Recently our Strategic Initiatives Officer David Morton caught up with Gold Coast Debating President Sam Cleary. Debating is such a crucial part of student education and, it was great to see another Independent Debating Competition excelling! We love people passionate about debating! #debate #debatingsa #goldcoastdebating
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We recently welcomed several new adjudicators into our organisation. Our adjudicators are the lifeblood of our organisation. Over the coming few months, we will start to share their stories with you all. #debate #debatingsa
Debating SA Handy Hints #21
The Senior's second round debate is That the parents of Alfie Evans should have had control over his medical treatment. This topic needs to be explained and, both sides need to steer clear of using loaded language.
Loaded words are a fallacy of thought! They are words that attempt to influence an audience through the use of an appeal to emotions or stereotypes. These words have strong emotive connections and are bound to moral values and judgements. They don't help to form well-reasoned arguments.
Loaded words can include phrases that have strong positive or negative reactions beyond their literal meaning. For example, the term tax-relief refers literally to changes to reduce the total amount of tax citizens must pay. However, use of the emotive word relief implies that all tax is an unreasonable burden, to begin with!
We'd strongly recommend purchasing our Fallacies document to ensure you don't fall into this trap! #debate #debatingsa
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The 23-month-old at the centre of repeated legal hearings died in the early hours of 28 April.