MOTION: THE INTERNET DOES

MORE HARM THAN GOOD

OPPOSITION TEAM
1-1 DEBATE

However, as I mentioned earlier, I as the opposition highly disagree

with the motion today. Now, ladies and gentleman, allow me to rebut on
the points laid out by the government speaker just now. Well, the
government speaker has said that ____________________.

Thank you Mr. Speaker,

A very good afternoon to the respected speaker, honourable
adjudicators, precise timekeeper, my worthy opponent and members of
the parliament.
I, the opposition strongly and wholeheartedly disagree with todays
motion which is this house believes that the internet does more harm
than good. Prove it and refute it if I am wrong. Ladies and gentlemen, I
would like to refute the definition given by the government team,
according to the 7th edition of Oxford Advance Learners Dictionary,
internet means an international computer network connecting other
networks and computers from companies, universities, etc. While the
word more means a larger number or amount of something. Harm is a
damage or injury that is caused by a person or an event, while good
means something that which gives benefit, profit, advantages, etc.
So our overall definition of todays motion is an international
computer network connecting other networks and computers bring a
larger amount of damage than gives benefit, profit and advantages.

Now on my first argument, it is well-known that the resources

offered in the schools, colleges,
universities or even in the state
libraries are quite limited. Students
can easily become demotivated
when they have to go through the hard way to acquire knowledge. In
fact, access to the internet removes this hindrance faced by students.
Through the internet, students could find many beneficial
resources from historical to scientific data. Moreover, the internet also
makes the process of acquiring materials much quicker than the
traditional method. Students can browse numerous sources in just
one sitting instead of flipping through books in the library for hours
which is not only
boring but also
tiring.
Furthermore, Smith Lawrence, a professor, in his research stated that
students are learning better and
faster with this new technology. It
has boosted students problem-solving skills and thinking skills. Is this
what you call harmful, my worthy opponent? Please think twice.

Besides, the internet is very important for communication.

By using the internet, communicating with friends around the world
is as easy and cheap as communicating with friends across town.
There are many services offered in the net that actually aides in
developing students communication skill such as websites,
emails, instant-messages and chat rooms. When using internet to
communicate, students can expand their social network. Their friends
not only limited to those at school. Furthermore, Lenhart, Rainie, and
Lewis, professors from the University of California at Los Angeles
(UCLA)
reported in their research that
internet plays an important
role in maintaining and improving relationships with friends, family
members and teachers or professors. So it is stated how important the
internet is in terms of communication.

Moreover, the internet provides entertainment for the community.

By using the internet, online games can be installed and can be played
wherever we felt tired. The role of an online game is very important as
it release and reduce our tension, stress and pressure. A study,
conducted at Queen Mary University of London and University College
London, is based on psychological tests conducted before and after 72
volunteers played "Starcraft" or the life-simulation game "The Sims"
for 40 hours over six to eight weeks. They found that participants
assigned to play "Starcraft" experienced gains in their performance on
psychological tests, completing cognitive flexibility tasks with greater
speed and accuracy.

Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, members of the parliament, I as the

opposition team would like to reaffirm my stand that the internet does
more harm than good. I pretty hope you will have the same thinking so
as I after you heard my arguments. With that, I rest my case. Thank you.

POI Internet provide false information

The internet gives millions of people access to information they would
not otherwise have had, which is a huge benefit. And people who read
the news online are not that easy to fool. Especially when you spend a
lot of time online, you can tell bloggers who just want to shout from
bloggers who carefully refer to their sources. The type of people this
argument worries about are not the type of people that read high quality
newspapers in the first place, they would read the trashy ones. The
problem of bad information and news making is not unique to the
internet; there are lots of trashy magazines as well. We learn in schools
to double-check our sources and not believe everything we read, and we
can apply that skill whilst surfing the internet.

POI Hackings / No Privacy

You are the first and most important person to protect your own privacy.
Dont fill in private information, if you dont want people to know
about it. There are laws protecting you from websites that just sell on
your information, but if you give personal information out without
being sure that it will be properly used you only have yourself to blame.

POI Addiction
POI Phishing
There is nothing wrong with sitting indoors. Its better to sit indoors and
actively research and surf online than to sit in front of a television and
passively take in what the TV Company decided you should watch. 20
years ago people used to worry kids spent too much time inside
watching TV, but viewing hours have dropped as people choose to use
the internet instead. There are lots of educational games and news sites
we can browse around and learn from in much more effective way than
television could ever provide. Furthermore, many people keep up their
social contacts online. Saying they cannot appreciate a nice
conversation, or a good book is just a wild claim.

It is unfortunate that people who are willing to help have been abused
by others. However, there have been many campaigns that raise
awareness about phishing. Governments and banks have provided
guidelines about how to recognize phishers. We should firmly deal with
the crime of phishing, but not forget how much easier our life has
become now that we can do our financial business online and via bank
cards.

POI Cyber Bully

POI - Online Business for Big Companies
The internet has brought greater prosperity, allowing lots of different
businesses to set up online. This has brought a lot more choice to
ordinary people, and also driven down prices as people find it easier to
compare different companies products. Small businesses can cheaply
set up online and find a market for their goods and services. And by
making it easier to work anywhere with an internet connection, it has
allowed many more people to work from home and to share out projects
with co-workers over the whole world.

Actually, bully cases happen everywhere. It is just the matter on how

many cases happened compare from a normal bully to a cyber bully.
According to one large study carried out by Bradshaw, C.P., Sawyer,
A.L., and OBrennan, L.M. on 2007, the following percentages of
middle schools students had experienced these various types of
bullying: name calling (44.2 %); teasing (43.3 %); spreading rumors or
lies (36.3%); pushing or shoving (32.4%); hitting, slapping, or kicking
(29.2%); leaving out (28.5%); threatening (27.4%); stealing belongings
(27.3%); sexual comments or gestures (23.7%); e-mail or blogging that
are classified as cyber bully (9.9%).