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paragon1 posted:All Debate Disco debates will, of course, be in Lincoln-Douglas style debate format. All arguments must also be set to funky dance grooves. Mods, please ember some funky Parliament tunes into all threads, tia.
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ReidRansom posted:Mods, please ember some funky Parliament tunes into all threads, tia. Has a mod ever gone along with one of these requests? As far as I know the gas chamber once had an awesome little tune to go with it, but even that's before my time. Wantin' some funky Parliament tunes up itt.
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Jul 11, 2014 19:37
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I wouldn't mind a disco ball like the BYOB cat. Just up there in the corner all sparkly and spinning.
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Jul 11, 2014 19:42
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Dr. Witherbone posted:Has a mod ever gone along with one of these requests? As far as I know the gas chamber once had an awesome little tune to go with it, but even that's before my time. I seem to recall either the 2008 or 2012 Obama toxx thread had music embedded into it.
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Jul 11, 2014 19:44
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kelvron posted:Pics as requested. (Phone posting so just a gallery link for now. I'll fix it later.) Funny how all these participation trophies are styled like medals. 
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Jul 11, 2014 19:48
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Funny how all these participation trophies are styled like medals. He donated to the RNC all his life. His mother even stumped for them post-suffrage. Didn't know his opinions on most of their policies except for his dislike of the estate tax.
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Jul 11, 2014 20:00
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i saw parliament perform live on new years eve this year and it was really loving dope or would that be new years eve last year? it was the day before the first day of this year, i don't know.
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Jul 11, 2014 20:00
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Admins lost the ability to embed music around the same time that titles switched over from html to BB code, so like 2009?
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Jul 11, 2014 20:02
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Bummer.
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Jul 11, 2014 20:11
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paragon1 posted:All Debate Disco debates will, of course, be in Lincoln-Douglas style debate format. With a timekeeper but no moderator! 
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Jul 11, 2014 20:32
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Winner will be decided by the mob.
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Jul 11, 2014 20:55
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And I object that he interrupted me while I was watching Ow my balls!
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Jul 11, 2014 21:20
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kelvron posted:Pics as requested. (Phone posting so just a gallery link for now. I'll fix it later.)
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Jul 11, 2014 23:08
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kelvron posted:Pics as requested. (Phone posting so just a gallery link for now. I'll fix it later.) You don't think the GWB library docent will want these?
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Jul 11, 2014 23:30
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Pope Guilty posted:You don't think the GWB library docent will want these? We asked. He didn't. I'll probably ask him again before I do anything with them.
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Jul 11, 2014 23:54
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Do you think the Intelligence Squared debates are any good? I'm not an expert but I've like the ones I've heard. They poll the audience before and after and sometimes there are pretty significant swings. http://intelligencesquaredus.org/
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Jul 12, 2014 01:58
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Formal debates have their merits, but public education isn't one of them. Usually debate is impressive for the level of research debaters have to put into their statements(at the high levels we're talking a full filing cabinet of notes for a single debate), but you're still getting a limited and rhetorically laden construction of the issue.RevusRangerous posted:Do you think the Intelligence Squared debates are any good? I'm not an expert but I've like the ones I've heard. They poll the audience before and after and sometimes there are pretty significant swings. Well, preliminarily, the three puff quotations on the index for the group are from WSJ, NYT and HuffPo, which is not a good sign.
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Jul 12, 2014 02:18
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RevusRangerous posted:Do you think the Intelligence Squared debates are any good? I'm not an expert but I've like the ones I've heard. They poll the audience before and after and sometimes there are pretty significant swings. So far I've seen them more or less walk all over positions I'd disagree with to start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn0tPRjVBvw
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Jul 12, 2014 03:37
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Cheekio posted:So far I've seen them more or less walk all over positions I'd disagree with to start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn0tPRjVBvw Christopher Hitchens was an imperialist piece of poo poo though. And the catholic church could easily be a force for good in the world if they'd just stop telling Africans not to use condoms; they do all kinds of things that are worthwhile.
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Jul 12, 2014 03:50
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If they host a debate between Hitchens and Fry, there's no reason to think of the organization as even remotely interested in anything resembling rational discourse or argument.
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Jul 12, 2014 03:55
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Discendo Vox posted:If they host a debate between Hitchens and Fry, there's no reason to think of the organization as even remotely interested in anything resembling rational discourse or argument.
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Jul 12, 2014 04:01
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I stand corrected, but if Team Smug Atheism are involved, it's not a productive debate.
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Jul 12, 2014 04:16
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Discendo Vox posted:I stand corrected, but if Team Smug Atheism are involved, it's not a productive debate. Yeah, clearly, they should have gotten someone who was going to be much nicer when arguing that the Catholic Church is evil. 
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Jul 12, 2014 04:21
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If the thesis being debated is that the Catholic church is evil, then it's not a productive debate. We can keep doing this if you really want.
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Jul 12, 2014 04:24
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Thanatosian posted:Yeah, clearly, they should have gotten someone who was going to be much nicer when arguing that the Catholic Church is evil. If your topic is 'is this vast world wide group that does tons of different things in different reasons PURE EVIL YES OR NO' you're probably a garbage debate platform. Also like, we know where you stand with the whole 'WMBLA' goof, you don't need to keep proving your edgy internet atheist cred.
