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Space and ocean

To keep this brief,Please refer to the opinion poll as per the link below :"Should the world focus on studying space more than studying the ocean?"http://www.debate.org...I added my opinion to the poll, which has been replied to as "You're wrong." - The instigator of the debate then created this travesty of a debate, the purpose of which I can only assume is to gloat or to try and make me embarrassed of being the only one to reply to their opinion poll, in the side that my opinion lays.My first policy to this request was to simply ignore it, and to carry on with my day - However I have had enough of being the 'nice guy' on this website, whilst others use their platforms to simply spout nonsense and hypocritical "BS".I will not be cowed by feeble attempts at humiliating me and making me back away from a useless debate.Now we can argue within the confines of a proper debate -Let's see who the real 'sore loser' in this scenario is, when more than one or two words are acceptable as a response?I am happy to keep debating the subject of Water/Sea exploration vs Space/vacuum exploration with you until the cows come home, and if you can logically prove your point, I will be happy to change my stance on the matter.However "You're wrong." is not sufficient - I would advise my adversary to try alot harder than that. To the voters reading this debate, He started this poorly structure debate, I hope you understand the reason why I will not simply decline the debate, as this is a form of cyber bullying.Please read both sides of this debate fairly, I do not wish to be accused of pandering to the Voters to 'get an easy win', my plan is to use what I am good at, to prove that I am "correct", and turn the tables upon my opponent, to see what they will do in my shoes.
Air strikes on ISIS are a waste of time

Muslim' Jihadi John is a british medical student so he does have experience that relate to his crimes and has been trained by the top leadership of ISIS. Also the drone strikes hit him last month. Experience doesn't always matter, and taking examples from history we can look at the Vietnam war. America were highly expeienced was vastly superior, yet they lost to an army of rice farmers. If you’re going to say they were rice farmers then I say it was rice farmers vs corn framers and cattle herders. As for their experience they had a ton were it counted. The US sent troops that had never been in a jungle in their lives. The faced people that had sent the whole lives in a jungle were every day was life and death. Having the experience have having to notice the panther trying to eat you really help them know were US troops were in the dense jungle. They also had been trained by battle hardened men. They were not just rice farmers they were solders. Another point is we have been talking for months, almost a year about how we are going to kill the leader of ISIS, yet he is not dead. We may have killed 1,000 ISIS members, but what about civillian deaths? or Kurdish army deaths? That totals up to a number vastly outweighing that of the terroists. 6,500 innocent deaths due to taregts being got wrong, or Kurdish forces entering on the ground when they shouldn't. You have not sited a source for these numbers. The only number is can find is that droning strikes worldwide, since Obama took office, is 2,400. That is the only number I can find that is current. I think that you are adding in totals since before the drone strikes. Until you site sources I will consider these numbers incorrect. We are playing with innocent lives, in the hope that something MIGHT happen in the future, we cannot keep going on like that, it's a waste of lives, money AND time. You are again not staying on the topic of this debate. You are trying to use the argument there is a better strategy. That is not your BoP. Your BoP is,” I will be arguing that air strikes on ISIS in Iraq ect. are a waste of time.” Here is how I am meeting my BoP by showing it is not a waste of time: *The drone strikes have taken out about 1,000 high value ISIS targets. *The drone strikes are all the Iraq government will allow and are part of their military strategy. *That even a strategy that is not the most effective is still not a waste of time because doing something about a problem is better that doing nothing about it. *That my opponent agrees that the strikes are a feat to be proud of. http://www.dailymail.co.uk... http://www.huffingtonpost.com...
Air strikes on ISIS are a waste of time

Let's take one main example of an 'inexperienced young Muslim' Jihadi John, this young man has been responsible for the horrific beheadings of innocent aid workers and journalists. Everyone has a use to ISIS, that's why a 15 year old girl was recently arrested for going to join the fight because they want all the help.Experience doesn't always matter, and taking examples from history we can look at the Vietnam war. America were highly expeienced was vastly superior, yet they lost to an army of rice farmers. We cannot always rely on air strikes to save the day, let's take the recent inncident of the US dropping artillery and guns into Jihadi terriotry by accident. Another point is we have been talking for months, almost a year about how we are going to kill the leader of ISIS, yet he is not dead. We may have killed 1,000 ISIS members, but what about civillian deaths? or Kurdish army deaths? That totals up to a number vastly outweighing that of the terroists. 6,500 innocent deaths due to taregts being got wrong, or Kurdish forces entering on the ground when they shouldn't.We are playing with innocent lives, in the hope that something MIGHT happen in the future, we cannot keep going on like that, it's a waste of lives, money AND time.
Air strikes on ISIS are a waste of time

