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Napoleon Bonaparte Was Not a Warmongering Conquerer

I want to say that first off, I do apologize if this is in the wrong category. If it is indeed in the wrong place, please correct me. There's numerous images of Napoleon Bonaparte. The megalomaniac conqueror drunk on glory is fixed in the mainstream imagination. Napoleon supposedly sacrificed world peace to his insatiable personal ambition ambition. A bloodthirsty ogre, he bled France white to achieve his ends. I personally think this is historically inaccurate. I would love to debate this with someone, as I need to get my debating skills sharpened, especially when it comes to a topic I have been studying for the past 4 years, not for college or school but more out of personal interest. I will let my opponent go first, but I must implore anyone who takes up my challenge to have at least a basic understanding of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era, and can name and detail some of Napoleon's campaigns that wasn't just Waterloo or the invasion of Russia. Let the debate commence!
abortion should be banned

I don't see it as the child being punished and really when the pregnancy is really early on you can't even call it human yet because it is just a ball of cells. Yeah you are right that the abortion rate would go down, but population rates would go up and i think we already have an overpopulation problem. I think that if people started educating their kids sooner about sex and pregnancy or they made them carry around a realistic crying baby to teach them how hard it is to take care of a child, then abortion wouldn't be so much of a problem because less people would be getting pregnant. Also if they made condoms easily accessible in high school then that might help as well.
abortion should be banned

i think that the child is innocent and should not have to be punished for what that man did. I know this would be hard for some women to do but killing an innocent child is wrong. Yes they may try to find other means and unsafe ways to abort a baby but it would be harder to do so but the amount of abortion rates would go down. Also i beleive they could just alter the law and make it so girls wont use it as if it was birth control a way to rid themselves of the responsibility of taking care of a child
abortion should be banned

I get where you are coming from, but i think that while the fetus is just a ball of cells the mom should be able to have a say in whether or not she has to give birth to this child. What about in cases of rape or if one or both people will most likely die in child birth. Or what if a 14yr old gets raped and will most likely not make it through child birth, also she shouldn't have to deal with the disapproving stares of strangers when her pregnancy is far along.
Resolved: The United States Federal Government should Terminate All Foreign Aid

Topic: Resolved: The United States Federal Government should Terminate All Foreign AidPro will be arguing that we should stop all aid.Con will be argueing that we should continue to give aid.Rules:1. First Round is Acceptance2. No New Arguments in the Last Round3. No Ad Hominem 4. No Semantics/Abusive arguments5. Dropped arguments can be counted as concessions. My opponent can add any rules that we discuss and agree upon in the comments section/PM.
Capitalism is Superior to Communism

http://www.debate.org... http://www.sahistory.org.za... http://www.debate.org... The main reason why Communism fails is that it tries to make a classless society. That will never be possible. 1. Rome never failed because of the economic structure. It failed because its military was not the strong legions back in the day. It had too many enemies and too much land to protect. It bought mercenaries to protect its lands. It didn't have a modern communication system to get information acrossed its vast landscspe. It didn't have trains or cars to move troops acrossed its land either. Just feet and horses. 2. Nazi Germany, Germany of WW1 was both destined to fall. Germany in WW1 was destined to fall because of it having too much enemies. No allies that wasn't being supported by it. It was consuming all of its resources and soldiers because of fighting on too many fronts and it was fighting almost every country. Nazi Germany fell because it also picked to many fights; if you led a country into a war with two allies and fought the U.K., France, U.S., Russia, China, et cetera. Would you win to? When you have 2 other allies that are somewhat strong and a bunch of client states that have growing economies? 3. The date about the U.K. financial bankrupcy tells all: 1945 into the late 70s. Wars aren't cheap man. Germany is still paying off debt of World War 1. Even the victors of World War 1 had faced depressions and lost a lot of their male populations. Economic and Political growth is fine. But even though the Indians never grew stronger, they still never ripped continents of their resources and left dumps so large they can be seen in space. And made thousands of species either endangered or extinct. Or made Global Warming a problem at large. Anyways, have you looked at the economic structures of Bees, Ants, and Termites? They have communist structures. Like how everyone works together to keep the 'hive' alive and healthy. Certain termite species can even build cities (mounds) that have air conditioning and produce fungi that can only grow in their cities. Milimeter by milimeter, they can build skyscrapers a mile high if they were at our height. Is the economy that bad over in Russia? No, they're picking fights with America and invading Ukraine. We can't do anything aout it because they have hundreds of missiles, too. They even are the ones that are allowing us to use their Space programs. Now North Korea has communism as their econoic system but we can all agree that they are just failures even at telling the U.S. that they can win.
Capitalism is Superior to Communism

