BeIR/webis-touche2020 huggingface dataset:
Men are better at shopping than women

I also would like to mention that I am a man, 24, with wife and kids. I just felt like taking a debate that caused my gender not to be superior (I think too many men think that way). UPDATE: He did acknowledge the mistake by gender investigation. "Why did Santa have to sack one of his little elves? " I can only guess at an answer, as I do not know Santa himself. I would say that the elf was to slow and his quality was not exquisite enough to make up for the quantity. I bet if the elf's quality was up to par, his skills might not have been in a speed type format, but a teaching environment to train new elves. He could have posed that case. "The answer is of course that he was inefficient. He took on average 22% longer to wrap a present than his co-workers did. In other words, his former colleagues were better workers than him. " To say a better worker than him is incorrect. A faster worker would be more accurate. You did not mention the quality of the elf's work; you just assumed that speed qualified a "better worker". "Similarly, women take 22% longer to do the shopping than men. (1) In other words, men are better shoppers than women and there I rest my case. " I understand your stance but sometimes speed does not make for a better shopper. You rest your case on a sexist stance not equating an individual. Women are responsible for 83 percent of all consumer purchases, including: 92 percent of home furnishings, 92 percent of vacations, 91 percent of all homes, 51 percent of all consumer electronics, and 60 percent of all car purchases (they actually influence 90 percent). Regarding spending and the power of women and money: The third largest consumer group is American men. The second largest consumer group is all of Japan. The Earth's largest consumer group is women, spending approximately $5 trillion. To capture the woman buyer you have to understand the woman psyche. Women live with a never-ending to-do list, and the pressure to get that list under control triggers stress. A stressed-out buyer is low on patience around poor service and, regarding the telephone; women have a tolerance level of nine to 11 minutes. Also, women shop the Internet more than men. Your study was from, "Selected activities performed in free time, by sex, 2006/07, England. " It's not that either sex is better or worse—They're just different. Vote Con! Thank you. . http://www.mint.com... . http://www.tipsonleadership.com...
Men are better at shopping than women

With many thanks to Commoncents for her reply, I should like to begin my argument with a short screenplay. Scene: Headquarters of Santa's Global Distribution Services Inc., Lapland. December 2009. INT. DAY. Santa Claus' executive office suite. Santa is seated behind a huge desk. MLS. Giljagaur, an elf, puts his head round the door. Giljagaur: You wanted to see me boss? CUT TO SANTA, MLS Santa Claus: Yes, come in and take a seat Giljagaur. Ho-ho-ho! CUT TO TWO-SHOT, SANTA, ELF Giljagaur: Thank you, Sir. Santa Claus: Now, as you may be aware, we just received the results of the latest time and motion study and it clearly shows that you are the least productive of all our employees. Basically, you are wrapping 22% fewer presents than the average worker, Giljagaur. I'm afraid that just isn't good enough, I'm trying to run a streamlined operation here. I have a duty to the shareholders to maximise profits and you are simply not cost-effective. I'm sorry, but there's no place for work-shy little pixies like you here and I'm going to have to let you go. Ho-ho-ho! Giljagaur: Oh, no! Please Santa! Give me another chance. I've got a wife and three kids to support. Where else am I going to find a job in Lapland at this time of year? Santa Claus: I don't know, Giljagaur, but I'm running a business here, not a charity for indolent elves. Mrs. Claus will give you your wages when you leave. Now close the door on your way out will you, there's a good little chap. Ho-ho-ho! ENDS. Okay, let's examine this story for a moment. Why did Santa have to sack one of his little elves? The answer is of course that he was inefficient. He took on average 22% longer to wrap a present than his co-workers did. In other words, his former colleagues were better workers than him. Similarly, women take 22% longer to do the shopping than men. (1) In other words, men are better shoppers than women and there I rest my case. Thank you. (1) http://www.statistics.gov.uk...
Men are better at shopping than women

I must say that I did enjoy the made up story but your logic is flawed. You base your argument on one companion. I, on the other hand, will take a truly thought out approach to "shopping". I would argue that the gender has nothing to do with it. You say, "men are better at shopping than women", but it all depends on who the man and women are. I have gone shopping with impulsive men that just pick the first thing they like. I have also shopped with women who come prepared with coupons, sound logic, and very great tactics. I could argue that women are better, but I really believe that gender does not matter at all. It is just the individual. I look forward to you proving that men are with out a doubt better at shopping than women, in turn disproving that gender does not matter at all.
Men are better at shopping than women

