# what is a great debate? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2000, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-great-debate/5476 "2000-03-26T20:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-great-debate/5476/21 "2000-03-29T12:54:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by bj0rn: > **for almost every subject can be “debated greatly”.** … given the right participants. * * * **Coldfire** _Voted **Poster Most Likely To Post Drunk** _ * * * **WallyM7** on Coldfire: _ **"Yeah, he knows a little about everything because they have a good prison library."** _ ---
**Author:** ![Rousseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Rousseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rousseau)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-great-debate/5476/22 "2000-03-29T14:50:00Z")
> [@](#): > > should i have said “how do you define a great debate?” Well, in that case, I think the answer would be something along the lines of: “For long-running discussions of the great questions of our time, e.g., man’s fate, free will vs. predestination, Kirk vs. Picard. This is also the place for religious debates and (if you feel you must) witnessing.” > [@](#): > > or “what charecterizes a great debate?” Oh, I think I’d have to say, “For long-running discussions of the great questions of our time, e.g., man’s fate, free will vs. predestination, Kirk vs. Picard. This is also the place for religious debates and (if you feel you must) witnessing.” rousseau- how many seashells can the woodchuck chuck? * * * “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” -Winston Churchill ---
**Author:** ![Rousseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Rousseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rousseau)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-great-debate/5476/23 "2000-03-29T14:52:00Z")
Oh yeah, and another thing: > [@](#): > > almost every subject can be “debated greatly”. Except for this one, obviously. rousseau- spork or soup spoon? * * * “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” -Winston Churchill ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-great-debate/5476/24 "2000-03-29T15:04:00Z")
rouseua stop teasing bj0rn you buggering sod! coldfire - reykjavik and moscow are not the same fruit, because the pony runs over the bridge on fire. ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-great-debate/5476/25 "2000-03-29T15:24:00Z")
this is great… 2 times each before i manage to squeeze one in…! > [@](#): > > … given the right participants. so very true… 🙂 bj0rn - if it could chuck, i doubt it would chuck seashells… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-great-debate/5476.md?page=1)