BeIR/webis-touche2020 huggingface dataset:
Marijuana should be legalized for recreation use

(I sincerely thank you for the warm welcome) 1. Marijuana heavily reduces productivity Marijuana is known to contain substances that effect your endocanibinoid system, and this is a wildcard effect as it works differently depending on the person. Either way it has a drastic effect on the person's perception as well as brain activity https://en.m.wikipedia.org... 2. Addictiveness The constant bombardment on the brain already leads to an addiction and to maximise profits the companies that will produce the Marijuana will attempt to make it more addictive by adding substances like nicotine, a practice that is common in cigarettes http://drug.addictionblog.org... This also makes it more difficult to give it up. 3. Short term and long term effects Combine the two factors above and the result is a disaster. The companies that will manufacture the marijuana cigarettes will attempt to make it as addictive as possible, after all it is a business and they wouldn't really care about the victims. The addictiveness will require the smoker to smoke it in a manner to cigarettes I.e at different intervals. This would result in a drastically lower productivity rate overall because of the impact on the cognitive functions. This would eventually breed a cycle of unemployment and crime as no company wants unproductive employees, this increase of unemployment would eventually cause crime to spike which leads into an important point, it might temporarily increase the economy for a short while but eventually it will start to weaken due to the increase of unemployment created by it 5. Various Strains I can't deny the fact that there are many types of marijuana, and some might improve productivity, but keep in mind that it will still reduce cognitive capabilities in the long run http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com... They noted that those who smoke more than 33 joints a week lost around 4 IQ points, the average smoker smokes up to 13 cigarettes a day, imagine the effects of smoking 81 joints a week. In conclusion one can see that the long term effects are more prominent than say tobacco, it is in this reasoning that marijuana remains illegal as the government is protecting everyone else. Sincerely Pete I await your response
I Am God

I Normally Refuse To Follow The Petty Requests Of Mortals. I Am Eternal And Infinite. You Cannot Nor Should You Try To Understand My Motives Or My Actions. However Since You Amuse Me Acarr130 I Will Create A New Universe. It Is Done The Big Bang Has Just Happened In An Entirely New Universe That You Cannot Detect Or Comprehend. I Am Omniscient So I Know That You Will Eventually Except My Divinity And That I Will Win This Debate
I Am God

My side of the debate is that you, in fact,care not god, good luck ========= How do you know if your god? Their is really know why to say that you are, in fact, god. But who are you to say that you actually are god? A god, can shape a universe or create a new land or plain of existence. But can you create a new plain or create an intelligent species that can survive and thrive. If you are god, please create a new plain of existence. =========
debate yourself

Pro has failed to cite any sources, so I have no ideal if my opponent's stats are even accurate. since my opponent has failed to use citations her facts should be taken with a grain of salt. I've shown some of the negative affects of racism, but it doesn't come close to describing all of them, by any means. My case has seen absolutely no rebuttals. My opponent seems to be advocating against multiculturalism as well, but fails to make a case for racism. Now let me take her points 1 by 1. intelligence is proportion to brain size. african americans have smaller brains than whites. they also have lower IQs. IQ tests are debatable, but it's still evidence. In what way would inferior intelligence, excuse racism. When deciding your actions in ethics equal consideration should be given based on the beings ability to feel mental or physical anguish. http://www.cns.nyu.edu... Regardless of IQ people should be treated equally in terms of equal consideration. There is no moral reason to be racist. My opponent goes on to quote an article discussing the results of study findings with Robert Putnam. He does so without citing the article. What diversity hurts in regards to civic participation it makes up for in terms of productivity and innovation in the workplace and amongst other groups. http://www.boston.com... The negatives caused by diversity seem like a wash when you consider the positives I brought up. This argument my opponent brings up is actually an argument against multiculturalism and not one advocating for racism, anyway. Anyway, back to pro.
debate yourself

