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Being a midwest Lutheran myself, this made me laugh. Midwest Lutherans Reject Violence http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2007/...st_luthera.html Anyway, that's a satirical (if not largely biased) look on the recent Muslim Pew Poll that surveyed 1,050 Muslim Americans. The poll reports finding that the U.S. Muslim community is largely moderate, assimilated and happy. However it also reports that 26 percent of young American Muslims favor or might favor suicide bombings to defend Islam. And overall only 80 percent of American Muslims condemn suicide bombings for any reason. Here is the news response - (One side of story, followed by a little …

Anyone following it? I'm not going to make it into a large informed topic so that everyone can debate, but does anyone else have an opinion on it? Short summary of bill http://www.onebigdog.net/2007/05/19/immigr...-bill-overview/ I know that I want this bill to be shot down...

Ever since President Truman's decision to drop the bombs to end WWII there has been much debate about whether the atomic bombs were necessary. I open this debate with my strong opinion, and I will back it up with facts as the debate progresses. The decision to drop the bombs was a hard decision, but the right one. Many of you would disagree, I want to hear what you have to say.

Many businesses and organizations (atleast in the US) require the standard drug test on all potential employees even before they are hired. Futhermore, some organizations also allow for random drug testing, where at anytime or for any employee, they may be tested for drugs with their jobs on the line. Do you, TDN users, believe that businesses should be allowed to do that? Or does that kind of policy infringe upon the rights of privacy.

What is your favorite genre of music? Favorite period - Current, 90s, 80s, 70s, 60s? Favorite Band(s)? Favorite Song(s)? What are you listening to right now? 1) Answer questions. 2) Try to justify each one that can be. 3) Why are your favorites better than everybody elses?

okay, im not sure about other countries but this is to do with teh certificated in the UK About 4 Years ago, The Film ratings Were "Pg, U, 12, 15, 18" Now about a year or 2 ago, they changed it to "Pg, U, 12A, 15, 18" Only Difference is the 12A, This means the film is mainly for over 12, But under 12 can go in to see the film with a adult. So the debate is mainly, do you agree with the new 12A. I deffinmetly Don't, Now everytime I want to go to the cinema, go to see a 12A, There is always at least 1 Little kid, screaming or crying or just talking. 12 Films Were places for just people to get rid of the talking kids and watch films. But now they made the …

What do you believe about Human Nature in aspect to good vs. evil? Are humans born selfish, self-centered and "bad"? Are humans born "good"? Or are all human behaviors learned? Are there no innate born behaviors? Can one even determine what is "good" verses "evil"? Post back on any one of the questions above - clearly state what you are posting on. Be constructive. And make sure to come back to reply to what others think on the subject! Edit: You know, I don't have to be the only one who posts topics...

Was just reading Time magazing and came upon this; short and sweet, Should the Bible be taught in Public Schools? Or in a broader sense, should religion be kept out of the public eye? State your opinion and a few reasons why.

Should cloning be allowed on animals or humans? I am not talking about cell cloning or organ cloning. This is about cloning something, not killing it for its parts, and letting it live as a true creature (or human, as the case may be). I was reading an article in school (This cloning did happen 4-5 years ago): This one is only about animal cloning. I think that, while animal cloning is okay under certain circumstances, such as the loss of a beloved pet (You have to actually lose a pet to understand this), human cloning is never okay. My stance is based mostly on my spiritual beliefs, because I believe each person to have a unique soul, and cloning violate…

OMG! I'm going to start a debate topic 1 week and 1/2 now. Hopefully that spurs more activity. Total War Is total war justified between countries? Definition Total war describes an international war in which countries or nations use all of their resources to destroy another organized country's or nation's ability to engage in war. The practice of total war has been in use for centuries, but it was only in the middle to late nineteenth century that total war was recognized as a separate class of warfare. Total war is most easily distinguished from other forms of warfare through a blurring and combining of strategy and grand strategy. Examples of Total Wa…

In the painting contest there has been some debate on who pwns whom more. Metroid Vs. Yoshi. I think Metroid Pwns more but others think Yoshi pwns more. I'll let the world decide. WHO PWNS MORE!

Should the US and Turkey formally recognize the Armenian Genocide as the fault of Turkey? Turkey has denied responsibility since 1920, and this is one of the reasons it has been denied admittance into the EU. The government maintains that the Armenians brought it upon themselves by fighting with the Russians. Talking about the Armenian Genocide is a serious offense in Turkey, and may result in years in prison. Many leading journalists have been inexplicably killed after publishing articles about it. The US Congress has created multiple proposals during the last few presidencies to recognize it, but all were shot down by the president (first Bush Sr, then Clinton, …

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4584065.html What is your reaction to this? Even though the news source may be blowing smoke about this one, do you think that the government is allowed to do this? In fact, should the government be at all allowed to remove your children / regulate child care (throwback to earlier debate). Sorry I haven't been posting a lot recently, I've been quite busy x_x

Well, here we go, my first debate board. Now, we all know that people drive cars. It's beneficial. Then we have the people who turn driving cars, into a nightmare. Take your average car. What do you think is average? I like to think a smaller car. Some people think that average....is the size of this text compared to...the size of this text. Guess what people? Those 3 and a half ton cars aren't normal. Then why do people drive them? to make themselves feel taller? To show that they have money? Because they're bored and everyone else got them? I think its all of these. Guess what, people? You're killing our enviroment every Gas-guzzling car! SUVs are sooo heavy, t…

I could not believe there was not a dog vs. cat debate. Are you a dog or a cat person? Explain why you like one better than the other.

Matt and Samuel will know what im talking about, but maybe not others. Tony Blair wants to lower the age to 17 at which young people can receive long prison sentences for possessing a gun. Do you think this is right Many Gang wars have been breaking out in London, Manchester and most are under the current 21 age limit to receive a long sentence. There have been random shootings going on by this gang, whether they are in a gang or not. In London only this month there has been 4 fatal shootings, which 3 of them were Teenagers and 2 out of the 3 were shot in their own home ! and a 28 year old man was shot dead in Hackney on saturday. Mr Blair also said US…

I know I haven't posted here in the debates forum for a while, but I think this article I read could lead to a great discussion. Well what do you think?

what does valentines day represent. its a day where you give gifts to your loved ones, thats its. BUT isn't that meant to be each day, you should have to share your love each day rather than just one day, so the debate question is: Is Valentines just another scheme for shops to make money? i think so, they acting like you have to buy your loved ones gifts once per year rather than weekly etc. why is valentines even around, there no past history date is there

Been researching rubbish and i came across this http://www.crawford2000.co.uk/maya.htm the mayan theory, apparently we are all gonna die on Deember 21st 2012, great christmas that would be this means thats they would have been very smart about all this lunar stuff there is a whole lot to do with this theory about the end of the world, but is this just another Y2K theory that we would all die and robots would take over when we reach 2000 or does this make some sense. This makes more sense than the Y2k and im reading the article now and it looks very interesting

One of the most formidable problems that teachers need to deal with is unruly and disruptive children. However, for most of us, the teacher is only given rights for "reasonable force" to discipline in the classroom. Most of the time, a teacher that lays a hand on a child will be fired in an instant. This is quite unlike most of the world's schools where a teacher can use any force necessary to control the students. And it probably demonstrates how effective corporal punishment (whipping, hitting) is with students. Anyway, how do you feel about teacher discipline? Should teachers be given the right to use the less-forceful ways of discipline (rapping knuckles, fo…