You do realize that #2 is inconsistent with 1 and 3. Have you ever SEEN a parliamentary debate? They're roudiferous.
-Travis On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Gadi Evron <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > We posted a suggestion for a new defcon event on the defcon forums -- a > debate tournament! > > https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?p=103437 > > If you think this is a good idea, support us on the forum. :) > > We'd also be happy to answer any question in email. To avoid list > clutter, off-list replied are requested. > > Organizers: > Gadi Evron > Dan Kaminsky > Steve Llano > > Highlights from proposal: > British Parliamentary Debate is a style of debating based on the how the > British conduct business at their Parliament. Two teams consisting of > two members each, face off against each other trying to defend or attack > a certain proposition. Then another two teams pick up where they left. > This is done in an organized fashion as detailed below. > > Example propositions: > This house will ban the use of firewalls > This house will make hacking illegal > This house will legalize mandatory full disclosure > This house believes the source of evil in this world is Windows > This house will support giving guns to hackers > This house believes script kiddies should be shot > Hacking saves lives > Ninjas are better than Pirates > Family guy is better than The Simpsons > Kids who play video games kill people > Star Trek is better than Star Wars > Pluto is a planet > Beer should be free > Coke is better than Pepsi > RFID will put the economy in recession > > Parliamentary debate has become increasingly popular in recent years. It > differs from the regular college Policy Debate in that the participants > have only 15 minutes prep time after learning of what motion > (resolution) they are going to work with. It requires thinking on your > feet and agile minds. > > Rules: > 1. Be professional. > 2. Follow parliamentary procedure. > 3. No swearing. > 4. Have fun! > 5. [Optional] Defcon rule addition: drink alcohol. > (judging team my enforce drinking when buzzwords, empty slogans and > logical fallacies are used) > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
