Legal System Debaters Prints

Adult Crime, Not Adult Logic

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

Dialogue

Changing Minds

"Now that's a win."

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

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

"And finally, I implore the jury not to take my clients lack of alibi and blatant lies out of context."

"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.'

Flag Kryptonite

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

'I'm afraid this is going to lead to regulation of my invention.'

And now, for a rebuttal.

'Hmmphhhh ... High on Life. Now that's something the government ought to regulate.'

Sermon - why our religion is really better than yours.

John Newman

"May I remind you that our prenuptial agreement called for me to take the plants?"

Approved Debate Questions

'My opponent hates cats.'

Global warming debate.

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

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

Under What Circumstances Would You Change Your Mind?

The last word.

Debate Club Note

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

Bleeding flag...

Opening arguments would begin after the intimidation round.