princessmerbear/badlydrawnjeff:

My vote goes to badlydrawnjeff. This was a tough one for me. badlydrawnjeff made a very good case for the long-term effectiveness of private accounts, but he simply shrugged off a very valid point about how the government would, by its very nature, probably turn the whole thing into a boondoggle. While princessmerbear did point out several effective ways to fix social security for at ( Read more... )

My calls for this week:

( Week 1 )

here are my votes on these debates:
( now that took awhile )

We're entering the last day of week 1, and there hasn't been much activity in the past 48 hours. I'm wondering if there will be a flurry of activity tonight and early tomorrow, as people rush to get their arguments in.

fireuzer brought up the issue of comment sniping. While there's no set policy forbidding it, doing so would be fairly obvious to the ( Read more... )

We have two new community icons now, thanks to brainlesswonder

Gonzo:


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We're two days into the Week 1 debates, and all the debates have been started. It looks like one of them has even ended. Discuss.

If anyone here has any sort of artistic skills, we could use a community icon. I'd rather post debates and announcements using something more community specific.

We're going to try this out and see how well it works. This will be an open thread to discuss this week's debates. The only rule is don't debate any of the specific topics here, as framed within the debates. For example, you can discuss immigration, but don't get into the specific points brought up by myself or fireuzer. As for the debates that ( Read more... )

leitch71 has been replaced on the council by skaloop, for the time being. colintj will replace skaloop as an alternate. I'm also still looking for a sixth alternate who is a social and political moderate. I would prefer someone who is not already an active participant in the season, but that isn't a requirement.

Also, if one of our more well-to-do members would be so kind ( Read more... )

As I am currently without regular internet access and will remain so indefinitely, my vote on all debates goes to colintjan alternate should replace me on the council.

Debate #8

Home: somnambulisa

Away: cargill

Topic: Merits of Religion in Society