Justification for War in Iraq

[jimnyc]

I again ask to leave the debate threads to responses only from the respondents, even if the debate is now complete. If you wish to discuss the debate or have any questions, please do so in the discussion section of the debate forum.

[typomaniac]

I am ending this debate at this point for a couple of reasons. First and foremost it is stretching out much farther than the originally planned 5 days. I'm not saying anyone should be judged differently based on how long it takes to respond, but I asked for the 2x per day to keep the board from losing interest in debates. It also appears that minimal "data" is being debated at this point and the same points are being spoken over and over. I think each party has had ample time to have their say.

I am now going to attach a poll to this debate and allow the board to vote for who they think laid out a better argument.

First, I have to confess that I completely missed the rule about making posts at least twice per day. Jim, please accept my apologies.

Thanks to both you and SE for being involved with this thread.

Cheers,
Typo

[jimnyc]

First, I have to confess that I completely missed the rule about making posts at least twice per day. Jim, please accept my apologies.

Thanks to both you and SE for being involved with this thread.

Cheers,
Typo

No need to apologize! I just want things to progress in a timely fashion and hopefully move on to other subjects and participants.

You put a lot of efforts into your replies and made this a great thread to read. All is cool and everyone reading benefits as a result!

Cheers!

[Sir Evil]

I agree, and great work Typo!

[typomaniac]

No need to apologize! I just want things to progress in a timely fashion and hopefully move on to other subjects and participants.

You put a lot of efforts into your replies and made this a great thread to read. All is cool and everyone reading benefits as a result!

Cheers!

I can appreciate all that. But formal debate can be a difficult balancing act, if one of your goals is to keep things moving, because ideally both sides should make their arguments as thorough as possible.

I agree that the thread turned out pretty well, though.

[typomaniac]

Maybe as a separate thread. I'd like to see not only public responses, but also for each person who votes to explain why they believe one of us did better than the other. I think that would help not only SE and myself, but also serve as a tool for debaters here on future threads.

Just a suggestion, of course.

[darin]

Maybe as a separate thread. I'd like to see not only public responses, but also for each person who votes to explain why they believe one of us did better than the other. I think that would help not only SE and myself, but also serve as a tool for debaters here on future threads.

Just a suggestion, of course.

http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?t=7776