The Jedi Council should be Disbanded

Thank you for accepting. I did, however, say that first round is for acceptance. Please be more careful next time because you are disrupting my arguments and the flow of the debate. Particularly because the Pro speaker will usually set the definitions and any further premises, and as the opposition you would then only need to prove me incorrect. Anyway, I am happy to continue although I must admit I do find it slightly annoying. I also applaud my opponent on seeing the issue from both the Galactic Empire and Jedi sides. This is something admirable and out-of-the-box I think. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Rebuttals My opponent started off with how it was always possible for the Jedi Order to be disbanded. However, the Emperor was able to keep the Jedi Order under his power, weakening their grasp, foiling their plans and eventually killing all the Jedi (theoretically). Therefore, not dissolving the Jedi Order was a good thing since from the Dark Side point of view, keeping the Jedi Order intact under the Emperor was one of the chief reasons for enabling the Emperor to rule the galaxy. Okay. This is certainly a good point. However, I think my opponent has made a grave mistake. The title of this debate is "The Jedi Council Should be Disbanded" NOT "The Jedi Order Should be Disbanded". There is a big difference between the Order and the Council. The Council are the leaders of the Order and they decide on all matters related to the Jedi; which wars they will take part in, which apprentices they will take up to train etc. Basically, the debate is about whether the Jedi should be able to decide their decisions without the overruling dictatorship of the small band of "wise and experienced" leaders. This is something I feel my opponent has missed. He was talking more on the Jedi Order, and he did not actually touch on the Council. Just because the Jedi are free from their Council, does not mean that the Empire cannot put them under one roof and kill them, as my opponent describes. Politically speaking, being a Jedi means you have to serve the ruling government. So long as the Emperor is successful at concealing his real identity, he can still give orders to each and every Jedi individually without the intervention of the Jedi Council and the Jedi will follow his orders. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ My opponent then argues from the point of the view of the Jedi. Again, he does not talk about the Council but he is talking about the Order. I would argue that the Jedi Order can always exist to enforce peace, just that they are not bounded by what their leaders tell them they should or should not do. In his example of a religion, the Jedi have their own codes to follow, but they deserve to be able to practice those teachings without a group of elders having to give them the green light every time they want to do something. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I will now bring up one argument. My argument is that the Jedi Council should be Disbanded because the Jedi should be free to make decisions they see fit without intervention. As long as no one is becoming a Sith and assassinating others, there is no reason why we should not trust Jedi to implement their teachings freely. For example, the council once failed to see the potential of Anakin Skywalker. They insisted they knew everything, but they don't. Qui-Gon should be able to interpret the Jedi teachings and take Anakin as apprentice anyway without the need to ask for their 'blessings'. The Council's blindness and arrogance eventually cause Anakin to fall into the Dark Side, and until the very end of their downfall, they still could not see how they were locking up such huge potential which is Anakin. They directly caused the birth of Darth Vader and they only have themselves to blame.