There is no Link between smoking cigarettes and lung cancer.

"My opponent's revised search came up with two results: a. An Evil Overlord list, written by Peter Anspach, completely irrelevant to Legend" I fail to see how this is irrelevant. Evil Overlord's can smoke cigarettes, for example this mafia don: . http://www.istockphoto.com... "b. Some blog about a bishop giving up cigarettes for Lent (not even in the Zelda universe). " This is incredibly relevant and also a major point for my case. The search results do not yield any blogs about bishops giving up cigarettes for Lent in the Zelda universe, only in the real world, so we conclude that Hyrulean bishops continue smoking throughout lent. "2. The editors are not lazy. Just look at Triforce 14's contributions. " I noticed that Triforce 14's contribution to the site does not include an article on Tobacco. He has indeed been slacking. "3. That's obviously because he recognized that your history of tobacco in Hyrule was false. " OR 1) He (clearly being obsessed with the site, as PRO shows above) was jealous of my astounding, superbly-written article including a detailed history of tobacco since ancient times, an account of how tobacco addiction recently became rampant in Hyrule, and a graph of the relative percent of tobacco smoked by each Hyrulean tribe. 2) He was having a bad day and took his anger out on my poor article. 3) He, his fellow editors, (and perhaps PRO) are part of a larger cover-up that has been long in the works. (More on this later) All of my examples are far more plausible than PRO's idea. PRO has the burden of proof to show that absurd statement (that my article might be fallacious) to be true, and he hasn't done that. "4. Actually, the Wikipedia search brought up numerous occasions in which Zeldapedia was sourced as an accurate compilation on all things Zelda" But there was no Wikipedia article actually describing it. This site that PRO continuously refers to for sources clearly does not exist because Wikipedia does not recognize its existence. --- "My opponent claims that smoking would be a leisure activity. However, despite the fact that most Hyrulians have absolutely nothing to do, just standing around forever to allow for Link to complete his tasks without fail, none of them choose to take a smoke. Waiting for Link would be the perfect time to smoke, but they don't, because they don't have access to leisure drugs. " They do smoke all the time while waiting around for link. Unfortunately, the game must be marketable to children, so they must ditch their pack of smokes whenever Link is in eyesight to keep it rated E. Rest assured, the moment that Link leaves, they light back up. --- "[Link] was never programmed to drive a Learjet. There is nothing in the game that allows Link to build a Learjet. " Prove it. The guy who designed The Legend of Zelda clearly likes learjets as he can be seen flying one here: . http://www.debate.org... It seems more than plausible that his love of jetsetting could have found its way into the game. "My opponent's source is a random picture drawn for a random purpose, but it cannot be taken as proof that Link flies planes. Pictures are not proof of anything, especially when they're hand-drawn. " 1. Link is himself manmade. Ofcourse any pictures of him would be manmade. 2. It is accompanied by a video as well. --- "However, the fact is, explosions have no effect on the walls of the Old Man's room whatsoever. There are about 100 different squares on which Link can drop a bomb in the Old Man's room, and none of them do anything. The game then forgets that the bomb was ever placed, and another bomb does the exact same thing: absolutely nothing. " My opponent just as poor aim. It is quite easy for a highly trained tactical sniper such as myself to level the entire building with as few as 3 bomb-throws. "My opponent claims that there is an infinite number of ways in which a Zelda game can be played. However, this is false, and shows a clear misunderstanding of computer science. The game has a very limited amount of memory. If the game has 1Gb of RAM, then there are 2^(2^30) different states in which the game can be, period" Ok, then, fair enough. My opponent need not show that all of the infinite scenarios not contain tobacco. He only needs to give an account of all of the 2^(2^30) scenarios not containing tobacco. This number, by the way, is 1.1529 x 1000000000000000000. (. http://www.bing.com...) --- "As proof that Hyrulians smoke, my opponent has photoshopped cigarettes into a Goron's mouth. However, photoshopped pictures are not proof for anything except the photoshopper's skill in photoshopping. " How dare he insult me! I would never photoshop a picture! I use MS Paint for any and all evidence I use in my debates. "with no cell growth, it cannot be uncontrolled. " Quite the opposite, with no cell growth, it cannot be controlled. If there are no cells, there are no nuclei, and thus there is nothing to control cell growth. Because of this, cell growth is uncontrolled, and thus the lungs of every Hyrulean being are perpetually cancerous. "In fact, there wouldn't be any lungs, because when video game characters are programmed, they are only given an outside shell. Link does not have any lungs programmed in his chest, and nor do any other Zelda characters" This is a completely unwarranted assertion and also entirely false. Upon reading this, I turned on my Gamecube, put in Super Smash Bros Melee and began a melee with myself as Dr. Mario and the CPU as Link. I quickly subdued Link and performed a complete dissection of his chest cavity. Rest assured, he had lungs as well as all other major organs. --- " Sure, it depicts Link, but it is not Link. There's a big difference. A picture of Link is not Link. " I fail to see why. Why is my cigarette lighter Link any less Link than the one on PRO's TV screen? Both are pictures. --- My opponent tries to expose me for some sort of fraud. 1. I never said I played the game on the Wii. I was merely observing that the Wii is compatible with SD cards. 2. Perhaps my opponent should accuse Triforce 14 of unsavory behavior. Given that my article was entirely true, the fact that the article was deleted puts suspicion on these 'editors. ' I believe my opponent knows the truth and has been subtlely alluding to it. He states: "Zeldapedia editors are very active" "They would be very eager. .. " He is most likely implying that they are overly hyper because they are high. My opponent knows, as well as I do, that Triforce 14 and these other editors have uncovered the secret of tobacco in Hyrule and have since been using The Legend of Zelda games to get stoned virtually. They play the games, get Link high, and (given their blurred perception between video games and reality) feel the euphoric effects themselves. They have been covering this up and this, not any malicious falsification on my part, led to the article being deleted. 3. My opponent is clearly unaware of the harms of smoking. For those of us who are 3-demensional and made up of cells, the harms are simply that our cells lose their ability to control their growth. For those people who are 2D and made of pixels, the harms are far worse. Smoking leads to a blocky, blurry, and lower-resolution look. The reason the pictures look as if they are taken in a lower resolution is that they are of long-time smokers, who have become quite low-resolution after their life long habit. 4. "An electronic picture of a smoking cigarette can in no way substitute for a real cigarette. " I will agree to this. I only smoke electronic pictures of cigarettes when I don't have a real blunt to spare. I still get that high but it isn't quite the same as the real thing. ::Summary:: Link smokes tobacco.