Debate Tournament Discussion Thread

[USF Sam]

BTW... it's still ridiculous that these are stuck in here. Ridiculous unilateral decisions based on not much of anything are ridiculous.

I'm all for ridiculous. My debate with Sam turned out to be quite ridiculous.

About as ridiculous as General being too sacred a place for this but the Survivor GAME not being moved to Games.

I've given up on expecting rationality or even predictability.

 

[Leah Love]

Ok, to be completely honest, this topic was hard for me. Civil disobedience is very likely a foreign term to most Eastern Europeans, I know we didn't study it in school. So, I really had to work hard and research thoroughly to be bale to form a well rounded opinion, and then work even harder to argue something I do not agree with. But all in all I REALLY enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun.

 

[purpledove]

I'd love to, as long as you know my delays are not because I'm cheating. I've not even been home all day until just now. Promise, my rebuttal will be the next post I make. Thanks for being understanding and letting it continue!!

No worries Ana I'm a mom too and our kids need us the most when they're sick- so I totally understand

Really hard to concentrate and formulate an argument when I'm feeling sick.


Good luck on your next argument, Purple. I look forward to it.

Thanks and yeah I think I need a lot of that good luck It's quite tough for me taking a stance and defending it given it's against what I believe in.

I will however post mine later this evening as am currently at work ( on my phone) and in a bunch of meetings. I can't sneak out to think on a rebuttal. OK off I go to formulate my argument later.......

 

[anathelia]

No worries Ana I'm a mom too and our kids need us the most when they're sick- so I totally understand



Thanks and yeah I think I need a lot of that good luck It's quite tough for me taking a stance and defending it given it's against what I believe in.

I will however post mine later this evening as am currently at work ( on my phone) and in a bunch of meetings. I can't sneak out to think on a rebuttal. OK off I go to formulate my argument later.......

no problem. take your time.

 

[freakofnature]

Arguing for something you don't agree with is really quite interesting, though, isn't it. I tend to go the sarcastic route. Most of my arguements in both these tournaments have been dripping with sarcasm. The beauty of that is, sarcasm generally doesn't trasnlate well in type so people think you're actually serious.

:ninja

 

[purpledove]

One good and challenging debate Ana!! Thank you :thumbup

 

[retro]

Everyone involved with this needs to be sure to vote. So far I have two votes for HK/Siph, one for Peter/Leah, and two for Sam/Zirc.

This was part of the conditions of you being part of the tournament

 

[Leah Love]

Hey *I* voted.... well for Dove and Ana I didn't yet cause they just completed their debate but I will ASAP

 

[USF Sam]

Everyone involved with this needs to be sure to vote. So far I have two votes for HK/Siph, one for Peter/Leah, and two for Sam/Zirc.

This was part of the conditions of you being part of the tournament

Voted in all three.

 

[HK]

Voted in all three.

All three? :ninja

 

[retro]

All three? :ninja

He can't vote for his own

 

[HK]

He can't vote for his own

Thus my confusion! :willy_nilly:

 

[anathelia]

One good and challenging debate Ana!! Thank you :thumbup

I enjoyed it as well.

I almost took the opposite side when I was thinking how I wanted to argue initially. I must admit I'm glad I didn't. I probably would've had a hard time defending it. You did well.

 

[purpledove]

Everyone involved with this needs to be sure to vote. So far I have two votes for HK/Siph, one for Peter/Leah, and two for Sam/Zirc.

This was part of the conditions of you being part of the tournament

I will surely be casting my votes. Atm am just on my lunch brekky to rushly formulate my closing remarks as I am aware we were running late I am on a 16 hour shift at work today though.....so I'll be able to vote tomorrow morning- Promise

 

[purpledove]

I enjoyed it as well.

I almost took the opposite side when I was thinking how I wanted to argue initially. I must admit I'm glad I didn't. I probably would've had a hard time defending it. You did well.

I was ready to take your position too when the debate threads were posted. I was crossing my fingers you would take the opposite side as I totally disagree with that opposing side. No way, am gonna make myself be unable to use contraception

It sure was very TOUGH to defend it. To be honest, I need a whole bottle of Tylenol now to relieve me from the headache it brought just thinking how defend that side from your rebuttal. Good job Ana :thumbup

 

[Natasha]

The threads have been moved and it's over and done. If another mod wants to move them back, I couldn't care less, but I have ALWAYS moved threads to the appropriate area and will continue to do so. If your settings are set up correctly you should be automatically subscribed to any thread that you post in. If not, you can always subscribe manually if you really think you'll have THAT much of a problem finding them.

It's really NOT a big deal so I don't know why 3 or 4 people are trying to make it a big deal. It's the debate section...debates go in here. The debate offshoot thread is ABOUT THE DEBATES...it goes w/ them.

 

[retro]

The threads have been moved and it's over and done. If another mod wants to move them back, I couldn't care less, but I have ALWAYS moved threads to the appropriate area and will continue to do so. If your settings are set up correctly you should be automatically subscribed to any thread that you post in. If not, you can always subscribe manually if you really think you'll have THAT much of a problem finding them.

It's really NOT a big deal so I don't know why 3 or 4 people are trying to make it a big deal. It's the debate section...debates go in here. The debate offshoot thread is ABOUT THE DEBATES...it goes w/ them.

You've obviously completely missed the point, but hey... that's not all that surprising.

 

[retro]

Oh, and if you thought it was just 3-4 people who thought it was an idiotic thing to do.... well, let's just say it's a good thing you can't read my PMs.

 

[Leah Love]

The threads have been moved and it's over and done. If another mod wants to move them back, I couldn't care less, but I have ALWAYS moved threads to the appropriate area and will continue to do so. If your settings are set up correctly you should be automatically subscribed to any thread that you post in. If not, you can always subscribe manually if you really think you'll have THAT much of a problem finding them.

It's really NOT a big deal so I don't know why 3 or 4 people are trying to make it a big deal. It's the debate section...debates go in here. The debate offshoot thread is ABOUT THE DEBATES...it goes w/ them.

This tournament is, essentially a game. People who normally stay away from the debate section entered the tournament knowing it has no chance to progress to the viciousness of the threads usually found in this section.
And being in this section limits the number of views and with that the votes the debates can get.

Also, haven't we changed to a more lax rule system recently?

 

[freakofnature]

Seriously guys?? What's the big deal about debate threads being moved to the debate section?