azza1625/createdebate-arguments huggingface dataset:
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: disagree

Oh i do love assumptions like that! No sir i am not a jock. I prefer track running, i'm fast, but i'm not a sporty person! Not much else to say apart from that which i have already said! And i can safely say with great reassurance from everyone that knows me, i am not a jock. I don't like rugby, football, badminton (hockey is OK i suppose) but no. If you like meditation, then fine. i don't know if you're still in school, but i know lots of people would object!
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: Agree

oh really? lots of people would object to sitting around doing nothing in school? Really? last i checked students are always complaining and would much rather do nothing in class, than learn. And with meditation, it would help tremendously, reduce stress, help creativity, spur imagination, stay focused, learn to love, less bullying, better eating, better health, better everything...
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: disagree

Umm, no again! I am not sure which school you go to, but in my school we would all rather learn about Genghis Khan or what caused world war 2, instead of sitting around doing nothing! I think learning equations, knowing how to use toe correct grammar ( i know i don't i don;'t have tome to read back through) and learning a second language is far more useful in life than enlightenment!
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: Agree

wow if this is what our society believes, that enlightenment is not important, well then i feel sorry for the age that i have been born into, if you would rather be kept in the dark, thats up to you, i like to be in the light of wisdom
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: disagree

If you want to live int he light of wisdom, then by all means do! For all i know you could have it spot on and i've had it wrong all these years (not very long actually...) But anyway, what i wold like is to colonise some small island somewhere in the Bahamas and just me, with a group of about 50 live off the land. That would be nice! There, now we both know what we want :L Anyway, i have to go now, so i can't complete this paragraph fully, but i'm not sure what you call enlightenment, whether it's knowing the absolute truth, or the path to complete happiness, or what. All i know, is if i lead a good life on earth now, ill be happy about it when i die. And that will be that. I do not believe in heaven or hell ( i will not go in depth at this either, look at some of my other arguments if you want to know my religious status..!) I too feel sorry for the age i have been born in to. It's falling apart. Global warming, over population, continents starving, impending wars..! What was that life of Brian song again?!
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: disagree

PE is more measurable - participation, team work, performance gain over time, etc.It would be very difficult to grade a meditation class - would probably be fine as an after school activity, replacing study hall, homeroom or similar.
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: Agree

but noone would do it if it was an after school activity, it should be a whole new class in itself, graded by what you got out of your daily session, and there would be no failing.
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: disagree

I'm ok with it being elected instead of homeroom or study hall during school hours (or, even better, just take study hall and meditate instead and save us from paying a extra teacher to babysit) - no grade should be assigned without better criteria.
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: disagree

Meditation can be useful, but it shouldn't replace P.E. because they serve different purposes. A certain level of physical fitness is important for everybody, and good habits should be established early. There are obvious health, mobility, and self-esteem benefits, and results are easily measurable. PE classes also happen when kids are young and active.Meditation can be useful, but it's the kind of activity that one must want to do in order for it to be effective. Someone required to meditate as part of a program would likely not take it seriously, especially a teenager. It could perhaps be an elective class instead of a PE replacement, but there is little point in having a class teach something that can be learned and practiced at home.
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: disagree

meditation totally defeats the purpose of physical education. P.E isn't made to make someones mind to be less stressed (its why we have guidance consuelors) its to get over high population of obese people to lose weight and atheletes to hone their skills. Plus you can meditate at any given time during lunch, before and after school, and when you get home! This is by far one of the most astonishing questions I have witnessed :(
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: Agree

no it doesnt defeat the purpose, meditation increases metabolism, lowers heart rate, and it lowers your cholestrol
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: disagree

and how are you graded on meditation? How are you assessed on meditation? How is the state suppose to explain the course. Do you think kids will do this OVER AND OVER? Do you think kids would choose meditating or playing a fun game of basketball or a sport they like? Do you think kids will meditate for a hour long period without talking to friends? How do you suspect kids to react to this? How is meditating going to reduce obesity since now that P.E (the main method of obesity reduction) is not a course. Its required for all counties to make a establishment to make their students have at least 15 minutes of activity of physical behavior. How is meditating going to fulfill this 15 minutes as establish in not only in Orange County (where I live) but in your location?Answer ALL of these questions and you got my ballot. Prove me wrong :3Plus site your sources because you got that information from Wikipedia. Exactly the last paragraph of "Scientific Studies." (Wikipedia isn't a creditable source F.Y.I.)
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: Agree

