BeIR/webis-touche2020 huggingface dataset:
High school varsity restrictions

Okay, but what about if a student transfers to a different high school for their senior year after previously playing on a varsity team at their old school for years? The student only had to move because of a parents' job or hurricane destruction. You, the coach, are not going to let the student play on varsity just because they haven't been there for years? It's not his/her fault! They were GORCED to transfer schools. Typically high school students don't just go to certain schools for the sport. Typically, it is the parent of the student who chooses to send the child to a certain school. It's unfair to the player. Loyalty isn't what it's about. If the student proves they are a good enough player during tryouts or practices, they deserve to play or move up to the varsity team.
Pun War

I'd Like to apologzie for my error, and I will appropriatley offer an alternative pun for my number 3 round 4 post. I would ask all voters to replace pun 3 round 4 with this pun that I will supply: Round 4: Pun 3: The Roundest Knight at King Arthur's table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his name from eating too much pi. Again I sincerely apologize for this mistake, it was unintentional, I just caught it right after submitting my argument for round 4. I feel it necessary to vote in negation in regards to conduct, seeing as I have made multiple errors throughout this pun war. I thank you again for your cooperation. On to the final round, this has been a very enjoyable war and I thank my opponent for their participation/understanding throughout this debate, my opponent has presented rather clever and humorous puns, several in which I had never heard. Thank you. Final Round (5) Puns: 1. I decided becoming a vegetarian was a missed steak. 2.The mime wanted to say something, but he wasn't aloud. 3. It was an emotional wedding. Even the cake was in tiers.
Pun War

1. Some people's noses and feet are built backwards: Their feet smell and their noses run. 2. He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends. 3. Atheism is a non - phrophet organization **I would like to bring your attention to my 2nd pun in round 3. A correction to that pun will be as follows: Best Buy is giving out DEAD batteries free of charge.
Animal rights

I see you have the ability to quote texts on sociology and philosophy but you do not seem to have ever studied them. These are theories that have been put forth over the decades and centuries and anyone can have a theory. The problem with this is that many ideas are idiotic and contrary to what most people with a sense of moral responsibility and justice would consider ethical. Humans do not only have a social obligation to all humans, they have an obligation to every living thing on this planet. Every animal has a right to be here. If they did not, they would never have been here in the first place. Social contracts include responsibility to the earth itself and every living thing on this planet. No, I did not look up that theory, it is one that any humane, intelligent person would accept. If you had ever studied ethics you would understand that there are universal ethics. These are ideas that almost everyone on the planet would accept as being right. I am not a religious person so I am not basing my views on any religion. But, lets face it, if I went on youTube and proclaimed my parrot as the next savior because he talks at least 5 million people would convert to Parroticism. Animals have rights because they are living things. They feel love, they feel pain, they feel happiness, and depression. We have counted on animals for our very existence for centuries. Where would George Washington and the first U.S. Army have been without horses, let alone farmers, mail carriers, merchants, etc? I also have to point out that imperative research has been done using animals. I am a scientist, I don't participate in it but it has contributed to the health and welfare of mankind. You have no right to determine what species should have rights or not. You have borrowed your theories from people that have no other qualifications than that they once lived and someone put their ideas in a textbook or on the internet. One more thing to point out, serial killers usually agree with your ideas. In most cases the abuse of animals has been noted in the early life of a serial killer.
Animal rights

Animals are a source of joy and are an integral part of the environment. They live here on earth with us and have as much right to be here as we do. Nobody has the right to hurt them for no reason. I have had dogs all of my life and they have a right to be fed, receive medical care, and be provided a good home. I also had a parrot for years and he was a great source of joy to me. He certainly had the right to be happy and be cared for. All animals should be free from suffering and we need to respect them.
Lets All Be Random

