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DEBATE CLUB!
DEBATE CLUB!
Since there were some issues with my first thread on this, I'm starting over with this new one!
Okay, so here are the rules:
1. Respect the other side, even though you disagree.
2. No judging, please.
3. Feel free to suggest ideas!
4. Always ask for permission before doing anything that I might not be okay with.
5. There is no sign-up deadline. Even if we're already starting, you can jump in. Just make sure you clarify your position.
The first topic will be reading vs. writing.
Here is a list of people who already signed up, and where they stand.
Ellie - undecided
Pete the Trollslayer - undecided
Bookbug - reading
Forrest - undecided
True - writing
J.B.E. - undecided
Phantom of the Opera - undecided
Danielle P. - undecided
Corina - undecided
S.E. - undecided
SAVVY44x - undecided
pin name - reading
Nora the Singer (me) - writing
So, if you haven't joined or you see the word "undecided" next to your name, comment below! Reading or writing? May the best team win!
submitted by Nora the Singer
(August 19, 2014 - 6:02 pm)
(August 19, 2014 - 6:02 pm)
In reading, you can take a break from the limits of your thinking. In writing, you're always limited to your mind. But when you read, you're able to explore what other people think, plus get ideas for your own writing!
By the way, I thought of a really good debate topic: "Are smartphones good or bad for us?"
(September 5, 2014 - 4:02 pm)
In some writing, like the writing Fred Durbin will be doing in Crowd Scorcery, you read about many things and sort of . . . knit them together. Then it is MUCH more open. Joint writing like RPs are also unlimited , with 8 or 9 people thinking of unlikely and creative ideas. So not ALL writing is limited to the constraints of your mind.
(September 6, 2014 - 8:47 am)
That was super smart, Indigo!
P.S. Bookbug, I like your topic idea.
(September 6, 2014 - 3:43 pm)
Wow! I like that.
(September 6, 2014 - 10:35 am)
That "Wow! I like that" was to Bookbug about the smartphone idea.
(September 7, 2014 - 7:03 am)
Great idea, Bookbug! That'll be next time's debate topic for sure.
Indigo made an amazing point for the writing side, and the reading side hasn't argued back, so...do they give up?
(September 7, 2014 - 7:39 am)
Indigo made a really good point. I give up! *holds hands in the air*
(September 8, 2014 - 5:26 pm)
I give up to but I still like reading better personally
(September 9, 2014 - 11:29 am)
*too. Sorry, that was bothering me.
Okay! Are we all ready for the next topic?
(September 9, 2014 - 3:34 pm)
Let's start!
(September 11, 2014 - 7:51 am)
Okay!
The next debate topic will be on smartphones: Are they good or bad for us?
I'm on the side of them being good for us.
Comment your side here!
(September 11, 2014 - 4:23 pm)
Ummmmm . . . good.
(September 11, 2014 - 5:45 pm)
I'm still kind of neutral, but I'm going to counter everyone's points, okay?
(September 11, 2014 - 5:44 pm)
Hahaha. Okay.
Guys, no one else do this - since Madeline asked first, only she can be neutral. Everyone else, please pick your side!
(September 11, 2014 - 7:21 pm)
I'm arguing that smart phones are bad for people.
(September 11, 2014 - 5:56 pm)