Motus Mentis

6 Comments

1. Mangan says

   Goodbye, rigor. Hello, rigor mortis.

   Posted April 23, 2014 at 7:18 pm | Permalink
2. Kevin Kim says

   Man, was that sad. So our future congressmen and congresswomen have descended to the tantrum- and chair-throwing antics of the Taiwanese and the South Koreans. All emotion, no brains. Spoiled children, basically.

   Posted April 23, 2014 at 9:04 pm | Permalink
3. Dom says

   “Over four hours, the two teams engaged in a heated discussion of concepts like “nigga authenticity” and performed hip-hop and spoken-word poetry in the traditional timed format. At one point during Lee’s rebuttal, the clock ran out but he refused to yield the floor. “Fuck the time!” he yelled.”

   I wonder if they “play the dozens” too … Your mama’s so fat …

   Posted April 24, 2014 at 9:40 am | Permalink
4. libertybelle says

   So our future congressmen and congresswomen have descended to the tantrum- and chair-throwing antics of the Taiwanese and the South Koreans.

   We already endure such illustrious debating trailblazers as Cynthia McKinney and Sheila Jackson Lee. At least most of their speeches were to an empty room, as Congresspersons prefer, and only the C-span loyal watch those.

   Posted April 24, 2014 at 8:03 pm | Permalink
5. Eric says

   This isn’t new; it’s making its way up from high school debate. There’s a (2002) book called Cross X that looks at high school debating, and the reframing that’s been going on.

   Posted April 29, 2014 at 12:10 pm | Permalink
6. Malcolm says

   Right, like when the Visigoths “reframed” Rome.

   Posted April 29, 2014 at 1:48 pm | Permalink