‘Global debate challenge’ – the first truly worldwide debate!

For the launch of the inaugural ‘World Online Debating Championships’ Debatewise are setting themselves a challenge – they want someone from every country in the world to debate on their site by the end of August. The site currently has views from IP addresses in all but 12 countries…

1. Greenland 2. Western Sahara 3. Guinea 4. Niger 5. Chad 6. Central African Republic 7. Gabon 8. Congo—Brazzaville 9. Angola 10. Turkmenistan - Marcin 11. North Korea 12. French Guiana - Ravi …and they want to hear from anyone who can help get these countries involved! The site’s founder David Crane says “Debating is the only way we can make informed decisions. With more and more issues affecting our entire planet we need to make decisions on a global scale, and this calls, first, for global debate.” He adds, on a positive note, that “we are priviledged to live in a time when international communication is merely the click of a button. Debatewise want to harness the vast communication capacity of the internet to stimulate global debate. We hope the Global Debate Challenge will highlight the potential of the internet to reach every corner of our planet, and unite us in discussion and debate.”

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