Debate Champion Mugs

"An excellent defense. Let's give her the doctorate."

"The way I see it, the Constitution cuts both ways. The First Amendment gives you the right to say what you want, but the Second Amendment gives me the right to shoot you for it."

"Okay, so the object of the game is to get into the most pedantic fight about the rules."

'It's not the same. I was caught stealing office supplies. You, on the other hand, got caught stealing ideas.'

'There are no stupid questions, so let's also agree there are no stupid answers.'

"You have logic, I have Roscoe."

"Scott, you'll be disqualified the next time you say, 'We'll just have to agree to disagree'."

'Why read all those other books when this one has all the answers.'

Bad Knees.

'Go on then, walk out. But don't come running back to me when you run out of money.'

'This is not the solution we had hoped for...'

'I got tattoos to make a statement, but my teacher said I could do the same thing by joining the debating team.'

'I think there's a left winger in the halls!'

"Oh-now I see where we part company. You are cleaving unto the spirit of the law, while I am cleaving to the letter of the law!"

Man with black eye in Yes To Road Pricing t-shirt: 'I joined the debate'.

"All the latest scientific research seems to indicate that I'm right about everything."

Your logic is flaccid and your data suppositional, dawg!

Speech Bubble Arguments

'So you say, 'Tom, how do I become filthy rich?' Well, that's easy. By scamming others the way I'm about to scam you.'

'Relax, I said morally bankrupt.'

"Plausible deniability doesn't work here, sir."

'Touche, counselor - you're in contempt.' (judge and lawyer in courtroom)

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"Realism? Me??? I'm offended....I'm a political analyst!!"

"I used all the requisite tools to develop an argumentative essay. Use of the words numbskull, lamebrain, and moron was just icing on the cake."

With no clear winner, the 7th grade Class President debate came down to a tie breaker.

'I know one never knows, but I don't know how one knows that.'

A Lawyer's Closing Arguments Wins the Support of the Jury

"Do you want to watch the, 'everything's terrible' cable news or the, 'everything's wonderful' cable news?"

A young positivist.

The Liberal opposition are defeated in the House of Commons by a majority of 131

'Now for a commentary on the 'lunatic fringe', let's hear from a certified lunatic...'

'His idea of campaign finance reform is insisting on small bills.'

'I don't get it, Victoria. . . why are men in control of everything?'

European Parliament.