Climate change is a controversial subject, right? People will debate whether there is climate change... that's a whole political debate that I don't want to get into. I want to talk about the frequency of extreme weather situations, which is not political.
The debate about who decides what gets taught is fascinating, albeit excruciating for those who have to defend the schools against bunkum.
I am happy to debate the past with the Prime Minister... I have a big dossier on his past, and I did not even have to sex it up.
There is still much debate about whether torture has been effective in eliciting information - the assumption being, apparently, that if it is effective, then it may be justified.
My first debate in high school--"Resolved: Girls are no good"--and I won!
Every debate in Washington is about how much to increase spending - a little or a lot.
You can only have one aim per debate.
Besides Germany, the only countries that don't have speed limits are places like Nepal, where road conditions are so bad that a limit would be beside the point. In other words, it's a little crazy that this is even a topic for debate in Germany.
When you exist in the centre of a debate, as a topic, a hypothesis - otherised and stigmatised - you become the prop in a proposition.
If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament, and judgment, to serve as the next Commander-in-Chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have.
Whether someone else would have played Superman better or worse would be up for a lot of debate on the internet forums, I'm sure.
