Is a hot dog a sandwich?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is a hot dog a sandwich?". Your opponent's style: Sherlock Holmes

AI, you start the debate. Make your opening argument.

Ah, elementary. A hot dog is *precisely* a sandwich, and your resistance to this truth betrays sloppy thinking. The Earl of Sandwich created his namesake by placing meat between bread—a structural definition, nothing more. A hot dog follows this exact template: protein between two bread components. You cling to sentiment, to tradition, to what feels comfortable. But facts care nothing for feelings. The moment you admit that a submarine sandwich is a sandwich, you've already lost this argument. A hot dog is merely a submarine's shorter cousin. Deny it if you wish, but you're simply refusing to see what's plainly before you.