BR 11/18/13
In my own opinion, I don't care if people want to have a prayer before a meeting, or game, or anything. It might offend other people, but not me. I'm not an extremely religious person anyway, so prayer or no prayer doesn't matter to me.

Maggie & Jesse Miller vs. Cierra & Aaron debate #3
Euthanasia

Affirmative:
Its your choice
47% of democrats support
51% of republicans support

Negative:
You could make a wrong choice, and become depressed
Considered murder

Crossfire:
It will cause pain around everyone around you.
Its inhumane
If you want to die, you should be allowed to die willingly.
Doctors must approve that you are in the means to commit to assisted death.

Negative Revival:
Other people are affected by the willing or any death of someone around them.
It is a copout to deal with problems.

Affirmative Revival:
You must meet certain requirements,
Its a personal choice.

Negative Closing:
They feel that you shouldn't jump to conclusion with a willing death.

Affirmative Closing:
They feel that you should not suffer if you want to die, you should be allowed to choose to end it or not.

BR 11/13/13
1.) Disagree. If you want to be a trainer to a killer whale and you are completely aware of the risks, and still want to be a trainer; more power to ya.
2.) I think it is the right of the trainer to decide. If they want to work with a killer animal, they should be allowed to by their own personal choice.

BR 11/12/13
If I was the hunter that fell out of the tree and was injured like he was, I honestly don't know how I would handle it. I don't want to live off a machine and end up becoming someone's problem just to be taken care of, but I think deciding to end my life right after I got married, and my wife was pregnant. I don't know what I would do. This story really did break my heart though, and I'm glad I wasn't the one making the decision.

BR 11/6/13
    I do not agree with Kmart's decision. I think that it will be a waste for them to be open, I mean honestly, how much business will they get? I feel like they should be closed, or only open from 6-12 so people have an oppurtunity to eat with their families. Now I'm all about black Friday, so as long as they are open and ready for that, I'm good.

     I can't even voice my opinion enough about how angry all this makes me. I feel like there should be no laws, or hate on gay rights/marriage. Why does it matter anymore? Times have changed so much that we need to move on and legalize gay marriage, and treat all people equally.

BR 11/4/13
1.) It will make it more difficult for people to vote and to choose who they want.
2.) Maybe, depending on how they look at it.

Greg & Hunter vs. Dakota & Dylan debate #1
Should the drinking age be lowered to 18?

Affirmative:
Legally an adult.
Can be in military and fight for your country.
Make own decisions about other serious things.
Can suffer real consequences when commit a crime, or break the law.
Kids are in college at age 18, they drink anyway, why not make it legal?

Negative:
More at risk for kidney failure.
Your brain isn't fully developed at the age of 18.
Going to the military is your choice.
It has saved many lives because the legal age is 21.

Crossfire:
It can cause the same consequences no matter what your age.
It's a choice to drink either if you're 18 or 21.
More people choose to drink at age 18 because drinking may be sporadic, rather than being able to get alcohol whenever they can.

Negative Revival:
It has saved many lives with the drinking age being 21.

Affirmative Revival:
Drinking is a choice, whether you are 18 or 21. You are a legal adult in everything else's eyes, you should be able to drink.

Negative Closing:
It is too risky for everyone's sake. At the age of 18 most kids are still in high school so it would cause too many problems.

Affirmative Closing:
Most of the alcohol will be out of your system by the time of school. Kids are going to drink whether they are underage or not, why not lower it to make it less of a habit because alcohol will always be an option.



 

BR 11/1/13
1.) No, not in any way. This kid was playing a harmless joke and ended up getting shot.
2.) It says that society is disgusting and we must be completely oblivious. We are willing to shoot a kid over throwing toilet paper on a principals house, but we are going to let people get away with real crimes? Doesn't make sense.

BR 10/31/13
1.) I do think it was a little harsh but necessary. People should be warned about being obese and letting them know that their children could follow in the same footsteps.
2.) Yes, becasue it's a freedom of speech.

Assignment 10/30/13

Cartoon 1
Rates Doubled
It's showing how much debt people are in because the student loans rate went up.
Symbol- college

Cartoon 2
Door Jam
The government shut down and not reopening until they want.
Symbol- The door is the shutdown not letting anyone past it.

Cartoon 3
Schools and Guns
No matter what school or how the school may seem, it is not safe no matter what and that there has been so many gun shootings in schools.
Symbol- The gun in the book is symbolizing a school shooting.

Cartoon 4
Redskins Name Consequence
Changing the name of the Redskins is a bad idea.
Labeling- The label in the waiting rooms shows how many people are waiting to complain.

Cartoon 5
Obamacare Disaster
Obamacare is a mess and should be defunded.
Symbol- The flat tires symbolizes the flat belief and no one supports Obamacare

BR 10/30/13
1.) The voter rate increases tremendoulsy.
2.) Yes.
3.) It will have more people voting and choosing what they like and what they want. It could even thr votes out or increase ones votes.