Public Nudity Should Be Legalized

This is the final round so I'll be refuting my opponent's arguments and telling you, the audience, why the CON should win this debate. Refutations "On what grounds shouldn't they do it? Whether they should or should not do it is independent of whether it should or should not be legal. " Well, I mean, that wasn't one of my contentions. It was simply my statement for why nudity should not be legalized. My other arguments go over this statement in more detail. "I never said torture. I do not THINK the government is systematically capturing all the nudists and sticking them in torture chambers. " I believe you're exaggerating torture a little. Torture is physical pain, usually severe or intense [1]. It is illegal to "beat" a person, even a nudist, especially as a police officer. Your very own argument has stated that if their is a nudist, then he can be beaten up by a police officer. I have disproved this argument and I have never, ever heard of a person being hurt because he is nude. Restrained, most likely, but not physically harmed. "A crowd is watching the whole thing unfold and are obviously very angry at the police officers since the man was non-violent and did nothing wrong, un-like the cops. " Au contraire. The man clearly did something wrong. It's obvious that you are not allowed to go prancing around in public nude! He disobeyed that law and needs to be restrained. Furthermore, I do not see how tasering a nude is relevant to this topic. Just because a person committing a crime is hurt by a police officer DOES NOT mean that that crime should be legalized. "I, honestly, wouldn't care. Why should I be afraid? They're not harming my child. They're minding their own business. There is absolutely nothing wrong with nudity. If there were we would be born with cloths on. " That's rather odd. Most people that I myself know would shriek in horror. Anyways, nudity does in fact harm a child. I will expand on this in my own arguments and prove it, as my opponent has asked. "Do you know what puberty means? It means that, biologically, they are now ready for sexual intercourse. Of course, that may be independent of whether they are emotionally and intellectually ready for such a thing. Nonetheless, puberty is the most pivotal time to start learning and understanding human anatomy. " If one is studying anatomy at that age, it's fine. When it's not for educational purposes, such as just wandering on the street naked, it then becomes a large problem, leading up to more inappropriate actions, such as watching pornography and having the urge to rape someone. There is a fine line between educational, human growth purposes and walking around naked for absolutely no valid reason. "We were born without cloth[e]s, nudity is out natural state. Being nude may easily be done in an act of pursuing comfortability. On a hot day the cooking sweat captured by cloths can be almost unbearable. In the cold cloths can keep one warm but in the heat that is the last thing you would want. Another perfect reason people want to go nude is to avoid unsightly tan-lines. " I hope that the audience realizes that all of these actions can be done in a private area. If you are hot and uncomfortable, then use of the machines we built. Turn on a fan or an air conditioner, or simply strip to the bare essentials. If you're in a private area, then fine, take it all off. If you want to avoid uneven tans, then simply go to a nude beach, where you can tan everywhere perfectly, and it is not illegal. "You're forcing anyone who wants to mind their own business a certain way to only be themselves with others like them in a special area. " I would never have thought that minding your own business means running around in public. If you're minding your own business, you are being private and shouldn't be doing anything to anyone else. However, by being nude, you are! You're forcing your own nude body into other people's minds. If you just want to be naked, then do it a nude beach, a nudist colony, or a "non-segregated" place at home, just like my opponent says. "Is it the governments role to force someone to only do what it sees as healthy? " There are many instances in which a government has stepped in to save lives, such as suicidal cases. Governments try to prevent suicides and deaths. Cigarettes don't cause deaths straight away. Cigarettes don't cause altered, dangerous behavior, unlike other addictive drugs. Main Arguments Here is where I will be arguing as to why the Opposition should win this debate. 1. Children will be harmed. As to my opponent's request and some comments from the viewers, I will prove to you why nudity not for educational purposes can cause harm. Nudity has attributed to the rise of premarital sex and teenage pregnancy in countries like the United States and Canada [2]. It has also led to violence such as rape and sexually transmitted infections such as the HIV virus. According to psychologist T. W. Smith, more than half of the teenage females in the United States have had premarital sex before age 18. This dilemma is attributed to nudity and pornography. This clearly is a problem in our own country. 2. Nudity increases disease. There are various sexually transmitted diseases that harm those who have contracted it. Seeing non-educational nudity leads to more problems and sometimes premarital sex. The Centers for Disease Control found that in the United States, about 15 million new cases of sexually transmitted infections are diagnosed every year, bringing the total number of Americans afflicted with incurable STIs to 65 million. 3. There truly is absolutely no need to express yourself in public that way. If you really have an urge to go naked, then undress at a nude beach, nudist colony, or in your own house. My opponent has never offered true, valid reasons as to why a person would need to go nude and the irrational reasons he has offered have been refuted. 4. A little expansion of #3. If you need to go naked, do it in a private area, where children can't see you and therefore can't be harmed and where friends, neighbors, or complete strangers won't be bothered. 5. Nudity in this form is not educational and will not help a child during the adolescence stages mature. It can seriously harm someone, cause mental disorder, and scar a boy or girl for the rest of his or her life. The body parts of men and women are sex-related possessions in this case. The Opposition deserves to win this debate. Nudity can directly and indirectly cause harm to a child's lifestyle and the rest of his life. One should not be allowed to commit such an act if it causes harm to others, especially children. The CON has refuted all of the PRO's major arguments. The PRO has made some spelling and grammar errors. The CON has stated reliable sources that have more relevance to this debate than the PRO. For these reasons, the topic is negated. Please vote CON and thank you for this debate. Sources: 1. . http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu... 2. . http://www.ehow.com...