I created this debate:

http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/Should_the_U_S_launch_a_strike_against_Syria_s_little_Shiite_Assad_for_gassing_his_people

Aside from the "little Shiite" pun, it seemed legit.  Some people came and debated. Then a troll came and there was a flurry of activity.  

People need drama.  If we didn't need drama, there would never have been a show called Jerry Springer.  The Kardashians wouldn't have a show.

I wonder if the reason the government doesn't kill prisoners, and doesn't really try to rehabilitate them, is because the government knows that when their sentence is up and they are released, they are going to cause more drama, and the government understands that people want drama.