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Terrorism Climate Change
Debate Score:56
Arguments:52
Total Votes:65
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 Terrorism (29)
 
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Biggest threat to America and the World.. Terrorism or Climate Change?

Terrorism

Side Score: 40
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Climate Change

Side Score: 16
1 point

There was talk in the 1970s about the threat of climate change when the Earth was cooling and what to do about it. People adapted by wearing more clothes in the winter and running their furnace longer into the spring. Same can be said now. People are adjusting to the Earth's natural warming by running their AC longer into Autumn and dressing more appropriately. In a couple of decades or so when the Earth begins its new cycle of cooling we will adjust to that again like we have done so many times in the past.

Terrorism is the bigger threat since your life can be taken away in an instance. Of course we can adapt to that also by taking the necessary precautions to keeping us safe. One example would be by carrying around an AK-47 wherever we go, or by staying away from Muslims whenever possible.

Side: Terrorism
1 point

Out of curiosity, what evidence do you have that you believe should be presented to the global scientific community that so easily shatters their understanding of Anthropogenic Climate Change?

Side: Climate Change
outlaw60(15368) Disputed
1 point

Why can't computer models show month to month Climate Chaos ?

Side: Terrorism
foratag(257) Disputed
1 point

Very simple. The NOAA has used compromised thermometers to record temperatures on the ground. Out of 1218 of these recordings, only 410 were unperturbed. The rest were put in places that inaccurately recorded higher temperatures due to the fact they were near asphalt, concrete, or other heat sources like AC exhausts. This is over a 30 year period.

The most accurate way to gather temperatures is through satellites. These satellites have shown no statistically significant warming since 1994.

But the global scientific community disregards this since they need funding from the government to continue to support themselves. Almost all scientists who receive government funding cannot be trusted. The NOAA and NASA are so dishonest that their funding should be cut off completely.

Side: Terrorism
outlaw60(15368) Disputed
0 points

If Climate Chaos is real as you are made to believe then why can't the computer models you believe in show the Climate Chaos for next month or next year ?

Side: Terrorism

The biggest threat to America and the world is neither. The biggest threat to our world is debt!

What do you think will happen when enough nation's default on their debt? What will happen when the Banks in those nations shut their doors and there are no other Governments with the money to keep them aflaot.

When that happens do you think anyone will be thinking about terrorism or the exxageration of global warming?

There will be riots in every street when the free welfare checks stop coming in. It will be survival of the fittest. I would suggest getting a gun to protect your family when it all comes crashing down.

America is 19 TRILLION In debt and most of the socialist nations around the world are in great debt. The notion that you can tax the sweat of one man to pander to irresponsible lazy men, and have a continued balance between workers and non workers is ludicrous.

Our wellfre roles in America continue to swell under 7 years of this extremist closet socialist Obama. People living in poverty keeps going up because when you take from the hard working people to give to the lazy, you are rewarding irresponsisibility and punishing hard work.

It can never work as we are seeing. Soon the hard working people seeing their good life taken from them through high taxes, forced Obamacre, etc. etc. will quit their jobs and join the charity cases. If you can no longer afford Obamacare, and can get free medicaid by quitting your job, we are seeing what people do.

Side: Terrorism
1 point

First, most socialist nations are actually not in debt. Some are, others are doing quite well.

Second, Obama is objectively not a socialist. You don't know what that word means.

Third, your argument would be that economic collapse is the greatest threat, not debt. Debt itself is not a threat, the collapse that it could cause if left unchecked is.

Side: Climate Change
outlaw60(15368) Disputed
1 point

What might the personal income tax be in Socialist Nations ?

If you want to be really informed just take a look at what Barney Sanders has to say about taxation and then get back with a somewhat intelligence response if you will !

Side: Terrorism
1 point

People have claimed Climate Change will kill us "really soon!" for too long.

I don't think either actually are the "biggest threat" but I think Climate Change is a joke.

