Werewolves Should Receive Equal Rights

Thanks for responding. This debate is over. My opponent hasn’t satisfied his burden of proof to prove why Werewolves should receive equal rights as human beings. So, I’ll make this brief. REBUTTAL/DEFENSE To clarify, my opponent has played with technicalities here and stated that we should only give werewolves rights when they are in human form. This was never stated in R1. Do note that when the creature becomes human, they retain their rights as human beings. So, this premise falls. We need to focus on the fact that it can turn back into a vile creature again thus asking the question, should werewolves, even in human form who can transform to something dangerous, have equal rights as humans? RE: Werewolves are people Okay, sorry, don’t know much about biology. But from what I know, humans are related to apes. My point here is that werewolves aren’t complete human beings, and that if we grant them the same rights, we should also grant apes some rights because they are like werewolves. They are not complete human beings, but they are related to humans. Again, please note that when werewolves become human again, they retain and still have their rights. That’s that, no argument there so this point is irrelevant. What we’re arguing is if werewolves per se should have equal rights. RE: Werewolves have no choice My opponent conceded this point. Please extend. RE: Werewolves are not always people I don’t get what my opponent is trying to prove here. He’s saying that werewolves have no capacity to know what they’re doing and thus we must grant them equal rights. He also states that I have to prove that werewolves (in wolf form) have the capacity to understand things What? I’ve already proven that werewolves are 50/50 human/animal. They have no capacity to understand and be properly conscious on their surroundings. If we grant them the same rights as human, it will harm society as I’ve already proven. Quoting my opponent: “Werewolves in their human form, do not want to kill people; I can back this up with the fact that most humans--which werewolves are for the most part--do not have sadistic or murderous urges.” My opponent didn’t give evidence to this. But as I’ve already proven in my 3rd source in R2, werewolves have sadistic, murderous rages and hatred towards humans. “If werewolves have sadistic and murderous urges as a wolf, then okay; but they are not people as wolves, so they cannot be charged.” I don’t get the last statement, but from what I understand from the underlined phrase, it’s safe to assume my opponent agreed that werewolves have sadistic rages (since I’ve already proven it). So vote CON right there. RE: Werewolves benefit society I’ve already backed up my ape-werewolf-human argument above. His argument fails because he didn’t support the fact that when humans become creatures, this ‘benefit’ he’s talking about is useless. I’ll explain this in my defenses below. DE: Werewolves are not capable of thinking properly. Again, werewolves in human form already have the same rights as human if they return to being human. We need to focus on the fact that they can turn into a dangerous creature. My opponent has failed to address and conceded this contention. He also fails to offer proof that lycanthropes think exactly like humans. Ergo, extend. DE: A werewolf’s harmfulness overrides its benefits to society, It isn’t a scare tactic. My opponent failed to address this accurately, he admits to it being dangerous but still claims that they should be given the same rights as humans and that because werewolves are humans most of the time. Again, he had no proof to support this. Extend. DE: Giving Werewolves rights are useless 80/20? Proof please, otherwise invalid. Oh wait, it’s the last round. Sorry. This point stands. CONCLUSION Again, we’re talking about if werewolves should be given equal/same rights as human beings. It’s my opponent’s BOP to prove so and my obligation is to prove otherwise. As I said, it can be to argue that Werewolves should be given rights, but not as equal to humans or to argue that they shouldn’t be given any rights at all. My opponent only supported equal rights to werewolves in human form and not in mythological form, which is crucial to this debate because giving them rights collide with their transformation or morphing into vile creatures. He doesn’t see the fact that werewolves in human form already have the same rights as normal humans. If we give werewolves the same rights, this will harm society than benefit them. So, affirm only if you want a werewolf Prof. Lupin (as seen in HP3) to roam the streets or a werewolf Jacob Black and his pack (as seen in Twilight) to go around and intimidate people. Affirm if you want the Big Bad Wolf to become the next Pedobear. Werewolves need help. They deserve rights, yes, but they should have limited and not equal rights. In summary, I have satisfied my burden of proof and my opponent hasn’t. I thank him for instigating this interesting debate. Voters, vote CON. Thank you.