INRTODUCTION"of course, there are various definitions of 'racist'. but given pro initiated this debate, and he hasn't defined it, more BOP should be given to him." Obviously she means con, when she says pro. To start with, I didn't initiate this debate. So no, that is not a reason for me to have BOP. Also me not defining racism in order to make my opponent's position easier isn't a good reason for me to have BOP either. She's been in enough debates to know better. Because of how the resolution is worded a split BOP is fair to assume. HEALTH EFFECTSThere has been numerous studies done to show the negative health effects of racism. Apparently the emotional, and psychological stresses of being discriminated against or just perceiving racism is enough to increase your chance of heart attack and many other stress related diseases. https://www.apa.org...http://blackdoctor.org... MISSING WHITE WOMAN SYNDROMEHow come when you watch Nancy Grace or other news shows you'll see missing white women, who are beautiful and upper middle class? Do black women ever go missing? There's been people who've looked into this question. Apparently from time to time, black women actually do go missing. La Toyia Figueroa disappeared just 3 years after the famous Laci Peterson and Natallee Holloway disappearances, but received almost no attention. http://transcripts.cnn.com... Believe it or not La Toyia isn't the only non white woman to disappear. Even though you wouldn't know that from watching Nancy Grace. In 2002 a 9 months pregnant Evelyn Hernandez went missing. http://www.sfgate.com...Seriously think back to anytime you've ever seen a missing black woman on T.V. that was as big of a story as Elizabeth Smart or any of these other cases I've mentioned. It's not just your experience that tells us of this racial bias in how the media covers missing people. A study using 5 national news stations between 2005-2007 has also verified the massive under representation of missing minorities in news coverage.http://www.academia.edu...The results of this type of racism are obvious. The chances of safely recovering a missing black person in danger is significantly reduced by the lack of media coverage. Racism means that minorities are more likely to permanently go missing.SELF ESTEEM Racism has a negative affect on people's self esteem. People treat you or view you as inferior or bad and eventually you will start believing it.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...Low self esteem can have far reaching effects on your life. People with low self esteem are more likely to tolerate mistreatment or to mistreat others. A person with low self esteem is more likely to get in trouble with the law, be promiscuous or do drugs.http://psychcentral.com...CONCLUSIONI've clearly shown many negative consequences of racism, and my opponent has really shown no benefits. I'll get into rebuttals next round and many thanks to my opponent for showing heart and participating in this debate, despite the tough position.
debate yourself

intelligence is proportion to brain size. african americans have smaller brains than whites. they also have lower IQs. IQ tests are debatable, but it's still evidence. to be fair, whites are not as smart as most asians. whites are known to have a wider rage of intelligence, but overall be less intelligent. hence, more genius whites, and more retarded whites. also, there have been studies that show people are not able to differentiate other races as well as their own "they all look the same" applies both to blacks and whites and various other racial groups. races tend to act at least subconciously based on race... "Researchers explain that the same brain circuits that allow us to classify a person into an ethnic group overlap with other circuits that process emotion and make decisions, leading people to make unconscious decisions based on another's race." science also proves that race being treated as 'we're all one' and 'colorblind' is unhealthy. ""But a massive new study, based on detailed interviews of nearly 30,000 people across America, has concluded just the opposite. Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam -- famous for "Bowling Alone," his 2000 book on declining civic engagement -- has found that the greater the diversity in a community, the fewer people vote and the less they volunteer, the less they give to charity and work on community projects. In the most diverse communities, neighbors trust one another about half as much as they do in the most homogenous settings. The study, the largest ever on civic engagement in America, found that virtually all measures of civic health are lower in more diverse settings." of course, there are various definitions of 'racist'. but given pro initiated this debate, and he hasn't defined it, more BOP should be given to him. also, we need not define it necessarily. it is enough to show that racism in some form is permissible, to expected, to okay.
Resolved: That the United States should recognize the Armenian Genocide

Preface The Armenian Genocide is sadly one of the least recognized genocides in recent history. The genocide began on 24 April 1915 when Armenian intellectuals and public figures were detained and executed in Constantinople, the capitol city of the Ottoman empire. By 1917, more than 1 million Armenians were murdered by the Ottomans. [1] 20 other nations, including several states, recognize the genocide. However, the U. S. Federal Government still does not recognize it [2]. I will be arguing that there should be an official recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Full Topic Resolved: That the United States should recognize the Armenian Genocide. Terms The burden of proof is shared. It is incumbent on me to prove that the Armenian Genocide ought to be recognized and it is incumbent on my opponent to show that it should not be recognized. This debate is not over the historicity of the Armenian Genocide. Full arguments and rebuttals are expected from both sides. Rules 1. No forfeits2. Any citations or foot/endnotes must be individually provided in the text of the debate3. No new arguments in the final round4. Maintain a civil and decorous atmosphere5. No trolling6. No "kritiks" of the topic7. My opponent accepts all definitions and waives his/her right to add resolutional definitions8. For all undefined terms, individuals should use commonplace understandings that fit within the logical context of the resolution and this debate9. Violation of any of these rules or of any of the R1 set-up merits a loss Structure R1. AcceptanceR2. Pro’s Case, Con’s CaseR3. Pro rebuts Con's case, Con rebut's Pro's case. R4. Pro defends his case, Con defends his case. R5. Closing/Summary References1. . https://en.wikipedia.org...;2. . http://www.latimes.com...;
Resolved: That the United States should recognize the Armenian Genocide

