You need to. It does not matter, if you live in the America’s, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa or in Bhutan.

There are benefits for you, there are benefits for the people around you and there are benefits for the society. Even if this sounds like a bad debate case, there are even benefits for the world, and everyone that does debate, that teaches debate or even only goes to see a debate is contributing to a better world.

Ok, now I need to support these claims with something. Here it goes.

1. If you debate, you think. And thinking is a underrated consept these days. Most people believe, that thinking about something is just too hard, and that if other people think, and they just folow the orders everything is going to be ok. But I believe that we see every day (and I’m not using Hilter here, even if I could), what bad things can happen if we let other people think and we only follow orders (or just do what other people tell us to do). We come to a society, where nothing is forbidden, because the responsibility is always on someone else, and it gets lost.

2. Debate makes people change their mind

Maybe. Sometimes. But as the Policy debaters would say, if we save only one person, that is enough. And that is how it goes. We can not make people think if we order them to think (because they do not think … As Tuna would say, if I order you to think by yourself, do you do it?). What we can do, is change people one by one. One more debater in your debate club, and one more thinker. One more person watching you at a public debate, and here you go, one more thinker. Multiply this by 10000 debate clubs and here you go. We are changing the world. You just do not know it yet, because you do not think globaly.

3. Debate makes your life easier

I know. You need me to tell you, how debate is going to make your life better and easier. Here you go. Your studies will be easier. You will understand the material easier, because you are used to think about it. You will also have more general knowledge, and this will help you with your studies. And more. It will be easier for you to pass exams, because you will know how to structure an argument and structure an essay. Or if you have oral exams, each answer will be as a debate speech.

And at the end of the day, yes it will be easier for you to find a girl/boyfriend. Believe me. YOU will be the talkative/whitty/funny/smart/inteligent guy/girl that everyone wants to date (Ok, I’m still waiting for this benefit, but Im sure it will come .

Do you really need more reasons? GO! DEBATE.

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