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Resolved, that written examinations be abolished

Some of the needed preparation in having an oral examination: (a)Neatness - you must look neat if you are speaking in front of your professor because he can judge you according to your appearance (b) You must look practical and smart in front of your teacher so that you can interact clearly and thoroughly (c) You must have memorized or mastered the topic so that you won't give a wrong answer (d) You must have alotted knowledge to answer more complex questions (e) you must have self confidence In that case, I would rather choose written examination because you don't need the overall neatness, you face the paper instead. If you are only intellgent you don't need to dress formally. If you have poor self confidence you can choose written exams because you can freely express yourself through writings. Won't written exams challenge to work your mind more. Ofcourse it does, in essays, particularly in practical essays starting with "What will you do if...", "....and why?", "Do you believe...why?" You can grow by using your mouth but not in examinations because in examinations, your grades are at stake in your fluency and good grammar build up. If you are a bookworm, obviously, you would prefer to write. If you have a grudge on your teacher and he has a grudge on you, how can you effectively have oral examination if that's the case If you are afraid of your teacher, how can you also apply those oral examinations. That's all for now. (Correction on the opening arguements : (2) we are used on having written exams....) Thank you
Legal driving age should it be lowered

I believe that the legal driving age system should be completely done away with. Instead we should institute a system where you are rigorously trained for a year before ever legally hitting the streets. This system would do away with incompetent drivers as a whole, by reducing the amount of people who drive recklessly. Most accidents and traffic problems occur because of a lack of understanding defensive driving, which during this training you will be assessed by professionals who are trained to feed out incompetent people who shouldn't be driving at all. Every year, you'd have to go the DMV and complete a test to show your driving ability, which would be way more intense than the current test where you can legally get a license on one try. My main argument is that age should never be a limiter on what a person can and can't do in a free country, whereas the individual's skills and perception should be the defining factor on whether or not they should drive.
Quebec should pursue independence from Canada

Let me address some specific points that you raise. 1) monetary policies: I believe that government ability to manipulate currency is a very dangerous thing. Devaluation may sometimes serve as a short term palliative. Sometimes it will trigger inflation wave making things only worse (I suspect this fear is what made Greece stick to the euro). But in all cases it will create long-term problems by undermining investors' trust in the economy. 2) lower global political influence: From my (admittedly limited) knowledge of the Canadian foreign policy I would think that not having people like Jean Chretien or Paul Martin as PMs can make the world a slightly better place. 3) the risk of civil liberties being curtailed, and a more insular society with less cultural creativity and dynamism Consider the case of Slovakia which in 1993 split from its more developed neighbor. What followed is exactly what you fear - a more insular society with semi-authoritarian political regime and stagnant economy. Five years later the country came to its senses, reelected the government and embarked on the policy of economic reform. A similar development (though over much longer period of time) happened after Ireland split from the UK (GDP per capita, the former now surpasses the latter). 4) well-beings of its minorities Quebec's non-Francophone minorities are already being discriminated. The economic troubles following independence may actually force Quebec's political elite to treat them with more respect to prevent emigration of non-Francophone specialists. To be honest, I'm not certain how soon (if at all) that would happen, but like I said before - if I were an Anglophone in Quebec, most likely I would also be against independence.
Quebec should pursue independence from Canada

I mostly agree with your premises but not with the conclusion. In the short term Quebec's economic situation is indeed likely to get worse after the independence. However, the long term consequences of continued dependence on external subsidies can be even worse (consider, for instance, the recent developments in Greece). If I may use an analogy, consider a typical teenager moving out of his/her parents' house. The move generally causes a significant discomfort (paying bills/doing your own laundry, cooking etc.). Dumb choices might be made that would not have happened in the parents' house (e.g., partying all night before an exam). However, without moving out, many would never be able to become functional adults who are fully responsible for their actions. That being said, obviously not all people living in Quebec will benefit from the move. Had I belonged to its Anglophone minority, I would most likely oppose the independence myself.
Ontario Government Taking Consent Out Of Sex Ed Classes.

When it comes to sex education classes, I'm with you that they should be kept. Though, More and more parents are choosing not to sign up for such content. They choose to take the older route of the "Birds and the Bees" talk. And Doug Ford may very well doing it because of the dropping amount of students that are doing it. "Kids need to understand how important all of these things are. " The only problem with that statement from you is that some kids are too young to understand, Or they think they don't need it because born what they have learned from internet resources, Or porn.
Ontario Government Taking Consent Out Of Sex Ed Classes.

