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the Percy Jackson movie sucks

But of course. Note that this is an arguement that the adaption from page to movie was not good, just to clarify. Let the entertainment begin, and I shall start off. Seeing as how you so boldly accepted this challenge, I take it you read the book, all of them. If not, well, this isn;t really for you. If you are, thank you for accepting! I'll start us off. Okay, we begin the movie with What's-his-name who plays Poseidon and Sean Bean as Zeus, (I'll be honest, I like Sean Bean as Zeus), and they're are argueing about Zeus's stolen lightning bolt. Alright, not so bad-Wait a second, Zeus didn't know about Percy yet, why would they mention him?! Alright, I could get past that, as I am a reasonable man of entertainment and I accept not all adaptions are perfect. So Sean Bean makes a door explode and we come to our next scene, which introduces Logan Lerman, I remember him from Hoot, and-Wait a second...This kid looks older than sixth grade....WHAT IN GODS NA-They already destroyed one of the main plot points of the entire series and were not even five minutes in! I'm sure you know what I am talking abut, but I'll save that for another time. Alright, so he can hold his breath longer than David Blaine, and we are introduced to Grover. Alright, I'll get this one out of the way, and I'm not trying to be racist but, Grover was supposed to be this White Kurt-Kobain lookin burnout with a rasta cap. This...is Alpo Chino from Tropic Thunder. He is simply to cool to be Grover. Alright, and we move on and take a look at Percy's disability to read. We see miss Dodds, not a bad interpretation...but She was an English Teacher in this movie, when in the book she was math. Not a huge plot point but I still noticed it. So we see them go to the museum and we are introduced to Mr. Brunner, which I think is the best casting in this film. He talks all this mythical bull**** and Miss Dodds asks to see Percy alone. She transforms into one of the Bat beasts of Kent and attackes him. This is a good interpretation, but it goes wrong with Grover and Mr. Brunner immediatly coming in, saving the day, and talking about where they shoudl move him. There is another wrong with this scene. In the book, everyone acted like they didn't see a thing, in hopes of letting Percy still ahve a normal life. Instead, they screw that idea and bring him in. That will be all for now. Opponent respond if you dare. Good luck.
the Percy Jackson movie sucks

Okay, im really well versed in movies, new and old. But im a huge reader to, and I am always excited when a movie adaption comes along for that book. Some of it is a massive success like Harry Potter, some a fun popcorn flick like the Avengers, and some of it is a complete and utter screw-up Like Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Lightning Thief. Never have I seen something so badly adapted since Twilight, and that already sucked! So, the arguement is, is this a good film. Ill lay down some ground rules. 1) No innapropriate language 2)Don't bash, its not necessary, but a few snarky remarks are good here and there. 3) Note this is simply for entertainment and let's have some fun, otherwise there is no point. To the opponent: Give me some solid reason why this is an enjoyable film. Please, I dare you. If your not a fan of the book, then I dont think you would understand, but to be honest, this debate is for people who know and love the series and still enjoyed the movie, whos best part was Steve Coogan as Hades admittingly.
Schools Should Segregate by Race

It is my pleasure to be the last speaker in the closing remarks of this debate. Before I wrap things up, I would like to firstly thank my "opponent", although I do consider him as a friend of mine after this friendly debate. This debate "Schools Should Segregate By Race" has come to an end. Not only did my friend here talk about why he thinks schools should segregate by race but also by gender and intelligence as well! After doing some research on my own, it is still evident that the advantages of having an environment that is more diverse in terms of gender, race and intelligence simply prevail over the disadvantages. Research and surveys directly show that students benefit from studying in a more diverse environment. It is also better-off if students with different abilities can study together in the same classroom. Moreover, schools, in general, are on a path to becoming more diversified than before. Having black people as an example, black parents have enough financial resources to choose where their kids should study at. If studying in a racially diverse environment is such a bad move, why are more parents still sending their lovely kids to schools where others are from different backgrounds? Certainly, I agree that there may still exist cultural conflicts now and then, but the statistics do show that these situations are becoming rare. it is indeed improving. Thank you once again for my friend's time, as well as the readers' time. I hope this debate has given all of us some insights into the topic. It is indeed an interesting one. Merry Christmas everyone!
Schools Should Segregate by Race