If I decided to make a debate and put kritik in, I will explicitly explain what it is. Since the word is of German origin and this website is in English, it is easy to just discard the word as a red herring. Btw, I did remember it was against the rules to dispute the historicity, but I forget that it was a loss to break the rules. If I had remembered what kritik was and it was against the rules with a loss as well as disputing the historicity, I would have framed my r2 argument differently. Would have been like this, the Turks version of reality is the following, give links and quotes. Note, I am not kritiking the topic nor disputing the historicity, only giving the Turks point of view, even if disagrees with the assumptions made in r1. Trying to convince the Turks otherwise would be an exercise in futility. Then, I would go on to explain how losing Turkey as an ally would be detrimental. Nevertheless, I messed up broke the rules and thus concede the debate. Thanks for debating.
Resolved: That the United States should recognize the Armenian Genocide

6. No "kritiks" of the topic 9. Violation of any of these rules or of any of the R1 set-up merits a loss I accidentally violated the rules, 6. No "kritiks" of the topic by arguing that it was war and not genocide. Kritik means not to challenge the underlining assumptions. Therefore, I lose the debate. Debating is very difficult. I think I'm going to give up on debating. Thanks for debating.
Resolved: That the United States should recognize the Armenian Genocide

My opponent argues that the Armenians were foes in war and that their deaths were justified. This is a clear violation of the terms of the debate. "This debate is not over the historicity of the Armenian Genocide" and so I should per-minimum win the conduct point. My opponent also attempts to kritkit the topic of the debate, challenging the assumption of the resolution that the Armenian genocide was, in fact, a genocide. My opponent's arguments are nothing more than the very tactics that the Ottomans used to perpetrate the genocide! As Dr. Gregory Stanton notes [1]: Blame the victims. Claim that the killings were in self-defense against people who were disloyal to the Ottoman Empire during a World War. In fact, very few Armenians joined the Ottoman Empire’s enemies, and certainly none of the women and children could have. But they were murdered nevertheless. Claim that Muslim Turks also suffered many deaths. The problem with this argument is that the deaths were in battles with European troops, not at the hands of the Armenians, who were deported like sheep into the desert. Finally, claim that the deaths were inadvertent, due to lack of food and water, not due to intentional destruction. The falsehood of this claim is amply proven by the thousands of pages of eye-witness reports from Armenian survivors, American consular officers, missionaries, and most tellingly, in the archives of the Ottoman Empire’s allies, Germany and Austria-Hungary, as well as by the records of the Ottoman Corts-Martial of 1918-1920. This was intentional mass murder by starvation. It wasn’t an unfortunate by-product of a deportation. The Ottomans began to view the Armenians as a threat, rounded up, and deported them. The total estimated killing is more than 1 million men, women, and children. [2] This is not war, this is genocide. ConclusionMy opponent violated the terms and rules of the debate. I am disappointed in my opponent's arguments and wanted to debate someone a bit stronger. For the reasons mentioned above, I urge a vote for pro . _______1. (. http://www.genocidewatch.org...) 2. (. http://www.cnn.com...)
Embryonic Stem Cell Use

Stem cells are found throughout the body which are part of a natural healing process. Embryonic stem cells can replicate to create many more stem cells. The stem cells can grow into different types of cells throughout the body such as liver, muscle, bone, nerves, and more (www.stemsave.com/otherstemcells.aspx). Certain types of stem cells will replicate for several months outside of the body in a laboratory to help with medical treatments (www.stemsave.com/otherstemcells.aspx).
Embryonic Stem Cell Use

Newer technologies have shown that we can find cures for diseases without using embryonic stem cell research (http://www.thesurvivaldoctor.com...). Although, blood stem cells that are found in bone marrow are useful, that is using adults’ stem cells not embryonic stem cell. Also, using embryonic stem cells is very unstable. "Currently, there have been no clinical treatments performed from human embryonic stem cells"(http://www.onlinewellnesscommunity.com...). Most stem cells from embryos are unstable and useless because they haven't found a cure.
Embryonic Stem Cell Use

Embryonic stem cells can treat diseases with no cure. Using stem cells are an essential field to make key advances in biomedical research to cure diseases that has a working cure (www.thesurvivaldoctor.com/2013/02/14/doctors-debate-embryonic-stem-cell-research-pros-and-cons/). The stem cells can cure spinal cord injury, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and even cancer (www.thesurvivaldoctor.com/2013/02/14/doctors-debate-embryonic-stem-cell-research-pros-and-cons/). Blood stem cells found in bone marrow can be used to treat blood cell cancers like leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma.
Embryonic Stem Cell Use

Embryonic stem cell use is negative to our society. Embryonic stem cell research is basicly destroying a human life because when an egg and a sperm make contact they make a fetus which is a baby(http://www.thesurvivaldoctor.com... ).For instance, what if the fetus that is being use for stem cell research is a child that could find the cure not be the cure for cancer or the cure for down syndrome. Also, using stem cell research does not mean that it will always work. "In the 27 years since the advent of embryonic stem-cell research in 1981, scientists have still not demonstrated the ability to control the cells and their attendant risk of tumor formation, inappropriate tissue growth and immune rejection, and the leading researchers continue to note that it will be decades at best before embryonic stem cells might possibly be used for patients"(http://www.thesurvivaldoctor.com... ).
Embryonic Stem Cell Use

