True Love Debate | Freya Dixon Van Dijk | Proposition (1/6)

[@matarey-u8k]

This swan-like lady is mesmerizing for sure, yet she's actually reading or reciting rather than debating.

[@hughzhouzhou9868]

ironically, the Norse goddess of love is called Freya.

[@flow_er_vibe2846]

I felt sorry for her just after she got up because you can see how nervous she was, literally she was all shaking but still managed to deliver her speech. I stan her bravery and composure, even if it wasn't the best speech I heard

[@XXVIII333]

there is love as a fleeting sensation or feeling, and then there is love in a relationship, which are two different things. In a marriage you agree to love no matter how horrible the partner and his or her life turns out to be, and the feeling of love can appear inside you as a fleeting sensation, of something that might have a resemblance to a 90s hollywood movie, or a 50s or Shakespeare play. I think so.

[@TheMcGloneCode]

True love isn't the idea that there is 1 person out there who is predetermined to be the 1 best person for you -_- True love is a set of feelings and behaviors, and you can certainly have it for more than one person. "You are my 1 true love" really means "you are the only person I wish to have this true love for" I don't like the direction this debate is going at all lol

[@IFiawoo]

According to whom is that the definition of true love? Seems pretty subjective to me.

[@jackmiddleton2080]

I wouldn't say it is exactly subjective. It is just a matter of how many definitions for the word "true" and "love" there are. They really should have started the debate with definitions (maybe they did? IDK) otherwise it was a pretty big waste of time.

[@brynleytalbot778]

It’s the idealism through advertising that’s the issue of debate. If the commercialisation of “true love” is economically productive then it’s a great sales pitch, but only a sales pitch. Perfectionists, those with Aspergers or codependency from mental abuse, will focus on idealism and seek “true love”. Pre The Pill most would seek a life partner, friend, and companion. Post The Pill multiple partners became the norm. Perhaps true love was the casualty. Valentines Day, Wedding Day, and Anniversary Day, are opportunities to sell the dream and castigate societies failures as unfit for love. Maybe we need to return to a simpler world.

[@sahulhameed156]

Great orators are not readers. They depend neither upon papers nor upon slides, but upon the audience. These speakers must also understand that language without pause and intonation is like a flower without fragrance. While speaking, the pulse of the audience should be felt. When this debater speaks, I feel a machine running, not information passing on.

[@jwonderfulsuccess]

Life is better lived focusing on the positive things. If there is any negative thoughts from the hearer, its only because they reside within oneself. You can change your world with your thoughts.

[@clachanachoin3127]

Great words, but, speak a fraction more slowly and pause!! If you are speaking quickly to pack more arguments in then take one of your points out.

[@RekzaFS]

Too much info, too much reading, too fast, obviously she is intelligent and brave but I did not get much out of listening to this.

[@brynleytalbot778]

This is Oxford not Twitter. Attention spans are required and concentration on the speakers dialogue.

[@RekzaFS]

@@brynleytalbot778 other speakers didn’t suffer from the same problem as her so idk why you are talking about Twitter

[@bronson6683]

I really hate such frivolous debates

[@jwonderfulsuccess]

Send love and it is sure to return.

[@assassin1478]

Is it ironic I love this video?

[@Casein-ud6vi]

You can't just label a concept "ideal" and then dismiss its validity on the grounds of that label.

[@charleswang1268]

Such a well-argued speech by such an elegant speaker :)

[@googleuser2609]

Frumpy and dorky.

[@brynleytalbot778]

@@googleuser2609 Not a Tinder match then?

[@JackV-n3c]

i would debate this girl on this most important of subjects anytime. true love absolutely exists but cannot be measured in grams, ounces or even milligrams. something need not be expressable in a mathematical or logical sense in order to exist. she is trying to unlock a dormant and critical part of her mind but doesn’t know it yet

[@pegasus6724]

How many able bodies beautiful woman marry a man who can't walk it only has one leg Or is unnatractive There is no true love in relationships it's a fantacy. You can love people and you can desire but you never have true love

[@barefootinthepark5693]

My auntie did lol

[@brynleytalbot778]

In a materialistic, and now experientalistic society, I think true love is less about a feeling and more about a shared compatibility, which, let’s face it, is more and more unlikely as we’ve gained a plethora of views and pastimes. To meet such an idealistic perfect match is highly improbable in a complex “developed” society. In past much older generations life was hard but simpler so such a match was easier to find, or people didn’t chase utopian illusions of love making them much more reasonable when choosing a wife or husband. Is love the love of avaricious intent rather than altruism? Ever seen a middle income couple selecting the engagement ring in a top end jewellers? It’s all about how others will perceive them. Is that what relationships have become? What a sad reflection on society.

[@ronbr1000]

Geez if this the best topic OU can up with ?

[@dbspears225]

True love? Eventually you will get screwed over. I yield the balance of my time.

[@laeequenadvi4746]

It is mind blowing ancient images ever captured in histody of space. Cluster of hundred of galaxies of early universe. We are in age of new astronomy. It opened new window to our universe. It is just beginnin. Thanks JWST and thanks for NASA, ESA and CSA.

[@TheTrueKailash]

100pc with you freya, i've been telling people this for years, but not so eloquently :D

[@dreamingcode]

Freyer would be hard pressed to hide a hickey

[@jayjaypark6335]

Ako lang ba pero dito nanggaling yung debate scene sa he’s into her

[@john2264]

Nonny nonny, my Lord!

[@pradeepgrpradeepgr1421]

Manufacturing jaint steel

[@bryanwagoki2071]

Proverb:5:1: My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: Proverb:5:2: That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. Proverb:5:3: For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: Proverb:5:4: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. Proverb:5:5: Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

[@khunakonmanmat1506]

Good reader lol

[@user-ho3fz3pt5j]

She’s great

[@brucewayne5488]

"True Love doesn't exist" a.k.a. I'm single and every guy I've been with has treated me like shit

[@Aleksanderavo]

willcant quickscope your right person is out there searching for you.

[@upfulsoul826]

Yeah I'm sure your singledom has nothing to do with your hypergamy and need for eye candy. If by a miracle it doesn't. How about not bringing baggage into your next relationship. You whinging about exes to your new bf doesn't make you appealing at all.

[@jackmiddleton2080]

I think women like that suffer from absolutes as well. In other words maybe they had sex at 14 and the relationship lasted 1 month so therefor they cannot be a princess and live a fairytale life anymore.

[@happycamper6888]

+Bruce Wayne Are you trying to make an argument against the first part of your sentence? Because it doesn't make "True love exists" any more believable a position by what *you* just said.

[@pradeepgrpradeepgr1421]

Fast home build meshion no rain all day it people

[@pegasus6724]

Kgn man with glasses

[@vada.6024]

Enough of this debating nonsense. Bring back Al Jazeera's Head to Head!

[@pradeepgrpradeepgr1421]

Next dateing fraind

[@pradeepgrpradeepgr1421]

Lo e frainds allow

[@willmcdaid4860]

This is probably the world's first hot feminist who knew.

[@Casein-ud6vi]

hot? lol

[@carboy101]

It seems like you don't get outside of your box much.

[@daveybaby10]

Heeeeellllooooo Freya

[@bryanwagoki2071]

Proverb:5:1: My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: Proverb:5:2: That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. Proverb:5:3: For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: Proverb:5:4: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. Proverb:5:5: Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

[@bryanwagoki2071]

Proverb:5:1: My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: Proverb:5:2: That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. Proverb:5:3: For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: Proverb:5:4: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. Proverb:5:5: Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.