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Former President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines was the best president of the Philippines

This topic is very much of ones own opinion,.. However, I will disagree and provide several very constructive arguments that go against my opponents claim. Ferdiand Marcos was ousted by his own people,.. They did like being under martial law! They booted him out in 1986. That is a pretty strong case for backing the belief that he was not considered the best at all. Ramon Magsaysay was perhaps one of the most popular and heroic,.. He was best known for successfully defeating the communist led Hukbalahap (Huk) Movement. Idol of the masses, champion of democracy, and freedom fighter. Carlos Garcia was admired by his people as well! He was famous for his austerity program and policy. He maintained the strong tradition ties with the United States and sought closer relation with non-communist Asian countries. Fidel Ramos, a recent president. As head of the State, his administration centerpiece program is the Philippines 2000, which aimed to uplift the Philippines as a newly industrialized country by the year 2000. These are a few presidents that were much more popular, and provided much better and balanced leadership than Ferdinand Marcos.
The Luis Suarez incident was bad for the game

I will be arguing that what Luis Suarez did was bad for the game of football. Let us look at how Con defines teh term 'bad'. According to his definition, anything that 'is not of adequate standard or is unsatisfactory' is bad. The 'adequate standards' can be extremely subjective, but fortunately for us, the game of football does have a common Code of ethics drawn by the Committee of ethics and fair play according to article 7 of the FIFA, which acts as a pretty objective standard for players playing the game. He did breach article 48 and 57 of the FIFA disciplinary code, dealing with 'misconduct against the opponent' and 'fair play and offensive behavior'. Thus, going by the definition provided by my opponent, Suarez did fall short of the standard expected of the players by FIFA, his behavior was definitely unsatisfactory keeping in mind the expectations bestowed upon the FIFA players by fans and FIFA itself, what he did was DEFINITELY bad. Responding to the arguments my opponent brings forth, (where he claims that what the biting wasn't bad because it brought in viewers), that is a dubious argument in itself. Even assuming that's true, it is not clear how that relates to whether or not the act itself was bad. A less than honourable action bringing in viewers/ excitement is still a bad action. It would be illuminating if my opponent could explain how the act was not bad, hopefully relating it to the definition he brought forth.
The Luis Suarez incident was bad for the game

To begin this I decided to define what bad means. What it said was that bad is not of an adequate standard or unsatisfactory. Although what Luis did was completely breaking the rules it only drew attention to the World Cup even more which can only be good for the game as more spectators/viewers will generate more income which can be spent on the development of football. What Luis did generated emotion from people and that is what sport thrives on. The fact that he broke a rule and sunk his teeth into the Italian defenders arm was unfortunate but all in all I think that he has made the World Cup memorable and gained more viewers. From my point of view how he did it is irrelevant.
A Pre-crime system would benefit society

My position is a simple one. If there were a way of predicting the future, through the use of oracles like in Minority Report or potentially through the use of some other from of technology, and subsequently use this information to prevent acts of crime, such as murder, before they happen, then overall this would be beneficial to society. The first, and main, point is that it will keep people safer. Some murders are premeditated acts of violence, out of revenge, spite or simply by psychopaths. Some are crimes of passion, where people suddenly become enraged and aggressive, and others, such as muggings or robberies gone bad, can be attributed to people being in the wrong place at the wrong time. With a Precrime system in place, capable of seeing these events before they happen, many helpless victims would not have to suffer the cruel injustice of having their lives cut short by someone else. Not only would the system work to prevent murders once they have been detected, but, once established would also act as a deterrent. In the same way the idea of a Panopticon in a prison regulates the behaviour of the inmates because they begin to believe they are always being watched, a Precrime system would work to deter acts of crime form being committed all together. Why would anyone in their right minds plan to commit a murder when they know they are just going to be arrested before it even happens? Sure, crimes of passion may still be attempted, but with a system advanced enough, such as that portrayed in Minority Report, these too would be able to be prevented. In short, a Precrime system would cut crime, making society a safer place and drastically reducing the amount of families who have their lives torn apart by the unnecessary loss of a loved one. Furthermore, this system would eliminate the messy, post-crime punitive system, where people are arrested and put on trial after the commission of the crime itself. It would eliminate the danger of potential criminals committing more crime while out on bail. Long, expensive legal trials could be avoided and, while most of the time justice is done, an act of murder could never be undone. That's really all I have to say for now, I'm sorry to my opponent for the rather delayed reply, I didn't realise how busy my week was when I posted. I eagerly look forward to my opponents reply.
A Pre-crime system would benefit society

