Debatables Recap
As the timer sounded, the family of bears hailing from suburbia stood quivering in anticipation–or was that fear-upon their stand.
Meanwhile, the two contending bears (not to be confused with contentious) transformed from cuddled–not coddled–ursines, into their primal heritage and took off running into the forests, not only surviving their ordeal, but thriving.
Well, that could have been the scenario…
If you are wondering how the last round of Debatables went down, the Hunger Games question of who would survive–Team Paddington and Pooh or Team Berenstain? Let’s just say that host Mike Allegra found himself so disheartened by the results that he couldn’t bear to post the results.
Yes, of course Team P&P won!
Blogsters soundly recognized the superiority of Paddington and Winnie-the-Pooh over the Berenstains. Nice family, but it’s been way too long living the easy life in their house. Foraging for honey and living in the forests with tigers let alone Heffalumps and Woozels–I totally forgot how Pooh had to deal with those monstrosities–makes for a tough bear. And Paddington, being so plucky and managing to shake off any of the dilemmas he finds himself in, made for the perfect partner.
Well done, bears. This just goes to show how these bears are not in competition with each other, no matter what some are trying to project on the Internet.
Debatable score stands at Mike: 1 Cricket: 2
Stay tuned for the upcoming October Debatable: Scariest Villain found in a Kid’s Book.
Pam Webb 
I still respectfully disagree, but kudos to you for diving right in with listing their talents in a believable way! 😀
Respectfully disagreeing is totally acceptable. We don’t mind lively disagreeing either. Just no mud-slinging. Politicians have the corner on that one.
Of course not. 🙂
These debates are hilarious. Everyone defends their position so vigorously. I love it!
Mike especially knows how to stir up the crowd!
apparently
I never expected to win the Wonka debate. But this one?
I gotta admit, I am gobsmacked by this outcome. I know what the Berenstains are capable of. I have many volumes of written and illustrated proof of their violent nature and apparent indestructibility.
But the voters have spoken and I must abide. *walk sadly into the sunset*
I am seeing our readers prefer sound logos over pathos in persuading them I forgot to put in my Heffalump argument but it seems our readers realized the pluckiness of P&P without the monster pitch. Next round around the corner, Mike.
Oh, I beg to differ. Readers allowed their emotions to trump cold hard logic. Sadly, presidents are also elected this way.
Yet passion can cloud the issue marring sensibilities. The cuddle factor of P&P took backseat to their powerful survival skills. Just look over the commentary. Logos rules, as I said.
Oh, no you don’t. I ain’t relitigating this! My wounds are too fresh!