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About DebatingIn its foreword to the 18th edition of Pros and Cons: A Debater's Handbook, Will Hutton states that "[t]he art of debating is one of the props on which we build our democracy and capacity to argue our way to the best solutions." For him as well as for numerous debating societies around the world, a debate is not simply an exchange of personal opinions or an acting competition. Debating is a sportive and challenging democratic tradition enabling people to think on their feet, use their creativity and demonstrate their speaking skills to argue their cases and react to other people's concepts in a critical but fair way. To ensure that all debaters have equal chances of presenting their cases, debates need a framework of rules; these rules and styles can vary from country to country or even from debating society to debating society. One of the oldest and most important debating styles is the so- called British Parliamentary Style (BPS), used by the Oxford Debating Union. As Speakers' Corner also takes to this format, the vital rules of BPS will be explained on the following pages. The Rules - British Parliamentary Style
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