ok, first of all wikipedia cites it resources, so if you dont trust it, go the source it came from, i chose wikipedia because if i wouldve pulled up any other examples i would have been flamed.Thye could easily grade you, if you dont sit still and relax and meditate, youll fail the class, thats a great grading process, its like nap time, but staying awake during it. Yes i honestly believe kids will do this over and over because its an amazing feeling and its fun to do. P.E. doesnt work bro, we still have obese kids everywhere, we need to get rid of soda, i have never dranken a soda in my life, thank god that i havent lol, and im skinny as a twig. I suspect kids to react to this with mockery but when they actually try it theyll be like wow this is an awesome feeling as it allows me to collect my thoughts, organize them, think about my life, whatever. The explanation of the course is easy: Sit with your back straight, and breathe in deep, in and out through your nose and focus on your breathing. Or whatever else you wanna focus on, but the breathing is the most important part of meditation, proper breathing makes a huge difference. We need some fucking discipline in our kids, so they should sit there and shut their mouths or else they will fail, that is NOT hard to do.You are assessed on meditation by the experiences you learn, you learn that there is no failing, only more learning and understanding.These sources are common knowledge sources because they work for everyone the exact same way, no matter who you are.Plus we can introduce the chakra system into school, and you want evidence of chakras? close your eyes and go through the different colors of the rainbow, you can feel them, but you have to be ina mindset to feel them first, you have to focus on them.Chakras are a main part of meditation, as they make up our body parts and determine our health.
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: Agree

1) and the article i gave briefs you on the research that has been done on meditation...2) Who cares about that shit? We need change in our world, and this is a great place to start. And i used nap time as a reference, you could easily give homework for it- what have you learned about yourself ands life? this class would be a self exploration and life exploration class....3) Soda is disgusting it eats away at your bones4) Meditation requires a hell of a lot of effort to stay focused and not break concentration and be able to stay observant of your surroudnings and not get distracted, meditation can never be fully mastered because you always learn more. there is a technique to proper meditation and successful meditation. 5) No what i said is not mere bullshit, because if you hadnt notice teachers always tell students to sit down and be quiet and focus. so its really not bullshit. You could turn a meditation class into something very useful: how can we all work together to improve our society? Doesnt get more cooperative than that... students can share experiences and ideas, teachers can give things to think about and meditate on and then students can work together to bring new ideas to the limelight...6) I said there is no failing but there is learning and undertsanding, so you contradicted yourself in this statement by not acknowledging what i said. You cant fail at learning about yourself and the world around you dumbass, everyones opinion matters, meditation can teach this. And how can P.E be forced upon people who have disabilities and cant breathe properly? listen to yourself7) then they can do different techniques to focus on, its not common sense its common knowledge to all practitioners of meditation, and if you cant breathe properly you will most likely not be in school but in a hospital... Meditation teaches you how to cope with depression and move past it, trust me on this one, i plan on teaching people these things so i know what im talking about when it comes to meditation, im not a master, as we are all masters of it, but i know the ins and outs of it, and im explaining to you what ive been doing for almost 2 years, so...ya. Noone said meditation was a walk in the park, you may come upon repressed feelings but as we know, its not healthy at all to keep feelings hidden and bottled up. Call it self therapy...8.) No dumbass, not see a rainbow, imagine the colors of the rainbow, as opur chakras react to different frequencies and are assigned colors, red orange yellow green blue indigo violet and white.The chakra system is not a religion, its part of our body...............Wow you are ignorant, meditating on your chakras energizes your body and keeps you healthy... dont even bother to argue back with me cuz im not going to reply to you.
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: disagree

Don't worry you don't need to reply because guess what...ITS NOT GONNA HAPPEN!Your just believing in personal values and that one must succeed by doing things the EASY way. Your pathetic and all your trying to promote is a the dumb concept of relaxation. I didn't go to school to get a phD on meditation dumbshit XDNow go meditate and relax your nerves because I can see I boiled you up pretty good :D
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: Agree

I know i said i wouldnt reply to you but your not arguing against me, you fail to realize meditation can be applied in all aspects of anything, as it helps clear your mind and organize your thoughts, meditation goes way deeper than just relaxing, we should work smarter not harder
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: disagree

I disagree. There is no accurate grading method for meditation. There is no way to know what's going on in the student's minds, which is the primary purpose of meditation. With P.E. we can physically see what they're doing, how they're participating, and grade them accordingly. But the overwhelming majority of what meditation encompasses, is almost entirely inside the mind. Students don't take P.E. as seriously as they should anyways. I have a feeling they'll take meditation even less seriously, because to an outside observer there is nothing involved but sitting down and closing your eyes. I imagine it might lead to students sleeping during "meditation".
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: disagree

