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Time to announce this month’s competition winner!
….This month’s * Argument of the Month * prize goes to Lora from Sydney for a strong argument about the definition of utopia. Interesting stuff!

Lora wins a set of pocket aMaps to map out her favourite arguments wherever she is! Congratulations, Lora!
Keep checking the blog for October’s argument topic!
Think [...]

Hello again aMappers!
To get the argumentative inspiration flowing, we’re introducing a monthly topic that you can choose to argue around.
We love all your other topics, so keep arguing about them too, but if you’re a little stuck, why not try this out:
We want to know what your views are on September’s Topic of the Month
“Colonel [...]

*drum roll*
….This month’s * Argument of the Month * prize goes to Vanessa from Birmingham for a great argument on whether pupils should continue school after turning 16.

Vanessa wins a set of pocket aMaps to map out her favourite arguments wherever she is! Congratulations Vanessa! To receive your prize, drop us an email – info@amap.org.uk
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Hello aMappers,
It’s great to see new aMaps being made every day!
Some are serious, some are silly, all are interesting in their own way!
Here at aMap HQ, we believe that it’s good to argue. We want to get the world arguing more and better. The more you practice mapping out your thoughts, the better your arguments [...]

So I’m starting to like this “argument review process”. We’re getting increasing numbers of people arguing more and more, so the competition’s hotting up.
My three favorites from this month are:
Miguel from Denver, with the hot US subject of “alcohol drinking age”

Mazzoni from Sydney, with the subject “who’s the US’s most influential President”

Tegan from Werribee, [...]

This month – September – has been a red-hot month for arguments, so I thought I’d do a bit of a round up of the arguments I liked the best so far.
So – here are my top 3 of the month so far:
(of course, than you to everyone to arguing to date – we appreciate [...]

So the formal TV debates are over, and election day is here.  What we’d like to see is more people passionately arguing for and against the party of your choice – as the margin for difference within the parties is pretty slim, and seemingly all parties are leading on a character vote, pulling on those [...]

Exciting news!  I just dropped off a selection of our Pocket Argument Guides to my friend Rosie’s new pop-up shop/restaurant “No.1 Village Bakeries” in Brixton (London).  It’s the launch night tonight – so it’ll be exciting to see how our arguments go down over the next couple of weeks in the run up til x-mas.
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If we’re talking arguments – then this Monty Python sketch is probably the funniest and cleverest summary of what an argument is.
The Monty Python Clinic sketch is truly hysterical – so give it a watch!

Cats are better than dogs – FACT! – well that’s according to the mountains of YouTube clips people have made supporting the argument.
So I’ve collated a whole selection of clips on the debate of whether cats are better than dogs.
If you’re interested in this debate, then you’ll LOVE our fun “pocket argument guide” on the [...]