Geeky Debater Gifts

"No way. Lando, my friend. Lando." "There's no way Lando Calrissian was a better betrayer than Alex Krycek." "Ask any passerby on the street. 9 out of 10 of them won't even know who Alex Krycek is." "That's utter foolishness. Everyone knows Alex Krycek. He was basically the X-Files' anti-Mulder. He could out-weasel Billy D. Williams any day." "Stop!" "When men start arguing over which fictional character was a better betrayer, they have officially run out of things to talk about." "That Kr

"Wow! I never knew the Vancouver Island marmot is among the rarest animals in the world! Pretty cool, huh?"

'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 Smartass Phone

"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?"

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

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

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

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.

Science Snobs

Stegosaurus (say the evolutionists). Nonsense (say the creationists).

And now, for a rebuttal.

"Jersey Tomatoes" vs. "Jersey toMAHtoes"

''Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense' Thomas Huxley, 1825-1895.'

The last word.

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

'My opponent hates cats.'

Approved Debate Questions

"When I was a teenager 'Saturday Night Live' had Mike Myers, Chris Farley, Phil Hartman..."

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.

If You Can't Beat Them

"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.