What was the main purpose? Was the goal to convince the audience of the rightness of the position, to show several points of view, or perhaps simply to shi their perspective on a controversial topic?...

What was the main purpose? Was the goal to convince the audience of the rightness of the position, to show several points of view, or perhaps simply to shi their perspective on a controversial topic? How would you rate the rhetorical sensitivity with which the argument was presented? What made it appropriate or inappropriate for its particular audience or purpose?