The airspeed velocity of a swallow carrying a coconut is enough to fly a distance of 200 Mi.

I will not refute the velocity of an unladen swallow, as those numbers are accurate. However, these numbers do not construct my opponent's arguments, given that the swallow will not be unladen; he will be carrying a coconut.Clarification : "The Swallow in a Natural Situation"To honor the integrity of the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the resolution should concern a swallow in a "natural situation", meaning that the swallow should be able to carry this coconut without the help of other unnatural forces (i.e., humans, cannons, spaceships, etc.).My Opponent Cherrypicks "The World's Smallest Coconut"The main thing wrong with my opponent's argument is that it's specific to a situation where he can supposedly win the debate without question[1]. He uses an example of the average African swallow, but then goes on to suggest that this swallow will be carrying the world's smallest coconut. If my opponent is going to make an argument using the average swallow, he cannot assume that the world's smallest coconut will be carried by the swallow.As my opponent said, we will not waste any time arguing over definitions. That said, I expect that my opponent will not try to suggest the definition of "a" means "a specific unit which I decide". "A" coconut should logically be the coconut most likely for a swallow to be carrying. An African Swallow Would Never Carry "The World's Smallest Coconut"My opponent uses the average African swallow to construct his argument. If that is true, then the swallow, naturally undisturbed, would never be able to carry the world's smallest coconut. The main reason being, because the African swallow is natice to South Africa, while the world's smallest coconut is in India[2]. If the reason why this is illogical is still not apparent, allow me show you a map: Because it's not geographically possible for the average African swallow to carry the world's smallest coconut, we have to accept that the average African swallow will be carrying the average South African coconut.South Africa does not grow coconuts. We can still say that the swallow could find a coconut elsewhere nearby in Africa for the sake of the argument, but it is unlikely, and voters should therefore consider that a swallow may never come in contact with a coconut at all.The Average African Coconut Weighs Over 400 Times More Than A SwallowAs my opponent said, the average swallow does weigh approximately 21 grams. However, now that we've deduced that a swallow would never have a chance of carrying the world's smallest coconut (both for fairness's sake and because of geographical impossibility), we must now calculate that a swallow would carry the average coconut if it could.Even though my opponent, like King Arthur, said that the swallow could grip it by the husk, the average coconut still weighs eight kilograms."It's not a question of where 'ee grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratio! A five ounce bird cannot carry a [seventeen] pound coconut!" -Castle GuardFor all these reasons and more to be mentioned, there is only warrant for a Con vote.#Sources[1] http://yourlogicalfallacyis.com...;[2] http://www.indiabookofrecords.in...;[3] http://tinyurl.com...;[4] http://www.ask.com...;