Silverman vs. D'Souza (6 of 6)

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[tonybeir]

cheap trick dsouza leaves the data for last so it can't be challenged.

[tanabritt]

D'souza needs to qualify his evidence at the end in the same way as David needed to qualify his. He needs to address the fact that the polls that he cited did not Prove beyond a doubt that christians are happier because of there belief, rather than because of other possible social and psychological factors. It would have done better in the middle of his argument as he would have been able to qualify it instead of assuming that the only thing that can possible make people happier is belief in god

[tanabritt]

D'souza also ends his argument with the Begining of his christianity, which (although not entirely relavant) would have suited his begining statement much better and probably would have given his argument a better sense of direction. As for David's end statement, he could have done much better by begining his statement without to the conversion attempt. He also needed to address briefly the concern as to the qualification of his evidence concerning the polls. Finally he needed to remain calmer.

[tanabritt]

While silverman was much better at staying on topic, he did not qualify his evidence as much as he should have, making his argument weaker than it could have been. D'souza could not stay on topic at all, he answered all the wrong questions and (many were relevant, but not "Is (present tense) christianITY (not christIANS) good for America") the debate quickly went on to subjects irrelavant to the debate.