These questions seem intentionally crafted to cause intellectual chaos.
They are. That is what Oxford Union debates are for. (Not Oxford University Student Union, which is a different organisation.) They are a platform for buffoonery, strutting one’s intellectual stuff, flamboyant point-scoring, lively tackling of hecklers, arguing any side of any question independently of one’s own beliefs, and auditioning for a career in Parliament. Boris Johnson is a past president of the OU, a position which fitted him perfectly, and you can hear it in him every time you tune in to Prime Minister’s Questions.
They are. That is what Oxford Union debates are for. (Not Oxford University Student Union, which is a different organisation.) They are a platform for buffoonery, strutting one’s intellectual stuff, flamboyant point-scoring, lively tackling of hecklers, arguing any side of any question independently of one’s own beliefs, and auditioning for a career in Parliament. Boris Johnson is a past president of the OU, a position which fitted him perfectly, and you can hear it in him every time you tune in to Prime Minister’s Questions.