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Lets All Be Random

One day there was a sunny fence ginger who ate nineteen sprinkles exactly every minute and went to Starbucks to meet with a teacup assassin. I caught writers block off a canon cow who caught me not reading in a fish tank so I went to the doctors and they gave me a tissue to blow my ears into everyday and it would go away. I killed the cow with an angry flannel monster and ate my way out of a hive when I was abducted by undead bees. The tangled old octopus sparingly poured tea with his eleven arms – he is a mutant. “Blah, blah, blah,” said the cheese monkey as he road into london on his ice cream horse underneath the moon who had been graffiti'd with the words “ I MUST EAT” by seahorse aliens.
Lets All Be Random

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Lets All Be Random

So like as I was saying, the mass spectrometer in my room actually turned out not to be a mass spectrometer, but the mutant remains of the massive spectacle-o-meter. [Its an easy mistake to make ok!] Its a giant Machine invented by highly intellectual pink ants, designed to track down old granny spectacles, and sort them into size order. Except as I previously mentioned this one was a mutant. It was genetically mutated at birth, and instead of sorting out all these glasses, it brain washes them into thinking they are clones of david tenant. This means there are now billions of old spectacles flooding out of my door, and they are all ridiculously egocentric, because most of them think they're really hot. Except that pair over there, they just think they're an old christmas turkey, that had a little much to drink. Seriously watching a pair off glasses acting as a drunk Turkey is probably the strangest thing I've ever seen. Ugh. It just barfed. Deodorant. At least puking deodorant smells better than the sweaty army commando in my deserted sausage factory. (Althought it landed right in the lasanga. Blech!) Hmmm. Havn't fed the guy in a while. I might send some of my Tennant glasses round with some kind of a food. Like monkey lasanga, (He won't mind the deodrant...). Or a Robot. Or pie. Mmmmmm........
Lets All Be Random

I stepped on a Corn Flake, now I'm a Cereal Killer. Screw world peace, I want a pony. A Hairy window broke a silly pineapple with a Blue fridge- cause we get hairy windows theses days. The way you play the cheese guitar with the licorice strings and your fishy fingers, is just incredible.-errrrrrrrrrr gross. My world is where everybody is a pony and we all eat rainbows and poop butterflies.
Lets All Be Random

How do you want to die?Well, I want to die like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car. Did you know that the statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness? Think of your three best friends. If they are okay, then it's you.I am a wonderful person! I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.I also dream of a better tomorrow... where chickens can cross roads and not have their motives questioned...........
The Earth is Young

Note I apologize to my opponent for my delay. I am typing this up with only 9 hours remaining and have been in the hospital most of the day with my step-dad. This is not my best argument, but it is better than forfeiting. I would like to thank my opponent for his reply. Pro's argument rests entirely on the decay of Earth's magnetic field. Pro's problem is that he fails to take into consideration the fact that Earth's magnetic field has fluctuated and fails to take into consideration polar shifts. Let's look at these a bit closer.Issue 1: Magnetic FluctuationPro's case relies on the Earth's magnetic field decay to be a constant. The problem is, this assumption is clearly false as seen by this graph (http://www.windows2universe.org...) Lenny Flank notes:"[W]hen rocks on the sea floor are scientifically examined, they demonstrate a striking magnetic pattern: on each side of the mid-Atlantic rift where the earth's plates emerge from the mantle, differing "stripes" of varying magnetic intensity can be found, each the mirror image of the stripes on the other side. As each area of crust emerges and solidifies, the metallic particles within it are magnetized, and take on the strength and polarity of the magnetic field within which they emerged. As the sea floor spreads apart through plate tectonics, new areas of rock emerge and are similarly magnetized. This produces a pattern of different magnetic strengths." (http://www.huecotanks.com...) Issue 2: Polar shiftOverwhelming evidence from both lava flows and oceanic ridges support evidence that the magnetic field has shifted overtime. The last time such an event occured was about 780 KYA as NASA notes:"Sediment cores taken from deep ocean floors can tell scientists about magnetic polarity shifts, providing a direct link between magnetic field activity and the fossil record. The Earth's magnetic field determines the magnetization of lava as it is laid down on the ocean floor on either side of the Mid-Atlantic Rift where the North American and European continental plates are spreading apart. As the lava solidifies, it creates a record of the orientation of past magnetic fields much like a tape recorder records sound." (http://www.nasa.gov...) ConclusionFor the reasons mentioned above, the decay of Earth's magnetic field cannot be used as a reliable indicator of the age of the Earth - either from an old Earth or a young Earth. There is no scientific justification for Humphreys' model to attempt to extrapolate their magnetic measurements for the last 150 years or so back to the moment of creation. I turn it over to Pro.
The Earth is Young

