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We should leave Afghanistan immediately

Your source shows what is predicted to happen, not what history has shown. Therefore my first claim stands. My second claim stands because those places are not our business to get involved in. Afghanistan makes the most sense for where our troops should be placed. It is the only available war zone for the United State's strategies. I cannot remember my third claim honestly, but you need to do a little more research. We aren't discusses what is predicting to happen. We are discussing whether or not troops should leave afghanistan immediately. The answer is no, we should stay there so that we have something to do. If the troops leave afghanistan, they will be sitting dry and stale, doing no good for the time being. They need to be doing what they were trained to do - and the only plausible place is in afghanistan.
We should leave Afghanistan immediately

As usual ... my opponent is wrong on every count: 1. It is shown that Obama Has been sending more troops to afghanistan. (Wrong)http://www.nbcnews.com...As we see, the number of US troops slowly dwindling. Unfortunately, there really isn't much of an opportunity for humor there ... as math is a pretty humorless subject. If anyone knows a good addition/subtraction joke, please send it our way. I've generally found math so dreadfull boring that I would attempt to stab myself in the eye to either stay awake or provide an excuse to leave and go see the nurse. For the record, its considered a valid reason to see the nurse because you have a pencil stabbed into your eye. 2. Now, fact of the matter is, right now.. Afghanistan is the only war zone available for troops. (Wrong)There are all kinds of places we could be sending our Soldiers. Somalia! The haven that 'less government' fanatics have always wanted, with adventure pirate land as a boon. Iran and/or Saudi Arabia for all the religious right wingers who demand theocracy and can have it! With plenty of oil too boot! North Korea for all those atheistic left wingers who demand the removal of all religion ... not anything like oil however to sweeten the deal ... just some nucs to play God with, which I figure is something of an inducement in this case. There is Canada, because, lets face it, its just ripe for the picking. There is Russia we could be invading, because the neo-cons NEED a good Russian dictator to re-ignite the Cold War! We have an entire Ocean to sail around and claim as our own with giant air craft carriers, why let China do it with friggin oil rigs? Its not like an oil rig can launch a bunch of super cool jet fighters anyway - why let a third rate oil rig steal the show? No, there are plenty of places to sent our troops. 3. We can't just send troops home, what would the point of that be? If there is a war, you cannot leave in the middle of it, otherwise you risk losing the war. (No source needed, this is common sense that you will lose a war if you leave in the middle of it.)My con protagnost clearly failed to understand the meaning of middle. Middle requires the mid point in what has been the US's longest war. So clearly, in a historical sense we are near the end. Yet, if the ultranationalists get their way, then why settle for erely the US record? Why not take on the Hundred Years War? Why settle for the domestic record, when the International record of stupid, pointless wars is beckoning? Only 87 more years until we are at a tie! If that is the goal, then clearly we have at least 37 more years to the "middle" phase. If we are looking to smash the record? I mean we want a record that is going to last ... so the 200 Year War seems fitting. So clearly we aren't even close yet to the Middle. The goal obviously isn't winning or even losing, its just to make sure that we get that record come hell or high water or the Taliban Zombies we've already killed before. We CAN do it! Clearly my opponents grasp of the process is unimaginative and just basely wrong. I mean who starts out with a math joke anyway?
We should leave Afghanistan immediately

It is shown that Obama Has been sending more troops to afghanistan. http://www.cnn.com... Now, fact of the matter is, right now.. Afghanistan is the only war zone available for troops. We can't just send troops home, what would the point of that be? If there is a war, you cannot leave in the middle of it, otherwise you risk losing the war. (No source needed, this is common sense that you will lose a war if you leave in the middle of it.)
Congress and Obama Should be Sodomized (in their Anus's)

