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The Newfoundland seal hunt should not be abolished.

I would first like to say that I understood GaryBacon's comment and I understood all of what you said and the fact I am arguing something you don't believe in doesn't make my arguments any less valid. Furthermore, choking doesn't mean death, however, I do sort-of believe in equal punishment (what you do wrong is what you get back at you). Does that just make me descend to their level? No, it balances us all out, thereby making us even. I also don't like the fact that your province is apparently using a seal hunt to help themselves. That's much like a gold-digger wife murdering her husband for his money. (No offence intended). ""So, I wonder, do you expect that when the world population grows to the estimated 9.2 billion in 2050, if someone commits murder he'll get off because he was trying to help reduce the population because there is so much hunger?" No, because it's not the same thing at all. It might seem like stretch, but it is in fact the truth that the hunt will keep the population down and in turn help it, whether you want to believe that or not." - And I suppose it's not the same thing because they're animals, naturally? I also believe that the seals can take care of themselves and we didn't need to intervene just to reap the benefits. Leave nature to sort itself out. The idea is that the massacre is cruel and a dirty way to get financial and other etc. help. Try a different investment. As for "helping" the seal population, they can help themselves. No-one would want to "save" them if there wasn't something in it for them.
The Newfoundland seal hunt should not be abolished.

"It's just a sport for them." Maybe he enjoyed maybe not, that doesn't make it any less of a job for him. It is not merely a sport, I said this previously, it provides for families and that's far more than a sport to me. "So, I wonder, do you expect that when the world population grows to the estimated 9.2 billion in 2050, if someone commits murder he'll get off because he was trying to help reduce the population because there is so much hunger?" No, because it's not the same thing at all. It might seem like stretch, but it is in fact the truth that the hunt will keep the population down and in turn help it, whether you want to believe that or not. "I suppose humans just love killing other animals because they can and they can get away with it. And because they don't communicate with us, we "can't prove" they have feelings. Studies show that animals do have emotions. Since when is it acceptable to club an animal to death because we "care" about them not having enough food?" I can assure you that the hunt is not because we enjoy killing animals simply because we can. I think you misunderstood what I said. The hunt is not entirely because we care about them having enough food, it's because of the effects it will have on three species, the seals, the fish, and us. the hunting of the seals in turn is probably, not defiantly, helping to preserve both species here within Newfoundland. "In truth, maybe it's because we don't THINK we have enough food. In the US, about 50% of the population is obese/overweight. In Canada, it's almost 60%, at least to the point that increases the chance of health problems." I know we have enough food, I never said we didn't, it's not about us having enough food. The point is, the seal hunt does many good things for many people here, whether you see that or not. "Do you eat seals by any chance?" No I don't.
The Newfoundland seal hunt should not be abolished.

Recently I saw a video clip of a man in the seal hunt. He jumped from his boat, ran towards a baby seal, raised a pick axe, and clubbed it to death brutally and bloodily. The seal cowered as the man came closer and it tried desperately to move for a few seconds as he ran towards it, but of course it was hopeless. A nearby seal watched the whole thing. A member of the same herd watched a family member die. Now, just because they're seals, it certainly doesn't mean that they don't have feelings especially for their own family. And this man was enjoying murdering this seal cub with all his force, in the most brutal way imaginable. GaryBacon was right. It's just a sport for them. Now, every time a dog mauls a baby child, sometimes killing him/her, we feel the need to destroy the dog. It's almost like the death penalty, which we don't even have (i.e. for humans) in Australia. But still many places in the world are overcrowded, wouldn't you agree? So, I wonder, do you expect that when the world population grows to the estimated 9.2 billion in 2050, if someone commits murder he'll get off because he was trying to help reduce the population because there is so much hunger? So, what is it, that the humans control the animals, "worry" about them, and of course its justifiable easily when killing them. But when an animal attacks a human it's big news and that animal should be destroyed because it killed one of us? It's don't bite the hand that "feeds" you for the animals, I guess. I suppose humans just love killing other animals because they can and they can get away with it. And because they don't communicate with us, we "can't prove" they have feelings. Studies show that animals do have emotions. Since when is it acceptable to club an animal to death because we "care" about them not having enough food? In truth, maybe it's because we don't THINK we have enough food. In the US, about 50% of the population is obese/overweight. In Canada, it's almost 60%, at least to the point that increases the chance of health problems. Choke on that for a second, just like I hope seal eaters choke on their meals. Do you eat seals by any chance?
The Newfoundland seal hunt should not be abolished.

