We Should Have An Official Language For Earth

To counteract your first argument I say that since normal people cannot communicate properly and how the worlds communications systems are still limited it would take government support to do so and also in this fact due to lack of communications capacity people would only learn local languages further hindering the ability for a universal language. And your second argument about trade is still incorrect due to the fact it would only work for small groups and would change by location (different languages in different locations) and we are a civilization on a much wider scope than before and human language back then (in a manner of speaking) was much simpler and had less words than it does now and traders tend to trade fixed sets of goods and so new words posed no problem because they didn't come out often. And your third argument about being able to communicate with 1/7th of the world population by knowing English and that the other 7/8ths (which I assume you meant 6/7ths) will never need it so why teach it when they can stick to local languages, well all I have to say is this: if there was an environmental disaster and they had to receive immediate assistance from a nation with a different set of languages how are they to communicate easily, it would be a pain to have to bring a translator everywhere and dictionaries can only teach you so much, as well as the fact that to come to a common understanding of each others language could take months even years and would damage relief efforts, and also remember 6/7ths is the majority of the population therefore more likely to suffer from those disasters. and your argument about the Internets growing use as an secondary education negates your argument about the 7/8ths communications ability or the 7/8ths directly contradict it therefore resulting in both arguments negation. And your argument that "The objection may be raised that we are in a global economy now, and business is done worldwide on a daily basis. This only helps my argument, because those who need to communicate to do international business already do so. They have solved this problem for themselves without any heavy-handed re-education program forcing everyone to learn a common language." although true it also means that companies will only employ people with multiple language experience and a universal language would allow more people to compete in the job market due to everyone's understanding of a common language. And my numbers argument remains strong due to the fact those so called "contradictory numbers" were for completely different topics as can clearly be seen in http://www.debate.org... They state the following: How many people exist in the world? Approx how many people are there in the world? How many people are there in this world? And my source for that is http://www.oss.net... http://www.amazon.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... . And this "vague understanding" is worth it, was the Civil Rights Movement worth the "vague understanding" of our fellow man? I believe it was so why not try to foster this "vague understanding" with the rest of the world. http://www.infoplease.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... I account that we cannot change how government acts currently with this policy but future generations as I had clearly stated in my arguments in the previous round could foster friendships with those of other nations and these friendships could lead to greater understanding and peace. And what you said on the "(racism, war, historical division, the human nature of hatred and fear of strangers)" still doesn't address what I said in my previous argument in the previous round so I don't have t go into it. And your "Warm happy feeling = not worth the cost" is addressed in my previous paragraph and argument. In response to my adversaries A) although true things could run a lot smoother with an universal language. In response to B) understanding of one another is a great gain for that's also what the Civil Rights Movement was about http://www.infoplease.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... I would like to end with this note: Is it not worth it for this so called "Warm happy feeling" which is unity and understanding to become a key role in our children's and grandchildren's future? I would like to thank my adversary for such a great debate. Vote Pro. http://www.youtube.com...