Younger generation

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“This House believes that The Younger Generation Knows Best

Arguments in Favor:
1. The young people are better educated and more broad-minded.
2. Young people enjoy many more things than the old: they have money to spend; they grow
up more quickly; they enjoy more freedom.
3. The young people do not blindly accept the ideals of their elders.
4. The old people assume they know best, but it is only a matter of experience.
5. The young people question the values and assumptions of the older generation and they are
right.
6. The young people enjoy more freedom and have a stronger sense of responsibility.
7. The young people reject conformity in dress. They reject drab gray suits and convict
haircuts.
8. The old people settle differences by conventional politics and violence.
9. The old people are unhappy and guilt-ridden in their personal lives.
10. The old people do not have noble ambitions and only strive for material possessions.
11. The old people are unable to keep away from the rat race, in which they have lost touch with
the most important things in life.
12. The old people can learn from the young. Young people are more devoted to their friends.
13. The young people know how to enjoy work and leisure and not to be inhibited.
14. The young people live in the present rather than in the past or future.
15. The young people have the energy to accomplish things.
16. The young people want change and it is important to change in order to make the world a
better place.
17. The young people have many new ideas and are often held back by the old who cannot think
of new things as possibly good ideas.
“This House believes that The Younger Generation Knows Best

Arguments against:
The young do not assume their responsibility; they evade it.
1. The young have too much money and are spoiled.
2. The young are not interested in important questions.
3. The young are only interested in themselves.
4. The young are concerned only with making money and getting ahead.
5. The young seek material possessions like clothing, cars, etc. They do not wish to work for
them.
6. The young should feel grateful to the older generation, who have created a good life for
them.
7. The older generations caused the peace and freedom that the young enjoy today.
8. The old provide the young with a good education and money to spend
9. The older generation fought two world wars. They faced real problems, but the young have
an easier life.
10. The young are shallow and cling to passing fashions: trendy clothes, pop music, etc.
11. The way many young people dress is in very bad taste. They grow long hair, and they are
dirty, scruffy, and lazy.
12. Young people have too much freedom and have no sense of morality.
13. The older generation is too kind and soft with the young. We need a tougher policy and it
might work wonders.
14. The young are unadventurous and lack noble ideals.
15. Young people's outlook on the world is very bleak and they are skeptical of everything.
16. Young people are unstable. The young are cocksure but know little.