I went out to do some Christmas shopping with a female acquaintance of mine on Saturday morning and on the way we passed a car accessory shop where I spotted a set of fantastic 17" wire wheels. I'd been looking for a set like that for ages and they were on special offer so I just had to buy them. Then it was just a matter of visiting a few tyre fitters until I found a suitable set of low profiles to go with them. However, by time I had them fitted, it was lunchtime. Now, after lunch, my female companion was anxious to go and buy presents but I told her that we could do that just as soon as I had bought a car to go with my new wheels. "What?" she said, seemingly in disbelief, "you I already have a garage packed full of cars". Of course, being a woman, she didn't understand that none of them matched the wheels I had just bought so off we went in search of a classic British sports car. In the first showroom we visited I found a superb 1972 Triumph Stag so I asked my friend if she liked it. She said she loved it and that I should buy it, but I didn't want to buy the first car I saw just in case I saw an even better one in another showroom later on. So we then went round all the classic car dealerships in town before I finally decided that the car I saw in the first showroom was actually the best one so we went back there and I bought it. By that time, however, the shops were closing and there was no time to do any Christmas shopping. Still, my female companion obviously didn't mind because didn't say anything. Actually, that didn't happen. I made it all up. Well most of it. We did go out shopping but there were no wire wheels, low profile tyres and there was no Triumph Stag. There were, however, some shoes, a handbag and a dress and it wasn't me taking her on a wild goose chase, it was the other way round. As a consequence, I didn't get any Christmas shopping done so instead I'll get it done by myself. If I trusted the post I'd order it all online, but I don't, so instead, I'll do what I did last year and make a list of all the items I need and the shops that sell them and give the girl that does my cleaning ï¿½50 to go out and buy them all for me. Now that's the intelligent way to shop, but few women would do it that way. I don't know why that is, all I know is that men are better at shopping than women. Thank you.
Are Catholics Christians

The three different traditions *Are Christianity. Here is something you may not know about Protestants, they have over 36,000 denominations. Each one worships God in a very different way. And as I have said, Protestant is not synonymous with Catholic, which means Protestant does not mean the "Only Christians." (even though all of us (Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox) are Christians). If you were to google this, every Catholic site will help explain this a little better: http://www.catholicbridge.com... https://www.catholicleague.org... etc.
Are Catholics Christians

Still, how we worship god is different. Although what we do is similar,why do you think they made three different traditions? Because how we worship god is different. So yes we are somelike similar to each other but even the slightest difference shouldnt be ignored. And the difference is the way we worship god. The topic is:Are Catholics Christians? When you say are catholics christians we have to agree on the fact that the difference which is the way we worship is different. Of which like what I keep emphasizing on:Even the slightest difference is still considered a difference is still considered a difference. Yes what we do is over 90% similar but its not 100%. If you want to say that something is something else, there has to be no difference whatsoever.
Are Catholics Christians

Now ladies and gentlemen Id like to draw your attention to what my opponent mentioned in his argument:he mentioned that what catholic christians and protestant christians do are 90% similar. But ladies and gentlemen am I not right to say that even the slighest difference is still considered a difference? It could be saying that a man called John and a man called Arthur are twins, they look alike. Very similar to each other right? But there is a difference. Their identities. My point being ladies and gentlemen,the slightest difference is still considered a difference. So coming back to the topic:If you are wanting to say that catholics are christians there should not be the slightest difference at all. Yes some or most or all of you may look at the majority but there is still a difference. I for one won"t be arguing about this if there were no differences between us and how we worship god. But there are so many differences between us. Yes we worship the same god,but Id like to draw your attention to the priests. A little bit about the history of the bible first:When jesus ordained the disciples and what he did in this process was that he consecrated their hands so there will be a "line" connected between them and jesus. Till today this "line" is still passed down to various catholic priests across the world. But the christians however they formed their own "religion" and started to form their own group of priests which today are called pastors. But they do not have the "line" connected to jesus hence the difference over here. In conclusion for this argument,I just want to say that yes catholics and christians are very similar to each other but the slightest difference still tells us apart.
The Kalam Cosmological Argument is Sound

