Debate team

[Ambition]

You can refrain from arguments, and still maintain a good discussion for others to see a bigger picture from the topic on the debate. Even though it's a debate, it might open people's minds to thinking differently about certain aspects of the debate topic at hand.

Arguments, for me would be making illogical statements towards another person based on emotional distress. Arguments only ever begin when someone gets frustrated really.

Debates, are only discussions really. Because even though someone may win a debate, most of the time, based on the topic, there is still a discussion to be made. It's based on how effectively you can support your own theories and statements, to make them seem like fact. Scientists have to do it all the time when they come up with new ideas because society is unwilling to change. Take Gallileo and the debate between believing in the geocentric model of the galaxy and the heliocentric model.

I personally think you're wrong about the term "argument". You're using in in the sense of which there is a dilemma or some kind of ill-tension between two parties when that isn't always the case. You can argue a point in a civil and non-malicious way. Although I see where you're coming from, the word can also be used simply as a synonym of the word "debate".

To debate your opinions = To argue your opinions.

Anyway, my point in my first post was that I made the assumption that debates aren't always the best ideas on message boards. There are often very ignorant one-sided arguments that occur which never lead to anything good. Take the debate section @ HF for example.

Anyway, I guess I am still in favor of a debate section if it were to be moderated very closely. I LOVE debating and discussing in an appropriate manner, and my only hope would be that it would be a civil section if the debate forum is to be created.