Best Debates by Subject

So with people looking at old debates for the HoF, this seems like a good time to compile a larger must read list for different categories and subjects.

This would ideally serve to help people researching whatever topics in future. They would not exclusively need to be HoF worthy.

Of course there are broad categories, but also sub-categories therein (which can be expanded out as the list grows).

Depending on the size of the list, the format will probably change.

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My best debate: atheists holds the BoP

Wonder if it is good enough but it is good at least.

Resolved: The US should institute congressional term limits.

bsh1 vs. blamonkey

A masterpiece between two of DART's best debaters. Whiteflame and I wrote lengthy essays for RFDs. I thought it was a tie and Whiteflame thought blamonkey won by virtue of a single point, which shows how close this debate was. 

You have return once again!

i haven't had a single good debate :/

well maybe that one with oromagi but i lost hard

That's a pretty good one, on a subject that will never die.

It's a pretty good example of the problem with "should" statements. Still, nice evidence for the premise that they are at fault.

For the moment, yes.

me and chris for the earth is old-https://www.debateart.com/debates/1100-the-earth-is-older-than-6-10k-years-old

Admittedly, I look back on that one and shudder at my old debate style. It was bad. 

LOL same

There's something to be said for uncut gems.

On that topic I remember one on that subject with Virt and I ended up trying to make sense of it by calculating the population numbers they were talking about... I am not sure what possessed me to do that much work, I think it was something about how fundamental it became to the debates, but it kept shifting inside the debate.

That subject is one I will no longer be debating... It was fun at the time, but in retrospect I feel like I took part in a Flat Earth Conspiracy theory by even touching it. In truth, I'm pretty unopinionated on the matter. A solid "I don't know" suffices for my position.

Anyone have any good offerings on the abortion topic? Particularly any where the pro-life side won?

Vector and I had one that was very well debated on both sides. https://www.debateart.com/debates/2211-legalized-abortion

Welcome back sir!

For the moment at least lol

Thanks.

ah yes, the human population argument-too many variables to get a solid calculation

also semperfortis won his abortion debates, in case you were looking for pro life victories

Only problem was that the outcome in all was a foregone conclusion due to opponents forfeiting or conceding. Still one of them should be included as an honorable mention, due to his amazing framing of things into logical form.

Which of these do you think is best?

true they did all forfiet or waive

A little off topic, but can anyone think of any crazy moments that should be immortalized?

Doesn't have to be whole debates, could be a comment, a vote, a forum post, a running joke, anything.

Oromagi's series of debates with ramdatt. Since he knew ramdatt wasn't going to reply, he joked around with the resolutions.  There were four such debates, two of which had similar topics and therefore the same reply from oromagi.  "If you want constructive information about the coronavirus, listen to Andrew Cuomo" became a debate about whether Andrew Cuomo could offer good info about construction during the coronavirus to oromagi. A debate about "WHO," as in the World Health Organization, became a debate about WHO the radio station. A debate about the now former president of Liberty U Jerry Falwell became a debate about Jerry Falwell, septic tank installer.

Anyone have any good debates which centered on a logical fallacy?

Don't know how I'd rate it in terms of quality, but it is a logical fallacy.

Perfect!