The government are not deserving of such privileges as sodomy. Most of the Republicans are closeted homosexuals anyway, and would likely enjoy it. Can you imagine the consequences of subjecting the public to Rick Santorum's o-face?I am arguing that we should take a unifying action with the entire government. The Revolutionary Guard shall arrest every single congressman, senator, governor, minister, ambassador (American ones posted overseas), banker, executive, corporate lawyer, Wall St Accountant, intelligence official, Supreme Court Judge, all people who formerly filled these roles, all former presidents and of course, the dear leader; and place them before tribunals. They shall be charged with treason, fraud, corruption and conspiracy for all of the above. Where appropriate, they shall be accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, murder, genocide, grand larceny, etc.If found guilty on more than one of these charges, the punishment shall be execution. If found guilty of one, the punishment shall be being stripped of their property and exiled Roman-style. All people found guilty are to have their property forfeited, as well as all of their personal wealth and intellectual property.The methods of execution would differ depending on the person. Congressmen, Senators and Governors shall be united regardless of party, and a Democrat is tied to a Republican in the aptly named 'Republican Marriage'. They are stripped, lashed together with rope and thrown from the balcony of the Jefferson Memorial. All of the marriages will be same sex, and the phrase 'changing the definition of marriage' shall be brought to a whole new level.http://en.wikipedia.org...Executives, bankers, corporate lawyers and accountants shall be subjected to the Aztec and Sassanid punishment for conquistadors or captured expeditioners. It consists of slaking their insatiable appetite for gold by pouring molten gold down their throats. A more crude version of this occured in Game of Thrones, but this will involve small amounts of the gold they forced the government to sell.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...Intelligence Officials shall be subjected to the most brutal actions carried out under their watchful eyes in Guatemala in the late 1940s, and shall be imprisoned, but while in prison, injected with syphilis and made to die a slow and agonising death from the disease.http://www.bbc.co.uk...Ambassadors shall be subjected to the most brutal actions carried out towards dissidents by a state with amicable relations with the US. Their fingernails shall be removed, and they should be boiled alive. This is one of the punishments the current Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov regularly condoneshttp://www.dailymail.co.uk...Only then can we build a better future for us all.
Congress and Obama Should be Sodomized (in their Anus's)

Well we all known how bad a job congress and Obama have done these past few weeks with the shut down and the still stagnant economy, their approval ratings have spiraled down wards, especially congress's. What I'm proposing is a way of reconciliation towards the American people. Sodomizing Congress and Obama would restore faith in are elected officials, as it would show what their willing to endure for this nation. And it would have many more more positive affects such as weeding out the week and corrupt in are government. Those that couldn't stand their anus being prodded, would have to resign. Think about it, if a Representative can't stand being sodomized then, should we really trust him/her to withstand the temptations of "campaign donations"? Which amounts to little more then bribery, from lobbyist who want their agenda pasted into law, can we really trust them to vote with their conscience and not with their party? I think not! It could stimulate the economy, I'm not arguing for sodomy to occur only once. But on a daily if not hourly basis. But who's going to be the one to complete this noble task? Unemployed Americans! But their not going to be unemployed for long. As their going to get hired as a " Anus Spelunker's" or "As" for short, they could either do it the old fashioned way, or use some type of stainless steel rebar or dildoa . How many Congressmen and Congresswomen are there? 435, how many senators 100, and there are the 15 members of Obama's cabinet, and Obama himself as well as Joe Biden. That means that 552 people would need to be hired to perform this critical task. Just think of all the family's who will make it because a loved one has a job, doesn't it bring a tear to your eye? But i know what your thinking, "oh no, not another federal program that's going to increase are debt to China". Well maybe it would...in the short term. But consider all the commercial opportunities, this practice would bring. Lets get rid of congressional summer recess, and instead use that time to have gladiatorial style wrestling and boxing matches, where the winner gets to have a day free from sodomy, where as the loser gets twice the usual amount of anal exploration. We could sell tickets to people wanting to see the fight's. Democrats vs Republican's, Men vs Women. Maybe it would create its own mixed martial arts league! They could even have fights as half time show's , corporation's could make endorsements to certain officials, bringing in even more money through advertisements, and the much needed revenue could go toward funding schools or civil services. Benefiting everyone. http://www.ft.com... http://www.gallup.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.whitehouse.gov...
Things Live. They Die. These are Two Sides of The Same Coin. You're NOT Too Young to Learn!

I was 2 when I was Introduced to the "Concept" of Death. I think Death IS a Negative subject, but, this said it IS The Other Side of The Coin of Life?!.. We SHOULD Celebrate Life. We SHOULD Rejoice in Living etc. etc. etc.. But The "Dead Poets Society" Story is AS Good as Any that try and "Cover-up" The Reality that Life is Followed by Death?!.. That's All I'm saying.
The Belief that Sikhism is Based on True Prophecy is Contrary to Judaism

I hope the readers were enlightened. This debate, by the way, was really hinged on the definition of 'Judaism' (My real proof against Sikhism was from the Sages, and my opponent countered by questioning the authority of the Sages). As the vast majority of Jews who stay truthful to the Torah's commandments are Rabbinic, I believe that the debate should be viewed in a Rabbinic light-- and therefore, the words of the Sages should be deemed acceptable. A good Shabbos to all.
The Belief that Sikhism is Based on True Prophecy is Contrary to Judaism

