Archive for October, 2009

Good start for a debate speech?? The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world?

Please, I’m completely at loss for ideas. My speech is asserting that the mother’s influence on you as a child doesn’t fade throughout your life. I’m 3rd speaker, so need a good beginning to wake up the audience and it needs to be relative to my main point. This is really important, so please answer [...]

Have you ever switched parties or changed who you were voting for based on a political debate?

Please note this is a general question – this is not an Obama/McCain debate here, so no ranting -
Yes . .. this election . . . I was watching the previous debate and trying to figure out which candidate was the lessor liar . . . and I thought how crazy am I [...]

When is the republican candidate debate going to be?

i am watching the democratic candidates debates ( pre recorded) , so i was wondering when will they have the republican candidate debates?
Does it matter?
Not one of them has a chance anyway.

What is the best LD debate camp?

I’m looking for a camp. I was wondering if the UNT camp was good? or if it is evidence based?
If you have other suggestions that’s helpful too
one that teaches Lame Debaters how to debate Oxford.

How should I write my Debate topic statement for speech class?

My topic for debate is Scientology.
My group has agreed that we all think Scientology is very silly and stupid, and we do not believe it should be considered as a religion.
We also know that the Church of Scientology has ruined lives and asks for money just to get a higher "ranking" or something like that.
My [...]

What’s a good and CREATIVE high school debate topic?

I’m on the debate team and i need a good case for an upcoming tournament. any ideas?
please nothing over-used like abortion or school uniforms or global warming.
something CREATIVE.
like some other kids did "Sesame Street is the best daytime kids television show"
The HPV shot should be mandatory for all girls entering middle school.
We [...]

Will the Vice Presidential debate be a repeat of the Friday night slaughter?

Obama literally has chunks of John McCain in his stool. McCain was WEAK.
And McCain is smarter and more experienced than Sarah Palin. As stupid as Palin is, what can we expect from the Vice Presidential debate?
Will the Republicans have to CHEAT their way into the White house for the 3rd time?
Biden’s strategy should simply be [...]

How good or bad doe an A- in debate freshman year look on your transcript?

It would be nice if you could answer from past experiences, especially if you have taken or take debate.
Hi there,
First of all, welcome to the debate community. Good to have you.
Now, most colleges feel that debate is an extra-curricular subject, and therefore, don’t care about it that much. However, having a bad grade in any [...]

How do you feel now that the debates will be held tomorrow night?

How did John McCain get everything worked out so he can attend the debates tomorrow night? Whatever his reason for reconsidering, I’m happy to hear that he’s chosen to do the right thing. Your opinion?
I’m happy too. McCain will get owned by Obama. Obama is very bright and will expose McCain’s ignorance and [...]

What are the 5 best Debate Topics?

Hey, so for my writing class I need to have picked a debate topic by February 4, 2009. So what would be the best 5 debate topics that would have enough information to write an essay about?
abortion – legality
gay marriage – is banning it essentially creating a theocracy? [it's religious views that would stop it [...]