# what is a great debate?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-great-debate/17819>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 26, 2000, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-great-debate/17819 "2000-03-26T20:49:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2000, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-great-debate/17819/1 "2000-03-26T20:49:00Z")

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david b:

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> A thread about sarcasm and name-calling? Hmmmm. Sorry, don’t think Great Debates is the place to discuss it. I’m sending it to the Pit.
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> David B, SDMB Great Debates Moderator
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> [Moderator Hat: Handed Off to Lynn]

Gaudere said:

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> I sometimes let topics stay because there is a high likelyhood that they’ll turn into a debate. “Ask the Gay Guy” made the cut on this basis. “Ask the straight guy” and “ask the straight conservative whatever” are borderline, but might make it.

link to thread: [sarcasm, name-calling and pit stuff](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum5/HTML/000841.html)

lynn…about my thread?

is this a general question, or could it qualify as a great debate?  
anyway…im putting it in the great debates, for thats where it all began.

bj0rn - back at the beginning

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**Author:** ![Nu\_Vo\_Da\_Da](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/97f17d/32.png) [@Nu\_Vo\_Da\_Da](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nu_Vo_Da_Da)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2000, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-great-debate/17819/2 "2000-03-26T21:09:00Z")

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Actually, it’s just irritating.

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**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-great-debate/17819/3 "2000-03-27T10:11:00Z")

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sorry, but i think youre lost, the pit is over there \> [the BBQ pit](http://boards.straightdope.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=The+BBQ+Pit&number=5&DaysPrune=20&LastLogin=)

bj0rn - have a nice day!

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**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-great-debate/17819/4 "2000-03-27T14:47:00Z")

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> what is a great debate?

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Not this. Complaints regarding the administration of the MB go in the Pit, not Great Debates. If you want to gripe about our choices in moving threads, go do it there.

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