ZECHERIAH: I don"t know what relevance this has; if someone has a prophecy we cannot verify for 500 years- he should have some short term prophecy to verify that he is a prophet. Also- G-d removes Idol Worship temporarily but Prophecy perminately? This makes no sense, besides, prophecy isn"t just the opposition to Idol Worship, Prophets also brought messages to kings to tell them to shape up, and they went to cities to warn them of impending doom, the opposition to Idol Worship was only a minor function. There is no real reason why Guru Nanak cannot be a prophet, none that you have brought forward at least. THE REASONS FOR THE ORAL LAW: Add things in? It is permissible to add things in to the Oral Torah? The suspicions of the Oral Torah being altered over time is no longer a suspicion then! There is a direct verse that refers to this: Proverbs 30:5-6: "Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar." So G-d will rebuke them and they will be found liars? It seems to indicate that, they also added in an entire Oral Torah to top it all off. This quote from Rabbi Ovadiah is false- Karaites don"t have sages, they don"t have commentaries, and they don"t alter their interpretations either. Yes, G-d would put ambiguities in the Tanakh to encourage deeper study- another reason why the Oral Torah cannot be genuine, because it gives the answers to you, and expects you to put your faith in a few rabbis. In Karaism they study the Tanakh looking for genuine Objective answers, rather than just saying "we don"t have the answers, so let"s make some up." Rabbinical Traditions date back to 300 AD? If it was genuine- it would date back to 2000 BC, we can date the Written Tanakh that long ago.
The Belief that Sikhism is Based on True Prophecy is Contrary to Judaism

ZECHERIAH REBUTTAL: We would know that they are lying because of some very specific instructions as to how to know when someone is genuinely a prophet from various verses: Deuteronomy 18:22: "When a prophet speaks in the name of Adonai, and the prediction does not come true " that is, the word is not fulfilled " then Adonai did not speak that word. The prophet who said it spoke presumptuously; you have nothing to fear from him." Isaiah 8:20: "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them." Jeremiah 28:9: "The prophet which prophesied of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the Lord hath truly sent him." All of Guru Nanak"s prophecies came true, he spoke in accordance to the law and the testimony, and he prophesied of peace, so we know he was a prophet, he fit all the criteria. There may not be any reference to waiting to see if his prophecies come true, but that"s because it was standard procedure. When someone claims to be a prophet, you check what they are saying. Also, you said that the eradication of Idol Worship was imperminate, but you say that the irradiation of prophets was perminate, so which is it? The verse is referring to something perminate, in which case it has not happened yet or it is imperminate, in which case Guru Nanak could be a prophet, because the eradication of Idol Worship has expired? Furthermore, no, it is referring specifically to the LAND of Israel; actually, it only says Jerusalem, a specific city, not all of Israel. SAGES: Sages from 500 BCE to 300 CE- One could claim that the sages at the time of Moses had a kind of authority to claim certain things because of their supposed secret message they got from Moses, but not so with these sages. These sages were just common rabbis; they didn"t even claim that they got any secret message from G-d! Rabbis make mistakes- they"re people like you or me, there was even a rabbi that claimed that only 1,000,000 Jews died in the holocaust! http://www.haaretz.com... Also, they just made claims; they don"t say where they got this information? The Oral Torah claims it got its information from Moses; prophets claimed that their books came from G-d; the rabbis only claim the claim and expect us to accept it. Classic milligrams study of obedience. http://www.simplypsychology.org... No, Ketuvim demonstrated how unambiguous the Tanakh is, Talmid responds by saying "that"s your interpretation," Ketuvim asks him to demonstrate, and Talmid ignores it and continues. The Karaite Jews do not eat fat or blood or build altars in their backyard, and they don"t use Chickens either! You mistake "Quarism" with "Wicca." We're making a declaration of Quarism, it's notopen yet but we will be done on friday and it will open. https://docs.google.com...
The Belief that Sikhism is Based on True Prophecy is Contrary to Judaism

ZECHERIAH: There are a number of issues with this verse that my opponent uses to prove that there are no true prophets since Malachi. First of all, this verse is referring to false prophets, probably prophets of Baal seeing as though it rfers to Idol Worship also, this is made very clear by the fact that it puts prophets next to unclean spirits, and speaks specifically of those who deceive. Secondly, this verse is referring to Jerusalem; Guru Nanak did not live in Jerusalem. Thirdly, this time period when this happens is not said to be after Malachi, based on many scriptural clues such as Zechariah 13:8 which says; "In time, throughout that land," says ADONAI, "two-thirds of those in it will be destroyed " they will die, but one-third will remain." Have 2/3rds of the people in Jerusalem died after Malachi? Last I checked nothing happened to Jerusalem until 100 AD, and it wasn"t 2/3rds the Jewish population, based on this, we can conclude that this verse is referring to the end days. Fourthly, this verse says that Idol Worship will crease from Israel perminately, another clue that it is not referring to after Malachi, because we know that Idol worship is still going on in Israel, the Christian Churches, the Christian Idols, the Christians, it"s Idol Worship. Thus, this prophecy does not apply yet. SAGES My opponent argues that the sages said that G-d removed prophecy from Israel; "Additionally, our Sages teach us that the Rabbis of the time prayed for the removal of the desire for idolatry. G-d listened to their prayer, but also removed the counterweight to idolatry-- prophecy." There are many issues with this argument; First of all, the sages were at the time of Moshe. Secondly, the credibility of these sages is in question; see this debate for the specifics: http://www.debate.org... Thirdly, the sages still have to have a source for this, some way that they knew or concluded that prophecy died out with Malachi, all they have is that the rabbis prayed for G-d to end idol worship- which didn"t happen yet, and they haven"t been seeing as many prophets lately. Thus there never will be any ever again. Later, he argues that prophecy can only be in Israel, because the Gemara in Mo'ed Katan 25a says that prophets cannot start prophesying outside of Israel. But he is again yet to prove the credibility of this Gemara, why we should accept it, or even who wrote it.
The Belief that Sikhism is Based on True Prophecy is Contrary to Judaism