ResolutionAs Pro, I will argue that free market capitalism is a superior economic policy to demand market communism. Con must prove communism is a superior system?Rules and Structure Round 1: Introduction/AcceptanceRound 2: ArgumentsRound 3: RebuttalsRound 4: Defense of Arguments, more rebuttalsRound 5: Final defenses and rebuttals, conclusionIf one debater is to break the rules, they lose the debate. Forfeits are not tolerated and the one who does so will lose. If one debater cannot continue, he or she must tell the other debate and it must be confimed in the debate for voters, resulting in a tie. All arguments and sources must be presented in the debate, not in comments.I hope for a good debate.
The majority of people should produce their own methane

My opponent has, unfortunately, forfeited the most important round of this debate. Due to this forfeit, if he decides to post in the final round, I will be completely unable to address his arguments. This is clearly unfair for me. If my opponent does decide to post arguments in the final round, please seriously consider that I am unable to respond to anything he writes, whilst he has two rounds to respond to my arguments. Otherwise, please extend my arguments.
The majority of people should produce their own methane

I agree to debating with you Zarroette, may the best win.Just to clarify, in the question, are you asking whether or not people should produce methamphetamine (not methane), an illegal(*1) drug in the US? I think you are talking about methamphetamine since you mentioned drugs in your first round.Now that the clarifying question is out of the way I will start my counter-argument. To start, drug abuse does kill people, however medical use of certain drugs does have many positive affects on the body. But, no drug is perfect. According to the FDA's website, more than 40 drug recalls happened just last year(*2). 40 is not a large number, but the amount of people the recalls affect is substantial.You are correct when you said irresponsible people with drugs kill people, but remember 126 million Americans were exposed to second-hand smoke in 2006. As stated by the CDC, "Second-hand smoke causes heart disease and lung cancer in nonsmoking adults and a number of health conditions, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and respiratory infections, in children."(*3)Here I end my first round, short, but I would like to see my clarifying questions answered first.(*1) Unless of course you are referring to Medical use of the drug(*2) from http://www.fda.gov...(*3) from http://www.cdc.gov...
The majority of people should produce their own methane

Heeeeyyyyyyyyyy xD You can consider me a very passionate believer in the right for people to do what they want with their bodies!!! Drugs don’t kill people, people being irresponsible with drugs kill people!!!! My body, my choice! I’ve never argued this before, so don’t be too hard on me, okay? LOL >.< I have a right to my opinion, as do you!!! Besides, all my friends agree with me on this, so :p
dirty joke battle

a couple of one liners Q: When do you kick a midget in the balls? A: When he is standing next to your girlfriend saying her hair smells nice Q: What's the difference between your job and a dead prostitute? A: Your job still sucks! Q: What did the hurricane say to the coconut palm tree? A: Hold on to your nuts, this is no ordinary blow job! Q: How does a woman scare a gynecologist? A: By becoming a ventriloquist! Q: What's 6 inches long, 2 inches wide and drives women wild? A: a $100 bill! Q: Whats long and hard and has cum in it? A: a cucumber Q: Did you hear about the guy who died of a Viagra overdose? A: They couldn't close his casket. Q: Who was the worlds first carpenter? A: Eve, because she made Adams banana stand Q: Why does Dr. Pepper come (cum) in a bottle? A: Because his wife died! Q: Why did the snowman smile? A: Because the snowblower is coming. Girl: "Hey, what's up?" Boy: "If I tell you, will you sit on it?" Q: How do you get a nun pregnant? A: Dress her up as an alter boy. ah I went over ten well two heck with it you can this time
dirty joke battle

