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...more interesting to me were the Lincoln-Douglas or L-D debaters. L-D debate, as "values" debate, is more philosophical (and more comprehensible) than policy debate...
...resolution for the Lincoln-Douglas tournament was "That the United States is well served by the maintenance of a separate culture for the deaf." IN arguing this resolution, many high school students (including the two eventual champions) offered intelligent and insightful analysis...
Competitors in the Lincoln-Douglas category debated the resolution that American society is well served by the maintenance of a separate culture for the deaf. Lincoln-Douglas, also known as "value" debate, stresses principles such as justice and equal opportunity...
Though it is rare that two students from the same school both make the final, W. Ian McGuiness and David Brown, of Regis High School in New York, took the top two spots in the Lincoln-Douglas competition...
...Unlike Lincoln-Douglas, Policy Debate does not focus on values, but policy issues...