The Internet has had an overall positive effect on our society.

Sorry, I didn't ignore them, I missed them accidentally, so here, I will also take the chance, hopefully briefly, to address them: 1.) You can continue to provide my sentences without a context, twist my words, and pretend I didn't give a rebuttal, but if you ignore my rebuttals, you're just wasting your time. By the way, "whatever you say" is not a concrete admission, and I did not at all agree that on the whole it has pretty much no effect. 2.) I don't need sources, because it was a hypothetical. Even you have to admit it is possible what I sed about charity was true. 3.) The ability to buy rare items is positive for people. I didn't say that Internet business profit more, they just are a good addition to the economy, and do make profit at all, which is something. 4.) Luckily enough for me, I rebutted this one accidentally at the end of my last argument. 5.) My aim is to show to you, which I have, repeatedly, that far from making us more socially isolated, the Internet has connected us in other ways. And clearly you don't know the value of a friendship or a relationship. I have a feeling I'll be hearing about this again. And again. 6.) OK, well, when I said that, I wouldn't have defined subject as broadly as you. Perhaps, a smaller section of those subjects, which would not require a whole book. You can take in information you're preferred way, but the point is, which you cannot rebut because you know it is true, is that the Internet has the potential to provide us all with vast amounts of information, in depth or otherwise, on even the most obscure of topics. Whether you choose to use it or not, well it's your choice, but I do and I feel it has made me smarter. Our schools choose to use it these day because they see it, and in fact the Internet as a whole, as a vital tool to education and, what will be our future adult lives. 7.) However you read my argument, do it correctly. Anyway. You can choose, again, not to believe, unless you want me to find proof you would find acceptable, which probably isn't possible without delving into my private life, but you could also choose just to believe it, because it is true, and I'll believe most of what you say, whether you provide your source or not. And once again, I'll have to explain to you why it is a positive to meet people online. Because in real life, you don't choose who you meet. And you may well be meeting very few people. But on the Internet, you have the choice of all the millions of people who use it, and therefore, you can meet who you want to meet instead. And, by the way, my news article was not to show that it is a positive, but to counter what you believed, falsely, to be a negative. Yes, but the adding of new points certainly livened it up. I.) Because I can justify it, I prove it is not a negative, even if it is illegal. And I would submit that many things that should be aren't legal. Just because the law says it, does it make it right? No. As for the 17%, that may be interesting, but as I said, it is just a crime against, what is debatably, and unfair law. II.) No, I would say the laws against CP, and terrorism, and cannibalism (well I have a special opinion on that but let's not go there) are justified. And I would point out my opinions are also other people's opinions. But you haven't said why these negatives outweigh the positives, (which I admit you have twisted my words about a lot in this debate). Furthermore, I put to you that the Internet is anything but anonymous. These people are caught when their IP addresses are logged and when the government raids the site, they know everyone who has been there. III.) Oh come on, if all those ninety percent were damaged, you would think we could tell if our teenagers were scarred by it. It does not affect their ability to have an actual relationship, and, contrary to your underestimations, they do know that porn is only for adults' pleasure. You may have been damaged, but most aren't. Our minors aren't as stupid as the government gives them credit for. It doesn't matter anyway - in Australia, here, teens are, at the very least given sex education as young as 12. In some schools when we were 10. They know it is not realistic. And it is not just my opinion it is the opinion of many. The interest in sex peaks long before many teenagers will lose their virginity anyway. And they are certainly not so stupid as to ignore being abused by 30-year-olds. Even at 9. I understand that there is a big difference, though I suppose that varies, but it doesn't mean teens won't know it. Since this is my round 5 - Overall, the internet does have a positive effect on society, at least, especially in the West. It has allowed us access to large amounts of information, there is even Open Universities options for people who want to go back to university without leaving their jobs in Australia, the communication possibilities are endless, and are in fact used in our courts, for example, those who don't wish to, or can't, travel to Canberra for a High Court session can join by video link (Internet) from their local courts. It allows to feel part of something, or get involved in things, cheaply, as you can join clubs, competitions or events using the Internet, most businesses use the Internet to promote their product, and gain customers, as email is cheap and easy. You can find any service or product we need this way. It saves paper. Emails prevent people from receiving bills in the mail, some services don't even do that anymore, Yellow Pages is now online, so Yellow Pages could stop delivering to homes, although they haven't yet... It creates new business opportunities and is beneficial for people who need products and services that may be difficult to find. Adds to our economy. Creates jobs. Admittedly, it has its faults, like all things, but it also allows people to track down these faults and report them if need be. We can receive news from around the world faster than ever. Something could happen on the other side of the world one minute, the next minute our Internet newspapers and TV's might just break into a news update. The Internet has advanced our society and connected us in a meaningful way. It allows people to gain access to almost anything they otherwise couldn't. Well, if I need say anything more, I'll do so in the comments.