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pune123
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Spiral
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48 Points

LIFE IS AN ONION

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Started: 5/24/2008 Category: Education
Updated: 6 months ago Status: Voting Period
Viewed: 453 times Debate No: 4166
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pune123

Pro

life is full of ups and downs.. it is a vicious circle..which is full of sorrows and happiness.. when we see onion it is covered with several layers similarly a human life is covered with several roles.. and each role is full of responsiblities which might look good from outer side (like an onion) but as u come across it different phases u start realising the obstacles, hurdles -destiny brings for u.. when we cut onion tears comes out of our eyes.. similarly when someone hurts our feeling or doesn't meet to our expectation we feel depressed and undergo same situation..
Spiral

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"life is full of ups and downs.. it is a vicious circle..which is full of sorrows and happiness.. when we see onion it is covered with several layers similarly a human life is covered with several roles.. and each role is full of responsiblities which might look good from outer side (like an onion) but as u come across it different phases u start realising the obstacles, hurdles -destiny brings for u.. when we cut onion tears comes out of our eyes.. similarly when someone hurts our feeling or doesn't meet to our expectation we feel depressed and undergo same situation.."

A Shrek debate, how fun. :D

Onions and Humans are from different Kingdoms (Animalia, Plantae)

"life is full of ups and downs.. it is a vicious circle..which is full of sorrows and happiness"

An onion is not sentient, nor can it experience emotion.

"when we see onion it is covered with several layers similarly a human life is covered with several roles"

Onion layers perform the same role, nutrient storage, and the transmission of water and nutrients to other layers.

"might look good from outer side (like an onion) but as u come across it different phases u start realising the obstacles, hurdles -destiny brings for u."

An onion's different phases are merely about its biological development and with the vagaries of nature; the onion's life is not set in destiny.

"when we cut onion tears comes out of our eyes.. similarly when someone hurts our feeling or doesn't meet to our expectation we feel depressed and undergo same situation.."

Your analogy is flawed.

I."when we cut onion tears comes out of our eyes"
Self > action > tears
II."when someone hurts our feeling or doesn't meet to our expectation we feel depressed and undergo same situation"
Other > action > tears

To be analogous the other person would have to cry when they hurt us; or the onion cry when we cut it.

So there we have it, the onion is not like us.
Debate Round No. 1
58 comments have been posted on this debate. Showing 21 through 30 records.
Posted by Spiral 5 months ago
Spiral
Easily solved Jamcke; either you know the name of the fallacy and can tell us, or you can hide behind "I don't need to tell you".
Posted by Vi_Veri 5 months ago
Vi_Veri
Because you don't know. That's why.
Posted by Jamcke 5 months ago
Jamcke
Vi Veri: Since your the philosopher here, why is it that I would need to explain to you exactly which fallacy you've committed by stating that mature / easy going people can't get worked up on occasion? For that matter, what makes you say that I have no grasp of philosophy?
Posted by Spiral 5 months ago
Spiral
Then we would have nothing to feel elite about, Vi. ;)
Posted by Vi_Veri 5 months ago
Vi_Veri
Why do people with no grasp of philosophy go around calling everything a fallacy without fully explaining what fallacy it even is? (Ugh, probably because they don't even know in the first place).

And gosh, brittwaller, I sure wanna vote for you now with your sexy new avatar *grins and laughs*
Posted by Jamcke 5 months ago
Jamcke
brittwaller: The new pic is definitely a plus. That chick is bangin! The only problem is your profile shows that you're male, so you may want to change that if you really want to see your win ratio go up.
Posted by brittwaller 5 months ago
brittwaller
Works like a charm;) Strangely enough, when I had first joined the site, I was in a "flame war," vehemently defending the right of a person to use whatever avatar they wanted to. Somewhat funny, perhaps, although that is probably outweighed by the fact that after the first few pages of comments you will want to kill not only my "opponent" (who I am friends with now) and I but also yourself... So, if you are ever so bored that you want to kill yourself, check it out:)

http://www.debate.com...

My schedule is wide open, so when you are ready send me the challenge.

Britt
Posted by Spiral 5 months ago
Spiral
haha britt, I received 3 votes from dead debate today as well, making it a loss, don't feel so bad. :D Of course, I will now vote for you more often due to your sexier avtar.
Posted by brittwaller 5 months ago
brittwaller
Also: Wow, I have a new vote against me on my most recent debate, making it a tie and not a win, as well as a sarcastic comment (which I assume is her attempt at a caricature of my own comment), from pune123.

http://www.debate.com...

So, to pune123: Please realize that I haven't even addressed you, in any manner. I would make the case that you were the only person that should have voted PRO. Thanks for making a blatantly malicious, as well as obvious, move.
Posted by brittwaller 5 months ago
brittwaller
Well, at least I have your vote now. <rolls eyes and sighs>
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