The vuvuzelas should be banned from the FIFA World Cup.

This is my first debate on this website by the way, I argue that the vuvuzela should not be banned from the FIFA World Cup. I will begin by refuting some of my opponets arguments. For the record, I have a habit of reffering to online people as "he. " I want to apologize if may opponet is female. I want my opponent and readers to add "or she" wherever I have said "he. " It's late and I don't feel like revising it everywhere I put it. Sorry! First off, he said that the sounds are distracting for people working at home. If the people are doing something important enough that they can't be distracted, then they could simply turn the tv off. He then says it drowns out what makes a football game entertaining. Entertaining is a relative term. What my opponet may find entertaining, others may find annoying. That argument can not stand since the is no universal way to measure entertainment. He then goes on to say that vuvuzelas are distracting for the players. The reasons he gave are not specific to vuvuzelas though. These reasons can also apply to loud screaming and chanting. His sleep argument is the same thing. Vuvuzelas are made to make noise. If they were taken away then these people blowing the vuvuzelas would begin screaming and making noise in other ways. The people are the problem, not the vuvuzelas. He then says it lowers the quality of play, but gives no reasons other than the ones I've taken out. He says that the choice of South Africa made the play bad. First off, I don't agree the play is bad, but even if it was, the burden would then be on FIFA for choosing South Africa as the host nation and not the vuvuzelas. They were fully aware when they made the choice that the vuvuzelas would be present. He admitted that FIFA is the one to blame for the lower quality of play (if there is lower quality). He says the vuvuzelas lessen South Africa's popularity. This is in no way true. How can hosting the Cup and having the eyes of the whole world on you lower your popularity? South Africa is more popular, and in the news more often, than it has ever been. Even if South Africa's popularity decreased, it is not relevant to this debate. This debate is on whether or not the vuvuzelas should be banned, South Africa's popularity has nothing to do with it. It is possible that the vuvuzela should be allowed even if it lowers South Africa's popularity. His argument about banning a South African tradition, just because it is televised around the world is ridiculous. People sitting on their couch at home have no right to force their beliefs and tell other countries how to play football. Me watching the game at home does not make my opinion on how to celebrate superior to the South Afican's opinion. What they find annoying is different than what I find annoying. Remember, FIFA chose to broadcast this nation's culuture to the whole world. Let it be South Africa's culuture, not Europe's. Now that I believe I have sufficiently refuted all of his points, let's move on to mine. Part of the reason countries want to host the World Cup is that it is a way to show their culture to the world. Taking away South Africa's vuvuzelas is like them taking away America's hotdogs. It's just not right. It's a part of who they are. Taking away from South Africa's culture, makes the European culture seem supperior. Just because Europeans do not like what they are doing, the Europeans have no right to force their beliefs on another nation. FIFA chose South Africa to as the host the tournament, so let South Africa HOST the tournament. They are doing it the way they know how and are doing it to the best of their abilities. There is no right or wrong way to celebrate the game. FIFA banning the vuvuzelas is like telling the South Africans that they are not celebrating correctly. Let the people celebrate! There is no right or wrong way to celebrate (as long as nobody gets hurt) so FIFA has absolutely no right to tell the people how to celebrate. Also from a gameplay standpoint, my opponet brought this up and I think that it is worth highlighting for my side. It effects both teams the same. There are no unfair advantages and the integrity of the game is not compromised. The winner of the game is still the better team. Noise is just another factor of the game itself. If teams can't deal with the noise than they have no business winning. Noise is a part of the game. I argue that vuvuzelas add to the atmosphere of the game. Any football fan will tell you that noise is a major factor in the game. It is the way fans can be a part of the game without physically participating in it. I now turn the time over to my opponet and I look forward to reading his rebuttal.