Bs"D Thank you to Harrytruman for this debate. My main contention is that, according to Judaism, prophecy was discontinued in the early Second Temple period (c. 300 BCE). We learn in Zechariah 13:1-2: 1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for purification and for sprinkling. 2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. (Note: Zechariah lived c. 300 BCE.) 'Purification and sprinkling', or, in transliterated Hebrew, 'Chatat and Niddah', are terms used in Numbers 19 (and elsewhere) to refer to the sprinkling of the ashes of Red Cow, which purifies one from impurity. We learn in Mishnah Parah 3:5: If they could not find [the ashes] from [all] seven [red heifers, the seven that were made in times of the temple], they would use from six, from five, from four, from three, from two, or from one [depending on how many they found]. And who made these [seven]? The first Moses made, the second Ezra made, and five from Ezra and onward, according to Rabbi Meir. And the Sages say: Seven [were made] from Ezra and onward; and who made them? Shimon the righteous and Yochanan the high priest made two each, Elyehoeinai ben Hakof and Chanamel the Egyptian and Yishmael ben Pi'avi each made one. Note that all of the abovementioned people, with the exception of Moses and possible exceptions of Ezra and Shimon the righteous, lived after Zechariah. Thus, the described phenomenon of the re-institution of the sprinkling ritual applied to their days. What was foretold to occur on this day? The termination of prophecy, and the termination of idolatry, from the Land of Israel. Indeed, archaeologists find idols in Israel consistently through the ancient time periods-- until the early Second Temple era (although absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, this does corroborate the Talmudic account to some degree). Additionally, our Sages teach us that the Rabbis of the time prayed for the removal of the desire for idolatry. G-d listened to their prayer, but also removed the counterweight to idolatry-- prophecy. One may counter that prophecy was only removed from the Land of Israel, while the Sikh Gurus lived outside of the area. However, the Gemara in Mo'ed Katan 25a states that prophecy does not come upon a person outside of the Land of Israel. The example of Ezekiel was brought up in the discussion; the solution, however, the solution is that Ezekiel began prophesying in Israel, and it merely was not removed from him. Indeed, the first prophecy of the Book of Ezekiel happened at a river named 'Kevar', which is the Hebrew word for 'already' (a veiled reference to his earlier prophetic career-- he was already a prophet). The same cannot be said of the Sikh Gurus. To sum up, the Sikh Gurus cannot, according to Jewish tradition, be true prophets; by their time (late middle ages), all avenues to prophecy had been blocked.
Force Feeding of Anorexics

Regretfully, my opponent has forfeited his last round. I will now sum up the debate. My opponent started this debate advocating the use of NG refeeding for anorexics. NG refeeding is the technique of pumping food into a tube through a patient's nose, into the patient's stomach, bypassing the act of chewing and swallowing. My opponent provided some arguments involving the fact that anorexics at a state of near death require intervention and also count as individuals without the proper mental capacity to exercise their right to decide on medical treatment. In response, I have stated that if the patient is near death, NG refeeding is not the best technique. While NG refeeding is used, it is not used for patient with severe malnutrition as there are many gastrointestinal complications in those individuals. Furthermore, there are practical reasons relating to electrolyte, mineral, and vitamin imbalance present in these individuals which would make NG refeeding inferior to my proposed mechanism. My proposed mechanism of treatment is TPN, or total parenteral nutrition, in which nutrients are given to the patient intravenously, bypassing the digestive tract in totality. This not only solves the issues of electrolyte, mineral, and vitamin imbalance, but also provides all the benefits of NG refeeding and also bypasses the controversy of force-feeding as it is recognized 100% as a medical treatment and not as force-feeding at all. TPN is also safer and more efficacious for patients with severe malnutrition, and will lead to faster recovery times and fewer side effects. All of these statements are based on data and research provided in my many sources above. For that reason, I urge a CON vote.