Instigator / Pro
0
1395
rating
22
debates
20.45%
won
Topic
#1704

There Is No Evidence to Impeach Trump

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Winner
0
14

After 14 votes and with 14 points ahead, the winner is...

Username
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
Three days
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
Two weeks
Point system
Winner selection
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
14
1593
rating
9
debates
77.78%
won
Description

I will forfeit the first round so that Con can tell us why Trump should be impeached.

In one way I'm glad pro forfeited; otherwise I suspect I would be having to remove votes which are based on the conclusion of the case, rather than debate content.

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@Barney

R2 Analysis?

Never a good sign for a case when one side does exactly what the other said they'd do.
R2: Pro says something along the lines of “Well it’s not good evidence so it’s not evidence.”

R1 analysis.

Forfeit:
Around here we would call that a waived round. A truly forfeited round is misconduct to the degree that it results in a default negative point allocation.

BoP:
Had con tried to say BoP is on wholly pro, I would side against him. Shared BoP is what we end up calling this. But yes, pro cannot prove a negative, so his BoP is to disprove anything offered as not being evidence.

Definitions:
These make sense, and intuitively set a good scope limit (what Trump did 30 years ago, has nothing to do with any conduct in the presidency, so is not evidence related to it).

Contentions:
I'll withhold reviewing these until pro has responded to them. This breakdown was just of the preamble, and basically to say it's a good setup.

The BoP on pro is yuge.

Please don’t drag this one out with Gish Gallops...

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@Zaradi

ruh roh

Oh you for sure want to change the wording of the res before someone snipes this for a free win.