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Photoshop Contest

This debate format is weird and has only been done twice before, but I'll try it. Each round, you will have to post an edited version as an rebuttal and a challenge & theme to your opponent. You edit the photo to fit the theme and then post it. Rules:1. No hateful/violent/objective/racist/adult content. [Cartoony or fantasy violence is ok.]2. Use Paint.NET(free), Photoshop or GIMP(which is free). Or other similar software. 3. The picture should be voted on:Spelling/Grammer: Does it contain clipping, errors in editing, etc.?Arguments: Does it fit the theme?Conduct: Does it violate the rules or website TOS? Did the debater forfeit without later providing a a reason?Sources: The WOW factor.Challenge:Theme: Dancing SheepIf you annot see it go to http://debate.org...
Some materials from books and games should be used in real life.

I'm sorry Magicr but it seems you have misunderstood what I was trying to say. Even though the ideas from books are real, they are not being used in the world. It's like a person making something but keeping it buried under the ground. Even though it is there it isn't being used. The other thing is that by real life I meant day to day life. The everyday life that people live in. The ideas are real but they are nothing more than ideas until someone or something decide to make them more than that. I'll now go back to the idea about the Wright brothers making the first full piloted,heavier than air, self propelled craft. The idea was real when the Wright brothers got it. But even though the idea was real was it being manifested in real life? I really don't think so. I believe my argument still stands. But still, thank you Magicr for that wonderful argument.
Some materials from books and games should be used in real life.

If all ideas in books come from real life, then it makes no sense to have to argue that they should be used in real life. If they already come from real life, then they must already be used in real life. My opponent has said that ideas are already real, thus everything in a book is already real, no need to use it in real life, it is already in use in real life. There is no argument.
Some materials from books and games should be used in real life.

Nice argument Magicr. It might make more sense to create the ideas from real life itself but when you really think about it all of those ideas in books and games are created from real life itself. All of these ideas are created by humans to provide understanding to their knowledge. Since all of these ideas come from a person's imagination and a person's imagination is quite real, I believe that some of these ideas, in a way, are real too. If you decide to go even further you would realize that these are actually real ideas that are given to the world in other forms. There are those scientists that get their ideas and then start working on them but there are also the people that get their ideas and just give them to the world. There are of course some ideas that are given to the world which seem completely impossible. Some of these ideas could manifest themselves in real life later on. An example of something that seemed completely impossible until some time ago would be flying. A long time ago people thought flying would be completely impossible but now there are even more than 350,000 airplanes worldwide. With these looked over the only category left is the category of those that are completely impossible. These ideas can still be used in real life as an inspiration for something different. Thank you for reading and good luck. * The Wright brothers were the first to make a full piloted, heavier than air, self propelled craft. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org... http://answers.google.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://wiki.answers.com... http://en.wikipedia.org...
Some materials from books and games should be used in real life.

I have seen many books in my lifetime and there are quite some interesting materials inside some of them. A lot of things that could actually be helpful aren't been made. One of the things that I have seen and is possibly my favorite of them all is something that would make you 'invisible'. It consists of many screens and cameras. There are tiny screen with even tinier cameras on them. These cameras are linked to the cameras directly opposite of them. What the cameras see are displayed on the screen so that from which ever angle you are looking all you see is what is directly behind this invisibility suit. It would be quite useful for agents who work in stealth.
Scary Story Writing contest

Through crooked teeth, the man smiled. "I'm you Cedric" the man answered. "what do you mean?!" Cedric screamed. "I'm you. Just different. If you never had her as a sister" he said pointing to Yolanda. "this is what you would be! That's why you are here! I'm tormented because of you! if I kill you, I go back to being happy!" with that, Cedric lunged at the man with a postcard hoping to paper cut him to death. the man gabbed Cedric by the arm, twisted it breaking the bone at the elbow and held Cedric to the ground. Cedric let out a scream of pain and terror. The man pulled a machete and did the deed. He put the head in the fridge and turned to Yolanda. but it was too late. Yolanda and died from blood loss and electrocution. The End:)
Scary Story Writing contest

But it only mouthed one word: "Run!" Cedric didn't get it. He'd never been good at reading lips. The head had to repeat the word many times before he got it. When he did, he heard a crash somewhere behind him. He spun around swiftly and saw a rather odd-looking man near Yolanda. He was tugging at the straps holding her down. The crash had come when he had knocked the door down. "G-get away from her!" Cedric yelled. The man looked up then, as though he'd just noticed Cedric. "And who are you?" he asked. His voice was very similar to the one from the speakers, but younger. "I'm her brother! Who the heck do you think you are?"
Scary Story Writing contest

