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Team:Paris Bettencourt/Human Practice/Debate
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Aim
Procedure
We organised a debate on the following motion "This house would allow environmental release of genetically modified bacteria for applications in the following fields: medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, energy, bioremediation".
Style
Debates have been organized over and over in iGEM. To be more origininal, we decided to use one of the codified debating style used by French debating clubs. This is the FDA style, also referred to as "Paris 5 Debating Style". Let me briefly run through the main features for those who are unfamiliar with it. There are 2 teams of 5 speakers. One team is in favor of the motion (government side), the other team is agains the motion (opposition side). The first speaker of the government will speak, then the first speaker of the opposition, and so on. Speakers can be interupted by POI's, that is, in the form of a question made to a speaker by a member of the opposing team. The speaker may or may not accept the point, but is obliged to accept at least one and is expected to accept two during his or her speech. Speeches are 6 minutes long.
