Fearless Debater Pillows

Minion, how good are you at constructing big, beautiful walls? What? Tens of millions of people watched last week's Republican convention. I don't follow. My calculations show the convention successfully scared 49.2% of them nearly to death, by making it seem as if we're being overrun by savages. There are now millions of potential customers who'd love to sip coffee surrounded by a 50-foot electrified wall. Very bad man.

There is a new Reaper in town

'Do you think that's wise?'

"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."

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

"Ok, Ok! The ball wasn't out!"

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

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."

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

"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

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.

"Jersey Tomatoes" vs. "Jersey toMAHtoes"

And now, for a rebuttal.

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

The last word.

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

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

Global warming debate.

'My opponent hates cats.'

Approved Debate Questions

If You Can't Beat Them

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."

Election UK Leaders' Big Debate.

Why destroy Carthage? Just offer them coalition government!

"Free speech" does not mean your ignorance is equivalent to our knowledge!

"I hate arguing with someone who knows what they're talking about."