Suddenly, the shocking stopped and Cedric's grip released making him fall back onto the ground. His leg was throbbing but he felt no blood coming through the fabric. Yolanda on the other hand was not alright. The shocking must have done its turn because she would not answer Cedric. Cedric studied his surroundings. He found in the room only a small refrigerator and some postcards from famous vacations spots he had always dreamed of going to. He opened the refrigerator after looking over the postcards and to his shock, he discovered a head. A head to who though? It look strangely familiar but not someone he would see at school or while driving. The only type of face he would see when he looked in the mirror! It looked just like him! Minus the gouge in his head, it was perfectly identical. The copper colored hair, the green eyes, the mole he had on his chin, everything. Cedric stared in awe as he looked over the face. He reached out to pick it up and drew back when he found that it was still warm! Suddenly, the heads eyes took focus on Cedric and its mouth opened up as if to speak.
Scary Story Writing contest

Cedric slowly backed away from the dogs. He dragged Yolanda's chair with him. It was extremely heavy, and the shocks were unbearable for him--he could only imagine how bad they were for Yolanda--but he needed to get her away from those dogs in case the chains broke. Once he got a good three feet further away, he stopped and noticed that Yolanda was shaking. Trembling. He tried to take his hand off the chair, but it was stuck. He couldn't move his hand away to stop Yolanda's electrocution. "I told you... no touchy!" the voice called again. Cedric yelled for the man to show himself, and suddenly, the room was illuminated in blinding white light. The maze had changed again, bringing them out of the room with the dogs. Unfortunately, it had brought the electric chair with them. Yolanda was still being shocked, and Cedric was still stuck to the chair.
Scary Story Writing contest

He could see a dog chained to the wall. blood dripping from its gums as it chewed on a leg of a lost soul. looking aroung the room, he saw more and more. at least 12 dogs that had the taste for human flesh. they hadent noticed them yet but it was only a matter of time. Cedrics heart began beating louder and louder with every passing second. he turned to Yolanda and began to untie her from the chair but was electricueted when he touched the straps. his sister recieved most of the pain and she began sobbing. a crackle ran through the air and a voice came over an intercom. "ah ah ah... no touchy!" it said. Cedric began screaming in the air for the perverted man to reveal its identity but it just kepts repeating itself. the dogs became aware of their presence and began barking and running to the middle of the room. cedric jumped on top of his sister ignoring the shocks from the chair. the chains ended leaving just over 3 inches from the dogs feriocious mouths to yolandas legs. cedric steadied himself by holding onto the lamp just overhead.
Scary Story Writing contest

It was Yolanda! Her head was slumped slightly forwards. Her eyes were closed, and blood dripped from an open wound in her chest. Cedric felt his stomach heave as he got up to check on his sister. His little sister. Sure, they were twins, but he was a few minutes older and always treated her as a little sister. As he got closer, his footsteps making loud splashing noises on the wet floor, Yolanda's head sprang up. She looked at him in alarm and shook her head rapidly. She was trying to say something, but the rag in her mouth prevented all sound but a faint murmur. Then Cedric noticed she was using one hand to point behind her. He looked back behind Yolanda and his own green eyes widened in shock and fear.
Scary Story Writing contest

through what he thought was mist, he could faintly see a stack. a stack of something but he couldn't place what it was. the smell was unbearable and Cedric pulled up his blood-stained shirt to cover his nose so he could breath. approaching the pile, his blood ran cold, and his heart pounded through his chest. He saw arms, legs, and heads, but no bodies to call their own. immediately, he began searching through the pile, expecting the worst. Searching for what though? something to identify his sister, Yolanda. he knew that there was an unmistakable tattoo that the two of them had gotten when they both turned 15. a number on their forearm. the number representing their Grandmothers survival of the holocaust that the Nazis used to identify her. 94266. he took a breath of relief and realized that her arm wasn't their. suddenly the ground rumbled and a pit opened dropping him and a number of forearms into an underneath room. as Cedric hit the ground, he felt a pop in his knee and pain shot up his thigh. disregarding his injury for the time being, he found himself in a room. he couldn't tell how big it was but at least 20 feet long by 30 feet wide. in the middle of the room, he could a lamp hanging from the ceiling with a dimly lit bulb flickering, trying to illuminate the room. he saw underneath a chair with a figure in it. he crawled to make the image clear. he could see straps holding the arms down and a rag in the figures mouth. but the person made no noise. in the dim of the light, he could barely make our some faint facial features.
Scary Story Writing contest

