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10 points

Torture can never be justified, for whatever reasons. Neccessary? Maybe, but never justified. Prisoners of War are good examples of this. They usually never have information that leaders know, and are still tortured for information that they do not have. However, sometimes torture is the only option left, and people use it as a last resort, but some just jump straight ahead to it. Waterbording, shocking, alligator shears, and glasgow smiles and listening to a loop of "Party in the USA" should never be inflicted on a person, no matter what the crime or information needed. Though many leaders have partaken in this, it should not be used anymore. Using these methods of obtaining information is wrong, effective, but wrong. Other techniques can be used to obtain information other than this, like Sodium Pentathol, or extortion.

3 points

Yes, with the proper prerequisites. What I mean is this: Should a student with high marks but bad conduct attend one of the better public high schools in America? Yes. Should a student with low marks and excellent conduct be admitted? No. The reason is simple: when people want to go to a certain high school, it is either due to Academic advancement, or they want to go there simply because it is popular. Behavior is not so much looked at as academics are. No employer is going to fire you because you got a C in citizenship your junior year. Some go to school to learn, others go simply because they need social interaction. Students should have to earn their way into a school, with the measures of intelligence, not popularity or economics.

1 point

First of all, what's with all the number sense? I couldn't decide if you were trying to to honor them by saying how much of their life they give up to run the country, or if the person in question stupid for giving up "15%" of their life. The argument skips a lot, and it does not develop well. So what about stress? Does any job not include that? Also, why did you mention Roosevelt's incomplete terms? Are you implying he was incompetent, or maybe it was just a flash of intellect?

1 point

If the president is question was able to effectively handle all political, economic and social crises, then yes, he/she should be allowed to run for president again. Presidents of the past have run for and/or won third elections, and they were most welcome in the oval office. However, there is danger to this. If one president was completely impotent and inadequate to handle this job a first time, why let him run three times? Think about for whom the ballot is cast first. Third time's a charm!

1 point

Illegal immigrants should be deported if they are caught. Most immigrants are smart enough not to get caught, so it balances out. What I mean is that the government shouldn't spend millions of dollars hunting them down. So if you come across one, and he/she slips up, then yeah, go ahead and deport them. However, wanting to rid America totally of these people is a bad move, because then business owners will not jumpstart the economy, and then everything goes down. So yes, deport them, IF you can catch'em.

1 point

Illegal immigrants should be deported if they are caught. Most immigrants are smart enough not to get caught, so it balances out. What I mean is that the government shouldn't spend millions of dollars hunting them down. So if you come across one, and he/she slips up, then yeah, go ahead and deport them. However, wanting to rid America totally of these people is a bad move, because then business owners will not jumpstart the economy, and then everything goes down. So yes, deport them, IF you can catch'em.

1 point

Illegal immigrants should be deported if they are caught. Most immigrants are smart enough not to get caught, so it balances out. What I mean is that the government shouldn't spend millions of dollars hunting them down. So if you come across one, and he/she slips up, then yeah, go ahead and deport them. However, wanting to rid America totally of these people is a bad move, because then business owners will not jumpstart the economy, and then everything goes down. So yes, deport them, IF you can catch'em.

1 point

Illegal immigrants should be deported if they are caught. Most immigrants are smart enough not to get caught, so it balances out. What I mean is that the government shouldn't spend millions of dollars hunting them down. So if you come across one, and he/she slips up, then yeah, go ahead and deport them. However, wanting to rid America totally of these people is a bad move, because then business owners will not jumpstart the economy, and then everything goes down. So yes, deport them, IF you can catch'em.

1 point

Illegal immigrants should be deported if they are caught. Most immigrants are smart enough not to get caught, so it balances out. What I mean is that the government shouldn't spend millions of dollars hunting them down. So if you come across one, and he/she slips up, then yeah, go ahead and deport them. However, wanting to rid America totally of these people is a bad move, because then business owners will not jumpstart the economy, and then everything goes down. So yes, deport them, IF you can catch'em.

4 points

Illegal immigrants should be deported if they are caught. Most immigrants are smart enough not to get caught, so it balances out. What I mean is that the government shouldn't spend millions of dollars hunting them down. So if you come across one, and he/she slips up, then yeah, go ahead and deport them. However, wanting to rid America totally of these people is a bad move, because then business owners will not jumpstart the economy, and then everything goes down. So yes, deport them, IF you can catch'em.

8 points

Illegal immigrants should be deported if they are caught. Most immigrants are smart enough not to get caught, so it balances out. What I mean is that the government shouldn't spend millions of dollars hunting them down. So if you come across one, and he/she slips up, then yeah, go ahead and deport them. However, wanting to rid America totally of these people is a bad move, because then business owners will not jumpstart the economy, and then everything goes down. So yes, deport them, IF you can catch'em.

3 points

"Developed" Countries, as they are known, have always forced other, "developing" countries to do their bidding, wether by brute force or "diplomatic" persuasion. The more advanced country might force the inferior country to preserve its natural environment. That one forces another to do so is hypocritical, as the developed country more than likely has destroyed or mutated its own environment. Besides, there are always hidden intentions, wether political or economic. The developing country should have its own say in what it does with what it has.For exapmle, would the US have stopped its Industrial Revolution simply because it was polluting its atmosphere? Would we now give up some of our luxuries because we release Chlorofluorocarbons? No, we wouldn't, although some like to believe they would. Let it pollute,cut down, or destroy. It doesn't make a difference if one country stops or starts. Man, wether from one country or another, always seeks his own gain, by ANY means neccessary.

-1 points

To us in the present time, we could easily say that all 230 years of American Evolution were worth going through to obtain the "wholesome, peaceful" society that we have now. During those 230 or so years though, many would argue that all the suffering and pain to reach the ultimate goal is not worth it. What is the ultimate goal? The ideal society in which many think we live in. For example, America broke away from Britain to escape tyrannical rule of the Monarch. Today, we don't escape from monarchs, or religous opression, but from laws that some find unfair and biased. So to put it bluntly, yes, to me it was worth it, but a million years from now, it won't matter. Just as we enjoy the comforts of today, so will we endure the problems of tommorrow.

4 points

Schools do not "kill" creativity. They may supress it from time to time, but they don't kill it. On the contrary, students are expected to use creativity to improve assignments and show that they understand the assignments enough to modify them and prove mastery over a subject. Some students think the opposite of this, but that is just b/c the student is too lethargic or insipid to be able to be creative.



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