[zorked]

It's more than just what the arguments are about. Anywhere else in the world someone making points so quickly as in the videos would sound desperate and instantly "lose" the debate. Nobody is expect to refute point by point a nonsensical diatribe.

[canofbars]

Recently I saw on the local Australian politics debate show someone asking a question rattled off about 5 questions with opinions shared in between each one and the responder said something like "That was a political statement, could you please rephrase that as an actual question?"

[leereeves]

Even in the US everyone but the participants and judges thinks these nonsensical diatribes are absurd. No one is convinced, the players are just scoring points in some arbitrary game that happens to be called "debate".