The kalam cosmological argument (KCA) may be summarized as follows:1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause.2. The universe began to exist.3. Therefore, the universe has a cause.4. If the universe has a cause, that cause is a timeless, spaceless, changeless, immaterial, uncaused, beginningless, enormously powerful mind.5. Therefore, the cause of the universe is a timeless, spaceless, changeless, immaterial, uncaused, beginningless, enormously powerful mind.In this debate I will defend two contentions:I. There are good reasons to think that the KCA is sound.II. There are no good reasons to think that the KCA is not sound.Establishing the first contention will involve giving good reasons to believe the three premises of the argument. Establishing the second contention will involve answering the objections my opponent raises to any premise.Here are what I see as the fairest rules:(1) The burden of proof will be on me to establish that the KCA is sound. My (2) Con must use his first round for acceptance only.(3) A maximum of 8,000 characters each round.
Should there be a mandatory period of training would be parents to combat the scourge of indisciplin

In many societies today, the scourge of indiscipline amongst the youth have reached crisis proportions. Much of the indiscipline associated with our young people is said to stem from the lack of parental mores and values that are necessary for the development of a good value system. Many parents are far more younger and exposed to a value system in our society that is no longer as strong as it should. It is on the basis of this argument that I believe that parental training is require to bring our society back from the brink of devastation.
Should there be a mandatory period of training would be parents to combat the scourge of indisciplin

Through it being poor economic sense, through psychological factors related to resistance among those social groups this idea is primarily aimed at, through the inherent difficulties in setting an agenda for the teaching of 'right parenting' and through it's potential use an a means of indoctrination of social values, the idea of a mandatory parenting course has been shown to be unlikely to be effective.
is psych the best original comedy show ever

now I'm going to eat an cadbury egg, A the secret service has the job of protecting the president and to do so they would know of I would say every organization so they can keep tabs on the people that might want to hurt the president. B yes there is no such thing as psychic powers but that is why it is so funny because he actually does solve the crime by attention to detail but pretends to do it such a wacky way it just so hilarious.C yes the show does look funny but I haven't seen a whole episode so I can't really judge if it is better than psych witch I am sure it is not.D no what I meant by that is that I just don't think that friends is a good enough comedy show to make the consideration list.E yes I guess I did do that but that is because you can easily watch any episode of psych with your children and not worry about having to mute it when it starts to get inappropriate because it doesn't. I cannot say the same thing about Seinfeld. I await my opponent response.
is psych the best original comedy show ever

no I'm not I'm going to eat chetos not serious. anyhow there is no way that you can have an organization that is too secret for the secret service to know about. yes the mentalist is awesome but not as awesome as psych. Seinfeld is so full of inappropriate content it is unique to say the least. I'm not even going to dignifie friends with an answer. yes the Cosby show is great but not as awesome as psych. Raymond not as much. big bang theory is okay and the office was okay for a little while. so psych is the best original comedy show ever.
I might be God

If god didn't create Roaches then who did? As for probability yes I got them confused. "God is the ultimate being in existence perfect in power, love and character. God came to earth in human form as Jesus of Nazareth to teach us about himself and to provide the ultimate sacrifice for our sins..." With that said The PROBABILLITY of you being God is 1 in a million. http://www.godandscience.org...
I might be God

Q: "Well Pro I have some questions for you if you do not mind my asking?"A: Of course not. Ask away.Q: "How was the earth created?"A: Just the way God wanted it to be.Q: "Are you forever Immortal?"A: Is there a temporary immortal?Q: "Yes I looked at the definition of Possible...In all actuality the possibility of you being God is a 1 in a million."A: You are confusing possibility with probability.Q: "Why did you create Roaches?"A: Who says I created roaches?On to the next round!
I might be God

My resolution is that I might be God.Might: Used to indicate a possibility [1]Possibility: The fact or state of being possible [2]Possible: Capable of happening, existing, or being true without contradicting proven facts, laws, or circumstances. [3]So we see that in order for my resolution to be true, there has to be a possibility that I am God. Looking at the definition of "possible", unless my opponent can present proven facts, laws, or circumstances showing that there is no possibility of me being God, my resolution stands.Good luck, Con.----[1] http://www.thefreedictionary.com...[2] http://www.thefreedictionary.com...[3] http://www.thefreedictionary.com...
Abortion

A shame that my opponent has forfeited. He has one more round for attempted to dismiss my points. I have an additional argument to add. ===ARGUMENT=== 1. Woman's mortality. (a). Not all mother's survive child birth, so to force them to do so is effectively sentencing some women to their death. (b). Some women are intent on getting an abortion and the law is not going to stop them. They will resort to black-market doctors who do not have the proper equipment, techniques or sanitation to perform a safe abortion, many of the women will die. The incentive for this option's existence is that proper abortion is illegal.
Abortion

