PUBLIC debates which have not been the norm in Malaysia before appear to be taking on a new dimension recently. The gauntlet is being thrown down as a challenge between adversaries who believe their position or version of events is the one that is correct. This is the same both in politics as well as religion.
Debates, by definition, adopt an adversarial stance wherein one party goes all out to prove that the other is completely in the wrong or is painfully misinformed. It more often than not ends up in a no-holds barred contest of wit and oratorical skills.
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