Affirmative: The country of Vietnam must grow their level of development by adding more cars, machines, factories, sewer systems, and computers.
Negative: But won't that increase pollution in the water, air, and cause further global warming?
Affirmative: ...
What would be a good comback?
2007-01-04 17:08:20 · 4 answers · asked by gogogo 3 in Environment
Pollution is not just an issue, but IS it just me, or does this debate sound a little 'racist'? I mean, sure societies have their needs to develop, but when you say this - are you saying they are UNDERDEVELOPED and not as 'high up' as other countries? Why is it that they should NEED technology? Are they not as good as us? Are they a threat to us? Are they old fashioned or weird or something? Why do we need to pick on countries we call "underdeveloped"? Is it because they may be Asian, African or maybe from the Pacific?
What matters is: IS the society happy or not? Look at them. They are a community closer together than those people in New York. People in New York pass each other by, wrapped up in their own world - a high tech world with worries. The people of Vietnam are laid back - they walk pass each other, working their energy off - to earn what they can, to bring food and happiness to their family. They can relate to each other better than those people in a city.
Living in a society without technology has its benefits. In fact, those people learn what life really is. People in a city environment are the ones that really cause all the trouble. Seriously, if we hadn't developed all those factories, and cars... would we be worrying about pollution.
My conclusion is, they don't HAVE to grow their level of development because all that isn't important. God created all of us to BE different. Making everyone all 'high tech' isn't exactly achieving that is it? Neither is racism. What IS important is, what they have now, and how they relate to each other. More 'development' may take away the peace they have right now. They have worked hard for many years after the wars, its an achievement/development for them to even BE a society right now!
2007-01-04 17:59:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Overpopulation is the problem, not industrialization per se. 3rd world countries have the highest population rates, while advanced countries like Japan have low rates. It's the overpopulated countries like China trying to catch up that pose the greatest threat to global warming, while Japan is among the leaders in dealing with the problem. When people finally reach a certain economic threshold, they get more reasonable and willing to address both overpopulation and global warming. Keeping them down as 3rd world countries is not the answer, because economic desperation rarely produces rational long-term decisions.
2007-01-05 01:23:18 · answer #2 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To some extent, put with tight controls to safeguard against pollution, the damage could be held to a minimum.
2007-01-05 01:18:13 · answer #3 · answered by mac 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Uhhh, I don't think there is a good argument to that
2007-01-05 01:16:17 · answer #4 · answered by columind99 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