Embryos are being destroyed, when they could be used for greater things. Embryos that are leftover from in-vitro fertilization will be destroyed. In-vitro fertilization is a series of procedures to treat genetic problems. (www.explorestemcells.co.uk/stemcellcontroversy.html). Aborted embryos are going to be destroyed, so it would be put to better use to advance human health than for it to be discarded. Human Embryonic stem cells all come from embryos created in excess by fertility clinics. All embryos that are not donated to couples will be destroyed. (www.explorestemcells.co.uk/stemcellcontroversy.html). ml> DefSemiHidden="false" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99" LatentStyleCount="371"> UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/> Name="index 1"/> Name="index 2"/> Name="index 3"/> Name="index 4"/> Name="index 5"/> Name="index 6"/> Name="index 7"/> Name="index 8"/> Name="index 9"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 1"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 2"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 3"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 4"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 5"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 6"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 7"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 8"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="toc 9"/> Name="Normal Indent"/> Name="footnote text"/> Name="annotation text"/> Name="header"/> Name="footer"/> Name="index heading"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/> Name="table of figures"/> Name="envelope address"/> Name="envelope return"/> Name="footnote reference"/> Name="annotation reference"/> Name="line number"/> Name="page number"/> Name="endnote reference"/> Name="endnote text"/> Name="table of authorities"/> Name="macro"/> Name="toa heading"/> Name="List"/> Name="List Bullet"/> Name="List Number"/> Name="List 2"/> Name="List 3"/> Name="List 4"/> Name="List 5"/> Name="List Bullet 2"/> Name="List Bullet 3"/> Name="List Bullet 4"/> Name="List Bullet 5"/> Name="List Number 2"/> Name="List Number 3"/> Name="List Number 4"/> Name="List Number 5"/> Name="Closing"/> Name="Signature"/> UnhideWhenUsed="true" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/> Name="Body Text"/> Name="Body Text Indent"/> Name="List Continue"/> Name="List Continue 2"/> Name="List Continue 3"/> Name="List Continue 4"/> Name="List Continue 5"/> Name="Message Header"/> Name="Salutation"/> Name="Date"/> Name="Body Text First Indent"/> Name="Body Text First Indent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="t
Embryonic Stem Cell Use

A fetus is considered alive when the egg becomes fertilized in the first week meaning that is a human can feel pain so can the fetus/embryo that is being used. Most stem cells are rejected by the immune system and the body makes an instability a genetic incompatibility(http://www.onlinewellnesscommunity.com...). "In the 27 years since the advent of embryonic stem-cell research in 1981, scientists have still not demonstrated the ability to control the cells and their attendant risk of tumor formation, inappropriate tissue growth and immune rejection"(http://www.thesurvivaldoctor.com...).
Embryonic Stem Cell Use

The Embryonic stem cells can help burn victims. Every single victim that is burned or injured in any way with the skin, go through a lot of pain. Instead of receiving the donation of tissue, the stem cells can produce newer, healthier skin (www.explorestemcells.co.uk/benefitsofstemcells.html). Stem cells can be removed from the embryo, which isn’t experiencing any pain because it's not alive, and trigger them to differentiate outside of the body (www.explorestemcells.co.uk/benefitsofstemcells.html). Since it is being used with the stem cells, it cooperates with your own skin to grow and help the person that can now live a life without pain.
Embryonic Stem Cell Use

"It is a well established fact that 50 to 75% of all human embryos fail to develop into a human being and spontaneously abort"(http://www.onlinewellnesscommunity.com...).Almost most cures for medical problems come from adult stem cell not embryos. There are many problems from destroying a human life to "save" another human's life. For instance, the cells are very unpredictable and unstable. Most cures are used from adult stem cells so the human life is already formed and the person would not die from getting their stem cell taken away but using parts and almost the whole embryo is used so most likely the fetus would die before being formed and before being "used".
Embryonic Stem Cell Use

Stem cells can lead to immortality and curing Alzheimer’s. The stem cell research has already found many treatments that help slow the aging process (www.stemcelltherapies.biz/learning/stem_cell_research_pro_and_cons.asp). Using stem cells can lead to progress new medical discoveries that could help many become healthier (www.stemcelltherapies.biz/learning/stem_cell_research_pro_and_cons.asp). The embryonic stem cells can also repair damaged tissue which can cure degenerative diseases such as Alzheimers. This could also go along with the immortality because you wouldn’t lose the memories that you have endured throughout your life.