Anti-aging drugs would not be beneficial to society

I apologise once again for not putting in my references. The references for round 4 are now in the comments section of this debate. 1.New laws 2.Overpopulation 3.Harder job opportunities 4.Economic divide 5.Environmental factors 6.Conclusions 7.References NEW LAWS As I was trying to say earlier, maturing is simply a part of growing and that growing is part of the aging process. My definition of anti-aging drugs was "A drug that will slow down the aging process, therefore increasing our life expectancy to about 150". By slowing down the aging process, we are slowing our growth, which, in the end, will also slow down our maturing process. I have read in your previous argument that "Instead of growing quickly and showing signs of ageing, the organisms became resilient to damage and were better able to repair the genetic defects that build up with age". This however, is only a theory on how this drug would operate as my definition did not suggest on how it would work. You have also mentioned "A drug as drastic as this would have guidelines for use". This reminds me of the point I have raised in our second argument on the bodily consequences of using such a powerful drug. This argument still stand clear and untouched so I there's not much left to say about that. I believe you have misunderstood me with what I was trying to say in the fourth argument. I as saying that inconvenience would be brought to those who WILL be learning how to drive (say the minimal age for driving is 16 and you are 15 and plan to learn after your next birthday). Inconvenience would be brought to those types of people who are affected by the new law. OVERPOPULATION While searching for information about whether Antarctica can possibly become habitable in the future, I found out that it is possible that Antarctica may be the ONLY habitable continent within the next [1] century. I have failed to find sources that state whether Antarctica will be habitable in the future if we lessen our pollution or keep it stable. For insulation, I have had a look at the average temperature from the supplied data in my second source [2] and the overall mean of the temperatures is only -17 Degrees Celsius. Sometimes the temperature hit the extremes (such as the -89.2 Degrees Celsius), will those insulated clothing be enough to keep us alive before we reach home? For properties that are left empty which could later be used as a home for other, this is only a very small minority of those houses that can be habitable. As your source clearly states, Tamworth has brought 46 empty houses during the time of 8 months. HARDER JOB OPPORTUNITIES Referring back to the jobs, it is true that new jobs will appear as our world progresses, but as new jobs appear, older jobs will disappear as well [3]. Some obvious examples are executioners during the medieval periods and now magazine journalism (as stated in my 3rd source). So either way, new jobs comes along while older jobs disappear and in the end, the number of jobs remains rather stable while the human population rises. We should also note that some jobs require skills that certain skills before acceptance (the most common ones include general practitioners, lawyers, accountants etc. Uni courses for example). The imbalance between poor and rich will give the poorer nations harder job opportunities because of their lack of education and skills. ECONOMIC DIVIDE It is true that we cannot help everyone in any country, but we should still try to help out those in need. With AIDS, as your source even states [4], although AIDS in declining in Africa, it is still a BIG problem for the continent ("But new data show that epidemic remains huge in Africa"). But, in the bigger picture, AIDS in only a small picture compared with all the other factors that were involved with the low life expectancy in Africa (those being famine, poor governments, corrupt government officials, low level of education, low availability of clean water). ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS Although we are shifting towards biodegradable wastes, earth's atmosphere is already dangerously polluted with gases that we humans have released to the atmosphere. As for some plastics being biodegradable, the keyword here is "some". There are still other plastics that are not biodegradable and therefore burnt to eliminate those wastes. CONCLUSION Here comes to the end of our debate. I have raised points such as inconveniencing our world with new laws, overpopulation, and the aspects of harder job opportunities. I also raised points about economic divide and some environmental factors involved with the use of anti-aging drugs. I would also like to point out that while I have raised my arguments on why anti-aging drugs would not be beneficial to society, my opponent has merely refuted all my arguments but has not raised her own arguments! I hope that I have convinced the readers that anti-aging drugs will NOT be beneficial to our developing society. Vote Pro! ^.^ REFERENCES 1.http://www.rense.com... 2.http://www.coolantarctica.com... 3.http://www.fox8.com... 4.http://www.un.org...