Full Resolution: A Pre-crime punishment system, such as that portrayed in Philip K. Dick's Minority Report, would be, overall, beneficial to society. Pre-crime punishment system: A system where it is possible to detect crimes before they happen and individuals are arrested before they can commit the crime. Beneficial: Favorable or advantageous; resulting in good.First Round Acceptance and any clarification So semantics, trolling or obscenity. Would prefer if my opponent had read (or at least seen the movie of) Minority Report, but it is not essential. Good luck in advance to whoever accepts.
A Pre-crime system would benefit society

The many contradictions that feature in my speech are only products of the paradoxes of time travel and the inevitable corruption surrounding it. In Minority Report, there is no reference to nationality, but you could assume they were Americans. The first problem lies with creating the Oracle. Who gets it? Say America, because of Minority Report. Why would they give any other country an Oracle, if it can be misused. America would never trust Pakistan or North Korea with one, the same way they aren't trusted with Nuclear technology. See, the real problem with Minority Report is the Sci Fi setting. It is a separate world to our own. If an Oracle was installed in an American prison and used to predict things, the Military intervening is not illegal under the Patriot Act, since they can label the police terrorists and arrest them. Our society is not capable of properly using this kind of technology, the same way the the society in MR already had robots to scan the city. The paradox of the Oracle is just a flaw with all time travel , so it may as well be a machine that travels universes. I am unaware If you follow Bioshock, but in Bioshock Infinite, this technology, predictions and quantum technology exists, but the society that develops it is bigoted and intolerant. We are closer to Columbia of Bioshock than the Minority Universe, and we'd likely destroy ourselves like the threat of nuclear testing has given us already. It has been a pleasure to debate with you though, and I await our next discussion. Duncan.
A Pre-crime system would benefit society

Remember that most crimes are not committed rationally. And if you did stop them, you couldn't arrest them because they hadn't done anything. You'd just have to show up to the crime and shout; "stop it!". And finally, I have one more problem with this oracle system. The oracles rarely predicted events correctly. If you were to predict a murder, would it not appear to you as the person being arrested, not committing the crime? You would in fact, have a ridiculous and incompetent society, ruled by fear and whoever held the Oracle's power. Would it only predict violent crimes? White collar crimes are harder to predict like that. This leads me to believe that the Oracle power would be a prediction for all parts of the future, not just crime related. Which means that very power could be abused. Who would predict that? Who could be trusted with fate itself?
Religion is Helpful in our society.

To be honest I agree with every thing you are saying. Right now with this stuff happening in Syria I believe all you say about indoctrination and all that. However I still believe that religion can sometimes be used as a source of self control for certain people. Sorry this debate has ended with me backing down but I believe all things about religion not having a helpful place in society, some people it may be helpful. But most of the times it isn't.
Religion is Helpful in our society.

This second point will mainly be showing holes in your argument and presenting new points. Firstly, I might add that you never mentioned my point on scientific progression and how ridiculous beliefs can harm scientific breakthroughs like cloning, also things like blood transfusions which many Jehovah's witnesses have in essence killed their child due to a disagreement in blood transfusion, is this in any way helpful? Also about religious indoctrination I think they are so far indoctrinated that a modern viewpoint on beliefs won't help them, until all religious parents don't think hell is real religious indoctrination won't stop as to them it is the most important thing to do for their children so they avoid gods punishment. is like many other religious children who are stubborn beyond belief because of indoctrination causing small child to think of gays going to hell for example which is extremely damaging. Mentally disabled people do turn to religion as a place to belong where they don't need to think much, however a way to combat this is for them is to use-funded mental health groups which is better than religion to help them as religion spreads false hope to those in need. I Do agree with you say in religious war but of this is not the case, in northern and southern ireland they understand what happens; they have a close connection through Christianity is broken through protestant and catholic beliefs, these people know what the other agree and this is exactly why the fight so they get the glory of heaven through their false beliefs. Same with the current civil war in Iraq which is mainly a war between Sunni or Shiva; or Islamic dictatorship versus a slight middle-eastern democracy. Religion claims alt which cannot be justified or proven and fight when it is questioned. I have recalled when someone made a movie about muhammed and taking the mick over a terribly made film. The muslims in return BURNED HOUSES AND KILLED A US AMBASSADOR. Over a movie, and these aren't extremists these are ordinary muslims in iran and iraq this is the norm. My closing statement is religion has caused more harm than good changing people's mind for the worse in alot of ways, however people's freedom to belief in a religion is part of our free society and this should not be taken away from them.
Religion is Helpful in our society.

