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Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: No

I do not agree that technology is more of a boon or bane to society. Yes, technology can help us in many things in life. However, advancement of computer games and handphones can cause a person to isolate himself/herself from their family and friends, and even death. Advancement inthis sense is defined as more computer games and handphone games. When people are addicted to a game, they neglect their own health because they spend too much time on the electronic devices and when it becomes a habit, they end up being too lazy to exercise outdoors. Not only that, people "take up" their sleeping time just to continue playing computer games or handphone games. We know that sleeping late like 2-3am or even 4-5am in the morning can really be harmful to a person's health. From recent article, a 25 year old teenager died out of the blue due to poor health-sleeping late at night and not exercising. In addition, their meals are irregular. These are all bad to one's health. Technology can improve our lives in certain ways, but resulting in death can be really serious. I believe that technology is more of a bane than boon in society.
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: Yes

I disagree that advancements in technology is the main reason for people being addicted to a game and isolating themselves.No doubt that technology may lead people into playing games. However, playing games is meant to be a form of relaxation when a person wants to relieve their stress or just wants to be occupied when they are alone instead of being bored. A person only becomes addicted to these games when they do not have control over how long they are being exposed to them . It is only when a person exceeds the suggested time limit to play games that we can say the person is addicted to games. Moreover, there are time management lessons that are conducted in schools nowadays to curb this problem of addiction. Furthermore, we cannot say that technology causes addiction but it is rather how much one invests in their ‘24 hours-a-day’ timetable towards these advancements that causes people to be addicted to this technology. Hence, just because more new games are being introduced as technology advances, we cannot entirely foretake that to be a reason why people are addicted to them. Next, you have stated that people are getting less sleep because they choose to sacrifice their sleep in order to play games. Yes I do agree that having less sleep is bad for our health but not all users/gamers are sleeping late due to technology. There are many other contributing factors to why people, including gamers are getting less sleep. Some of them may be working late hours while others may be stressed over office and school work, hence being deprived of their sleep. They might also be having irregular meals which also results in poor health.Moreover, it is still a gamer's personal choice how long he/she wants to play games for, which results them in having less sleep. Regardless of what other reasons, except gaming all night long, that they have, their health is still deteriorating.Hence, one should not put all the accusations on video games and the technological advancements in that field. Besides, the evidence that you used to show that less sleep leads to death is quite vague. Your evidence only states that, ‘From recent article, a 25 year old teenager died out of the blue due to poor health-sleeping late at night and not exercising.’. However, it does not strongly support your point that technology advancements and addiction causes people to have less sleep which may result in death.The evidence only states that the teenager died due to poor health - sleeping late and not exercising which does not seem to relate to technology. Hence, your evidence can also mean otherwise, that less sleep, which may be caused by stress and working late hours (like what I have stated above) can also cause death. Thus, to summarize, your reasoning and quoted examples do not strongly support your point that technology is more of a bane than a boon to the society.
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: Yes

I disagree to your argument. Hence, I would like to rebut your point that technology is more of a bane than a boon to society.Firstly, I think your evidence is irrelevant to the point that you are trying to state. In your point, you state that “advancement of computer games and handphones can cause a person to isolate himself/herself from their families and friends and even death.” However, in your evidence, you state that “A 25 year old teenager died out of blue to poor health-sleeping late at night”. What do you mean by poor health-sleeping? Stress? Playing computer games until late at night? Homework? Poor health-sleeping may not be the consequence of playing too much computer and handphone games. There are other factors that may be the causes for it. Furthermore, a 25 year old person is not a teenager anymore; hence I can conclude that your evidence is unreliable. Secondly, this is one of the points that prove maybe technology is more of a bane than a boon to society. We cannot just based on this point and deduce that indeed technology is more a bane than a boon to the society. Should we overlook the benefits that technology brings to the society? I believe there are more benefits that technology brings to the society than disadvantages. Thirdly, advancement of computer games and handphones games may not be a bad thing. There are also educational games that allow us to learn more about a certain topic through the game. There are students who dread of boring and long lessons, hence they do not pay much attention to the lesson in school. Instead, they are able to use these fun and interesting educational games to learn more about it. Computer games may be perceived more as promoters of mayhem than serious subject matter, but they have the potential to teach children rich content, critical academic skills for literacy and math learning, and the kinds of creative thinking and processes needed for later success, according to a new report. This evidence is from http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2009/06/23/04games.02.html.  Therfore, computer games may not be a bane to society as it can also help to enrich us with crtitical thinking skils and more.
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: Yes

