{"id":278,"date":"2022-04-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dadlib.ca\/?p=278"},"modified":"2022-04-03T22:26:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T04:26:07","slug":"point-counterpoint-i-can-have-a-cookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dadlib.ca\/?p=278","title":{"rendered":"Point\/Counterpoint: I can have a cookie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(photo: Ankan Ghosh Dastider, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dAdlib.ca recently branched out into the world of debate by bringing together leading experts in their fields to wrestle with today’s top issues. The marquee debate pitted me, a dad with five years’ parenting experience, against my five-year-old, a kid with five years’ childing experience. We are proud to bring you the transcript of this intriguing clash of wits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moderator: This evening’s proposition is as follows: “Be it resolved that I can have a cookie.” Arguing for the proposition: 5yo.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5yo: I’m done my dinner, I’m ready for a cookie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moderator: Thank you. Arguing against the proposition: dAdlib.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dAdlib: Thank you to the organizers for this opportunity to tackle an issue that’s so relevant to our times. Fundamentally, the question we must ask ourselves is this: what role does the cookie play in our lives? Are we eating to sustain or to entertain? The house rules are very clear: we only get dessert after a well-balanced meal. And yet, this rule is vulnerable to such subjectivity: by what authority does the parent claim the exclusive right to judge well-balancedness? I submit that my learned friend has barely touched his chicken, and thus has not met the burden of this house rule. Further, I\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moderator: Thank you, your time is up. 5yo.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5yo: I’m full, I can’t eat my chicken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moderator: Thank you. dAdlib, rebuttal.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dAdlib: My opponent presents us a paradox – he claims to be full, yet also asks for a cookie. Both premises on which his argument is founded cannot be simultaneously true; he asks us to believe both “A” and “not A”. If we\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moderator: Time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dAdlib: \u2014If you’re full you can’t have a cookie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moderator: Thank you. 5yo, rebuttal.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5yo: I’m NOT full. Look, I took one bite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

dAdlib: That’s still not a balanced meal, protein is important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5yo: I don’t LIKE this chicken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

dAdlib: We had the exact same meal last week, you liked it then\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moderator: Gentlemen, please. Order. dAdlib, your closing argument.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dAdlib: Fine. Two more bites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moderator: Thank you. 5yo, your closing argument.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5yo: … okaaaaaaay. [sullen chewing]<\/em> How big do the bites have to be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moderator: Thank you, gentlemen. The judges will return with their scores shortly.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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