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In India, people, by and large, prefer to debate on every topic. To conduct or participate in any debate, our condition is such that one need not be a subject matter expert! Ironically, we do not know where to begin and where to end. At times, we become too illogical and too irrational, leaving great injustice to the topic we debate! Any discussion without facts and figures to corroborate our statement is a futile one!
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S. Muralidharan, Executive Director, Knowledge Foundation & Campus Around the Corner
| 03 11 2011 04:25:14 +0000
However, in our debate, we sought to understand each other, rather than win at all costs. Since certainty and winning weren’t the end all, be all of the debate, we could afford to introduce a level of uncertainty in our debate. Now, I’m normally very certain of my views, so writing this section was, admittedly, a bit of a challenge for me but the best way I can put it is this: be certain enough in your beliefs to make a good argument out of them, but willing to concede that your opponent is right if they use superior reasoning. You always have the most fun in a debate where you don’t care whether you win or lose – and introducing a little bit of humor in the argument is a great way to make everyone relax. For all you hardcore debaters who are all about winning, let me ask you this – if you present your argument well, is there anything else you can do to win? No. So have a little bit of fun, argue well, but don’t get all bent out of shape if you don’t “win.” And, by all means, laugh a little bit. It’s not war; it’s conversation with another human. Just don’t take things too seriously and you’ll be good. Your life doesn’t hang in the balance if you lose. Slow down. Breathe. Smile. A debate isn’t a fight, remember? So why be angry the whole time? Humor is one of the fastest ways to diffuse anger & bring you back down to earth. After all, it’s just a debate.
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manish kumar, SEO | Web-cms Developer | FreeTips-- shoot me an email | Mobile SEO | Do more than Just !
| 03 10 2011 05:05:07 +0000
Srirang u rit in debate u should have the best opponent only then u ll get the rit thoughts and the debate goes to hok & corner of the topic wer as win the debate is not a rit thought as we debate to know and explore the topic of debate instead of win know Wat idea u got from there and how deep u have reached in knowing things
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adarsh t r, journalism student
| 03 09 2011 19:01:52 +0000
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