Cedric Sherman ran down the hallway, knowing that any moment it could change again. He had been trapped inside this insane maze for a long time. How long... he could only guess. Though it felt like it had been an eternity, it couldn't have been more than an hour. He had wandered in, searching for his sister, Yolanda. So far, he had been chased down innumerous hallways, each of which changing as soon as he figured out approximately where it was going. He had been locked in a room with unbearable heat, smoldering his clothes, and another with frigid coldness. A mad man had chased and beaten him, opening a four-inch-long gash in his forehead. Crimson liquid ran down his ivory skin, matting his copper-colored hair. He heard a shrill scream pierce through the air and he sprinted towards the direction it had come from. He was running down the long, straight hallway when it suddenly changed and he ran through a doorway. A heavy door closed behind him and he heard it lock. He pounded on the door with both fists. Once he gave up, he turned around. Though his vision was blurred severely by the blood, what he saw made the hair on the back of his neck stand on end, and it chilled his very bones.
Resolved: Individuals Have A Moral Obligation To Assist Those In Need

Because I always seem to lose when debating on the negative, I figured the best way to go about this would be to get some practice. Feel free to give me pointers and whatnot. The first round is for acceptance. When debating, please site sources and use a Lincoln-Douglas layout with a value, criterion, and necessary definitions. In fact, one should write their initial argument like an actual case.
Resolved: Individuals Have A Moral Obligation To Assist Those In Need

I thank Con for her response. "Their value was justice while their criterion was a natural instinct to help others. My argument for his value is that justice is something upkept by obligation to law, not to morality. Secondly, the instinct to help others is not natural, otherwise it would not be considered an obligation." Moral obligation to assist those in need is just, so this does indeed fit the resolution. The instinct to help your fellow humans is natural. "My opponents first contention is the Golden Rule, which states that while we should help others, there is no force compelling us to do so, nothing that binds and obligates us to do so. It only states we should. Should does not mean have to, it does not mean that we are obligated to do something-should is a suggestion." The origin of the Golden rule goes back to the Bible. I clearly cited the Bible's use of the Golden rule. Matthew 7:12 and Luke 6:31: do to others as you would have them do to you. This is essentially a command. There is no should or any other word that commits to a suggestion context. I simply implied should. "Secondly, my opponent says that helping a person may cause them to lash out at you, making altruism a bad thing. Since humans' first obligation is to themselves, all obligations are to oneself." I, again, clearly stated that "Helping a person with an insignificant or such a small problem with whom you are not experienced with or lesser experienced with, then other areas, the person you are trying to assist may have been able to resolve the situation faster than help from you could permit, this may cause the person to become angry or defiant, lashing out on the person assisting to help the person in need." This is essentially stating that if you feel you are not experienced in the area that the person who needs assistance, it would be a wiser idea to let the person in need resolve situation on their own, opposed to helping them far longer than they would take on their own. " This does not matter. The resolution fails to elaborate and say, 'when feasible.' Whenever anyone is in need, the resolution requires us to help them, making the resolution incorrect." The resolution also fails to state "at all times" "But they believed what they were doing was their moral obligation. One cannot say that they were not in the correct state of mind. They believed what they were doing was their moral obligation, thus making it right. Also, since there were people who denied their moral obligation by not assisting the Nazis, moral obligation is proven not to exist." Regardless of whether they believed that their actions were morally correct, it does not condone their actions of using moral obligation to for harmful purposes
I think that Debate.org should have a minimum age requirement to join.

