There Should be Gladiator Matches for Prisoners

Hi, I am Con and I will be arguing that there should not be gladiator matches for prisoners. I would first like to thank my adversary for the very unique topic. Looking forward to a fruitful debate.The following points on why prisoners should not have gladiator matches will be discussed.1) Economical problems2) Morality3) Impact on the society1. Economical problemsTo start off, the notion of having gladiator matches for prisons is unrealistic due to the unreasonable costs it would entail. This would especially be true for the fights that involves animals like bears and polar bears as stated in Pro's schedule. Firstly, let's just take the United States of Americas as an example. According to a 2018 report by Prison Policy Initiative, there are 1719 state prisons and 102 federal prisons [1] . If Pro's plans were to be carried out, it would mean that 1821 prisons would carry out their own gladiator fights with ferocious animals. The price of keeping animals in prisons is exponentially high, for example, lions need an average of 7.5kg of meat a day [2]. Therefore, assuming each prison have their own animals, the costs of meat, room and medicine to house the animal in each prison would be extremely high. These resources can be easily used for other purposes.Medicine for injured 'gladiators' would also result in money be wasted unnecessarily. Based on Pro's argument that prisoners engage in gladiator matches for the purpose of entertainment, prisoners with injuries would always be treated in Pro's gladiator system; after all, what is the "fun" in watching too injured gladiators rumble? With about 2.3 millions of prisoners, medicine and money that should not be wasted would be wasted on gladiators who deliberately injure each other.Unlike Pro's argument, I do not believe that prisoners are weak, mentally retarded or stupid. Many prisoners after serving their sentence, can still contribute to the society by offering their services in any work industries. Hence, if almost 2.3 million prisoners are killed off, USA would inevitably lose tens of thousands of healthy helping hands.2. MoralityKilling is recognised as a heinous offense to commit and yet, Pro is advocating that prisoners who commited crime should be forced to kill one another for entertainment purposes. Firstly, if one were to argue based on the law, wouldn't prisoners who kill animals in gladiator matches be punished for animal abuse? Or worse yet, should prisoners who kill their fellow inmates be incarcerated for murder? Thus, the gladiatorial system that Pro propose would fundamentally defeat the purpose of having prisons altogether.Murder is the quintessence of evil that should never be experienced by anybody. With Pro's system, people who commit petty crimes perhaps due to a moment's greed would be subjected to a gruesome death sentence. Most, if not all, would be violently killed at the behest of such system. With this, I will leave a question for Pro, what is the rationale behind this macabre massacre and who are you to decide who lives and who dies even if they are prisoners?3. Impact on the societyThe image of having gladiatorial matches in prisons would surely leave nightmares for the general public. If this proposal is to be carried out, what message is being conveyed to the public? Violence would be perpetuated and encouraged just like how it is seen to be beneficial in the system mentioned. It would truly be a case of survival of the fittest; the young and the old would have no place in such a barbaric society where brute strength is all that matters. If senseless brutality is being advocated, people would be desensitized to violence, and this would proliferate aggresive behaviour.ConclusionThe system Pro has shown would be heavily taxing on the economy, kill innumerable amount of people, promote animal abuse and encourage physical aggression. Pro would have to refute my points in the next round and elaborate on how such genocide would serve to benefit the community.[1] https://www.prisonpolicy.org...[2] lionalert.org/page/What_do_lions_eat