In a world where superheroes exist, THW force them to train and register with the government.

Intro I will first be be rebuilding my "partners" case and then go into some refutation and then will do some refutation and lastly I will do an actor analysis to show why we on side OP win this round. Inefficacy of the program The inefficacy of this program is clear from the limited teaching time. Side Gov tries to state this isn"t an issue and provides the efficacy of CPR training but this example actually helps our side in the following ways; a) CPR is less complicated than super hero training so while it may show that life saving info can be imparted in short amounts of time it does not show the scale of responsibility. The examples my partner provided are much more relevant as military and police are in the in the same field of protecting people and we argue even their training would be insufficient for our heroes. GOV tries to state that one would be surprised the amount that can be learned quickly but let"s be honest here CPR isn"t that hard whereas learning to shoot fire from your hands is. b) CPR is a standardized base of knowledge. The training does not need to be tailored to each individual and has had years to be optimized to be in the short form factor side gov praises. This course as my partner has mentioned requires a longer period of time to learn about the powers of these individuals and then tailor instruction to them. So while some training could be argued as beneficial in the "it"s better than nothing" sense but it would only be marginally so. I"ll use my own coursework as an example I have personally spent over 100 hours learning calculus with teachers who are helping me and guiding me through the material in a tested and effective curriculum. Now let's imagine we have this 100 hour cap on the time we have and calculus hasn"t been invented yet. I don"t think my instruction will be as simple as side GOV believes it will be. It should also be reasonable to assume learning how to control the weather with my mind or shapeshift when neither my instructor nor myself know how these powers work would prove a little more difficult than math and certainly more difficult than CPR. c) CPR and similar certifications require constant updates to maintain the certification. This superhero training course as proposed does not even require one follow up on training. How is it reasonable to expect that people who may occasionally have to administer the heimlich have more hoops to jump through than people who are tasked with saving the world. We on side OP are more than happy to use Govs analogy of CPR to prove our point. While GOV may provide examples of training they forget that any appropriate program would require years of study to be at the level GOV is claiming this program is capable of. We will later show how a hero practicing on their own in a slower pace is more effective than this paltry course. Now let"s tackle the comparative. "This program is better than nothing" seems to be the main argument on side GOV. I have just shown it is significantly more complicated than GOV thinks it will be she says we are dissatisfied that it isn"t 100% comprehensive but that isn"t the case we just understand that is much closer to being 0% comprehensive than 100%. Learning 5% of something wouldn"t be very effective especially when we discuss the costs of this program both financial and personal. She even says a 1 hour crash course would be better than status quo and this seems to be their case "anything is better than nothing". Let"s discuss what no training would look like. Yes these individuals if they so chose to explore their powers on their own would potentially cause damage. But it wouldn"t be very different than with training. Individuals may learn some basic information but most of their actual practice of their powers would be outside the program as they won"t be able to completely grasp what their powers are and how to control them in the short time frame so the destruction of property in learning still stands on their side. But let"s also think it through what if someone didn"t want to be super? Now they"ve been forced to start using and practising their powers and have received a woeful education. It would be like hogwarts taking every wizard teaching them ten spells and setting them loose. You"ve potentially just taken a bunch of people who would never use their powers forced them to start and then letting them out to practice. You would only wind up with more people using their powers in the world and potentially even causing more damage. All after you"ve basically flushed billions or trillions down the drain just to prevent a few from potentially causing damage. So why does this point still stand? Because GOV has failed to understand status quo. Secrecy is a benefit when training heroes are learning how to control their powers while keeping them secret this actually reduces the potential harms as they do not want to be caught. This actually allows them to choose to discover their powers on there own or even choosing not to. Heroes often wait until they feel they are ready to enter the public eye (think of all the training montages). This program woefully unprepared them at the same time as giving them a certification making them more likely to practice without trying to keep it secret and may result in more damage. This training is more likely worse than nothing and if it isn"t only insignificantly better. The next points show why it isn"t worth it. Secrecy Gov doesn"t really engage with this argument and simply waves their hand and says villains can discover the identity of heroes by setting off a bomb and following the heroes home. This doesn"t actually engage the point that heroes wish to protect their identity. Why do they want this? Because being a hero is dangerous and this danger should not extend to their personal lives. How many heroes do you think there would be if villains could come after the people you love. Humans even superhumans prioritise the lives of loved ones over strangers. If the government necessitates putting family at risk in order to be a hero there would be a decrease in heroics. But let"s look at the other side of the coin which GOV ignores. What about those who want to live normal lives? Going to this facility outs you immediately telling your boss when you need to leave work early to attend outs you for what benefit? Hero training when you"re an accountant? Now what happens when these people are discovered? Their lives are at risk and their families too. You can wave your hand and say maintaining a secret identity as a hero is hard but you can"t justify putting innocent people in danger when they never wanted to fight evil. Even worse you put them in a spot that opens them up to exploitation from evil people who can hold their family hostage in exchange for say levelling a city. Secrecy is important and this is where the GOV case falls apart sacrificing secrecy actually puts the world at greater risk. Trust As for the my partners discussion on the the lack of trust the government deserves when creating a registry of the most powerful people in the world, GOV seems to paint it as irrelevant. However it is potentially the most relevant point in this debate. Governments seek to control great power and more frightening they like to use it. My partner shows the inevitability of a draft by discussing how foreign powers will use their superhumans in their militaries. Traditional weapons will prove ineffective against an army of superhumans and will result in the government creating an army of superhumans in order to compete. Side GOV says that won"t happen because these heroes would just volunteer to save the country/world "it"s what they do". But no it isn"t they are volunteers and while they do get involved it is when they choose to. My partner discussed the options for the government when dealing with a foreign army of superhumans and concluded the most likely result is a draft. GOV denies this by stating they"ll just volunteer but what if they don"t? Or more likely what if they don"t in sufficient numbers? It is quite likely the military may need superhumans in a foreign war think Vietnam and Afghanistan. Many heroes would justifiably refuse and what of those who don"t want to be heroes just ordinary people. The government would certainly abuse the list if ever they felt they were in danger of losing whatever war they are in, which let"s be honest if they"re against a country that has drafted ALL their superhumans a gang of volunteers won"t cut it. They will be forced to recruit every single superhuman on their list against their will. GOV says "but public perception" so what, hell whether or not LGBT people deserve rights is still up for debate in the most liberal countries, it wouldn"t be a stretch that a government would launch a media campaign classifying the superhumans as weapons and not humans think X-men.