Quote from: traincarswreck on February 16, 2015, 09:28:44 PM

What is the difference between debate and consensus?

Quote from: Ideal Money

Illustrating the principle of these optional choices, the people of Sweden recently had the opportunity of voting in a referendum on whether or not Sweden should join the Eurocurrency bloc and replace the kronor by the euro and thus use the same currency as Finland. The people voted against that, for various reasons. But it cannot be irrelevant whether or not the future quality of a money is really assured or whether instead that it depends on the shifting sands of political decisions or the possibly arbitrary actions of a bureaucracy of officials.

The difference is most everything. Consensus is agreement. Usually there isn't any debating at that point.
If it comes to a vote, or a battle, then it isn't a consensus.