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A Question of National Security

Hi all,

I'm in a quandary. I have a vacuum cleaner that is dirty and needs to be cleaned. We all know vacuum cleaners can be used to clean other things, like floors, upholstery, carpet etc., but can a vacuum cleaner be used to clean itself? There are so many unknowns here. Will it cause a chain reaction, or something similar? Will it upset the balance of nature? Or, worst of all, create a black hole and suck everything in it? What would be the best way to clean it? I need your help

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Buy a second vacuum cleaner and you will be able to use one to clean the other. I always thought that you Yanks had the wherewithal and know how to overcome such dilemmas yourselves, ha, only a wee joke.

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I see merit in your argument. I have a 2 story house and could use a second one for the upstairs and save myself the hassle of lugging the one I have up and down all the time. That way I could use each to clean the other safely. Problem solved. Thanks for your input.

PS - One more question reigns supreme in my mind: Do I lug the downstairs vac up, or carry the upstairs one down?

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Antrim(1287) Clarified
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Neither, sell house, move to bungalow and get yourself a Swiss Army ''Wife''.

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Unlike the british idiot (No offense to the british idiot intended) I understand this question.

Here is what we should do. We should have a special branch of government that has the power to investigate and arrest all offices of the other branches of government but besides that they can't do anything.

In turn this branch will submit only to the sole highest ruler of the land. That way, if we have a good ruler, the vacuam cleaner can wash itself but if we get a bad one we are screwed.

This sounds pretty bad until you realise that in a democracy even if the leader is good, the country is still screwed since many other offices of lesser but still considerable power, if corrupt, can hamper the ability of the leader.

Democracy: We have one medium cog and a hundred little cogs, all working together. If one or two little cogs stop working, the other little cogs will still work but since the whole machine is inextricably linked, the medium cog will have a hard time functioning.

So that if the medium cog wants to get rid of the two little cogs (execution for corruption) the little cogs outvote him or at least tie up the process so long that by the time the little cogs get destroyed the replacements have already broken down.

Dictatorship: We have one giant cog which controls everything. If it breaks down we are screwed but if it works we'll be fine.

So you see, government can regulate itself in a dictatorship IF you have a leader who loves his country, while a democratic government has no hope for regulation even if more than half its officials are good.

To sum things up, we need a special secret police arrest branch. Not to spy on and arrest the people as what is conventionally thought of of the secret police but a police to investigate and arrest politicians.

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Antrim(1287) Disputed
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No you dumb ass Yank. Please feel free to take offense as it was fully intended. Although, as a result of your arrested intellect, you didn't realize that you have just proposed the use of a second vacuum cleaner, which is, metaphorically speaking, your embarrassingly juvenile and smugly presented drivel about a special branch of government. You dummies already have branches of government inspecting branches of government which in turn inspects the inspectors of government branches. Did you not know that? You've been living on the moon too long old bean, try visiting earth more regularly. I note your proposed solution, which you have just been keeping in your back pocket for safe keeping all these years, includes the use of the ''highly original''!! illustration of large cogs and small cogs and how a malfunctioning small cog can cause the entire machine to cease operating efficiently, wowee, that's a wonderful parallel, which by the way went out with Nelson's eye, roars of laughter from the back stalls. Your form of government, which strictly speaking isn't a true democracy, ( check it out you benighted imbecile,) doesn't allow for the President to be all powerful. Do we Irish have to tell you Yanks everything? Your repetitive ranting about cogs is a clear indication that you have a few missing cogs where most people have brains. If ever there was a fractured, meaningless load of pretentious gibberish you've just excreted it. Is your mouth always brown when you speak? It's truly amazing that you appear to believe that a broken down buffoon like you, with a head full of seized up cogs, honestly believes he has the answer to the biggest problem which has been plaguing governing bodies/administrations since the formation of the first primitive tribe, of which you're a classic example. ''We need a special police arrest branch''. Man, man oh man, are you for real? Are you really one of those American's whose brilliant scientists put a man on the moon decades ago and continiues to hold the position as the greatest and most powerful nation on earth? Naa, That just could not be true. Why don't you go yodeling up the canyon or some other mindless pursuit more commensurate with your blatantly obvious stupidity?

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1-26-14-25(87) Disputed
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1. I am not American, I HATE AMERICA, so please don't call me a yank. XD

2. I did not realise that was what you meant when you said 2nd vacuam cleaner. Learn to express yourself in a more direct manner.

3. Uhh...how are the cogs theory unoriginal? I'm pretty sure I came up with that to illustrate the stupidity and futility of democracy. I am pro-dictatorship.

4. It's not my government because i'm not American. But in any case the US government is terrible.

5. To arrest the politicians. Do note the difference. And yes, I do believe I have the solution to this problem. It may seem hard for somebody like you to understand but i'm pretty sure many people thought Einstein was just a crazy old man before he was golbally acknowledged as a genius, so it is understandable that you doubt me.

6. I think you are lying. You are not Irish because if you were you would have written something like "No you fookin yank" instead of "No you dumbass yank". You are most likely an Irish wannabe who drinks green beer on St. Patricks day which is by the way, and insult to the actual Irish. (Green beer, not St. Patricks day.)

7. Anyway, if I have not already made myself clear, I disagree with you and think you are insane and have difficulties communicating in a direct manner as is proper. (No offense)

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