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Jul 12, 2014 04:28
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Tatum Girlparts posted:If your topic is 'is this vast world wide group that does tons of different things in different reasons PURE EVIL YES OR NO' you're probably a garbage debate platform. I don't think anyone said anything about pure evil. Just whether they're more evil than not. And I think it's a pretty good debate to have, if only because most people seem to think that the problem with the Catholic Church is a few bad apples, when, in fact, there's a healthy amount of evidence that the issue is a bad tree. Also, I don't think taking an anti-religion stance is particularly "edgy" given the audience.
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Jul 12, 2014 04:42
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Thanatosian posted:I don't think anyone said anything about pure evil. Just whether they're more evil than not. And I think it's a pretty good debate to have, if only because most people seem to think that the problem with the Catholic Church is a few bad apples, when, in fact, there's a healthy amount of evidence that the issue is a bad tree. Not that I disagree with you, but the saying is "a few bad apples spoil the bunch," goddammit. It doesn't matter how few there are, if you don't get rid of them promptly they ruin the rest!
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Jul 12, 2014 04:47
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Yea I'm sure Hitchens and Fry, both great scholars in sociological and historical things, were qualified to talk about the level of 'evil' in the church.
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Jul 12, 2014 04:48
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Thanatosian posted:I don't think anyone said anything about pure evil. Just whether they're more evil than not. And I think it's a pretty good debate to have, if only because most people seem to think that the problem with the Catholic Church is a few bad apples, when, in fact, there's a healthy amount of evidence that the issue is a bad tree. Congratulations on missing the point and being swayed by a topic you are emotionally invested in! You are the target demographic for this lovely audience-baiting debate platform!
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Jul 12, 2014 04:48
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Captain_Maclaine posted:Not that I disagree with you, but the saying is "a few bad apples spoil the bunch," goddammit. It doesn't matter how few there are, if you don't get rid of them promptly they ruin the rest! I know, and it's not inconsistent with what I said; if it's some bad apples, you can solve the problem by getting rid of them quickly. If it's a bad tree, however (i.e. the problems are symptomatic of institutional issues, and not isolated incidents) tossing a handful of rot out just makes room for more rot.
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Jul 12, 2014 04:51
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Everyone's got a gimmick Hitchens was an atheist contrarian Discendo Vox, well, it's right there I'm postmodern with some nihilism computerparts is pedantic and contrarian the list goes on...
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Jul 12, 2014 04:51
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Oh poo poo I missed your stupid "haha Catholics are pedophiles" joke. Hurf durf.
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Jul 12, 2014 04:51
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Ogmius815 posted:Christopher Hitchens was an imperialist piece of poo poo though. And the catholic church could easily be a force for good in the world if they'd just stop telling Africans not to use condoms; they do all kinds of things that are worthwhile. And the Catholic Church does a tiny percentage of the worthwhile poo poo they're capable of doing (they spend a minuscule amount of their revenue on charity), and they do a lot of terrible stuff other than just spreading lies about birth control in the developing world.
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Jul 12, 2014 04:57
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Too bad he never tried getting his house bombed and his loved ones murdered because his faith scared a fat old upper class slob an ocean away, maybe that would have fixed his actual problems instead of just one of the symptoms.
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Jul 12, 2014 04:59
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Too bad he never tried getting his house bombed and his loved ones murdered because his faith scared a fat old upper class slob an ocean away, maybe that would have fixed his actual problems instead of just one of the symptoms.
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Thanatosian posted:Yeah, Hitchens was an imperialist piece of poo poo. I give him credit for being willing to try waterboarding, though, and changing his mind about it after he experienced it. More than I can say for a lot of imperialist pieces of poo poo. This wasn't the discussion subject. The question that gave rise to this discussion was whether intelligence squared was a worthwhile debate platform. Hitchens being on their debates (let alone Fry) is a good sign that it isn't. We already know your position on Catholicism, you've made it abundantly clear, you're not adding anything by repeating it several times.
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Jul 12, 2014 05:04
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Discendo Vox posted:This wasn't the discussion subject. The question that gave rise to this discussion was whether intelligence squared was a worthwhile debate platform. Hitchens being on their debates (let alone Fry) is a good sign that it isn't. We already know your position on Catholicism, you've made it abundantly clear, you're not adding anything by repeating it several times. Who would you have suggested instead?
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Jul 12, 2014 05:07
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Too bad he never tried getting his house bombed and his loved ones murdered because his faith scared a fat old upper class slob an ocean away, maybe that would have fixed his actual problems instead of just one of the symptoms. He was really big on the Kurds in his debate with Galloway (a disingenuous poo poo in his own right; now there was a debate worth watching!), so he may be happy in 
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Jul 12, 2014 05:07
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Thanatosian posted:Now, now, don't be so jaded; those wars had way more to do with electoral politics, lobbyists, and natural resources than they did with religion. No but his support for them was near all based in a terror of an imaginary Muslim horde ready to rape and plunder.
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Thanatosian posted:Who would you have suggested instead? Maybe someone with a doctorate? Possibly history or some kind of social science?
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