That international adoption should be banned

Judge: admin    TOP JUDGE
Win awarded to: shubham
Reasoning:
Basically, pro has the burden of proof in a debate like this. That means they need to make an argument for the resolution that stands to the end of the debate to be able to win. Since they forfeited every round, they failed to fulfill their burden and thus lost the debate. Although con did the same, con did not have a burden to meet as pro did given the parameters of most debate systems.

Feedback:
Both sides - make an argument. That's the whole point of debating. At the very least give it a go, or if you really don't know what to say, ask for help. We're all here for that.

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Judge: nzlockie    TOP JUDGE
Win awarded to: gabbsmcswaggin
Reasoning:
I agree with what admin said, PRO had burden of proof and didn't meet it, thus losing the debate. The difference between admin and I is that I'm actually voting for CON. Makes sense since I think he won. Strange that admin also said CON won, but voted for PRO. Mostly I'm only still typing here trying to get my 400 characters to balance out the score.

Feedback:
Forfeits like this are lame. Actual cases are cool. I reckon both sides should use words to make their cases next time.
On the positive, this forfeit strategy makes judging easy so I appreciate that...

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