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I’ve provided my own index of this debate at http://www.greatplay.net/essays/cl-peter-debate-index-of-entries-and-commentary
—Peter Hurford, 2-16-2012, 10:18 am | Permalink
[...] Peter’s complete first speech can be found here and a complete index of the debate is found here. [...]
—Peter Hurford v. cl on Needless Suffering, Peter’s First « vexing questions, 2-19-2012, 9:10 pm | Permalink
It’s very kind of you and Peter to link to my post.
—Adamoriens, 2-20-2012, 9:58 am | Permalink
It’s very kind of you to put such effort into parsing through the arguments!
—cl, 2-20-2012, 10:49 am | Permalink
[...] one of the three judges for the debate between cl and Peter Hurford. In the interest of keeping the judging as fair as possible, Peter and [...]
—Debate Round One: Commentary on Peter Hurford’s Opening Statement, 2-21-2012, 7:41 pm | Permalink