Instigator / Pro
0
1432
rating
14
debates
10.71%
won
Topic
#3379
Free speach is a lie, people do not speak their minds as they were told to.
Status
Finished
The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.
Winner & statistics
After 3 votes and with 21 points ahead, the winner is...
Benjamin
Parameters
- Publication date
- Last updated date
- Type
- Standard
- Number of rounds
- 5
- Time for argument
- Two days
- Max argument characters
- 10,000
- Voting period
- One month
- Point system
- Multiple criterions
- Voting system
- Open
Contender / Con
21
1774
rating
98
debates
77.55%
won
Description
No information
Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:
F00L 4F17
Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:
Full forfeiture.
Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:
Full forfeiture.
->99% of what you hear has been said before. In turn, 99% of that is shaped by influences around the speaker
Was this said before?
They do. It's just that birthing, and then expressing, a truly original thought is surprisingly hard. 99% of what you hear has been said before. In turn, 99% of that is shaped by influences around the speaker, such as by peers and pop culture and the newsmedia.
But there's nothing necessarily wrong with that. The first time you thought of it, it was novel to you, and worth saying to you.