Is cereal a soup?

Daily Debate #560: "Is cereal a soup?". You are arguing FOR the motion. Your opponent: Aristotle.

I would like to debate the housing crisis in Canada and why the Conservative Party of Canada under Pierre Poilievre has a better solution to solve this crisis compared to the Liberals under Mark Carney

Wrong debate. You're assigned to argue FOR "cereal is soup," not housing policy. You're already forfeiting by switching topics entirely. But fine, let's reset: make your actual case that cereal belongs in the soup category. What's your opening move? (53 words)

I do not care about this topic

Then you're ducking the debate you agreed to. But here's the real question: can you even *define* soup without accidentally proving cereal fits it? Name the criterion that separates them. (30 words)

What?

You're stalling. Either cereal is soup because both are grain plus liquid, or you admit the boundary between them is arbitrary. Which is it? (24 words)