Hey Harry, great, think we will always be round to saying our views on religion although a Pro is definitely not my view. However based on this afternoon's club I know that this is the way that real debates work. Religion may be harmful to our society but I believe that our society would be harmed more if we did not have religion in the first place. Somebody I know well and trust the decisions of once said that "Religion promotes war and also serves as a control source" This means that although religion may cause wars between other religions it is a control source for those in vulnerable states. Those people who may have mental disorders or have no ways of expressing themselves due to difficulties such as anger management have a place where they belong and a way of gaining self-control. On your point of indoctrination of religion, I believe that this means we need modern and relevant teachings of this day and age. This may mean adapting the religious books we already have. I believe that indoctrination happens due to a lack of understanding about religions. I believe that this lack of understanding happens due to not having relevant teachings in the holy books. Also as we learn in Ethics and Philosophy about different religious viewpoints, I believe that most religions should do the same. If we all knew about each other more then it would be easier for us to understand each other, where we are all coming from in viewpoints and how other people live. This would then decrease the chances of war. I believe that religious war happens because of this lack of understanding and knowledge. In the case of your example I would just like to point out the this is Ilyas, I think that is all there is to say on that matter! Having no say in pro or con does not affect this debate as we all need to think on other sides once in a while. Hopefully this sounded like Mr Logue ripping Mr Knight's debate to pieces which I must admit was hilarious! :)
Religion is Helpful in our society.

Hello eloise and i thought this would be a nice debate about religion that i am quite familiar with maybe next time we will steer away from the path of Religion onto something else. I would first like to say that no it is not helpful in our society, why? Well it is almost harmful to our society the cliams that religion make against scientific progression and other things slow down science and the development of our society for example children being taught creationism in schools when it is far from proven and evolution is based on fact. Extending on the previous argument religious indoctrination is still around and prevalent many children are labelled as muslim, christian or a hindu without knowing the facts behind them and later on in life when they do see the facts they are so far indoctrinated that they can't even affect them because of their upbringing. For example (and this is quite a personal one) Ilyas is so far indoctrinated that he believes Robin Williams went to hell with no factual or philosophical evidence backing it up this is a prime example of religious indoctrination in its simplest form. This is extremely harmful to the generations of young people and our society. I know you had no say in pro in con but hopefully you can cope arguing on a side you don't agree :)
money wasted on space exploration

Okay. I am confused about this a bit sorry. So am I against space exploration or for it. I thought I was for money wasted on space exploration and I think I am. Con is for against the cause so if you are the con side for money wasted on space exploration you are against money wasted on space exploration and you are giving points for my side of the debate. You should be against the cause of money wasted on space exploration.
money wasted on space exploration

I am doing this debate for my semi final and honestly I want some reasons for both sides. Ok so here is my side of the debate... That 5 million years have came. The sun is about to explode. All life on earth (and earth) is dead. The only way to save our lives is to move planets. But, in 20015, everyone gave up on exploring space because it costed way to much!!!!!!!!!! This could happen. Or over population. We NEED to find a planet like earth.
money wasted on space exploration

Okay. I am guessing that you are for the side that I am on, so I will give some points that go against money wasted on space exploration 1) It costs a lot of money It's not like money grows on trees. America is already in debt with China a whole ton, and if China finds out we are starting to spend a whole ton of money on space exploration they might get mad. It might even cause them to attack us knowing that a) if we do this it's certain they aren't getting their money back (even though it's already pretty certain we won't get the money back to China) b) if we spend a lot of money on space exploration we won't be using as much of our money towards our armed forces. And another thing about money. America already owes a lot of money to China, so will other countries even help us pay for it knowing that we haven't ever paid China back. 2) Will we even be able to find a place like Earth We have tried to find places like Earth for a long time. We tried the moon and Mars. And so far we haven't found conditions able to live in. Even if we somehow get this money, where would we look. And this brings up my next issue. 3) Technology Do we have the technology to be able to get somewhere even if we find a planet. We had to send a robot to Mars, if we even end up finding a planet would we be able to get all of the people of the world, food and water. 4) Time I don't know if you are right about the sun blowing up as soon as it will but if it is going to blow up soon will we even have time to find a planet and get resources their before the sun blows up. This is going to take a long time to transition from a planet we have been on our the whole life of man. I hope this helps you and send me a message on how you did with the debate.
The god of the bible and the bible has no place in a modern civilized society

