Verdict+DK

In the beginning, the position two lawyer who made the opening statement was very convincing with a lot of gestures and movements in tone and voice which had helped get the debate more favorable to position two's side. The lack of position one's opening statement lawyer being in the debate "live," I thought was damaging to the team. In the questioning of the witness Dragon, position two was able to prove that the dragon was unreliable in their cross-examination by stating the quote "Go seek our gold and sit on it" (page 56). The Dragon, wasn't convincing enough to prove the difficult statement and there needed to be more questions from position one to the Dragon. The Dragon, tried to explain why the quote he said didn't actually mean to "seek gold" but to enjoy the life while it lasts, but it wasn't enough to help support position one. Position two cross-examined the Dragon by asked why the Dragon had asked to seek gold, and if it wasn't to seek gold, if it was for happiness, and if happiness was the meaning of life. Position two did a very nice job of continuing to "attack" the Dragon with questions and trying to pull out his meaning of life, and in proving that the dragon was unreliable. The Dragon kept on avoiding the questions by answering vaguely. I thought that Grendel on position one said very nice statements and answers to many of the questions, and also good cross examination of position two's witnesses, but for the lawyers cross-examining, it just wasn't enough time given to make their points, in turning the "mood" of the debate around to their side. Some of the questions to Ork had been "Why were you blind? Do you know the reason why? Was it an accident?" Questions like these were said by position one to prove that some incidents were unplanned accidents. The questions given, with the answers just weren't enough to disprove that the WORLD and EVERYTHING IN IT was an unplanned accident, existence being meaningless, and the past being irrelevant. Overall, position two did the best in supporting their arguments and asking the certain questions to the witnesses that had helped their side take the victory home.