Sometimes i get a bit passionate, but thats just who I am. I hate presenting in front of peers, but if I am defending my arguments, I dont care who or how many are listening lol (then again, I havent had to debate in front of large audiences, just like a classroom or something). The point of these debates are to further humanity by bettering ourselves and others. To reach an agreement in the middle or to join a different side. All to help others and learn from our past mistakes. When people ignore statistics or facts, or just outright block someone, it really defeats the purpose of these conversations (I have ignored facts in the past, and I regret remaining ignorant).
I might get back into it for the 20th anniversary or something, but its really losing out to commitments and other interests. It doesnt help that I dont have any friends outside of PC that play pokemon, and that I have sort of been disconnecting from PC (which I need to stop).