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Song debate

If Today Was Your Last Day by Nickelback y best friend gave me the best advice He said each day's a gift and not a given right Leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind And try to take the path less traveled by That first step you take is the longest stride If today was your last day And tomorrow was too late Could you say goodbye to yesterday? Would you live each moment like your last? Leave old pictures in the past Donate every dime you have? If today was your last day (If today was your last day) Against the grain should be a way of life What's worth the prize is always worth the fight Every second counts 'cause there's no second try So live like you'll never live it twice Don't take the free ride in your own life [Chorus] If today was your last day And tomorrow was too late Could you say goodbye to yesterday? Would you live each moment like your last? Leave old pictures in the past Donate every dime you have? Would you call old friends you never see? Reminisce old memories Would you forgive your enemies? Would you find that one you're dreamin' of? Swear up and down to God above That you finally fall in love If today was your last day If today was your last day Would you make your mark by mending a broken heart? You know it's never too late to shoot for the stars Regardless of who you are So do whatever it takes Cause you can't rewind a moment in this life Let nothin' stand in your way Cause the hands of time are never on your side [Chorus] http://songmeanings.com...
Song debate

I am sorry. The first song I did was Scars by Papa Roach. All lyrics will come from http://songmeanings.com... This song is Complicated by Avril Lavigne Uh huh, life's like this Uh huh, uh huh, that's the way it is 'Cause life's like this Uh huh, uh huh that's the way it is Chill out, what you yellin' for? Lay back, it's all been done before And if you could only let it be You will see I like you the way you are When we're drivin' in your car And you're talking to me one on one But you've become Somebody else 'round everyone else You're watching your back like you can't relax You're tryin' to be cool You look like a fool to me Tell me Why do you have to go and make things so complicated? I see the way you're Acting like you're somebody else, gets me frustrated And life's like this you, You fall and you crawl and you break and you take what you get and you turn it into Honesty, you promised me I'm never gonna find you fake it No, no, no You come over unannounced Dressed up like you're somethin' else Where you are ain't where it's at you see, you're making me Laugh out when you strike your pose Take off all your preppy clothes You know, you're not fooling anyone When you've become Somebody else 'round everyone else You're watchin' your back like you can't relax You're tryin' to be cool You look like a fool to me Tell me Why do you have to go and make things so complicated? I see the way you're Acting like you're somebody else, gets me frustrated And life's like this you, You fall and you crawl and you break and you take what you get and you turn it into Honesty, you promised me, I'm never gonna find you fake it No, no, no No, no, no (No) No, no, no (No) No, no, no (No)(No) Chill out, what you yellin' for? Lay back, it's all been done before And if you could only let it be You will see Somebody else 'round everyone else You're watching your back like you can't relax You're trying to be cool, You look like a fool to me Tell me Why do you have to go and make things so complicated? I see the way you're Acting like you're somebody else, gets me frustrated And life's like this you, You fall and you crawl and you break and you take what you get and you turn it into Honesty, you promised me, I'm never gonna find you fake it No, no Why do you have to go and make things so complicated? (Yeah, yeah) I see the way you're Acting like you're somebody else, gets me frustrated And life's like this you, You fall and you crawl and you break and you take what you get and you turn it into Honesty, you promised me I'm never gonna find you fake it No, no, no
Song debate

American Dream by Silverstein It was on a wedding day When my heart began to stray Never thought I'd make such a big mistake Throw my life away I've gone days without food I've went weeks without sleep, keeping this in I've got cuts I can't close I've got wounds that won't heal, it's all your fault I've been shattered and wrecked My hand's covered in blood, scars on my skin I forgot how to feel Now I'm weak with deceit, my skin is paper thin We've been through this Feeling it, keeping it, holding it and We go through this Over and over again I go years without tears In a life with no fear, a life without you Now I'm breaking my back as I cover my tracks, my skin is paper thin once again We've been through this Feeling it, keeping it, holding it and We go through this Over and over again I've gone days without food I've went weeks without sleep, keeping this in I've got cuts I can't close I've got wounds that won't heal, it's all your fault My American dream Wasn't ever to rise to your [Incomprehensible] Even with [Incomprehensible] what's the point? I wish that it wouldn't stop We've been through this Feeling it, keeping it, holding it and We go through this Over and over again We've been through this Feeling it, keeping it, holding it and We go through this Over and over again This was not a test, this was all for real This was not a test, this was all for real This was not a test, this was all for real This was not a test, this was all for real http://songmeanings.com...
Song debate