I don't think I'll have a hard time finding somebody who is against this topic, unless everybody here actually understands the significance of the Newfoundland seal hunt, which I would be thoroughly surprised if somebody did. To begin I would like to clarify why the seal hunt still exists after 300 or more years: 1. It is one of the main incomes of the province of Newfoundland, next to oil. Newfoundland I'll have you know is one of, if not the poorest province in the country of Canada and we have high instances of unemployment, which has affected this province for a long time, especially since we gave most of our money to the first World War and have been pretty much poor ever since. The seal hunt provides jobs where there otherwise were none and allows many people to live and make livings in this province where they grew up. 2. It is a food source for us. Yes, that's right, it's not just for fur imports like some people ignorantly believe. We also sell it to Europe I believe, though i'm not entirely sure of that. 3. Finally, the seal population is ever rising and even the hunt isn't keeping it down, this rising population is causing the seals food source, which also happens to be one of our food sources, is going down rapidly. The hunt is somewhat of an attempt at preserving the supply of fish for us and the seals. Yes I'm saying killing some seals is good for the surviving seals. At the rate it is going it doesn't seem like there is going to be a niche recovery when the seals really don't have enough food for the millions of them there are, if that happens neither species will survive, at least that's my prediction. With that said, I await my opponent and in advance would like to thank and wish good luck to whomever they may be. Sincerely, Kat
Rap battle: Truth_seeker vs. Badman

People, ladies and gentlemen of all ages, i introduce you Badman N' i don't mean he's a badman, i mean lyrically he's a Badman Sorry that was just the intro, lets get to it, your only a human You never did a crime in your entire life, you lousy buck-toothed ravenous fan! How many times must you get a backhand causin' a black tan to understand?! How many times do i have to slam your face into the frying pan in Japan?! Battling with me must be the worst schemes of your failed master plan! I'm the one who's more evil than you, you never committed one crime Real crap, i almost got arrested for dangerous ideas n' did the time Badman never did a bad thing in his life, cuz he wants Santa Clause So he can get raped into submission by some plastic panda claws Watch, he ain't go do crap, i'ma get right to stealing I'ma use your own bars against you, so start squealing You said "I think about more than I forget but I don't go around fire expecting not to sweat" My God that was terrible! I drop anthrax on this fool from a jet through the net with my tech You said off your crappiest lines "Morons try to kick me while I'm down: I'll break your leg" Try to break my leg? I'll stab you with the most dangerous pencil lead then you'll be force-fed! This was kinda nice, so out of respect i quote "Money outweighing problems on a triple beam" Sike! I was just playing, i'm ballin so hard, the scale breaks n' i don't even need a triple man team For the last trashiest line you said "Be good or be good at it! Flipping right I've got my gun, semi-Cartermatic" You'll be missin' cuz i'm spittin' so Rhythmatic from another planet, tat tat back at it cuz i'm so ecstatic What are you going to do? your not going to do trash! I'll sell your mom for men to do n' have a hard bash! With 4 losses n' no wins, you should be already banned No matter, with these lyrics, i'ma leave blood on the sand
Rap battle: Truth_seeker vs. Badman

