Wierdman's Tourney: It wasn't Goldilocks' fault when she entered the home of the three bears.

Thanks PR for your acceptance and hope to have an enjoyable debate with you. Introduction To fully understand my arguments, we must imagine what Goldilocks looks like, her characteristics, her age. So, instead of boring you guys with fancy words, I’d like to describe her via pictures, after all, they’re worth a thousand words. Sweet and innocent ^_^ Case These are my arguments for the opening round. Please note that I may introduce new arguments/rebuttals as the debate proceeds further. The Door was unlocked. As said on the very first sentences in the story, Goldilocks went in after no one answered. She had the courtesy to knock, but since it no one answered, she tried to open it. It was unlock, in our society, we would usually lock our doors, but no, the three bears were so naive and thought, “Should we lock the door in case a blonde human breaks in and enter and possibly destroy our meal? Nah.” When a door isn’t locked, we can safely assume that no one lives there, that it’s a vacant house. After all, it’s in the middle of the forest. Goldilocks had a reasonable cause to enter. She had a rational basis and consideration to enter that home. Again, since she probably taught that since it was unlocked, in the middle of the woods, it was abandoned. Aside from that, consider the following: She was probably looking for a new home We don’t know her backstory, since the storyteller didn’t state it, but everything has a reason, we just need to speculate. What if, Goldilocks went to the forest to look for a home, since maybe she ran away, or her parents kicked her out, or her former house was set on fire, who knows. She was hungry The storyteller stated that when Goldilocks entered the house, she was hungry. She could be hungry before she entered the house. We don’t know her backstory, so we can assume that she could’ve ran away from home looking for a new place. She was tired Similar to the one above, the storyteller stated that she was tired after eating, but a meal isn’t enough to make you tired, but considering that walk on the words plus the meal, it surely made her tired. Ergo, her motive for going in was justified in a way to find shelter. Who’s to blame? Blame the three bears Admit it. It’s obvious that the three bears were partially negligent on Goldilocks going inside their home. It’s their fault for not locking the door, their fault for leaving their porridges uneaten. And seriously, why the hell did they go outside anyway? Blame Goldilocks’ parents/guardian Again, Goldilocks has no backstory. So all we need to do is speculate. What’s a more likely reason for an innocent 6-year-old little girl to go for a walk? I say she was abused, she may have some mommy or daddy issues, fighting, spanking, raping, etc. But of course, we can go to the other reason, like what happened in Little Red Riding Hood, she asks for her parent’s permission to go to the forest. But then again, a reasonable and loving parent won’t allow this to a 6 year old girl, shame on them. But I like my first reason better. Anyway, that can be a result to Goldilocks’ motives on breaking and entering, she was abused, she needed a new home. Blame the government We can blame the local government of the jurisdiction in the story for two things. First, if Goldilocks does NOT have any parents/guardian, it’s up to the state to have jurisdiction and responsibility over her, she might be living in a government-funded orphanage or children’s social service and ran away for God-knows-what reason. And if she is living on the streets, let’s blame the government on that too for failing to care for a child and her needs. Second, the government needs to be blamed for giving a home to 3 animals. Obviously, if those are one of the cases, we can safely assume Goldilocks is a troubled child with lots of issues, she needs a family and a home. This may also result to Goldilocks’ motives on breaking in. Goldilocks isn’t responsible for her actions. We move on to my last premise, which is my favourite. As I’ve stated above, Goldilocks’ legal guardians may and should be negligent on Goldilocks’ behavior, and not Goldilocks herself. Here’s why: Goldilocks is a juvenile She’s a child for Pete’s sake, she shouldn’t be held accountable for her actions. Now, you might argue that this is a legal argument and is irrelevant to the debate, but I’m making it relevant. Why, because this is an important factor to satisfy my burden on defending Goldilocks. This story was made a few hundred years ago and was set in the middle ages, and in the middle ages, and if breaking and entering was serious crime then, then Goldilocks would probably be punished regardless of this insanity-like defense (assuming the three bears reported her). A juvenile like Goldilocks is immature, irrational and above all, childish This relates to Goldilocks’ psychological state and her brain, you see, everytime we think or feel, it affects our brain, our actions comes from our brain, and a brain isn’t perfect until we’re in our 20’s. Goldilocks is six, seven years old, but either way, her brain is as small as a pea. The Prefrontal cortex (in our brain) is the part that develops at the last part. This thing controls our reasoning and judgment. Goldilocks isn’t even a teen yet, so we should not blame her for any wrongdoing because she’s a child. It’s not fair if we do so. {Source: http://teenbrain.drugfree.org...} To support this claim for the final time, refer to the contention below. Goldilocks is a blonde, making her stupid Okay, that blonde bit was probably uncalled for, but in seriousness, Goldilocks is actually an idiot. (Definition of stupid: http://dictionary.reference.com...) Now let’s review the story, shall we? Here are some quoted lines: "This porridge is too hot!" she exclaimed. So, she tasted the porridge from the second bowl. "This porridge is too cold," she said So, she tasted the last bowl of porridge. “Ahhh, this porridge is just right," she said happily and she ate it all up. Goldilocks was alone while she was eating, and if you notice, I underlined a few phrases, you see, a decent child wouldn’t comment on something in that way, she could’ve just said ‘urgh’ or something. But no, she had to shout an unnecessary and lame full sentence. Next, she went to sit. "This chair is too big!" she exclaimed. So she sat in the second chair. "This chair is too big, too!" She whined. So she tried the last and smallest chair. Again, she was alone. No need to shout out if something is wrong, just think in your mind, jeez. Then she whined, meaning she cried, a decent and normal child won’t do that, especially to a silly think like a chair being too big, seriously? This just shows how troubled Goldilocks is. To add more stupidity, it’s also very idiotic for a person to break and enter a home, eat a meal, sit on a chair then break it and eventually go upstairs to take a nap. In conclusion to this, it very much supports my juvie-insanity-defense, and I’ve legitimately argued that Goldilocks entering the three bears’ home wasn’t Goldilocks’ fault. Well, that’s it for me, good luck, PR!