This house believes in … debating for the sake of a debate

Introduction

Organisation

• Proposition -> Proposals
• Opposition -> Oppositions

Group A
First Prop - Introduction and Definition of the topic
First Opp -
Second Prop - Extension of the Introduction
Second Opp -
Group B
First Prop - Resources ?
First Opp -
Second Prop - Summary
Second Opp - Summary

Structure

2 Min - rebatle
2 Min - my points
1 min - summary

Preparations to a debate

Type of Argument

a) Concequence argument
b) Principle argument

6 steps

(5min)
1) Clarification -> what the move is about
2) Brain storming -> dot down the ideas on your own
talk together and bainstorm together
(5min)
3) Limitations -> look through the points and choose the most important of them.
4) Devide -> decide who is doing what based on the knowledge
(5min)
5) Flash the points -> arguing about the point and making sure they arer water tight.
6) fixing it in your head -> reherse the speach and structure the ideas on the paper

Policy Debates Tips

• Policy
  • Principles
  • Problem
  • Consequences
  • Principalities (will it work)

Extension Speach Preparations

First Approach

• What the area the group missed ?
• Expand on Long Term Issues
• Find benefits to other groups
• Why Status Quo is not efficient

Second Approach

• If first group made poor analysis, make it better by giving new examples and better conclusions.
• Label the points differently (Example : Humanitarian Problems, civilians under stress)
• New Examples, new descriptive
• Redirect, open the topic or maybe narrow it.

Summary Preparations

• Empthesize the contribution of your team
• Do not introduce new information
• Best argument is by taking points and taking them apart by analytical prospect
• Find areas of clash
• Try sorting the points from the most important to less ones …
• can say "great piece of analysis by Fred … "

Tips

• Think of the chain … (e.g grower->seller(supplier)->consumer)
• Propose the points and develop them, to make sure they are well received.
• think this way (1) Problem ? -> (2) Policy ? -> (3) Alternative ?
• what is the core of the problem ?
• what is the way / practical way ?
• Blanket proposal -> the strongest and tuffiest woman which eats men for breakfast can not still surve in army

• Principal of equality is very important, but (e.g army) efficiency is more important then equality !

Positive directions

• Impoving the society, making it happier
• By educating the people
• Economic Benefits

The Debate

Rebating

• The speaker had 3 main points
• First major point the XX was making ..

Summary

• summary, there are three points we disagreed.
• this debate is all about

Important Issues

• if a proposition puts a point which is not rebutled, it is a won point
• Public services should be neutral, so the public would trust them

Sayings

• not practical -> too expensive ?
• moral issues, immoral -> do not do something for somebody …
• freedom is the most valuable
• do not idealize, killing gives a bad example
• what this debate is about
• bring equal standards, equal opportunities
• I coludnot disagree more …
• we accept it is morally wrong
• point well taken
• point overlooked is that

Therminology

• Squerl - changing the idea from the beginning.

Games

good way to remember names is to offer them a game, "if I run the world", and then ask next person to repeat names and tasks