I tear my heart open I sew myself shut My weakness is That I care too much My scars remind us That the past is real I tear my heart open Just to feel Drunk and I'm feeling down And I just want to be alone I'm pissed cause you came around Why don't you just go home 'Cause you channel all your pain And I can't help you go fix yourself Your making me insane All I can say is I tear my heart open I sew myself shut My weakness is That I care too much Our scars remind us That the past is real I tear my heart Open just to feel I tried to help you once Against my own advice I saw you going down But you never realized That your drowning in the water So I offered you my hand Compassion's in my nature Tonight is our last stand I tear my heart open I sew myself shut My weakness is That I care too much Our scars remind us That the past is real I tear my heart Open just to feel I'm drunk and I'm feeling down And I just want to be alone You shouldn't ever came around Why don't you just go home? 'Cause your drowning in the water And I tried to grab your hand And I left my heart open But you didn't understand But you didn't understand You fix yourself I can't help you fix yourself But at least I can say I tried I'm sorry but I gotta move on with my own life I can't help you fix yourself But at least I can say I tried I'm sorry but I gotta move on with my own life I tear my heart open I sew myself shut My weakness is that I care too much Our scars remind us That the past is real I tear my heart Open just to feel I tear my heart open I sew myself shut My weakness is that I care too much Our scars remind us That the past is real I tear my heart open Just to feel
Song debate

Any songs are acceptable and one song per round. World So Cold by Three Days Grace I never thought I'd feel this Guilty and broken down inside Living with myself, nothing but lies I always thought I'd make it But never knew I'd let it get so bad Living with myself is all I have I feel numb I can't come to life I feel like I'm frozen in time [Chorus] Living in a world so cold, wasting away Living in a shell with no soul, since you've gone away Living in a world so cold, counting the days Since you've gone away You've gone away Do you ever feel me? Do you ever look deep down inside Staring at yourself, paralyzed? I feel numb I can't come to life I feel like I'm frozen in time [Chorus] From me I'm too young (I'm too young) To lose my soul I'm too young (I'm too young) To feel this old So long (so long) I'm left behind I feel like I'm losing my mind Do you ever feel me? Do you ever look deep down inside Staring at your life, paralyzed? [Chorus] From me I'm too young, (I'm too young) I'm too young, (I'm too young) http://songmeanings.com...
celibacy

Premise 1: society is as strong as its weakest members Premise 2: these members will be irresponsible when dealing with matters of sex I will correct my opponent's confusingly worded and highly derogatory conclusion:They (weakest members of society; Couples giving birth out of wed-lock) account for 40% of births. I will try to put things into perspective. 69% of unplanned pregnancies occur to unmarried women while 31% of unintended pregnancies occur to married women[1]. As there were 3 million unintended pregnancies in 2001, which was the most recent year in which adequate information was available [1], this means there were almost a million unplanned pregnancies to married women. Now according to my opponents risk to benefits scenario, this would mean that sex during marriage is also unacceptable if the couple is not planning to have a baby. Now another misleading statistic produced by my opponent. He says there are 11.6 million out of wed-lock single parents in the U.S. This infers that all these single parents are the result of pre-marital sex. whereas if you take into account that 1 in 2 children will see their parents divorce and half of these kids will also see the break up of a parent's second marriage[2], we see things now a little clearer. It is not just that single parents are the result of pre-marital conception, but also the failure of a marriage and consequential divorce. So now we see that marriages can also produce the negative child-rearing circumstances that my opponent has portrayed, along with the emotional trauma of a divorce. To use my opponent's suggestion that society is only as strong as its (morally) weakest members; (and) these members will be irresponsible when dealing with matters of sex, the necessary conclusion is that sex is wrong during marriage as well, unless they are planning to have a child from the act of sex and they are 100% committed to the relationship during the course of raising a child. But my opponent's premise that society is only as strong as its (morally) weakest members interferes with my conclusion as they may not be trusted to remain together for the entire time of the raising of the child. Therefore, I re-conclude that sex, according to my opponent's premises, may be wrong full stop. And to correct my opponent's assumption made earlier, I did not say that pre-marital births were from couples preparing to get married, I said "An out of wed-lock couple may still have desired and been fully prepared for the arrival of a child." My conclusion from this round of my argument is that irresponsibility lies not only in the pre-marital scene but also in marriage. Therefore nullifying the argument that pre-marital sex is wrong due to irresponsibility because, as my opponent argues that marriage is the only right context for sex as married couples contain only sexually responsible people and I have proved that sexual irresponsibility exists quite thoroughly in the marriage context as well, it thus follows that his argument contradicts itself and holds little weight. [1]http://www.thenationalcampaign.org... [2]http://worldvillage.com...
celibacy

