The following is a proposition and proposal for debate between rununder, Pavlovianmodel145, and Tabula Rasa.
The topic will be: how to debate.
This will be a 3-way debate in which each debater proposes distinct formats on the best forms and mediums of debate. The analyses will be all encompassing regarding debate. The debater which proposes the all around best proposals and points regarding “how to debate” will win the debate.
The judgment of this debate will be public voting. Each debater will have access to the debate thread for 4 weeks. During this month long open thread, each debater will post openly and freely. Not only is the goal to establish the best way to debate future topics, for other people, but to also tear down your opponents, or to better improve their ideas. Points will be respected according to their style, innovation, practicality, and overall philosophical values. For example, one debater could spell out the best way to debate. But another poster could tear this argument down. And the third debater could accept the original points, but expand on them better and demonstrate their utility better, thereby winning the debate instead of the original debater. So there are many routes to ‘winning’.
After 4 weeks have passed since the beginning of the debate, the thread will be closed, and anonymous voting will begin. The winner will be decided with the most amount of votes, and voting will be left open indefinitely, as well as a corresponding results thread which further discusses the original ideas. The results thread will be opened after the 4 weeks have passed since the debate debate thread.
Voters under a 500 post count will not count toward the overall votes, since only established forum members deserve to pass judgment here.
This debate can begin upon the agreements of Pavlovianmodel147 and Tubular Rasa, in which we can open the debate debate thread and begin posting there over the next 4 weeks.