The two teams who advanced to our mixed teams finals were "Fear Factor" and "Just Because." The resolution was, of course, "Hate speech should be a crime," and, as a result of a strategy employed by the affirmative team, "Fear Factor," the debate centered around violence, children, and censorship in the U.S.--with particular attention to violent video games. An interesting point in the debate was in the first cross-examination, when representatives from each of the teams argued about the violent attributes of the popular children's game, Pokemon. In the end, it was decided that, for now, it's okay to let Pokemon continue to corrupt the minds of young children.
The judges had a tough decision to make in this debate, but, with a 3-2 decision, the team "Just Because," who only had two members of their team present for this debate, came out as the winner of YF 2007's Karl Popper Mixed Teams Debate. Congratulations to both teams for great debating, and congratulations to all participants in this year's Mixed Teams Tournament! This topic was difficult, and many teams approached it with thoughtful strategy.
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One minor correction. I think the decision was actually 4-3. There were seven judges in the final round, no?
Yes, confirming what Rob noted, there were seven of us on the final round panel. The decision was 4-3 in favor of the negative.
Yes, to confirm Rob's comment, there were seven of us on the final round panel. It was a 4-3 decision for the negative.
Lol...Yes, the finals...Frankly, for such a beautiful topic as freedom of expression and hate speech it should have been ashaming for the affirmative to come with a plan in which they ban "violent games" and replace GTE with internet monopoly or chess...That was not a final to be..
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