I disagree to your point that advancement of technology causes people to become addicted to playing games and isolating themselves from others. People can play games when they are stressed, tired or lonely. Thus, laying computer or hand phone games has become a form of entertainment or relaxation to occupy the individual or to help less release their stress. No doubt the advancement of technology may cause people to be addicted, but this is only applicable to those who do not have self-control and discipline. Regarding this, there are many time management courses or counseling sessions held in schools or community clubs to help these people with their addiction in games. besides, u have stated in your argument that people tend to sacrifice their sleep in order to play more games. I strongly disagree with this statement as not all people sleep late because they stay up to play games. They may sleep late due to various reasons such as being stressed up in school or at work, or having financial problems so that they are not able to get to sleep or having a irregular diet which leads to their health deteriorating. Besides,, your evidence is definitely not reliable as the definition of the term 'teenager', as of dictionary.com, is a young adult between the age of 13 and 19. In your evidence, it is stated as '25 year old teenager' and thus is not suitable in this context. Also, you stated that, '. From recent article, a 25 year old teenager died out of the blue due to poor health-sleeping late at night and not exercising.' This does not state that he died due to playing too much of computer games. Thus, this statement does not relate to your topic of advancements of technology lets them be addicted to the games, causing death. Other reasons like not having a regular diet can also lead to death.All in all, your point and your evidence does not strongly support that technology is more of a bane than a boon to society.
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: No

Technology is both good and bad.Most things in life are not all good or all bad. Like most other things, technology in the future will be both, depending on application or person.
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: No

but your argument does not say whether technology is a boon or a bane. It's just a generic statement...
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: Yes

What you are stating here is not answering to the question. Furthermore, it says 'Do you agree'. This shows that you can either agree or disagree with the staement.
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: No

Well technology is amazing in general. Without the technology we have today many lives would've been lost. With advanced technology hospitals have been able to find cures to most diseases. They're currently working on a cure for cancer! Also we have a lot of internet sources for information. Kids need this to help with school projects/reports. Yes there are some people who use the internet as a place to get obsessed with gaming but an hour or so isn't so bad if you have some done some good work that day. So overall its not a boon
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: No

Technology was discovered for the sole purpose of human development but today it is considered as a setback by many environmentalists. I think the basic problem is that, that when technology gets in the wrong hand, the results can be dangerous and can simultaneously have negative impact on the sustainability of human race. At the same time its adverse effect on society can hardly be ignored. Cyber-crimes, hacking, stealing of personal information, MMS scandals, illegal pornography and various other issues have emerged from the misuse of technology. The abuse of technology for economic interest is equally responsible.The major reason for increase in violence is the advancement in the production of arms and ammunitions, bombs, bio-chemical and nuclear weapons, which gave security and insecurity to different countries but at the same time brought violence both internal and between nations. Increase in pollution has resulted from technological advancement which has degraded our environment and has polluted our water bodies to a great extent.
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: No

It has not only spoiled our lifestyle but has equally affected the length and quality of our life. The truth is that science and technology has laid an extensive burden on irreplaceable resources and though it has increased human potential, it has subsequently reduced human limits.Read more at http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2012/07/technology-a-boon-or-a-curse/#BJqzK3XtB4HFAdrD.99
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: No

EXCUSE ME AS I HAVE RESEARCHED TECHNOLOGY IS BOTH BOON AND BANE BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE IN OUR SOCIETY TECHNOLOGY HELPS PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR WORK EASY AND ALSO IT CAN GIVE US STRESS WHEN WE ABUSED IT!!>
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: No

i believe that technology (a boon) can help people to make their work easier but i conclude that its a bane. for example a computer we dont know that, thet kind of technology can affect to our health. yes it is useful but it can caused us to death.
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: No