Little Johnny is walking by his parents bedroom when he hears alot of noise.He opens the door and sees his dad with mom bent over the dresser having sex.Dad looks at Little Johnny and smiles and winks. He motions for Johnny to leave the room so Little Johnny leaves.A few minutes later dad is walking past Little Johnnys bedroom and hears a noise.He opens the door to see Little Johnny with grandma bent over the dresser having sex.Little Johnny looks at dad and smiles and winks.He says to dad:"It's not so funny when it YOUR momma, is it?"DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE COLOR OVER IN PAINTIT'S CALLED "PASSIONATE BLONDE" IT'S NOT TOO BRIGHT BUT IT SPREADS EASYA daughter asked her mother how to spell penis, her mom said you should have asked me last night it was at the tip of my tongue.When nuns are admitted to Heaven they go through a special gate and are expected to make one last confession before they become angels.Several nuns are lined up at this gate waiting to be absolved of their last sins before they are made holy."And so," says St. Peter, "have you ever had any contact with a penis?""Well," says the first nun in line, "I did once just touch the tip of one with the tip of my finger.""OK," says St. Peter, "dip your finger in the holy water and pass on into heaven."The next nun admits, "Well, yes, I did once get carried away and I, you know, sort of massaged one a bit.""OK," says St. Peter, "rinse your hand in the holy water and pass on into heaven."Suddenly there is some jostling in the line and one of the nuns is trying to cut in front."Well now, what's going on here?" says St. Peter."Well, your excellency," says the nun who is trying to improve her position in line, "If I'm going to have to gargle that stuff, I want to do it before Sister Mary Thomas sticks her @$$ in it."
dirty joke battle

I feel like we are getting our jokes from the same place but oh well and also tell people about this debate I'm not saying she's a slut but she's been under more sheets than the KKK. (yeah I know that was a bad one ^) I could never fight a gay guy. I don't know how to start. "I'm gonna beat your a*s... I mean I'm gonna f*ck you up... no, I mean I'm stick my foot so far up your a*s.. no, not like that, I mean F*ck you, d*mn it, I give up this ones not as much as a joke but more of an insult There's a faggot between Y and I on your keyboard... look! girl - baby im wet. Boy - want a paper towel? Girl - no, i want more then that ;) Boy - want 2 paper towels? Girl - no, baby i want sumthing big and round ;) Boy - damn you want the whole roll? heres something you can say to people when you here someone use "sexual innuendo" in a sentence say, even its a stranger, "in you end oh" you'll either get a highfive or a stupid look. girl - baby im wet. Boy - want a paper towel? Girl - no, i want more then that ;) Boy - want 2 paper towels? Girl - no, baby i want sumthing big and round ;) Boy - Damn girl you want the whole roll! Cop on horse says to little girl on bike, "Did Santa get you that?" "Yes," replies the little girl. "Well tell him to put a reflector light on it next year!" and fines her $5. The little girl looks up at the cop and says, "Nice horse you've got there, did Santa bring you that?" The cop chuckles and replies, "He sure did!" "Well," says the little girl, "Next year tell Santa that the dick goes under the horse, not on top of it!" (now that one I heard before when I found it I remember how funny it was and i am like the simon cowel of jokes wait is that the right person.) Boy - damn you want the whole roll?
dirty joke battle

