Great Debates

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New Rules for Great Debates and Elections – January 2020 sdmb_rules-and-notes Moderation in Great Debates and Politics and Elections In general, Great Debates and Politics and Elections are the most contentious fora on the SDMB. Because of that, you’ll find that moderation is more active and pro…	0	17767	January 1, 2020
About the Great Debates category	0	4283	April 2, 2021
Thread and Topic Bans for Great Debates sdmb_rules-and-notes	1	12521	November 29, 2020
Where would Trump go if he accepted electoral defeat? trump	88	1420	August 16, 2026
What is the best defense of the apartheid-like system Israel enforces in occupied/settled/disputed territories?	305	2377	August 15, 2026
What are UFOs if they're NOT alien spacecraft?	455	8026	August 15, 2026
The use of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was it justified?	201	2195	August 14, 2026
The US will not rise up against an authoritarian leader	66	977	August 14, 2026
The Malvinas/Falklands in Argentine culture and politics middle-earth , football-soccer-fifa , trump	50	715	August 14, 2026
Is sexism stronger than racism in America?	70	1139	August 11, 2026
Have tech entrepreneurs become Bond villains?	10	194	August 11, 2026
Unified Field Theorem	31	300	August 10, 2026
How would you respond to the deferential wife scenario?	105	1318	August 9, 2026
Have we reached the point when it is kooky to not believe in massive amounts of intelligent life having evolved throughout the universe?	758	19090	August 8, 2026
Why doesn’t Stalin’s version of communism work? “From each according to their abilities, to each according to their labor?”	90	929	August 8, 2026
Your thoughts on whether a limited nuclear exchange is possible and/or feasible	48	652	August 7, 2026
The story of the Jews escaping slavery in Egypt and wandering the desert is fiction, right?	452	4833	August 6, 2026
Is the Modern Economy Pushing Ordinary People Toward Gambling?	59	903	August 6, 2026
Are there any valid, logical reasons why the Haredim should not have to serve in the IDF?	64	1128	August 3, 2026
Questions for Christians	149	1784	August 2, 2026
According to Justice Roberts, nearly everyone besides him misunderstands the "tradition and history" precedent	20	1558	August 2, 2026
How do you respond to ideological disagreements over definitions?	31	508	August 2, 2026
Was Hiroshima necessary?	19	576	July 28, 2026
Political/religious things people would admit if it weren't for social consequence trump	37	1177	July 28, 2026
Leopold Aschenbrenner's article about the near term future of AI, what do other people think of his predictions ai	38	813	July 27, 2026
What's the utility to Iran's regime of practical, all-out as opposed to rhetorical enmity towards Israel?	33	450	July 26, 2026
Why is Tesla's market cap so high?	302	4367	July 26, 2026
Trump secretly activates a "Mystery Court" trump	11	647	July 24, 2026
Should sports arenas be left to the private sector?	242	11451	July 23, 2026
What bottlenecks would you consider for the drake equation that prevent the development of intelligent, technologically advanced life	69	620	July 21, 2026

New Rules for Great Debates and Elections – January 2020

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Moderation in Great Debates and Politics and Elections In general, Great Debates and Politics and Elections are the most contentious fora on the SDMB. Because of that, you’ll find that moderation is more active and pro…