"Alright, please be quiet. Ready for both sides, right? If it's okay, get ready to start the game. ”

While the audience was whispering, a host walked up to the podium in the middle of the classroom and knocked on the table to signal everyone to be quiet.

The moderator is a member of the school's debate team and a junior at the Academy of Earth Sciences, named Su Qin. I heard that last year, I represented the school to participate in the qualifiers of the East China Division of the "International College Debate Competition".

Although in the end, it was defeated by several famous schools such as Fudan and Jinling, and was not shortlisted. But Su Qin's spraying skills were already able to walk sideways on the one-third of an acre of land in Jinling Normal University.

Both sides said they were ready.

Su Qin took one last look, and then officially announced: "The debate topic of today's competition is, 'Is food and clothing a necessary condition for talking about morality', the argument of the legal academy team is 'a necessary condition', and the argument of the anti-mathematical academy team is 'not a necessary condition'."

This topic is an old topic of the competition seven or eight years ago, and it has been explained by many predecessors, so it is still relatively fair to both sides at present.

But I also hope that the students participating in the competition today will not be bound by the routines of their predecessors, and can collide with new sparks of ideas, which is a more important value than victory or defeat. Now I would like to announce that the competition has officially begun, and I would like to invite the students of the first debate to make their opening remarks. ”

The scene was completely quiet, and everyone looked at Chen Sicong, the first debater of the law school team.

Chen Sicong had been on two games before, but he had never been a debater, so he was a little nervous, and he kept complaining about Feng Jianxiong's arrangement in his heart. At this moment, he stood up and spoke solemnly: "Distinguished host and jury, opponent debaters, and audience, hello everyone......"

When he said the three words "Hello everyone", Chen Sicong also had some routines at a glance: the first word should be slightly soft, the second word should be obviously elevated, and the third word should be flat, so as to get rid of a victim of the routine textbook of "Teach You to Learn Speech".

The tone, though rigid, does little to help with the problem.

"As we all know, the economic base determines the superstructure. This truth is not only understood by the great teacher Marcos, but also understood by the ancient sages of our country since ancient times. If there is no food and clothing, Li Min has no intention of accepting the teachings of the sages and improving his inner self, and it is difficult for people with lofty ideals to ......"

Chen Sicong's opening speech lasted three minutes, and it was basically very stable. The main thing is to reason with the outline and figure it out with the general trend; However, the part that lays out the facts is all fleeting, and there are few specific and detailed examples.

The melon-eating audience, who didn't know how to do it, listened to it and felt that what Chen Sicong said was quite reasonable, and the psychological balance gradually tilted towards him.

However, the members of the Academy of Mathematical Sciences on the opposite side showed a slight disdain for eagerness to try.

And Su Qin, as the host, also frowned slightly.

If these words had started like this six or seven years ago, it would have been a bit new, but now this kind of systematic sophistry of self-argumentation is no longer of much use, and after a while, the Academy of Mathematics and Sciences can beat the law school to the point as long as it cites a lot of examples of 'poverty and lowliness cannot be moved'.

Alas, I didn't expect this year's law school to still be bad, it seems that they can win the first two games, also because the Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Chemical Sciences are too dish. ”

Su Qin analyzed it in his mind.

This question was narrowly won by the opposite side at the International Collegiate Debating Tournament eight years ago.

Since then, it has been used in low-profile competitions many times, and most of them have won by the opposing side.

Although the judges every time said that this question was very fair and that the positive side would not lose if they argued, Su Qin always felt that this question was not fair based on his own experience.

There is no other reason: the positive side is talking about an absolute topic, while the negative side is talking about an exceptional topic.

As a result, the positive side can only start from the structure of the theoretical system and firmly secure the fence of "universal theory", while the example cannot cite the opposite.

Because even if the positive side cites a hundred examples of "being unable to adhere to moral sentiments because of poverty and lack of food and clothing", the opposing side only needs to cite an example of "poverty and lowliness cannot be moved" to break the positive factual argument.

After all, as long as there is one person who "still talks about morality without food and clothing", it is enough to prove that "food and clothing are not a necessary condition for talking about morality".

Therefore, now that he heard that Chen Sicong's opening argument structure was not new, he felt that the law school had lost half of it.