To be honest, I totally understand that different people have different views on different things. I tried to contact you through a private message but it didn't allow me to. I just wanted to state out a few things.First of all, thank you for bringing up this topic. For all the years I have been using this website, I have never stumbled upon such a revelating topic. I have never thought of such a topic could be such a huge of an issue until I was doing my research on this debate topic. It has been a pleasure having this wonderful debate with you in a friendly manner. Secondly, again, I understand people hold firm to their belief. I totally understand that. That's part of psychology. I'm not saying it's a detrimental thing, but I do wish you can open up yourself to the real world. Taking Hong Kong, where I'm living currently, as an example, about a great majority of us dislike motherland, China, as well as the citizens in China as a lot of us think that China is an extremely primitive and vile place to live in, and people in the country have poor conduct. This WAS true 2 decades ago. What most of us Hong Kongers don't know, is that China has improved considerably in terms of her economy and society. The Chinese are also becoming more humble and friendly. But since most of us Hong Kongers still see the Chinese today as we saw them 2 decades ago, which we are holding firm to our belief, and so a lot of us still dislike the country and the people. I would say that this is a pity, as we have been fooled by ourselves because we didn't open ourselves to what is actually happening in the real world. The fundamental world is not what you perceive, but what scientific tools and methods reveal, such as statistics. Besides, having 100 years of our lives is just too short, not to mention the possibility of not living until 100 years old. That is why we should fool ourselves, we should lie to ourselves about reality. I know you are not a racist or anything like that, but I do hope you can give yourself a chance to learn more about the world today.Again, it has been a pleasure having this revelating debate with you all along. We ought to finish the debate in the next round. Whoever wins or loses, I don't think it even matters :) Thank you!
Schools Should Segregate by Race

If you go examine today's public schools, you'll see that it's natural and human tendency for students of a race or religion to stick together and hang out, generally. Also, races are all intellectually and physically different. Furthermore, they have not been getting along since the beginning of time, with so much ethnic wars. For example, Chinese and Indian people have been in conflict for quite a war, and so have whites and blacks in America. East Asians and whites are the smartest, as a whole. Blacks lag behind academically. Blacks are society's troublemakers. I'm not being racist, just pointing out the facts.
Schools Should Segregate by Race

I somehow fail to respond to your ideas in the context of our discussion topic "Schools Should Segregate By Race" for several reasons. However, I will try my best to respond solely to what you have said in round 2, regardless of its general relevance to the topic. You insisted to state the internal and external (physical and mental) differences between races (and gender?). What you said may be true. In fact, I would say that on a more fundamental level of comparison, no two people are the same even if they are born and brought in the same family. However, I fail to see why, to you, such differences in races is a problem and that schools should segregate their teaching by races? It would be nice to have a brief and direct elaboration from you! Also, you have also mentioned the contributions of Asians and Europeans to show their intelligence. However, I fail to see why this can be linked to our topic. Furthermore, you have talked about the contributions of Africa. Although I disagree with what you said about Africans have been causing nothing but chaos. I decide not to respond to this as this is rather irrelevant to our topic. In case you are interested, please check out an article I found online while I was doing research on this topic earlier. You may find this useful in some ways: https://www.theguardian.com...)Finally, in regards to your statement "Black culture is slipping further and further down into immorality", statistics of macrotrends.net actually show an overall steady decrease in the unemployment rate of "Black or African American" as well as "Hispanic or Latino". This means that black people actually have more open to job opportunities. (Reference : http://www.macrotrends.net...)For the last point of yours, which is about special assignments in accordance with students' IQs. This is relevant to our discussion topic. I agree that students who are rather ahead of the rest of the class should be given additional study notes and materials. This is a prevalent way of how teachers teach specific students in class all around the world. It indeed, these brighter students can then excel at their own pace ahead of the class. However, I do not see why such doing should be a reason to segregate by IQ (if not by races if you may). Also, you said that schools should give extra assignments to all students with an IQ of 130 or above, which is quite unfeasible, only a few schools have students with IQs even near 130. So are you saying that students who are considered to be above average in the class, but has an IQ score of less than 130, should not be given additional study materials? How do you know where to even draw the line of threshold? I strongly believe that the teacher in every class is capable of knowing the abilities of students just by daily observation and test scores, and is thus able to teach specific students according to their individual abilities and that we don't really need a specific number or even any numerical representation of one's intelligence. Thank you for reading my ideas and please respond to my ideas pointed out in round 1 in order for a more academic discussion!
Schools Should Segregate by Race

