ESU-MSPDP Championship Debate: The US should pay ransom for hostages.

On April 18, 2015, the English-Speaking Union, along with its partner the Middle School Public Debate Program, welcomed 282 students from 31 schools in six states to the Hackley School in Tarryton, NY. These students participated in 236 rounds of debate. Teams from the Hackley School and Rachel Carson Middle School in Herndon, VA advanced to the Final Championship Debate where they sparred over the topic: The US should pay ransom for hostages.

[@jonathanmelaku3039]

The Negation destroyed the Affirmative

[@-xuyutong-]

As a debater who watched this video in my debate class, I can affirm that all of my peers and I agreed on the FACT that the Opposition was far superior than the Proposition. The proposition team used tricks, as in the change of definition, in order to win. It is extremely clear that the judges must have been biased.

[@laylahoffman4847]

bruh mspdp is a fever dream

[@shainah9717]

📌Pinned
“Paying ransom may save few lives in a short term, but it encourages kidnappers rather than defeating the viscous cycle of kidnapping”

[@WarnyWarnX]

THE OPPOSITION WON!!!

[@tzndur6]

1 i highly doubt any body gonna answer this but What is the affirmative side’s claim?
2 What reasons do they have to support their claim?
3 What evidence do they have to support their reasons?
4 What is the negative side’s claim?
5 What reasons do they have to support their claim?
6 What evidence do they have to support their reasons?
7 Discuss one side’s counterclaim.
8 How does the debate end?
please let me know the answers

[@ashhhh69]

dawg the judges r biased bro the opposition won by a mile