I think that Doug Ford should keep in learning about consent in sexual education. Why? Because consent is the MAIN thing when it comes to sex. The first priority. Kids need to learn about this so less sexual assault happens, And so kids know what they are getting into and that it is ok to say no. Not only is he taking out consent, But is taking out same gender sex, Safe sex, Periods, Body parts and just sex in general. Kids need to know how their body works, And that the changes they are going through are ok and normal. Kids need to understand how important all of these things are, When it comes to their bodies and sex education. He is cutting out the 2014 curriculum out of schools and bringing it back to 1998. Its 2018 people, Almost 2019. If you are a REAL Canadian, And WANT peace for our country, You will agree with me this is wrong.
Resolved: Only cool animals should be protected under the endangered species act.

"They are so big and one dropped one on me the other day, and then just last week, a whale was leaning on me when all of a sudden it decided to snuff it. I was crushed."Dont call your mother a whale, that is an insult to the size of whales. " sunglasses are really dumb because lazy people should just get off their fat bum"Youre not even making sense anymore. ======================================================================^ Those were the only solid responses the con gave to my arguments. Everything else was basically dropped. List of dropped arguments: - Animals are not dead stupid - Some endangered animals are worth saving - People shouldnt pay money to protect species they dont even know exists - Activists would be up in arms if popular endangered animals went extinct - Bacon is amazing and great - Just because something is annoying it doesnt mean they should die since annoying is subjective - Union J is the gayer and even less popular cousin of One DirectionVote Pro on all counts
Resolved: Only cool animals should be protected under the endangered species act.

con is so dumb............................................................................................................................................... " Well Justin Bieber fangirls can be annoying too but that doesnt mean we should let them die.Bad example, let me try againBarack Obama haters can be annoying too but that doesnt mean we should let them die. (That one works). Some endangered animals are worth saving, Im simply arguing we should save the ones that people actually care about, such as whales and polar bears and sh*t"Yeahhhhh, but those dumbimals are some of the suckiest suckers who ever sucked. They are so big and one dropped one on me the other day, and then just last week, a whale was leaning on me when all of a sudden it decided to snuff it. I was crushed."No they werent, sunglasses were designed so that people with Lazy eyes could get with women much easier then normal, they just happened to catch on and become a popular item. Its true some people use them in a stupid way, like d-bags wearing them indoors when its not bright or anything, but they were not designed to be stupid."Oh yes? Well if they weren't designed to be stupid, then why is there alliteration when you say 'stupid sunglasses'? Also, even if you're right, sunglasses are really dumb because lazy people should just get off their fat bum. We shouldn't have to help them."Theres a difference between a troll debate and an idiot debate dude :P"*There's as in There's an idiot for you!" Well excuse you, but here is a list of cool things people care about:-Cars-Metallica-Television-The Avengers-Money-Smart Phones-Xbox and PS3-Tanks and Attack Helicopters-Girls-Tosh.0I can go on but it is completely ridiculous to claim that people dont care about cool stuff."That list is so fake."Oh you whore. How dare you sully the good name of Bacon!" Bacon is absolutely rub rub. "Well Con is so arrogant that he tries to make me look bad while using 'arrogance' as a verb.... You cant use that word as a verb you moronic. "Hey! Pro stole my joke! D:< ): o:"Union J is just the gayer and even less popular cousin of One Direction, who is already very gay and unpopular to begin with which says a lot about the gayness and popularity of One Direction." Nope.
Resolved: Only cool animals should be protected under the endangered species act.

"Endangered animals are so annoying and we should just let them die."Well Justin Bieber fangirls can be annoying too but that doesnt mean we should let them die.Bad example, let me try againBarack Obama haters can be annoying too but that doesnt mean we should let them die. (That one works). Some endangered animals are worth saving, Im simply arguing we should save the ones that people actually care about, such as whales and polar bears and sh*t"Sunglasses were designed to be stupid, and stupid animals shouldn't be saved."No they werent, sunglasses were designed so that people with Lazy eyes could get with women much easier then normal, they just happened to catch on and become a popular item. Its true some people use them in a stupid way, like d-bags wearing them indoors when its not bright or anything, but they were not designed to be stupid. "First of all, the government is really smart and good and productive and wouldn't do dumb things"Theres a difference between a troll debate and an idiot debate dude :P "Also, Pro makes the messy mistake of saying that people care about beings that are cool"Well excuse you, but here is a list of cool things people care about:-Cars-Metallica-Television-The Avengers-Money-Smart Phones-Xbox and PS3-Tanks and Attack Helicopters-Girls-Tosh.0 I can go on but it is completely ridiculous to claim that people dont care about cool stuff. "Bacon is rubbish, and it doesn't save endangered humans.'Oh you whore. How dare you sully the good name of Bacon!"Pro is so arrogance that he thinks he knows more about what I think than me"Well Con is so arrogant that he tries to make me look bad while using 'arrogance' as a verb.... You cant use that word as a verb you moronic. "OMG! It's Union J, not those losers one direction! Get it right! Uhh, I hate dealing with the ign*rant."Union J is just the gayer and even less popular cousin of One Direction, who is already very gay and unpopular to begin with which says a lot about the gayness and popularity of One Direction.
Resolved: Only cool animals should be protected under the endangered species act.

