[war in iraq debate] - Official discussion

03-26-2003, 02:58 PM

All of these topics seem to have died out or else been drowned out be #####. So I guess there ought to be some rules for one of these things.

Things to include in your post:

-FACTS. Make sure to have as many of these as possible. Simply theorizing on all your posts is unacceptable. Historical facts are as welcome as current. However, it is not required that you have them in every post, but highly recomended.
-STRUCTURE. Your post requires this. If it lacks any sort of structure and is full of run-on sentences and has everything mushed together without paragraphs or something to seperate trains of thought, then it's just too difficult to be read. This does NOT imply that everything needs to tie in together.. just seperate different ideas/statements.
-INFORMATION. Almost the same as facts, but this means that you can't just get away with an "i agree" or "

" type post. If you don't have something significant to either contribute or at least back up with something that takes up some space on your post, it's deleted upon site :biggrin:
-RELEVANCE. If it is not relevant to what is being debated, it's gone.

Things you should NOT include in your posts:
-Flaming. Any of this will get your WHOLE post deleted.
-Discriminating. This goes for sexism, racism, discriminating against religion, and any other form it is classified under. Any of this will get your whole post deleted.
-Spam. Any of this will get your whole post deleted.
-Stupidity. Any of this will get your whole post deleted.

Rules:

Here's how it goes, one side states a reason for their "side" (either for or against the war). ex: "Iraq has chemical and biological weapons. If these are not stopped, they could sell them to terrorists." After that, the floor is open for debate on the issue as long as it relates to that reason, and that reason only. Straying from the subject will get a deletion of the off-topic sections (and continued action will get the whole thing deleted). See above above for more on what your posts should include. These discussions will be concluded when either myself or the person or who has placed the reason out on the floor feels it has been "done". Then turn will pass to the opposing side. It should continue in this manner until both sides run out of reasons.

Ok, now that all that everything has been explained, I give the floor to the pro-war supporters. Fire away... but remember, you only get ONE reason, then that's put on debate until it's finished.

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03-26-2003, 02:58 PM	#1
Guest Posts: n/a Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): Thanks (Received): Likes (Given): Likes (Received): Dislikes (Given): Dislikes (Received): Points: 0 Mentioned: Post(s) Tagged: Thread(s) Quoted: Post(s)	All of these topics seem to have died out or else been drowned out be #####. So I guess there ought to be some rules for one of these things. Things to include in your post: -FACTS. Make sure to have as many of these as possible. Simply theorizing on all your posts is unacceptable. Historical facts are as welcome as current. However, it is not required that you have them in every post, but highly recomended. -STRUCTURE. Your post requires this. If it lacks any sort of structure and is full of run-on sentences and has everything mushed together without paragraphs or something to seperate trains of thought, then it's just too difficult to be read. This does NOT imply that everything needs to tie in together.. just seperate different ideas/statements. -INFORMATION. Almost the same as facts, but this means that you can't just get away with an "i agree" or "" type post. If you don't have something significant to either contribute or at least back up with something that takes up some space on your post, it's deleted upon site :biggrin: -RELEVANCE. If it is not relevant to what is being debated, it's gone. Things you should NOT include in your posts: -Flaming. Any of this will get your WHOLE post deleted. -Discriminating. This goes for sexism, racism, discriminating against religion, and any other form it is classified under. Any of this will get your whole post deleted. -Spam. Any of this will get your whole post deleted. -Stupidity. Any of this will get your whole post deleted. Rules: Here's how it goes, one side states a reason for their "side" (either for or against the war). ex: "Iraq has chemical and biological weapons. If these are not stopped, they could sell them to terrorists." After that, the floor is open for debate on the issue as long as it relates to that reason, and that reason only. Straying from the subject will get a deletion of the off-topic sections (and continued action will get the whole thing deleted). See above above for more on what your posts should include. These discussions will be concluded when either myself or the person or who has placed the reason out on the floor feels it has been "done". Then turn will pass to the opposing side. It should continue in this manner until both sides run out of reasons. Ok, now that all that everything has been explained, I give the floor to the pro-war supporters. Fire away... but remember, you only get ONE reason, then that's put on debate until it's finished.