Feeling sentimental today and remember old friends from Debate.org days. Lannan and Ajab are both members who were near and dear to the community and are no longer with us today. I hope they are resting easy and are in a much better place.
If anyone here wants to share memories or thoughts about these members, please do. 
Sorry the photos are blurry these are the only ones I could find from old Facebook profiles.
In loving Memory of Lannan and Ajab, fallen debaters.
I'll at least speak to Ajab.
Many of you may not have known this, but he dealt with some pretty debilitating chronic pain. It was bad enough that he often had to put a lot of his life on hold because he could barely get out of bed. I have people close to me with some pretty bad issues with chronic pain, but Ajab felt so isolated by his experience with it, and it was impossible not to feel for him.
But every several months or so, he'd give me a call and we'd talk about everything. And I do mean everything - life, family, philosophy, religion, etc., and nothing was out of bounds. I don't get the impression that we agreed on everything, but we could relate to each others' positions. Nothing was combative. It may seem strange for an American Jew talking to a Pakistani Muslim to find so much common ground, but I looked forward to every conversation we had, to every distraction I could give him, and every bit of solace I could provide. Only wish I could've done more.
"Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and what's right! This very place is neutral ground! Justice will prevail, you say? But of course it will! Whoever wins this war becomes justice!" - Donquixote Doflamingo, One Piece
Thank you for sharing the memory of Lannan and Ajab.
"Kohai, your entrance to the thread was legendary, you had a solve and a winning PoE right when you showed up, super impressive stuff, even more so considering it wasn't even your objective!!" - Zrein
Members can be proud of these strong ties to the past.
