Sexual abuse already perpetrated by ETs during abductions should be forgiven.

~~~~~~~ Rebuttals ~~~~~~~ ///There is some debate as to whether or not monkeys are sentient. They most certainly have senses and perceive subjectively. Probably, what my opponent means is that they are not intelligent or capable of "higher thought". /// I should have clarified what I meant when I used the word 'sentience. ' What I meant was that they are unable to make moral decisions and do not have intelligence. You are correct when you say that monkeys do not fit my definition. ~ ///"Higher thought" is a relative term; higher than what? Monkeys are smarter than dogs. Does that make them our equals? Just because we have nuclear energy and the Theory of Evolution doesn't mean the ETs will, or even should, embrace us as equals. /// Higher thought is not a relative term, it is a common phrase used in place of the high-order thinking process which is best categorized, I think, by Bloom's taxonomy [1]. I never mentioned anything about being treated as equals, even though that is something that the alien's should acknowledge as a possibility. They should however realize that if they try and force themselves on our race we will likely not respond favorably. ~ ///The aliens have shown no sign that they wish to enslave us, only that they wish to study us. .. invasively. The option of dying will always remain, should submission to ET demands become too humiliating for you. /// You can't possibly know that unless you are: A. ) an Abductee or; B. ) An alien Since for the purposes of this debate you can not prove that you are either of these things we are forced to assume that you are not. Even if you are correct in assuming that they wish to study us that does not mean that they do not plan to destroy our race. Does an military commander not study his enemy before battle? ~ ///The ETs want only to probe a few human beings every now and then, out of our whole planet. They will probably figure out the secrets of human DNA pretty soon. After all, they have superior science to us as you have stated. Once they get the answers they are seeking I'm sure they will stop abducting people. They don't do it for recreational purposes, or out of cruelty. They do it out of a passion for science, one which we as human beings should understand. /// This claim is unsupported and I dismiss it for the same reasons that I give in the rebuttal right above this one. That which is introduced without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. ~ ///If victims need to be compensated, it is worth the government's while to do so themselves, to maintain peaceful relations with the ETs. Forgiveness means the ETs themselves should be absolved from paying the cost. We have no leverage here. We can only proceed with forgiveness and understanding. /// It may be the view of some that passively submitting, by that I mean being nice for fear of retribution, would be the best course of action. That is not justice. An alien race shouldn't be granted special permissions simply because we don't want to make them angry. ~ To summarize my position the alien race should not suffer physical punishment, but they should offer reparations to those that they victimized as punishment. This is to uphold the basic principal of justice. I rest my case and urge a Con vote. [1] . http://www.sos.net...