They are Opponents.
To argue legally and importantly without beating the crap out of each other. For a more common use of debating, please refer to the debating clubs of schools, or see "Politics".
No it doesnt seem like a sport to me. to me a sport is something that takes coordination and physical ability and debating basically is just arguing with other people
Debate
When the delegates and George Washington and some other important people met in philadelphia they were debating what to do with the article of confederation and how to make it better when James Madison came with the plan that they should have 3 branchs of government how we have today and to abolish the Article of confederation.
Arguing can be considered debating if it has facts behind it or someone is trying to make a point. However, debating turns into arguing when name calling and other put downs are being used and there are no points be made, just yelling.
Not necessarily. Sometimes, competition encourages people to try to come up with new ideas to beat others. Other times, it can kill creativity, but if you know the right way to be creative, you'll be rewarded.
At times Afrikaans is used in South African parliament, however English is the major language that is used. (The other official languages also do come up while debating in parliament. South Africa is a very diverse country with 11 official languages, and many have been used in parliament, however they are often used to make a point/emphasis a point and the debating is done in English)
A person who is bias against people of other ethnic groups or races is prejudiced.
70 million. It was the most watched Vice-Presidential debate in history. In fact, it had more viewers than any of the other 3 presidential debates.
It is the other way round, Elizabeth 1st of England imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots, in the Tower of London. However, to ask why she did this, is in debate, as many people could argue over that is was because Mary was plotting against Elizabeth, or the other way round.
put them on the spot
A political debate in the general sense tends to take place between two candidates for office, who use the debate to try to expose holes in the other's policy beliefs and make their own beliefs known. A political debate can also take place between two civilians, who are debating the merits of various political figures or policies. Political arguments often involve a lot of value judgements and logical fallacies. A scientific debate, however, usually involves the use of scientific facts and theories to debate whether or not some theory or hypothesis proves true.