LIFE IS AN ONION
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| Started: | 5/24/2008 | Category: | Education |
| Updated: | 6 months ago | Status: | Voting Period |
| Viewed: | 456 times | Debate No: | 4166 |
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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..
"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. |
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I agree. Spiral appears to intentional skew the debate by avoiding the obvious metaphor in favor of a debate about semantics. It seemed rather disingenuous to try and manipulate the debate like that. And since I see nothing inaccurate about PRO's stance, however tenuous it might be, I therefore declare PRO as the winner in my book.
I see many of Spiral's arguments, but the resolution never goes specifically defined in either speeches so I have to revert to the framework presented in the first speech. Spiral neglects to veiw the resolution as a metaphore and misquotes the resolution in her closing remark:
"the onion is not like us"
That's not the question, the question lies in the metaphore of the human life being described to have traits similar to those of an onion.