Debate Issue: Aid for Schistosomiasis

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Vote Placed by Logical-Master 13 years ago

	harold	beem0r	Tied
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Vote Placed by JUDGE 14 years ago

	harold	beem0r	Tied
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Vote Placed by THEmanlyDEBATER3 14 years ago

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Vote Placed by Sanchez 14 years ago

	harold	beem0r	Tied
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Vote Placed by Grandma 14 years ago

	harold	beem0r	Tied
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Vote Placed by ComradeJon1 14 years ago

	harold	beem0r	Tied
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Vote Placed by beem0r 14 years ago

	harold	beem0r	Tied
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Posted by bobsatthepub 14 years ago

beem0r is winning by default.
it's just "they should trade for it" that makes me think.

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Posted by jacobgunter 14 years ago

Way to pull the capitalist/malthusian argument. heartless, but realistic.

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Voting Style:	Open	Point System:	7 Point
Started:	2/4/2008	Category:	Health
Updated:	14 years ago	Status:	Voting Period
Viewed:	1,435 times	Debate No:	2409

Pro Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by several species of flatworm. The acute form of schistosomiasis is sometimes known as snail fever and cutaneous schistosomiasis is sometimes commonly called swimmer's itch. The disease affects many people in developing countries, and in certain African communities and east Asia, the process of overcoming schistosomiasis is an important rite of passage. We need to give aid to Schistosomiasis victims to improve Africa. Report this Argument Con This is perhaps going to sound heartless, but it is simply an argument. People in Africa should not be given aid for schistosomiasis. Why? They have done nothing to deserve it. This is a world where we find ways to satisfy our own needs: if I'm hungry, I buy some food; if I'm in need of a place to live, I rent an apartment, buy a home, or help out a friend in exchange for being able to crash at his house for a while; if I'm bored, I buy a videogame or something else with which to entertain myself, and/or find friends who wish to have some mutual enjoyment together; if I'm sick, I buy medicine and medical attention. The point? No one need be 'given' aid for anything. If they want aid, they should trade for it. It's ridiculous to simply give it to them. If we're going to give away free medication and medical care to Africa, we should first have free medication and medical care here. Perhaps if medication was, as the saying goes, "growing on trees," it would be viable. However, that is not the case. Also, as my opponent said, "The process of overcoming schistosomiasis is an important rite of passage." Giving them aid would be like letting them cheat on this oh-so-important rite of passage. Truthfully, Con Report this Argument
Pro harold forfeited this round. Con My opponent asserts that we should give free aid to Africans suffering from Schistosomiasis. He does not give a valid line of reasoning to support this, other than the vague notion that "it's the right thing to do." If Africans should get free aid for their medical problems, I should get free aid for mine. And I don't. Also, my opponent failed to respond, so I have no more to say. Hopefully my opponent will make a showing for round 3. Report this Argument
Pro harold forfeited this round. Con This comment, in its entirety, reaches the precisely enforced minimum character limit of one hundred Report this Argument

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