(my opponent has done 5 so I'm only doing 5) One day at school a teacher was testing the chidrens senses. So she blind folded the and gave them all a purple lifesave mmm. The teacher say what flavor is that, the children all hollered grape, she said very good . the she gave them a brand new flavor called honey-nut she ask what flavor the children were baffled, the teacher then gave them a hint and said it's something your mama calls your daddy. the little timmy cried . There once was a very rich king with a beautiful daughter, who was kind of a slut. So one day he decided to put glitter on her pussie. The next day he got her three severents together and told them to drop their pants the first man had glitter on his c0ck so the king had him him killed. The second man had glitter on his fingers. So the king also had him killed. But the third man, the third man had no visable glitter. So the king said smiling "you may marry my daughter." The third man smiled back to the king. The king then commented on his dental care saying his teeth glittered in the sun. A teen was about to finish his senior year and he still lived with his 5 year old brother. He was going to bring his girlfriend over for a good time. He sleeps on a bunk bed with his little bro. He notice"s his little bro is a sleep on the bottom bunk. He tells his girl friend whenever you want me to change position say lettuce whenever you want me to go faster say tomato. She agrees So they start Lettuce,tomato lettuce, tomato Ten the little bro. Wakes up and says "Stop making sandwiches your getting mayonaise all over my face" Mike goes to the CVS and is looking at condoms but cannot figure out which one to get. A pharmacist comes over and helps him. When he gets everything done and goes to his girl friends house that have intercourse. When they are done it is time for dinner and they start to pray. After they pray Mike keeps his head down, his girlfriend wispers, "Wow I didn't know you were so religious." Mike replies, "I didn't know your dad was a pharmacist." There was an elderly man who wanted to make his younger wife pregnant. So, he went to the doctor to have a sperm count done. The doctor told him to take a specimen cup home, fill it, and bring it back the next day. The elderly man came back the next day and the specimen cup was empty and the lid was on it. Doctor: What was the problem? Elderly man: Well, you I tried with my right hand...nothing. So, I tried with my left hand...nothing. My wife tried with her right hand...nothing. Her left hand...nothing. Her mouth...nothing. Then my wife's friend tried. Right hand, left hand, mouth....still nothing. Doctor: Wait a minute. You mean your wife's friend too?! Elderly man: Yeah, and we still couldn't get the lid off of the specimen's cup.
dirty joke battle

lol I've heard that one but change on the other rounds I meant up to 10 One day, Little Johnny saw his grandpa smoking his cigarettes. Little Johnny asked, "Grandpa, can I smoke some of your cigarettes?" His grandpa replied, "Can your penis reach your a**hole?" "No", said Little Johnny. His grandpa replied, "Then you're not old enough." The next day, Little Johnny saw his grandpa drinking beer. He asked, "Grandpa, can I drink some of your beer?" His grandpa replied, "Can your penis reach your a**hole?" "No" said Little Johhny. "Then you're not old enough." his grandpa replied. The next day, Little Johnny was eating cookies. His grandpa asked, "Can I have some of your cookies?" Little Johnny replied, "Can your penis reach your a**hole?" His grandpa replied, "It most certainly can!" Little Johnny replied, "Then go f*** yourself. These are my cookies!" Son: Dad do you remember your first blowjob? Dad: Ohhh yeah I do! Son: How did it taste? Dad: Get out. A kid walks into a class with a shirt, pants, underwear, and socks the teacher asks, "Where have you been?" The boy says, "On top of blueberry hill." Then another boy walks in with no shirt and no socks and the teacher says, "Where have you been?" The boy says, "On top of blueberry hill." Then a girl walks in and the teacher asks, "Where have you been? Oh, let me guess on top of blueberry hill." and the girl says, "No, I am blueberry hill." here ya go
Uniforms should be worn in school

My opponent has not refuted most of the points I actually brought up in my last argument. The argument that I made is admittedly not a great one, but as it goes unrefuted, I sustain it. Now, I will respond to Pro's refutations. 1. I never brought up this point. My opponent is misquoting me here. These punishments seem awfully harsh though for something so trivial. 2. I think you are confused about the nature of this debate. The resolution that I need to negate is: "Uniforms should be worn in school." I am arguing the opposite of this statement, but you seem to think the resolution is something like: "Schools should require students to wear identical uniforms," or something to that effect. Now let me answer Pro's question, they increase distractions because the students are NOT wearing the same uniform. I think that they will increase distractions because: clubs imply membership in a club, and regular clothes generally do not imply anything. 3. So right here my opponent is supporting their previous statements about self-confidence. Pro's reasoning is that upper-class students and poorer students wear the same thing. This would be acceptable, except for what I said in my refutation to #2 about the resolution. I also want to bring up something interesting that my opponent said here. "This is the main reason why bulling happens in public schools." This is extremely false. Insecurities are the main reason why kids bully [1], not what Pro has brought up. I have sustained my own arguments, and have refuted my opponents arguments. I am done here. References: 1. http://www.stompoutbullying.org...
Uniforms should be worn in school

