OR ARE CONFUSED ON SOMETHING, FEEL FREE TO COMMENT AND I WILL REPLY AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE!
Christianity

Hello, here is what i would like to have happen. My opponent will take the Pro side for christianity. I would like for them to bring forward any evidence, and any kind of argument, to prove that christianity is true, while I will ask various questions, and attempt to poke holes in their arguments. By true I mean this. Jesus Christ was real and he was divine. I don't particularly care if Pro argues for sonship or not. In the first round I would like Pro to accept and then to outline briefly what it is they believe, seeing as how christianity has so many different denominations. Thank You!
Christianity

Pro has set up his argument with five "facts." I use quotations because they can only be considered facts, if the canon gospels are taken as accurate histories of events that transpired decades prior to them being written. I would ask what is Pro's position on extra-canonical gospels? Does he find them as valid as the four canon? I would argue that he has to. Why? Because he has already used multiple sources that are not canon to "prove" his case. A couple of points. 1. Tacitus never used the word "crucifixion." That is a fact. Can we assume he meant crucifixion? Probably, but an assumption is not proof. 2. At the time Tacitus wrote, jesus was not an important figure. Jesus was not a great ruler, he did not conquer the known world almost in its entirety. Was he gaining popularity? Yes. But remember that Tacitus himself referred to christianity as a superstition. How accurate would you be able to be if you had to write about scientology, without the internet. 3. I am not challenging the authenticity of the crucifixion. What I am challenging, is Pro's so called proof. 4. Pro admits that the canon gospels are based on earlier sources. This means that they are not eye witness accounts. If they are not eye witness accounts then they can only be one, or both, of two things. A re-telling of a story, or a copy of a document. Either way, they are susceptible to error. Pro has often stated that I need to offer a naturalistic version to account for these facts. I can and will, but first lets make sure we remember what Pro is asserting. Jesus was both man and god. He was crucified. His body was sealed in a tomb. He was dead for three days. On the third day his tomb was empty. Following that many people saw jesus. As a result they either converted or reaffirmed themselves to their religion. So, lets ask a few questions about the above hypothesis. How can someone be both man and god? How can god die? how can someone come back from the dead? A simple naturalistic explanation would be as follows. Jesus was a wise man who spoke about loving each other and warned people of a coming justice. He was crucified for political reasons. His body was placed in a tomb. On the third day after his burial his tomb was found empty. Following that many of jesus close friends had grief visions of their dead savior. As a result they either converted or reaffirmed their religion. The difference between the two stories is that one relies on supernatural constructs while the other does not. But what about the empty tomb? I ask, what is more apt to be true? A man who is also god rises from the dead? Or, the body was A) stolen? B) eaten by animals? C) never buried? or D) any one of the nearly infinite possibilities that does not rely on a supernatural explanation. Again I want to point out that because someone believes something is real or was converted to a religion does not constitute proof that that something is real.
Alternative History: Improv Scenario

At that point, i'm already filled with fear. I'll keep this simple. I'd ask, "Who started all this?" Obviously. The president turns out to be a Nazi, a KKK member breaks into my house to holds me hostage, my own mother is also a bad guy. Being enslaved for weeks now a man is about to brutally murder me? Anyone with the right mind would want to know what bastard did this to them. Either it was nice doing this OR I am excited to see what happens next.
Alternative History: Improv Scenario

Alright then, now that you've made it out scot free, you find yourself in a secluded warehouse in the run down part of your town, finding transport in your condition is not wise, so you decide to find a safe spot to recoup. During this nap, you reflect on the last few weeks, and then it dawns on you... As you were leaving the basement, you caught a quick glimpse of the living room, and on the wall you noticed a couple of explicit pictures of this man's past victims. Filled with rage, you contemplate going back to confront this mysterious sadist.. However, at that precise moment, a car pulls up, it's the masked man!, and he has your dad bound in the backseat. He calls you out straight away, informing you that he has cctv everywhere on the property. It was just a rouse to see if you were loyal to him yet or not. He goes on to tell you exactly how you're going to suffer, just like how your dad is suffering now, turns out mother sold YOU BOTH in exchange for elite protection. He then demands you comeback with him. Just as hes about to get out of his car to get yo urass, you look at the car radio, and wander why you can't read the time, then remember the time you checked 'dads' cryptic message, you couldn't see the time then either. In fact you've not known time for weeks. Baffled by this, you lose your train of thought, dropping your knife in a hurry as he begins chasing you... Trapped in to corner, you're ready to surrender, but just before he grabs a hold of you, he gives you the opportunity to ask one question, and one question only. He promises to tell you the truth about the last few weeks, but only if you ask the right question, however pick an irrelevant question and he shoots you both on sight. So WDY SAY?! To explain that added stipulation: The question you ask now will determine your fate for chapter 5, ask the 'wrong' question and you can expect certain death. Ask the right question, and the whole story becomes clear. It's totally up to you What Q you ask your abductor. Good Luck
Alternative History: Improv Scenario

