The Cookie Monster promotes behavior that leads to obesity.

My Opponent often fails to realize that I am not debating on the basis of the Cookie Monster sanity, but on the basis of the Cookie Monster addiction to cookies. If he wishes to continue to use straw man arguments so be it, but they won't help them against my arguments. If he wishes to sugarcoat the situation and not call it an addiction, then that would be to downplay any addicts addiction to anything. To make the snide remake of calling it merely a "sugar tooth" is equivalent to saying that the 9/11 Hijackers were merely disoriented and happen to crash into the Twin Towers on accident. I am well aware that, the consequences of the Cookie Monster's addiction have obviously lead him to obesity, and may very well lead him to other health problems later in life. One needs only to look no further than cdc. gov to find the Health Consequences to obesity Research has shown that as weight increases to reach the levels referred to as "overweight" and "obesity,"* the risks for the following conditions also increases:1 * Coronary heart disease * Type 2 diabetes * Cancers (endometrial, breast, and colon) * Hypertension (high blood pressure) * Dyslipidemia (for example, high total cholesterol or high levels of triglycerides) * Stroke * Liver and Gallbladder disease * Sleep apnea and respiratory problems * Osteoarthritis (a degeneration of cartilage and its underlying bone within a joint) * Gynecological problems (abnormal menses, infertility) If my opponent really did indeed care about the Cookie Monster then he would be encouraging him not to eat cookie's at this alarming rate. I know however, my opponent does not care about the Cookie Monster and he will allow him to eat until, God forbid, he dies of a stroke, heart attack or cancer. I am not by any means saying that it will lead to this, but at the rate the Cookie Monster eats cookies it is very likely. On average a chocolate chip cookie made with margarine contains 138 calories, the Cookie Monster has been seen devouring numerous cookies without any consideration for his health. Just imagine multiplying those calories by the span of the years he is alive, not only does it appear cookies are his favorite food but it appears to be the only food he enjoys eating. Why would the Cookie Monster be known as the Cookie Monster if it weren't for his addiction to cookies? Not only does the empirical evidence weigh on my side, but even the theoretical is on my side as well. Simply by speculating we can come to the fact that at the rate the Cookie Monster consumes his cookies, and the by the weight he has, he is defiantly headed for some serious health problems later in life. For as an observer of this debate one needs to realize the rate of consumption the cookie monster eats and the current weight of the cookie monster, both factors are going to contribute to an unhealthy cookie monster without a doubt. It is extremely obvious, just as the culprits hands are blood red, so too is the cookie monster's behavior. It would be sheer nonsense to even suggest that the Cookie Monster does not promote behavior that leads to obesity. This is truly the fundamental essence of the Cookie Monster, what his named after, lives for and is born to do. We must come to our senses here and embrace that unless he obtains a reasonable eating regime, he will perish along with the rest of everyone that looks up too him. Everyone shall be torn down in the process, and that is how easy the human mind is to influence, do not let con persuade you otherwise, the evidence clearly points without a reasonable doubt that the Cookie Monster promotes behavior that does lead to obesity. I will restate my points, Point 1. The Cookie Monster is a Benign eater Point 2. The Cookie Monster overindulges in cookies Point 3. The Cookie Monster does not eat his food properly. Point 4. The Cookie Monster manipulates others to obtain cookies. . http://www.youtube.com... Conclusion, The Cookie Monster promotes behavior that leads to obesity. Also we must realize that an individual who is looking for "cookies" in a library must have an extremely distorted perspective of reality or contains the mark of an addict.