Property:Con list
This is a property of type Text.
A
Air Quotas restrict freedom to travel⟬Restricts freedom to travel -;- Air Quotas allow wealthy frequent flyers to keep on flying⟬Allows wealthy frequent flyers to keep on flying -;- Air Quotas may create a desire to fly⟬May create a desire to fly -;- The Air Quotas system cannot account for all the flights of an individual unless it is global⟬Cannot account for all the flights of an individual unless the system is global -;- The Air Quotas system is complex⟬Complex -;- Prone to fraud -;- The Air Quotas system requires collecting confidential personal data⟬Requires collecting confidential personal data -;- Lawmakers may set poor "mechanism details" initially or later -;- Normalizes flying, in an insufficient response to climate emergency +
D
Argument test⟬Con argument test 1 -;- Argument test⟬Con argument test 2 -;- Argument test⟬Con argument test 3 -;- Argument test⟬Con argument test 4 -;- Argument test⟬Con argument test 5 +
No evidence of a god -;- There is no spirit outside matter -;- There is too much suffering and injustice for there to be a god -;- Religions contradict each other -;- Human freedom contradicts the existence of a god⟬Man is free -;- The absence of human freedom contradicts the existence of a god⟬Man is determined -;- God is a contradictory concept -;- Human existence is no match for God -;- God is an invention -;- God is but the name of our ignorance -;- Arguments for the existence of God are all argumentative biases -;- The universe is too empty, too ancient and too vast to correspond to the God of religions. +
Several left-wing parties and governments are relatively opposed to immigration -;- There's also a trend on the left against immigration⟬There's also a historical left-wing tendency against immigration -;- Employers and urban bourgeoisie want immigration -;- Certain Marxist analyses are unfavorable to mass immigration -;- Immigration is contrary to the interests of French workers and immigrants themselves. -;- Mass immigration is a by-product of unbridled liberalism and globalization -;- Wanting to preserve one's culture and way of life is not racism⟬In working-class neighborhoods, mass immigration gives rise to complex "culture clashes" that fuel the far-right vote. -;- Some migrants advocate patriarchal and retrograde values that the left fights against -;- Emigration is a wrench, and a left-wing policy is to reduce North/South inequalities so that people in the South don't need to emigrate. -;- The left sees mass immigration more as a necessary evil than an asset -;- We can't stop immigration⟬The question of being for or against immigration makes no sense, since it will always exist whether we like it or not. -;- The far right has no interest in tackling the causes of migration⟬The real profiteers of mass immigration are far-right populists +
I
A Google search consumes less CO2 than an Ecosia search⟬A Google search consumes less CO2 +
France is already overpopulated -;- Population growth no longer necessary -;- Demographic decline is good for ecology -;- We'd be happier at 40 million than we are today -;- It's cruel to give birth to a child in a world on the brink of collapse. -;- Natalist policies would be a dramatic step backwards for women's rights⟬Birth policies are a danger for women's rights -;- Fertility is sufficiently stable +
An assembly cannot be sociologically representative -;- We need an assembly of competent people, not just any old people. -;- The election selects the most demagogic people, not the wisest. +
"National identity" is a fuzzy notion, just as foggy as "soul". -;- National identity is simply the sum of a country's inhabitants at a given time. -;- Today's countries are multicultural and no longer have a homogeneous identity. -;- National identity is fluid and constantly redefined -;- There is no transcendent essence or figure of a country -;- The nature of a country is a set of laws and institutions. -;- National identity is a dangerous populist fantasy +
S
Drug use is bad for society -;- Drug use is dangerous for your health +
Altering the Moon's mass would be detrimental to its orbit +
Without the Académie francaise, there would be no French language. -;- Without the Académie française, there would be no regulation of the French language -;- The Académie française recognizes top literary talent +
The current line is underused -;- Long time to CO2 profitability +
Police protect citizens -;- The police ensure compliance with the law -;- Without police, crime would increase as enforcement would drop +
We can't take in all the world's misery -;- Influx of migrants lowers quality of life and increases violence -;- Migrants risk destabilizing social cohesion -;- Migration is a problem for the countries from which migrants come⟬Migration is a problem for migrants themselves -;- We can't control immigration -;- Welcoming migrants goes against the will of the people -;- Migrants are not the poorest and are therefore not in need⟬Migrants are not the ones in need, because you need enough money to leave your country. -;- Given the number of immigrants already present, migrants won't be able to integrate well. -;- Immigration fuels terrorism to a certain extent -;- Immigration often conveys retrograde or even obscurantist values and lifestyles (homophobia, sexism, etc.). -;- Migrants significantly change the culture of the host country +
Artificial intelligence threatens jobs⟬AI threatens jobs -;- Artificial intelligence can be biased⟬AI can be biased -;- Artificial intelligence raises ethical concerns⟬AI raises ethical concerns -;- Artificial intelligence can be used for malicious purposes⟬AI can be used for malicious purposes -;- Artificial intelligence can lead to overdependence⟬AI can lead to overdependence -;- Artificial intelligence raises privacy and security issues⟬AI raises privacy and security issues -;- Artificial intelligence can increase socio-economic inequalities⟬AI can increase socio-economic inequalities -;- Artificial intelligence raises questions of legal liability⟬AI raises questions of legal liability -;- Artificial intelligence could surpass human control⟬AI could surpass human control -;- Artificial intelligence raises existential questions about humanity⟬AI raises existential questions about humanity +
Facebook is a tool for expression -;- Facebook allows us to keep in touch with those around us⟬We all need to keep in touch with those around us -;- There's no more reason to boycott Facebook than other web giants -;- Facebook is the social network used by the majority of people +
GAFAM offers simple, effective tools -;- There's no alternative to GAFAM +
To debate with the enemy is to recognize the legitimacy of his arguments. -;- To debate with the enemy is to participate in the dissemination of his ideas. -;- Debating with the enemy leads nowhere -;- You can debate with your opponents, but not with your enemies -;- There are better ways to fight your enemies than to argue with them.⟬There are better ways to fight your enemies -;- Some debates are humiliating or even dehumanizing for the people they target⟬Some debates are humiliating, even dehumanizing for the people they target +
Eating animals is a gustatory pleasure -;- Eating animals is good for your health -;- Eating animals is an ancestral practice -;- Eating animals is the norm in nature -;- Eating animals is the only way to acknowledge one's animality -;- Eating animals helps when crops fail -;- Eliminating ruminant livestock farming could disrupt many ecosystems -;- Stopping eating animals would destroy some farming activities -;- Vegan substitutes are often allergenic -;- Stopping the breeding of certain animals would make them disappear -;- Eating invasive animal species can be beneficial -;- Not eating meat causes nutritional deficiencies +