Rockenbaugh Rules
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- Participants are expected to cite any and all facts referenced in their primary case.
- Hyperbolic, counter factual, or imagined examples cannot be used to argue a positive point.[notes 1]
For panel discussions each participant should answer the question posed, optionally make their own point, and end with a non-rhetorical and non-sarcastic question for another panel member. Questions may be hostile, but must be stated in the positive. False choice questions should specifically be avoided.[notes 2]
Notes
- ↑ For example, in the March 9th interview of Rand Paul by Jon Stewart, Senator Paul gives the example that while regulations around oil spills are good, calling in a hazmat team to deal with spilled milk, which contains trace amount of oil is an example of "too much regulation". While true, it's also a scenario which has never happened and for which there is no evidence that it could happen. There is no regulation, no movement to create such regulation, nor any indication whatsoever that is the direction policy is headed.
- ↑ I'm having a hard time thinking of a single policy question where either/or phrasing is legitimate. "How would you vote" is the closest, but even that's an artificial choice that doesn't tell us much.