Most of the reason that ISIS is the threat they are is because the military arm of ISIS is ex Iraqi officers. They are what remains of Saddam Hussein’s troops. These are battle hardened men with years of experience in war. They are the main targets for the drones. They are making ISIS not only a terrorist organization but a military one. They are not so easy to replace as your argument suggests. Young inexperienced men cannot train men and implement effective military strategy. Iraq’s military is losing to the experience of these men. Numbers are not as important in war as experience. Think about if at the battle of Thermopylae if Greeks were not being leaded by 300 highly trained Spartans. While the battle was lost the experience of these men were the turning points in the war. “I agree that, that was a feat to indeed be proud of” The BoP of this argument is not if, "this is the best strategy," but only of it is a waste of time. If my opponent can be proud of the feat then how is it a waste of time? Is not the waste of time to do nothing? As for why this is all the US is doing it is because it is all the Iraq government will let us do. Haider al-Abadi Iraq's Prime Minster was asked by AP during an interview about the US or international community sending boots on the ground. He stated: "Not only is it not necessary," he said, "We don't want them. We won't allow them. Full stop." "The only contribution the American forces or the international coalition is going to help us with is from the sky," al-Abadi said. "We are not giving any blank check to the international coalition to hit any target in Iraq." http://www.foxnews.com... http://www.weeklystandard.com...
Air strikes on ISIS are a waste of time

I agree that, that was a feat to indeed be proud of, but ISIS are an organization spanning throughout Iraq and Iran. It will not be difficult for them to find new high end commanders. And it's going to take a long period of time before Kurdish forces can even think of a ground military strike, because of the fact so many young Muslims are leaving Britain, France and Australia to fight. So having a desired number of hits means nothing when ISIS are forever growing.
Pirates vs Ninjas (Who's cooler?)

Forgive me for seemingly disappearing. Indeed, my depiction of pirates is intended to be unrealistic. When I said anything goes, I literally meant, anything goes. Anything to prove your point, including content depicting fictional pirates/ninjas, is allowed. The point is that, in the end, one side will have greater quality and greater quantity proof, and will be more favorable in the voters' opinions. That or until one of us forfeits. Thanks for posting those helpful definitions, by the way. Now, it's my turn, I'll see what I can do: Pirates, in my opinion, are awesome, more so than ninja, because they are so wild and carefree. Numerous songs and movies that depict pirates are rather popular, including the ever famous, "Pirates of the Caribbean" and the Jonas Brothers' "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life For Me)". Not only that, but one of the reasons the meme, that this debate is named after, might be so famous is partially because pirates are so widely beloved. Pirates are chaotic and loud and energetic, they make a scene and catch everybody's attention. Plus, they're widely dreaded, because they can be so destructive. But this chaotic nature, desire to live the good life and be free, and tendency to be dreaded makes them cooler. They have a history of captivating prose in the writings of romantic writers. They're one of the common things to dress up as on Halloween, they have their own holiday, "Talk Like a Pirate Day", and even their own themes for rooms and birthday parties! Amusing books, games, videos and more have been created centering around or touching on the subject of pirates. So, clearly, pirates are much to behold and supported by many. I invite you to respond, I await your rebuttal.
Pirates vs Ninjas (Who's cooler?)

Awesome: Adjective Extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring great admiration, apprehension or fear. Pirate: Noun: A person who attacks and robs ships at sea Ninja: a member of a feudal Japanese society of mercenary agents, highly trained in martial arts and stealth (ninjutsu) who were hired for covert purposes ranging from espionage to sabotage and assassination. 1) A Ninja cannot be solely reliant on stealth. Then a ninja is sometimes forced to penetrate the defenses of a castle or a fortress by going inside of it to kill their target. It may be well lit on the inside and their would be few spaces for the ninja to hide. Even if he did manage to stay hidden after he killed the target the guards would come after him and he would have to fight 2) Ninjas have all right to hide if needed. They usually go up against numbers greater than their own so they need to use evasive tactics. They where often made to battle a samurai which was more armored and skilled at combat then them. They won however by being evasive. Pirates however would attack ships their same size, smaller or galleons which where originally used as warships but where later used as trade ships. A pirate would normally encounter only one ship. The pirate would then try and cripple the ship before boarding it. 3) You depiction of pirates is somewhat fictitious. A real example of pirates are somalian pirates who do not live a glorious lifestyle Than you
Pirates vs Ninjas (Who's cooler?)