Evidence Consistent With a Young EarthPlanetary magnetic field decay describes the process by which Earth's magnetic field, which is produced via current in the metallic core, decays or diminishes in strength over time. This decay is accepted by both secular and creation scientists. "Ever since scientists generated the first global model of Earth’s magnetic field nearly 180 years ago, its strength has decreased by some 10 percent" (1). The key issue of whether or not this supports a young Earth is how the magnetic field could maintain itself for more than thousands of years. Recent records of the International Geomagnetic Reference Field, the most accurate ever taken, show a net energy loss of 1.4% in just three decades (1970–2000). This means that the field’s energy has halved every 1,465 years or so. At this rate, the Earth cannot be much older than about 10 or 20,000 years. Unless Pro can adequately provide an observed mechanism which could sustain the field for millions of years, my case will stand (2). Dr. Russell Humphreys, a well known creationist physicist, has provided a model which best represents and explains the phenomena of planetary magnetic field decay. In this model, magnetohydrodynamics accounts for the energy loss of the planetary dipole field: ". . .motions of the conducting fluid in the core should slowly twist the dipole magnetic lines of force into more complex shapes, subtracting from the dipole field and adding to the non-dipole field. Resistive losses then make the non-dipole field decay more rapidly, so eventually the latter type of losses should prevail" (3).Basically, Humphrey's model proposes that the decay we observe is due to ohmic losses in the dipole-generating current of Earth's liquid core. Both creationists and secularists believe that the Earth was set into motion, and from this motion the planetary magnetic field was produced. But since, physically, the Earth's core provides resistance and turbulence between the inner and outer core. This resistance then in turn slows down the current and thus weakens the strength of the dipole field over time.For Pro to effectually refute my case, he must provide a reason why we should not accept Humphrey's model and why we should rather accept another such as the dynamo model. The data is clear that the Earth's magnetic field is decaying at quite a substantial rate, and if it truly is an exponential decay due to energy loss, then the biblical creation view of a less than 10,000 year old Earth is supported.References(1) https://www.sciencenews.org...(2) https://answersingenesis.org...(3) http://www.creationresearch.org...
The Earth is Young

Affirmative Position (Pro): The Earth is less than 10,000 years old.Negative Position (Con): The Earth is greater than 4,000,000,000 years old.Debate Rules:Round 1 - AcceptanceRound 2 - Opening Arguments (No Rebuttals)Round 3 - Rebuttals (No Defense of Arguments)Round 4 - Defense of Arguments (No New Arguments)Round 5 - Final Rebuttals (No New Arguments, No Defense of Arguments)*No Red Herrings (http://www.logicalfallacies.info.........)*No Anecdotal Evidence (http://rationalwiki.org.........)*Only Science Arguments (http://undsci.berkeley.edu.........)Both parties agree to these rules upon acceptance of the debate. Failure to adhere to these rules should at least result in the loss of conduct point per the judgment of any prospective voters.
Bacteria is more important than humans

I understand that bacteria are important for keeping life on earth running. However, you can't deny the fact that humans can protect the Earth from things bacteria cannot. We control the fate of this planet, and as intellegent beings we are important for protecting life on Earth from catastrophic forces. With great power, comes great responsibility. They do their part, we do ours. In conclusion regarding my contention that humans play a role in the preservation of life that is just as important as bacteria's, I urge a con vote :)
Bacteria is more important than humans

