He did commit. You jostled him out.
No, there is value in impromptu programming. Your in DC, ask a military officer about unit balls, and Mr. Vice. Mr. Vice provides at best the outlines of a itenary, it’s a system that’s both formal and adaptable… you never know what’s going to happen. Closest thing in the civilian world would be a Roast on Comedy Central of a fellow comedian or actor… except Mr. Vice is roasting and goading everyone. The Telelogy very open… no one quite knows where it is going.
There is a lot more to debates than Robert’s Rules. No… you really don’t need to know in advance how everything will unfold, how the structure is designed. Thats being anal and presumptive, you can have order within chaos… everyone has two loafs of brain, we know how to synchronize and play off one another. Its how the world actually works. Humans aren’t that alien species from StarShip Troopers where the insect armies all used one big brain entity, and have to go through it for everything.
Thats what your essentially saying… you wanna be the big brain bug, cause your anal.
Everyone’s answer in reply has been disinterest so far. You may get a few more over the years, maybe even one soon to spite this statement, but it’s more or less certain the reason why… no reason to do so. Nobody cares to be judged by you or your standards… or anyone elses… and if we wanted to, we would just do it elsewhere, without the unnecessary oversight and molestation.
Since you are a lawyer, pay attention. This is what happens when a court discredits itself… people stop using it, and get their needs it once supplied elsewhere. The logic of such a dying court us as impeccible as ever, just doesn’t apply to reality anymore. Its increasingly distant, alienates, and people move on. Trial by Combat… technically still legal in the US, but nobody reaches for it. Same goes for your controlling attitude here… nobody uses it. The concept is increasingly rare in fact, an artifact of academics. You will see Dawkings stumble through a few debates occasionally, viewership on YouTube smaller and smaller for university level talks. It doesn’t have the pull it once had. People are moving on to freer, non-linear, community inclusive discussions that are tangent ridden, and have lots of chiefs, but not a lot of Indians involved.
I really doubt anyone will recall this format of debate in 100 years. Its rather primitive and stupid.