Idea

[CairAndros]

I know this is basically a debating forum but I propose that we actually have a debate every week. Making the Opposition and Proposition from volunteers and deciding the motion from a list submitted by users of the forum or a Mod.

Each person in both teams would have the chance to make their speech, as you would in a normal debate, and after all speeches are done the other users can ask questions and the debating can begin in ernest.

A poll would then be done to see who has carried the debate.

Again, this is just a wee idea because I am part of my school's debating team and I think it would be an awesome idea to have something similar on this =]

[The Dark Lord]

Yeah! I like this. It'd be too much work to do it for every debate, but a weekly one with two members outlining each viewpoint before beginning the debate and then a poll to declear the winner, would be a very interesting concept on ROTW.

[Peace God]

I think the results would be to lopsided and biased... VT agrees on too many issues.

[Sage]

I fail to see the point in this, given that I am always right about everything.

[Amnesiac]

I don't think ROTW should be some sort of formal debate forum. VT agrees on mostly everything. Forcing people to take the opposing side would kill all enthusiasm. I think it's best to just debate informally, you know, all chill n' shit.

[Korashk]

I don't think ROTW should be some sort of formal debate forum. VT agrees on mostly everything. Forcing people to take the opposing side would kill all enthusiasm. I think it's best to just debate informally, you know, all chill n' shit.

Wouldn't have to force someone to take Devil's Advocate. Just do a topic on which two people disagree. I, for instance, would be willing to go Con in an Animal Rights debate.

[CairAndros]

Even then part of debating is sometimes having to debate something you don't believe in or support. That is a very real prospect for me at the moment as I am part of my school's debating team and we are waiting for the first round motion to be sent to us for the national competition.

[Amnesiac]

Wouldn't have to force someone to take Devil's Advocate. Just do a topic on which two people disagree. I, for instance, would be willing to go Con in an Animal Rights debate.

It's an interesting idea, I guess. But how would these community-generated topics be more "visible" than the regular individual topics?