What is debatable?
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Submitted by LARRY D. NACHMAN, Sep 23, 2007 21:40

Are all questions debatable? Is it debatable that the Holocaust occurred? If Columbia invited Adolf Hitler to debate, would we then debate whether Jews were racially inferior and deserving of annihilation? Is Bollinger going to debate whether it was right to stone a teenage girl to death in Iran last week? Shall we debate whether the moon is made of green cheese?

To debate assumes that there are rational positions on all sides. But there are settled questions. There are indisputable facts.

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tongue in cheek about Columbia Dean vacuum in his mind and soul [206 words]	Fred Kass	Sep 24, 2007 15:00
He's just a politician. [129 words]	rturh	Sep 23, 2007 22:06
⇒ What is debatable? [82 words]	LARRY D. NACHMAN	Sep 23, 2007 21:40
What was the reason for the invitation? [110 words]	Alex	Sep 23, 2007 20:05

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