tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11521363.post4354562506765847700..comments2023-09-23T10:21:15.319+01:00Comments on world debating website: Interesting end to Kentucky Policy DebateCchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02308771027417054757noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11521363.post-22540138067059396272011-10-17T00:26:05.841+01:002011-10-17T00:26:05.841+01:00I am unimpressed by this liberal nonsense. The te...I am unimpressed by this liberal nonsense. The team who forfeited are losers (and not just because they participate in that awful form of debating that is Policy debate).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11521363.post-28553496408817130342011-10-13T18:30:30.466+01:002011-10-13T18:30:30.466+01:00While I find the sentiments above laudable as some...While I find the sentiments above laudable as someone who likes the public form of debate and who knows how hard it can be to put on one that is both engaging and informative to the audience, I would hope that it would not set much of a precedent. "Hard cases make bad law", and while there are extremely sympathetic facts to this particular incident, tournament directors are answerable to all the teams to whom they issued an invitation to compete and their own institution, and many must now wonder when a similar request will arise at their next tournament for reasons which might seem less compelling than these. It is also a salutory reminder of the value of inviting external parties to be part of the OrgComm as DCAs or otherwise, since an outsider might draw attention to something which seems innocuous to the host due of overfamiliarity or some other local social convention.Mark Dowlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399115211805036553noreply@blogger.com