'Straight to the point. Find any metal pole in storage compartment. Take that and climb upstairs. Out of the basement. I'd have a strange feeling getting out of the basement. Surprised. I'd discretely get out, taking any weapon I can. The only one I could find was a large knife. I could of found anything but It was way to overwhelming. Id lock the basement door, so it would seem that I haven't escaped. After that I'd leave with any form of transportation transportation that didn't include gas.
Alternative History: Improv Scenario

Thanks, I am enjoying this. Ok: Now that you have the cop hostage, you believe you have control. But outta nowhere, your mother unveils a Neo-Nazi tattoo, and shoots you with a tranquiliser. Oh sh1t, what just happened?!! You wake up the next day in a basement with her staring over you in psychotic fashion. She reveals that she has been a secret gov. agent all this time, and that she has sold you to a fellow agent (might be the cop from earlier, you're unsure) in return for security on a private island (he paid her $10m for you) to live in peace until all ethnic minors are eradicated. She gives you one cold blooded peck on the check before she walks out of your life for good. Then you hear your (masked) abductor come in, he says "now that you are here, you will become my personal home b1tch", promising he will look after you forever if you obey him. Fast Forward a week, you've seemingly accepted your fate, with no awareness of the outside world. You are already contemplating suicide, However, just as you're about to hang yourself, you realise that the agent has made 2 unexpected mistakes. 1) He accidentally forgot lock the basement door when he went out for groceries. 2) Accidentally forgot to lock the storage compartment in the basement He was in a rush that morning, So given this, you think the perfect opportunity to escape, but you don't know what is outside the basement... WDYD?
Alternative History: Improv Scenario

I honestly admire your writing and creativity. Anyways. It'd go out like this. I would accept to join. Having him to let his guard down. I would then get a gun my dad owned when he used to go hunting. i'd describe what id do to to every minor I saw walking running down the street from this madness. That would be enough to convince him I'm on his side. By now he had already let go of my mother. Mom would be looking at me disgustingly , not realizing the son she raised. As the member had his guard down I'd quickly shoot him in his legs. If I'm correct, he would drop his weapon, causing me to kick it away and hold him hostage.
Alternative History: Improv Scenario

OK, so you have made the decision to sit back and watch, as THE US descends in to civil war in a matter of minutes. Before Trump finishes the speech, he announces that this was being planned and implemented 10 years ago, and that he's had enough time to bribe and threaten almost every cop. It's revealed Obama was in on it and secretly fed Trump government secrets. Those who defy the duo will be tortured by military. America is quickly becoming victim to widespread genocide. Ethnic minors are struggling to find shelter. The elite ones have either been paid off or are in hiding offshores by now. Businesses are pulling out left right centre, the dollar drops faster than a sh1tstorm. KKK membership skyrockets. It's clear that the US will become a North Korea. Then allsofasudden as DT exits the stage, his bodyguard shoots him dead, turns around n proclaims Allah is the greatest, then shoots himself. OH snap, the bodyguard was an isis double agent. More madness.. Scenario choice 2: So you've locked yourself in your house, scared of the chaos, purgatory, and riots, only your mother is with you, she has just received a death threat from an irate cop turned KKK bandit, He storms in to your house through the window, holds mommy dearest hostage. Demands the you join the movement and slaughter every ethnic minority, or he kills you both on the spot. You're frantically assessing your options, you're faster than him but he's stronger... WDYD?
Alternative History: Improv Scenario

Picture this, rewind yourself back to the day of Donald Trumps' globally broadcast inaugural speech. Millions of viewers are tuning in. Now imagine half way through his speech, he revealed himself as the next leader of the Nazi regime, and the he was going to bring back the Aryan supremacy. The whole world is gobsmacked, everyman glued to their TV in shock, mass celebrations and riots break out across the States in a matter of minutes. CHAOS EVERYWHERE. WDYD?... So what i want to know, what would you do (in comments) R1: Opponent chooses either to REJOICE OR RIOT, and explain why. After the decision is made, i will continue the scenario based on their decision in r2.
Alternative History: Improv Scenario

