Yahoo v. Houyhnhnm

The debate today was very interesting, not so much because of the topic in my opinion because I thought that the topic had a decided position but because of the type of arguments that were made. I enjoyed how we went about the arguments in a scientific manner and how we would express out thoughts on the matter with out even letting it be seen that what we were debating was a fictional thing. When we talked about the Yahoos and the Houyhnhnms we used a stern voice and terms that showed that there was no room for question: these creatures were real. I also really liked that one group in particular, the con-Yahoo, showed a picture that was not only funny but also illustrated the point they were trying to make. As someone said in class it might have been better if there was more text citation, but all in all I thought that it was a good debate that exceeded my expectations of it. Right before the last argument was presented by the con-Houyhnhnm I thought of a very good and what I think is a strong closing statement that showed a clear point and stated a hard truth: “The only thing the Houyhnhnms are better at is oppressing the people they feel threatened by as to maintain the higher position of their inferior selves.”