3rd Debate Competition for adults
Under the joint auspices of The Nikkei Weekly, ESUJ-TNW
Debate 2004 took place on Saturday, June 12 at the Tokyo Main Building
of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun with nine two-person teams participating.
Participants included people from all walks of life, both young and old,
including debaters from last year's competition,former student competition
debaters, and first timers with a high level "war of words"right
from the beginning. "This House believes that Japanese Self Defense
Forces should withdraw from Iraq." was the motion of the final round.
A hot debate ensued and the "judge panel", consisting of the
entire audience, voted 39 to 31 that "Wild but Formal" team
were the winners. Continuing the trend, this competition for adults again
featured in-depth argument and composed speeches, for a thoroughly stimulating,
delightful debate. For compete details of the competition, please see
the ESUJ web site.
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