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I was going to call them the "Ten Commandments" but felt someone might be offended 의해 that (either a religious person thinking I'm blasphemous 또는 a secularist thinking I'm showing a bias towards religion. Lose, lose, 당신 see). Also, I couldn't come up with ten rules.

So instead, observe the Golden Rules of the 토론 Spot.

1) RESPECT your fellow debaters. They believe what they do for a reason just like 당신 do. As opposed to simply trying to explain why they're wrong, explain your point of view and LISTEN to theirs. If 당신 find 당신 simply just cannot understand their views, 또는 that they will...

So, many of 당신 are aware of the rumor floating arround that the world will end tonight at 6:00 PM. I just have a few things to say about these "End of The World" theories, becasue they're really getting on my nervs.

I just want to say that first off, for those of 당신 who do belive the world will end tonight, 또는 in 2012, 또는 whatever, I mean no disrespect to you. I also don't mean any disrespect to people's religious beliefs that say the things I'm about to adress.



So, yesterday afternoon I heard that there is yet another prediction for the world ending. First it was the 년 2000, then the...

This is a 토론 seed, and was last edited on 8 April 2008.

As a 팬 of debate, I've often railed at the absence of actual 토론 in the 토론 spot. Therefore I present a 질문 for debate:

Are mechanical pencils 또는 wooden pencils better?

Cinders has done a marvelous job of initiating a number of formal limited debates, so I propose a different type of 토론 format for this one. For this, the Great Pencil Debate, the following 토론 attributes will apply:

Non-judged

Open-ended

Participatory

Moderated

What these mean:

Non-judged is a 토론 format wherein there are no judges...

In our world today, global warming is a growing issue. Global warming (according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary) is an increase in the earth's atmospheric and oceanic temperatures widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse effect resulting especially from pollution. This means we must take action. This is a method commonly known as "going green." We do this 의해 riding bikes, using public transportation, reycleing, and much more. This is common for big cities like New York City, New York 또는 Chicago, Illionois- but what about the smaller towns?



I live in Joplin,...