Now on to the debate. Don't get me wrong, bacteria are very important as far as maintaining life on Earth. Yet, you have to ask yourself, does that make them "more important" than humans. I believe that people and bacteria are EQUALLY important. We are the dominant species of this planet, and with great power comes great responsibility. You see, us humans have something bacteria don't: intellect. Forces that threaten the planet, like meteors for example, we have the ability to stop, yet bacteria do not. As far as evolution goes, it's not usual for a species to be as powerful as we are. We came forth only under extremely rare circumstances. Now that we exist, we are life forms capable of deciding the fate of all other life, and a force like ours is important for preserving life from catastrophic forces. If bacteria are LESS or EQUALLY important than humans, I win this debate. Unless my opponent proves how bacteria are MORE important, I will win this debate. On that note, I urge a con vote. :)
Bacteria is more important than humans

Human history have been plagued with a selfish and narcissistic mentality that humans are the great and important species. Such an attitude stems back to the bible, from texts such as: 'And God blessed them and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and master it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and the flyer of the heaven, and every live creature that creeps on the earth." (1.28) Such a mentality have left much of the natural world in ruins. Driven by greed to maximize ones profit without consideration of externalities, has led to the depletion of natural rain forests, the pollution of air, and the extinction of many species. Humans often feel that it is a god given right for them to have dominion over the earth, and even many non-believers, with a false conception of evolution, believe that all species are on a linear ride to becoming more complex...the journey to becoming a human. It has been mind numbing for me to hear people ask me, 'well if evolution is true, how come chimps have not turned into humans yet?'. This shows the ignorance that exists among us humans. What I would like to argue in this debate is that humans are not the most important species. In fact, humans are likely one of the least important species from a naturalistic perspective. And the specific argument is that bacteria is more important than humans. What is important? From a naturalistic point of view, it is important to survive. It is important to spread our genes. From a societal perspective, what is important can take many different forms depending on culture and beliefs, along with other factors. I will now let my opponent start the debate by trying to argue that bacteria is not more important than humans.
The United States should legalize marijuana

First I would like to say this debate has happened at least 10,000 times, and pro for legalization always wins because it has sooo many good reasons, but in this debate I would like to twist this. I smoke pot, and I will admit it, so my arguments won't really be about health issues or about how its the devils weed, but how it will affect small pot growers, and how it will turn into a government corporation. So if you want to debate the normal bull sh*t about how its good for you, then whatever you will win, but you should tell me how legalizing pot will help small pot growers, and the middle to lower class smokers in general so I know you are just trying to help your horrible debate record. Peace, and good luck.
Mario is better than sonic.

However Luigi is a very similar character to Mario with the same power-ups and abilities as Mario. The difference between the two is only height and the colour of their clothing, along with minor facial details. However Tails is a completely different character with the ability to fly or hover (depending on the game). He also has a complete different appearance to the other characters. The opposing side mentioned 'glitches' however you will find every game including the Mario games have a fair share of glitches. They also mentioned game play being more important than the story line however this is an opinion as many people believe the story plot is just as important if not more.
Mario is better than sonic.

The other side brings up story, however what good is story when your games are full of glitches, and certain characters have an annoying effect on the game. Take the player two for example Tails is a bratty kid while Luigi is Mario's little brother. If you want to talk story the maker of Sonic himself said he ripped of Dragon Ball Z. Mario games are not plot centric making more focus on game play witch is the most important aspect of a video game.
Mario is better than sonic.

However Sonic games have much more creative story lines compared to 'Saving the Princess' in the majority of Mario Games. Also Sonic saves entire world over one princess meaning through out all the games he has saved multiple lives with multiple lives. Whereas Mario has saved very few. In Sonic's games there is usually more story plot and side characters which the player can take the roll of for certain task. This makes each game more unique rather than the repetitive story plots of the Mario game.