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suggestion for new subforum

(note: subforum as in school talk, general talk, voices in your head etc)

All right. So I have a new idea for a subforum, which could be interesting. How about a "debate" forum?
02-07-2007 03:28 PM
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We already had that a long time ago...We just put them all into one thing...I think, maybe it was two.

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02-08-2007 01:12 AM
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And plus...We have only had a few debates lately. Everything else is *takes out chainsaw and chops head off* or some dumb crap.

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Yeah. We had one of those. It was the main reason I had to create the Frag Arena in the first place, because most "debates" ended up turning into bitching contests Laugh

Real, proper, reasonable debates seem to be kinda rare anyway, so I figure they can just stay in whichever forum fits the debate topic best.

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I say all debates can go in the frag arena.

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As much as I would love a forum set aside for intelligent respectful discussion where things didn't turn into a bitch fight, I don't expect it to happen. Feel free to debate though. It's very welcome.

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The old days were cool, civil debates and no fake rp'ing.

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ahhh those were the days...older then them thar hills over yonder...but nowadays these damn kids, with their skateboards, and their M-T-V, and their Eye-Pods, and their intertoob fights, and all that hogwash...gimme the good old days when a man would get his huntin' hounds and his gun and head out yonder for a good ol' debate, ahh but them days is gone, and-GET THE HELL OFF MY LAWN YOU DAMN HOOLIGANS FORE' I SIC THEM HOUNDS ON YA!!!!!!!!

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*Joins rebelnerd and lights a pipe*

Yeap.

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Well.... its either the Frag forum can be used for debates and bitch fights, or we just keep the debating on that topic, no forum. <I mean this is a politics site its obvious there's a LOT of debates. Yes we do debate a lot.

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Even though it seems to look like a lot of bullshit, we actually understand it. yes, so it is debating if it has a general plot and all that shit.

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