Every human is equal

========== =0: Loopholes= ========== --"I am quite aware that my definitions are crap. Still, why must you loophole them?" I addressed all of the major issues that generally come up in regards to equality: monetary, racial, and age equality I also addressed multiple less common forms of inequality: status-of-life, slave, and weight equality If there is something specific PRO wanted to debate, he should have noted it in round 1, or even in round 2. The blame of any misunderstanding falls squarely on PRO's shoulders because he even admits "my definitions are crap." =========== =.5: Plagiarism= =========== --"obviously you copied from Wikipedia or from some other source of text" By all means, do a search online and post a link to prove it. I plagiarized nothing. All quotes were in quotation marks and complete with source citations. --"your strange and plagiarized skin argument" How did I plagiarize that? I made it clear that it was not my original wording. I even posted the source that the paragraph is from: http://www.coolquiz.com... ======================== =1: People are not monetarily equal= ======================== This went unaddressed by my opponent. People are clearly inequal in terms of the monetary value of their bodies, thus the resolution is negated and you vote CON. Since there are still 4 more rounds of debate, I suppose I'll continue on to the remaining arguments. ================== =2: All races are not equal= ================== --"Unless you are some never-aging extra-terrestrial (your profile says otherwise so I assume you're not)..." Nowhere in my profile does it stay that I am not an extra-terrestrial. --"The man who stole the purse could have stolen it because it was his girlfriend's to begin with. The firefighter could have set the fire and tortured the infant. Noone knows every detail about the past, including you and I." 1. This argument assumes a utilitarian perspective. I could just as easily make the counter-assertion that Deontology is the correct moral theory. In which case, acting in accordance with the 'greater good' is not sufficient to justify Esquimaux atrocities. 2. Please, explain how their animalistic instinct, lack of morals, or belligerent nature could have been part of some overarching 'greater good' that the Esquimaux were trying to achieve. ============================== =3: All humans are not given the same rights= ============================== ::The Rights of the Dead:: --"Hmmm....... a dead person. That means a person who is not living and their life is over." No it doesn't, it just means that the person is not living. People have been known to come back from death.[1][2] For example, the corpse of Ronald Reagan was recently reanimated in order to lead the Republican Party.[3] --"Here is a definition of a human that you so rudely asked for" PRO already provided a definition for 'human' and now he is trying to change it and contradict his original statement? What's the point of defining a term if it can be changed? Can I just change the definition of human in the end of round 5 and win off of that? There is no way he can justify changing the R1 definition he gave now, once the debate is in full swing. PRO originally defined a human as "a human being," and cadavers are clearly human beings.[4] --"The deceased, since no longer actually ABLE to do anything, aren't debated on for rights considering there....well....should I spell it out for you? D-E-A-D!" My opponent is being openly descriminatory and Lifist here, and I won't stand for it! How dare he insinuate that the dead have no rights! This is exactly the inequality I am talking about here! People like my opponent don't treat the dead with even an ounce of respect. We can't bat a blind eye to this outrage and make claims that "Every human is equal" when we have such abhorable Lifism in our midst, and thus we cannot affirm the resolution. ::Children's Rights:: --"Children, honestly, are not given all the rights adults are granted." Case Closed. ::My Slave:: --"'You' just don't act like he is because of his skin. Here is a quote from Chief Standing Bear 'This hand is not the color of yours, but if I pierce it I will feel pain. If you pierce your hand, u will also feel pain. The blood that will flow from mine will be the same color as yours'." My slave is White, so this argument is irrelevant. If you must know, I enslaved him because I was trying to learn his name. He is currently trapped in my basement pending the expressed concern of my friends. The video above provides a better explanation (1:42-2:25). http://www.youtube.com... ========================== =4: Not all persons are of equal weight= ========================== Like my 1st contention, PRO has dropped this argument. Again, this means the resolution is negated. ========= =5: Sources= ========= [1] http://manbir-online.com... [2] http://www.propeller.com... [3] http://www.theonion.com... [4] http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu...