Why Do We Participate In Debate?

[topspeaker70 1275]

And, come to think of it, the chicks are pretty hot, too.

[mbv 1082]

And, come to think of it, the chicks are pretty hot, too.

Meh.

[apotter53 29]

debate=hot women. Also I suck at every sport that exists.

 

Yeah that would be my reason. As well as my partner and I in eighth grade we talking in history class about doing, so we did it. He dropped after novice year and then i kept with it. mostly for the chicks.

[Penci 48]

In debate, participants take a position, and then they are held responsible for that decision, and I like that.

[brian fit for battle 9]

Hopefully it will get me into college.

 

And it's educational.

 

And it's fun.

 

/douche

[bangladesh.counterplan 182]

In debate, participants take a position, and then they are held responsible for that decision, and I like that.

 

Uhh ever heard of conditional counterplans?

[Ayyash 117]

Well stick with more or less at least.

[smoth as sandpaper 230]

to be honest, it is pretty much just intellectual masturbation for me

[Sivispacemparabellum08 17]

Wow...Visual image is too much for me...

[paradise engineer 59]

It's addictive and pretty fun. Oh and the fact that it stimulates my competitive ego.

[ihangfromgallows 2]

Oh and the fact that it stimulates my competitive ego.

 

isn't copetitive ego kinda contradictory? isn't competition a characteristic of the id?

[paradise engineer 59]

Can someone jump to my defense? Or is he actually right...

[Ayyash 117]

Well technically competition could be considered a base desire i.e. the id, but functionally i think that the term 'ego' these days has evolved into a term more applicable to what he is using, so i guess you (paradise) could be considered both wrong and right depending on how you look at it.

[paradise engineer 59]

I love debate.

[ihangfromgallows 2]

functionally i think that the term 'ego' these days has evolved into a term more applicable to what he is using

 

grr, just because it is accepted, it doesnt mean it is right.

[inkylouhoo 318]

Well, the reason I do policy as opposed to other forms of debate is (a) my coach told me I was going policy and I didn't know any better ( my freshmen year, I saw our seniors giving a policy speech, and I was like "WOAH. If you can talk that fast, imagine how fast you can think!!" (and that made me determined to stick it out in policy) © I was really impressed with how well read, informed, and just straight-up brilliant all of the policy kids were (and some of the LDers too, but I already had policy stars in my eyes by that point).

 

The reasons I joined debate were a little different. I liked arguing, needed something to fill my time since I was determined to quit the swim team, wanted to be a lawyer, and thought it would look good on my college application. Plus I liked the idea of being around other smart people.

 

I stayed because I loved it. Interesting and brilliant people, fascinating culture, exposure to worlds of new information that I'd never even dreamed of, an addictive game that I was good at and exhilarated by playing... Not to mention I don't know how to quit. I am incapable of quitting.

 

That's the long and short of it.

[thatblackgirl 17]

For the people who love debate, have you ever wondered why you love it so much? What is it about all of the work, time, and lack of a life that keeps us coming back for more. Just a thought

 

actually a good number of debaters have "a life"

[debatetitan 15]

fun

addicting

thrilling

competitive

stimulating

something to do

the girls are sometimes hot

friends

colledge

its the best thing in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!