Comments on: January 2008 Public Forum Debate Topic Announced

By: sammi

sammi — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:31:08 +0000

ok buddies…im really tired of all this LD stuff goin on in my PFD! i want pf back…i didnt join pfd to debate topics like this…lets boycott this! haha well atleast we are gettin away from ld and into Russia…anybody else think we should just bomb Russia and take care of any threat? haha

By: cappedinliberty

cappedinliberty — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:10:54 +0000

The idea of disregarding a republic because it’s not a true democracy is very silly, virtually no true democracy has ever existed (Athens had such a limited citizenship that they were definitely less representational of the people than the US) and so the resolution implies a government that functions on democratic ideals — like a republic.

Pro is pretty straightforward what with the seventies and all, Con is the tricky part. All i can think of is that while civil disobedience is awesome in a tyrannical situation, more responsible alternatives (i.e. the electoral process) exist in a democracy that serve as a more accessible and appropriate weapon.
Or maybe, if you wanted to be weird, you could say that civil disobedience, especially in the US, has become so overused that it’s usually never even covered by the media anymore, and so it has lost most of it’s functionality.

What do you think?

By: unknown

unknown — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:02:42 +0000

In response to ben.….
atcually, i don’t think it will be easier to define democracy as a ‘true democracy’ in ur pro argument because a lot of examples of beneficial civil disobedience movements of the past were not under true democracies. For instance, the civil rights movement is a good example of a beneficial civil disobedience movement, but it was not under a true democracy because the african americans did not have equal rights.

By: Debating Jesus

Debating Jesus — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:04:58 +0000

it doesn’t say “true” democracy in the res, and a federal constitutional republic falls under that umbrella of a democracy.

By: cary

cary — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:19:26 +0000

very ldish this is so much better the last months topic

By: unknown

unknown — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:03:58 +0000

Did Martin Luther King actually engage in civil disobedience, meaning, did he actually break the law.…or did he simply make speeches and convince society that segregation was wrong (without breaking the law)?

By: ben

ben — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:16:01 +0000

arguing topicality will never work.
you guys should probably stick to legitimate arguments..
to say [on NEG] that a true democracy doesn’t exist is silly..
most arguments are hypothetical..
on the NEG side you have to argue what is actual [like real examples]
and on the PRO side it’s easier to say “in a TRUE democracy..”

By: No more master-debater jokes....

No more master-debater jokes.... — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:42:50 +0000

This debate will come down to modern versus 1776 philosophy, enjoy.

By: BOB the Sponge with Square Pants

BOB the Sponge with Square Pants — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:28:23 +0000

I love this topic..especially when I’m on neg…YAY!

By: hardy martyyy

hardy martyyy — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:40:33 +0000

this topic makes me love my lifeeeeeeeeeee. floooo..montyyyyyyy. yeahhhhhhh.

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