My opponents Round 3 mostly consisted of claim dropping. I will do my best to rebute most, if not all of them.His first claim was that out of wed-lock births were mostly just people preparing to get married and decided to have children before. This sounds nice (although really unbelievable), but in the source I gave there was stated to be around 11.6 million parents in the U.S. are the single parents of one or more children. (See comments). Now, this can obviously be seen as a negative thing, as children raised by single parents often experience emotional problems and make up a majority of the 'guests' at juvenile detention centers. This is obviously a bad thing.Next, my opponent said that we are debating sex with no risk involved, and completely responsible. Actually, the only way to remove risk is to have a woman's tubes tied or a man to get a vasectomy. But that is beside the point. All in all, it is safe to say objective morality does not exist outside the realms of religion. What I am defending is the notion that if the risk outweighs the possible benefits, then we should simply consider the action morally wrong. Morals apply to society. Society is as strong as it's weakest members. Those members will be irresponsible when dealing with matters of sex. They account for 40% of out of wed-lock births. This is an obvious negative effect, and does sufficiently attribute more risk than possible gain.If my opponent really wants to debate what is alright when variables are controlled, he will find that he can justify doing pretty much anything. For instance, government prisoner executions can be considered morally justified. Of course the taking of a specific persons life is never a good thing, but the benefits outweigh the risks in this case. The same could be said about sterile sex; I'm sure the possible benefits of feeling good about yourself and exercising that muscle on your lower end are good benefits when there are no risks. However, risks exist for non-sterile people, and they greatly outweigh those benefits.But here arises an interesting question, "What measures the risks in comparison to the benefits?" But the answer is really simple. Just imagine your life without sex outside of marriage. Is it really that bad? If you really can't help yourself; get married! Then imagine a life with a child you are either going to abandon of be forced to take care of. The imagine sex again. Now you simply ask yourself was it worth the 2-45 minutes of pleasure? For me, the answer is obvious. But there is another problem here; the same could be said about driving a car. Every time you get into a car, you risk dying. Then you would end up asking yourself was driving the car worth it? Of course not. So we need to incorporate risk factors here. In driving, that risk is pretty insignifigant. In sex, however, the risk is experienced by 11.6 million out of wed-lock single parents in the US.Blah, I'm done. I turn over.
celibacy

Attributing unwanted pregnancies to 40% of children born to mothers outside of wed-lock infers that these babies were accidental which is a misrepresentation of that statistic. An out of wed-lock couple may still have desired and been fully prepared for the arrival of a child. My opponent's definition of morality as "benefits outweighing the losses" does not argue against pre-marital sex, it just says that its wrong to engage in it irresponsibly. An example of this would be to bring a baby into an unstable and unprepared environment due to unprotected sex. I am not debating this, neither am I debating that acting irresponsibly and engaging in unprotected sex doesn't incur a risk of becoming infected with sexually transmitted diseases. So the cons of sex are quite easily negated to almost nil when the participants act responsibly. And irresponsible behaviour is another debate topic all together. If you add to this that sex can be a very pleasurable and gratifying experience along with various beneficial health effects, the resulting conclusion is that it is not morally wrong. Therefore, according to my opponent's definition, It is reasonable to conclude that if two consenting adults act responsibly by practising safe sex (if a baby is undesired and/or unprepared for and to prevent STI's) they are not acting morally objectionably. It is not justified to attribute the potential risks to the act of pre-marital sex, but rather, to irresponsible sexual activity. To engage your other point on emotional trauma, I would like to remind you that we are referring to consentual and non-abusive sex.
celibacy

My opponent's resolution appears to be that "Premarital-Sex is not morally wrong"Wrong - An unjust, dishonest, or immoral action. . http://www.google.com...;Also, marraige will be refered to as any permenant, long term monogamous relationship that ends in death. What is morality This is a big question in today's society: What is morality? The common libertarian definition of morality follows along these lines: Do whatever you want so as long as nobody gets hurt as a result of it. This definition is obviously flawed. First off, this would mean it is morally wrong for two people to consentually box eachother, or participate in any sort of physical, hands-on sport. It also doesn't deal with the realm of potentially harmful. For instance, surrounding pre-marital sex obviously lies the possibilities of emotional trauma, STD's, and unwanted pregnancies. But using this definition while still maintaining the notion that pre-marital sex is not morally wrong, it would have to be morally right to play Russian Roullette, considering the game is only dealing with potential harm. Another possible definition is: Whatever has benefits that outweighs the losses, possible or not, can be considered morally acceptable. (With the taking of a life as the most extreme loss) I like this definition, and will support it in this debate. So for my opponent to show that premarital sex is not morally wrong, he will need to do one of the following:Show how my definition of morality is flawwed. Show how premarital sex (No arguments that could be used in substitute for marital sex would work) benefits more than it would potentially lose. One of the many risks of premarital-sex is the risk of unwanted pregnancies. This is a big deal in our society, with over 40% of children being born to mothers outside of wed-lock. (1) Surely, on a universal scale, this risk outweighs the possible benefits of pre-marital sex. Conclusion If morality is defined by a benefit to risk ratio, pre-marital sex is morally wrong. I now hand over to my opponent.
celibacy

