In the Hunger Games, President Snow is Really the Good Guy.

Hello once again, my name is Forever 23 and I will be arguing that President Snow is really a good guy in The Hunger Games. I would like to take my turn for counter rebuttles, proceed with attacking my opponents counter rebuttles and finally pointing out the hidden motives of each character in the debate. So let me begin. They refuted by assertion about President Snow loving his family by giving an example with the shooter in San Bernadino. The point they pointed out was that it just shows how capable he is of human feelings. My opponent goes on to say how much Katniss loves her own family by saying how she volunteered to take Primrose's place in the reaping. Perhaps, but lets look at the broad range of things. Near the end of Mockingjay, Prim was killed by the District 13 bomb. Katniss could have made sure Prim was out of the way. Instead, she just ended up screaming her name. Does that show caring for family? No. Next, lets examine the very end of Mockingjay. Mrs Everdeen was in District 4, studying medicine etc. Did Katniss ever call or make sure that her mother is well? No. An argument about the mother being depressed and ignorant for a while is not an answer to why Katniss never inquired about the well being of her mother. Family is family. On the other hand, we have President Snow. Both his wife and grand daughter survived the rebellion. He made sure of that. President Snow sadly had much more family love than our "hero"- Katniss Everdeen. In addition, as I explained before, the San Bernadin shooting was not justified in todays society. However, the actions of President Snow were both accepted and justified in Panem. I will further expand on this argument in the upcoming refutations. Furthermore, my opponents mentions how there are some districts that are okay with the killing most however, are not. She further mentions how the President continued making these values morally acceptable. However, the President never made these values acceptable. Before he rose to the throne and even AFTER his death, things remained the same. Killing children was acceptable in every single district of Panem. Lets take a look at the end of Mockingjay. President Coin suggests putting the Capitol children into the Hunger Games. Who agrees? Most of the victors. Well, my opponent may say that Katniss killed Coin because she did not want a final Hunger Games. Untrue. The real reasons was revenge for prim. Revenge is something that by no means can be justified. On the other hand, we have the regular Panem citizens. Those people wanted to see the death of every single capitolian. Whether it was a child or an adult, the district people wanted to see their blood. Snow never fed the morals to anyone. The people really fed it to him. Therefore, it is clear that Snows actions were justified for every person and for every district. My opponent could point out that people wanted revenge. However, revenge could never be justified. It is hypocritical. Say that afterall, the rebellion reason was because of injustice (which I will point out is not the actual reason). But anyways, if it was, then why are district citizens returning that injustice. Why are they giving the Capitolians something that the districts themselves rebelled against? That is simply immoral. My opponent could also say that the people rebelled because of injustice. The revolution however, had nothing to do with moralities and wishing to see the end of the Hunger Games. The people solely wanted to see the end of Snow. Why? Because they wanted power. They never cared about regular civilians dying in war. Unlike President Snow, (who actually wanted a cease fire in order to find a truce) they wanted pure power. President Snow on the other hand, wanted to find a truce. A truce which is fair- which will lead to peace. If he is trying to do what will result in less life loss and less war- he is ultimately the good guy. Katniss on the other hand, wanted to see the war rage on. Therefore, all the districts in one way or another accepted the Hunger Games and other "cruel" treatment. My opponent refuted my next claim by saying that all people are the citizens. However, what is a citizen? A citizen is a person who belongs to a nation. He is willing to abide the laws. If a large group of people disliked the government, they can try to find a truce. If that does not work, it is acceptable to rebel. The citizens are those who do not want to ruin their nation. The district people who straightforward rebelled, without trying to change the conditions at first, can not be considered President Snow's or Panem's "people". So are they the nations citizens? Are they President Snows people? No. In addition, clearly killing President Snow will not lead to Panems benefit. It will lead to ruin. Lets look at communist Russia. The people rebelled and killed their Tzar. They divided the property of the rich among everybody. What did that lead to? Nothing good. For a while, Russia was a wreck. Why? Because without the leader, there was no one proper to rule the nation. A leader is experienced he know what to do. Lenin in the Russia revolution was much like Katniss. He was hope to the people, but at the end, the rebellion brought Russia and its economy down the roof. Clearly, since they people of Panem did not try to find a truce, and actually wrecked their nations, they can not be considered the citizens. The Muslim and Donals Trump anology was irrelevant. The Muslims are law abiding citizens who will not straightforward rebel. They are very different from the rebels. Afterward, my opponent claims that Katniss would never go down President Snow's path. She did. At the end of Mockingjay, she wanted another Hunger Games. She killed Coin for revenge. Any different from President Snow? No. So what makes him the "good guy"? The fact that he was tying to make a truce. The fact that he tries to conserve lives with that truce. Did Katniss? No. She risked millions of lives. Did she try to decrease the losses not at all! She caused the death of district people, she killed Marvel, Glimmer, Cato,and directly caused Rue's death even though she refused to adnit it. My opponent has finally argued how there were different ways to control the citizens. But were there? Before the Hunger Games even began, the district's citizens led normal lives. What did they do? They managed to screw that up. The rebels rebelled no matter how great there lives were before The Hunger Games. That first rebellion was the cause of the Hunger Games. The only way President Snow could control those people was with an iron grip. The reason capitolians were treated so well was because they were good- law abiding citizens. Now onto examining the hidden motives: President Snow- The man really wanted to decrease the amount of blood. He was ready for truce as told by Peeta Mellark in the interview with Caeser Flickerman. He agreed to have District 13 live underground. He was in the depth of heart, a man with his moral grounds. Katniss Everdeen- A girl who never really cares about anyone but herself. All she wants- is to survive. She never cares about human life and wastes it with no care. Judge, I am sure that you can see that President Snow is not a tyran as describes by Katniss Everdeen. Vote Prop.