The phrase "absurd debate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a discussion or argument that is unreasonable, illogical, or nonsensical.
Example: "The politicians engaged in an absurd debate over trivial issues while ignoring the real problems facing the country."
Alternatives: "ridiculous discussion" or "preposterous argument".
He added: "A slightly absurd debate takes place in this country.
"It's time to end this absurd debate about women driving," wrote Dr Thuraya al-Arid in al-Jazirah newspaper.
But at least the absurd debate gives writers like myself plenty to say about what would otherwise be a fairly unassuming prize winner.
An absurd debate is going on in Washington over who is to blame for the horrors of a declining federal budget surplus.
And they deserve to do so coming from somewhere other than a tragically empty classroom, or under a crumbling bridge, or in the midst of another disaster — or listening to the absurd debate, in Congress, over another manufactured crisis.
The surprise, perhaps, is that Mr. Kahn can pull off comedy when he wants to: from standard slapstick and teenage drama-queening to the absurd debate between Riley and a weirdly persuasive bullhorn-voiced Canadian in a hockey jersey.
"It's absurd; debates are necessary today" about the next president's platform and his team, Mr. Pavlovsky said.
Their world is one of photo ops, the great non-event that is PMQs, and absurd debates between figures that the public no longer cares about.
Of course there should be vigilance in all areas of the game – and there should be much stricter guidelines quite divorced from some absurd debates about the relative sins of cheating, over-the-top tackling and spitting.
These absurd debates miss the point.
Each time the so-called "creationist" question came up, you have had some quite idiotic positions, some sterile and absurd debates, but the actual dividing wall was never dismantled.