Schools, as you can see, are against racism and bullying in general. We see how Caucasians and Africans have been in conflict since the beginning of time. It's true that we all descend from one person, scientifically and religiously, but over time, humans have evolved to be so different, externally and internally. Thus, intelligence levels have changed dramatically throughout human history. Asian and European people were smart, inventing government, math, science, and medicine, and even technology. For example, the Chinese invented paper and the Greeks invented the first computer. On the other hand, African people have been causing nothing but chaos. They invented pornography, if you go examine the Bible. Furthermore, they have been rioting the whole time in American, and their IQ's are statistically the lowest, as a whole. Therefore, it only makes since to segregate by race and gender. Black culture is slipping further and further down into immorality. They need social and moral and intellectual reform. So I believe schools must segregate by race and gender. It is the only way for all students to reach their max. Just like how some high schools and colleges give Junior/Senior special assignments, schools should give extra assignments to all students with an IQ of 130 or above.
Schools Should Segregate by Race

Hello. I am here to state my opinion that schools ought to segregate based on gender and race. Don't you see a difference between races, intelectually and physically, as well as how boys and girls have too much romantic drama between them. That is why we need to segregate by race and gender. However, n alternative is to segregate by IQ and whatever gender you currently identify as. If your sexual identification or IQ drops/increases, you will be moved to work in a different class environment and intelectual stimulation level.
Beyonce is sexier than Rihanna.

Ok, you say that Rihanna has a unnatural body shape so she is not sexy? Definition: I will put one since my opinion did not (sex"y [sek-see] Show IPA adjective, sex"i"er, sex"i"est. 1. concerned predominantly or excessively with sex; risqu": a sexy novel. 2. sexually interesting or exciting; radiating sexuality: the sexiest professor on campus. 3. excitingly appealing; glamorous: a sexy new car.) As you can see, this is the definition of sexy from dictionary.com You might say that Beyonce is sexier than Rihanna because of her body, yet there are more things than just appearance such as accent, attitude and small factors. Beyonce might have a good body, although Rihanna also does and some qualities that Beyonce doesn't have such as a islander accent. If you didn't know she is from Barbados an island country. She also has songs that are more attractive mainly because many of her songs are sex orientated while Beyonce's songs in her newer albums show that woman have power. You might bring up her song with Jay-Z, " Drunk in Love" here is the link if you have never seen it or just want to see it again. http://www.youtube.com... This song isn't all sex intended yet only the video is showing off her body. While many of Rihanna songs such as Rude Boy S&M and pour it up and a lot more here is another link to Rihanna's Vevo channel if you want to watch these videos. http://www.youtube.com... I feel like I have explained more reasons that you expected, so I hope to see what your rebuttal brings.
Millionaires Tax Rate

as i undrstand it i am supposed to be helping Obama on his tax rate decision. correct me if i am wrong. for starters i agree with Obama because the millinaires are making so much money, but are not paying the tax rates that us poor people are having to pay. another thing is the fact that companies like Microsoft and Apple are big major companies, and they only have to pay the minimum percentage of the taxes. if i am debating the wrong side plzs let me kno. thanks.
Is atheism a rational worldview

Majority of my opponent's argument has to deal with the validity of atheism where they state I don't hear any evidence for the validity of atheism. With this I ask, what proof is there for Christianity? But wait, they "answered" that. First though, I would like to point out the ignorance of my opponent as they stated there is no valid proof that god isn't real (again, there is no valid point that he is). However, with my opponent stating that they have never heard any proof for atheism, I restate that they are ignorant in this manner- ignorant to the arguments of the big band theory and the theory of evolution. (Might I point out that creation is also a theory as there is no proof for either theories)Now onto their "answer" to my bolded question. They answer with fulfilled biblical prophecy, Jesus' resurrection... Let me argue this simply- Give us the proof that this all happened. I sense extreme biased arguments and a phenomena that allows people to notice more often something they study or believe in. Have you ever realized why you hear something you never knew and start to notice little things that go along with what you heard? That is the phenomena. There is no physical proof that anything from the Bible happened unless you want to say that you poured part of Lot's wife over your popcorn. Where is the garden of Eden? Where is the cross that Jesus was crucified on? (Don't tell me there is proof because there is a cross. I can put a cross in the same area and everyone will think it was Jesus.)My opponent's arguments are extremely biased and can be the same arguments from an atheist to a Christian. HOWEVER, NONE OF YOUR ARGUMENTS PROVE THAT ATHEISM IS AN IRRATIONAL OUTLOOK ON THE WORLD. YOU FAILED TO MENTION ANY SORT OF FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC AFFAIRS SUCH AS TRADE, REVOLT, ETC. IN AN INCREASINGLYL SECULAR WORLD, HOW IS ATHEISM IRRATIONAL?
Is atheism a rational worldview

