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when I was in High School I took a class on how to debate and one of the things i learned was to never generalize or exaggerate in a debate.

When a person begins to generalize and exaggerate statements he loses credibility.

But not only that if your opponent is smart he can easily defeat you and make you look ignorant and uninformed.

Because anybody with enough common sense knows that any assumption that a whole group of people is alike is false.

There are always exceptions.

It's also important that the debater measures his temperament because saying unfounded statements to simply provoke your opponent reflects badly on you.

Zac, May 27 2009, 5:06 PM

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Now you're making more sense. I, too, acknowledged that bad things happens to Haitians in the DR. I never denied that... read more >
P.z., 27-May-09 2:24 am
when I was in High School I took a class on how to debate and one of the things i learned was to never generalize or... read more >
Zac, 27-May-09 5:06 pm
Actually Zac, now your on to a separate issue. We are no longer talking about if Tiba was right to generalize or not... read more >
Linda, 27-May-09 6:40 pm
Zac - there is unfortunately something about debating that you missed in your debating class. No offense, but maybe... read more >
Tiba, 27-May-09 7:18 pm
Linda i like that fact that you chose your words wisely. In reference to your examples you used the term MOST rather... read more >
Zac, 27-May-09 8:29 pm
Tiba from my experience whenever someone says "no offense or I don't mean to put you down", they are in fact... read more >
Zac, 27-May-09 10:07 pm
Zac We seem to be going around and around on this subject and it's getting very draining and exhausting. Zac, I took... read more >
Tiba, 28-May-09 8:06 am
We are not saying that the people in the Dominican Republic do not like Haitians.The issue is whether or not there is... read more >
Georges Metellus, 28-May-09 9:43 am
Tiba let me just say that I'm a levelheaded guy. I do not say things to aggravate or attack you or anybody else for... read more >
Zac, 28-May-09 12:37 pm
let me tell some thing: he who want to say that all dominicans are racist is an ugly black idiot who think the fact he... read more >
El Caribeno, 28-May-09 1:47 pm
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