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Abortions

Abortions should be illegal because those children didn't ask to be here, people know that when you having sex there are consequences. You wanted to be an adult by having sex, so take care of your responsibilities. If you're not ready for a baby or not able to care or provide for the child, give it up for a adoption. Having an abortion is murder, you're killing a seed. I feel like murder is a crime so therefore having an abortion should be illegal.
I started watching child porn again

I have so many questions, First and foremost why is this under economics? Secondly Is this for real? Please tell me this is a bad joke? I regret choosing to debate this but I would appreciate getting people to vote ASAP to get it over with. I simply a can't believe that I have to explain why it is wrong to sexually exploit a child. 1) even if you don't personally abuse children, By watching this you are sponsoring and endorsing the abuse of children to produce more of this foul content. The man who funds terrorism is no better than a terrorist. 2) These are children they don't know better and in some situations where they do are downright raped to create this content, Again you are sponsoring not just the suffering of others but also emotional scaring as its the children not you who have to deal with the proven mental consequences underage sex. 3) and finally by creating connections between sexual pleasure and children you make it far more likely that people will be attracted to children and far more likely that once online porn no longer satisfies them that they will abuse more children. CHILDREN ARE NOT YET CAPABLE OF MAKING DECISIONS REGARDING THEIR BODIES WHICH WILL HAVE LIFE LONG CONSEQUENCES AND TO FORCE OR ENDORSE THEM TO DO SO IS A CRIME. I will be reporting your account just in case this is not a bad joke, If it is I sincerely apologise but hope that the experience will open your eyes to the very real suffering of children globally to satisfy paedophiles sick desires.
I started watching child porn again

I started watching child porn again In the middle of a hot summer days Molesting children gets harder I walk around the town a lot But moments are scarce Instead, I decided to stay at home To stay at home and watch child porn I masturbate to it and get pleasure I don't pay for it, It is free And I am not hurting anyone I am still committing a crime A crime without victim So don't stop me now I am living the life in peace If you don't like it Just know one thing It is better that I watch child porn Than to actually molest children I know you think that I should go to prison But you should keep your wishes Suitable to reality Wishing something that will not stop me Even if I go to prison Sooner or later I will get out And return to my life of crime It is fun for me, Fun for me
The Confederate flag always represents racism.

For my conclusion, I will do another logic string. P1 If A supports racism, then A is racist. P2 The confederacy supports racism P3 Having a Confederate flag indicates support of the confederacy C1 The confederacy was racist. P1 & P2 C2 Having a Confederate flag is racist. C1 & P3 To address the Swastika analogy, sure you can pick and choose what organization you want a symbol to represent, but if you are using it to refer to what it most commonly refers to (in this case the Nazis) then it would represent the things the Nazis did. Likewise the Confederate flag represents what the Confederacy did, and the Banner of the X represents what the X did/does. The Confederacy was Racist. I do not think that is in question. Supporting slaveowners is racist, so most people in the Confederacy were racist. A Confederate flag (outside of special circumstances) represents the Confederacy. The Confederacy was racist. The Confederate flag represents that racism. It's like saying the Swastika (when used to represent the Nazi's ie regular circumstances.) is not representing the genocide of the Jews but instead the Anti-smoking campaigns done by the Nazis. You are cherry picking a large amount. As for the Non-racists support the Confederate flag, I don't know what you mean by non-racist. Racist is a relative term, but is there some council of the most non-racist people out there. People can have different reasons to support the confederate flag, but that doesnt mean the confederate flag only represents those specific reasons.
The Confederate flag always represents racism.

