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This feature was rejected 3/22/2011: Unneeded

Debate Forum

16 years ago

I think this may have been asked before, but with the sudden increase in CYS debates (abortion, gun control, piracy) i think it would be a great idea to add a forum solely for debates. Thoughts?

Riley

Debate Forum

16 years ago

Naw, the Lounge is meant to have those debate threads. Otherwise it's a waste of space.

Debate Forum

16 years ago
Maybe a sub-forum in the Lounge?

Debate Forum

16 years ago

MAYBE A TAG!!!

Nah, I just think it's not necessary. It's not like there are an overwhelming number of debate threads.

Debate Forum

16 years ago

Hmm... If we did this they would have to be *serious* debates. No going off topic into another debate, maybe a neutral adjudicator to point out where someone is sidestepping or ignoring an argument... To make sure no-one can talk like Sarah Palin while meant to be debating.

Debate Forum

16 years ago
It would be cool if the order went like this:

PERSON OPENS DEBATE

Before debate can start, people interested in debating can say either:

Opinion, Adjudicate.

At a certain point in time, the thread opener chooses one of the Adjudicate people to be the adjudicator. Everyone else who posted (including the other people who posted adjudicate) are debaters and the debate begins.

Debate Forum

16 years ago
So you'd say Opinion if you only want to debate and Adjudicate if you wouldn't mind being the adjudicator.

For Abortion I would have said Opinion but for Gun Control I would have said Adjudicate.

Debate Forum

16 years ago

So you're basically saying it'd be like debate club? Sounds intriguing...