NationStates Jolt Archive

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 (http://www.lectlaw.com/files/leg23.htm)
The DOMA map (http://www.domawatch.org/stateissues/index.html)
Marraige Laws in Major Countries (http://usmarriagelaws.com/search/alternative_lifestyles/same_sex_marriage/gay_laws_around_the_world_/index.shtml)

Pro-gay Marriage
Responses to Religious Arguments (http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/phil/blphil_eth_gaym.htm)
Web-blog on why gay Marraige should be legal (http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2000/07/thoughts_on_gay_marriage.shtml)
Why Gay Marriage should be legal (http://www.bidstrup.com/marriage.htm)

Anti-Gay Marriage
The Deciet of Gay Marriage (http://www.boundless.org/2000/features/a0000307.html)
The Secular Argument Against Gay Marriage (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1082190/posts)
So Called Marriage (http://www.boundless.org/regulars/office_hours/a0000865.html)

Abortion
The Basics
Some basic facts (pro-life perspective) (http://www.abortionfacts.com/abortion/q_facts.asp)
Some more basic facts (fairly unbiased) (http://www.cbrinfo.org/Resources/fastfacts.html)

Pro-Choice Arguments
Basic Pro-Choice Arguments (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3861/is_200003/ai_n8881714)
A Decent Summary of Pro-Choice Positions (http://www.wcla.org/articles/procon.html)
A Short Essay on Pro-Choice (http://www.studyworld.com/newsite/ReportEssay/SocialIssues/Abortion%5CAbortion__Pro-Choice-38643.htm)

Pro-Life Arguments
Critque of Pro-Choice Arguments (http://www.equip.org/free/DA370.htm)
Rebuttal of Common Pro-Choice Statements (http://www.pregnantpause.org/abort/choicarg.htm)
Annihilating Arguments for Abortion (http://afgen.com/abort.html)


Euthanasia
The basics
The Definitions of Euthanasia (http://www.euthanasia.com/definitions.html)
Short History of Euthanasia (http://www.euthanasia.com/historyeuthanasia.html)
Euthanasia FAQs (http://www.internationaltaskforce.org/faq.htm)

Pro-Euthanasia Arguments
3 Basic Arguments for Euthanasia (http://www.euthanasia.com/reasonsforeuthanasia.html)
Moral Argument for Euthanasia (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/euthanasia-voluntary/#Fiv)
Article Arguing for Euthanasia (http://www.globalchange.com/euthandt.htm)


Anti-Euthanasia Arguments
4 Basic Arguments Against Euthanasia (http://www.euthanasia.com/argumentsagainsteuthanasia.html)
Arguments against Living Will (http://seniors-site.com/legalm/euthanas.html)
AMA Opinion on Assisted Suicide (http://www.pregnantpause.org/euth/amagomez.htm)

Evolution vs Creationism
The Basics
Brief History of Evolutionism Argument (http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-fact.html)
A "Brief" History of American Creationism (http://www.asa3.org/ASA/resources/CMBergman.html)

Evolutionary Arguments
Brief Evolutionist Overview (http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/evolutionism.htm)
Brief History With Plenty of Links (http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/E/Ev/Evolutionism.htm)
Social Evolution in the 19th Century (http://www.as.ua.edu/ant/Faculty/murphy/evol.htm)


Creatonist Arguments
Critique of Evolutionary Arguments (http://www.intelligentdesign.org/menu/evolution/evolution.htm)
List of Creationist Arguments w/ Supporting Links (http://wiki.cotch.net/index.php/List_of_creationist_arguments)
Various Creationist Essays and Articles (http://atheism.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fic.net%2F%7Eerasmus%2FRAZ15.HTM)


Flat tax/Progressive Tax
The Basics
Basic overview of US Taxes (http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=5746&sequence=0)
Progressive Income Tax Table (http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/P65057.asp)
Links to tax sites (http://www.taxsites.com/federal.html)

Progressive Tax Arguments (PIT)
Definition + two basic arguments for (scroll down) (http://www.answers.com/topic/progressive-tax)
Case for PIT (http://www.proaxis.com/~randau2/taxes/proport.htm)
Link Site for PIT research (http://www.virtualology.com/virtualpubliclibrary/halloftaxes/progressivetax.net/)

Flat tax Arguments
Overview of Flaws in PIT (http://www.urban.org/pubs/TaxJustice/intro.htm)
Case for Flat Tax (British) PDF (http://www.adamsmith.org/pdf/flattax.pdf)
NCPA Flat Tax, Basic Arguments (http://www.ncpa.org/pi/taxes/pd053100a.html)

Thank you for helping make NS a more intelligent place.

Skapedroe has been banned??

Skapedroe has been banned??
lol. Not quite as far as I know. Good to see you Pan.

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Ooh, nice thread.

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lol. Not quite as far as I know. Good to see you Pan.
Always a pleasure to rile up the lefties!

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.

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*

*yay*

I'm expanding it as fast as I can.

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...

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.

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? :p

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.

I'm going for actual sources. The thread will survive cause I'm going to keep updating it and hopefully it will get stickified.

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Here's a link to a sceptical run down of irreducable complexity/intelligent design. I found it pretty interesting.

http://www.talkdesign.org/faqs/icdmyst/ICDmyst.html

Skapedroe has been banned??Meh... TRA's been banned, whatever he was next was banned, MKULTRA was banned... We even keep him around a few months after we figure out his current incarnation. The only thing that'll make him go away is when people laugh at him quietly instead of posting about it.

Meh... TRA's been banned, whatever he was next was banned, MKULTRA was banned... We even keep him around a few months after we figure out his current incarnation. The only thing that'll make him go away is when people laugh at him quietly instead of posting about it.

TRA is MKULTRA is Skapedroe

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TRA is MKULTRA is SkapedroeIs now shadyfiend. You're behind the times, man. If you can guess, within a month, how long he'll still be shady, I'll forgive this transgression. (My guess- He'll last through the summer, prolly mid-august before he's rebanned).

I'm still sure he was someone between being TRA and MKULTRA, too.