For my conclusion, I will further speak about my four points:There are multiple, alternative reasons one may support the Confederation. I know someone who used to own a Confederate flag. During this time, his best friend was black, so he clearly was not racist; also, he did not live in the South, so it wasn't Southern pride either. His reason for having it was that back then, he had more of a "rebellious" spirit and referred to the fact that the Confederates rebelled against the North. Whether this is a good reason to support the Confederate flag or not I'll leave up to you, but it is a good example of my point—that there are many reasons one may support the Confederation, not just racism. Other examples, the ones I mentioned before, for the Civil War's existence was the North's desire for power and disagreement on whether or not slavery was decided by the state or the federal government.You can pick and choose these reasons, at least to an extent. Like I've already argued, if this statement is false, would we not have to say that the swastika during World War II represented good fortune, genocide, and goodwill all at the same time? If a US citizen votes for someone to be president, does this necessarily mean the voter agrees with the votee on every situation? Does it even mean that they for the most part agree with each other? No! Just for example, I noticed that one user here on DDO, tajshar2k, says that he supports Barack Obama "not because he is better, but because he is the lesser of 2 evils."(1) Since these false conclusions are implied by denying it, my position then must be true.The origin of a symbol is not necessarily its one, sole, fixed meaning. Otherwise, would this not mean that the swastika represented good fortune and goodwill even during World War II? No, meanings can change.Non-racists support the Confederate flag. Another one I was going to mention (but space limitations prevented me) was Anthony Hervey.(2) Are these people mistaken in what they have done or not?In light of these points, can the proposition really be true? In conclusion, I'd like to say that I've really enjoyed this debate. You might find this surprising, but I'm not militantly against the proposition. I'm new to DDO, and I'm trying to debate on what I deem less important subjects in order to practice. (See my previous debate, and you'll know what I mean; the only risk that losing would bring was that more people would eat beef than chicken.) I definitely disagree with the proposition, but if there are a lot of people who are offended by the Confederate flag, then I won't get depressed if it gets taken down. I personally think Confederate flag controversies are the result of political correctness getting out of hand. Thank you.References(1) http://www.debate.org...(2) http://www.nbcnews.com...
The Confederate flag always represents racism.

At the end of my last argument, I made three points:1. There are multiple, alternative reasons one may support the Confederation.2. The origin of a symbol is not necessarily its one, sole, fixed meaning.3. Non-racists support the Confederate flag.Of these three points, Pro only responded to the first one by also making three points, the final conclusion being that "The Confederate flag represents the support of racism." I agree. It has already been established that "The proposition I'm contending against is not that the Confederate flag can represent racism. If a KKK member is waving the Confederate flag, we both can agree on what is meant."(1) The proposition is that the Confederate flag always represents racism. "Basically, I mean that in order for the proposition to be correct, anyone who supports the Confederate flag is supporting (knowingly or unknowingly) racism."(2)However, you did say one thing that may defend the propostion, depending on the meaning:An organization can stand for many things. Because of this, a symbol of the organization can stand for multiple things. The difference is that it stands for all those things.From what I understand—and correct me if I'm wrong—you're arguing that since the Confederate flag represents the Confederation, if you support the Confederate flag (and thus the Confederation), you're supporting all of the Confederation's views; there's no picking or choosing. I'll assume that this is what you're saying, but if it's not, let me know in the next post.First of all, this seems to ignore the second point of my last post, that the origin of a symbol is not its sole, fixed meaning. Again, wouldn't denying this imply that the Nazis' use of the swastika represented goodwill and good fortune, since that was it's original meaning?Also, if your belief (I'm assuming it's your belief, anyway) is true, that if you support a symbol, you support all it represents—no picking or choosing—then wouldn't this mean that the Nazis using the swastika represented peace, genocide, and goodwill all at the same time? Do all US soldiers who fight under their president (thus supporting him) agree with all the issues that he stands for? These false conclusions imply that the beliefs which implied them are false; in other words, if a conclusion is false, statements implying it to be true are also false.So in conclusion, I will restate my conclusion from the last post, this time adding an extra point. I will remind ourselves that the BOP (burden of proof) is on Pro to show that "The Confederate flag always represents racism." Considering that 1) there are multiple, alternative reasons one may support the Confederation; 2) you can pick and choose these reasons, at least to an extent; 3) the origin of a symbol is not necessarily its one, sole, fixed meaning; and 4) non-racists support the Confederate flag, can this proposition really be true?References(1) Rule 3 of my Round 1 post (2) Rule 7 of my Round 1 post
The Confederate flag always represents racism.

An organization can stand for many things. Because of this, a symbol of the organization can stand for multiple things. The difference is that it stands for all those things. The Confederacy can stand for both Slavery and States rights. It can be debated if it mainly stood for slavery or not. But nobody can say the Confederacy did not support slavery. P1: The Confederate flag represents the Confederacy P2: The Confederacy supported slavery P3: Slavery is Racist C1: The Confederacy supports Racism (Based on P2 & P3) C2: The Confederate flag represents the support of racism (Based on P1 & C1) Are those points flawed?
The Confederate flag always represents racism.

