2012 Presidential Debate: Wily vs. Light

Greeting esteemed citizens, friends, and family. Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Dr. Thomas Light, a humble engineer with dreams of serving as your president of choice in the 2012 election. I am most pleased to be nominated for such office and promise to bring about a brighter future while reinforcing noble American values. Introductions aside, let us discuss what really matters most, and that is the state of our nation. My former colleague and friend, Dr. Wily brings about many excellent points regarding this matter that nearly all of us would surely find agreeable, however his solutions to these problems are inherently unrealistic as well as ethically compromising as I shall demonstrate during the course of this debate. Perhaps most immediately relevant in the people's hearts and minds is the state of the economy. Dr. Wily offers a solution of replacing the American jobs we currently have at risk with his gambit of robotics and only robotics. Now, as a man of science I am certainly not opposed to the creation of robots. Heck folks, I've dedicated my entire life to the cause of finding a way to spare man from suffering the same fate as my father, who had worked the coal mines everyday until he met his grave. However, this is most assuredly not the only solution as it lacks real substance and forethought. Robots certainly do not work for free, they have a high cost of production as well as the energy it requires to run them (which brings questions of my opponent's lack of an energy policy). Instead, I propose to you that one, we use robots for simple functions the way we currently use tools to make the strain of hard labor easier and more efficient rather than a complete overhaul. Secondly, we should instead of dramatic overhaul of all current U.S. jobs, invest further into finding more sustainable sources of energy. Furthermore, my opponent makes an assumption that all robotics creation would only take place in American factories, which given a cursory glance at the international market it is easily seen that many countries currently have a foothold in this market already. This inherently only leaves two options for my opponent to take, importing parts and labor from other countries (thus biting his own critique of the current system) or instead attempting to feverishly control and revamp the current system to meet the immediate demands for the technology which is both improbable and implausible. It s indeed in this same vein that we must question his motives entirely and clear desire for centralized power. Power that is centralized entirely to him, perhaps the most un-American cause imaginable. The implications behind this idea are even more troubling when further investigated as he seeks to take control over the entertainment industry as well, an industry dedicated towards the free expression of man, celebrating its creativity and basking in its variety. I ask you, is this a world you would wish to live in? Regarding his education policy, which is clearly of little to no concern to him, relies on the spread of information that he alone would control and disseminate through his controlled closed circuit television system. It is not any stretch of the imagination that he would have our children taught by robots sooner than real human teachers, which while killing jobs also furthers his aspirations of control. My education plan, however, has a strong emphasis on increasing education in the very fields that my opponent shows keen interest in, namely, math, science, engineering, and robotics. My administration will not only seek out but will create the best and brightest minds the world has yet to see. Ask yourself, shall we rely on one man with lofty aspirations to save us all from troubling times, or will we look towards the strong character of man to work together to usher in a new future. Finally, moving on to the idea of robot soldiers. First, I promise as your president I will pull our troops out of these senseless wars. In fact, I will be cutting the senseless spending on military ventures drastically to filter more money back into the economy whereas my opponent will only increase that debt through his, again, completely revamped and controlled robotic army. This is perhaps the most ethically problematic idea he has, instead of seeking out peace he would sooner send out killer drones to take the lives of many under the guise of your protection. These drones would lack the emotion to understand the true impact war has in the world. This detached view is not only how he chooses to live his own life but is further evidenced in his policies. We built this technology to take the death away, not create more of it. He would have you live a life of fear and comfort rather than integrity and civility because he underestimates the strength of your character, I, however, do not. I know we are strong, and we will only makes things right, together.