The End of the World (Cameronl35's R1 New Year's Tournament)

Okay, well I asked CON to implement a method to which people would be chosen and he did not. Hopefully, he would do so in this round. I would like to start off by saying that saving no one would be the easiest solution, as there are no complications (explained later) and it is the fairest choice. Anyways, let's get into some arguments. C.1: The Other GuysThe special bunker can only fit a limited number of people, 50 to be precise. What about the other 7 billion people on Earth? We must not forget them. We see that when we save people, we must choose which people to save. Unfortunately, we can only choose 50. Surely, when the other 7 billion people on Earth hear about this new bunker, they themselves will want to be chosen. This will cause violence and protests against the government. The world will erupt in chaos. These people will do anything to survive, and it is obvious that if they are not chosen themselves, they will riot. They will have the feeling "Hey, if I can't survive, no one can. ", and do anything in their power to destroy the bunkers, in an act of protest. In acts of violent protests, people do not care about their surroundings and try to destroy everything. In 2011, the year of the protester, this has happened many times: with Greece and the debt crisis, Torontonians in the G20 Summit, Cairo, and Libya. And it would surely happen again. This plan is doomed to fail, as protesters will destroy the bunkers, in an act of rage. Normally, in protests, security and police control the crowd. However, this will not happen in this case. Only 50 people will be chosen, and the liklihood of police being chosen is low. Therefore, these people cannot be relied on to control the crowd, and will in fact join the protestors in their goal of destroying the bunker. Therefore, we cannot save people, when the others will destroy the bunker and our efforts will be in vain anyways. As the moral society we are today, we stand for democracy and equality. How can we have this equality when 50 people must be chosen above all others? It is not possible. When we have this resolution, we are abandoning all our societal ideals, all the foundation that we, as the human race have worked thousands of years to achieve. In the end, without these moral ideals, we would be little but animals. And it is much better to die as humans, than to live like animals. Let us go with a good memory, the fact that we upheld our societal standards, and were able to maintain equality to the very end. C.2: Unable to ChooseThis is related to the previous argument, but it will be very difficult to choose 50 people. Which 50 people will be chosen? Who will do the choosing? Obviously the person doing the choosing cannot be trusted to make a decision on behalf of the entire human race without moral implications. There will be a lot of stress on this person to make the right choice, and people not chosen will attack the chooser. This is an unfair burden to place on anyone and no one should have to go through this tough choice. Furthermore, the chooser will be unable to make a fair, just call. The chooser will want to choose himself, his family, and his friends. These people would not reflect the best of the human race. It is obvious that when choosing survivors to carry on your race, you must choose the strongest, the most skilled, the best. However, obviously the chooser will not care about these choices, as humans are naturally selfish and want the best for themselves. It is inevitable that the choices will be biased. It is inevitable that the chooser will choose family and friends, regardless of skill and strength. This is not fair, not moral, not right to other people. This resolution could not pass when we are unable to choose the best 50 people fairly. When we cannot choose the most skilled people, survival after the apocalypse will also be slim, as because you were biased in choosing, you did not choose a doctor, or engineer. Therefore, it is pointless to save people when the best people cannot be chosen. C.3: Who to choose? I know I already mentioned that the best 50 people will be chosen, the most skilled and strongest for the survival of the human race. However, we must also look at personality. Obviously, you would want a doctor to be part of the 50 people, the best. However, what if this doctor is autistic, or a psychopath? Then you must ask the question, will I choose this doctor, or the next best doctor? It is a lose-lose situation. If you choose this doctor, you risk the survival of the human race. The doctor, a psychopath, will murder everyone in the bunker, and you end up where you started. If you choose the next best doctor, then it has suddenly become unfair to the best doctor. This doctor, who has spent his entire life dedicated to his trade, to become the best, was pushed aside because of a mental issue, and the next best has been chosen. This is immoral, and is blatantly discrimination. When the American government commits discrimination against it's people, then where would the people look to as a role model? Surely they will think "Oh, the American government is being immoral, surely it's okay for me to do the same? ". When we have this, we lose all law and order that we have spent centuries trying to achieve. This is when we lose our humanity. And again, it is better to die human, than to live like animals. C.4: Other governmentsSurely other government systems around the world would want to get in on this choosing, as it is not possible that the best people will all be from America. Other countries would not give America the right to choose citizens from their country, and will want to be involved in the choosing process. Just so you know, there are more than 50 countries around the world. Surely, the leader of each country will want themselves to survive, and their family as well. However, not every world leader can survive, and months can be spent debating which leader is the best to continue the human race, with no resolution. Furthermore, it is obvious to anyone that North Korea and Russia have nuclear weapons. It is inevitable that these leaders will threaten to bomb cities and government buildings to try and save themselves. When they are not chosen, they will bomb other cities, as they would not fear retaliation anymore, as they would die themselves anyways. The world would descend into chaos with nukes going off every few hours. This would not be a good way to spend the last few moments of your life on Earth. Again, there will be no fair and right decision, as it is just not possible. Again, choices will be unable to be made, and if we cannot choose which people to save, the most fair, easiest solution would be to save no one. And as a democratic society, we stand for fairness and equality. C.5: Other professionsThere are more than 50 jobs that are vital to the survival of the human race. How would we decide which job is more important? Who would decide? But most importantly, how would this be decided fairly? There is a simple answer. We cannot decide fairly. There are many different opinions on this matter, and once again, the chooser will be unable to decide who to side with. This is an unfair burden on the chooser. C.6: Post ApocalypseLet's say that somehow these people are chosen fairly and successfully. After the end of the world, there will be no life. No plants, no animals, etc. Humans would be unable to survive, as there would be no way to get food, no way to build a shelter. Furthermore, the disasters may leave radiation or harmful chemicals in the air. It is obvious that the survivors will be unable to survive long in these conditions. The efforts to continue the human race would be in vain, as the survivors will die soon themselves. Therefore, there is no point in going through all these moral complications when the human race has no hope of surviving anyways.