Drunken Debater Prints

"I swear, Eddie, you ought to be on with Bill Moyers."

Drunk in court

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

Dialogue

'Think how all that chatting is affecting global warming.'

"Now that's a win."

My belief is if you're old enough to take texts, counter-texts, and meta-texts in Western Philosophy, you should be old enough to drink.

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

"Space is curved and time is relative? Yeah, OK...I'm calling you a cab right now, buddy."

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

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

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

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

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

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

Like Minded

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.

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.

'Do I believe in evolution? - Well, I suppose we should get it over with.'

And now, for a rebuttal.

'I was on my way to Heaven, when they stumbled across my blog...'

"It doesn't matter if the glass is half empty or half full if you have a case."

The last word.

'My opponent hates cats.'

Approved Debate Questions

'Ok Preacher, here's the deal. You back off I back off, and everyone is happy...'

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

Global warming debate.

95 Theses That Will Blow Your Mind!

"And today if the prosecutor says 'Liar, liar, pants on fire,' do not turn around to check."

Debate Club Note

Hot air ballon, but with the ballon replaced by a thought bubble.

"I have a right to disagree! You can't force me to use logic."