Topics I'd like to debate.

Not sure how this will go over, since I've seen that this is the hangout for haters of DDO... But it's more hassle than it's worth to make a new one.
Here's a list: (don't revolt because it's a link to DDO)
http://www.debate.org/debates/Topics-Id-Like-to-Debate.-ColeTrain/1/

Hopefully some of these topics will be found of interest to the people of edeb8... and hopefully there will be some engaging debates as a result of this list.
Regardless, it is what it is.

Reposted for the lazy:

The topics are in random order, with my preferred side at the end in (parentheses). They are as follows:

Resolved: A just society ought not use the death penalty as a form of punishment. (Pro)
Resolved: Just governments ought to require that employers pay a living wage. (Con)
Resolved: The federal minimum wage should be raised to $15 an hour. (Con)
Resolved: On balance, the War on Terror was beneficial. (Con)
Resolved: The dropping of the atomic bombs to end WW2 was justified. (Con)
Resolved: Adolescents ought to have the right to make autonomous medical decisions. (Con)
Resolved: The United States should implement a mandatory vaccination policy. (Con)
Resolved: Just governments ought to presume consent for organ procurement from the deceased. (Con)
Resolved: Marijuana should be legalized on a federal level. (Con)
Resolved: On balance, violent video games are harmful. (Pro)
Resolved: The community college route should be preferred to the university route. (Pro)
Resolved: Common Core education standards should be implemented on a federal level. (Con)
Resolved: Just governments ought to ensure food security for its citizens.
Resolved: The United States ought to promote democracy in the Middle East. (Pro)
Resolved: Immigration ought to be recognized as a human right. (Con)
Resolved: The United States should replace the electoral college with direct elections. (Con)
Resolved: Prayer should be permitted in public schools. (Pro)
Resolved: The United States should return to the gold standard. (Con)
Resolved: The United States should tighten gun laws. (Con)
Resolved: Military training for adolescents should be compulsory. (Con)
Resolved: Targeted killing is a morally permissible foreign policy tool. (Con)
Resolved: Individuals have a moral obligation to assist people in need. (Pro)
Resolved: States ought not to possess nuclear weapons. (Pro)
Resolved: Military conscription is unjust. (Pro)
Resolved: Secondary education in America should value the fine arts over athletics. (Pro)
Resolved: The United States ought to value global concerns above its own national concerns. (Con)

Less likely, but the following are still potential topics I'd be willing to debate:

Resolved: On balance, the British conquest of Native lands was justified. (Pro)
Resolved: The United States should construct a fence along the southern border. (Pro)
Resolved: The United States should implement a flat tax system. (Pro)
Resolved: Just governments should permit homeschooling for education. (Pro)
Resolved: Just governments should permit assisted suicide. (Con)
Resolved: Capitalism is preferable to socialism. (Pro)
Resolved: Public school uniforms should be banned. (Pro)
Resolved: Resolved: In a democracy, voting should be compulsory. (Con/Pro)
Resolved: Oppressive government is more desirable than no government. (Con)

admin: Lol, alright.

admin: Would you be interested in any of them?

ColeTrain: When my current death penalty debate is over, sure! I debate pretty much everything.

admin: Sweet. I might contact you regarding one or more of them.

admin: " On balance, the British conquest of Native lands was justified.
I hail from a British colony.. but i don't know how justified it was, people are rigid, what happens in the Kingdom should be felt in the colony... hmm?

Victor M: It's a fair point. I'm pretty sure at least half of all countries can justifiably call themselves former British colonies - I'm from one too.

I tend to find most arguments presenting a justification are based more around a general model of Westernization, as opposed to defending the British Empire specifically.

The French and the British never actually ruled as much as we believe they did,

They had large territorial claims, but to the native people's they were mostly baseless.

France, which unlike Britain, focused primarily on setting up puppet rulers in existing nations rather than establishing forts on unclaimed lands.

Also I hate when people call the US a former British colony.

Less than 10% of the population or so actually descended from the original Americans.

Blackflag: I don't think the makeup of the population has anything to do with it. Everyone in New Zealand agrees New Zealand is a former Maori country, despite hardly any of us actually being that.

ColeTrain: I will take any topic on the list as pro or con. I only request that I have three days to look at the topic beforehand.

ColeTrain: Would you like to do one of them around now?

admin: Which one? Maybe.

ColeTrain: Up to you really.

admin: Well, I really don't know. Make some suggestions, and if I don't want any of those, I'll give some myself.

ColeTrain: The United States should tighten gun laws.
How about that one?

admin: Hm. Maybe... definitely would need to reword the resolution...

ColeTrain: It's your resolution from the list above!

Just pick one

admin: Yeah, I know. I just realize now though how subjective it is, and how much it could be manipulated.

okay. Give me a minute to choose.