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I see it as a polite mass argument. I'm a debator for my school, and it is quite fun in the Courier championships. FREE MINTS! But debate is fun as a whole.
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It's fun... to an extent. It's when people feel waaay strongly about their beliefs that I dislike it. I hate it when people get too serious/feirce about it, so I enjoy having friendly debates with my friends and whatnot. I personally enjoy discussion more than I enjoy actually debating.
...I dislike debates about whether or not God exists. Doesn't it drive people nuts to debate about that? When I wasn't really depressed I would occasionally debate about it, but I can't understand how people can debate about the subject frequently.
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I agree, debates can often get out of hand. I think that in their pure form, debates are meant to be tools of instruction. Each person bring their beliefs and valid reasons for believing said thing to the table, and actually hear each other's arguments.
The problem is, debate has become more of a competition than a tool of learning. People bring their beliefs to the table and fight for them vehemently, never once entertaining the idea that they may be wrong. That's the problem, how can you ever learn anything if you always think you're right? If someone bring up a valid argument against your points, do you actually take it to hear or ignore it?
Unfortunately, I think for many people today, the answer to those questions is a resounding "no".
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To be honest, I've never really thought about why I debate or even bother giving out my own opinions about a certain matter. It's certainly not to convince people (well it depends)...I try to avoid that as much as possible since there's really no point to it. I guess maybe I view it as practice and to expand my knowledge on certain subjects by taking the time to do research and forming my own thoughts and opinions about it. And the fun of it would be to voice out your thoughts and hearing the response of others and their own opinions. It's interesting to see what everyone can come up with, really, and I believe that should be the main thing when debating, not some sort of heated competition. Battle of the wits certainly comes to play and it just irritates me sometimes since people tend to get so personal about something.
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There is a fine line in debating, you can have a very enjoyable debate (albeit, I only get involved if I know a lot on the subject xD) where people can express their opinions and what makes it enjoyable in my eyes is that you can get deeply involved in a debate and learn a lot from it, so realistically it's just a more and less restricted way of learning and as long as a debate is kept within the rules I do find them very enjoyable.
However, you have also have the not so enjoyable side of debating in which people can become sarcastic and personal attacks become involved which makes debating horrid. But I do think there is a fine line between the two.
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I also think that debate is good practice for backing up your own beliefs. Too often, people believe something simply because that's how they were raised, or they heard it from a friend, etc. If someone must participate in a debate, they have to do research on the subject matter. They may have already formed an opinion, but now they've got to find hard evidence to support their conclusions. No longer can they rest on the fact that their beliefs are valid because "it's just what I know".
So, in a way, debate can (or at least should) be a learning tool for both parties. I personally believe that you shouldn't hold to a particular viewpoint if it doesn't make logical sense to you, so I would encourage people to test the validity of their beliefs. Debate is a good way to do that, if it's done properly.
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