Grigory Rasputin was a good man.

BoP is evidently shared, although Pro holds a slightly more important BoP. The resolution today is “RESOLVED: Gregory Rasputin was a Good Man” The opponent therefore has to prove that Rasputin’s effects to Russia and towards humanity was moral, and he himself was a moral man; for me to fulfill my burden, I would have to prove that Rasputin was a immoral and evil man, and that his beliefs led to the slowing down of progress in Russia. 1R1AC: The Evil Institutions of the Russian Tsardom “There are no supreme saviours; Neither God, nor Caesar, nor tribune” Verse from the L’Internationale The evil institutions of the Russian Tsardom which enslaved the Russian masses was not something to be sustained; the reactionary filth of Nicholas II, who ought to install a reactionary oppressive government to enslave the common working man was not something to be preserved. Yet defenders of tyranny condemn the revolution as an illegitimate usurping of traditional authority. However, these people do not see that the Russian masses are tired of Czars, of God, and of the Old Order. Czarist Russia needed a massive social overhaul, where the old and counterproductive was to be washed, whilst the new and productive was to replace them. The old and productive, although that barely existed, was preserved, for a while at least. Where did Rasputin stand? In the old, counterproductive semi-elite class of the Russian people. Rasputin was the blood of the Romanov Family; without him, Russia would have submitted to freedom much earlier, and at a much lower cost. Rasputin controlled the Tsar and his wife as though they were puppets; he had considerable influences over their actions. His attempts to create an absolute monarchy must be condemned. But apart from that, Rasputin represented all of the old, the weak and the botched of Imperial Russia. He represented religion; the Orthodoxy which so longed exercised a realm of ignorance over the Russian masses was the first target of the cleansing of Russian society. Rasputin represented the most radical of these Orthodox Christians; his mind was still stuck in the 16th century. He joining a banned sect of Christian fanatics was a sign of this sickness, and even the Orthodox Christian Church rejected him. He was said to have exercised mythical powers; these mythical powers, however, possibly came from the devil. Nevertheless, if he moved on, the Red Revolution that freed the Russian masses would have not been possible. He represented the traditional Russian hierarchy; arrogant with his usage of power, Rasputin almost turned Russia into a theocracy. As explained in the second case, Rasputin was horribly egoistic; he acted out of his own will. Rasputin loved the nigh-life and his behavior was outside of all the social norms of the royalty. These qualities shall be discussed in detail in the next argument. But the filthiest and disgusting institution he represented was the Russian Tsardom; the destitute, weak, botched and self destructive institution that threatened to destroy Russia’s existence if it continued. The Tsardom was an autocratic institution; its ignorance to the new philosophical doctrines, even regarding the monarchy, led to its downfall. When all other monarchies adopted the Hobbesian view, the Filmer-Patriarchia view of the divine rights was still adopted by the Tsardom. Henceforth, the Tsar was absolute; Rasputin, who held considerable powers over the Tsar, prevented the appointing of modern ministers, whose economic views might have lifted Russia from its backwardness. An example of this was Rasputin’s support for the reappointment of Alexander Protopotov, who was mentally ill at the time, as minister of interior affairs. When this was done, Russia was in the hands of a mentally ill patient. [3] 1R2AC: Rasputin: Sinning is necessary If good is defined as anti-evil, then Rasputin was anything but anti-evil. Firstly, we have to come to a common consensus; indecent sexual acts against nuns with no known and justifiable purpose are evil. Rasputin engaged in several forced sexual intercourse, with both people with royalty and without. As actions speak more than words, Rasputin joined the Khltysk sect; this sect was banned throughout Russia. The practitioners of this sect met in small groups; the fundamental beliefs that they held was that “salvation was met by sinning” Ecstatic they were, the Khltysk sect performed many ceremonies that included fast dancing; these dances were supposedly said to have produced the same sweat as Jesus did, and henceforth was done so. A man like Rasputin, a peasant with no desire to dance for recreational purposes, would not have received the good dancing skills without much practice. However, often these dances would turn into wild sexual orgies; after rumors that Rasputin engaged in these acts, he was also to have said to have gone into the Tsarina’s nursery, where four children were staying. [2] Apart from this, he is also said to have been lovers with the Czarina; several letters showed that Rasputin’s mystical powers made the Czarina attracted, sexually, to him. However, Rasputin was also said to have raped many other people; one night, a noblewomen by the name of Olga Lokhtina invited Rasputin to stay for dinner. He ended up staying all night and turning Olga from a socialite to an enraged follower of Rasputin. On one occasion, Rasputin was beating her while she held onto his penis. He also claims to have cut the hair from the many virgins he raped; locks of hair were found in his garden after his house was taken down in 1977. [1] Rasputin drunk, and was a voracious drinker; when he died, an autopsy showed that he drank alcohol. Alcohol sustained him, but yet it is immoral, via the Christian faith, to be an alcoholic. He loved the night-life; he was a priest, yet he partied during the night as if he were a drug lord or a mafia member. People who knew him hated him; he was an egoistic person whose skills might have originated from the devil. For if someone is immoral, someone is evil; Rasputin committed acts of immorality, and therefore, he is evil. [1] Citations: [1] . http://www.powerofunknown.com... [2] . http://en.wikipedia.org... [3] . http://en.wikipedia.org... [4] . http://www.powerofunknown.com...