Thread: PF Debates: Will You Participate?

Well this entire sub-forum died a month ago.

You need two people to debate- that is- only two users can post to the thread.

An incentive is needed- points. Those points we all have... propose a debate and throw say, 1000 points to the winner. Find someone willing to take you up and they throw in 1000 points. Your OP would be "Taxation is theft- 1000 points to winner".

Let them debate until a moderator steps in and ends it. Then you start a poll thread to see who won the popular vote. The winner gets the points.

Problem I see here is that everything is turning into threads with one person's assertions and 20 people coming at him against him- that's not how a debate works.

Originally Posted by jmpet

Well this entire sub-forum died a month ago.

You need two people to debate- that is- only two users can post to the thread.

An incentive is needed- points. Those points we all have... propose a debate and throw say, 1000 points to the winner. Find someone willing to take you up and they throw in 1000 points. Your OP would be "Taxation is theft- 1000 points to winner".

Let them debate until a moderator steps in and ends it. Then you start a poll thread to see who won the popular vote. The winner gets the points.

Problem I see here is that everything is turning into threads with one person's assertions and 20 people coming at him against him- that's not how a debate works.

In my observation, there are posters that prefer debating with themselves only. So my suggestion is to rephrase the question in the following fashion. Will you debate with a 3rd party even if they are not identical to permutations of yourself?

Originally Posted by jmpet

Well this entire sub-forum died a month ago.

You need two people to debate- that is- only two users can post to the thread.

An incentive is needed- points. Those points we all have... propose a debate and throw say, 1000 points to the winner. Find someone willing to take you up and they throw in 1000 points. Your OP would be "Taxation is theft- 1000 points to winner".

Let them debate until a moderator steps in and ends it. Then you start a poll thread to see who won the popular vote. The winner gets the points.

Problem I see here is that everything is turning into threads with one person's assertions and 20 people coming at him against him- that's not how a debate works.

What is a point? How do you get 1,000 of them? What side of the debate would you take? I imagine I could take either side of the debate. I am in, though it would be better to wait until monday to start it, as that is when my final exams end, and I will have more time to commit to such a debate.

Originally Posted by spt5

In my observation, there are posters that prefer debating with themselves only. So my suggestion is to rephrase the question in the following fashion. Will you debate with a 3rd party even if they are not identical to permutations of yourself?

That was quite droll, I thought.

Originally Posted by Viv

That was quite droll, I thought.

I am a lesser version of you. Upgrade me.

Originally Posted by spt5

I am a lesser version of you. Upgrade me.

Would you just accept a Rep instead...