Chatterbox: Chirp at Cricket

@Everybody

Here is Mei’s foolproof plan to make the Debate Thread civil with no tempers flaring, just like the Debate Clubs at your school! Except the Debate Clubs at school don’t debate about Harry Potter.

This will be different. No Debate Thread has done this before, although I’ll need Danie or someone to confirm that.

1. We send a request to the Admins to delete any posts on this thread showing any emotion. (This is to prevent tempers flaring.)

2. We choose an impartial judge.

3. Everyone chooses whether they are for Slytherin or against it.

4. I make a list of who is on whose side. (This is to prevent confusion.)

5. The side AGAINST Slytherin makes a list of arguments why Slytherin is evil/dark.

6. The judge approves it.

7. The side FOR Slytherin makes their list why Slytherin isn’t evil.

8. The judge approves it.

9. The side FOR Slytherin rebuts as many points as possible made by the side against Slytherin.

10. The judge decides which rebuttles are strong enough to cancel out the points, and which aren’t.

11. The judge then makes a list of the remaining points that weren’t cancelled out.

12. The side against Slytherin rebuts as many points as possible made by the side for Slytherin.

13. The judge decides which rebuttles are strong enough to cancel out the points, and which aren’t.

14. The judge then makes a list of the remaining points that weren’t cancelled out.

15. The side against Slytherin makes their conclusion.

16. The side for Slytherin makes their conclusion.

17. The judge reads over his/her list of points, and decides who has the stronger argument.

18. We celebrate!

I know that this way is foolproof because we do it all the time in school, with no tempers flaring. It ALWAYS works!!!

Danie, have we ever tried preventing disaster like THIS before? You said that you would know because you’ve been here a superlong time.