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Debate is a sport over here in America, where high school teams compete. It's just as you say: they are not seeking truth, they are trying to win. It's refle
by dhimes 9y ago
Debate is a sport over here in America, where high school teams compete. It's just as you say: they are not seeking truth, they are trying to win.
It's reflected in our adversarial legal system as well. I personally don't like it that way, but there are people who think it's the best way.
- walshemj 9y agoFrom a discusion on here a while back hs and uni debation seems to have not much conection to real world parlimentray debates and would fail outside its own artificial world.
- closeparen 9y agoIn professional politics, debate is an open charade, an excuse to get on camera and rally your supporters. High school and university debate actually care about argumentation, for example, and the electorate very much doesn’t.
- walshemj 9y agoAh I meant real debates not the reality tv shows - a political speech to the masses is not a debate in the strict sense of the word. For example a motion of no confidence is a serious matter in any parliamentary system.