Up for Debate
Antarctica Starts Here. » Antarctica Starts Here. 2016-10-08
Summary:
It has not always been a term describing a gladiatorial contest or a beauty pageant. It has not always been about popularity. It has not always felt like a truck pull. It has not always been a public event regarded by the media with lipsmacking delight simply because audience size was comparable to the Super Bowl.
Yes, the word debate comes into English through Old French debatre and its Romance analogues, all of which have something to do with fighting, quarrelling, and other forms of contesta...