HNosegbe: I'd really like to read arguments against an SNC. Tick tock...

TOPIC FOR OCTOBER
FIRST ROUND - 1914 AMALGAMATION - A HISTORICAL MISTAKE?
FINAL ROUND - SOVEREIGN NATIONAL CONFERENCE - ULTIMATE PANACEA TO NIGERIA'S PROBLEMS?

gidiMonsta:

I'm confused here If I say It's not a historical mistake, is that FOR or AGAINST?

Jarus: OK. We have enough endorsements already. I declare the topic settled. We are debating SNC.


TOPIC FOR OCTOBER
FIRST ROUND - 1914 AMALGAMATION - A HISTORICAL MISTAKE?
FINAL ROUND - SOVEREIGN NATIONAL CONFERENCE - ULTIMATE PANACEA TO NIGERIA'S PROBLEMS?

DATE:
First round: Saturday, October 27, 2012
Final round: Sunday, October 28, 2012


DEBATERS:
To be decided latest Sunday, October 21
Express your interest and after scrutiny, we shall settle for 4 Nairalanders, 2 opposing, 2 supporting.

NOTE:
This is based on conviction/ideology, not just a make-believe position only for debate purpose.
In the first round, they will be paired, and the two winners square up for finals.

Katsumoto:

Hey Jarus,

What happens if the two finalists for the final round have the same position with regards to the final round topic? Using the theme adopted for the debates, it may be unfair to make one of them argue against their positions.

Having said that, it is allowed in debate for all sides to argue either for or against a position and a winner is still selected based on the criteria selected for the debate.

Chrisbenogor:
How about taking the best "for" to go against the best "against" argument?

Katsumoto:

But they will be debating a different topic in the final.

Second, in debate, teams arguing the same position can both be judged winners against teams arguing a different position. Winners are selected based on the criteria and not position taken.

OAM4J: Sorry guys been away for a while. Now back.

So far...

JUDGING CRITERIA:

1, Presentation(opening, flow, closing) - 4 marks
2, Logic of arguments - 4 marks
3, Strength of facts & examples - 4 marks
4, Persuasiveness - 4 marks
5, Demonstration of knowledge/understanding of the subject - 4 marks

Total score from a judge = 20, from 5 judges = 100

jarus:
That will bring our judging criteria to 7, at 5 maximum point per criteria, that will come to 35 points(70%), audience poll will take 15 marks(30%). Polls shall be on for just 1 hour, so only those viewing the debate live can participate because we need to annouce results at the end of the exercise, which we are envisaging should be between 2-3 hours.

ndu_chucks:


What happened to this earlier decision, particularly the bolded?

OAM4J: Sorry guys been away for a while. Now back.

So far...

JUDGING CRITERIA:

1, Presentation(opening, flow, closing) - 4 marks
2, Logic of arguments - 4 marks
3, Strength of facts & examples - 4 marks
4, Persuasiveness - 4 marks
5, Demonstration of knowledge/understanding of the subject - 4 marks

Total score from a judge = 20, from 5 judges = 100

TOPIC FOR OCTOBER
FIRST ROUND - 1914 AMALGAMATION - A HISTORICAL MISTAKE?
FINAL ROUND - SOVEREIGN NATIONAL CONFERENCE - ULTIMATE PANACEA TO NIGERIA'S PROBLEMS?

DATE:
First round: Saturday, October 27, 2012
Final round: Sunday, October 28, 2012

... more volunteers for the debate please

Jarus: TOPICS -
FIRST ROUND: The 1914 amalgamation of the northern and southern protectorates - a historical mistake?
FINAL ROUND: Sovereign National Conference (SNC) - way to go?

Jarus:
Sure, sensitive and emotional topics will be avoided.

The 1914 amalgamation of the northern and southern protectorates - a historical mistake?

ndu_chucks:


What happened to this earlier decision, particularly the bolded?

Paul John: From
https://www.nairaland.com/1081002/nairaland-political-debate-oct-2012



Mod, at the beginning of this thread you stated that


But seriously, I don't think you're keeping to your word.
The topic of this month which is:


How on earth do you think this topic won't lead to exchange of words due to "sensitive and emotional" discussion that might arise as the topic role?!

At a time that hatred has been heated up just because of a novel written by a prof.

Do you want to prove this topic would be debated without the mentioning of the civil war, the starvation and other delicate matters that shouldn't be brought up due to it's sensitivity and sadness it might cause readers.

There are millions of topics that can be discussed and would attract great traffic if this is the hidden agender the topic is all about.
Topic like this takes hatred and discrimination to a greater height.
No one is saying history should be forgotten, but the ones that seems delicate should be avoided

OAM4J:

...what we meant by 'sensitive topics' are topics that put an ethnic group against another and not 'sensitive topics' that affect the whole country...

OAM4J:
...We cannot change our past, but sometimes we need to honestly analyse our past to formulate a good future for ourselves, that is the aim of debating such topic.

Paul John: ^^
Wow! Really?


And this topic won't?



Ofcourse we can't change our past

Part in bold; this is not the first time this particular topic has been debated(although not in an organized way that involves you mods) and the end is not worth mentioning, which does not seem to "have formulated a good future" has you've stated.

NB: just my thought.
Whichever way, it's just an online forum.

Negro_Ntns:

OAM,

I dont know anybody that will say the 1914 amalgamation is a blessing. So why is it even a topic of debate? It will be nice to have contestans open on that historical note....but anyone presenting it as a blessing is doomed to lose.

Obinoscopy:

Not true. You'll see

Negro_Ntns:

Im not sure the moderators have a good grip on this project to be honest.

On whethet or not amalgamation is a good thing, there is only one way to answer that......it is BAD! There is no division of opinion on that. The reality is self evident.

Negro_Ntns:

Im not sure the moderators have a good grip on this project to be honest.
.

Obinoscopy:

I'm sorry what you're wrong again especially as it concerns the bolded in your quote

Jarus:
Thanks for your thought, but we dont consider that topic sensitive. And if you look at the debaters they are from same part of the country , so this is not an ethnic clash.

If the debaters do their homework well, this topic also tends to be very educative. A lot of facts will be dug up and we will all learn or refresh our knowledge.

Lol, this reminds me of that Denzel movie. . .The Great Debaters

Henry Lowe (Instructor): Who is the judge?
Students (debaters): The judge is God.
Henry Lowe (Instructor): And why is he God?
Students (debaters): Because, he decides who wins or loses, not my opponent.
Henry Lowe (Instructor): And who is your opponent?
Students (debaters): He doesn't exist.
Henry Lowe (Instructor): And why doesn't he exist?
Students (debaters): Because, he is a mere dissenting voice to the truth I speak.