Debate Club

[oromis]

Is it formal debate? I call affirmative team!

A. Introduction
Good morning my name is Nicholas Leeman and this is my partner Smokey the Bear. I support the resolution : Be it resolved that in local Blockland Forums there shall be a debate club that includes all of the items that a real formal debate should have.

B. Attack
I shall now attack my opponent's plan.

• My opponent said that this debate club might start topics on legalizing drugs, but I disagree for the reason that logically, the entire club can vote on a topic before the leader randomly choosing one.

•My opponent also said that drinking has no good side. I disagree for the reason that that statement is partially based on opinion, and alcoholics will gladly disagree. Cited from www.OromCIAright.net/Oro's_Debate

C. Plan
I shall now state my plan

1- I suggest that we get more people to join the club. The more people join, the more people will like the club, and the more debates we can hold. It may also earn us more popularity, which can gain even more members.

2- I believe that we should advertise the club around Blockland servers. We could join servers with many people in them and inform them about the fun debates that we hold here.

3- With the help of local debaters, we can publicize the club even further by telling people in real life about the club. That point could also get more Blockland supporters.

D. Conclusion

My points again are

1- Get more people to join, 2- We should advertise the club in Blockland servers, and 3- We should tell our friends and families about the club, and remember, there is no harm in friendly, formal debating. The more people we get, the more fun we will have. Thank you.


That is what a formal debate looks like, except you need to research and make around 40 attack cards for B, and cite each one of them, or come up with logic, which doesn't get you as many points.

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[Ephialtes]

I'm actually doing a report on lowering the age limit for drinking alcohol, now that you bring up the subject.

In my opinion mothers need to stfu. They started prohibition AND made the 21 age limit.

I don't even think its primarily mothers blocking this from passing.

[Mateo]

I don't even think its primarily mothers blocking this from passing.

Blocking what from passing? (I really am not sure)

If you didn't know though, MADD got all pissy at drunk drivers and asked the government to make the age limit 21. Raegan at first thought the law would be unconstitutional, but later decided "Wait, they have a choice. But they'll just get less funding. I guess that's okay." Basically the 21 law allows states to lower the drinking age to whatever they want, but if they do they lose 10% of the highway funds they'd get otherwise. Also, MADD still thinks this law is good. Some people think otherwise. (If I had my big packet o' sources I'd link to some but I don't, so meh)

EDIT: Oh wait. the marijuana legalization. I don't think they are, but still, they're annoying when it comes to alcohol.

[Dr Bling]

I see this all the time: People are going to smoke no matter what laws it breaks/doesn't break.

Using the above statement for an argument for legalization is like saying any illegal act done in large quantities should be legalized because people already do it regardless.

Just my two thousand dollars.

[Mateo]

I see this all the time: People are going to smoke no matter what laws it breaks/doesn't break.

Using the above statement for an argument for legalization is like saying any illegal act done in large quantities should be legalized because people already do it regardless.

Just my two thousand dollars.

Yus. Think of all the money the government isn't making.

[Rekuddo]

What's the point? People are going to want it regardless and demand will skyrocket when it's illegal and it will level out when it's not. Should it be legalized? No, I plan to have children in a few years and I want my neighborhood to be safe for them to play in without witnessing brain-dead zombie left-wing hippies who fried their brains out on the first day it was legalized.

[Mateo]

You contradicted yourself thar.

What's the point? People are going to want it regardless and demand will skyrocket when it's illegal and it will level out when it's not. Should it be legalized? No, I plan to have children in a few years and I want my neighborhood to be safe for them to play in without witnessing brain-dead zombie left-wing hippies who fried their brains out on the first day it was legalized.

Wouldn't demand being lower mean less people going insane?

[Reactor Worker]

I see this all the time: People are going to smoke no matter what laws it breaks/doesn't break.

Using the above statement for an argument for legalization is like saying any illegal act done in large quantities should be legalized because people already do it regardless.

Just my two thousand dollars.

If that were their only argument, then yes, it would be a rather pointless suggestion. However that logic is typically augmented by the fact that legalizing an illegal activity often decreases, rather than increases, the prevalence of said activity, or at least reduces the harmful effects of it.

Regardless of whether or not the legalization increases/decreases or has no effect on the amount of current users, there are still worthwhile positive benefits to be had. Benefits that far outweigh any potential increases and certainly bolster any decreases.

[Game master pro]

i wanna see it legalized just to watch potheads get mad over all the government price standards. and that they have to pay 6 times what they use to.
and only legally buy it from stores that tax the stuff out of it.

then say huh.... maybe we should have kept our mouths shut about legalizing it.

the current price for marijuana is ridiculous ($50 an 1/8th here), and it's just a plant.

for cannabis to get into your possession it's most likely passed through a lot of people, grower sells in large amounts (say a pound at a time) to a person who then splits that up into perhaps ounces and then sells them again to another dealer who would then split that up into grams or 1/8's whatever and then to you, each time it passes hands a "tax" of a sort is added onto it for the person selling it. of course they're not going to sell it for the same price they bought it as they would gain no profit which is what dealers are there for.

for the money it takes to actually grow it there's a massive profit to be made, wonder why it's called weed? because it is. given the right conditions it grows itself.

in a situation where it was legalised it would go straight to the growing company to the retailer, for a reasonable price with tax added onto it.

but wait! the government will be greedy and put the price up, won't they? no, think about it. people deal with it illigally now, if it were to cost more to purchase it legally when you have a cheaper alternative why would you? you wouldn't. for the government to gain anything from legalisation they would have to destroy the competition of previous dealers by lowering the price so much it's not worth it for them.

[Ronin]

I don't even think its primarily mothers blocking this from passing.

I agee.

I'm sure the State Troopers would have a say after coming to many scenes of crashes where a teen died of driving under the influence.

I wouldn't even suggest such an idea in front of them. Same goes with any other emergency service.