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Hell ya we should! WTF?! No!
Debate Score:65
Arguments:24
Total Votes:87
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Should we ban all CD members under a certain age?

Xaeon vs Altarion

For some reason, Xaeon has this idea that if you aren't a certain age then you aren't mature enough to understand the topics that are being debated on this website. I say he is full of shit! Who is right?

Hell ya we should!

Side Score: 18
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WTF?! No!

Side Score: 47
1 point

This is a place for serious debate. Ask any developmental psychologist: most people under a certain age are at the Concrete Operational Level. Look up the definitions: you can't really have a meaningful debate with anyone not in the Formal Operational Level. THE END. DIE, little kids.

Side: Hell ya we should!
4 points

If we want younger generations to be responsible, more mature, and intelligent, we should allow them to be able to learn from this site! One of the reasons why I love CD is because it teaches you to formulate your thoughts and ideas in a mature fashion with facts and not just opinions, at least that is my take. However, there are a lot of adults on this site who make a lot of very stupid comments! Plus, there are a lot of younger members who bring interesting, intelligent ideas to this site who would not be allowed on (even though they would just start lying about their ages.) If younger members of our society want to spend their time on an educational site like this, I am all for it!

Side: WTF?! No!
3 points

Its true, different ages are almost incapable of being as mature as those older than them. But this is more about if members under the age of 18 or 21 should be banned from this website because their age is too young to understand the topics of the debates on this website. In a current debate topic, this showed up in one of Xaeon's arguments: "I see that you're 15, so maybe in a few years you'll understand." So my question is, should we ban those under the age of 18 or 21 because they are incapable of understanding debate topics? Hells to the no! As I previously stated, all it takes is a little desire to become intelligent and anyone, reguardless of age, will be able to understand anything they want to. So it is not right to ban members because of their age.

Side: WTF?! No!
4 points

If they made that age restriction, then I'd have to lie about my age to get in. And as long as the "young-age" debaters' arguments are up to par with everyone else's, I see no reason to set an artificial limit like that.

Side: WTF?! No!

Is that chronological age or mental age? 'Cause I don't know if I meet the standard for the later.

Side: WTF?! No!
altarion(1955) Disputed
4 points

Dude. It takes a truly mature mental age in order to come up with the great jokes and amazzzzzing debate topics and arguments you come up with. xD and you have to be mentally mature in order to be able to make fun of yourself.

Side: Hell ya we should!
2 points

What I said has been completely taken out of context. You shouldn't ban anyone under a certain age from debating, no.

I was trying to make the point about how off-the-cuff comments can be highly offensive even though the person who says them doesn't think so. But thanks for taking the bait so strongly. I didn't realise that my little demonstration of being 'unknowingly' offensive would be so telling of just how right my argument was.

Side: WTF?! No!
altarion(1955) Disputed
3 points

I suppose you are right, you did catch me into your twisted net of bad arguments. But my argument still stands, I am taking this offensively because it was a personal attack, but as you can see by the lack of arguments, not everyone who is my age or around it is finding this offensive. [; I'm just saying that if you are right, then a lot of my debates are pointless spam so we should ban all members who are under the age you give to be old enough to "understand" the context of these debates.

Side: Hell ya we should!
xaeon(1095) Disputed
3 points

No, not at all. I don't actually think that there should be any aga range or anything like that. Infact, from many of your posts, you're probably one of the far more informed 15 year olds. But regardless of that fact; the point I was making was that those kinds of comments, regardless of how you mean them, can be offensive.

You have to understand that a large majority of the muslim community blames America for a variety of different things; the war in iraw, hostility towards iran, unrelenting support for isreal. So comments such as "little sheet heads" from an American WILL most likely be taken offensively. And I don't see the difference between saying terrorists are ragheads (remember, your highlighting the muslim headdress, not any particular trait of a terrorist specifically) and implying that you can't fully understand something due to your age. Both are sweeping all-emcompassing statements that can be interpreted differently by different people. You became offended, where as another 15 year old might say "well, you know, I don't really understand international politics to be honest." I was right.

Side: WTF?! No!
2 points

it's easy, just lie about your age.

and really, after that thing said about xaenon or w/e, maybe we shouldn't display ages... cause then people can just say "i'm older than you, so i'm smarter". i used to have to deal with someone who was just 4 years older than me so they thought they were and E-Badass.

Side: WTF?! No!
2 points

People can gain a lot of knowledge from debates, therefore I think that everyone should be able to use CD.

Side: Terrorist Suck
1 point

realize that you could possibly get your self outta createdebate too...

i'm just saying. [:

Side: Terrorist Suck