you have a complete dark side, but you have no spark crap I believe you, cuz you been roasted with a shark when I look at your face, I don't see evil that fester I see an ugly burnt Oreo trying to be a court jester I'm disruptive like Quantum mechanics with so much lyrical damage! Cosmic forces gonna have to confine me in a prison on other planets! Cuz i'm bashin' your head in breaking all the laws of thermodynamics! I don't need to be a gangster to show how hard i really am, i'm a preacher! I'm about to lecture this toon Disney character bout what bad is, i'm a teacher! I fight with my lyrics as they shoot forth like cosmic flames, i'm not a peacemaker! I'm about to teach this wanna be badman how he's just an emo hormonal teenager! I don't want to cause pain physical, screw that my words will be eternal! Damaging your pride as a being and your emotions will be an inferno! You are softer than clothes softened by the softest of a fabric softener! A teeny weenie beanie (1) is gettin' slapped on the wrist by a CEO officer! Cuz on Google hangouts, you were beggin me to pop you right in the jaw! Ironically you were cryin' for Airmax to help cuz you have respect for the law! On some real talk! I was almost arrested for attempted murder! Cuz i had an inner battle with good n' evil, nature vs. nurture! Darkness was cloudin' my eyes as i had a severe disorder! Plottin' my schemes, buildin' buildin's out of bricks n' mortar! Son only reason my hand ain't at ya throat is cuz darkness is at it's farthest Them inner feelin's arent' harmless, i was almost consumed by it's harshness Spark this quickly before i end up in the abyss in the midst of evil incarnate! If i did the time for the crime, when you look at my soul, you see pitch black! If i come up on you, it'll be over, so write poetry cuz there's no goin' back! Only reason i have a light side is cuz i'm within the body of the good Lord Moral of the story is: you never held a weapon, i put my hands on a sword! Badman here's what you don't see within your psyche full of vain blindness! If you tried to rape my mom, you'll be dead, cuz she will kill you with kindness! Kid stop havin' these fantasies you wanna be emcee G, learn to morally crawl! Your too young to use your lyrics for battle rap, go back to start playing ball! 1. " a softie, someone who doesn't get angry" http://www.urbandictionary.com...
Rap battle: Truth_seeker vs. Badman

You got a dark side? I am totally dark, I don't have to hide my light, there ain't even a spark, No left, no right, just the demon that screams with a bark, I've already done homicide, I've killed the beat with my art. You can't be stopped by suicide, 'cause if you tried you would fail, You'd cough the pills out of your mouth, call it 50 shades of pale, You're bars are so weak, your flow as slow as a snail, My beats are like bodies, I've been leavin' a trail, You're so unoriginal, your loaf o' bread's gone stale, You are bakin' whack bars; the coffin's ready, let me go get a nail. You say that I'm only human, well what are you then, bro? Mr. "god"? You think you're a superhuman freak-show? You're most certainly not. All you are is a sub-human human creation, a wannabe Autobot, But I'm a baddest Decepticon, Prime left yo' wheels out to rot. You acting like you' so violent so tell me why am I here? Why aint my body in a grave? What is it I have to fear? I don't need to go beat you up, your family is in tears, At how they're boy is gettin' murdered by this mouth that speaks clear. I plan out my bars, I call it organization, The only order to your part is the consistent retardation, You rhyme "starvation" with "salvation", b*tch go get an education, You seek the truth, well the truth is this ruthless beast is impatient, I'm gettin' hungry for flesh and for that heart that is racin', Inside that cage, with bars o' ribs, I've got the key in my basement, I own you already, now I'm gone own you again, I'm like puberty, you like a kid that is ten, You will never ever get to me, I'm infinity plus ten, You're zero point nothin', to the power of a million. Do the math, kid, oops, you're to dumb to do that, I leave yo' wannabe gangster a** out pour fish on it for a cat, But not pu**y wants to be near you, only thing for you's a large cock, The cockerel comes and pecks yo' anus, it be as hard as a rock, Meanwhile I'm bangin' yo mother, film it and send it to yo' dad. I break his heart into pieces, I be the baddest o' bad, Your bars are cohesive, I'll at least give you that, They cohesively unite as the definition of whack. You are as hardcore as the moist semen your mother swallows by night, I'm like a vampire, I move at the speed o' light and only come out at night, I turn at yo' mother's window give a neck a good bite, Then f*ck that c*nt of her's so hard yo dad's cock 1 inch and thin so it's tight.
Rap battle: Truth_seeker vs. Badman

