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Bosco , > In a Parliamentary-style of debate each participant gets to speak just once with > views being alternated between each team (constructive and rebuttal pieces). We too need this style of debate on this forum , we need to choose a moderator ( speaker ) for each debate held on this net. Will it work ? Just thought I d share my thoughts. rene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bosco D'Mello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 4:09 AM Subject: [Goanet]Re: US Elections and subsequent moral outrage > Hello Cornel, > > > My main reason is that I am rather fascinated by the depth of > > Americanisation among some Goans who have gone to the States in very recent > > times and become so totally American (and "we" overnight) that it would make > > the First Americans/Red Indians blush with embarrassment! > > RESPONSE: There is nothing.....nada.......zilch......that any of the debaters on > this subject is giving us in terms of intellectual embellishments or knowledge. > After the first week, the same rhetoric and mantras are repeated......sometimes > several times each day !! Each one of us thinks of ourselves as righteous !! > > In a Parliamentary-style of debate each participant gets to speak just once with > views being alternated between each team (constructive and rebuttal pieces). > > In a Cross-examination-style of debate each participant may speak twice - once > each for constructive and rebuttal. > > This is not a debate !! What we're witnessing are deeply entrenched views that > want to convince each other - it will never happen !! Everybody wants to have > the last word even though their shouting hoarse and nobody is listening.
