Ok, here are 10 that I think would be GREAT topics to be explored by our Fighters...

Debate Topics

1. A Nuclear War is inevitable given the current political tensions

2. A Multiple Party System is Preferable to a Two Party System

3. If We were really visited by Aliens, They would see how Dangerous We are and just go Home

4. A Generational Ship is a Practical Form of Space Travel

5. Whatever is going to be built where the World Trade Towers were, Should have already been constructed

6. You Can Not Support the Troops and Not Support The War

7. Psychic Detectives Should Be Used in Every Major Crime Where Possible

8. OJ is really Innocent

9. The Bermuda Triangle is a Great Vacation Spot

10. Bigfoot is a Big Lie


Semper

I'm looking for a fight, who's game? Been a long time since I been in an online structured debate, but lets see what I got left it me.

Originally posted by MemoryShock
Actually, if you guys would like to start posting topic suggestions, please feel free...We could use all the suggestions we can get...though I already have a list of topics....

And remember, that noone will get a topic that they have suggested....

So, now would be the proper time to strategically post preemptive 'suggestions' of topics one doesn't want to have to argue? Hmm...

Just kidding! Any topic, any time... (well, when I'm not too busy)

So how does this work, will I get a confirmation u2u telling me I have been placed in a debate? I havent done this in awhile so let me know how to get things rolling.

What exactly is this rule stating:

There will then be one closing statement each and no rebuttal.

Does it mean we are not allowed to include rebuttals in our closing statements? Obviously we are not allowed to submit any rebuttals to the closing statement because the closing statements are supposed to be our last replies. However, we can still offer rebuttals to our opponent's previous post in our closing statement, correct?

Thanks.

LOL! I have God on my side and He hacked ATS for me! Actually, it has a very mundane explanation. I already U2U'd Wukky so he now knows but to satisfy everyone's curiosity, this is what happened:

While writing my opening post, although I had intended to save it to MS Word as well, I hadn't yet and ended up losing it. I was pretty peeved at myself. So I decided to work out ALL of my posts on MS Word and not simply save them after the fact.

When you paste your post from another program whether it be Word, notepad, or something else, it works.

Mystery solved and it is purely un-supernatural.

She's right.

A copy/paste can sometimes get past the 10000 character default.

Carry on...

Shhhhh....

Quick question: How do you guys figure out the character counts? I tried everything but could never figure out how to count them so I submitted everything as is. Is there a certain function in Word that tells you how many characters your document is? All I see is file size but that doesn't say much. Thanks.

All guys, we have a tournament coming up!

Let's get ready to drink and talk some smack!

I'll have a Mimosa please!

I'd like to throw out a challenge - albeit it a very specific one.

The new football (soccer) season has just started and I'd like to debate someone on a football topic, whether that be the offside rule, new UEFA proposals, the respect campaign, different systems (i.e. 442 vs 531 etc), zonal marking vs man to man or whatever, I'd like to get one going.

I'm sure there are UK or european members who would be up for this.

Let me know

I know this seems like a stupid question, but where does the tourney thread exist? Is it still the sign up thread? I have been off site for a week and some, and it feels like I missed something. 'Shock is u2u'ing me, but me thinks he might be busy, and I don't want to bug...