SunglassesI am guessing (by his use of the word 'cool') that Imabench is one of those teenage rebelling punks that you always catch doing mean things on the street. The truth is that Imabench (What a silly name!) would consider an animal 'cool' if it was a 'footy fanatic' or could do something really neat with its belly button. All of these things are simply novelty, so to only save cool animals seems really stupid to an intellectual such as myself.How to not have a brainEveryone knows that animals are dead stupid, (In fact, I'd be an advocate of renaming them 'dumbimals') and I'll list a few examples in case hesabench decides to daringly disagree.1. Crazy Kickin' Cats - Cats just want to see us normal living things die. Also, cats are fat.2. Horrible Horses - Horses are dead dumb because they've never done any good things. A horse has never won a gold medal at the o-lympics, a horse has never discovered radiation left over from the big bang, and not a single horse has ever won the WWE Championship [1].3. Bickering Birds - Birds are really not good because the only thing they're good at is singing, and I have never ever seen an album from a bird in the super shop.Malicious Money Everyone knows that money is the best thing ever. People also know that the endangered species act will cost some serious spondulix (But I bet you won't catch a frog that knows that!). If we just let all the animals die, then nobody will have to give away any of their wonga and everyone will live on piles of money and be very happy.Shut up! Everyone (except the ignorant animals (that's all of them)) knows that whenever there is an annoying program thing such as the endangered species act, there are always these annoying activists who always have to bug us normal people who still have wonga in our wallets. If we just let the animals die, then these shouty dimwits will be non-existent when I go to the shop to buy some well-earned sweets.Let 'em beIf a certain species all snuff it, then we know that they were just a bunch of weaklings that evolution didn't favour. I can't remember the last time an animal launched a program to help us humans, so I don't see why we should help those boring beasts. Riskin' it! We all know that humans were designed to be on this planet and that we're the perfect species to be kings (or quirky queens) of the world, so the way I see it, trying to save the animals is stupid. For all we know, they will adapt and evolve into super robots beyond the moon who want to take over the world and we'll be too inept to stop and then there'll be injustice forever. We all know that this would be real bad, so we should take risks and let the animals die. BUT IF WHAT HUH?!But even if we knew that these endangered pests weren't going to evolve into robotic robots, I say that 'cool' animals should simply be left to die. I know from experience that 'cool' beings are jerks that steal your chips and tie your shoelaces together. Cool = not good. I'm excited to hear Pro's response.Sources [1]http://en.wikipedia.org...
Mongeese's Ultimate Team War II

All right, then. You seem to have a very good selection of characters, including one double-character, but I guess I can't complain, as I am using Yami Yugi. I would like to remind you that you haven't chosen specific canons for your characters (i.e. anime, manga, etc.) Team Member 4: Link, Hero of Twilight (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) Link is a swordsman who bears the Triforce of Courage. Of his many incarnations, I am using his Hero of Twilight incarnation. Link can turn into a wolf. The Triforce of Courage seems to protect him from dark magic and grant him the ability to wield weapons, such as the sword, with ease. http://zelda.wikia.com... http://zelda.wikia.com... http://zelda.wikia.com... ========== Team Member 5: Jimmy Buffett Jimmy Buffett is the king of Margaritaville and whatnot. Most of his powers are evident in his songs, such as his power to "float across time." He also bestows the desire to go to Margaritaville, a state of mind in which one wants margaritas, unto everybody with a nervous system by singing and playing his guitar. http://www.buffettworld.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... Now that that's over with, I can use some strategies: 1. Mind Control Through the use of Yugi's Brain Control, Change of Heart, and Millennium Rod, in addition to Kaiba's Enemy Controller, I can control 4/5 of Team CON, and offer them as Tribute to the Winged Dragon of Ra. This would pit the Winged Dragon of Ra, with the power of everyone on Team CON that is susceptible to mind control, against anybody who should be immune. If none of them are immune, then I'll have Zero against the WDoR. Zero is doomed. 2. Alcohol Yugi safely hides the rest of Team PRO in the Shadow Realm as Jimmy Buffett starts singing "Margaritaville." He offers Team CON the chance to go to his beach party in Key West, and they accept, because "Margaritaville" compels them. After everybody is drunk, Jimmy Buffett starts a bar fight, and Team CON ultimately destroys itself. Fun. Individual Strategies: 1.Yugi uses Collected Power to transfer all of Dr. Strange's artifacts to Link, who can now use them like an expert. 2. Kaiba can use Tribute to the Doomed to easily mummify and defeat Dr. Strange, as being gagged is a weakness of his. 3. Because Zero is physically weak, Trap Hole would do away with him rather nicely. 4. Yusuke seems especially susceptible to Buffett, and Link could deal with him rather nicely with his sword skills. 5. Midna could transform into a deadly twilight creature and destroy everybody with a twilit spear. 6. Yugi could use De-Fusion to transform Vegeto back into Goku and Vegeta, and then allow Kaiba to use two Bottomless Trap Holes to defeat both of them. 7. Reed Richards could be sliced in half by Link, or dealt with using Mystic Box. 8. Kaiba could use the Crush Card Virus to destroy all powerful members of Team CON with more than 1500 ATK. The Dragon Master Knight, with 5000 ATK, would easily destroy anybody remaining. That's all for now. Good luck with your response.
Mongeese's Ultimate Team War II

