Should we nominate Wong for the debate against CreationWeb?

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Should Wong be our rep in the fight against CreationWeb?

Yes
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60%
No
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15%
Maybe so
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25%
 
Total votes: 20

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Should we nominate Wong for the debate against CreationWeb?

Post by Alyrium Denryle »

Ja order nine?
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Post by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi »

I'm sure we can do it ourselves, and besides, Mike has debated with enough Creationists already. I say he should only debate if someone at CreationWeb wants him to.
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Post by Darth Yoshi »

Wong's a busy guy. We probably shouldn't nominate him. Besides, between all of the members of this board, we shouldn't have too much trouble.
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Post by Alyrium Denryle »

Eh just a suggestion. Besides he would kick thier sorry ass without a second thought. But perhaps Admiral Vademar could handle the fools.
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I'd say nominate the Admiral, since he is doing graduate work in biology.
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I say no, he is not only busy but I think he would enjoy kicking back and letting his well-forged battle crew hone their skills and show off the fine training they've received. We certainly have no need to secend-guess our skills and I have confidence in our chosen Gladiators.

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Post by The Dark »

I say no. As said before, Wong is a busy man, and I feel most of us on this board could handle such a debate and allow him to enjoy the battle without sullying his hands. Heck, even I could take on half those people, and I'm not a science major (actually, I'm a religion major, but following central/liberal views rather than radicalized literalist bull).
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Post by Coalition »

I say no because he would:

1) be getting into a worse bunch of fanatics than his previous time at Spacebattles
2) it would take time away from his site
3) it is his choice, not ours

and most importantly

4) it would take time away from his family (three good reasons there, unless one of them is roaring down the street in the race car)

At the risk of using Christianity as a comparison, the main leader didn't do all the work himself all the time. He taught, he showed, and then he told his followers to go out there and teach the others.
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