We are not using technology the right way these days. If we were using it right, 1) we would build things in a way that would make reuse of components and materials easy, 2) we would have an industry that is a benefit, not a burden, to the biosphere, and 3) we would gain our energy from sensible sources.Endless growth is impossible with our current designs, but it is not if we fundamentally changed the way we make things. It is not impossible to make these changes. Therefore technology is more of a bane than a boon to society, but only because of the way we using our technology. The fact of the matter is that we could make an economically, morally and rationally sound 180 degree turn, that wouldn't even reduce our living standards in any objectionable way.
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: No

I do not agree that technology is more of a boon than a bane to society.Before our generations, people without technology also lives happily. If one compares, the number of children who wear spectacles from the 1960s-1970s is much lesser than the children who wear spectacles now. Due to technology, children and teenagers are more dependent on computers. There are also online games and this will cause children or teenagers to be too excessive with gaming. Children are too obsess with computer games and are more lazy to go out. Once they do not know a word, composition and other things that teacher give as homework, they will just check it up online. This will cause them to be more lazy in thinking and rely on the computer more and more. There is also the invention of calculators. People rely on them a lot! Even schools allow calculators nowadays! This will cause people's brains to be lazier! Eventually, they will not know how to do their mental sums.With the help of technology, factories are also creating more things BUT the chemicals released are very poisonous. Releasing into the air and the water resulting in air and water pullution! This will harm aquatic animals and people who breathe in the poisonous air will have all kinds all diseases.Technology now rules us! In the morning when one wakes up in the morning, they will hear the alarm clock ringing. The mobile phone also rang and when one goes for school or work, they will be going on public transports, tapping their EZ-link cards on the scanner. Our whole lives are ruled by technology! Technology,Technology and more Technology! This is really not good!People in a past also can live with not much technology and they may be much healthier than people nowadays! Therefore I conclude that technology is more of a bane than a boon to society!
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: Yes

Sure, the generations before us did survive without so much of technological advancements. However, when comparing today's world to a world that existed decades ago, there are quite a few issues to consider. Firstly, even though our previous generations saw lesser children using spectacles, one should not put the blame solely on technological advancements. If we did not have so much of technological advancements, for example, if computers did not exist, most children would still spend their time reading, and what guarantee is there to ensure that too much reading would not result in deteriorated vision in children? In this case, one could make an equally illogical statement that books are as harmful as computers and video games.Next, undoubtedly, people in the past did live contently without much technology, but today's world and it's people are far more different. The world, in today's context, is a much more competitive and fast moving environment where TIME IS MONEY. Hence, efficiency in our daily lives has certainly become a necessity. It is due to this reason that we have had to substitute roosters with alarm clocks, coins with EZ-link cards and page-long mathematical workings with calculators. It is also no doubt that today, many people are dependent on computers. However, thinking from a more practical perspective, would you rather type out an email, send it within seconds and receive a reply almost immediately, or would you post a letter that would take days, weeks, or even months to reach the recipient, who would then post back a reply that would take no shorter to reach you?Also,I do not see why looking up the meaning of a word in an online dictionary is a deed to be frowned upon. Same logic of the email and letter here; would you rather know the meaning of a word in mere seconds or would you spend much more time flipping the dictionary page by page to get to know a word's meaning? This logic applies in every other situation in today's world, especially in the working world. This is why schools educate students on the use of calculators and computer softwares, because these skills have, inevitably, become the tools of a good and efficient worker and these skills are necessary to keep up with the competitive pace of today's world.Hence, I feel that although the previous generations have proved that technology is not something one cannot live without, times have changed rapidly. In fact, they have changed so rapidly that technology has now become a daily necessity in everyone's life. Therefore, in conclusion, I do not feel that technology has become more of a bane than a boon to society. :)
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: Yes

Althought you do not agree that technology is more of a boon than a bane, but it also depends on how one uses technology. You stated that there are more children that wear spectacles than the old time but i do not agree. As people who need to wear spectacles do not practise proper eye care habit. Thus resulting in their eye sight to degrade.
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: Yes

