Wouldn't it be fun to have a real debate?

[Dumb Ideologies]

No, you know what would be fun--building two castles out of ham and making ham catapults and ham suits of armor and having a ham war to decide which of our mighty ham empires would fall first to the clutches of progressive society.

That's fun.

Typical. Progressive society means big government. And like all of you statist types, your big government dream leads to wasting the taxpayer's money by spending on pork.

[Teccor]

I think this format is more appropriate to NSG: http://www.hulu.com/watch/2306/saturday ... lle-triola

Win. Dan Akroid is a demigod.

[United Dependencies]

No, you know what would be fun--building two castles out of ham and making ham catapults and ham suits of armor and having a ham war to decide which of our mighty ham empires would fall first to the clutches of progressive society.

That's fun.

what do we do with all the leftover ham?

[Dumb Ideologies]

No, you know what would be fun--building two castles out of ham and making ham catapults and ham suits of armor and having a ham war to decide which of our mighty ham empires would fall first to the clutches of progressive society.

That's fun.

what do we do with all the leftover ham?

If you have to ask, you're not invited

[United Dependencies]

No, you know what would be fun--building two castles out of ham and making ham catapults and ham suits of armor and having a ham war to decide which of our mighty ham empires would fall first to the clutches of progressive society.

That's fun.

what do we do with all the leftover ham?

If you have to ask, you're not invited

Nooooooooooo(anybody have a darth vader pic?)ooooooooooooo0o0ooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Tubbsalot]

I prefer the structure of internet debates to formal debates - this way you can rebut an argument point by point and completely demolish it (assuming you have the facts to back it up).

[Gauntleted Fist]

No, you know what would be fun--building two castles out of ham and making ham catapults and ham suits of armor and having a ham war to decide which of our mighty ham empires would fall first to the clutches of progressive society.

That's fun.

what do we do with all the leftover ham?

If you have to ask, you're not invited

Nooooooooooo(anybody have a darth vader pic?)ooooooooooooo0o0ooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[United Dependencies]

No, you know what would be fun--building two castles out of ham and making ham catapults and ham suits of armor and having a ham war to decide which of our mighty ham empires would fall first to the clutches of progressive society.

That's fun.

what do we do with all the leftover ham?

If you have to ask, you're not invited

Nooooooooooo(anybody have a darth vader pic?)ooooooooooooo0o0ooooooooooooooooooooooo!

I was hoping for that one picture where it shows him screaming no but this is good enough.

[JuNii]

So... anyone on general know a thing or two about Policy Debate? I took a class or two on it, and was wondering if anyone on NSG would like to have a real debate. There'd be 2 teams of 2. Here's a potential structure:

Affirmative 1: 2,500 word 'speech'
Negative 1: 2,500 word 'speech'
Affirmative 2: 2,000 word 'speech'
Negative 2: 2,000 word 'speech'

Negative 1: 1,500 word rebuttal
Affirmative 1: 1,500 word rebuttal
Negative 2: 1,200 word rebuttal
Affirmative 1: 1,200 word rebuttal

Well, there's a possible structure. I'd greatly prefer it if you already knew about policy debate. Also, we'd need a judge (maybe even 3) that all participants agree on. Once we've got people, we can decide on a resolution, and a date.

no cross examination?

[United Gordonopia]

So... anyone on general know a thing or two about Policy Debate? I took a class or two on it, and was wondering if anyone on NSG would like to have a real debate. There'd be 2 teams of 2. Here's a potential structure:

Affirmative 1: 2,500 word 'speech'
Negative 1: 2,500 word 'speech'
Affirmative 2: 2,000 word 'speech'
Negative 2: 2,000 word 'speech'

Negative 1: 1,500 word rebuttal
Affirmative 1: 1,500 word rebuttal
Negative 2: 1,200 word rebuttal
Affirmative 1: 1,200 word rebuttal

Well, there's a possible structure. I'd greatly prefer it if you already knew about policy debate. Also, we'd need a judge (maybe even 3) that all participants agree on. Once we've got people, we can decide on a resolution, and a date.

no cross examination?

I guess we could, but that would greatly slow it down, and it would be hard to determine how long it could go. If you had to ask questions, and respond, it would take awhile, especially if you were doing a full cross-examination.

[Mad hatters in jeans]

I wouldn't be able to conscience having such a debate when i have other things i should be doing. That and i don't have the time or care enough to write that much.
and it would depend on the topic too.

[Les Drapeaux Brulants]

As a University student I am outraged at the idea that it is proper to make an argument in so few words.

Take your 500 words, and fill it up up with jargon and citations of other authors who agree until the word count is over nine thousand.

Oh, I can always increase the word count. Does a couple thousand sound better?

THERE CAN NEVER BE ENOUGH WORDS!

Clearly you've never tried to get a paper published. Nor have you reviewed one...