My opponent says that abortion is always immoral under every circumstance without exceptions. I oppose this resolution. ===DEFINITIONS=== 1. Abortion: An operation or other procedure to terminate pregnancy before the fetus is viable. [1] 2. Fetus: The unborn young of a viviparous vertebrate having a basic structural resemblance to the adult animal. [2] We shall take into assumption for this debate that a human fetus is what is being referred to. ===ARGUMENTS === 1. A Fetus is not necessarily a human. What is it that makes us human? If being human is simply defined by having human DNA then yes a fetus is a human. But is that really what you believe? Probably not, and rightly so. Our advance and higher level of sentience is a more suitable description for what sets us apart from the animal kingdom. Wouldn't you agree? Now we must ask; does a fetus have this same sentience? The simple answer is no. A fetus has not even yet obtained the ability to feel pain until the third trimester, as described in the Journal of the American Medical Association[3,4]. In other words, the fetus has even less sentience than a common fish. 2. Even if a fetus was human that doesn't make killing it immoral in every circumstance. The right to life is not an absolute. Rights are made by humans to create a generality of better well-being in society caused by those specific rights being established. I contend that in many cases and nearly every case in which the mother seeks an abortion there is a higher potential amount of negative consequences which would result from keeping the fetus than otherwise aborting it. So giving the fetus a right to life would be defeating the purpose of having rights at all. The mother may have been raped or whatever kind of birth-control used may have malfunctioned thus she became pregnant against her will. To force her into not having an abortion would in-effect be forcing her to become pregnant since it was by no fault of her own. Furthermore, the mother's living situation may be entirely unsuitable for taking proper care of a baby. To force her not to have an abortion would in-effect be mandated child abuse. I look forward to my opponent's reply and the rest of this debate. ===SOURCES=== 1. . http://dictionary.reference.com... 2. . http://education.yahoo.com... 3. . http://jama.ama-assn.org... 4. . http://www.msnbc.msn.com...
Abortion should be illegal...after 6 weeks

I would like to address a few points right off the bat. I have heard several arguments, and will refute them. 1) It is a woman's choice, her body, her choice. - This would hold true, if the fetus was part of her body. Studies have shown that the baby has different DNA. It can obviously have different things such as gender, blood type, etc. I think that having different DNA, gender, blood type and just about everything else means that it is a different person. 2) It's just a blob of cells. - At 6 weeks, the baby now has nerves, a brain, and a spinal cord. That is not a blob of cells. Before 6 weeks, while I wouldn't be happy, I don't believe that that is a fetus. I think that before an abortion is approved, an ultrasound should be preformed, so see how long the fetus has been alive. Almost all abortions are before 6 weeks and under currently. 3) What about women who are raped? Or have medical issues? - Women can ruin a mans life by the mere accusation of rape. On top of this, 4/1000 abortions are because of rape currently. If there is an apparent health issue, that can be addressed and in those cases only, can result in an abortion at any time. If you were to say the same about rape, the number of rape accusations, which are already at an all time high, would skyrocket. Meaning less then they already do. I am exited to see what you have to say. Please list sources!!! 1. http://www.operationrescue.org... 2. http://blogs.plos.org... 3. https://www.catholicvote.org...
Term Limits

Ok, so I'm just going to refute all my opponents points with one thing. This one thing applies to all of the points presented to my opponent. All of the points you suggest can be applied even with a term limit. All the examples you suggest can be applied, even with a term limit. So you defeat yourself. So you have only proved having term limits to be equal to not having term limits, so you fail to uphold your burden. Your job was to show why we should have term limits, and all the points you brought up can be applied to your case. Therefore, because you have not upheld your burden, I win. Also, I don't have to prove that the will of the people is always right. No government is perfect. No system of government is perfect. I just have to show that we should not have term limits. My reasons are as follow: Even without them, no president had more than 2 terms, before the 22nd Amendment. This shows that even with the ability to have more terms, most don't get it. Therefore, we shouldn't retrict the people's voice. Bad presidents will not get re-elected because they were bad. A good president will, and if the people want that President again, why should we stop them? If we are truly to be a true democracy, we have to listen to the voice of the people. Thank you