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School By Debate: A Training Manual for Speakers

Sharing my 20+ years of experience as a debater, judge, coach, and organizer By MARTIN REZNY This is my attempt at open education. If you think it is a good idea and want to help me create more learning materials and make them freely accessible to everyone in the world…

Debate

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Hello Reader, I’m Martin

Welcome to my thoughts on life, the universe, and everything I write about many things, have done so for many years, so trying to find your way around my blog may be daunting. These are some major topics: Game Development Philosophy and Spirituality Reforming Education Communication Skills Fiction and Storytelling UFO Reality Sci-Fi Science Understanding Magic Astrology and Skepticism Here are some other ways to navigate my writing. Words of Tomorrow…

Martin Rezny

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Apr 20

This is an interesting point in contrast to the demand by Russia that Ukraine amend its…

ScottCDunn

Purely speaking as a Czech and European Union citizen now, we literally didn't have to join either…

Purely speaking as a Czech and European Union citizen now, we literally didn't have to join either, and if the populace were to become against it overall, we can at any time have a referendum to leave either, Brexit style. The reason for that is that neither Brussels, nor Washington…

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Apr 19

Your continued use of qualifiers makes discussion tedious.

Jack Albrecht

Okay, thanks for your time.

Okay, thanks for your time. This was actually much better than I thought a debate on this with people with a differing view would be. Just a few points to make my position clear to my readers: - When I use qualifiers, it's because reality is nuanced and complicated, not…

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Apr 18

I'm not just technically correct.

Jack Albrecht

I apologize if that sounded dismissive, the use of the word "technically" wasn't meant to refer to…

I apologize if that sounded dismissive, the use of the word "technically" wasn't meant to refer to you not being correct about it being an attack or it being illegal. I was refering to how it may only technically mean that NATO therefore can't be defined as defensive, especially in…

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Published in Words of Tomorrow

·Apr 14

On the “Defensiveness” of NATO

Or how reality is never entirely simple By MARTIN REZNY I think this comment from Jack Albrecht is worth replying to properly: “Much as I agree that Russia’s invasion was bad (even if it turns out to be technically legal under UN Article 51), this statement of yours is just…

Nato

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Published in Masters of the Future

·Mar 27

On Nevermore, the Fall’s Edge

An excerpt from Arcanum, the infinite codex By author unknown “And then, with but a simple gesture, as the obsidian sword cut through the air, we observed the flagship of our fleet severed in half far above our heads, engulfing surrounding hundreds of smaller vessels in a giant ball of…

Science Fiction

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Published in Masters of the Future

·Mar 25

Epic of Besk Far-Star

An excerpt from The Legends of the Galaxy By Wuatuma Besk was likely an actual historical figure, a famous Agitar explorer who in his youth traveled all the far reaches, heights, and depths of their ancient homeworld, Planara. It was a wild world, full of natural marvels, and Besk very…

Science Fiction

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Published in Words of Tomorrow

·Mar 18

Why the Existence of Pro-Russian Ukrainians Also Doesn’t Justify the Invasion

Or Some History of Separatism in Slavic Democracies By MARTIN REZNY Given Colin Robinson’s reaction to my previous article, I suppose the situation in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions does require further clarification. Of course that there are people who live in Ukraine who are pro-Russian, especially in the Eastern…

Ukraine

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Why the Existence of Pro-Russian Ukrainians Also Doesn’t Justify the Invasion

Published in Words of Tomorrow

·Mar 3

A Czech’s Position on the Russian Invasion into Ukraine

Or what happens when people delete my comments By MARTIN REZNY A few cents from a person who lives in a country that was at one point invaded by Russian tanks, the Czech Republic, which is now part of NATO. Yes, Americans are assholes too, have committed unjust wars, and…

Ukraine

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