Instigator / Pro
2
1403
rating
16
debates
21.88%
won
Topic
#743

The Supermarine Spitfire is better than the Hawker Hurricane

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Winner
2
0

After 2 votes and with 2 points ahead, the winner is...

Joshua_Stebold
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
Three days
Max argument characters
30,000
Voting period
Two weeks
Point system
Winner selection
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
0
1697
rating
556
debates
68.17%
won
Description

We will be debating about Britian's top fighter aircraft during the Second World War

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Pro gave 4 solid advantages- each of which needed some documentation and none of which got any.

Fortunately for Pro, Con again works the subjectivity of the word "better" but he's on much flimsier ground this time because Pro offered an objective offense. Con's approach amounts to wordplay and non-engagement: everything is relative.

Pro correctly chastises Con's irrelevant and rather lazy defense. Args to Pro- Con clearly didn't want this one.

I would have given Con a point for forfeits but this debate is win/lose.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Con argues this is an impossible resolution to uphold. Unfortunately - which is the better of two war planes used extensively in combat, doesn’t appear to be hard to draw a contrast, or to determine key properties. Not only this, the correct approach here is to outline what makes one better in a way that suits your side of the resolution, not to simply throw out absurd and arbitrary comparisons.

Pro showed the spitfire is faster, more agile, has a better rate of climb, and is more Able to match the ME109. Con offers nothing but a selection of arbitrary and subjective reasons. Better name, more agile is worse, faster is more prone to crash. These were all either subjective or absurdly unwarranted. Only one side appeared interested in even debating the resolution at all.

Because of this, arguments to pro.