Kashmir is an integral part of India
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Neither debater seems to like or want to argue on the topic for much of the debate. A reminder, the topic is: "Kashmir is an integral part of India"
That's an "is" statement, suggesting a fact debate about what Kashmir's existing status is. That is distinct from an "ought" or "should" statement, which would have suggested what would be most beneficial for Kashmir and its inhabitants. Yet, the latter becomes the focus of this debate from the beginning of Con's argument. So, really, the only on-topic argument given in this debate is a history breakdown from Pro in R1, where he states that an accession proposal was signed and that that was tantamount to accepting their merger. Whether this makes Kashmir an "integral part" of India is unclear, but it at least treats this as a fact debate with regards to whether evidence suggests that, at least on the basis of this one agreement, Kashmir is a part of India, if only in this sense. That's the only fact-based support for why they are a part of India and not just why they should be a part of either India or Pakistan. If this was an ought resolution, Con would have done more than enough to support why Kashmir should be a part of Pakistan over India. Given that it wasn't, and given that Con is the only one with an argument on the fact resolution, I vote Pro.
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can either of you tell me where the word 'integral' was defined even indirectly in this debate?
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I wanted to say it in the final round, but I didn't have enough characters remaining. Thank you for the debate, and welcome to the site. I hope you grow to like it as much as I have.
Finally the last argument it was really fun and I got to learn many new things via this debate..... Thanks con.
No need to apologize. You are free to set up your debate however you want!
Sorry, I thought that would be enough.....
idk what can be done in 1000 characters or less, but this'll be fun.
All of Kashmir?