I have analysis all of Feelingtruth's responses and clearly all s/he thinks is that meditating is more effective than P.E and that it will show better results. Instant reasons why s/he is wrong is easy!-Never uses creditable resources. (Wikipedia? Didn't take any actual time to go on FDA resource site...)-Claims that meditation is something everyone can succeed in while the concept of school is to learn not just get a free period to sit.-Meditation is already a part of fine arts. Its within the class of HOPE. So really its completely idiotic to replace P.E if meditating is a part of P.E (a really useless part too.)-Finally, feelingtruth has no methodology of grading by just only grading posture and participation. Hello? Meditation is not even big enough to be a lesson for a week! Having 2 things to grade is also foolish! Overall, there is no value or essential use of meditating. Its a hobby not a academic class.P.E is something every child needs. Those who are disable and/or handicap still have the choice of P.E. They have special needs training which helps those who are disable get fit! So in general, P.E will always win over meditation the question: Should Meditation be replace by Yoga! SCREW meditation; Yoga is WAY more efficient by mental means. BY influencing body limbs to extract stress out of your body is mind blowing. Meditation isn't always perfected and when is perfected probably becomes useless because you don't get a major in sitting down and saying "ooommm." You get a major in law studies so we can remove this meditation concept with yoga.
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: Agree

Yoga IS meditation dude... so case in point, you dont know what youre talking about, when it comes to this kind of thing, its the one thing im highly knowledgeable in
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: disagree

B.S then why didn't you mention it through your whole contention why didn't mention it through the other responses you have? And now that I got your attention again :3 I am still not convince about your grading methodology. Plus why do you have to remove P.E? If you are against P.E that is totally irrelevant because P.E is a ordeal made by the school establishment. All you say is that your logic is irrelevant to school executives and you have no perfected way to assess the students. No one is going to take the class because it has nothing to do for their high school credits (I forgot all about credits!) why do I need a class that isn't even worth the job description for any job. Overall, I don't care about all this zen shit. If I meditate thinking about having a good day and the next minute I get a call saying my relatives passed away, meditation isn't gonna do shit.
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: Agree

because there are tons of different forms of meditation, yoga is one of them, i say meditation because it covers all the forms of it which is just being in tune with yourself and the world around you, we dont have to remove P.E. Im saying its a bullshit class because it doesnt help shit, noone takes that class seriousy, noone wants to run laps in 45 degree weather or 110 degree weather just so they can hate their lifes and teachers and keep building up stress because they arent doing the excercises well enough, and stress literally kills you. If P.E was so effective why the hell do we still have obesity? BECAUSE IT DOESNT DO ANYTHINGAt least with meditation you are forced to realize your downfalls and then its up to you to fix them or not, it allows you to help you learn how to better your life, what you can do to get better grades, how you can reach your goals, plus it strengthens your brain, which is used everyday all day. You dont need this class but it would definitely be more beneficial than P.E. is...Also, if you get a call saying your relatives passed away, P.E. wouldnt do shit either, so i dont know why you even said that last part, at least meditation will teach you how to cope and move on with your life.
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: disagree

"Meditation should replace P.E"That is your question,replace means take over and eliminate the prior subject,nuff said. So, yea, you did say remove P.E from school system.You still never identify your grading methodology which I know your avoiding. P.E is something you can assess:-Homework -workout log-Classwork -Workouts -Play games - Do fitness tests -Take the OCPS health and fitness test-Project -Make a dance and perform it with friends -Make your own sport. (Mat kickball was one of me and my pals inventions back in high school.)- Actual Exam -Health and Fitness Test -Incorperation of health associated skills relay (this proves how the child progress in the year)- Extra credit -Meditate for 10 minutes at home and comeback with a report describing your journeyYou see... You don't replace P.E. with something as minor and hard to assess like meditation. A pupil can turn in a workout log without doing the work but the parent must sign it so you can't say they wont do their homework. Plus, meditation has no exams of any sort and has nothing to assess about. THERE IS NO FACTUAL STUDY MATERIAL JUST MORALS AND RELIGIOUS ANECDOTES! You must have some type of lexicon to study and be ready to be assess on. And don't tell me the history of meditation because that is one portion of meditation. In HOPE there is 8 sessions you must complete. Meditation is just a sub-category under flexibility. See, its not a "concept" which you fail to prove. Make me list of a grading methodology, chapters of meditations, projects, homework (can't say meditation log because the parent won't be able to be in your child's mind but they can "SEE" their child workout), classwork, and extra credit assignments and you fulfill 1/2 of the whole concept of Meditation. Next you will have to prove credits but I want to see if you can even do this.
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: Agree