Hello, thanks for accepting. Yes, I'm against the notion that pre-marital sex is wrong. For curiosity's sake, are you sincerely against pre-marital sex? Firstly, I will acknowledge that pre-marital sex has been considered taboo or sinful by many different cultures for a long time. Sex used to necessarily mean the possibility of conception, which adds layers of complication for a woman before and during the mid 20th century. But as technology developed means were invented of eliminating this possibility if one so chose. Thus sex now does not inherently carry with it the responsibility of possible conception and so we see the blossoming of female sexuality. So now the issue is solely about the 'sharing' of one's sex with another. Without getting in depth, in a theological sense sex is considered extremely precious and a mystery which is only properly experienced in a marriage context[1]. If it is pre-marital it is considered a violation of one's body or a prostitution of one's self. In this debate, I will argue that there is no moral evidence for this point of view and that it should not be dictated as a moral fact. 1. Sex can be equally as important or 'precious' outside of a marriage contract. 2. It is the right of the person to experience sex with another consensual partner how so ever they choose, dictating to another the 'proper' way to express themselves is not embracing and respecting of others values and perspectives. 3. There is no evidence to suggest that one's body is 'violated' by pre-marital sex any more than sex in marriage. Emotionally there may be the same feelings involved during and after as a couple in a marriage situation. 4. Prostituting oneself is an emotive phrase attributing low self respect and low self esteem to, in particular, a woman participating in pre-marital sex. It is an acutely derogative term and insults self-respecting women's free choice to have sex. [1]http://www.theologian.org.uk...
I, gahbage, am not bored.

I thank you for daring to oppose me, but I will now prove you wrong now. Note that although I may have something to do, it might not keep me interested. I am indeed somewhat bored right not, but I feel an obligation to respond to your argument. However, you cannot prove that it brings me interest, other than my own word. I also should take it upon myself to get a new definition of bored. As you may know, "bored" is an adjective. However my opponent's definition treats it as a verb. Thus I will clear the definition up. From dictionary.com: "bored adjective 1. tired of the world; "bored with life"; "strolled through the museum with a bored air" 2. uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star" [syn: blase]" Right now I'm feeling rather tired with the world, and I do log on to debate.org alot, so I have frequent exposure to it. This does not necessarily make me like it; nor does it make me interested, rather I feel an obligation to finish what I started. "You enjoy debating so I doubt you would be bored on a Debate site and if I'm not mistaken doing something to "pass the time" short for doing something to keep from being bored" Touche, that's actually a really good point (I can't say interesting =P). However, it should be noted that this quote is contradictory. "I enjoy debating" somewhat contradicts "passing the time", as you do not have to enjoy passing the time. I could sit here and read "The Iliad" and be passing the time, but I would certainly not be interested. "Now my opponent has the burden of proving that he is not bored and just saying so is not enough also I challenge him to find a better definition for passing the time." Actually, Pro has the burden of proving the resolution: that I, gahbage, am not bored. Since I cannot find a better definition for passing the time, I'll use this: http://www.urbandictionary.com.... Now while you may say that urban dictionary is not reliable, there is a rating system. At the time of posting, the definition has 6 thumbs up, and no thumbs down. And the definition says it "effectively means to pass the time". "This site is a form of entertainment especially if you like debating so you can't be bored and I dare you to challenge that with a plausible argument." True, but being a form of entertainment does not guarantee it to all people. Personally, I find Dane Cook to be humorous. However, you may not find humor in his jokes. He is a source of entertainment, but you may not be entertained by him.
I, gahbage, am not bored.

I do dare to oppose you because you are not bored. This is because you made this debate and you have this account so though you may have been bored before you started debate when you logged on it gave you something to do getting rid of that bored feeling you once had. Dictionary.com states that the definition of Bored is: To make weary by being dull, repetitive, or tedious. I know for a fact that you don't feel that this is boring because well for the first obvious reason you wouldn't waste your time on this site if you didn't like to do it and if you like to do it you're not bored. The second reason is on your profile in your About Me section you said and I quote "I enjoy debating, but I don't actually debate . . . this is just one way to pass the time." You enjoy debating so I doubt you would be bored on a Debate site and if I'm not mistaken doing something to "pass the time" short for doing something to keep from being bored. Now my opponent has the burden of proving that he is not bored and just saying so is not enough also I challenge him to find a better definition for passing the time. This site is a form of entertainment especially if you like debating so you can't be bored and I dare you to challenge that with a plausible argument. Your turn