Summer is better than winter
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- The applicability of this condition is obvious in the context of our debate. Pro bears the burden of proof and the existence of doubt to the truth value of the proposition we are debating holds true value.
- We can also note that no stipulations exist for the degree to which summer is better than winter, so pro is in essence arguing that summer surpasses winter in all cases that would constitute it as a better season.
- My argument is that summer is more harmful to society at large than winter.
- Pro speaks about the rise in warm temperatures as if this is an intrinsically good thing by any means. If pro's case rests on the idea that warmth is good in itself the most logical action is to deconstruct such an idea.
- Because of such "an increase in hot summer days, where it felt at least 90 degrees, was associated with an average of 1,373 extra deaths each year."
- In addition, there are significantly more pests in the summer. Mosquitoes, ticks, flies, and hornets thrive during the period. The insects harm humanity as a whole by causing pain and diseases.
- "With the exception of tuberculosis, malaria kills more people than any other communicable disease in the world." Malaria, a disease spread by mosquitos, is a plague upon humanity that causes some of the worst and large scale forms of suffering. The pests that spread this disease thrive in the summer months whereas comparatively in winter, they can hardly survive.
- In addition, summer is the month that comes with the most injuries namely: broken bones. Secondly, "most traffic accidents and fatalities occur in the summer months, with a peak during July and August." We have to conclude that with strains of injury and accidents summer comes with extensive harm to the populace at large in comparison to winter.
- Most tornados occur during summer, which is self-explanatory problematic.
- "August has been by far the worst month for hurricanes, with an average of 74 every year." In addition, Tsunamis become most common in spring and mid-summer.
- Conclusively, most natural disasters occur in summer which further presents the month as damaging to humanity and society.
- Studies show "evidence that people generally sleep less during the summer, due to increased daylight exposure and just being too hot to sleep comfortably, and sleep deprivation increases the production of cortisol — a stress hormone that drives sugar cravings, swelling, and overall weight gain" [5].
- "Summertime leads to higher sun exposure. Exposure to the sun can cause sunburn, skin aging (such as skin spots, wrinkles, eye damage, and skin cancer)." The summer exasperates the risk of skin complications and skin cancer.
- As implied above "incidence of malaria is significantly higher in summer compared to winter."
- In addition to the above, air quality is worse in summer, which by truism comes with its line of adverse impacts.
- Note that pro does not even cite any particularly compelling statistics that would at least show summer as better than winter in some aspects.
- Violent crime goes up significantly in the summer, so we can conclude that summer makes entails society will be considerably more dangerous. If less crime occurs in the cold vs the heat we can assert that the cold is marginally better for society.
- Pro makes vague and unsubstantiated comparative notions towards the presence of presumably more activities in the summer.
- Winter contains some of the biggest holidays around the world to name a few, Christmas and New Year. The economic yield from these holidays alone is enough to demonstrate their value and contribution to the utility through activities and festivity. Christmas alone literally generates over a trillion dollars. Con analyzes the bigger picture rather than sporadic activities that don't sufficiently demonstrate the superiority of summer more than the instigator's own opinion. What makes one activity superior to another? The same applies to food as well.
Arguments: Pro's arguments 1-6 are simplistic, simple and rely on a single view point of Summer from one area's perspective, ignoring the fact that seasons are diverse. Argument 7 again has this issue, but is more rhetorical from the perspective of a Florida student.
Con's arguments are more well-set out and comprehensively responds to the core points of their challenger. Con not only argued their case but pulled apart Pro's arguments.
Sources: Only Con provided sources so easy to hand that point to them.
Spelling/Grammar: No major issues from either competitor. Tie.
Conduct: Both very polite and completed their arguments. Tie.
go on then
lollllllllllllll ok fine
Do it again, lol, I was briefly away
its ok i deleted it cause u werent entering, if u enter ur answer now itll be done faster
and also i will make other debates coming soon u can enter them if u want....
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ok im doing it now
It's fine, Ill accept it quickly
but if i create it and it going to be an open challenge someone else may replace this so idk
sure
Wait, can we do this debate again but make voting one week?