Side: Terrorism
1 point

Without question it is terrorism ! The Obama Regime has no clue who is crossing our borders but when the terrorist attack comes just watch the Progressive / Leftist cry how it is someone else's fault that it has happened and America needs more gun control. Their tactics are to easily seen through !

Side: Terrorism
1 point

Are Electric Cars more of a threat than Terrorism is the question that needs to be asked of Progressives ?

Side: Terrorism

Deaths from terrorism from 9/11 to today (including 9/11) in the U.S. haven't killed as many people as traffic fatalities last year alone.

Side: Climate Change
johnkokulak(14) Disputed
3 points

And a whopping zero deaths from anthropogenic climate change. That's because it doesn't exist. But people like you ignore the actual facts about science and ignore the terrorists chanting "death to America." the logic, or lack thereof, is mind-boggling.

Side: Terrorism
1 point

...First off, this is about the biggest threat to America. I never claimed that Terrorism isn't a threat at all, but considering the statistics I just provided you, I'd like to see you present an actual argument (as opposed to ad hominem) as to why Terrorism would be the biggest thread.

Second, I am curious why you believe the global scientific community has a very massive consensus on the existence of ACC, especially if they are all "ignoring the actual facts about science".

Third, ACC wouldn't have much of a death toll now, that's not in dispute. It's a process, not a sudden event.

Side: Climate Change

I guess the cockeyed point he is making with his wholly inappropriate statistical comparison is to highlight that deaths by terrorism are so relatively small in number they are of little or no consequence. The grieving relatives and loved ones of those murdered and the mutilated victims are all making an unnecessary fuss about such insignificant events. The inability to distinguish between premeditated slaughter and deadly crimes of passion as well as the alarming threat which Muslim terrorists represents to the United States illustrates his arrested intellect. The fool fails to appreciate the $/£ billions I.S.I.S, is causing the governments of the west in additional security measures, intolerable inconvenience for millions of travelers and anxiety for everyone. Would you sit calmly in a Parisian cafe' without wondering if Abdul the assassin was about to spray the place with machine gun fire? Tip of the year, this guy clearly suffers from some form of complex psychosis and should be avoided at all costs. He tries to bait participants with his outrageous statements in the hope that they will engage him in a series of madcap discussions.

Side: Terrorism
Dante756(77) Disputed
2 points

Well what would you do to combat traffic fatalities?

They're the cost of using automobiles.

Terrorism isn't the same.

Side: Terrorism
1 point

Well what would you do to combat traffic fatalities?

They're the cost of using automobiles.

Considering how different countries have different rates of traffic fatalities, I'd say no.

Terrorism isn't the same.

I agree that Terrorism isn't the cost of using cars, but terrorism being the cost of anything would have no impact on whether or not it is the largest thread to this country or world.

Between 1995 and 2014, there were 3264 deaths from terrorist attacks.

In 2014 alone, 610,000 people died of cardiovascular disease in the United States.

In 2014 alone, there were 14,000 murders in the United States.

In 2014 alone, there were 32,000 traffic fatalities in the United States.

I could go on and on listing the things that kill more people per year than terrorism has in the past two decades. The point is that while it is a concern, it isn't the biggest threat to this country.

Side: Climate Change
outlaw60(15368) Disputed
1 point

Do you think electric cars will reduce the number of traffic fatalities ? Or are you saying America does not need cars as a mode of transportation ?

Side: Terrorism
outlaw60(15368) Disputed
1 point

Now if you will please tie traffic deaths and terrorism into some real hard numbers that all can see here ! After that show some numbers as to how traffic deaths are more of a threat than terrorism !

Side: Terrorism
outlaw60(15368) Disputed
1 point

Are you saying America is under a bigger threat from cars than Radical Islamist ? If that is true in your mind do show how you have come to that assumption with real stats.

Side: Terrorism
IAmSparticus(1516) Clarified
1 point

This is GenericName/TrumpsHair.

I already know your shtick, so you can stop trying.

Side: Terrorism