So my friend, with your life on the line, you decide to boldy ask 'who started all this? ", your assailant looks at you with disgust and a sadistic contemptuous grin. Staring you right in the eyes, he laughs in a maniacal manner before going on to grab you n drags you back in to his dragon's den.Without saying anything, he shoves in front of the picture on the wall, forcing you to stare at it. What you see next changes your whole existence, for its not just you and your parents in that photo, but in fact there are two versions of you in that photo. Before you are able to process this, he turns you around, takes his mask off to reveal himself as your identical twin. He then punches you in the groin, stunning you. He grabs his shotgun n screams about how you asked the wrong question!, he wanted you to ask who he was, filled with malice he prepares to pull the trigger. Anticipating death, you quickly poke him in the eye and make a B line for a room, locking yourself in. What you find changes everything!You find all these notes and documents on how to create mind altering situations in victims under a new breed of hallucinogens. At the same time, he's banging on the door, screaming about how father put him up for adoption to pay for your education, shocked, you try to find a closet to hide in. In that closet is 100s of newspapers, none with the slightest mention of war, worst of all is that DT is alive n not a nazi. Relieved that the world will not end any time soon, you catch a glimpse at the clock in the (office) room. You still can not read it. He finally breaks in n catches you in a trance staring at the clock. 'That's a side effect of the drugs I've been giving you, everything you have experienced is not reality. It's all mind games, i own you b1tch. Angry at you...He Finally pulls the trigger.......... Police Report On the day of trumps inauguration, you were found in a vegetated state, shot in your office room by an unknown masked man. You survived but suffered severe mental injuries. You were taken to a mental institution. You were diagnosed with Szchioprenia, Drug induced psychosis, and extreme Paranoia, Suffering regularly from Momento/Mechanic PTSD syndrome. You frequently slip in and out of a coma. And when ever you are awake, he's there staring you, pretending to look after you, fooling the nurses, he is the one telling you of the events he described throughout. Revealing a neo nazi tattoo. You turn 2 your left, and there besides you are your bedridden parents, who suffered the same treatment. He sees that you've clocked on this time, and sadistically allows you to ask one question if you can muster up the ability to talk for the first time in a year. Morphine in hand, he increases the dosage slowly but surely... AND THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE NOW, STUCK IN COMA LIMBO, ON THE VERGE OF DEATH.
Continuing the war in Afghanistan is necessary

That was an ill-timed forfeit, Ok got some work to do List of forfeited arguments - 1 - Pro forfeits that the US is spending recklessly on the war in Afghanistan to the point where billions cannot be accounted for - 2 - Pro forfeits that Afghanistan is currently a stalemate - 3 - Pro forfeits that our continued presence in Afghanistan could turn it into a loss - 4 - Pro forfeits that America cannot kill every last terrorist - 5 - Pro forfeits that America is already withdrawing from the conflict in Afghanistan and continuing the war would mean making troops stay - 6 - Pro forfeits that Generals already accomplished the job they were originally given back in 2001 - 7 - Pro forfeits that this war cannot be funded by raiding Al-Qaeda camps to fund the war - 8 - Pro forfeits that this war cannot be funded by selling guns to African warlords - 9 - Pro forfeits that making Afghanistan a US State would make that state surrounded by breeders of terrorists on all sides - 10 - Pro forfeits that the US would not be able to defend a border three times larger than the US-Mexico border and defend it well enough to stop terrorists from entering the country - 11 - Pro forfeits that Afghanistan is becoming a somewhat modern country - 12 - Pro forfeits that Afghanistan has few resources so making it a state to use its resources to fund the war would be impossible - 13 - Pro forfeits that this war has already cost the US $500 BILLION and would continue to be costly if we continued fighting the war - 14 - Pro forfeits that making Afghanistan a state to continue the fight would really piss off the world - 15 - Pro forfeits that making Afghanistan a state to continue the fight is illegal since Afghanistan is an independent country - 16 - Pro forfeits that America can defend itself better from terrorists at home - 17 - Pro forfeits that the US is inadvertently straining its relationship between Pakistan and Afghan civilians - 18 - Pro forfeits that Civilian casualties are ungodly high and continuing the war would raise that number - 19 - Pro forfeits that the US is doing a poor job of managing this war and continuing it would extend the poor handling of it which would cost us money, troops, etc - 20 - Pro forfeits that friendly fire will continue to occur if the war is extended - 21 - Pro forfeits that the US is trying to build nations and that it is costing the US a ton of money, like in Afghanistan - 22 - Pro forfeits that Al-Qaeda has been beaten very badly and now pose a far smaller threat to American security than before - 23 - Pro forfeits that Al-Qaeda has more trouble recruiting people to fight - 24 - Pro forfeits that terrorism cannot be defeated or eliminated Let me summarize this as best I can. Continuing the War in Afghanistan is not necessary because we already accomplished what we set out to do, and there isnt much else the US can accomplish in Afghanistan that they didnt already accomplish in the last 10 years. America is not out to kill every last terrorist, and thats a good thing to because if we were we would never finish. That is why the War in Afghanistan should not be continued.
Continuing the war in Afghanistan is necessary

