Humans are vermin.

No problem about the late reply. "Yes, human population is extremely large. But that does not equate to difficult to control, as there have not been many attempts to control human population. The only place I can think of is China, where you cannot have more than one child, and that has not been going on long enough to decide whether it is difficult or not." Con Claim: There have been many holocausts, yet humans seem to persevere. Warrant:"Between 15th " 17th century, European settlers killed between 100 to 180 million Natives in Americana. Later, Europeans killed more than 80 million Africans in process of their Black slave trade. In 1492, when Crusaders captured the last Muslim state in Spain, Garanada " they killed 3-5 million Muslims and 173,000 Jews as part of Inquisition." [9]. Impact: Humans are difficult to control. Humans have also survived many natural disasters and plagues. "I do not think that we could on any place of the Earth except Antarctica be considered invasive or non-native, considering how long ago it was that we spread to the whole world." Con Let's look at chimpanzees and bonboo monkey. [10]. As you can see from the map bonboo monkey are limited to a very small portion of the globe. Chimpanzees live in more areas than bonboo monkey. [11]. Compare this to humans who span nearly every continent. Humans are incredibly invasive. By far the most invasive species known and therefore noxious. "Also we are starting to turn around our effects on the environment." Con You've seen an inconvenient truth right? Green house emissions keep rising and rising. Pro contends that Con's statement is a direct contradiction to the truth. Humans are damaging the environment faster than ever. "I certainly didn't know that. But I think I'm going to have to call you out on a hasty generalization fallacy there." Con Pigeon shooting, dog fighting, bull rodeos, pig wrestling, sea world, factory farming, the list goes on and on. [12]. Then there's the entire useless labels of cage-free and free range. "Cage-free hens are subject to many of the cruelties inherent to battery cage systems. For instance, cage-free producers typically purchase hens from hatcheries, where male egg-type chickens are considered useless and killed at birth because they will not lay eggs and will not grow as large as chickens bred for meat. Hatcheries kill 260 million male chicks each year. Just like caged hens, "cage-free" hens suffer de-beaking" [13]. "Also... the source you cited for disgusting was one of those internet lists that exaggerates so that they can have a better title. It meant disgusting in more of an unhealthy way than the way that the disgusting in vermin meant. Context must be applied here. The kind of disgusting that it meant in the definition for vermin is more of a repulsive in looks or deeds word." Con Wouldn't the horrors of factory farming qualify as disgusting? Isn't there somebody at your school cafeteria who's deeds you would call disgusting? "Most of the time, they don't even need to try hard. Except for during wars, instigated by powerful government leaders, so a small portion of the population, people are not invasive to anywhere as I have pointed out above. Most people don't damage agricultural crops either, unless they are a destructive minority." Con How many electric cars do you see whizzing by, bicycles, and walking? CFL and incandescent light bulbs are still available for retail. Few houses use solar panels. People still eat meat, which isn't as energy efficient as vegan diets. People eat lots of packaged foods. "Increasingly, researchers are doing the numbers, and saying, yes, if present trends continue, a mass extinction is very likely underway. The evidence is pieced together from details drawn from all over the world, but it adds up to a disturbing picture. This time, unlike the past, it's not a chance asteroid collision, nor a chain of climatic circumstances alone that's at fault. Instead, it is chiefly the activities of an ever-growing human population, in concert with long-term environmental change. " [14]. "As for objectionable, anyone could object to anything, and the average person is no more objectionable than average. If so, then the bar for all of humanity is set as high as these heroes that have been mentioned, and why would they be considered heroes for barely meeting the requirement to not be objectionable?" Con There is some wisdom to your words, yet humans are causing mass objections. There are 50 billion chickens slaughtered annually. That's about 50 billion sentient beings protesting human's actions. Pro contends this qualifies humans as objectionable. "Many people in the world are trying to reduce their carbon footprint, and so the main threat to the environment are oil, coal, and natural gas companies." Con Trying and failing apparently. Just look at the green house emissions continuing to rise. The rate of extinction. Golf course lawns everywhere. In my neighborhood lawns are becoming more like gulf course like, not less. Who places the demand on the oil, coal, and natural gas companies? The average person does with his and her daily needs. "Going to the other usage of the term vermin, which people use in everyday conversation about someone being a horrible person. Except for people with mental disorders or people who were raised horribly, everyone has a basic concept of what is right and wrong, and generally tries to abide by that." Con So now your stating that factory farming is morally sound? That continuing to purchase factory farmed product fueling the industry is fine? Pro does not agree. "Humans are not noxious, disgusting, objectionable, or just horrible, and therefore are not vermin." Con Pro has just proven that humans are noxious, by invading many continents in unimaginable numbers. Disgusting via factory farming and habits at the cafeteria. Objectionable due to the sheer volume of chickens objecting to humans. Horrible due to mistreatment of animals. Only one conclusion can be made, humans are vermin. Vote Pro. Thanks for the debate. Links. 9. http://rehmat1.com... 10. https://www.worldwildlife.org... 11. http://www.allaboutwildlife.com... 12. http://www.cbsnews.com... 13. http://www.farmsanctuary.org... 14. http://www.pbs.org...