There Should Be A Purge

Rebuttals: Contention 1: Crime and unemployment The pro stated "... there is a large percentage of people who want to try a crime of some sort..." How do you know that there is a large percentage of people who want to commit crimes? Unless you have information on conducted surveys or polls, you wouldn't know. Besides, committing crime should not be the answer. Children will see that to deal with your problems, going out and committing any crime will be the answer. How is that in any way the right thing to be doing? Also Pro had stated that the unemployment rate would dramatically decrease, but I strongly disagree. Even if the unemployment rate does drop (highly unlikely) , murdering the poor for that to happen is not the answer. Those who do have jobs and are wealthy will want to immediately leave the country. The most wealthy will end up leaving first, then the middle class, and those homeless and/or without jobs will be stuck behind during purges. Another reason the unemployment rate will go down is because of arson. "Criminals" will be causing as much rampage as they can leading to the destruction of buildings. I understand what you previously said about insurance and construction going up, but how does that outdo all the other companies/fields going rotten. Along with this, economy will become stale. Contention 2: Populace A statement from Pro: "The animals do this all the time..." I don't think animals have purges where are crime is legal. See, animals don't have the advanced mental set of humans. They never created a set of laws or rights so they can't have an annual purge where crime is legal. In addition, humans are not animals. It's no longer survival of the fittest. Food can now be easily obtained, unlike when it was the Paleolithic Age. Life expectancy is decreasing. During our current generation, the amount of overweight and obese adults total just about 66%, while in the 1980's, the population of overweight/obesity was only about 20%. Along with this, being overweight/obese can now leave you with a total life expectancy that's a decade lower than the average person's. Although this can not entirely fix the population situation, we shouldn't resort to a purge. http://win.niddk.nih.gov... http://time.com... http://www.cdc.gov... http://www.cdc.gov... http://www.cdc.gov... Points: Paperwork - With many people dying during the purge, how will there be a way of identifying every person who dies? How will people know who lives in what house and whether if they're alive or dead. How will insurance claims be processed if it's legal to burn down their buildings. There are many more I can state, but I don't feel like this point is of much importance. Homeless - Children's parents will be murdered leaving them with no home. They'll be on the streets for a large amount of time with no protection or desire to achieve anything. If they do find an adoption center, it will be overflowing with children and they won't be able to handle all of it. Environment - Forests will be destroyed, rivers intoxicated and more. You know what, I'm done. I don't need to go on with this anymore. I feel weird debating to someone about a purge because honestly, this is stupid. Like who the hell can't actually figure out that a purge wouldn't do anything but create more trouble? Good luck getting this ratified, and good luck winning the debate.