That's debatable...

Nothing beats a good debate, and let's face it, there are endless options of what to debate about. Money, Politics, Religion, Lifestyles... anything and everything can be taken more than one way.

Take for example a football match, where one team has romped to success, whilst the other played worse than ever. For one lot of supporters, the result was down to complete luck. Another says it was skill, whilst other groups will blame the Ref, a bad pitch, the manager...

We'll never know who's view was right, and that's what makes a debate so appealing. We humans love to get our own view across, no matter how trivial the issue. In a debate, it's down to you to put forward your argument, back it up, and punch holes in your partners disagreement.

You can walk away from a debate happy that your voice has been heard, even if it is just by a friend who knew it anyway, or you can be swayed to another, better way of thinking.

Today, a friendly debate between a few of the class covered politics, money, religion, human insticts, rights, fame and dictatorship. There were clashes of opinion, but in the context of it all, nobody takes offence if their view is disagreed with. After all, that's the point of a debate.

There's a famous quote: The pen is mightier than the sword. But I think your voice could crush them both in one swift sentence.

It's why politicians stand for election, why we vote, why campaigners make leaflets, why authors write books, and singers compose. We love getting our voice heard, and we love to win.

It's almost like debates were invented just for us! Oh no, wait, they were...