People should not be allowed to chew gum in public areas.

1. "People are not responsible". This is absolutely 100% true. But, the United States as a whole is responsible. What's wrong with your argument is that you assume people are not responsible, and therefore you assume every person will just throw their gum on the floor. This is very untrue, because most people will not be irresponsible with their gum. Just look at a park, or movie theaters. People chew gum there constantly, and when you take a walk through the park, you don't come out with your shoes sticking to the floor. The example you use for people's irresponsibility, is an irrational one. Of course, if there's a test that is not for a grade then you're not going to study, that is basically human nature. But if your working at your job, and your boss puts alt of work on you, then your going to get it done, showing the responsibility you say is missing from people. 2. There is a difference between school, and public places such as the park. Most schools do not permit gum chewing at all on the grounds. And a principle can do whatever she wants at her/his school. Once again you are assuming that most people are throwing their gum on the floor, and not in the trash can. Now people do throw their gum on the floor, but not the majority. See what happens is, the majority of people will chew their gum, blow bubbles until it loses flavor, and then when in a park where trash cans are abundant, they will throw it inside. It's not just, chew, chew, chew, spit on floor. People are kind enough to throw their gum away. Simple as that. Another thing people do frequently with their gum is swallow it. People swallow what's in their mouth, especially since people know that it really doesn't stay in your stomach for 7 years. 3. Once again you are assuming that everyone who chews gum is going to disrespect people by smacking Juicy Fruit around in their mouth. This is not the case because most people do have the respect and self pride to not do that. Yes maybe one person may disrespect people who smack gum in their mouth, but does that mean the whole society should be punished? That the equivalent of saying "Since Timmy stabbed himself with a pencil, we are banning pencils from school". So one person disrespects somebody by chewing gum, so we disallow gum as a whole? All of your arguments have been the little branches and leaves of the whole tree. What I mean is that your arguing a small portion of the problem, rather than going back to the fundamentals, and arguing the roots of the problem. So I have two Contentions that argue the root of the problem. MY CONTENTIONS: 1. Who are you to say what people can and can not do? Is there some higher being that tells us not to chew gum in public places? In other words, what right do you have to tell others what to do? You cant just ban gum from public areas. People have natural rights and free will to do as they please, as stated so in our constitution. If they enjoy chewing gum, then they have the right to chew gum. 2. Lets say gum were to actually be prohibited in public areas. What do you propose we do from there? Do we hire "Gum Police" to watch over every single public area in the United States of America. Not to mention that hiring gum police requires an entire other government bureaucracy which means digging even deeper into our nations debts as a whole to pay for them. You do see what is morally and fundamentally incorrect on principal alone right? For these reasons, you can not disallow gum chewing in public areas.