College Debate Gone Wild (CSTV)

ha.. you guys cant understand???? pshhhh i could. thats amazing that ppl can talk like that, yah.... but its not tht hard

This is why pofo and LD were created- only debaters can understand speech at 500 wpm.

cant even understand what they're saying for fucks sake

@dragomanrd2 That's kind of the point.
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they talk too fast

if that is sarcastic i give you a lol. If you are serious i would advise you to pick up policy debate...

Sick! That's Dr. Parson at the end and Jan Hovden is judging. Rock chalk!

Biagiotti2006, it's not "retarded." Debaters frequently go on to be very influential individual in whatever field they choose--be it politics, education, business, whatever. They KNOW that this is not the way to debate in front a general audience, just like lawyers KNOW not to use lawyer speak in discussing the law with non-lawyers. What speaking quickly does is focus the debate on ISSUES and allows very in-depth analysis. The point of the activity is the educate the students...

...and debate helps with that. College policy debate, with all of its strange speaking habits, also produces GREAT public speakers besides producing active minds. Substantial cognitive research indicates that this kind of process improves mental abilities. These students know so much about issues its scary. And the speed makes it fun and very competitive. Think of it like, say, lifting weights. That's not like lifting natural objects, but repeated, awkward lifts help improve strength.