03-18-2017, 09:34 PM
(03-18-2017, 09:09 PM)Jude Wrote: ...Shouting to be louder, name calling, tears etc were simply a sign of weakness
and a piss poor debate artist.
AND...sometimes we even took the opposite side to understand what the hell we
were debating!
Jude
I never fully appreciated the seasoned politicians of ago who could debate in a
manner that implied they weren't really interested by the way they sat back,
looked arrogant and kept their voice in a mono-tone.
It was merely a ploy to enrage the opposition and get them to deliver their
'killer' blow' early in the debate. After energy has been wasted in emotive breathing
and posturing, the smooth-tongued bastard in the silk suit would move in and
destroy any attempt of building a narrative or decent argument.
Pros.

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