ATS Great Debate
Round One

Quicksilver vs. Captain Tripps

Topic: The U.S. education system is current a puppet of a corrupt state, and is used to control the minds of students.

Quicksilver will take the affirmative position, agreeing with the statement and will have first opening statement.

Captain Tripps will take the contrary position, and will have first closing statement.

Editing of your posts is strictly prohibited! For obvious reasons. Editing your post results in immediate forfeiture.

1- Competitors assigned the affirmative position go first with an opening statement, and have right of passing their opening statement post to their contrary position competitor. Opening statements cannot contain links.

2- Each competitor in turn contributes six posts to support their side of the topic. (For a total of seven posts) These are the only posts within the debate that may contain links to articles, or embedded pictures/graphics. (one link or graphic per post). No more than 18 hours between posts or you forfeit your turn.

3- The competitor representing the contrary position has first right of closing statement. As with the opening statement, they have an opportunity to pass to their competitor representing the affirmative position. Closing statements cannot contain links.

4- Each competitor can submit one rebuttal to their competitors closing statement, but cannot exceed 200 words. Rebuttals are not required.

This is a total of 18 posts, the debate is closed, and voting begins. Forum members will vote on the merits of your capabilities arguing your side of the position, not their opinion of the position.

The debate begins at 23:00 GMT today. Opening statement from the affirmative side is due by 17:00 tomorrow, or the opening statement is passed to the contrary side.

Good luck, and have fun.

It is clear that the United States Public education system is brainwashing our children. With over zealous religious(and non religious) extremists, liberals spouting political correctness, and an overall new view of what or schools our meant for the public schools have deteriorated from there former grandeur, and are now nothing but a tool for all the ideas of those listed above. Obviously all can see the American child can not think for himself anymore. They cannot make decisions for themselves in the classroom or in the real world.

Even though they are allowed to show religion in school but it is so much discouraged one barely ever sees it anymore. The students in school are discouraged to pray, praise, or even talk about there religion. Can you remember the last time you heard a prayer at a high school football game. The public school system is attempting to make it a system absent of religion instead of a system of freedom of religion. They are denying our constitutional right of freedom religion.

Also in the school you have an extreme presence of far left winged liberals whom limit nearly everything our children could say and even should think through political correctness. The public schools now are a forum for such people. Did you know in public schools one can no longer say “paper boy” because it supposedly infringes on political correctness of little girls whom might deliver paper. Or that many of book, fables, and fairy tales many of us grew up with are now banned from public schools, and are replaced by such stories as homosexual children coming out of the closet and books that show our children how to put on condoms (may I add this is around the 6th grade.) Or here's the kicker many of our founding fathers is considered bigots (i.e. Washington and Lincoln). They are forcing out children to think like them and not for themselves

Through this entire thing the public school system is setting up our children and trying to force them into a type of one world government. The public school is also trying to take away or nation sovrenty by taking away the ability to salute the flag and teaching our children distorted history. I challenge you to go find and get your old American History books and compare them to your children’s current ones. You will find a great difference in each.

It is clear in all the instances stated above that the public school system is brain washing you child to fit their agenda. They foresee a one world government with no religious affiliation where no one can say or think what they want. I know the rest of you all can see this even though you may agree with some of the public schools views and against mine that is not the debate. It is that they are forcing this onto our children. So do not be blinded by your political bias if you do believe in the same views as the school system merely just flip the views and imagine would you want this???

QuickSilver wins by default.

The topic will be recycled.

IS THERE ANYWAY I CAN KEEP THIS TOPIC??