There is such thing as trying.

Thanks to MasterKage for showing this is for weirdman’s tourney, which I had forgotten to do. 1. In order to accomplish an action you must put effort into that action. The definition of the word, “try” states, “to attempt to do or accomplish”. To “attempt” means to “make an effort at.” [2] Thus, to “try” is essentially the same thing as “making an effort.” If you put no effort into any of your actions, then you cannot accomplish them (i.e. it requires effort to lift a very heavy object). This in itself proves that trying exists, because it is essential that you put effort into an action (or goal) to accomplish it. If you do not try, then you are accepting failure, and this is unacceptable. 1a. In order to master the force, Luke had to try to master it in the first place. As this debate stems off the quote, “Do or do not, there is no try”, I decided to give an example of an action that requires effort, which is related to Star Wars. The force is hard to master; you have to train as hard as you can if you want to succeed. I suppose you can consider the training required to master the force as “trying”. So let me rephrase that last statement—you have to try as hard as you can if you want to succeed, do you not? Thus, if you have to try, does that not mean trying exists, regardless of the outcome? The obvious answer to this question is, “yes”. 2. Yoda’s quote contradicts many other quotes. Yoda has made the claim that trying does not exist; however, there are real people out there who say otherwise. A major example is a quote by Michael Jordan, who said, “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” [3] (Please note that it is the fourth quote down the list at the time of this post.) It is evident that Michael Jordan believes in trying. Not only that, but he has made it very clear that he cannot accept not trying. In other words, he cannot accept not putting effort into your actions. If you do otherwise, then you clearly are not passionate about what you do, or perhaps you simply do not like what you do. Thus, according to Michael Jordan and many other real people, trying does exist. 3. How you got to the outcome of a situation is more important than the outcome itself. To explain the above statement, let us look at an analogy to understand it better. Let us say you have a difficult math problem that you do not know how to solve. Would you rather get the answer to the problem, or know how to get the answer to the problem? If you simply get the answer, then you will not know what to do if you encounter a similar problem; however, if you can understand how to get the answer to the problem, then you will know what to do on a similar math problem. The above scenario is similar to the saying, “If you give a man a fish, then you feed him for a day. If you teach a man how to fish, then you feed him for a life time.” Trying is essential to the process, which in turn is essential to the outcome (as shown above); thus, trying exists, as it is essential to nearly everything we do. Conclusion- Are you going to accept failure and not attempt to accomplish your goals and actions, or are you going to try your best and succeed in everything you do? Are you going to believe a fictional character, or are you going to believe a real person? Trying exists, because if we do not try, then we simply end up failing in our actions. Since we do not fail in all our actions, and we succeed in some actions, then trying exists. With that said, I hand over the next round to my opponent and wish him luck in his arguments and rebuttals. [2] http://dictionary.reference.com... [3] http://www.brainyquote.com...