CHALLENGE THREAD -- Issue a challenge here

ONLY POST CHALLENGES IN HERE PLEASE, NOT FOR DISCUSSION.


This is the new thread for issuing challenges.

It should be done like this;

Topic title; [name of topic]
Details; [Any other information/elaboration on topic details]
Position; [Are you for or against]

[ACCEPTED]

Link to thread. -

An example would be....

Topic title; Were the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atom bombings necessary?
Details; Could the USA have won the war without them?
Position; I am against the bombings. I think they were not necessary.

1. This thread is for issuing OPEN challenges only. Not discussing them, or accepting them. Issuing ONLY.
Acceptances or private challenges should be done through PM.
2. To issue a challenge follow the template above.

Topic title; [name of topic]
Details; [Any other information/elaboration on topic details]
Position; [Are you for or against]

3. To accept a challenge do so through PM, or Visitor Message.
4. Once you have a challenger, open a thread in the main section.
5. Once a challenge is accepted, and a thread opened. Post a link of the thread in your challenge post.



ALL PERSONAL CHALLENGES SHOULD BE DONE THROUGH PMs.

LINK TO THE OLD CHALLENGE THREAD, CAN BE FOUND RIGHT HERE.



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New Rule: If a challenge is not accepted for 6 months. It shall be moved from this thread to the Challenge Archive, so as to save space and allow for the newer challenges to rise to the top of the thread.

Topic ; I challange anybody to debate the values of a stimulus bill.
Details; The modern society has a great many workers in desk jobs. The FDR solution of shovels in hands was not a solution then and $350,000,000 to ACORN and similar organizations is not a solution today.
Position; against

Topic: Economic Isolationism vs. Foreign Assistance
Details: One of the key disagreements I have with my fellow small-government activists is over economic globalization, and specifically the use foreign assistance to further foreign policy objectives. The rationalization is that a State should not put governmental monies into outside States, but rather spent on national projects.
Position: Foreign Assistance is a vital part of securing strategic national interests.

Private, personal, challenges should be done by PM.

Topic: Who won the battle of Lützen?
Details: Who really won the famous battle of Lützen? was is a tactical swedish victory or an imperal strategic victory?
Position: My personal opinion is that the Battle of Lützen was a tactical Swedish victory and a strategic draw.

Topic title; I challenge anyone to a debate on whether Marijuana should be legalized or not in the United States.

Details; Should the long prohibition against the harmless drug Marijuana end?

Position; I am for legalization.

Topic title; Who pioneered the creation and use of electric guitars the most, Leo Fender or Les Paul.
Details; read title.
Position; i will be arguing/debating that les paul was/is more influential.

Topic title: Is gamming heading up.

Details: I recently watched the E3 09 Covention which produced many good
games but many argue companies are going downhill since 2000.

Position: I will be arguing that games are improving since 2000 this excludes graphics as there is no argument there.

Do not reply in this thread. If you see a debate you want to take part in, send a Private Message to the proposer.

Topic title: There's a bit of fascist in every communist.

Details: The similarity and common roots of said ideologies is a well-proven fact.

Position: Guess what.

PM for details

Topic Title: Intellectual property should be protected like physical property by the criminal justice system.

Description: The sanctions imposed on a person for illegally downloading a CD, game, or movie should be identical to the sanctions that would be imposed on a person for stealing a physical copy of the same product from a store.

Position: The penalties for each should be the same.

Topic Title: Ron Paul is a loon

Description: Is he a lunatic, or a good politician, would he destroy the US or liberate and transform it?

Position: He is not a crook (I mean loon)

Topic title; Is the Universe infinite?
Details; A continuation of Hippolord's and my debate on the infinity of the Universe, or lack thereof
Position; I am arguing that the Universe is and always has been infinite

Link to the beginning of the arguement (note the debate thread)
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...35#post5523835

Topic title; Reforming the Healthcare System in the USA
Details; my positions are in many posts and threads -- the most current are:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=5576112#post5576112
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=5576476#post5576476

Position; for modification of the urrent system and opposed to adopting wholesale a new system or any system that federalizes the industry.

Set up a statement to debate and pm me!

Help me out -- I am wanting to enter soooo many threads in the Mudpit and I need to be good and moderate my fair share of the threads :yes:

Topic Title: The War On Terror

Details: A debate on whether the wars in Afghanistan and/or Iraq are going to succeed (if the opposition wants, they can include a hypothetical invasion of Iran too)

Position: I believe both wars are going to end in failure.

Topic Title: It is impossible for any communist form of government to remain in power without becoming anti-democratic, ie: becoming totalitarian.

Position: I am arguing for the above statement.

Pm if interested.

Topic title; What is the best army in the world?
Details; Debate on what country you think has the best army in the world.
Position; I believe the USA has the best country

PM me if you want to debate :)

Topic Title: This House Believes That Science is Dead, and we have killed it.
Details: A debate on the future and the use-value of science - up to the proposition to define.
Position: Proposition

Message if interested.

Topic: What is the best console PS3/Xbox 360 ?

Details: Prove with facts what is the best console like Graphics/Games/price/sound/features

Position: PS3

PM me if your'e into it :)

If it's a direct challenge to a person, do it through PM.

If it's an open challenge to anyone... post in here.

If you wish to debate a person's open challenge in this thread, PM him. Don't post replies here.