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Your link is about an entirely different format of debate (“policy debate”) from the one under discussion in this thread (“parliamentary debate”). The two are u
by jacobolus 9y ago
Your link is about an entirely different format of debate (“policy debate”) from the one under discussion in this thread (“parliamentary debate”). The two are unrecognizably different. See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy_debate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy_debate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_debate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_debate
- mannykannot 9y agoCompetition seems to have turned the so-called "policy debate" into a highly stylized ritual that bears little resemblance to true debate, and having little relevance outside of its own domain. To my mind, rewarding arguments regardless of validity or relevance, and favoring the number of arguments over their cogency, has destroyed its value. https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2017/09/26/corrosion-high-school-debate-and-how-it-mirrors-american-politics https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2017/09/26/corr...