Debate of Technology Cause More Harm Than Goods Essay

* â€Å"so-called scientists† discovered mass weapons of destruction†¦Ã¢â‚¬ atomic bomb, etcetera† * mobile phones, supposed to â€Å"bring people closer,† actually â€Å"destroy marriages† * motorbikes, motor cars, and factories destroy the ozone layer, which contributes to global warming * motorcars, motorbikes, and airplanes have caused the death of many lives * â€Å"many people lost their lives in Iran, Liberia, etcetera;† â€Å"the victims are the youths who are the cream of society† * â€Å"science helps to terminate urban [or possibly I misheard and he said â€Å"unborn†] lives through abortion;† â€Å"many women now refuse to pregnate† * students no longer interested in studies; instead they are interested in football, mobiles and television * the discovery of materials like cars, medicines, drugs, gold, silver and crude oil led to killing of innocent lives in Sierra Leone, Kuwait, Zimbabwe, Nigeria * caused a lack of stability in the trading system * â€Å"caused lots of orphans during war† * car accidents and drug abuse * â€Å"Internet mobile phones promote prostitution with pornographic sex industry† * The internet leads to political instability â€Å"like the war between America and Somalia† * in countries like America students are going to school and killing without reason; in countries like those in Africa people are killing for money * â€Å"As we all know, science and technology is used only for destruction† * â€Å"Let’s all fight against [science and technology] to eliminate it from our society† Against the motion(â€Å"which I stand with my AK-47 and say a big no to†): * â€Å"This is not a debatable topic because a fact is a fact† * â€Å"Gone are the days when people travel long distances to communicate,† â€Å"now we can lie in bed to communicate via phone or internet† * planes and ships mean we no longer need to transport things by foot. Transportation â€Å"used to take weeks, even months, now minutes or seconds† * we understand our body systems, â€Å"we understand what is good and not good for our health† * comprehend diseases in our environment * â€Å"one cannot move by foot from here to America† * â€Å"mobile phones make communication faster within mankind† * Africans can process wealth from soil and such things * advertising of goods and services– â€Å"we won’t know about some products until we see them on television† * it creates jobs for people who would otherwise be unemployed * provides us with clean water for preventing us from germs * electricity for â€Å"ease of visibility in our surroundings† * taught us about types of diseases like malaria, yellow fever, etcetera and how to prevent them; provides us with medicines * â€Å"before introduction of science, our forefathers were living in dark period† * â€Å"agriculture was developed by scientists† * created weapons to guard from internal and external enemies, not to kill one another without reason * mass media brought the world under one umbrella * water supply: â€Å"as we know, 60% of our energy is from water† * forms of transportation such as airplanes, where â€Å"every person has a seat† * â€Å"the things you are enjoying†¦the seat you are sitting on†¦The pen, is it not created by scientists?..The music you are in a haste to listen to, is it not created by scientists?†