Rhodes101
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There are quite a few talented debaters on this site. It might be fun to have a little debate challenge, I was thinking maybe along the lines of topics that pertain to expediting. Like "Vans should be regulated the same as straight trucks" and "The hours of service regulations need to abolished". Lol I just thought of this one, cruise control is ok in work zones. I am sure we could come up with a few more.
I was thinking if we could get 4, 8 or 16 members interested we could do it like the NCAA basketball brackets, with the winners squaring off in the next round, the losers could do for a booby prize if they wanted to.
Instead of the typical Lincoln Douglas style of debate I was thinking that, each debate would require 3 posts per debater. 1-an opening post each, 2- a rebuttal of the others opening, then 3-each debater would do a closing.
The opening of each thread would have a poll for members to vote with a possible 3 points given to each debater, a 4 choice poll.
Example
Joe Schmoe (not you layout) the affirmative , John Doe the negative
A-3 points Affirmative (0 points Negative)
B-2 points Affirmative (1 point Negative)
C-3 points Negative (0 points Affirmative)
D- 2points Negative (1 point Affirmative)
see 3 posts 1 point for each win.
It might just be easier to have the voters pick affirmative or negative.
The topics don't have to be about expediting but it might make it easier to judge, and more interesting to those that do not frequent the soapbox. Maybe even a silly topic, Drivers that shower more than once a week are just being stupid. Lot Lizards are a valuable asset to expediters (skip that one).
Anybody interested in participating, and if so who can do the voting poll? I don't know how to do one. We would also need someone to assign a topic to each debate and who gets which side. I realize each debate may take several days to complete due to the nature of our work.
This is a work in progress before the brackets maybe we could just get 2 people, to try one out and see how it works. I am looking forward to hearing if you folks are interested. I think Turtle, Relent and Greg will be the odds on favorites if they decide to play.
I was thinking if we could get 4, 8 or 16 members interested we could do it like the NCAA basketball brackets, with the winners squaring off in the next round, the losers could do for a booby prize if they wanted to.
Instead of the typical Lincoln Douglas style of debate I was thinking that, each debate would require 3 posts per debater. 1-an opening post each, 2- a rebuttal of the others opening, then 3-each debater would do a closing.
The opening of each thread would have a poll for members to vote with a possible 3 points given to each debater, a 4 choice poll.
Example
Joe Schmoe (not you layout) the affirmative , John Doe the negative
A-3 points Affirmative (0 points Negative)
B-2 points Affirmative (1 point Negative)
C-3 points Negative (0 points Affirmative)
D- 2points Negative (1 point Affirmative)
see 3 posts 1 point for each win.
It might just be easier to have the voters pick affirmative or negative.
The topics don't have to be about expediting but it might make it easier to judge, and more interesting to those that do not frequent the soapbox. Maybe even a silly topic, Drivers that shower more than once a week are just being stupid. Lot Lizards are a valuable asset to expediters (skip that one).
Anybody interested in participating, and if so who can do the voting poll? I don't know how to do one. We would also need someone to assign a topic to each debate and who gets which side. I realize each debate may take several days to complete due to the nature of our work.
This is a work in progress before the brackets maybe we could just get 2 people, to try one out and see how it works. I am looking forward to hearing if you folks are interested. I think Turtle, Relent and Greg will be the odds on favorites if they decide to play.
