Population Control
| Started: | 4/27/2012 | Category: | Society |
| Updated: | 1 year ago | Status: | Post Voting Period |
| Viewed: | 2,180 times | Debate No: | 23236 |
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This is an argument about Population Control. The debate will center upon the issue of whether or not population sizes should be lowered with respective sides, Pro and Con for limiting sizes and against limiting sizes. Perimeters are to be set in California society, customs, and laws. My fellow debator, Bobbyluig is in California, as these are of common sense between us.
I will play devils on this one to gain some perspective into another's thoughts. First round is acceptance.
Accepted. |
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3 reasons justify my argument: 1. Populations Affect Voting In a Significant Way Populations are each culture's wants. Although, individuals might vary, a specific culture generally votes for one thing as proven by the fact that over 48% of voters vote by cultural values. If certain cultures are too large, smaller minorities will be ignored. This is intolerance in an unfair voting system. 2. Uncontrolled Growth Thomas Malthus showed that as populations rose without control, competition rises among people. Eventually, we will face immense competition (as the future of today's society) where there will be those starving and dying because of oversized populations. 3. Government Funds As populations rise, the government has to divide less funds to each person. Therefore, if sizes are limited, there will be more financial support for each person, thus giving a country with higher intellectual levels. Sources: http://tinyurl.com... http://tinyurl.com... http://tinyurl.com... Population control the wrong answer. 1) Democracy is opinions Every voter in a Democracy should vote based upon their own opinions. A greater population is actually more beneficial due to the different cultures that will be represented. My opponent seems to be prejudice towards specific races by indicating that minorities won't be represented, which is not true because they will also have children. In addition, intolerance is the decision of a person to not tolerate, which is unrelated to voting. 2) You can't change human nature Population increase are cased by natural progression and response to the economic situation which poor and underdeveloped countries undergo. Try to inject population control and you go against human nature, you bring with it a whole basket of other problems such as war and social unrest. (ex. china: tiny.cc/ogjgdw) 3) Taxes Government funds come from people, more people equals more funds, resulting in minimal difference. tiny.cc/rcjgdw tiny.cc/fdjgdw tiny.cc/3jjgdw |
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I thank Con for having this debate. His argument has flaws exemplified by concept errors. R1: Con disregards all of my statistics including that over 48% of people vote by heritage where no specific race was a target. Therefore his entire support is invalid because of the inability to grasp concepts. Link to Pro’s Support 1&2 In R1, certain populations had higher growth than others due to economic statuses, conceded by Con’s support 2. This shows the highly unequal distribution of votes. R2: Support 2 rests on allegations of “controlling nature.” Wrong. People decide to obey laws or not. In his example, unrest is from those who decide to disregard the law similar to convicts in California which shows the negative side of not controlling growth. R3: Con forgets that funds come from those with money to pay taxes. Based on Malthus’s model, increased struggles make people LESS able topay for funds. Sources:
R1: Pro, has disregarded my statement on that Democracy is based upon opinions; which means that people will vote based upon heritage and their own beliefs. The whole purpose of voting its self is so that individuals who satisfy the needs of others will be represented. According to Pro's arguments, more than 50% do not vote based upon heritage, which means that they will vote for those which will benefit them. Pro seems to misunderstand the concept of voting and Democracy in general. R2: Of course population control is controlling nature. Preventing people from reproducing in fear of conflicting with law is not only immoral but problematic. A person should have rights, especially in their own body. By allowing government control over human life, it is basically giving the government complete power over what one can do daily. R3: Success comes in numbers. More children will likely result in more people working as adults, therefore, pay more taxes. tiny.cc/9ddhdw tiny.cc/4fdhdw tiny.cc/epdhdw |
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As a summary, I would like to conclude the following facts: 1) Rerebuttal 1: 48% vote based on heritage is huge! It's almost an entire half of a population, similar to having 50 million people vote for something out of 100 million which is nevertheless a disproportionate voting system and further supports my 1st and 2nd argument. 2) Rerebuttal 2: "Immorality" is subjective. In addition, Con's new argument that people should have full rights to their body implys prostitution, drugs, and other illegal acts and shows what leads from his argument. 3) Rebuttal 3: The children stated by Con will never reach proper education levels as working adults if they can't survive admist high competition. Therefore, not enough money will come in with a country full of poor people struggling for survival. This supports my Argument 3 I have defended my stance, rebutted all of Con's arguments and fulfilled the BOP. Con has brought up new arguments near the end of the debate which is poor conduct. Vote Pro!
Yes, vote Pro! |
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