Resolved: World Peace and Harmony will never be reality.

I can concede that it depends on the magnitude, but I also contend that all organized crime will eventually create conflict or friction. Organized crime that operates today includes trafficking of illicit substances, trafficking of valuable gems, trafficking of children and young women, trafficking of weapons, organ trafficking, animal trafficking, theft, espionage, contract assassination, blackmailing, prostitution, fraudulence in various forms, political corruption, counterfeiting and much more. Every activity that an organized society such as the Costra Nostra engaged in will result negatively for lawful human society. Organizations that provide weapons and substances bolster war, rebellion, internal strife and militaristic operations. Terrorist and militant organization are directly equipped due to illicit activity - without them, how would any group be supplied with enough equipment to rebel? How would an organization obtain land mines, AK-47s, rocket launchers, grenade launchers etc.? How do corrupt politicians remain in office? I think that the audience will recognize that as long as greed exists, so will those rapacious individuals, syndicates, businesses and politicians who wish to further their profits - by resorting to unscrupulous means. "Organized crime has taken on an increasingly translational nature, and with more open borders and the expansion of the Internet, criminals endanger the United States not only from within the borders, but beyond." [1] "...organized crime is not just increasing, but expanding..." (Pg. 23) One can safely assume that organized crime will continue for as long as structured society exists. Terrorism is also increasing in both number of groups and in hazardous activity. [2/3] Many of the South American terrorist groups' agendas including establishing Marxist, Communist or totalitarian regimes. [4] If any number of them succeeded in the next hundred years, then my opponent's trends regarding the trends in Democracy would be refuted. In the 1950s, there were only a few terrorist organizations, but as of 2010, hundreds of organizations with members ranging from 100 to over an estimated 40,000 [4. Aum Supreme Truth, Japan ] have been noted by the CIA. As a further note, the Aum wishes to conquer Japan and then the world. 1. My opponent must concede that the source he utilized with the "Fifteen failed" prophesies are not failed but rather fallacies by an unknown individual with scant knowledge of the Bible. He then reinstates his former argument, which I have already refuted in Round 2. As to his new site, "Religious intolerance," which, I might add, is indubitably biased, refers to a series of non related incidences by eager individuals who aren't necessarily even knowledgeable but rather spend their available time conjuring correlations - such as those who correlate events in Lord of the Rings to the Bible. One must resort to incredulous explanations and theories to attempt to explain such things. Many believed by aligning a series of numbers and manipulating them as such that Hitler was the Anti-Christ - disregarding the facts that he wasn't born in Bethlehem, had never been pierced without breaking a bone etc. The Bible never predicts when the end times are to be, and it would be a folly to try while attempting to establish "authority" on the matter. "Perhaps, say some Christian scholars and leaders, but nobody can know, and those who pretend aren't reading the Bible closely enough. "There's been a tendency, and it's not new to our century, by some Christians - and thankfully, it's a minority - who have tried to make detailed speculation and to calculate the end in spite of the fact that the Bible says that no one knows the day or the hour," said Dr. Vern Sheridan Poythress, a New Testament professor at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. "The people I'm talking about know these verses, but it doesn't stop them from doing what the verses say not to do." [5] 2. I comprehend that Democratic trends have been increasing and can not refute - any devotee of history realizes this trend. In 1952, approximately 50% of the world was Democratic while 35% was Communist, 5% One Party and the rest of various forms of totalitarian governance. In 1982, approximately 35% of the world was ruled by multiparty Democracies, 35% by Communism, 20% by military juntas, 5% by One Party States and the other 5% by various other forms of governance. In 2010, over 63% of the world's populace is governed by Democracy. However, my opponent contends that Democracy brings stability and peace. [7] The world is at its highest point in history with percentage of populace ruled by Democracy - do we realize any semblance of peace? Nations still war. The United States alone is involved in over 27 active conflicts. Nations are less inclined to war, certainly, but they could never abolish it. My opponent utilized a red herring and led the reader to believe that I was correlating the beginning of the 20th Century with the beginning of the 22nd. Not so. I was Very adeptly demonstrating that the circumstances igniting WWI are very similar to circumstances now. Alliances, arms race, tender International politics, International aggression, antagonists, even colonial territory that may spark a larger conflict. Almost every aspect to trigger a conflict is present - organized criminals or terrorist organizations could even provide the spark, as in WWI (would there not be anything worse than the President's children being abducted by a supposed Chinese Communist?). " Pro points to the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. Russia is still not a free nation" As a note, I referred to the War of South Ossessia. Ukraine is separated from Georgia and Ossessia by the Black Sea. My opponent seems not to comprehend the details of that conflict. Russia is, indeed, a Federal Republic; thought it may be corrupt, it is certainly a democratic nation, insofar as one utilizes the term, "Democracy." My opponent requests that I name a few conflicts in which Democratic nations have invaded another recently, "War in Somalia." The nation of Ethiopia, ruled by a Parliamentary Republic, invaded Somalia. Cote D'Ivoire proclaims to be a semi-Presidential Republic, and has clashed with France in recent years. Eritrea and Djibouti conflict regularly about their undetermined border. In fact, though it is unarmed, even Canada and Denmark (two unlikely nations) dispute the territorial control of a rock named, "Hans Island." Canada has even utilized its Navy to intimidate the Danish from sending their own warships. "Pro pointed to the vanishing band of earth-is-doomed types" I do not endorse their case, as demonstrated. I merely utilized that link to point out that a major Islamic conflict will likely be planned by radical forces by 2012. The link offers enough proof that the Quaran seems to endorse such action. 3b. Also, I did not compare famine to a poor standard of living - I indicated impoverished nations and people who live on less than $2.00 a day and depend on three shrimp daily to stave off hunger (Mission: Brazil). My opponent also does not explain that global communications create an easier avenue for destruction. China is experimenting with internet jamming and warfare. And I am out of characters. I have effectively refuted Con and exemplified that war is inevitable. Thanks for perusing this debate. It has been interesting. 1. http://www.fas.org... 2. http://theindependentforum.blogspot.com... 3. http://www.dni.gov... 4. http://www.cdi.org... 5. http://www.sullivan-county.com... 6. http://en.wikipedia.org...(2006-2009) 7. http://users.erols.com... 8. http://www.livingtruth.ca...