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A '''debate''' is an [[argument]] (friendly or unfriendly) between two opposite points of view. Debate has become a form of competition where the sides are affirmative or negative on a resolution. Debate is not only the only intellectually [[honest]] way of solving a problem (other than [[revelation]]), it also improves one's public speaking and [[critical thinking]] abilities.

A '''debate''', in common parlance, means a discussion of a particular subject in which people express different opinions. An organized debate is a regulated discussion of a proposition between two matched sides, generally ending with a vote or other decision. Debate improves one's public speaking and [[critical thinking]] abilities and is considered to be the only intellectually [[honest]] way of solving a problem (other than [[revelation]]).<ref>Debate has been inextricably intertwined with the concept of the open society, as democratic societies depend upon the free and open exchange of ideas, providing a contrast to the totalitarian regimes where a limited set of ideas are imposed as absolute truths.</ref>

Organized debate has become an organized [[sport]] in [[high school]]s and [[college]]. Different types of debate take place in these competitions, including Policy Debate, Lincoln-Douglass Debate, Parliamentary Debate, and Public Forum Debate.*

Organized debate has become an organized [[sport]] in [[high school]]s and [[college]]. Different types of debate take place in these competitions, including Policy Debate, Lincoln-Douglass Debate, Parliamentary Debate, and Public Forum Debate.*

Due to the revealing nature of debate, [[ACORN|dishonest organization]]s will avoid engaging openly with their opponents in debate. Some sites who criticise Conservapedia, for example, have been known to refuse to engage in open debate out of fear that their stance would be exposed as hollow [[rhetoric]]. Conservapedia is a perfect example of [[democratic]] debate at work, with the views of all openly welcomed and debated without bias or prejudice. [[Wikipedia]] is well known to lack any decent standard of debate, and instead enforces [[liberal]] views on its articles.

Due to the revealing nature of debate, [[ACORN|dishonest organization]]s will avoid engaging openly with their opponents in debate. Some sites who criticise Conservapedia, for example, have been known to refuse to engage in open debate out of fear that their stance would be exposed as hollow [[rhetoric]]. Conservapedia is a perfect example of [[democratic]] debate at work, with the views of all openly welcomed and debated without bias or prejudice. [[Wikipedia]] is well known to lack any decent standard of debate, and instead enforces [[liberal]] views on its articles.

[[Category:Political Terms]]

[[Category:Political Terms]]