I believe continuing the war in the middle east is for the good of the United States of America and its people and these are my reasons. 1. We did not start this war we were attacked and took many losses in finance and life America was attacked and was damaged greatly still hurt by the losses of human life and their great towers. 2. America has not lost 2,000 soldiers the casualties are very low in this war who knows how high Taliban casualties are also the Taliban are hiding in caves they are on their heels we can crush them and liberate the country don't pull back and allow them to regroup and re strengthen themselves and make a new attack. 3. The Taliban are on a Jihad they won't stop attacking until one side is dead. These are my reasons for continuing the war good luck to my opponent.
I'd be a better president than you

Reminder: Per our agreement, if Con posts an argument in Round 3, he forfeits all 7 points to me. Ad hominem attacks will not help your case, Con. I want strong defense and borer control. I want health care, too, but I want the free market -- not bureaucrats trying to get reelected -- to decide. There are no stereotypes. I just don't want to stand idly by while there are people who are trying to KILL US. We are in war perpetually. The notion that we are not is misguided. All cultures are welcome under my system, too. I support the same jury system as Con. I do not support welfare programs because they invite a culture of dependency. Get a job. I eliminated all taxes except tariffs which will create MILLIONS of jobs. The free market should decide transportation.
I'd be a better president than you

I am not the world's greatest leader, but Pro is truly terrible. Gay marriage still banned? You must be close minded. Re-invading Iraq? To risk innocent lives? You truly don't understand leadership: there should be Strong defence force, patrols all over borders, no need for invasion of countries, that just stoops to their level. Regular health care, prioritizing elderly, then pregnant, disabled, children, chronically injured, and finally regular injuries for everyday people. No need for stereotypes, all are innocent. Trust earns you places. No need to invade Middle East, that could provoke World War 3! All cultures welcome. Law and order: Regular jury and judge system, round up suspects, discuss facts, decided by jury of 12 members. Welfare: All unemployed receive $600 per week, so the government isn't accused of offering unemployed more money then workers. Jobs: Intend to create more local business shops, allow for jobs. More designs and blueprints for shopping malls, squish the unemployment rate to below 2%. Transport: Buses and trains have wider range of area, allowing people to be dropped off closer to their destinations, also allowing them to get there on time. Tight schedule, 6 minutes per train/tram/bus to allow time for preparation. Bigger and better designs of transport, possibly bullet trains.
I'd be a better president than you

My opponent has not followed the rules. He was to post his argument in Round 1, but has not. So we will count what he has just said as his first argument. The R5 rule still applies. My platform is: My platform is as follows: Economy: -Support the abolition of the 16th Amendment " including personal income taxes, corporate income taxes, capital gains taxes, payroll taxes, estate taxes, etc. -Impose tariffs on imported Chinese goods -Private Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid -Abolish the Departments of Education, Commerce, Energy, Interior, Housing and Urban Development, and Environmental Protection Agency. --Support a Balanced Budget Amendment --Expand funding for the Pentagon --Eliminate all regulations --Repeal ObamaCare Foreign Policy: -Expand the use of drones -Invade Syria, Iran, and Ukraine -Re-invade Iraq -Stay in Afghanistan Traditional Values: -Ban Gay Marriage -Ban all abortions -Put God back in the classroom -Allow states to ban contraception -Allow states to establish religions
Resolved: that CFL bulbs are bad for everyone

//"Although businesses may make a profit, the ultimate effect is detrimental because of the negative effect upon human health and the environment."// First, your argument that CFL bulbs are harmful to the environment may be discarded as it is unsubstantiated with evidence. Second, you did not clarify in the first round whether or not 'bad' was short term or long term. While CFL bulbs may have long term negative effects(my opponent has not proven this), they definitely have short term positive effects as you conceded. In the short term CFL bulbs have positive consequence for those who make money by producing and distributing them. The resolution has been negated and as such I urge a Con vote.
Resolved: that CFL bulbs are bad for everyone

Contrarily, CFL light bulbs are bad for everyone involved because the neurotoxin mercury contained in these light bulbs will negatively affect the lives of everyone on the planet. While the reason for these bulbs-anthropogenic global warming-is most likely a complete fabrication, we know that mercury is a deadly chemical. While it is accurate that the sale of CFL bulbs can be monetarily beneficial, they are still universally detrimental because the mercury will escape into the environment, poisoning the ecosystems and eventually compromising the health of all people by leaking into the water table. Although businesses may make a profit, the ultimate effect is detrimental because of the negative effect upon human health and the environment.
Resolved: that CFL bulbs are bad for everyone

The title of this debate is Resolved: that 'CFL bulbs are bad for everyone'. To win this debate I must show that CFL bulbs can be beneficial to some people. Pro must show that they can be beneficial to absolutely no one. CFL bulbs are beneficial to those who make money by selling them. People that make money are being benefited by that money. Money can be used to buy food, clothing, and basic necessities. So, one who makes money off CFL bulbs is obviously being benefited. The resolution has been negated as I have shown that contrary to the resolution, CFL bulbs can benefit those who make money off of the sale and distribution of them.