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CCJ
Joined: 03 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 2:30 pm Post subject: Ideology Debates? |
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I was thinking about having ideology debates. Each ideology/party would choose a team of, say, five members to debate another team of a different ideology/party affiliation.
There would be a team of judges (3-5) to rate each individual's and team's performance and declare a winner. The judges would discuss this in a forum hidden to all members but them and the admins.
Each team would be allowed an opening statement, outlining their basic beliefs. Upon the posting of both teams' opening statements, each team would be able to ask a series of questions of the other team to be answered in depth. Upon the completion of the questions, each team would be allowed to post a closing statement, explaining why their ideology is superior to that of their opponents.
The Teams:
Republican Party
Green Party
Democratic Party
Libertarian Party
Constitution Party
Radicals
Independents
Considering that the radicals consist of communists, socialists, anarchists, and a whole variety of other ideologies, it might be better to select one ideology to enter into this competition rather than having a number of people who don't necessarily agree on their platform.
Similarly, I don't know what the situation is with the independents, but I don't think that they should be excluded from this debate simply by virtue of not having a party affiliation.
Anyway, what are everyone's thoughts on this? Is it feasible? Desirable? |
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Thrilla
Joined: 23 May 2005
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Location: Sin City
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| Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| we have had a few of these before.. we call em "the Great Debates"..... im not sure if we have one planned or not.. but they will happen again.. im sure of that |
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CCJ
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| Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh, alright. Good stuff. |
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LetsGetReal
Joined: 26 Aug 2004
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Location: Peoria, AZ
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| Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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I like the team approach better than the great debates...
Maybe have a MVP, Best Post, and then of course the Winners... |
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Quicksurf
Joined: 06 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| We should do one, expecially sense it's an election year in the US. |
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Lord Hargreaves
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Location: Herefordshire
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| Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Definately! I had to forfeit my place last time, so am technically undefeated :lol: |
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