on balance, the internet does more good then harm for united states buisnesses

Thanks to my opponent (bored123456) for responding quickly. I will first give a road map of what I will do I will first attack his case, and defend mine. "my opponent has said that there are better ways to communicate such as t.v and radio, but that is not the type of communication that i was completely referring to. i was referring to people talking to each other about the business, they could use social networking websites such as facebook, myspace, twitter, and skype so that they could talk to each other and do what needs to be done. we could also use e-mail, many websites allow access to e-mail, some include: google,yahoo,aol, and others. these could also be used for businesses to work better. these methods of communication are much cheaper then using a telephone. my opponent stated that not all people have internet, but we are not talking about all of the people in the world, we talking mostly about businesses in America, does anybody know of a business in America that does not have access to the internet?" I shall kindly ask my opponent to read the resolution once more. "the internet does more harm than good for united states businesses." He is making arbitrary comments here, not referring to the topic. We're talking about how the businesses use this, not how the people use the internet. "these methods of communication are much cheaper then using a telephone. my opponent stated that not all people have internet, but we are not talking about all of the people in the world, we talking mostly about businesses in America, does anybody know of a business in America that does not have access to the internet?" Just because it's cheaper, doesn't mean it's better. By using telephones, or a TV, you easily gain more clients than you would by using simply the internet. And besides, we are talking about BUSINESSES in America, that may get more people in the outside world. Therefore we ARE talking about people in the outside world. To answer his question: "does anybody know of a business in America that does not have access to the internet?" Yes. Many small businesses don't use the internet to communicate. There are many of these. I can name quite a few. For example: the company "spectrum dental" does NOT have email, because they don't have internet access, according to one of their doctors. "first, not all businesses advertise their services/product on television, most of them rely on the internet to advertise. i am sure, if you went online and searched for any businesses, you would most likely find a lot more online then you do on television. he also said that they could create polls, i agree, this would be a good idea for them, but you cant take a survey on television, and mailing them would take a lot more time, and money for the business, so, the only practical solution is to have them online, there anyone can see it, and it would be much easier and cheaper for the business. The practical solution is not using the internet. Polls can easily be manipulated if used in the internet. The term for these people is "hackers". Just because you find a lot of them online, doesn't mean anything. You can also find a lot of viruses online, a lot of men online, etc. This is arbitrary to the resolution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now on to defending my case "he talked about fake dating services and how it affected a man, but we are not talking about dating sites, we are taking about how the internet does more good then harm, dating services do not apply here. he said that the internet has many dangers such as viruses. but businesses will have no use for those types of websites, as i have previously stated, they use it for communication and information.they know the sites that they need,so they go to those. and even if they mistakenly went to a dangerous site, there is always a way to get the virus out of your computer." Actually, we are talking about dating sites, because they are part of a business. A business that went wrong. There were also plans of taking over that industry, but failed because it was a scam. My opponent also stated that there is a way to get viruses out of computer. That does not matter! Because some viruses actually hack into your information and erase your information! sure you can take the virus off, but the information is one that is lost in cyber-space and can't be recuperated. "he never brought evidence on how often failures occur, sure everyone knows that they happen, but lets be reasonable, nothing is perfect, for example my opponent brought up the point that we could use television for communication, but that fails too, he said that we could use radio, but what is they have a technical difficulty and cant broadcast? he said we could use billboards, but what if the weather knocks one down? i know that this must sound very hypothetical, but my opponent is also bringing in hypothetical on if there will be an internet failure or not." I would like to point out that my opponent did NOT use a single piece of evidence, therefore if he is bringing this up, he also needs to bring up the fact that he did not use a single piece of evidence. Nothing is perfect he says, of course not, but there is a best way, which is using other forms of advertisements. My opponent also is making an argument to ignorance, by saying that I am using a lot of hypothetical s on whether or not internet fails. This is a fact, not a hypothetical, checking the recent internet fails, I see that there are a lot, therefore this does not fall under the category of a hypothetical I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT MY OPPONENT DID NOT ATTACK MY VALUE NOR MY CRITERIA, THEREFORE LETTING THE HEART OF MY CASE GO THROUGH. For my conclusion: In order to be on the safe side, and in order to guarantee selling, you do not need to use the internet. On balance it does more harm than good.