Invincible
January 1st, 2012, 07:22 AM
Hey guys.
Just had a little wild idea (Yes, New Years Day, slightly buzzy and all but my mind DOES work..)
I thought of having a debating section open. Before you judge this idea and chuck it in the "Chat" section...
> Debating is considered, in many countries, states, cultures and/or schools, a sport that is recognised on equal terms as conventional sports (USELESS FACT WOOHOO!)
What this gives is an opportunity for everyone to be able to participate and share their views on a certain topic, with a new topic (a positive statement) released everyday (by a Mod perhaps?)
Anyone interested in participating takes one side of the statement (true or false). The idea of the statements to be set by mods are that they may be controversial, cannot be proven true or false by simple factual information...
People of either sides can then share their views on things and debate away. Much healthier than the dirty P101 talk or aimless chat room :D
How debating is run (at a national level) from my experience is that the next to speak is always in defense of their views while "offending", or targeting whatever was last said by the opposition.
That means Speaker 4, for example, may be able to emphasise a point made by fellow Speaker 2, or touch on something said by #1, but should directly criticise Speaker 3, stating why the views of his/her chosen point is correct.
Sorry for being wordy. It may sound stupid. It kind of does really, but I'll leave it up to you all to decide :)
Just had a little wild idea (Yes, New Years Day, slightly buzzy and all but my mind DOES work..)
I thought of having a debating section open. Before you judge this idea and chuck it in the "Chat" section...
> Debating is considered, in many countries, states, cultures and/or schools, a sport that is recognised on equal terms as conventional sports (USELESS FACT WOOHOO!)
What this gives is an opportunity for everyone to be able to participate and share their views on a certain topic, with a new topic (a positive statement) released everyday (by a Mod perhaps?)
Anyone interested in participating takes one side of the statement (true or false). The idea of the statements to be set by mods are that they may be controversial, cannot be proven true or false by simple factual information...
People of either sides can then share their views on things and debate away. Much healthier than the dirty P101 talk or aimless chat room :D
How debating is run (at a national level) from my experience is that the next to speak is always in defense of their views while "offending", or targeting whatever was last said by the opposition.
That means Speaker 4, for example, may be able to emphasise a point made by fellow Speaker 2, or touch on something said by #1, but should directly criticise Speaker 3, stating why the views of his/her chosen point is correct.
Sorry for being wordy. It may sound stupid. It kind of does really, but I'll leave it up to you all to decide :)