ABSTRACT
The natural tendency when facing the opposition is to clarify misunderstandings. The adversarial debate is a debate with three parties: two parties confronting each other and one party looking on. The game is rigged from the start, so whoever plays fair by the traditional rules of debate loses; one must expect very little that is constructive to come from an adversarial debate. In an adversarial debate it is the room that is the barometer of success; if the room is orderly, the passives, generally few in number, will be under the impression that the project won the debate. It is important not to confuse an adversarial debate - which is designed to confront opponents - with a constructive debate organised by those seeking agreement, in other words allies.
