Lord of the Rings Trilogy is Better than the Harry Potter Trilogy

RebuttalMy opponent's first accusation is idle rhetoric, straw man arguing. Last round was for me to post my arguments, these next rounds are for rebuttals. Now I will rebut. First he did not define "better" and attempts to wrestle you with semantics about books & movies. As my argument defines what I perceive to mean as "better". Second, the astronomical finanaical success of HP is directly linked to cultural influence. We do not buy what we do not like. The fact that nearly every single Potter book AND movie out-sold any single LotR book OR movie is self-contained evidence MORE PEOPLE were draw to the shaggy-haired boy than that furry foot lad. This is the beginning stage of cultural influence. It is cultural influence that determined who is "better" since cultural influence is generally the response of the public to something. HP is has more cultural influence=HP is better, because cultural influence is a crucial factor in determining what is is more received by the public. Now, he likens porn, filthy sex, to a Taylor Swift concert (live music, eh). Really? How about something not so immoral & disgusting? Why would someone waste words likening the revenue of Cumshots to the revenue of the World Cup? Straw man all the way. (And notice his weak angle of persuasion toward you-all: "he would have to argue that porn is generally better than sports...". An attempt to subconsciously influence you to expect & vote against weak argumentation. Whether I argue it or don't he was planning to exploit either one. It's classic psychology here played by Pro of dangling a carrot before us. I don't eat carrots.) Stick to direct issues.Dumbledore's Homosexuality. I ask the million dollar question that completely shatters Pro's accusation. Show me one written piece of evidence in the HP books that allude or directly embraces a heterosexual-romantic behavior of Albus? Oh, wait. You can't! Since there is not a shred of in-story evidence to indicate his sexual orientation, you're argument is idle. Again, you are arguing irrelevant points. The finalized stories of the HP series are the standards we use to judge "Which is Better: HP or LotR?" Not the post-publicity stunts spoken by the author. "Lord of the Rings has no such silly ending" neither does HP, you have used irrelevant points that are NOT PART of the finalized HP canon."They were also unseen deaths in Harry Potter books, such as Mad Eye Moody, Tonks and Lupin, and their deaths are just briefly mentioned, treated as so trivial in the books..." Yes, let's grammatically depict multiple, graphic mortality to 9 years old and the other pre-teen audience these books were initially aimed at. Wrong again. The Forest of Dean was used as a plot device to isolate the character trio in order to achieve: (1) character development, esp. Ron, who overcomes his glum attitude about being the 3rd Wheel among Harry & Hermione; (2) to establish the final test in the 3's friendship; (3) Horicrux. Did you even read the book? "I dare Con to tell us something about this girl's behavior." I will destroy his argument again. Ron refers to her as normally talkative; she is mischievous, gossiping about Percy's crush on Penelope. She isn't afraid of bullies. In chpt 4 of CoS she rebels against Malfoy--the school bully; against the Ministry--the government, against Voldemort--the evilest, deadliest SOB in the world. My god, woman! Have you gone mad!"What mannerisms or traits sets her apart from others? Read the Chamber of Secrets, she's a playful mischievous person. In all of the books, she is the ONLY PERSON other than Harry who Hermione has confided to. She is Hermione's best friend AND ONLY true female friend! She's a great Quidditch player, she "scored several goals to help the team to victory" again Slytherin. http://harrypotter.wikia.com..."What did Ginny actually do in the Harry Potter series? "Wow. Either you're asking redundant questions or you've never read the HP books. Either way your inquiries help me establish the strength of Ginny's story arc in being Harry's equal. OotP, she uses Legilimency to prevent Harry from speaking dark magic words that could've had bad ramifications. http://www.hp-lexicon.org... We also see she is able to calm Harry's anger when no one else could! She is the ONLY person other than Harry that have experience the direct thoughts of Voldemort! Again the only babe in the series who is justifiably Harry Potter's equal. Make's sense: "the twins only used the map for mischief-making, not to peep at their brother while he was sleeping in his dormitory. ...they never saw Ronald Weasley and Peter Pettigrew on the map because they never checked the map for this purpose. " http://harrypotter.wikia.com... "you must not forget that hundreds of little dots are moving around this map at any given time" Fred and George did not know everyone in school by name, so a single unfamiliar name was unlikely to stand out." http://scifi.stackexchange.com...Cellphones? They didn't become common till the end of 1998. Then, mostly wealthy adults & college students own one--not kids. http://wiki.answers.com...Fans don't like Ginny. Did one of you place a Confundo Charm on Pro? He's confused! Read this link. More fans like Ginny than dislike. http://www.fanpop.com... And notice the most dislikes come from girls (who probably had a crush on Daniel Radcliffe and thus saw themselves, not Ginny, right for him.)HP gave us, hmmm, Emma Watson!LotR gave us, yuck, Gollum! Ok, ok Liv Tyler. But Emma quickly became the It Chick compared to any female actress in LotR. Trivial? Yes, it's just a morsel for thought.We saw in HP a little white girl kicking butt & getting mad respect in the process, but saw an immortal-like pointed ear dame do nothing but spit arcane dialogue. How is the latter "better" than the former?We saw a geeky boy overcome his fears to become a legend.We saw a geeky boy overcome his fears just to be overshadowed by a conquering king.We saw two groups of loyal best friends stick it out with our hero tooth & nail to the end, with just one major difference. Ron Weasley GOT THE GIRL! Sam, ugh, he got Frodo. Merry & Pippin--what the hell did they get? Ale? What's a "better" ending to one's life? Returning home to drink ale & eat turkey with your singing, dirty barefoot buddies? Or marrying a pretty, super-intelligent, super-powerful female legend who can put the fear of God in your enemeies?While Pro puts much emphasis on HP single continuity plot line in the negative, he either failed to consider OR considered it an throw it out the window--that HP was written for 5th Graders! While LotR deals with complexity only mature teens & adult can visualize. This factor alone, regardless of Pro's rebuttals, invalidates his erred attack against the implementation of HP storytelling simplicity. Otherwise, on the line with Pro's angle of argumentation, we must rebuke our kids, little brothers & little sisters for not getting their noses out of their Kindles and into the libraries to read War & Peace, The Sound & the Fury, or the writings of Josephus. "Lord of the Rings has nothing out of place, and I challenge Con to tell me whats wrong with the story." In my final round I will do just that.