Many people place great importance on heritage, hence, it becomes worth debating the topic of exactly what heritage one has, and what the implications of that heritage are.
Why heritage is controversial and debated
Because they had very sparse written records of their history.
Because the Africaans became landlord of all the land and the Black People did not have a right to own and therefore could not pass it on to succeding generations.
John F. Kennedy debated Richard M. Nixon in the first televised Presidential debate
of Debate
History records that a total of 5.9 million persons of Jewish heritage were executed or died during WWII as a result of the Nazi's "Final Solution". This figure is still debated in some circles, but is the most commonly accepted one.
World Heritage, Local Heritage, Family Heritage
There is no hotly debated question regarding Yom Kippur.
Plato
Yes.
Nikita Khrushchev from Germany debated against Kennedy during the Berlin Crisis.
The verb 'debated' is the past tense of the verb to debate.The future tens of the verb 'debate' is will debate.