At' technology now rules us', I do not think that it is true as it helps us with the convince tapping our EZ-link cards helps with the convenience so that we do not have to bring coins but just a card. The mobile phone ringing is one of the advantage of the phone as it helps us to not be late for any event without the invention of such technologys, people will then be upset and request for an upgrade of such technologys. Its true that people can live without technology but however we could not be efficient and do things in speed and simply convinience
Debate: Technology is more of a boon than a bane to society. Do you agree?
Side: Yes

If you feel that technology is ruling our and your lives......why do you own a computer ? and the past only was not as challenging as today's life and there was no such competition to stay at the top. but in todays modern world no one can even think of being in the past
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: Yes

I don't see any point to it ;)
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: No

You have acknowledged in the past that they want benefits. At least come up with a clever joke. Throw in a pun.
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: No

Gay marriage is bad for gays. Gay women usually hook up with a partner who is more like themselves. They usually make around the same amount of money so they are truly equal partners. Equal partners usually don't have that much sex (lesbian bed death). Think of a heterosexual relationship where they are equal partners. The man vacuums and does dishes. Do you think the woman sees him as manly, desirable and sexy? No. Those type of heterosexual couples also have less sex. But, those equal relationships are usually stable (as long as neither one of them wants to get laid). That is good for gay women. But the fact that they make roughly the same amount of money means that they have to pay a marriage penalty. Couples who make roughly the same amount of money, pay more in taxes then a couple who make the same amount of money but the incomes are wildly different. This is why gay marriage is bad for gay women.Gay men on the other hand, like heterosexual men, desire exotic partners. Partners who are unlike themselves. There's usually a gap in their income. This is good for gay men because they don't pay the marriage penalty. But (and this is a big butt) sometimes the submissive partner starts resenting being the bitch in the relationship (gets all butt hurt) and the trouble starts. If the relationship breaks, currently, the dominant heterosexual partner pays the submissive partner through the nose. But the dominant gay partner gets to walk away with their income intact. If gay marriage goes through, you will see the spending power of gay men drop through the floor. Gay marriage impoverish gay men.What gay couples need to do is fight for marriage rights, not marriage.Marriage is an illusion created by lawyers in order to support the reality of divorce ;)
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: No

This just proves that straight people should allow marriage if they really don't like gays.
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: No

I like gays. Which is why I don't think they should get married. The heteros that don't want gays to get married are doing it because they feel only heteros should be miserable ;)
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: No

How ridiculous. Heteros are not trying to keep only heteros miserable. Not even you feel that way.
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: No

I am joe cavalry. I am required to be outrageous ;)
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: No

If I don't call you on your BS, who will?
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: No

You know, I brought you to CD and I'll take you out. And it don't matter to me none cause I'll find someone else like you..., wait.... ;)
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: No

What gay couples need to do is fight for marriage rights, not marriage.See? You could figure out a reason for the movement.
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: Yes

Enough with attacking the person who have stated an idea, rather than the idea itself.
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: No

What are you talking about? That was me attacking his idea.
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: Yes

I, for one, am tired of people trying to emotionally manipulate me by appealing to the historical civil rights movement, which has no place in equivalence to today's gay politics. Quite frankly, I might have been offended by this movement, had I actually been a victim of the discrimination before or during the historic civil rights movement.
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: No

What? Saying "equal rights" is a one time deal? Only one time period in history can ever try to get equal rights? I don't know how you connected this to black people, maybe I am missing something. I personally don't connect this to the civil rights movement at all.
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: Yes

Nah, but the injustice suffered from racial minorities greatly outweighed that of sexual minorities. I agree that rights should be fought for, but civil rights and gay rights are simply incomparable.
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: No

No, civil rights and gay rights are the same. Civil rights does not mean black rights. Civil rights does not mean racial rights. Have you heard anyone pro gay saying this is like the blacks fighting for their rights?
Debate: There is no reason for the gay marriage movement....
Side: Yes

Yes I actually have heard someone equate gay rights to black rights by saying that. It's a common argument. I got in a facebook argument with it once.