Thank you for participating. Round 1 actually was to be for acceptance, so you were supposed to wait before giving arguments. It's okay, though.To summarize your argument, here is this syllogism:1. If a symbol represnts an organization, then it also represents what it stood for.2. The Confederate flag represents the Confederation, one of the things it stood for being the institutional enslavement and oppression of people based on race.3. Therefore, one of the things the Confederate flag represents is the institutional enslavement and oppression of people based on race.This is sound. But notice the minor premise (Point two); it says that "one of the things it stood for" is racism, causing the conclusion (Point 3) to be that only "one of the things the Confederate flag represents is" racism. This is because, like you mentioned, the Civil War was also caused by other factors, such as the North's desire for supremacy(1) and the argument as to whether it was the right of the states to decide on racism or the right of the federal government.(2) The latter is similar to those today who say, "I disagree with [this], but I believe it's the states' right to decide on whether or not it should be legal." Again, the Confederation stands for more than just racism.Does the origin of a symbol dictate a fixed meaning for it, or can new meanings exist as time goes on? Here is another symbol associated with racism from a different war: the swastika. While it is strongly associated with white supremacy today in Western areas, it was used at least 5,000 years before Adolf Hitler and originally represented (and in some countries still represents) peace and good fortune.(3) In order to be consistent, are you going to argue that when the Nazis used the swastika they were promoting peace and good fortune?Of course, there needs to be those who think the Confederate flag doesn't necessarily represent racism for the symbol's meaning to change. Of course there are, or we wouldn't be having this debate and polls wouldn't have to be given. Even blacks such as Byron Thomas(4) and Arlene Barnum(5) support the Confederate flag.In conclusion, I will remind ourselves that the BOP (burden of proof) is on Pro to show that "The Confederate flag always represents racism." Considering that 1) there are multiple, alternative reasons one may support the Confederation; 2) the origin of a symbol is not necessarily its one, sole, fixed meaning; and 3) non-racists support the Confederate flag, can this proposition really be true?References(1)http://www.historytoday.com...(2)http://www.civilwar.org... (3)http://www.ushmm.org...(4)https://www.washingtonpost.com...(5)http://rightwingnews.com...
The Confederate flag always represents racism.

The Confederacy openly accepted and supported slave owners. This means a symbol that represents the Confederacy also represents the Confederacy's values. Each Declaration of Cause from the Confederate states says that the defense of slavery is a clear objective, as well as makes attacks on anti-slavery. However it can be argued that states rights is the main cause of the secession. I do not believe it. But it is possible for an organization to have more than one principle. The Confederacy can stand for both States rights and slavery. Just because the main reason was states rights doesn't make eclipse the fact that they enslaved black people. No matter how you slice it, an organization that openly supports the institutional enslavement and oppression of people based on race is racist. Any representation of this organization is representing that racism that the organization stood for.
The Confederate flag always represents racism.

Hello. Below further specifies about the rules of this debate and the proposition that I'm contending against:1. The first round is for acceptance.2. The BOP will be on Pro to show that the Confederate flag always represents racism.3. The proposition I'm contending against is not that the Confederate flag can represent racism. If a KKK member is waving the Confederate flag, we both can agree on what is meant.4. By "represents," I mean that if one flies or otherwise approves of the Confederate flag, they are supporting racism.5. By "always," I simply mean that there is objectivity to the proposition; if someone else would disagree with the proposition, for example, believing it does not have to be supporting racism but instead supporting Southern pride, Pro would say they are wrong, that the flag still promotes racism either way.6. By "racism," I mean slavery or anything else that would favor one race over another.7. Basically, I mean that in order for the proposition to be correct, anyone who supports the Confederate flag is supporting (knowingly or unknowingly) racism.8. (Amendment) If this debate cannot begin by Thursday, July 23 (in other words, if Round 2 doesn't begin by Friday, July 24), then the debate will be canceled.If you have any questions, please let me know. May the one who's right win!
Should There Be Security Cameras In Schools

