The Debate Resource Thread

[BLARGistania]

In the interest of making the debates in the general forum for intelligent, civil, and informative to read, Euroslavia and I (BLARGistania) have decided to present a combined thread on resources for debating. Listed below are topics (in bold), subheadings for pro and con arguments, and the basics (in italics) underneath those are the weblinks to good sources for debate topics. They are drawn from news articles, opinion pieces, legislature, and other debates. If you come across any sources you would like to donate, please post them and I will do my best to get all of them into the listing.

Thank you for helping make NS a more intelligent place.



I have started with Gay marriage, tomorrow may be abortion, then we'll move into other topics like nuclear arms, euthansia, seperation of church/state and so on. Any topic is welcome to become sourced here.

Gay Marriage
The Basics
Defense of Marriage Act - 1996
The DOMA map
Marraige Laws in Major Countries

Pro-gay Marriage
Responses to Religious Arguments
Web-blog on why gay Marraige should be legal
Why Gay Marriage should be legal

Anti-Gay Marriage
The Deciet of Gay Marriage
The Secular Argument Against Gay Marriage
So Called Marriage

Abortion
The Basics
Some basic facts (pro-life perspective)
Some more basic facts (fairly unbiased)

Pro-Choice Arguments
Basic Pro-Choice Arguments
A Decent Summary of Pro-Choice Positions
A Short Essay on Pro-Choice

Pro-Life Arguments
Critque of Pro-Choice Arguments
Rebuttal of Common Pro-Choice Statements
Annihilating Arguments for Abortion


Euthanasia
The basics
The Definitions of Euthanasia
Short History of Euthanasia
Euthanasia FAQs

Pro-Euthanasia Arguments
3 Basic Arguments for Euthanasia
Moral Argument for Euthanasia
Article Arguing for Euthanasia


Anti-Euthanasia Arguments
4 Basic Arguments Against Euthanasia
Arguments against Living Will
AMA Opinion on Assisted Suicide

Evolution vs Creationism
The Basics
Brief History of Evolutionism Argument
A "Brief" History of American Creationism

Evolutionary Arguments
Brief Evolutionist Overview
Brief History With Plenty of Links
Social Evolution in the 19th Century


Creatonist Arguments
Critique of Evolutionary Arguments
List of Creationist Arguments w/ Supporting Links
Various Creationist Essays and Articles


Flat tax/Progressive Tax
The Basics
Basic overview of US Taxes
Progressive Income Tax Table
Links to tax sites

Progressive Tax Arguments (PIT)
Definition + two basic arguments for (scroll down)
Case for PIT
Link Site for PIT research

Flat tax Arguments
Overview of Flaws in PIT
Case for Flat Tax (British) PDF
NCPA Flat Tax, Basic Arguments

[Panhandlia]

Thank you for helping make NS a more intelligent place.

Skapedroe has been banned??

[BLARGistania]

Skapedroe has been banned??

lol. Not quite as far as I know. Good to see you Pan.

[BLARGistania]

[bump]

[Neo-Anarchists]

Ooh, nice thread.

[Dementedus_Yammus]

[bump]

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[BLARGistania]

[bump] again

[Panhandlia]

lol. Not quite as far as I know. Good to see you Pan.

Always a pleasure to rile up the lefties!

[BLARGistania]

Always a pleasure to rile up the lefties!

Hey, I think I'm doing a good job here of being balanced in my soucres given.

[Shaed]

Ngh, that 'Annihilating Arguments for Abortion' site is appalling. 'Painful procedure' my arse (no pain receptors = no pain, people. Honestly. The only one in pain is the mother).

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Putting my smoldering pro-choice-ness aside, that's a pretty spiffy list of sources. Lots to debate, I'm sure. I'd give you a gold star, but I don't have a copy of that picture.

*gives BLARGistania an imaginary gold star instead*

[BLARGistania]

*yay*

I'm expanding it as fast as I can.

[Panhandlia]

Hey, I think I'm doing a good job here of being balanced in my soucres given.

I didn't say you weren't doing a good job...

[BLARGistania]

I didn't say you weren't doing a good job...

I know, I just had to throw that in to get a compliment out of you (HA!).

If you want to throw anything in for me to list, go for it, I'm looking for anything.

[Shaed]

If you want to throw anything in for me to list, go for it, I'm looking for anything.

Evolution vs Creationism? Or did you want actual sources to list?

[Panhandlia]

I know, I just had to throw that in to get a compliment out of you (HA!).

If you want to throw anything in for me to list, go for it, I'm looking for anything.

Hopefully the thread will survive till the weekend...I am currently swamped with work.