Debate Tournament Round 1--- ZIRC vs HART

[USF Sam]

This is the first of four debates in the opening round of the tournament.

Please... ONLY Zirc and Hart post in this thread until the results of this debate have been decided.

TOURNAMENT RULES
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1. Zirc will post first, stating her position and the reasons for it.
2. Hart will then respond, stating her position and attacking Zirc's.
3. Each player will have a total of three posts, exchanging turns, with the maximum word count of 250 per post.
4. Quoting the other player's post in your rebuttal does not count against this 250.
5. Posts WILL NOT BE EDITED! If a post is edited, the player is immediately disqualified.
6. After both sides have gone 3 times OR if there is no rebuttal after 24 hours the debate will be closed.
7. After it is closed, all posters are encouraged to vote by PM'ing me their vote AND the reason for their vote.
8. After 72 hours of voting I will post the votes and the comments in the debate thread. The winner moves on to the next round.

For the first round we are keeping it light and the questions will be in the area of Popular Culture.

Trust me... for the next rounds the questions will get a LOT "deeper" in nature.


Zirc and Hart- The question for your consideration is:

What musical performer currently under the age of 25 will we look back on in 2031 as having a career with the same level of success and longevity as Madonna, Prince or Michael Jackson has had from the 1980s?



Zirc, you may lead off.

 

[freakofnature]

Well, I'm going to have to go with Taylor Swift. She has an annoying name, sings annoying music and is basically annoying all around. This is a one-way ticket to long lasting fame.

 

[hart]

Heck don't keep up with the board and then this.

Okay, Ill lay my answer on you before 4 pm, I'm at work now and they actually expect me to do some work!

 

[USF Sam]

Hart's first rebuttal is next up in this debate.

 

[hart]

Taylor Swift is a very good choice and I admire my esteemed collegue's choice. Someone else I believe will stand the length of time is Alicia Keys. She is, of course, a songwiter and artist of several hit albums, Songs in a Minor, The Diary of Alicia Keys, As I am and The Element of Fredoom and a live album Unplugged, has won some grammy awards and was named a R&B artist of the decade. She is a talented signer, muisician, composer and actress and I see a long career for this very talented artist.

 

[freakofnature]

Alicia Keys is a very talented musical artist but I am going to have to disagree with you. While she is infinitely less annoying than Taylor Swift, she happens to be over the age of 25 and isn't even in the same league according to the confines of this debate.

 

[hart]

While Zirconaz is correct Alicia Keyes is BARELY over 25 it is extremely hard to find any artist that has established themselves as other than one hit wonders by the age of 25, very few even get signed before that age. But if that is, indeed a dEAL breaker, then I will conceed defeat and look forward to a rematch next subject

 

[freakofnature]

Alicia Keys is 30 years old. That's not barely over 25, that's in the next decade! There are artists like Rhianna, Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber who are successful and still under the age of 25. None of them hold a candle to Taylor Swift in terms of being both annoying and timeless. (One could make an arguement for Justin Bieber based on the annoying factor alone but I believe he is just a fad.)

 

[hart]

Alicia Keys is 29 by a whole day! :24:

 

[freakofnature]

 

[USF Sam]

Well, I'm going to have to go with Taylor Swift. She has an annoying name, sings annoying music and is basically annoying all around. This is a one-way ticket to long lasting fame.

Taylor Swift is a very good choice and I admire my esteemed collegue's choice. Someone else I believe will stand the length of time is Alicia Keys. She is, of course, a songwiter and artist of several hit albums, Songs in a Minor, The Diary of Alicia Keys, As I am and The Element of Fredoom and a live album Unplugged, has won some grammy awards and was named a R&B artist of the decade. She is a talented signer, muisician, composer and actress and I see a long career for this very talented artist.

Alicia Keys is a very talented musical artist but I am going to have to disagree with you. While she is infinitely less annoying than Taylor Swift, she happens to be over the age of 25 and isn't even in the same league according to the confines of this debate.

While Zirconaz is correct Alicia Keyes is BARELY over 25 it is extremely hard to find any artist that has established themselves as other than one hit wonders by the age of 25, very few even get signed before that age. But if that is, indeed a dEAL breaker, then I will conceed defeat and look forward to a rematch next subject

Alicia Keys is 30 years old. That's not barely over 25, that's in the next decade! There are artists like Rhianna, Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber who are successful and still under the age of 25. None of them hold a candle to Taylor Swift in terms of being both annoying and timeless. (One could make an arguement for Justin Bieber based on the annoying factor alone but I believe he is just a fad.)

Alicia Keys is 29 by a whole day! :24:

THIS DEBATE IS NOW CLOSED.

Please PM me your vote WITH THE REASON FOR YOUR VOTE within the next 48 hours.
Votes stating simply "I vote for XXX. She kicked ass." will be ignored.

In 48 hours I will post the votes AND the comments in here and announce a winner.


UNTIL THAT TIME- NO DISCUSSION ON THIS DEBATE WILL BE ALLOWED IN THIS THREAD.


Thank you to both participants.

 

[USF Sam]

Bumpity bump bump.


Just keeping this on the main page for voting.