(I always wanted to be able to yell that at people)
(I also want to run through the sprinklers at work, but suspect this might make my boss look at me even more strangely/disapprovingly than she already does)
(Did you leave Parachute before the deluge? Proof positive that God hates Christian Rock)
Hey, I didn't know you were at Parachute! I would have liked to catch up with you.
As for the poverty debate, I personally don't think that the negating team actually meant what they said. I would think that it was like any debating topic; you get given a side to argue on, and you gotta make yourself sound convincing, even if it means you stoop to patronising the other team as a means of rebut. All in all I thought both sides had strong arguments but of course, I incline more to the opinion that we should all try our darndest to wipe out poverty over time.
It seems to me that there's little point in even holding a rational debate when the ultimate absolution of a benevolent god is considered an ideologically sound argument.
At least there's an attempt at dialogue, though. That's encouraging at any rate, although the moot seems kind of heavily weighted in favour of, oh I don't know, being a compassionate human being...
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that sky is really beautiful
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(I always wanted to be able to yell that at people)
(I also want to run through the sprinklers at work, but suspect this might make my boss look at me even more strangely/disapprovingly than she already does)
(Did you leave Parachute before the deluge? Proof positive that God hates Christian Rock)
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As for the poverty debate, I personally don't think that the negating team actually meant what they said. I would think that it was like any debating topic; you get given a side to argue on, and you gotta make yourself sound convincing, even if it means you stoop to patronising the other team as a means of rebut. All in all I thought both sides had strong arguments but of course, I incline more to the opinion that we should all try our darndest to wipe out poverty over time.
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At least there's an attempt at dialogue, though. That's encouraging at any rate, although the moot seems kind of heavily weighted in favour of, oh I don't know, being a compassionate human being...
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