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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.
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We send a request to the Admins to delete any posts on this thread showing any emotion. (This is to prevent tempers flaring.)
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We choose an impartial judge.
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Everyone chooses whether they are for Slytherin or against it.
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I make a list of who is on whose side. (This is to prevent confusion.)
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The side AGAINST Slytherin makes a list of arguments why Slytherin is evil/dark.
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The judge approves it.
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The side FOR Slytherin makes their list why Slytherin isn’t evil.
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The judge approves it.
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The side FOR Slytherin rebuts as many points as possible made by the side against Slytherin.
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The judge decides which rebuttles are strong enough to cancel out the points, and which aren’t.
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The judge then makes a list of the remaining points that weren’t cancelled out.
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The side against Slytherin rebuts as many points as possible made by the side for Slytherin.
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The judge decides which rebuttles are strong enough to cancel out the points, and which aren’t.
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The judge then makes a list of the remaining points that weren’t cancelled out.
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The side against Slytherin makes their conclusion.
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The side for Slytherin makes their conclusion.
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The judge reads over his/her list of points, and decides who has the stronger argument.
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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.
submitted by Mei-xue (May-shreh), Fairyland
(July 15, 2016 - 3:46 pm)
(July 15, 2016 - 3:46 pm)
We are not ready to start giving rebuttles yet.
P.S. No fake names allowed.
(July 20, 2016 - 10:36 am)
yay! Good points!
(July 18, 2016 - 8:29 pm)
I thought food might be better because debating about a Hogwarts House is basically arguing about someone's personality. I thought we could just test the waters on this debate idea with something that wouldn't be as offensive. IF this actually succeeds, THEN we can debate about Slytherin.
Just a thought. I should probably stay out of this... I won't say anything about this anymore.
(sidenote: CAPTCHA finally said a word~hark)
*poofs*
(July 18, 2016 - 6:39 pm)
About a quarter of me is ready to go up and start fighting, start arguing and testing the boundaries and explaining the only reason why Slytherins as a whole are evil is just because JK Rowling was bad at world building in that she made a couple of little details very very irritatingly unrealistic. Honestly, if one fourth of Hogwarts was actually competently evil they would just kill all the Slytherins. Really Gryffindor is over idolized, Slytherin hated and badly represented, Ravenclaw neutral and chill just like in real life, and Hufflepuff also badly represented. I'm rather unhappy with JK because of that.
One eighth of me is giggling and going, mwahaha! I knew I was always evil! All hail Dark Lord Indigo! I can't believe if took you guys so long to realize I was an evil, slimy snake out to get you! Mwahahaha.
About an eighth of me is just headdesking in a corner...
The other fifty percent is writing this all down and trying to explain how this debate is still not a good one and whacking the other fifty percent over their collective heads.
(July 18, 2016 - 7:42 pm)
We are not ready to be giving the points from the other point of view yet.
(July 19, 2016 - 4:31 pm)
also, a 4th Point that Elmodasy made:
4. Crab and Goyle were not smart enough to be schemers, and not cunning. They were just evil bullies. And they were IN SLYTHERIN.
(July 20, 2016 - 8:16 am)
Roderick, Love ya! Not seriously. I just like that you take my points seriously. :)
(July 20, 2016 - 3:40 pm)
Top!
(July 23, 2016 - 8:13 am)
(July 23, 2016 - 8:16 am)
(July 23, 2016 - 8:17 am)
(July 23, 2016 - 8:17 am)
Here's what they have so far.
1 Crabbe and Goyle? Not smart. Not brave. Not schemers. They aren't smart enough for that.
2 Most of the sytherins were loyal to Voldemort, and all had a mean streak in them somewhere (like Pansy Parkinson and Draco). even snape, who everyone thinks is good now, was super mean to harry for no reason but that he was a bitter jerk!!!
3 Slyhterin made all the worst ppl in the series! Voldemorrt, Umbrige, Snape, the Death Eaters, they were all slytherin!!!
4 JK Rowling herself said that she intended for Slytherin to be the EVIL house in the book, and you can't argue with the author no matter what because Rowling wrote the books!!!\
I'm, like, bursting with rebuttles. XD
Come on, get more points than this! You only have four!!!!!!!
(July 23, 2016 - 8:22 am)
I disagree. I believe many of the Slytherin are cruel, mean, and weath-focusted, but I belive that many can grow out of that. Like the Malfoys: they help whoever is in power. And lots of the Slytherin would have been killed if they had not joined Voldemort. Evil is too strong a word.
(July 24, 2016 - 10:54 am)
This isn't whether Slytherin is evil or not. It's for or against Slytherin.
And I WOULD crush that (I'm exaggerating) comment with a million rebuttles, but I'm waiting for them to finish saying their arguments.
(July 25, 2016 - 8:08 am)
We are the only ones here. Might as well argue back and forth.
(July 26, 2016 - 8:55 am)