Pro for Pirates, Con for ninjas, anything goes! Which one is more awesome? Let the chaotic debating ensue! I'll start by stating that in my opinion, pirates are more awesome because they do not use stealth all the time to win battles. They use direct, or a combination of stealthy and direct, attack for their purposes. They also wear cool jewelry like gold earrings and have touch as nails things such as peglegs, hooks for hands, and eyepatches. They are not always in hiding so they can freely announce their awesome nicknames and wear ostentatious clothing. Any rebuttals?
Pirates vs Ninjas (Who's cooler?)

Because you are using a fictitious pirates. Then I feel that I should be able to use examples of fictional Ninjas. Ninjas such as those depicted in Mortal Kombat are elite worriers carrying mystical abilities. Some of which are powerful enough to rip off someone's head and tear out their spine. Even their Cyber counterparts are awesome as the poses similar abilities In the movie Kill Bill The Bride who is herself a ninja hacks her way through numerous counts of warriors to kill one man and succeeded. She is very "Cool" Even in reality their are ninjas today. Videos of Urban Ninjas are quite common and their is even a game show called American Ninja warrior Thank you http://en.wikipedia.org...
Favorite pastime

baseball is only americas favorite past time soccer on the other hand is the entire worlds favorite past time and yes it is a multicoultrul sport so it does not need to be held in one place like baseball. no other place plays baseball exept america so that is saying alot about the sport so by having your positive about baseball being held in america only your really saying that other baseball is a sport that will never branch out and always stay narrow-minded and will never ever become the worlds favorite past time
Homework should not be banned in school

I never said or implied that school is not for gaining knowledge. Your arguement is invalid. Secondly, I presented the solution to education, it needs to appeal to students. Science proves that homework doesn't accomplish anything. Why? Because nobody wants to sit at home and study. It is so easy to daydream, get distracted, or choose not to do it. At my old school, I was in a 12 person grade. My entire grade scored in the top 2% of students in the state. We enjoyed school, and not to mention I never had homework, not one day. The problem with education is it doesn't interest students anymore. You want to get better at something you like, its common sense. You want to know more about things that appeal to you, and homework doesn't really appeal to students. It never has, it is a complete waste of time. We need to make education more interesting to students, which CAN and HAS been done, especially at my old school. Thanks for debating with me!
Homework should not be banned in school

Ok my friend, I want to point out a few invalid arguments that you posted. First of all you claim that homework keeps kids out of trouble. I bet not. Cite your source. Secondly, besides homework do you really think all teenagers do is go on Facebook, get into trouble, and surf the web? I think B.S. 1 in 3 teens actually have a job, and 1 in 2 teens have a source of income through labor. Funny isn't it? Don't you think that teens could go out and make some money, and do something productive? Thirdly, this idea that homework gets kids outside is also complete B.S. Homework does not get kids outside at all. For me, homework is really something that traps me inside. The average teen who does their homework does almost 70 minutes of it! Thats a good way to keep yourself locked up. Next, since so far all of your arguments are invalid, I will continue to point out that homework is not beneficial, as I said before (and you have not yet argued against) Here is a really good article that pretty much sums up everything: Add up all the time you spent doing homework. What would you say: a million billion hours? Roughly a trillion bazillion hours doing homework, over the course of your life? Well, as it turns out, it was a complete waste of your time: Research reveals primary school homework offers no real benefit - and only limited results in junior high school. Only senior students in Years 11 and 12 benefit from after-school work, associate professor Richard Walker said. "What the research shows is that, in countries where they spend more time on homework, the achievement results are lower," Dr Walker, from Sydney University's Education Faculty, said. Okay, but, why does so much homework get assigned? "At the moment homework (is often) an add-on because parents want it," says Dr. Walker. Haha. Here is the source: http://gawker.com...
Homework should not be banned in school

