It is beneficial for debate.org to have discussions of dildos

INTELLIGENT DISCUSSION What attracts a lot of people to this site is the ability to have intelligent discussions on any topic. The last thing you want to do is to start having moderators or anyone else decide which of those topics is and is not appropriate. While it is good to censor people if their only purpose is vulgarity or offensiveness, it is bad to censor them based merely on whether a topic is offensive or not, and I see no reason to treat the topic of dildos differently than any other topic. We are debating dildos right now, so my opponent is actually being a bit hypocritical by challenging me to this topic. ALL INTELLIGENT DISCUSSION IS GOOD The site just runs better if we're allowed to freely discuss everything on our mind. The clashing of ideals is what attracts people to the site and keeps them around. P1: Making a Topic Taboo Discourages Intelligent Discussions on Said Topic. P2: Topics of a Taboo Nature Should Take Place Freely and Openly to show DDO is accepting of all Belief Systems and Intelligent discussions. C1: Taboo Topics Such as Dildos, show that DDO is open to debate or having an intelligent discussion of any kind no matter how offensive or taboo a subject is. P1 Is a priori true. I don't think that my opponent will disagree with the fact that making a topic taboo, censoring it or banning are all things that lead to less discussion of a topic. P2 People by and far come to DDO, because they want to debate on different issues. Whether the clash of ideas comes from the polls, opinions, forums, debates or (barf) the religious section. If they arrive and see intelligent debates and discussions around a variety of potentially offensive stuff, such as dildos (see current debate), the holocaust being a hoax, fake moon landings and just liberalism in general than they know that they can feel safe bringing up a topic of discussion that is potentially offensive without the social stigma typically attached to a position or subject. They can feel safe intelligently discussing anything. We will attract more members by making it clear that we can intelligently discuss anything, without repercussions. It is better to rid they site of things not conducive to intelligent discussion than to things that happen to be offensive. In my opinion, if you go a day logging into DDO without seeing something offensive than we have not done a good enough job making this place welcome and open to individuals of all different belief systems. C1 The conclusion derives naturally from these statements. A person logging onto this site and seeing intelligent discussions about any and every topic under the sun, will obviously feel safe bringing up anything and knowing he'll get a good debate or discussion from it. INTELLIGENT DISCUSSIONS IS WHAT MAKES DDO GREAT My opponent has already spent a good deal of time explaining that losing potential members is bad, but if losing potential members is bad than gaining potential members is great. P1: People are Attracted to DDO because it is an Outlet for Intelligent Discussion. P2: Seeing all Topics and Subjects Treated With Respect and a Fruitful Debate or Discussion, let's people know they can discuss anything they want and they will get a great discussion, no matter what they want to talk about. C1: Taboo content treated intelligently is a beacon that will attract members who know they can safely and intelligently discuss anything they want. P1 The name of the site has the word debate in it. Every section on the site is geared to getting people to clash with their ideals. People come to the site, because they want to have an intelligent clashing of ideals. Quite frankly that doesn't happen unless one side takes the controversial or "taboo" position. P2 People will know that they can discuss anything at all, if they see the topic of dildos being treated with respect and intelligently discussed or debated. We are doing just that thing as we speak. If people don't see DDO as a safe place to debate their wildest and most offensive ideals, they'll be discouraged from joining. Honestly, we need people on this site willing to take on taboo issues otherwise we'll have the same five topics debated repeatedly. It would get pretty boring, pretty fast. C2 Obviously if people see that any sort of intelligent discussion and debate is welcome here no matter how offensive or taboo, they will stick around, because they can quite honestly get an intelligent discussion about anything. SOME QUICK REBUTTALS I'll really get into rebuttals next round and also be able to expand on my arguments some as well. Discussing Dildos In premise number 2 of my opponents opening argument he states that discussions of dildos turns away potential members. This is untrue, though. Some polls about dildos being taken down, have been taken down because they were not done in an intelligent way. The poll I am thinking of that was taken down was asking which dildo was better to use, one that was made with barbed wire or one that looked like a tiny penis. These types of polls, debates and threads are detrimental to DDO, because they turn away potential members, however the intended purpose of those polls were not discussion. The intended purpose was to offend. If for example, a poll was created that asks if it is appropriate to use dildos as props for sexual education in middle school, than we can have a good discussion. You'd see feminists colliding with very traditional conservatives over this in the polls and it would be an interesting discussion that attracts members. You see it isn't the discussion of dildos that turn potential members away, but just the abusiveness and derogatory, disrespectful intent of such polls. No Age Barriers My opponent is just flat out wrong about this, you can not join DDO unless you are 13 years old, and as many fathers as are in denial about this, girls are already thinking about sex at that age. They're going to be looking at blogs or articles on this that just show one opinion, but on DDO they can see the topic treated with a variety of opinions and come to a more balanced if not informed conclusion based on a larger amount of information. CONCLUSION All the fun starts in the next round, where I can go deeper into these arguments. I look forward to what my opponent brings to the table in terms of rebuttal . Good luck and thanks for reading.