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Electric Sheep One
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 08:26
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Are you now or have you ever been a debater? By this I mean a member of a formal debating team. [ Tuesday, June 20, 2006 08:28: Message edited by: Student of Trinity ] Poll Information This poll contains 1 question(s). 40 user(s) have voted. You may not view the results of this poll without voting. function launch_voter () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=vote;pollid=xxLGmkTroQOr"); return true; } // end launch_voter function launch_viewer () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=view;pollid=xxLGmkTroQOr"); return true; } // end launch_viewer function launch_window (url) { preview = window.open( url, "preview", "width=550,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status,menubar=no,scrollbars,resizable,copyhistory=no" ); window.preview.focus(); return preview; } // end launch_window   -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 08:34
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No, I haven't. But any debate I've gotten into with my friends, I normally come out on top. ------------- "I am. **Wham!** Told you so.-The person behind him. [ Tuesday, June 20, 2006 08:35: Message edited by: Major ] Posts: 153 | Registered: Monday, April 24 2006 07:00 |
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Councilor
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 09:19
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While I have not been on an official debate team, I believe that four years as a Mock Trial lawyer comes close enough. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 09:32
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Never. Except once in middle school, which I don't like to talk about. Suffice to say that I realized that day that I will never, ever, work in television. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Nuke and Pave
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 09:43
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The first option is so amusing that I was very tempted to choose it, but decided to go with a serious answer. (Although a couple years in a political student group might qualify, depending on your definition.) -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 10:00
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Yes, by technicality. -------------------- * Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 11:00
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quote:"I'm speechless" does not necessarily signify an opponent's lack of a counterargument, FYI. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 11:04
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Not officially. There's no need for one, whenever anyone in my school opens their mouth everyone already knows what'll come out. -------------------- ??? ?????? ???? ????? Posts: 883 | Registered: Wednesday, October 19 2005 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 11:04
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Debating with friends helps one be quick in wit, but the winner is often the most pedantic and derisive in my experiences. I have never been a formal debater as you state it, though I have been fascinated with the subject. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 12:36
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My "debates" with my friends usually end up in a brawl. I "win" most of the time. (Is it morally right to use TKD against ones friends for personal gain?) And yes, I'm on a debate team. It's decent fun, though I'm not that good. -------------------- Polaris The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. - H.P. Lovecraft Posts: 164 | Registered: Wednesday, June 14 2006 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 13:26
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I am entirely unversed in debate. I'm rather fond of arguments, though. —Alorael, who is amused by Major's comments in light of his debating performance on Spiderweb. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 14:12
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Yer just dumb and I hate you all. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 14:28
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I was, but never compeated. -------------------- You acquire an item: Radio Free Foil Posts: 1169 | Registered: Monday, September 23 2002 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 15:01
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Nope. -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. :ph34r: Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 16:38
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I have no such background. The only formal arguments I have are in my head. No they aren't... -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 17:44
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I am now, but I have never been a debater. ^_~ -------------------- A C, an E-flat, and a G walk into the Tower of the Magi. Ambrin walks up to them and says, "Hey! It's the Triad!" Kelner snorts and says, "Pretty minor Triad if you ask me." Posts: 242 | Registered: Thursday, June 16 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 17:56
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I was on an undefeated mock trial team in high school. That was the closest thing my school had to a debate team. I was also the captain of my school's quiz bowl team for what it's worth. -------------------- "You're drinking liquor because you're thirsty? How nasty is your freaking water?" —Lazarus Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 | Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00 |
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Master
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 18:13
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Nope. Not formally. I don't know if I'd want to if I had the chance. -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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The Establishment
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 18:43
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I can neither confirm nor deny that. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Tuesday, June 20 2006 20:36
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We got really bored at school and started a tag team debating team and the plan was that if someone didnt know the answer I'd go in and screw up and make it look like it was my fault not theirs, or if by some chance I managed to not stuff things up then make our team look good. But come the day of the debate the team got in and I went to get in and the officials wouldnt even let me into the hall. So I ended up pissing around for most of the day until they got back. Posts: 776 | Registered: Friday, July 4 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Wednesday, June 21 2006 02:33
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I did have to do debating in grade 9 but that was just a class assignment sort of thing. My side lost but my teacher seemed to like my point of argument that I brought up. I have been told by several other people that I am good at arguing. -------------------- When you think you can't get any lower in life and hit rock bottom, God hands you a shovel. Why should I say somthin intelligent when idiots like you make me look intelligent in the first place. Posts: 615 | Registered: Friday, May 3 2002 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, June 21 2006 03:40
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No. -------------------- Download Geneforge 4: Rebellion You have 6 posts. Nobody cares what you think. - Thuryl Wikipedia may be your friend, but UBB is not. - Dikiyoba Posts: 1310 | Registered: Tuesday, December 20 2005 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Wednesday, June 21 2006 07:54
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quote:I can see how you can say that. However that is because I would get massively out posted. (I don't think you understand how much of a help it is in a debate to immediately answer while he has to wait 10 hours too. And of course by that time they have posted about ten-twenty times.) I can't answer that many posts. (Besides half of them being uh, well, let's just say, pointless?) -------------------- "I knocked him out, but I managed to hit the reply button before he fell down."-The person behind him. Posts: 153 | Registered: Monday, April 24 2006 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Wednesday, June 21 2006 10:14
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quote:Your assessment has no merit. Posts: 66 | Registered: Sunday, May 28 2006 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Wednesday, June 21 2006 10:46
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quote:Could you at least say why, where, and try to at least show me that I'm wrong? -------------------- "I knocked him out, but I managed to hit the reply button before he fell down."-The person behind him. Posts: 153 | Registered: Monday, April 24 2006 07:00 |
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