Verbal communication is more harmful than beneficial to the world...

I'm going to summarize our whole debate for you. First, I created the debate topic of "verbal communication is more harmful than beneficial to the world." Then, with my opening argument, I explained that had VC never existed, humans would have virtually no way of insulting one another. The words "fu*k," "sh*t," "bi*ch," "pus*y," "pansy," "weirdo," "fag,", for instance, would never have come into existence. Governments would not exist. The different levels of society would not exist: upper, middle, and lower class. Songs, books, television, music, cars, the media...would not exist. Technology wouldn't exist. Are you going to make the argument that technology has been more beneficial to the world than harmful, when really all it has done is shorten human life by intoxicating the environment? Society would basically be a collection of life forms who use their instincts (such as breathing, eating, $hitting) to survive. People would be DOING instead of talking. We would soon find out that flaws such as laziness, apathy, conflict, argument, war...would be counterproductive to human life...because these things will lead to death much much quicker than natural instincts such as breathing (duh). Do flies use words to communicate? No. And look how simple and easy their lives are...they're living the lives God intended for them. Do flowers speak? Nope. Yet how many wars have flowers fough against one another? Do ants talk to sheep? Nope, but the two species coexist just fine. You'll come to find that without talking, people start to do only what is necessary. Believe it or not, society would be lots more efficient. Then I revealed to you that my opening argument was really a "trap." You took the bait and began thinking only inside the box, which is exactly what I intended for you to do. You began to argue that without verbal communication, humans would not be where they are today. That fact, however, has no relevance to my topic of debate...because it fails to argue that VC is more beneficial to both the planet earth and humans themselves. You've not summoned one fact to argue that talking will make the world (whether it be the planet earth or the human population) a better place. I, however, have clearly cited examples of how much better the world would be without it. There has been no fallacy in my argument at all, but plenty in yours. When VC creates world peace, eliminates the problem of global warming, and does away with pollution, let me know. Because maybe then, you'll have at least a fraction of an argument, and will go down swinging. Oh and a few other things... -why do you have such a fascination with the word "dick"? It kind of makes me wonder... -you label additional info as "info that has been added to previously given info"...umm, no. Nice try, but that's terribly wrong. The root word of additional is "addition." In mathematical addition, the order in which you add numbers doesn't matter in the least, because the sum will still be the same. Any set of info can be additional to another set. -"our youth is the most altruitional and service-oriented of any recent generation." DO WHAT??????????????????????? You can't be serious!! According to scientists, the chances that 15-year-olds will have behavioral problems such as lying, stealing, and being disobedient, has more than doubled in the last 25 years. The rate of emotional problems such as anxiety and depression has increased by 70% among adolescents, according to the biggest time trend study conducted in Britain. Research found that the rising rate of 15-year-olds with behavioural problems correlated to their increased chances of experiencing a range of poor outcomes as adults, such as homelessness, being sacked, dependency on benefits and poor mental and physical health. In the last 20 years, suicide rates for kids aged 5-14 have doubled. The total number of suicides in 1999 was 29,199. America today has a 50% divorce rate. Gun killings by young people 18 to 24 increased from about 5,000 in 1980 to more than 7,500 in 1997. ....is this what you call altruistic and service-oriented? If so, then all I can say is...wow.