To properly see the graphics used in this debate, please visit this thread: http://www.debate.org... [b] Opening [/b] Team Member 1: Zero http://codegeass.wikia.com... Lelouch shall be wearing his "Zero" outfit. Team Member 2: Dr. Strange http://en.wikipedia.org... 616 universe incarnation just to make sure. Team Member 3: Super Vegetto http://dragonball.wikia.com... Team Member 4: Reed Richards http://marvel.wikia.com...(Earth-616) Team Member 5: Yusuke Urameshi http://yuyuhakusho.wikia.com... I see no reason to explain any of my characters since explanations can be found on all pages, although it would probably be wise to scroll through the respective mangas of Yusuke and Vegetto just to have a better understanding of them. www.onemanga.com
Freedoms being stolen

A lot of words and still said nothing. This country has 50 percent of people on some form of govt assistance and under Obama we have doubled our usage of food stamps we hae had millions drop completely out of work force hence the reason for the falsified unemployment numbers. Keep your plan I promise but isn't it unconstitalioal to lie to the American public about a plan like affordable care act and then once it's passed say yeah forgot to tell you everybody that makes above the poverty line is gonna pay for this and we have premiums are tripling and people getting kicked off there plans left and right. So sad so many minds are controlled by liberal media.
Jesus Claimed to be God

No, i cannot give 100% proof that the verses you quoted to prove he is god means something else, i was just giving an example of how it could be interpreted in different ways. A christian will interpret it in different way, a muslim can interpret it in a different way, an atheist might interpret it in a different way depending on their own beliefs. The verses them selfs are not 100% clear to show that he is god.And ofcourse typographical error is possible.Yes, you did mention that he did not directly claim to be god in the beginning, but my question was why din't he ??Even if he limited his power on earth, obivously he can't be killed, and god would not have been afraid of human beings or jews blaming him of blasphemy, he came to deliver the truth, so if he was actually god he would have directly said that atleast before he left.I will present the list of all the arguments pro has completely failed to address them.1)'But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.'Mark (13, 32) : 2) The fact that there are nearly 8000 words that are either missing or translated wrong.which means in every few lines there is an error points pro tried to explain but failed. 1)During the days of Jesus" life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission." (Hebrews 5:7) "pro said Jesus(PBUH) limited his power on earth. my reply : even if did limit his power on earth he would still not be crying to god for help, if he were god. 2)he continued all night in prayer to God." (Luke 6:12) "pro says he is reinforcing relationship with father, If Jesus(PBUH) were god he would not have to pray to god under any circumstances. 3)"he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father" (Matthew 26:39) same as above 4) During the days of Jesus" life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission." (Hebrews 5:7) If jesus(PBUH) were god he would not pray to god to save him from death even he limited his power on earth. 5) your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed." (Acts 4:27)"of Your holy servant Jesus." (Acts 4:30 6)The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus." (Acts 3:13) pro says:Jesus was sent to Earth to be a servant yet a King, a concept that actually makes a lot of sense, the leader should actually be the servant My reply: here its refering to god's servent not peoples servent.thats very clear. With these verses its clear that jesus(PBUH) was not god, and this verses are also not open to different interpretations. saying Jesus(PBUH) is god, just does'nt fit in to these verses and that is very clear. I would also like to request the voters to not let their own beliefs reflect in their voting, and to judge purely on the content of the debate.