[eDebate] Debaters who became policy makers

[Steven D'Amico]

Ross tried to be a policy-maker, but then the newspapers wouldn't publish
our Pro-Ross LTEs anymore.

Damn biased media. We'll get the bastards next time.

In Solidarity,

D'Amico


On 4/18/07, Ross K. Smith <smithr at wfu.edu> wrote:

>

> Stop the marginalizing, Ellis.

>

> First you say, "I have often heard about the mythical effects debate has

> in placing people in the policy making world..."

>

> Mythical? You assert from the outset that the effect is mythical.  Nice.

> Just asking an innocent, honest question, eh?

>

> Then it gets worse, " . . . excluding ross's definition where we are all

> policy makers..."

>

> Why not just say "ignoring" or, better yet, "marginalizing" my entire

> argument. You call it a mere "definition" as if I simply posited it and

> it had no significance.

>

> Instead you demand a list of "celebrity" policy makers? Ones with "real"

> power? My whole point was that the real power that matters is with each

> of our daily responsibilities to ethically conduct ourselves. Debate

> about public policy is a method of teaching us skills to help us in that

> inevitable endeavor. Every time we diminish the opportunity to engage in

> that form of education we hurt the people who miss out. Every round.

> Every program that disappears.

>

> I recieved not a single quibble with my argument. (Fir reference, it is

> here: http://www.ndtceda.com/pipermail/edebate/2007-April/070516.html

>

> I put a lot of work into taking the earlier questions seriously.

>

> Of course, in the long run if the attacks on policy debate succeed we

> will have no names to give you. No names of anyone, "significant" or not

> who has been helped by the unique learning opportunity that is policy

> debate.

>

> Meanwhile, check out Wes Clark. Wanna see what he is doing with his old

> school NDT policy debate experience? http://securingamerica.com/

>

> But again, and finally, what is the point of your quest for names and

> positions? My argument is that we would all be better off if all of our

> officials, elected and appointed, had rigorous policy debate training.

> God knows our current president had none.

>

> --

> Ross K. Smith

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>

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