The con side has presented no arguments but merely posted an article (which does not even serve a convincing case of why homework should be banned) only moderated. As the con side has only presented an article(with no proper citation might I add) as its claim I will now proceed to show how the evidence does not support the banning of homeworks but actually encourages homework. 1. )The article first mentions, "No wonder we lose our markets to Japanese, Chinese, and Korean kids. Their schools are more strict and they study harder." This only proves that studying does make a difference and self-study falls under studying. 2.)"Our own ethnographic research shows that extensive homework assignments have played a major role in school dropouts." Though the article says there is a positive correlation between extensive homework assignments and the number of dropouts, I would like to point out that this argument is solely about the existence of homework and not the amount given to the students. It clearly states extensive homework and not moderate. The final evidence,3.)"A modest amount of independent work, say two hours a day, may well be appropriate for high school students," only shows that the article supports the system of homework.In conclusion, the article wasnt about the pros of banning homework but only the cons of too much homework. This makes the argument of the opposition invalid.
Homework should not be banned in school

I firmly believe in the axiom "Practice makes improvement." Practice and hard work are bound to make improvements if not perfection. The reason why a majority of students (if your research is valid) do not do their homework is because they feel that they do not need to which is a harmful mindset in itself. They see homework as something flexible and therefore have no will or feel the need to do it. This leads me to accentuate that schools should properly reinforce homework and see to it that it be submitted fully and on time. In fact, the argument of the opposing side that majority of the students dont even consider doing the task they are directed to do, only shows that students undermine the authority and dont even consider doing their work when they are expected to do so. I also believe in the statement, "No pain, no gain." The opposing side suggests that we shouldnt do it because it's boring and no one wants to do it which are all precursors of a lazy attitude which is something that students should watch out for. I would also like to point out that the research in which 93% of students using technology for homework has only proved that students dont spend their time enough outdoors. As Ive mentioned in my previous argument, most teenagers or students spend their time indoors anyway checking to see latest updates on instagram and facebook which are far more unproductive than if students do their task. If they're going to use technology anyway, why not use it for something more productive? And homework may not dramatically increase one's intelligence. In fact, it may not at all. However, aside from important life lessons such as responsibility, time management, and organization, it is a provisional way to preclude future mistakes from happening. Teachers usually give homework before a test. For example, one was learning the complicated quadratic formula in Math and was a little confused, homework serves as a self-study for the student to practice, improve, and develop their mind.
Homework should not be banned in school

According to a study done by the University of Iowa, only 45% of students actually do their homework. Those who do their homework are now a minority, not a majority. This is especially true in urban areas, according to the study. Secondly, according to the study in my previous argument, homework doesn't make you smarter. If a minority of students do it, and it doesn't improve your intelligence, what's the point? And no, homework does not inspire kids to go outside. For the most part, homework is a very indoor thing. After all, according to a new study done by Harvard 93% of students who do their homework use technology to get it done, therefore your argument stating that homework inspires kids to go outside is invalid.
Homework should not be banned in school

I personally hate homework but Id have to admit it is better than none at all. The opposing side says that students will have a much better time without it but in fact, it will result to a reverse effect or exacerbate the situation more. I say this because what do most of the students do or most teenagers for that matter do after school? For those few who have clubs and are to the athletic side may go out under the sun and take in vitamin D but that is not the case for the other half (or majority to point out). Most teenagers really just stay home and fidget with their phones and computers. Im trying to say that they still stay and sit at home anyway. And it's not the homework's fault that makes most students couch potatoes. I would also like to point out that homework comes in different forms. Physical education or biology class can tell you to practice volleyball skills or go outside and observe nature and their process of photosynthesis. I also believe that students can't only do what they want to do. In life and especially in work, they will have to face the things they dont want to do. For example, writing a thesis or doing a project. It will help students in abasing themselves in order for them not to have a self-indulgent mind. Homework can really help a student be more organized and responsible as well as learn life lessons. In addition to the knowledge gained at the end of the day.
Homework should not be banned in school

According to the study carried out by University of Virginia researchers - one in which they looked at the transcripts and grades of more than 18,000 Xth grade students - homework doesn't necessarily help children get higher grades. Science proves that homework doesn't accomplish anything. Why? Because nobody wants to sit at home and study. It is so easy to daydream, get distracted, or choose not to do it. At my old school, I was in a 12 person grade. My entire grade scored in the top 2% of students in the state. We enjoyed school, and not to mention I never had homework, not one day. The problem with education is it doesn't interest students anymore. You want to get better at something you like, its common sense. You want to know more about things that appeal to you, and homework doesn't really appeal to students. It never has, it is a complete waste of time. In my opinion, we should start educating our teachers literally "how to make class interesting." Like I said before, I did way better in my old school where class was interesting rather than at my new school where classes are as boring as ****.