Team Demeter Argument Analysis
As a Greek, I attended last week’s debate to hear out my fellow citizens of Lesbos as they tried to convince the audience to either support the new regime of Pittacus (Team Apollo) or to reject his false message (Team Demeter). Pittacus recently declared himself champion of Lesbos and now holds absolute power on our Island. It has been a heated topic of concern lately among the people. Some believe his military experience and expertise will bring our Island glory, while others believe it’s on the battlefield where he shall stay. After listening to both sides, I felt Team Demeter was more persuasive in their efforts to convince me that Pittacus is unfit to rule as they were superior orators, offered greater concrete arguments, and excelled in
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Team Demeter did a great job about intertwining both into a solid debate. One of the considerable points of concern among the debate was that Pittacus pardoned the murderer of his son. Team Apollo argued it showed him as a sympathetic man however, I feel Team Demeter did a wonderful job countering that. Taylor of Team Demeter, explained that the policy of “pardon is better than punishment” would lead Lesbos into chaos. She also argued that we “should not let them (murderers) walk around the Polis. I felt she made a fantastic point that used logic and reason of Logos to convince me that his policies on crime is dangerous. The final two debaters of Team Demeter, Katie and Chloe both also used logic, reason, and evidence in their efforts to oppose Pittacus. Katie brought up the point that for being a proclaimed military general, he’s “only won one battle.” That alone made me question his reputation. Chloe, who was the concluder, offered a great role as the friend of Pittacus. She used reverse ethos to try and convince us of his unfitness to rule, which hits home harder seeing that a close friend of his is willing to speak ill of him. She also did very well in recapping the team’s arguments with strong phrases like he’s a “warrior not a leader”, “bad temperament will lead to war”, and commented on his controversial policy on pardoning murders yet making drunken crimes twice the punishment calling him “very
Team Demeter did a great job about intertwining both into a solid debate. One of the considerable points of concern among the debate was that Pittacus pardoned the murderer of his son. Team Apollo argued it showed him as a sympathetic man however, I feel Team Demeter did a wonderful job countering that. Taylor of Team Demeter, explained that the policy of “pardon is better than punishment” would lead Lesbos into chaos. She also argued that we “should not let them (murderers) walk around the Polis. I felt she made a fantastic point that used logic and reason of Logos to convince me that his policies on crime is dangerous. The final two debaters of Team Demeter, Katie and Chloe both also used logic, reason, and evidence in their efforts to oppose Pittacus. Katie brought up the point that for being a proclaimed military general, he’s “only won one battle.” That alone made me question his reputation. Chloe, who was the concluder, offered a great role as the friend of Pittacus. She used reverse ethos to try and convince us of his unfitness to rule, which hits home harder seeing that a close friend of his is willing to speak ill of him. She also did very well in recapping the team’s arguments with strong phrases like he’s a “warrior not a leader”, “bad temperament will lead to war”, and commented on his controversial policy on pardoning murders yet making drunken crimes twice the punishment calling him “very