TEENS MESSING WITH OLDER MEN.

This debate bothered me. Bothered me enough to press submit. Now I am here, same old story, same old story, same old song and dance. --- Let us see what we have here. >>I willopen up my argument by saying why do grown men condon in messing with teenagers.<< American Heritage defines "condone" as such: "To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense) without protest or censure." American Heritage also defines the transitive verb "mess" as: "To make disorderly or soiled; clutter or foul" Are you saying that the older populous is either instigating or favoring discord within the teenage community? That could not be farther from the truth. Viewers, my opponent has chosen to stand on the idea that the elder populous is intending to confuse, irate, or violently confront the younger age. The one and only issue here is huge lack of factual evidence to support your claim. For that, your statement falls apart very quickly. >>In today's society children grow upto quick.<< Children grow up at the same rate as children grew up ten years ago. Children learned the lessons of life at the same pace as they had learned in any period. The only change is what the lesson is. The scenery changes but not the story, so to speak. >>My point is thats stilldoes not give a grown man the right to mislead them into the wrong thing.<< What I could piece together with this statement is that you believe that the older generation should not be able to persuade younger ages to do something that they would regret. Once again, this is not true. Many teenagers make wrong turns in their life without the influence of elders. It even usually is because an adult was NOT there to watch over the younger age, making sure they make the right choices. This is known as "Adult Supervision", and often saves teenagers from falling into peer pressure and making ignorant mistakes, such as the underage consumption of alcohol or the use of illicit drugs. >>What if it was your daughter how would you feel?<< If it were my daughter, I would first need to know what was wrong, because your statement does nothing to help me understand that. Now I will show you the issue that should be seriously addressed. Violence and the mistreatment of Elderly citizens. http://www.ncvc.org... In my opinion, abuse and/or violence towards the Elderly is unacceptable. Some geriatric citizens are unable to defend themselves if something like that should come to them, and some others are even unable to take care of themselves. Assaulting the elderly or showing them neglect is as bad as assaulting or showing neglect to an infant, in my opinion. This report states that the highest percentage of the perpetrators of Elderly abuse is "Adult children" it is followed by spouses, other relatives and finally grandchildren. This brings me to my final statement in this rebuttal. First, I want to state that the elderly population can experience the same abuse as teenagers and more. Both can be hurt with neglect, emotional and physiological pain, physical assault, and abandonment. However, one thing that the Elderly have that the teenagers do now is a long built financial history. This leads too many swindles that are used on the older populous in order to trick money from them. Most teenagers do not have the same financial background or standpoint. They cannot lose as much as the elders. Secondly, I want to talk about who can cause the abuse. The biggest causes of elder abuse are, as I stated before Adult Children, which are direct children of that person. Spouses come next, then other relatives and grandchildren follow that. The three larger sources of abuse, Direct Children, Other Relatives, and Grandchildren all have the possibility to be considered "teenage" which brings the percentage to 64.7% abuse that could easily be caused by "teenagers", not even taking into consideration the other 16% that was too split up to count for, which any fraction or the entirety of the 16% could be "teenage" as well. However, much of teenage abuse that is heard of is self-inflicted. Consumption of drug substances, alcoholic abuse, peer pressure that is caused by other teenagers, are all problems that teenagers deal with, but are caused by themselves or others who push them into it. In conclusion, my opponent has brought up a rather weak case that resulted in a problem that should be addressed. There is no issue with older men "messing" with teenagers. It is actually the issue of teenagers not messing but down right abusing the older populous is what needs to be tackled. Viewers, I trust that you make the most reasonable decision. Thank you. That is all.