How can you confidently say that people don't wear the same quality uniform? Do you have any evidence? Ok, even if people don't wear the same quality uniform, then this might result for the principal to setup some consequences like detention, seeing the student back home, or even expelling the student ( which I believe nobody wants this to happen). 2. How can wearing uniform increase distractions when everyone is wearing the same outfit? No one will be distracted because students know that they are wearing the same outfit as everyone else, so why bother looking at others uniforms when you have the same one!!!! 3. And the concern that how does it increase self confidence, there is a simple answer to it. In a non-uniform school when middle and lower class children wear something and the rich children wear famous, expensive clothing, the middle and lower class children feel excluded, negative things about themselves, and the fact that they can't afford these type of expensive clothing. That is the main reason why bullying happens in public schools. But if everyone wears uniforms, then the rich children will wear the same uniform as others wear. And if everyone wears the same uniform, children will have self confidence that they will not be targeted as a victim of bullying of any other bad activity. In conclusion, I believe that by wearing uniforms, we can make our lives easier and reduce the chance of being a victim. I have made my points that logically lead to proving that uniforms should be worn in schools and my opponents has not provided any convincing points or evidence. North, South, East or West ... Everyone knows that the Pro is the best. So vote for Pro!!!!!!!!!
Uniforms should be worn in school

"By saying "Cliques lead to all sorts of problems, such as bulling, exclusion, and more. " you are saying that not wear uniforms can lead to bullying and the act of excluding which is as same as my point. " Incorrect. I am saying that wearing uniforms leads to this, not the other way around. This is my point: 1. Unless all students wear the same uniform (which I will assume they do not), those who have them are perceived as different from the others, because they have the uniform to a particular club and the rest of the school does not. 2. This creates a social divide, which may create problems and cliques that students think are more important than grades or school work. 3. Therefore, uniforms should not be worn in school. (Again, this is from the school's perspective. ) My opponent's points do not conclude pro's side of the debate. If all of these points are allowed to stand, then I have won this debate. Proving that uniforms should not be worn in school is the only thing I have to do, as con. I have done that, but my opponent has not done anything of the sort for Pro's argument. Pro's first points: 1 & 2 is completely false if I mention that all students are not required to wear uniforms. If this was one of your assumptions, you should have stated it in the first round. 3. How do they increase self confidence? Give me a reference. 4. Show me this study. If I can't see it, it doesn't exist. 5. This may be true, but have you considered hat uniforms could be even more distracting? 6. Same as 4. Pro's latest points: 1. You need to prove relevance. Why does this lead to the conclusion that uniforms should be worn in school? 2. Same as above. 3. Does this lead to the school being better off? I still do not understand the relevance. In conclusion, I have made points that logically lead to proving that uniforms should not be worn in school, but my opponent has not proven anything.
Uniforms should be worn in school

By saying "Cliques lead to all sorts of problems, such as bulling, exclusion, and more." you are saying that not wear uniforms can lead to bullying and the act of excluding which is as same as my point. Thanks for supporting me anyways. The fact that you say that uniforms are just there to identify that this member belongs to this school, club,etc. you are absolutely correct. God made everyone equal and it won't make a big difference in school if you wear school uniform because: 1. You are representing your school 2. You get to be noticed by the community that you belong to such a school society 3. Depending on your actions, nature, and manners your society, parents, and relatives might be impressed and be honored to be a proud parent of a student at that school. Remembering that we are all equal, I believe that school should set up policies to wear uniforms in school. Back to The CON