Rural people should be banned from using the London Underground during peak hours

My rebuttals will come first and then my own arguments: "Turnip-munching farmers and other inbred clod-hoppers often whinge when city-dwellers visit the countryside and they say things like "'em blasted townies dun't understand the ways of the cuntrysoide" and "get orf moy laand afore oy blows yer blinkin' ‘ead orf. "" [It may be true that some people of the rural UK say this on occasion, I wouldn't know being an American, but it really doesn't have anything to do with the debate, you don't have the right to trespass and it is true that not all urban individuals understand rural life. This is merely an attempt by my opponent to portray those he takes offense to in a negative light even though a minority, if any at all, are like this. ] "However, these bungling bumpkins don't understand how to use the ticket machines because you don't get touch-screen devices in ploughed fields and they are also unable to grasp the concept of electronic tickets so they can't get through the barriers. Neither do they know how to get on and off the escalators properly and they hold on to both sides in abject terror rather than standing on the right, as instructed, so that other people can get past. Furthermore, they don't let passengers off the train before trying to get on themselves and, once on board, they don't move down inside the carriage to allow other people on. " [It isn't accurate to imply that every person that lives in rural UK is technologically impaired. This statement also applies to every example. My opponent is portraying that individuals that live in rural areas are all ignorant, rich, and rude. This is a stereotype that is quite offensive. Simply living outside of a city does not correlate anything about their individual knowledge or personality. I personally live in a rural area and am perfectly able to understand proper train/subway etiquette. ] "The upshot of all this is that decent, hardworking commuters' journeys to and from work are seriously hampered. " [If this is such a large problem for or others then you should take measures to ensure that it stops happening. For instance you could use the train earlier in the morning to beat the rush. ] "Now, since farmers and country landowners are always keen to put up "Private Property – Keep Out" and "Trespassers will be Shot" signs and the Country Landowners Association are bitterly opposed to increased public access to rural areas and are even actively seeking to remove existing public rights of way (1) it seems wholly justifiable to impose limited restrictions on moneyed yokels' lavish shopping trips to the capital. " [The act described in your source, the Marine and Coastal Access Bill, that the CLA was in part against of passed and became Royal Assent on November 12, 2009 [2]. This Assent actually provided the public with greater access to costal areas in the UK [3]. The fact that the CLA wanted the public access portion section removed has no bearing on whether or not other bills should be passed. It is inaccurate to say that they want to remove public access; they were opposed to a bill that would increase access that already exists. It is this group's right to protest and their rights should not be removed because of it. ] My Arguments: The United Kingdom's urban population accounts for 89% of the total population as of 2005 [1]. This is a very large majority. Using this statistic and that of the population approximately 6,154,000 people would be banned from using the train altogether between the hours you provided. Not all of these people use the train, but for those that do you would be removing their right to use public transportation. The removal of this right would also reduce the amount of revenue that the public train generates. This means less money, which means lower quality of service for those who would be allowed to use the train during these hours. [1] . http://www.studentsoftheworld.info... [2] . http://www.thebmc.co.uk... [3] . http://www.direct.gov.uk...