You make some very good points, but I beg to differ. Since you mentioned cost, I must say that there are many unimportant tech items in our schools right now. For example, those smart boards that I was talking about before cost between $3000-5000. Smart boards are being put up in the Spanish and band classrooms which is useless because this whole entire year, my teachers have used the expensive boards only to draw on because they are confused by all the devices. If we didn't put so many smart boards around the school, then I'm sure there'll be enough money to support the cameras. But bullying is a major issue in our schools right now. Just look what happened to Phoebe Prince. How would you feel if your kid came home with a black eye and the teachers don't know who caused it. I personally would be pretty pissed. But anyway, with just security cameras at the main entrances it can save many people from dangerous situations. As a matter of fact, we just did a code black drill test and since there were security cameras at our school, we kept an eye on the outside world. It's important because if there ever was a real code black, the criminal could force one of the principals to call it off and that'd lure everyone out of hiding. Last but not least would be the privacy issue. Nobody at our school ever complains about the invasion of privacy because they already get their privacy invaded everyday. That would be the cause of something called gym class. Most of the people change and for the one's that don't, well all they get is a little check point by their name which is strike one out of three. Besides, we're always being watched every time we go out or to a public place. It's not like the person watching the cameras will be running around the school telling everybody they saw someone pick their boogers. Most of the time it'll a teacher watching and they wouldn't do bad things on purpose. However if they caught someone drawing on the walls then they might report that person.
Should There Be Security Cameras In Schools

Security cameras are helping lots of people in the world by catching things on tape and recording illegal actions. But one of the most important places that needs security cameras are schools. However, some schools still don't have them. Why are there security cameras in every mall and movie theater but not in every school? Is it because some school districts are too cheap or just plain lazy? We need to get cameras in schools all around the world and stop spending money on things like dances or smart boards. With those things up, we can prevent things like the Virginia Tech attack or bullying.
Should There Be Security Cameras In Schools

Do you think all security cameras cost $1000? Only the most expensive and the ones used by people like the navy or army. The perfectly good security camera I found was way less than $1000. You don't just put the most expensive camera price down to make all cameras look expensive. A smart board also has a projector that you can purchase for less than $1000. Now their coming up with 3D ones. Oh yeah, every school need giant 3D boards to watch movies. Besides, do you really think teachers should bring guns to school? What if one day a teacher got fired and he or she went on a rampage? That makes no difference than having or not having security cameras there. But what happens if some crazy kid stole their teacher's gun? Also a camera RECORDS stuff. They don't just capture something important and forget about it. You think half the teachers know how to shoot a gun? Or do you suppose we train them like the seals?Why not just a janitor to view it or something? A security guard has one set of eyes. Multiple cameras means multiple views. Do you really think one security guard can watch over 300 kids. If we hired more, then we might spend more money on the guards than the cameras. We don't need a security guard or officer to babysit kids. The people at the front office could watch the cameras because they're not doing anything half the time! There are only a handful of kids that have the strength to stand up for themselves. Do you think the football jock gets slammed into lockers everyday? The kids that are picked on the most are the shy ones. Who said they have to be put in bathrooms? If people are so uncomfortable about their bodies that they won't even go to the airport, then it's time for some counseling. Plus, of course smart boards are expensive. Have you ever seen one? However, if you don't believe me, then Google a smart board that's good, and under $3000 with a projector. In conclusion, my opponent thinks guns can solve all our problems. He thinks kids that don't stand up for themselves are wimps. He also thinks that people are going to put cameras in private places and frame the teachers as creepers. For cameras, visit http://www.supercircuits.com...;For smart boards, visit http://smartboards.com...;For guns, visit http://www.gunbroker.com...Vote pro and protect your kids!!!
Mosquitos are good

Mosquitos are good but humans don't realize it when they suck your blood there not trying to hurt you there just trying to stay alive but then humans go killing them all the time so carelessly and people just think that us humans lives are worth more than the Mosquitos lives but I think and know that Mosquitos live are worth as much as any other living thing and I say that we should stop killing them because when you kill one you end another life.
I should be President of DDO!

The Con would make a poor president because: 1) He is obsessed with making history 2) He has forfeited the fact that he has declared his candidacy a day before the elections started 3) He has forfeited that he is making this debate and campaign all about himself 4) He admits that he has no stance on any issues or even any policies despite running for office 5) He admits to falsely accusing other candidates of serious crimes. 6) He admits his prized "innovations" have existed for years 7) He still uses his religion to try to enforce why he should be president 8) He fails to understand that allowing more people onto this site results in more trolls and vote bombers onto the site which would compromise its credibility. 9) He calls himself a peoples president yet he only spams people and the forums for their votes and before this debate was only acquainted with 6 people. 10) He has failed to address how the current status quo of DDO is on a "deadly" course 11) He has failed to provide a single argument on why he is actually better than any other candidate 12) He has forfeited how he would give hefty rewards to those who vote for him That is why I think the Pro would not be a good presidential candidate, and so far many others agree since of the 30+ votes already cast, only one has gone to the Pro. And the one person who voted for the pro......... was himself http://www.debate.org...