Cinematic Debater Prints

The book is so much better than the film..

"You owe me five bucks."

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

Dialogue

"The best part is that we got hell to pay for it."

Changing Minds

"Now that's a win."

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

'When you asked me over for a home-cooked meal, I assumed you'd be making it.'

"Mainstream? Who's to say what's mainstream?"

Netanyahu versus Gantz

"Let me get this, but keep in mind that you'll pay for it in other, more subtle ways later on."

'I'm terribly worried, Doctor - he doesn't talk back to Bill O'Reilly any more.'

The Church of DanaeDanaeism: 'And let such sacrilege go uncontested? Never! I demand equal time for alternate explanations of things.'

"On the contrary, Bosworth, it's YOU who has lost all perspective."

"Ever notice how grateful people are when you present them with facts contrary to their beliefs?"

Oz Debating Society. You can't refute everything I say just by call it a "straw man" argument.

'I'm now going to open the floor to questions.'

The Shakespeares Dine Out.

Crooked Hillary... Pig... Sad!... Not a Ten!...

"If I vote my conscience, it's Sanders. If I vote my pocketbook, it's Trump. If I vote my emotions, it's Hillary. If I vote my anger, it's Cruz..."

The Clinton Campaign, post-mid-September

Debating Society. I can accept that money is speech as long as we can agree that some spending is like yelling fire in a theater.

A bunch of global warming skeptics want to join eco club. It's a school organization. You have to let them in. But they just want to harass us with selective facts! Today: Eco club. So? Debate is good. You have :An Inconvenient Truth" to counter their arguments. Oh. Great. Now we'll have to read it.

Like Minded

And now, for a rebuttal.

'Nobody goes there anymore.' 'Because it's too crowded.'

Today on the Ask Sadie Show, we'll be addressing one single topic: Wondering. In my day, when a body said I wonder why dust bunnies are called dust bunnies, it led to all sorts of delightful speculation. We could while away hours debating whether it was a marketing ploy by big broom ... or whether it dated back to Napoleon, who had a fetish for dirty rabbits. And if we were lucky, opinions could get so heated that fisticuffs would ensue. Wondering is just one of many lovely human experiences utt

If You Can't Beat Them

Nearly a third of the earth's life-forms have gone extinct. Cut! Stop with all the facts. This is debate club! But we're using a cable tv talk show format! What should I say? Unsupported opinions

The last word.

Global warming debate.

"If they shorten political campaigns, what will we do for entertainment?"

Move Right

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