New Limacon
27-08-2007, 21:46
A while ago, I asked if anyone was interested in participating in a structured debate, with all the trappings of something you would find in a town hall or high school. (The original thread is here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=531626)). So far nothing has happened, so I thought I would make one and see how it works.
The biggest difference between this and an actual debate is instead of being limited by time, users are limited by post amounts. Here is the frame being used (it may change; this is kind of an experimental thread):
* First Affirmative Constructive (1AC)-------4 posts
* Cross-examination of First Affirmative by Second Negative----2 posts
each (4 posts altogether)
* First Negative Constructive (1NC)----------4 posts
* Cross-examination of First Negative by First Affirmative-----2 posts
each (4 posts altogether)
* Second Affirmative Constructive (2AC)----------4 posts
* Cross-examination of Second Affirmative by First Negative----2 posts
each (4 posts altogether)
* Second Negative Constructive (2NC)-------------4 posts
* Cross-examination of Second Negative by Second Affirmative--2 posts
each (4 posts altogether)
* First Negative Rebuttal (1NR)--------3 posts
* First Affirmative Rebuttal (1AR)------3 posts
* Second Negative Rebuttal (2NR)----- 2 posts
* Second Affirmative Rebuttal (2AR)----2 posts
Thanks to Wikipedia.
The question is this: Should the United States pull out of Iraq completely within one year? If you say yes, you are affirmative, if you say no, you are negative.
Additional Forum Debate Rules:
Being an internet forum, not everything "clicks" with this structure, so there are some additional rules.
1. Each post in a section must be posted by a different person. Person A can only talk once in the first affirmative rebuttal, but he can talk again in the second.
2. Actually, that's the only other rule I can think of. More may come.
After the debate is over...who knows. Discuss the debate, maybe (or even debate the debate). I suppose we could put up a poll to see who won, but I think what is more likely is people won't bother to read the entire thread (and I don't blame them) and instead just vote with the side they agree with.
The biggest difference between this and an actual debate is instead of being limited by time, users are limited by post amounts. Here is the frame being used (it may change; this is kind of an experimental thread):
* First Affirmative Constructive (1AC)-------4 posts
* Cross-examination of First Affirmative by Second Negative----2 posts
each (4 posts altogether)
* First Negative Constructive (1NC)----------4 posts
* Cross-examination of First Negative by First Affirmative-----2 posts
each (4 posts altogether)
* Second Affirmative Constructive (2AC)----------4 posts
* Cross-examination of Second Affirmative by First Negative----2 posts
each (4 posts altogether)
* Second Negative Constructive (2NC)-------------4 posts
* Cross-examination of Second Negative by Second Affirmative--2 posts
each (4 posts altogether)
* First Negative Rebuttal (1NR)--------3 posts
* First Affirmative Rebuttal (1AR)------3 posts
* Second Negative Rebuttal (2NR)----- 2 posts
* Second Affirmative Rebuttal (2AR)----2 posts
Thanks to Wikipedia.
The question is this: Should the United States pull out of Iraq completely within one year? If you say yes, you are affirmative, if you say no, you are negative.
Additional Forum Debate Rules:
Being an internet forum, not everything "clicks" with this structure, so there are some additional rules.
1. Each post in a section must be posted by a different person. Person A can only talk once in the first affirmative rebuttal, but he can talk again in the second.
2. Actually, that's the only other rule I can think of. More may come.
After the debate is over...who knows. Discuss the debate, maybe (or even debate the debate). I suppose we could put up a poll to see who won, but I think what is more likely is people won't bother to read the entire thread (and I don't blame them) and instead just vote with the side they agree with.