on balance, the internet does more good then harm for united states buisnesses

Welcome bored123456 to debate.org, and I hope you will have a nice experience while at debate.org. Haha, I actually know this guy, (Julian) and I hope that he will have a nice debate today. I am Radicalguy44 and I will be debating negative for the resolved: On Balance the internet does more good then harm for the united states businesses. I will say one thing. All the negative has to prove is that the internet does more harm than good, not that the internet is ALWAYS bad for businesses. I will first start by stating my case, and then move on to attacking my opponent's case. I accept my opponent's definitions, and will therefore go by them Value: Danger= liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril. Criteria: Cost Benefit = pertaining to an analysis or study of the actual cost of a project in relation to the potential benefits that will come from it CONTENTION 1: While using the internet, businesses are at harm of receiving dangers. For example: Viruses, Scams. By using the internet, everyone is at risk of receiving a virus, businesses especially. According to Norton Internet Security, they do not guard against every single virus or scam that is out there. Same goes with Microsoft Security, and other virus protectors. They will not guard against every single item that is out there, putting the company at risk. SUBPOINT A: Businesses are also at harm to getting scammed. There have been many cases in which companies were trying to sell a certain product to supposedly big company. Since these people aren't communicating personally, there are many chances that the company that is buying the product is scamming the other. These aren't the only times in which businesses are at risk of scam. People are also at risk of getting scammed. "A British Columbia man, accused of taking $1.2 million from people who signed up for bogus online dating services, has been charged with mail fraud by U.S. prosecutors. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Barrie Turner, 65, operated more than 200 Web sites offering "Executive Dating" services and that he accepted payment from customers, but never provided legitimate matchmaking services." Which is exactly why businesses aren't really getting advantages with internet. This was a very successful website, and other companies wanted to partner up with it, but it turned out that it was a scam, so everything being planned on was useless. SOURCE: http://www.king5.com... CONTENTION 2: The internet is unpredictable. There may be times in which a company is ready to go live, but can't, because of an internet failure. This puts the company into danger, since an object that they were working so hard on, is not able to go live. There have also been many cases of this. One, being a small company trying to sell a specific object, and because of internet explorer failures, weren't able to sell it. Not only does the internet put a company in danger of going bankrupt, it also hurts the people. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now on to attacking my opponent's case 1) "contention1) the internet allows people all over the world to communicate. in industries, you could have customers all over the world. you need an efficient way to communicate about your products and/or services to these people. by using the internet people can talk anytime, anywhere that they have access to it. if they cannot communicate with their clients then they will be losing money.also, if people know about their products/services and are happy with them, then they can use the internet to communicate with other people around the world that they might know, and might want to use their product/service" My opponent stated that we need an efficient way to communicate with people. He has so cleverly avoided the fact that the internet is not the only way of communication. Other ways, that are easier for people to see,are by TV, radio, or billboards. The internet fails quite too often, and many frauds happen as well. Whilst in TV, radio, etc. there aren't as many risks to be taken. Also, not everyone has internet access. This has been proved by the US government. Currently, people have more TV access than internet, making it more efficient to use TVs instead of the internet. 2) "contention2)the internet allows people to get information. businesses can create a website for their products/services so that people all over the world can know about it. they need people to know what they offer so that they can have a successful business. it also allows the business to know what their competitors are doing. with the internet they can have easier access to know what the other people have to offer. with this information, they can get ideas on how to better their products/services." I agree with my opponent in one thing. "they need people to know about what they offer". The sad thing is though, not nearly enough people visit a company's website, since they are not too known, but they do see TV. They can also get ideas on how to have better products/services by making surveys/polls. In conclusion, the internet fails quite a lot, even more than TV. TVs cause a greater advantage to businesses than the internet does, since there are way too many risks that a company could be taking while using internet access ~Radicalguy44