Quirky Debater Prints

'If the gods wanted us to walk upright, they wouldn't have given us calluses on our knuckles.'

'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.'

"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

"Now that's a win."

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

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

'I know it's controversial, but my calculations prove beyond doubt that a nod is BETTER than a wink.'

"So, I've heard you call yourself 'King of the Jungle'! Based on what criteria exactly?"

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?"

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

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

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

"In this one, references to everything have been deleted."

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.

Expressions of mystery.

"Is it just me, right, is it just me ...?"

Like Minded

"Jersey Tomatoes" vs. "Jersey toMAHtoes"

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

And now, for a rebuttal.

Global warming debate.

Approved Debate Questions

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

If You Can't Beat Them

The last word.

'My opponent hates cats.'

"Here we still are, eh? So much for the gloom-and-doom types who warned us against eating all the vegetation."

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

Debate Club Note