Pick a topic and I will argue with you

[Torrasque]

Oooo I am bookmarking this to read later, it shall provide plenty of luls.
Hmmm... Oh wow, I'm surprised no one has tackled this one yet:

God does not exist.

I'm interested in seeing how you deal with this one.

That is something that can never be proven.

See, if an omnipotent being wants to not be found, he's obviously never going to be found. Similarly, if such a being can create the universe in its' present form, then logically he would now enough about how it works to manipulate it subtly enough as to not be noticed.

Finally, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Well done, I am entirely ok with your argument
From what I've seen from your various other arguments, I judged that something like this would have been your reply. I'm glad to hear an entirely logical defence on this subject considering the non-logic that religion and belief in an omnipotent being usually incurs.

 

[Euryalus]

Well, okay, one ground rule:

No paradoxes. Seriously, you guys will make my brain explode.

Aww... And here I was ready to jump in with "You started a thread on the Escapist forums in which you argue with people."

He didn't choose the thread topic, the thread topic chose him?

OT: Free will is an illusion. All events in it are dictated by replicator clowns

 

[mjcabooseblu]

It is impossible to argue for the censorship of profanity without some sort of logical fallacy (most common of which are the slippery slope fallacy and appeal to emotion.)

Most private settings expect at least some degree of 'decency' from the employees and customers that go there. If, for example, you were to go to a restaurant and proceed to bellow out your conversations at ten times normal volume, you would likely be thrown out for the impoliteness you are showing everyone else there. There are several different expressions of disrespect that won't be tolerated in the interests of keeping a pleasant place.

Now, profanity is, by its' very nature, rude. I think most would agree that randomly throwing it into your statements will throw people off at the very least. It usually implies either disrespect or familiarity with the person you're talking to, and when talking to people you only know in a professional setting, or people you don't know at all, the only way they'll think to take it is as disrespect, and like most such signs, will not be tolerated.

I will admit fully that I only came here to be proven right. I never pass up a good chance to toot my own dick.

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

Obama's birth certificate was doctored.

State and federal documents from the 1960s did not utilize the word 'African' to describe race. Specifically the federal authorities ignore it completely except when used as a location and State documents from Hawaii either list the race as Negro/Negroid or more recently list it as Black(Non-Hispanic.) The term African had to have been added on later, as society has become more obsessed with political correctness as of the past 15-20 years.

 

[BaronUberstein]

I personally find mint chocolate chip ice cream to be delicious.

PROVE. ME. WRONG.

 

[the darknees abyss]

Your awesome now argue why your not.

 

[slypizza]

people love controversy don't they...

 

[rednose1]

Trading a little liberty for a little security is a horrible idea, and unfortunately one that the world governments seem to flock to.

 

[Saladfork]

On topic: Nerd culture has become diluted in recent years, as evidenced by the fact that the thread got to two pages before somebody made the obvious Monty Python reference. Your move.

Monty Python is often treated in the same way the 'cake is a lie' thing is. It's been so ridiculously overused that it reached the point of oversaturation. I'd be willing to bet that, for example, upon learning the title of Dragon Age 3, quite a lot of people thought of a particular ony Python sketch regarding inquisition, but most of the didn't post it because they figured everyone else thought of it as well.

OT: Murder is a horrible crime that should be opposed and punished.

1) Murder is the expression of evolutionary selective pressure in modern society. If allowed, we could weed out the stupid and the weak and strengthen our society as a whole.
2) If everyone had to fear being murdered by random strangers there would probably be a lot fewer assholes in the world.

Well, I'll leave a couple wisecracks to the OP for some of the stances, but for now, can you adopt the counter point to:

I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt?

I was going to talk about the weather before I saw you were from Ontario.

Still, no matter how sexy you may or may not be, unless you're Nicholas Cage I would personally prefer you keep your shirt on.

While your other counter arguements have seemed pretty well done, I must say this counter arguement hardly seems countering, only saying others could have also been as influential as him to do the same job. Hardly a refute, more of a qualify.

Oay, how about this:

The only way hitler has ever been influential in modern politics is by people not wanting to be like him. Admitting to taking inspiration from him in any sort of political sense is pretty much political suicide.

His policies are largely considered ineffective for the most part and he would have been largely forgotten by now if weren't for all the war crimes.

 

[repeating integers]

1) Murder is the expression of evolutionary selective pressure in modern society. If allowed, we could weed out the stupid and the weak and strengthen our society as a whole.
2) If everyone had to fear being murdered by random strangers there would probably be a lot fewer assholes in the world.

*switches cruelty-o-meter to MAXIMUM POWER*

Rape is a horrible crime that should be opposed and punished.

 

[George Barrow]

Having a piece of poop forced into your throat is a bad thing.

Your move

 

[Saladfork]

Fair enough, except that the small playerbase of any region other than Japan, which has about the same prices as EU but is naturally locked by language anyway, practically breaks the multiplayer. Armoured Core V has a persistent online territory system that works well in Japan, but basically gives way to boosting and grinding everywhere else due to a predictable lack of players. Furthermore, you can import the game and play on that region's server, and Australia (part of EU) is not region locked within itself, allowing me to import a copy for even my own region at about half the price.

I'd argue that's a proble with the impleentation ore than the concept. If there aren't enough players per region, then they should have consolidated some of them to create bigger playerbases, or failing that, perhaps try marketing the game better.

Hydreigon is the best pokemon ever, second only to Chandelure in pure, unadulterated power and utility.

Chandelure is mediocre at best. It has a very good special attack, but its' low speed and defences cripple it against anyone who knows what they're doing, and if they manage to get a stealth roc out, you might as well consider it dead already. You might be able to use it as a revenge killer with a choice scarf, but one kill before dying is about the best you can hope for.

Hydreigon is indeed awesome. His special attack nearly matches Chandelure's, with much better speed as well as a respectable attac stat allowing it to take advantage of physical attacks as well, such as superpower. It is not, however, the best. It is difficult to counter, true, but it has a waekness to one of the most common attack types, fighting, and it can be easy to revenge kill if your opponent happens to know that your favourite type is dragon, that more than half of your pokemon are dragons and thus specially breeds a Jolteon with an ice hidden power to completely sweep you.

Not that that's happened to me or anything.

I'd say that hydreigon is my second favourite; the first is Garchomp.
Garchomp has stab on both Outrage and Earthquake, which gives him extremely good neutral coverage at least. His speed is extremely good, his attack is ridiculous, his ability gives him evasion if you get a sandstorm (which, if you happen to use a Tyranitar, is going to be often) and he can learn both swords dance and dragon dance to boost hiself if you get a free turn, after which hell be nigh unstoppable.

There's a reason Smogon had him in the Uber tier.

All art is subjective, and there's no such thing as an objectively good work of art

...And I don't hate myself for saying this just to see what you'd say!

There are some pieces of art that are universally considered bad. See Birdemic, The Room, anos: The Hands of Fate, A Serbian Film, and so on. If every opinion on a certain work is the same, is it still subjective? If there isn't a single person espousing it as good (as opposed to 'so bad it's good), then is it still subjective at all?

 

[Baron von Blitztank]

A Serbian Film is a sexy, sexy movie and I don't get why people look like they're about to puke when I mention the erotic content.

Your move.

 

[RJ Dalton]

The sky is blue.

Your argument?

 

[thesilentman]

Okay, let's see. Ah! All assholes are redeemable in some way, shape, or form. It could be with a simple apology, or with their life. Check, and your move.