The person above is right. I think the biggest disadvantage of debate competitions is that they teach a person to be glib and talk nonsense. If a person's basic principles are gone and his words are not what he means, then what's the use of being eloquent no matter how good you are? Even if you win an award, it is a tragedy, and the debate competition under the current system reinforces this hypocrisy, allowing you to win awards even though you say things you don't mean. Will this have a positive impact on society?

This is like "The Emperor's New Clothes". Who doesn't know that medicine has brought us so many benefits? Who doesn’t know that the average life span of human beings has increased from 30 years in ancient times to 70 or 80 years now? Oh, for the sake of competition, a system limitation, you have to say a round into a square. This is a tragedy for mankind!

So I suggest you do something meaningful and educate those who praise the emperor’s new clothes! If you think their point of view is reasonable, you can say loudly when summarizing: It is not wrong, I give up my point of view! I think what they said makes sense, and I was forced to choose this point of view at the beginning. I felt that I was wrong at the beginning, and now I am more convinced of my idea. This does not prove that I have failed, my eloquence is no worse than others! But I respect my conscience and the truth more, and I am not afraid of losing face when defending the truth. If you must say that I failed, then I admit it! But I didn’t lose to the opponent’s debate partner, but to the truth! I understand that there is no point in stubbornly resisting a position that is duplicitous! Maybe my friends will call me a traitor, and I'm sorry, because I acted like a traitor in my heart at the beginning. I know I was wrong, and now I want to go back!

Then, you walk straight to the other party's seat. I believe it is impossible not to receive thunderous applause from the audience.