{"id":2839,"date":"2004-09-30T03:05:33","date_gmt":"2004-09-30T17:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/09\/30\/debate-rules\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T09:21:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T17:21:51","slug":"debate-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/09\/30\/debate-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10141,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.kexp.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260306035200\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.kexp.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 01:28:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 11:59:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 11:59:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10142,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.kexp.org\\\/programming\\\/djpage.asp?DJID=283&amp;1413=38258.875-1&amp;96=38258.875-1&amp;20=38258.875-1&amp;256=38258.875-2&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.kexp.org\\\/programming\\\/djpage.asp?DJID=283&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10143,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.kexp.org\\\/programming\\\/djpage.asp?DJID=279&amp;1413=38259.25-1&amp;96=38259.25-1&amp;20=38259.25-1&amp;256=38259.25-2&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20080107112914\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.kexp.org:80\\\/programming\\\/djpage.asp?DJID=279&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 01:28:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:410},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 11:59:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:410}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 11:59:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:410},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10144,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.kexp.org\\\/support\\\/pledgenow.asp&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Just overheard on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kexp.org\/\" title=\"KEXP\">KEXP<\/a>, during a momentary digression to talk about tonight&#8217;s presidential debate&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  &#8220;You&#8217;ll be happy to know that the podiums are lucite, clear. So there won&#8217;t be anybody scratching their balls during this debate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  (long pause)<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;Did you just say what I think you did?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;Yup.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if you can say that!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;Oops! I hope the boss wasn&#8217;t listening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;We crossed a line. I didn&#8217;t know there were any left.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kexp.org\/programming\/djpage.asp?DJID=283&amp;1413=38258.875-1&amp;96=38258.875-1&amp;20=38258.875-1&amp;256=38258.875-2\" title=\"Cheryl Waters\">Cheryl<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kexp.org\/programming\/djpage.asp?DJID=279&amp;1413=38259.25-1&amp;96=38259.25-1&amp;20=38259.25-1&amp;256=38259.25-2\" title=\"John Richards\">John<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, they&#8217;re in the midst of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kexp.org\/support\/pledgenow.asp\" title=\"Pledge Now\">pledge drive<\/a>. If you don&#8217;t listen to KEXP yet (and you don&#8217;t even have to live in Seattle, thanks to the miracle of streaming audio), you should&#8230;and if you do, toss &#8217;em a few dollars. I just did. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ll be happy to know that the podiums are lucite, clear. 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