The Earth Is Round, Not Flat
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- 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
I don't know who here thinks the Earth is flat, but it definitely isn't. Change my mind.
While I can understand someone making a mistake,
There is Pro and Con, the title makes a claim, Sunshineboy217 was Pro,
They even include their view in the description, implying if not stating they think the Earth is round.
Con realized their error, and still had three rounds they could have used to make the best of the situation, they didn't so my vote to Pro.
I suppose one could 'try to argue the Earth is not round, like an octagon is not round. Though such would be a bit cheap, and still might not work.
Or argue the various theories people bring up when they argue the Earth is flat. I can't recall what arguments said people use though.
The very system of a debate calls for the instigator / pro to agree with the title of the debate, and the contender / con to disagree with the title of the debate. The title of the debate is, "The Earth is Round, Not Flat," and therefore, since Sunshineboy217 is instigator / pro, this means that he is the one arguing for the position that the earth is not flat. This means that since DPrek is contender / con, he is the one arguing for the position that the earth is flat. Both this website and the title of this debate make it very clear which position each person takes, and it was therefore invalid for DPrek to claim that he did not know which position he was taking until the debate started. That argument would have been valid if the title were something like, "Is The Earth Round, or Flat?" But it was not, the title came in the form of an assertion. Sunshineboy217 is being significantly more reasonable in every argument of this debate, whereas DPrek was not, and thus, I must give Sunshineboy217 my vote.
dprek i think you got it wrong you have to debate on the earth being flat not being round
That's why I'm excited about this debate.
some people lie to themselves to support their world view and when they find truth they just look away or avoid thinking about it, it makes sense
There was one flat earther, but he quit the site.
JHAJHSJAHSJAHJSAHJAH sounds fair i did the same with capitalism but i need to explain more stuff so i get the win
That's the point. I need a win
yo but this is too easy for you wtf JHAJHAJHJHA