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Debate #1
Winner: imaybeparanoid
skaloop did an excellent job, since he was at a disadvantage on this topic, but he fell short of pulling off the upset.
Debate #2
Winner: cargill
Since the debate was already decided when I wrote this, I shouldn't have bothered to read this book, but I did my best to fly through it anyway. In the end, badlydrawnjeff didn't make a convincing enough ( Read more... ) -
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thesicilian didn't even seem to be debating until the very end of the argument, but it was too little too late.
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debate 1: uhh, i thought both sides could have been a little more clear here, but the vote goes to imaybeparanoid
debate 2: I vote cargill. badlydrawnjeff's proposal to completely shut our borders to all immigration, even if only temporarily, would be economically disastrous. Cargill does good enough on the education and high-skilled workers front to win the debate right now, but ( Read more... ) -
Skaloop! gegen IMAYBEPARANOID!
Skaloop had a seriously difficult task in dealing with Lance. Having discussed the topic with him previously, I knew the fact that he had a detailed and implementable plan would be tough to attack. Skaloop did his best tossing words around, bobbing, weaving, all that good stuff. But the thing is ( Read more... ) -
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Debate #1 - If I weren't recused on this one, I'd still give my vote to imaybeparanoid.
Debate #2 - cargill gets my vote. badlydrawnjeff's counterarguments were often insufficient, in my mind, and failed to adequately address the huge financial losses that would be incurred.
Debate #3 - the__lord wins. Cutting, pasting, and creatively editing an existing article is a weak method of ( Read more... ) -
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As most of you probably noticed, I've changed the community layout. I'm hoping to make it so everything is easily accessible from the main page. For now, we've only got the schedule linked in the sidebar. As I'm almost completely ignorant of anything beyond very basic html and lj styles, I'll probably need help with this. Does anyone know if it ( Read more... ) -
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I revamped the schedule last night, so now it's prettier and more useful. All the debates are linked from the schedule, and results will be posted each week, as they come in. As always, any suggestions, comments, or criticism is welcome.
Other than that, all but one of the debates have started, so discuss.
I'll be playing with different styles ( Read more... )