[split] Debating Lion IRC

[EvolutionKills]

(16-01-2013 08:40 AM)kingschosen Wrote:  lol@making the parameters so insanely complicated and specific that no one wants to bother with it. I owe myself $20 for calling this.

1) Because that's unnecessary.
2) A2's not going to want to waste putting that much time effort into it when you're probably just going to abandon it after your first couple of posts.
3) You've already proved that you can't debate/communicate in a straight forward manner whilerelying heavily on semantics.

I kind of figured he was going to try and pull a William Lane Craig and use his 'shotgun style' tactic of lighting too many damn fires, so that the opponent can't possibly hope to counter them all in the time or space allotted, and thus seemingly score points and credibility by not being refuted.

Or more simply; make 20 assertions, and when the next guy only has enough time to counter 5 of them, act like your other 15 are true by default.

In a time limited venue (such as a professional debate at a university), such rules for classic debates are understandable. On an internet forum, such restrictions serve only to needlessly restrict inquiry and discussion. None of us are going to be forced to sit through the entire debate in one sitting, so the time and space restrictions are spurious at best.