Alan Watts was a great Philosopher

My opponent assumes that I have a burden of prof which requires factual citations and evidence to prove but we are debating a subjective topic you see. Not objective, such as the nature quantum mechanics. This debate resolution is within the realm of subjectivity, my opponent confuses it with objective. Also ironically the debating structure which my opponent instantly clings to is not relevant to this debate, it is a simple way to avoid the substance of the argument. Sure anyone can endlessly point out logical fallacy's and ad hominem's but this simply distracts from the actual debate. Also how this is revealing is that my opponent never states anything in opposition to the resolution this shows this shows either one of two things, either my opponent does not understand the debate, or he does not to argue substance. Now I think the best way which I can present Watt's views in this context is to show the linear structure of debate which my opponent is using which was created in the west and compare it to the multi- dimensional ways of thought of the east. My opponent claims that whether I am to "win"(Oh yes "win" this debate as this is the whole point rather than to exchange knowledge and question views but the whole aim is to "win") I have to answer and "prove" these statements: 1. That Alan Watts is an important philosopher. 2. That Alan Watts brought eastern ways of thought to the west. 3. That his views don't or did not rather get rid of materialistic capitalist mentality in western civilization 4. That his message stands as guidance for those who are delusional Americans and then he must prove which Americans are delusional, for one cannot prove (differential) how many red beans there are in a bowl without first counting them. 1) Viewers of this debate let me ask you this question when you are talking in your everyday lives about various concepts and ideas is it the first inclination to try to immediately justify the reasons behind every thought and emotion. You see the western mind revolves around this constant description of reality. When someone listens or reads Watts do they then ask whether or not this man and the philosophy which he presents is important? What type of rigid way of thought is this! That people can simply ignore the substance of an idea by equating importance! In other words plancing a value before one has even listened or heard. Limiting these views by blocking it with value how cowardly. 2) Yes, Alan Watts was one of the early proponents of eastern thought in the west and wrote a entire book putting together is a simplified form about Zen Buddhism, Taoism. Just because the majority of Americans do not know who Watts or eastern ways of thought does not mean that that these views where never brought and presented to the west in books, lectures, documentary's etc. 3) Clearly not as this culture is still destroying nature and the world at a rapid pace and forces people to work in awful conditions to produce more to sustain this ever growing industrial society. 4) Oh with ought a question Americans are extremely delusional and I don't even think that is debatable! Again coming back to this idea that everything in reality or in a debate needs scholarly justification and cited evidence. It is something that can not be fully expressed in words, the constant meaningless violence and dehumanization which is being inflicted to every human on this planet. In fact because it is as if the very disease is being felt by those of advocate it. The delusion is not something which can merely be counted and symbolized by a number. You have to feel it and let go of the abstractions and accept reality for what it is. Currently in are industrial age of high civilization, Materialistic Americans love indulging themselves there ego's at the exploitation of others and themselves. It can be felt by the workers in third world countries who toil in the constant mass production. Or the insane rhetoric of those in Bureaucracy to the billions who live under governments and hence forth indoctrinated in schools to repeat the same process over and over again through out countless generations. If humans want to reconnect themselves with the world and reality then they must destroy the ego, for the ego has never existed. It is an image pride that is projected to other people in a society of strangers. Alan Watts talked a lot about 'man and the hoax' which is this game of inflicting suffering on ourselves which we must stop and let go of our ego' s and flow like a pebble flowing down a stream not clinging but living life. . http://www.youtube.com... . http://www.youtube.com... . http://www.youtube.com... . http://www.youtube.com...