Because when it comes to the confrontational stage of asking questions and debating freely, the two sides give each other examples to refute each other, and the law school cannot cite the other side at all.

Three minutes later, Chen Sicong had finished the opening speech that Feng Jianxiong had written for him, which was generally flat and stable, only slightly more rigorous than his predecessors.

The girls of the law school, whether they could understand it or not, tried their best to applaud Chen Sicong.

Several beautiful girls sitting in the front row also asked one of the short-haired beauties with the highest temperament: "Sister Zuipao, what do you think of Chen's performance?

Nicknamed "Sister Mouth Cannon", it is Yu Meiqin, a freshman who was previously recognized as the most eloquent in this law school.

She studied earlier than her peers, but she filled in the foreign language major in the college entrance examination the year before, and after studying for more than half a year, she felt bored, so she temporarily decided to drop out of school and retake the law major in April this year. So although I studied for one year longer than others, I was the same age as my classmates.

Because she has more than half a year of college life experience than others, Yu Meiqin always feels that those freshmen have no depth like little children, and they usually don't talk much. If she is absent-minded when others speak, she likes to toss a Mexican eagle coin to show her contempt.

In today's game, she originally wanted to play. However, Weng Dechen begged her to help with the new journal, which caused her to be unable to spare time. Later, I heard that Weng Dechen handed over the organization of this work to Feng Jianxiong, and Yu Meiqin gave up.

Yu Meiqin does not look at people by identity, although Feng Jianxiong was a substitute before, Yu Meiqin does not have a bad impression of the classmates in the next class, and feels that Feng Jianxiong is a person with clear thinking and keen insight. As long as you practice the courage to speak in front of people, you will definitely be a troll expert in time.

"Sister Mouth Cannon, why don't you speak?"

Yu Meiqin was thinking carefully, and was repeatedly pushed by the girl next to her, and finally woke up.

"Ah...... I don't think there's anything new in Chen's argument......"

She said this, but she was not disappointed in Chen Sicong in her heart. Because she has cooperated with Chen Sicong twice, she knows that the other party only has this level of "making plans according to the search results of Baidu and the library".

On the contrary, looking at Chen Sicong's blandness, Yu Meiqin's heart flashed with Feng Jianxiong's disappointment.

"Weng Dechen taught you the organization and rehearsal of this game, you can't even come up with a new angle? I know that your kid will blush when he talks in front of girls, but the thinking of the off-court staff officer should be very clear. How the hell is going on?"

……

After the opening speech of the law school, the host Su Qin made a brief comment on two sentences in an official manner, and then motioned to the opposing side to speak.

The opening argument of the opposing side talks about it, and the main theoretical system is nothing more than "people cannot live just to eat, and there are many nobler existences worth pursuing".

At the end of the opening speech, he did not forget to add "Uncle Boyi would rather starve to death at the foot of Shouyang Mountain than eat Zhou Su." Since ancient times, there have been countless people with lofty ideals like Bo Yi Shuqi, which shows that people who are dying of hunger and cold can also talk about morality. ”

This statement is basically a tie with Chen Sicong's. The theoretical system is not so complete, and the self-consistent argumentation is not rigorous, and it is more dependent on a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west.

But whether it is a judge like Su Qin or a knowledgeable audience like Yu Meiqin, they all know that as long as the opponent is not guilty in the argument process, it is a credit.

Because the advantage of the opposing side in this game is to give exceptions, rather than talking about the architecture theory system in general.

Being able to barely draw with the positive side in the first link, even if it is slightly disadvantaged, can be regarded as achieving the strategic goal.

The game lasted eight minutes, and the two sides began to ask each other preset questions.

From theory to examples, the Academy of Mathematical Sciences is advancing layer by layer:

"I would like to ask the opponent's defense friend: Zi said: People have no likes and dislikes, and they are not human. Isn't it the difference between humans and animals that people are rational and able to talk about morality?"

"Yan Huiqi eats and drinks, and still 'is faithful in words and respectful in deeds'. Du Fu has no fixed residence, and he still sighs in a high manner, 'There are thousands of mansions in Ande, and the poor people in the world are happy' - may I ask the opponent's defense friend, are these examples not enough to prove that people can still talk about morality when they are not satisfied with food and clothing?

On the law school's side, Fu Yiming, the second debater, was a little flustered, and he didn't know how to refute it with specific examples, so he just stubbornly carried the positive theoretical system to play a panacea:

"Friends on the other side, please pay attention, whether it is Yan Hui or Du Fu, they are not freezing to death and starving, the examples you gave can only prove that their material conditions are embarrassing, but it is not a desperate situation where they are not even satisfied with basic food and clothing.

We have never ruled out that some people with lofty ideals have stronger willpower than ordinary people, and can still talk about morality even below the threshold of normal people's tolerance for material things. But for them, those moments can still barely be counted as 'food and clothing'. ”

This principle was still said by Feng Jianxiong just now, who temporarily hugged Buddha and instructed Fu Yiming to bite it to death like this.

That is, no matter what example the other party gives, we must counter the sentence "Poverty does not mean lack of food and clothing, everyone's willpower is different, and the definition of the threshold value of food and clothing is naturally different."

Although this point of view does not completely solve the problem, no matter what examples the other side gives, it can more or less reduce the other party's probative power by half.

As long as Fu Yiming insists on biting to death, it can lead to the neutralization of many examples of the opposite side that are not extreme enough, and in the end, he can only cite the most extreme examples of "I'd rather die than give in until I starve to death" in the end.

At the same time, Fu Yiming's initiative to counterattack the question, but it didn't seem to have any strength, and the judges and knowledgeable audience shouted that they couldn't understand it.

For example, Fu Yiming's questions include: "May I ask the other party's defense friend, do you give an example of Du Fu's feelings, saying that Du Fu hopes to have tens of millions of mansions, but can this example prove that Du Fu is just talking about morality? Is it possible that he just complains like the angry youth, and hopes for the redistribution of wealth without any constructiveness?"

The three opportunities to take the initiative to ask questions are almost all based on the logic of "although some things are done by people who can't eat enough, is that really talking about morality?"

Although each layer is progressive, the attack power is not systematic in the eyes of professionals.

This kind of debate made the second and third debates of the Academy of Mathematical Sciences impetuous.

The two of them looked at each other, and their inner activities were tacit:

"Damn, are these people in the law school scoundrels? We have given so many examples, and we have repeatedly said with such an uninnovative excuse as 'being so poor that they still can't be regarded as having enough food and clothing,' and whether they have a level or not! That's all there is to it? No, then give them some extreme examples of really sacrificing their lives for righteousness and morality, and completely bombard them!"

While the contestants of the Academy of Mathematical Sciences despised Fu Yiming in their hearts, the host Su Qin also frowned and thought: "What the hell does the law school want to do here? There is no point in refuting the specific examples given by the other side one by one.

The so-called 'necessary conditions', from a logical point of view, are 'there is not a must, and there must be no loss'. The opposing side only needs to prove that morality can be talked about without food and clothing, and it is enough for an example to stand. What the positive side wants to argue is that without food and clothing, we must not talk about morality. Fighting an example battle between the positive side and the opposing side is simply suicide!"

Off the field, Yu Meiqin's mood is gradually sinking.

And at this moment, most of the melon-eating girls who were just watching the excitement before have already seen the winners.

The situation on the positive side is too unfavorable.

"It's not good, it looks like you're taking jujube pills!"

There were also some girls from law school who smacked the topic and felt that they were inclined to the opposing side's point of view, so they began to heckle secretly: "Is this debate topic not fair at all? One side can cite a special case, but the other side wants to argue an absolute point of view, no matter how you look at it, the opposite side is lucky!"

This kind of noise caused a certain resonance, but the audience who ate melons at the Academy of Mathematical Sciences, which was cheap and well-behaved, was immediately unhappy, and boos came back.

"Silence, silence, audience, please be quiet!"

In the face of the chaotic order of the arena, Su Qin had to maintain order again, "Next, I invite Feng Jianxiong, the third debater of the positive side, to cross-question the last three questions, and then enter the free debate session." ”

Feng Jianxiong got up in a good time, cleared his throat, and asked in a calm and even tone:

"Opponent three debaters, I want to ask you a question - just now you gave the examples of Huang XX sacrificing himself to block the gun's hole and Dong XX sacrificing himself to blow up the bunker, trying to prove that 'food and clothing are not a necessary condition for talking about morality, because some people can even give up their lives directly to achieve some noble goals, let alone just lack food and clothing', right?"