See i gotta dark side i can't hide, no one can stop if they did homicide! A ferocious beast i cannot contain, i can't be stopped even by suicide! So you better lay down side by side with ya bride - the hope that died! I'm about to explode Pandora's box, have angels cry to see what's inside! I'm about to create a new breed of a subatomic superhuman species! Cuz i'm the leader, the most dominant life form that'll rip out ya testes Feed em to Anemones, cuz you and fish are enemies, inflict leoprosies! Cuz i have violent tendencies to end legacies n' false idiotic prophecies! Create a new breed of cybernetic implants, advance higher than Socrates! In this rap battle, this is my playground, cuz right now ya battlin' a monster! Last round, i went gangsta, i went minister, now in this one i'm be more sinister! Bodyslam you down the banister then bash your head into a nuclear toxic canister! I'll give you a revelation of what true evil is, disembody your bars til you meet starvation! Then your knowledge progresses as your mind confesses that it has no lyrical salvation! I'll strip you naked with background radiation in a space station, bring you back to the nation! Scientists will not be able to recognize the causation of your eradication suspended in immobilization! I'll de-atomize your chemical molecular structure then turn you into an organism of no distinction! Destroy fake rappers like you one by one until your entire existence faces the most cruel extinction! When your suffering, i'll tell you to stand the pain, playfully inducing a psycho medicated patience! Only to mess you up next round, cuz the beast has been unleashed and as a being i have no conscience!
Rap battle: Truth_seeker vs. Badman

I'm bad at debating, But, for me, audience will clap My ego aint deflating, 'Cause this aint arguing, it is rap, I'm immune to your childish hating, I'm Bellatrix, you' jus' the over-serious Sirius Black, Wasting all your time masturbating, While I'm givin' real asses a smack. Let me make this clear, I'm a very bad man, The one you fear, Somewhat of a madman, I may shed a tear, I can be a very sad man, But the next second I smile like the cynical criminal that hates the Batman. You say I aint done a crime in my entire life, That's because I'm consensually destroying your father's wife, I don't need no gun or bomb, no gasoline or a knife, My weapon is my mind and I will fight to survive... (beat gets deeper and suddenly increases in tempo) Me, I'm a crazy fool, Far from beautiful, I am truly cruel, I am a human tool, Used by the devil to fuel all the Down's Syndrome drool, Escaping your mouth as your retarded brain tries to pull, Ideas outta nowhere but I'm ready, my tank is full, Full speed ahead I take your uneducated a$$ and put it in school, You're seekin' the truth but the truth is you are deceitful, You're an anti-hero in denial, I'm the embodiment of evil. People scream at the sight of me, Like I'm a twin that is Siamese, Like Tarzan, I be writin' these lines as if I am climbin' trees, All to impress that tease of a mother whos tits I squeeze, Your mother be miss Amidala, I'm slayin' Obi-Wan Kenobis, I'm the baddest of 'em all, the most sadistic of nerds, Hav eyou heard? On the street they callin' me Heisenberg, By day, I'm Mr. White, I am the one who knocks, I'm darker than the "Dark Knight", Got more mystique than the sound so of the fox. Get your Bible and be a reader, Hope God is on your side, Or sorry mister Truth-Seeker, I guess that Jesus lied, The son of God a liar? He's far form being the Messiah, He betrayed his own religion, a Jew in Muslim attire. When I lose, the debate's worthless, I see beyond the surface, I haven't tried to win yet but no I am so you'd best be nervous. You are not a gangster, Neither am I, I am the funniest of pranksters, Haters laugh with tears in thei' eye, I am hysterical, I guess my mind state is so terrible, If you were medically qualified you'd see I was threat, not small, It's as if you are a flower with a fungus your ugly petals are rotting, You're a twin tower and religion's causing some major mis-piloting, Islam vs Christianity; Who will win?! B*tch I am on neither side I'll let you fight and run each other's armies thin, Then I will strike with my lack of faith, You gon' pray but God's on hold, filming me and your future girlfriend on a videotape. I embrace the fact I'm bad, I look forward to "hell", You just deluding yourself, kid, you're making Satan's d*ck swell.
Reparations for African Americans

