A debate.

Right into R3: =My=Points==================================================================== "1) PRO's argument is very weak as the main problem with it is that he is insisting that Dance Dance Revolution (which shall henceforth be referred to as DDR) is more accident/injury prone than playing Dodgeball (a sport where players intentionally ATTACK each other with balls), Weight lifting (an activity that can EASILY result in serious injury or even death given how misuse of the weights can cause one to crush themselves or break their bones), Football (again, intentional physical ATTACKS on one another) and Basketball (example: FOULING). I could go on, but these are enough to establish my point. If PRO wants to keep students from playing DDR, then he should be insisting that they be kept from engaging in MOSTLY any other activity involved in PE." My opponent does a good job of showing how other sports can be more dangerous than DDR. However, he does not address my main point: the fact that step aerobics is a less hazardous activity similar to DDR, and therefore is an infinitely better choice of P.E. activities. "2) As for the comparison between Aerobics and DDR, whereas it's true that one could indeed get motion sickness or even a seizure from DDR, the solution to this is to simply allow students a limited amount of time (as most video game manuals recommend) when engaging in this P.E. activity as spending too much time on anything (even aerobics) can be detrimental to a student." Once again, my opponent skips over an important point: DDR (or anything involving a screen) can cause general eye problems, such as the need for glasses. This is often referred to as Computer vision syndrome (CVS for abbreviation). [2] Staring at any screen for even a moderate period of uninterrupted time can result in this, so it must be minimized as much as possible. A P.E. instructor can take part in this by substituting in an activity such as step aerobics for DDR. So in my first point, my opponent fails to argue a key contention: Step aerobics is essentially DDR without a risk for CVS; thus, it is only logical to replace DDR with step aerobics. This argument itself is enough to grant a win for PRO. "1) Ladies and gentleman, I'd like for you to scrutinize PRO's source carefully. Notice how there is no place within it that backs PRO's argument; that DDR can easily serve as an incentive for children to have above-average weight loss for students who are UNDERWEIGHT. Thus, with this being noted, he has no basis for his argument." Weird wording, I take it my opponent means that children who are underweight will have no incentive to do this? Regardless, they are required to participate if it is a P.E. activity. "2) In addition, turn his evidence around as it actually BENEFITS my argument given that it points out that DDR is an excellent incentive to aid individuals with obesity (heck, it shows how DDR can help even those who are 200 pounds overweight)." So can step aerobics, and it's not nearly as harmful. =Opponent's=Points=============================================================== My opponent's first contention basically should be included with his second, because it is only pointing out obesity as a health problem. His second contention states that DDR is a good way for children to lose weight, to which I repeat; "So can step aerobics, and it's not nearly as harmful." ">>>>CONTENTION #3: DDR improves hand eye coordination, dance and rhythmic skills, and gives students the incentive to be more active in PE." 1) Well, I'm looking over my case, and I don't see the words "hand" or "coordination" (I do see "eye", but that was in reference to DDR risks). So I'm not sure where "PRO has already conceded that DDR improves hand eye coordination" came from. However, I'd like to point out that DDR improves FOOT-eye coordination, not hand-eye. Being skill with your feet and skilled with your hands are two different things. For instance, a soccer player may have outstanding foot-eye coordination, but have terrible hand-eye coordination when it comes to catching baseballs or footballs. 2) You can hardly call it dancing - all you do is step in different directions, with the occasional "criss-cross". If one simply wanted to practice these moves AND MORE, they could go do the "Cha-Cha Slide". And although I've never seen someone "getting some" from showing off their superior knowledge of the Cha-Cha Slide, one could probably get more action from that then DDR. As for improving rhythmic accuracy, one could simply play a musical instrument. 3) Desirable or not, participation in a P.E. class is mandatory. And in all my P.E. classes I have never met anyone who rejoiced when the next unit was announced as DDR. A more interesting video game involving physical activity would be Wii Sports. I'd like to sum up this argument by reminding the voters that my opponent has not addressed the overall superiority of step aerobics to DDR when it comes down to safety, and to also remind the voters of the alternatives i provided in response to my opponent's contentions. [2] http://en.wikipedia.org...