Cold is Better than Hot

MoonDragon613 seems to misunderstand my logic behind my points. I hope these clarifications will educate him. 1) Rarity - I would choose tin. What can you do with a diamond? It's so rare that nothing useful to the world as a whole can be done with it. Rather, we idolize it because of its smallness in quantity. However, tin is much more useful. It's used to build and create, while diamonds just look pretty. The same applies with Heat in the scope of the universe. Heat is a universal luxury, not a necessity. Cold in infinitely more useful to the universe than heat is. Heat destroys its fuels while cold preserves. The universe will continue to spin without heat; it's just something nice to have in the mean time. So again, by my opponents own analogy, heat is useless to the universe, thus cold is still better. 2) Happiness - You seem to miss my point in bringing up the disasters of the world. Even if it is true that hot regions have little to no suicide rate that does not mean the people living there are happy. Because of the quality of life they are probably significantly unhappier than a cold dweller. Also, if you look at the countries over all death rate, you find Africa and Mexico have a staggeringly higher percentage than Europe or America. SO it comes back to what I said: people aren't killing themselves because they are to busy dying. They don't need to kill themselves when their own bodies are already doing it for them. Just because people don't kill themselves does not mean they are happy by any means. The rampant disease and common famines play major roles in this. Most Europeans can drink their water without fear of contamination, but Africans can't. Europeans have the time and ability to just go out into the world and enjoy themselves while Africans are to busy trying to survive. So these criteria should not be Happiness, as it's all too obvious that people in cold regions are far happier than hot regions. Instead it should be Lifestyle, but even that does not help my opponents point. So heat does not equal happiness, instead it means death. Cold allows life, and also the ability to chose it. 3) What you've described about heat is not management. Managing means you are manipulating to help serve your own needs. You can do that much easier in the cold than heat. What you're describing is tolerance. Yes, you can't just go out in the heat but you will not like it, you just bare with it. But in the cold people can chose how they want to bear with it, and have many ways to do so. It may be lighter to survive in heat, but in no way does that mean its better to manage. Cold is much more pliable, heat is not. I think if you asked two people on the street, one in a blizzard with many layers of covering, and a naked man in 110 degree heat, you'll still find the cold person significantly more comfortable and grateful than the guy in the heat. The 'hassle' is dwarfed by the all the positives that one can get from the cold methods. So on this count, you've failed to show how heat is more manageable. Sure, you've shown that someone can begrudgingly tolerate the heat, but have given no evidence on how they can stand in the heat and manipulate it so they are comfortable. 4) Yes. I do think these 600 years are better than the 3450 or so years were people got their hands ct off for stealing, wars were fought over petty disputes, slaves were a global market, people constantly living in fear, death at a young age, children being hauled of at 10 to learn to be soldiers, horrible standards of living, and blood sacrifices to pagan gods. Why? Was there some kind of point to this clarification? Was it whether I preferred quantity or quality? I'll go with both. So the modern era has not lasted as long as the ancient one. At least the modern one is still progressing, while the ancient one cannot. I'd love to see anyone go back to Mesopotamia and claim they thing that cities way of life is better than modern Chicago. I would certainly be taught a lesson to hear someone say a Jewish Egyptian slave's housing is better than even a lower class Americans. The simple fact is, now is better than then. That time unfortunately lasted longer. but doesn't mean its superior in any way. Our sky scuppers dwarf the pyramids, last longer, made in less time, and were built by workers who actually wanted to work. You can try to make the same claims about Egypt, but will not be able to. Cold years are better than hot one's, plain and simple. So in conclusion, I've supported both my claims and my opponents in my favor. His analogies are whimsical at best, but provide no better reasoning to support why cold is better than hot. Useless Rarity is not a factor. Happiness by suicide rates is not a factor. Tolerance of bad circumstances is not a factor. And Quantity f years are not a factor. They do have some statistics in their favor, but are nothing compared to those cold has. Cold, on a universal level, is better than heat. Cold regions provide better lifestyles for people than hot regions. Cold can be managed in peoples favor, not just bared with. Cold years are far superior to the many bloody, war-torn, distasteful years of heat. On all accounts it is superior. Cold is better than hot. Reminder to the reader: Remember, it is not your personal opinions on cold or hot that decide on your vote, but which debater proved their side better. If you feel the need to justify your anonymous vote you can do so in the comments area. Roar all you want, I just bought earplugs. Darth_Grievous_42 out.