Now, I will respond to my opponents final reply in this debate. Then, I will inform the audience as to why the Negative side wins today's debate. First, my opponent concedes to my first contention; my opponent agrees that some will lie about their age. She then states that it will at least stop a FEW. Keyword: FEW! Thus, she concedes that her method is flaccid and ineffective for the most part. Basically, she concedes to my case with that line alone. Second, my opponent creates a new topic of debate by stating that admin on this website should ban any post with a sexual subject. This is an example of the logical fallacy known as red herring. We are NOT debating whether or not there are any solutions that would resolve the apparent sexuality on this website. Rather, this debate concerns whether or not having a minimal age limit would successfully douse sexuality problem which my opponent insinuates in her opening round. Therefore, I would advise that you ignore my opponent's suggestion as being part of this debate. Third, the method which she had listed is unsuccessful for the same reason merely implementing an age feature is. Although forcing individual users to make numerous posts before they are able to post on "suggestive" boards, age function implementation is still the root of getting into these "suggestive" boards, and my opponent has already conceded to her age function implementation as being flaccid and ineffective. Of course, this argument also suffers from red herring since the part about the "number of board posts" is not mentioned in the resolution. Fourth, my opponent drops my third contention from my first round where I request that she prove that most children ages 10-11 cannot afford to be influenced by the content of this website whereas most children 12-17 can. Thus, she concedes to not being able to authoritatively claim that 10-11 year olds cannot afford to be influenced by the content of this website whereas 12-17 year olds can. Closing statements: My opponent conceded that her method was ineffectual by stating that only a few people would be "saved" by affirming the resolution. She lists conditions that she believed would reduce the sexuality problem while veering away from the affirmative side of the resolution. Finally, she dropped my second and third contentions listed in the opening round. For these reasons, the Negative side wins today's debate. I would like to thank my opponent for giving me the honor of debating with her and I apologize for referring to her as a male earlier. Thanks and good night.
I think that Debate.org should have a minimum age requirement to join.

First off , I am a female not a male :) AS for people lying , yes some will lie , however it will at least stop a few. Secondly as I said another solution is a special part of the site restricting certain people from certain debates. I belong to another forum that has a sex or lack of sex board (army wives) This board requires you to be 18 and have a certain number of posts before you can have access and a special password is then required. I think the only other solution would be to ban any posts with any sexual subject. I have encountered two debates in the last week with a sexual content that are inappropriate for minors. To allow 10 and 11 year old children on this site is wrong. Though the site couldn't stop those who lie, they could at least stop those who are honest.Like I said , I am not 100% sure of a solution , I just find it to be inappropriate to allow children on a site with adult content.
I think that Debate.org should have a minimum age requirement to join.

Good evening. First, I would like to make it clear that I really have no personal preference concerning this topic. I choose to debate here out of sheer enjoyment of the sport. I thank my opponent for allowing any member to participate. With the above formalities out of the way, let us proceed. There are several problems with my opponent's argument. He suggest that debate.org implement an "Age feature", but I will illustrate the problems with this. First, a minimum age requirement is hardly effective when it concerns online sites. After all, what is to stop a child at the age of 10 or 11 from simply claiming that he/she is 18? I'd submit that children are curious and creating an age limit requirement would only make them more curious. Second, the only way to truly implement a minimum age requirement is to create a way of proving one's age. IMDB.com has recently required that its members "prove" their age by giving their credit card information. Granted that this means isn't perfect, it keeps most of the "kids" and the "trolls" out. However, a primary difference between this site and IMDB.com is that IMDB.com is a professional website. In other words, it is unlikely that hackers and scammers will be successful in their attempts at stealing other people's credit card numbers. But this website? It is young and unprofessional and most certainly doesn't have the same means of protection. Third, even if this website were to outlaw 10 and 11 year olds, what would become of the individuals aged 12-17? I question my opponent as to whether or not he is aware that society accepts individuals of that age group as being adolescent. I would also question him as to whether or not he can empirically prove that most 12-17 year olds will not be badly influenced by any negative content on this website whereas most 10-11 year olds will? I now stand ready for my opponent's first rebuttal.
I think that Debate.org should have a minimum age requirement to join.

I think their should be a minimum age requirement to join debate.org. While I believe some of the minors on here are good at debating, I think some of the content is inappropriate. Now I do not think it has to be 18, but I do believe that 10 or 11 is far too young for such subjets as abortion and things of a sexual nature that I have seen on here. If there is not going to be a minimum age requirement I believe certain topics should be blocked if a debater is under the required age. Although I believe it is a parent's job to monitor their child's activities online, I do believe the site should have some responsibility in making access to these topics for an age appropriate audience.
Catholicism practices Christianity

I have a few comments before our debate begins: 1. I ask my opponent that he will refrain from using the "Shotgun"-tactic. He has listed 19 accusations against Catholicism and I will not be able to provide a good answer to all of them at once in 8000 characters. In my last Catholic vs. Protestant-debate, I kept my arguments down to 3-4 and so did my opponent. So I hope that we will have a debate based on quality rather than quantity. 2. "I will state my reasons and prove why the given Catholic doctrines, practices and beliefs are false and not profitable for salvation, by using of course the Holy Scriptures, which is the Bible in the next round" My opponent seems to be presupposing Sola Scriptura and private judgement. He must first justify these assumptions. If not, he will be begging the question. 3.