You should have established that my opening argument should have been in round 1. Had you done so, there would have been an argument waiting for you to refute where there is instead another wasted round.Rational- Based on or in accordance with reason or logic.Atheism is logical due to the laws and theories of science.Throughout history, there has unarguably been advances in science that have helped people understand the world and nature. Take for example Newton's Three Laws [1]. First Law- Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it. Also known as Law of Interia.Second Law- The relationship between an object's mass, m, its acceleration, a, and the applied force F is F=ma.Third Law- For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.These three laws have been tested and proven to be true multiple times, probably hundreds in a single AP Physics classroom (as I speak from experience). How would following this logic without a deity to follow be an irrational view of the world?You can also argue theories and laws given by Galileo, Bernoulli, Bohr, or any other well-known scientist.Such things such as economy and trade are often headed by secular governments, further proving that from a global network standpoint, it is rational to look at it either as a religious being or as an atheist. Because you limited the argument in round 1 by stating "in today's overwhelming scientific evidence," I will stay with scientific evidence until another point is brought up. I conclude this segment of my argument until another topic is mentioned.Sources:[1] http://csep10.phys.utk.edu...;
Bulling should stop it's not right!

I personally think that bulling is not a challenge in life. People have a chose to pick on people or not and I personally think that the only reason they do it is to make them self feel good, so that they feel as if the rule the school and that they are better them every one ales. And some people just can't stand up to it a lot of people think that if they stand up for them self they are going to get hurt and for some people it's very hared to get over what people say to you. There are a lot of kid's in the world that are in care and are already feeling as theirs no one who cares for them that no one loves them and that had been in a family that had hurt them in many way or had to live with their mum and dad always being in jail , doing drugs and bashing them as a kid, some kid's have to go throw a lot just at home and with their family not to say have to put up with getting bullied at school , but then there's the kids who become a bully by getting bullied because it may be that when a kid stands up for them self and the person that was bulling them backs off they may feel as they have power and that they can tell people what to do and no one will hurt them for it and then they become the bully. It's because of bully's that people may kill them self's and yes that's not always true but a lot of the time it is. And the one thing people have to remember is that you never know what can push some one over and that you never know what the person has gone throw so you never know what little mean comment could make a person kill them self BULLING NEEDS TO STOP !
Bulling should stop it's not right!

Bullying is an ugly and dreadful part of humanity, however I argue that it is unfortunately necessary life is a continuous stream of challenge that one must overcome to grow as a person, bullying is another of these life challenges, and a difficult one at that. To overcome bullying, weather it be by weathering the storm or by standing up to it, is an extreme demonstration of person strength of character, with the ability to change someone's life. Many people shape their lives around never becoming what the bullies called them, or by actively seeking to prove them wrong. That kind of motivation is powerful and impressive, and is unlikely to come from anything else. Leaning how to tune out other people's pointlessly hateful comments is another invaluable skill to be utilized throughout you life. These are the prizes that await when the bully is conquered, and to remove the bully is to also remove those prizes. it is for that reason that bullying should not be stoped.
Bulling should stop it's not right!

I think that bulling is wrong it's not right it's mean it hurts people and it needs to stop!! there are way to many people getting bullied and it's wrong there are so many people around the world cutting them self's even killing them self's because of it and yet you do nothing people keep thinking that the only reason that they cut is so people feel sorry for them but it's not a lot of people do it so they don't have to feel the pain of what people say to them and what they do to them so they can get the pain out. I know what it's like to be bullied because I was once bullied and it wasn't fun or nice being tolled that no one loves you that you shouldn't be alive , no one like's you , your a loser, a freak that your ugly , dumb and fat that you should just go die in a hole. It's not a good feeling being tolled all that stuff and it really hurts to and no one should have to put up with it I know what it's like to lose some one you love because of bulling that killed them self because of people pushing her to it and that's just not right I lost my big sister to it to people pushing her to far , no one knows what will push some one over and just one little word to some one could end a kids like within seconds and hurt a family's life for ever people need to think about what they are saying to people before they say it because like really what is it fun making people cry at night making people feel bad about them self's , does it make you feel good about your self hurting other people. What do you think it makes you cool bulling people , well it doesn't just because you think your cooler them every one ales it doesn't give you the right to pick on people and it really needs to stop it's just wrong , no one has the right to do that to people and no one should have to put up with it. BULLING NEEDS TO STOP!
roy moore will win

I'd like to say I'm glad we can talk about this this is a very important topic Roy Moore besides the rape allegations has done many other things that should not allow him such an important office. Roy Moore had recently said that "Our country would be better without the last ten amendments to the constitution." This includes the 26th which Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age. Along with the 19th amendment for women's rights