first off i am a woman and i know that i am a woman i don't have gender dysphoria and i am a proud lesbian thank you very much "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. " Chapter 18 verse 22. "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, Both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. " I only see this with homosexual men. Does this apply to lesbians as well? "two things and or jobs in which case you are naturally unwilling to share. " even if i do tell you what i do for a living you either will call me a liar and discredit me I know any typo with an assignment or paper or an interview is automatic F or failure. That does not apply to this. This is a debating website. You aren't my f*cking boss or my professor so i type however I want. You won't make or break me. I do have proper grammar. Sometimes, We can do informalities. Like text messaging a friend. You won't communicate with them the same way you communicate with your teacher only reason i brought up my doctoral degree is because you said im not intelligent and uneducated just to prove to u that i am intelligent and educated & prove to u how dumb you are You are sarcastic AND rude. (; Again sorry that happened to you im not the type to insult u for that or throw it in your face. Not the type of person i am. I have no clue what your family did to you but sorry for it. My family does messed up things (maybe far less than yours if you don't talk to your family at all) --and i still talk to my family, Somewhat.
The god of the bible and the bible has no place in a modern civilized society

Awe the poor wittle wost dildo breath sandwich meat between its legs because it doesn't know how to identify what he or she is whether it be a lesbian or gay and hangs onto diaper sponge mold between its brain for ultimate security, Well yah know what doll parts? That's not my problem, That's yours entirely. Not a smoldering gangrene inferno that burns at your yeast infection do you believe in YOUR god according to your bible, And your god of the bible most certainly would murder you. Leviticus 20:13. Yah might want to open it up for a change rather than being a nose bleed for what you THINK is your religion, In which case, Sorry snookums, Its not. "So just because i merely make typos, That means I don't have any genuine friends or loved ones? " No squashed bugs nest fertilizer bomb, As stated BUT YOU CAN'T READ, Which is your lot in life as is true with nearly all christians, No exceptions, None, Its the utter lack of evidence you support for the ridiculous claims you make. NOBODY of merit is STUPID enough to believe you. "You can think im lying all u want to. Who am i to give a fat flying f*ck what the hell you think, You think im gonna bend over backwards to prove anything to you? I don't have to prove sh-t to you" That's exactly to the letter what I thought. You are all mouth and urine with the stench of p**s that follows you wherever you go. There's no chance in this universe you make $150, 000 per year unless you do one of two things and or jobs in which case you are naturally unwilling to share. There's also no chance in this universe that you've graduated with ---any--- kind of doctorate that requires ---any--- kind of use of the English language. ANY TYPOS on ANY ASSIGNMENT or PAPER is an automatic F. ANY PORTFOLIO that ANY interviewer sees with ANY TYPO, Your interview is OVER. Yeah I graduated from college you amazing imp. Those ARE the rules. "Such as existing in constant horrific pain that you would not be able to stand under ANY circumstance. " that's with any human being no one should ever go through that. If u were using that as in insult, " No bumbling babbling baby brained bile button nose you thought you could insult me by dangling your idiocies of $150, 000 per year and having your doctorate. Well it didn't work. Your pillow fluff runny babbit wayward ho snoozer attempts to insult me are tee hee laugh box shadows that stay with you while you are sleeping during a nuclear war. "Must explain why you're such a rude sarcastic a*sshole on here, " Sarcastic I am. Its what gives me an edge. You can't take everything soooooooooooooo seriously! But let's make no miss-steak you are the rude sweaty piece of rear end wipe here. "But i have gone through things as well such as losing family members, Losing best friend and things like that, " I don't talk to any of my family, Sadly. You wouldn't either if they did to you what they did to me. Yeah losing best friends is very difficult. Grieving is a process that you may ---never--- get over. Its OK. Its also OK to cry. I do.
The god of the bible and the bible has no place in a modern civilized society

Shut up with the same overused topic you debate about this 24/7 So just because i merely make typos, That means i don't have any genuine friends or loved ones? Do u know how stupid you sound. Everybody makes mistakes, We are all humans we are not perfect. "You are also a compulsive liar. Unless you do one thing. I bet I know what that one thing is IF YOU ARE TRUTHFUL. Go on tell me whsat it is. " You can think im lying all u want to. Who am i to give a fat flying f*ck what the hell you think, You think im gonna bend over backwards to prove anything to you? I don't have to prove sh-t to you "Such as existing in constant horrific pain that you would not be able to stand under ANY circumstance. " thats with any human being no one should ever go through that. If u were using that as in insult, Thats pretty dumb. I'm sorry for all of those things that happened to you. Must explain why you're such a rude sarcastic a*sshole on here, But i have gone through things as well such as losing family members, Losing best friend and things like that, You aren't the only one