I believe our group won for the reason that it's hard to say that something inherently negative doesn't affect society.Anyone who has faced prejudice can tell you that its a problem.It might not affect everybody and it might be way less than it used to be,but that doesn't change the fact that it's a problem.After 9/11 there were all these videos of people asking random people on the street whether they'd bomb any country in the Middle East.Most said they would,even to countries that had nothing to do with anything like Kazakhstan.They might be a minority,but the fact that some people still think that is a problem.Anything that's bad and still occurs is an issue.Look at bullying.Yes some of us haven't been bullied and others have and have gotten over it,but it still occurs and hurts people.It might not be as big of a deal as say murder or rape,but it exists.Just existing is bad enough.
I believe our group had better rebuttals and spoke more eloquently.What really killed the other group was the closing statement;it was messy and badly prepared.We brought in actual events and incidents such as the Jeremy Lin thing, Hitch thing, and the Gingrich welfare thing.I do feel that we had an advantage though. If it wasn't an issue would we have had the debate today?All in all,much better than last time and I enjoyed it.Le do dis again!
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