Resolved: Frodo was not justified in taking the Fellowship into Moria.

To begin my round, I'd like to respond/clarify to the Con's first paragraph: The Pro does bear the burden of proof for the resolution, but not proving Con's arguments for him, or proving unproved arguments false. The Con has not brought proof for many of the responses/arguments he has made in this round. Now let's take a look at the rest of Con's last round. DA1.a. There are alternatives (see the rest of this round for proof) DA1.b: This does have relevancy, especially as Con did not prove that Gandalf had do DIE to become the White Wizard. He did not even show any proof that Gandalf would not have become the White Wizard had they not gone through Moria, both of which I brought up in my last two rounds. Con does not yet win here. He shouldn't just go around saying that he wins every argument. DA2.a Aragorn, although the book does not say whether or not he lost time, nonetheless was not as good of a leader as Gandalf could've been. (Con was not on the topic of my DA2 here) DA2.b.1 Con keeps on saying 'crossapply Pro plan'. This should not be used as a universal argument. DA2.b.2: The delay is hard to estimate, but I would not make it short of 36 hours. This delay (only counting the delay in Moria) caused other mishaps to the Fellowship as I showed in my last two rounds. DA3: Gandalf, as he knew Bilbo's path better had LESS CHANCE of making a mistake. Of course, there always is, but the less risk, the better. That's why it is relevant. (Another 'crossapply pro plan here'). It is logical that Gandalf knew Bilbo's path better. Remember when he came to Moria? He didn't even know the password to get in (which also contributed to the delay) and the famous quote: "Always follow your nose!", which demonstrates that he did not know Moria very well. Conversely, he had made it through Bilbo's path before without harm. That is my evidence that I have already brought up (as a response in the last round or the one before), and yet the Con has said that I didn't. DA3.a.1 See DA1.b DA3.a.2 Con said that Boromir's repentance was temporary. I have 3 responses to his arguments: 1) No evidence. Con has not proven this to be true. 2) Irrelevant. Even if Con did prove that Boromir's repentance was temporary, it wasn't instantaneous. The irrelevancy is shown in 3) Con said 'had Boromir lived and Frodo stayed'. The problem was, Frodo did not stay. He left immediately after. So with Boromir without the desire or means to hunt down Frodo, he would loyally defend Helm's Deep and Minas Tirith. DA3.b.1 So what? Eru does exist. Why does Con make such a big deal out of that.........? DA3.b.2 I never implied that Eru liked Sauron. I merely said that Eru's intervention could not be depended upon for everything, which idea Con has not contested. Con's DAs: DA1: I never said that only Sauron breeded orcs. 1) I have not contradicted myself, as the orcs in Dol Guldor were preexisting from Sauron's reign there, and the orcs in Moria were a) branched out from Dol Guldor, or b) Came from the goblin stronghold north of the Misty Mts, or c) Created by the Balrog of Moria. 2) a) Irrelevant. b) They were i) Bands from the above sources of orcs, or, more likely, ii) Preexisting. The dwarves dug deep and awoke the Balrog of Moria. He could have created these orcs, or they could have been just under his command, or they could have been with the Balrog the whole time. Orcs do not spontaneously generate from nothing. Orcs are a) breeded, or b) conjured from the ground, as depicted in the movie (Saruman). Thus there is no reason to believe that the Misty Mts. would have been crawling with orcs. DA2/3: Con has said I dropped these two for the last two rounds. I request you to look at my last two rounds, and disregard his unfounded 'did not respond' To review my previous responses, I pointed out that 1) if the Misty Mts were empty, then Gandalf would not have died, which means he could have been there to counter the effect of the Ring on Boromir, or at least to slow the effect or to prevent the whole closeness of the thing before Frodo left for Mordor. 2) If they were crawling with orcs, there is now way that one cave could contain more than was in Moria. There especially was not going to be a Balrog for every cave through the whole Misty Mts. I also had more responses, but you can check those out for yourself. Besides 'did not respond' arguments, my plan was uncontested through the whole round (I responded to his 3 DAs). Therefore Con agrees it is a viable option and it automatically warrants a Pro vote. Before we close, I would argue that the Pro's job is to prove the resolution beyond a reasonable amount of doubt. It is not proving it beyond a shadow of a doubt, as the Con seems to imply (it would be impossible). As we conclude: we see that half the Con's arguments are 'did not respond' arguments that were already responded to. I hope you see the inconsistency in his flawed thinking, and give your vote to me. Thank you.