I already identified my methodology- if you dont think it would work thats your problem, but we cant stick to traditions and old ways any longer. WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR WAYS OF THINKING AND LOOKING AT THE WORLD.The best way to do this is to take failing out of the picture altogether, why should you fail for voicing your opinion? Im talking about revolution in our education system, not the same bullshit that has been going on for years that we all hate and hate and hate and want to change, this is a start to changing it.Meditation increases your health, this is a proven fact. you want resources? here:http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/04/19/short-term-meditation-is-beneficial/12929.htmlhttp://physicalarts.com/mind-and-body/meditation/243-how-is-meditation-beneficial-to-our-healthhttp://healthland.time.com/2012/08/10/can-meditation-make-you-smarter/http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/ 200105/the-science-meditation You keep thinking our society is advancing into a brute force society where matter is more important than the mind. This is not the way to go, we need to stop glorifying our physical looks and start glorifying who we are as human beings.We are becoming an intellectual society, not a strength society, we are moving into the technological era of vast discoveries and space exploration, sports will not help us accomplish this, but meditation will help us focus on the advancement of our well being.
Debate: Meditation should replace P.E.
Side: Agree

Do you know how do read? at all? I said NOT because i lost the debate but because you dont understand what i am trying to say, you didnt win the debate, if you think i implied that you need to reread it, ive given you my fucking grading methodology over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over im sick of it because thats the way I would grade it, im sorry that i dont conform to your standards of education, my bad for being different and wanting to see change in the world.I never learned CPR in PE so obviously the classes are different everywhere.You are blowing this way out of proportion, i have given my opinions and you shoot them down and dont even take the time to realize what i am trying to say at all, instead you say PE this PE that, great dude, have fucking fun with PE wonderful, i just wanted to spur a debate and i did but i like to gather different opinions and not look at the same facts over and over again, routine gets boring to me, so.... ya... you didnt win the debate all you did was type out a huge ass long reply and im not acknowledge most of the parts to it because theres no point at all, if you want to think you won, great, have a cookieEither way, meditation should still be put into the education systemAnd why do i need help? because you dont like how i think? Thats great reasoning dude, and im not sexist... you are sexist because you look at humans as seperate sexes, which they are, but to say that males should be strictly masculine and females strictly feminine is pretty sexist, i see people as people, masculinity is great for getting from point a to b but femininity allows you to stop and the smell the flowers along the way, but you will probably not understand this metaphor and just go into instant rage mode about how wrong i am
Debate: Should Cannabis be Legalised?
Side: Yes

It's no harmful than tobacco or alcohol (2 legal products), and the ban on it costs the taxpayer millions of pounds. In some countries, the ban costs people their lives, what with all the gunmen in South America.Legalize cannabis, and you save money, lives, and preserve freedom in our society.
Debate: Should Cannabis be Legalised?
Side: Yes

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Debate: Should Cannabis be Legalised?
Side: Yes

I don't feel like making some long argument rehashing all that has already been said time and again, but here's a point I can't recall having ever heard before:If marijuana is legal and you are legally allowed to grow it, it is safer. As it is now, you can buy some weed off the street and, unbeknownst to you, it is laced with meth or PCP. I've been most comfortable smoking what I've received directly from the grower. If I could grow my own (being something of a green-thumb I definitely would like to try it, but won't until it is legalized), I would no longer be at risk of receiving drug-laced pot.
Debate: Should Cannabis be Legalised?
Side: Yes

If alcohol and tobacco are legal, so should cannabis.Ideally, legal cannabis could become so popular that we can make alcohol and tobacco illegal, finally, without causing harm to our culture.
Debate: Should Cannabis be Legalised?
Side: Yes

Even though I'm not a user, I defend it should be legalized.The most important point is that we have our freedom to use it,and this "drug" particularly does no harm to others but the user. Besides this, it's less harmful than many others that are legal.
Debate: Should Cannabis be Legalised?
Side: Yes

AbsolutelyOf all of the criminal drugs, it is one of the least harmful and addictive. It is safer and more useful than tobacco, and AT LEAST as safe as alcohol.It has therapeutic and medicinal benefits. While it is illegal, people who are using too heavily are not going to be as inclined to seek help.The massive amount of money spent keeping it criminalized if ludicrous, but we could make it back through taxation.While the cartels who transport marijuana may sometimes become violent, the users are not. Use legal methods of distribution and sale, and there would be virtually no association between pot and violence.Also legalize hemp while we are at it, as it does not have any properties of intoxication and is useful for a wide variety of products.
Debate: Should Cannabis be Legalised?
Side: Yes

States can make plenty of money through the legalization of marijuana.