In the absence of a round 3 argument from PRO I will be brief. First a quick recap of my position. I am against unnecessary lawsuits and “victim culture” in general. I oppose reparations for Black Americans for moral, legal and practical reasons. Morally We do not have a clear individual, corporation or group of people at fault. Simply benefiting from the government that is in place is not enough to assign damages. We do not want a judgement AGAINST an innocent party. We do not have a clear picture of damages against individuals currently living. Most often these damages are discussed by comparison to other (usually White upper class) individuals. Why not compare them to White people from a poor background. To compare them to the mean or median American citizen is inappropriate for several reasons. We do not want a judgement FOR a party with no valid claim. There are groups that have a more clear case that they are victims of discrimination. Native Americans had their land taken by conquest and encroachment. Women continue to have lower pay for the same job. Illegal immigrants are used for jobs we don't want, but are denied citizenship. We want JUSTICE FOR clear examples of discrimination. Handouts have not been proven to help people long term. The best way to help all people who are in trouble with the law is legal and prison reform. The best way to help people in poverty is with more opportunities for jobs and education. The best way to help people out of bad neighborhoods is with jobs and education. Legally Who is legally responsible for breaking a law? What law was broken? What are appropriate damages? Who is legally entitled to receive damages? Practical – I assume you want a government payout to all blacks who have family roots as American citizens. I also assume you will suggest a time period like 100 years to avoid recent immigrants from claiming this prize. How do you want to pay for this? Remember that government funds are actually your tax dollars. How much are you willing to pay every year in your taxes? The system of yearly benefits and cash payouts to Canadian Native People is a failure. It seems to reinforce a ghetto mindset that reduces work opportunities are reduces academic achievement. Give some suggestions for how a system of reparations would be administered. Happy New Year!
Reparations for African Americans

I am against unnecessary lawsuits and “victim culture” in general.I specifically oppose reparations for Black Americans for a number of moral, legal and practical reasons.Although it is PRO’s job to first post his reasons for supporting “reparations for Black Americans”, I will give a few points to consider so PRO know the basics of my arguments.1. There was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. As of January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America.[1] The United States of America we have now defeated the Confederate (slave) states and declared slavery illegal. The cost of that war in terms of lives and money is a bigger debt than Black Americans can pay to their country. Although I believe in freedom of speech and freedom of thought, I find the idea of reparations to Black Americans not far from treason. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org... 2. No one can say who the guilty party is. If we say that slave owners are guilty of breaking a law, then the people from whom we should seek reparations probably all died before 1950. It might me possible to find an incorporated entity (cotton or tobacco company) that could be traced to specific slaves, this would represent such a small percentage of slaves as to be a pointless lawsuit. 3. It would be difficult to prove actual damages to actual individuals. It would be difficult to trace the true descendants. It would be difficult to determine who would have inherited from their ancestors. These are all things that need to be clearly determined for a legal settlement.4. There are many Black Americans who are more recent immigrants, or who lived in the Northern States. Are you suggesting the kind of racism that gives a person money solely based on the color of their skin?5. There are many Black Americans who contribute to society and who pay taxes. Are you suggesting that their taxes be raised so pay a benefit to Black Americans?6. There are many Americans who immigrated to this country long after the abolition of slavery. Are you suggesting that they be taxed to pay for unsubstantiated damages to their Black neighbors? What toll will this take on race relations? 7. If you are suggesting a tax or payment based on race alone, I suggest we increase taxes for Black Americans” as they are the largest users of our police and prison services. (Not a serious argument, just my response to the horror of race based taxation)8. If Black Americans want to seek reparations for being captured and sold into slavery, there is much evidence that Africans were the ones capturing and selling slaves. [2][2] http://en.wikipedia.org...I await PROs reasoning for reparations. I specifically am hoping to see a workable system that identifies the following: a) Who committed the crime, and is responsible to pay damages? b) Who is the injured party, and should be compensated for their loss? c) What system will document the alleged damages and alleged compensations? d) What measures will keep this from being illegally racist?