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As Pakistan, THW Publicize executions of Taliban as a response to the recent massacre

Opposition Paper

1st Speaker

Preface:

Opposition team will never forget the current Taliban massacre that killed 148 people and
dominated by children. Opposition team even still remember the place of that mentioned-
massacre, which is school, a place for all children to get protection has been diminished by
Taliban for seconds. Moreover, opposition team stand on the line that Taliban execution
shouldn’t be publicize for the sake of social stability and the publication of Taliban execution
will only trigger society to act irrationally. As a good Pakistan Government, we think if
publication of that execution will never ever solve the problem whether to satisfy the victims or
even to deter Taliban.

Argument

1. Nature of Court in responding Taliban Massacre

Court, as the legal institution of Government, has obligation to stand in the line of criminal
justice system. Court should ensure that whatever they’ll do, it will promote justice to everyone.
Opposition team argue that without publication of Taliban execution is still in line with the value
of justice. Why? In simple analysis, we’ve punished them, we’ve execute them, we even take
their right to live and we think that its really enough to proof if retributive justice exist in this
kind of situation. Furthermore, we think that the level of deterrence will only depend on how big
your punishment not whether your execution will be published. That’s the reason why in USA,
we always increase the punishment level for repeated offender and not by publish their execution
in media, because essentially the biggest enemy of perpetrator is punishment not media. Then
how do we satisfy the victims? We think that status quo is really enough on how after we execute
them privately, court will give complete and accurate process and proof if this terrorist has die.
Even more, Court also still give chance to victim’s family to sit in the gallery of court if they are
really interested to see the process and we think if its really enough to proof if court already
stand in the idea of restorative justice. Under proposition proposal, they want to publish their
execution to society in general without any guarantee whether society will watch it wisely and
will keep in appreciating someone’s life. Why do we think if its not necessary for government to
make it in public? Because we think that society has no urgency to watch it directly because
they’re not the one that get direct impact from this terrorist activist thus we think that
government shouldn’t fulfill society desire due to the fact that the one that will only able to
decide whether its good or bad is government not society. That’s the reason why we disallow
society to do extra-judicial killing to murderer, because government has considered if average
society can’t too objective to decide something. Even if proposition want to claim if its good to
let society know how bad terrorist is, then we think that by put that news in the newspaper after
that execution is really enough to explicitly show to society if terrorist is bad. See, in China
without publication of media in corruptor execution, all citizens already know if corruption is the
worst crime ever and the number of corruption isn’t that high. That’s why we think that
publication of Taliban during its execution means nothing to promote justice.

2. Publication of Taliban execution will harm the nature of media

Opposition team argues that the main function of media is to educate its viewer not to provoke or
even to abuse its viewer. Under government assumption, we indicate if media will only provoke
and even shaping bad paradigm within society, especially when we know that sometimes media
is over-creative and try to put certain provocative words when they publish some controversial
news. We don’t find any link, how come by publicize during Taliban execution it will educate
average society. Why average society will so easy to get influence? Because essentially, the
effect of audio-visual media is too strong especially when they deliver any controversial news.
On the moment when society see, other human can take other live, that’s the moment when we
trigger or stimulate society to imagine that its justified for human to take someone live. We think
if that’s extremely bad for society and we don’t find any educative content on that point. Even if
proposition team say that society is rational enough but we don’t think so. The fact is media,
advertisement, and all that stuff exist to transfer its ideology and send the message beyond your
rationality. That’s the reason why we sometimes found the news that children smack their friends
after they watch smack-down. That’s the reason why there’s an endless suicide in South Korea,
because media has constructed all citizens mind if suicide can become your option to finish your
solution. It shows you that rationality of someone is not really absolute. As a good government,
because we’ve known that this publication is educate-less, we think that there’s no problem if we
ban it. We say that its really common in status quo if government can control media, just like
they create censorship institution thus government will control all society consumption in media.
By our proposal, media will more educate society because we will not portray any abusive action
during Taliban execution, what we do is to let society know the report and its really enough.

2nd speaker

Preface:

Opposition team always learn from previous experience. Lets see the case on the moment when
government publicize during Saddam Hussein execution and it goes to public. In Multan,
Pakistan, there’s a child age of 9 died apparently copying the televised execution. Not only in
Pakistan, a 15 year old girl in India also died by hanged herself after extremely depressed and
copy what they’ve watched. At least execution of Saddam Hussein has reportedly creates 7 death
of its viewer around the world. We think that its really ironic thus we stand to oppose the
publication during Taliban execution.

Argument:
1. That publication will never deter terrorist to stop their action

Opposition team believe that government proposal will never stop terrorist action. Why?
Because essentially, terrorist is not like another criminal, they’ve strong ideology and we’re
rarely found if terrorist try to voluntarily report their selves to police. When we talk about
terrorist, we talk about someone who have their own ideology and they will never negotiate with
you. Even after you torture them to reveal some information, they won’t. Furthermore, what
makes terrorist is so exclusive is that, they’re ready to accept all the consequence if they’re
captured even with death sentence. The fact is, there’re so many self-bombing by terrorist group
member in the middle of public place only to make society fear and trauma, it proofs you that
death is really common for them. That’s why we do believe if that publication will really useless
to deter this terrorist. But lets engage with proposition proposal, what if some member is directly
realize if what they’ve done is wrong and willing to voluntarily go to police officer. We say that
their shifting of ideology will only work for seconds. Because we think that terrorist is an
organized group where all member have link and will be controlled by their coordinator or
whatever it is named. The moment when their head know that their member change his ideology
what will the Head do is a. They’ll try to doctrines that kind of member or b. if plan A is failed,
then they’ll kill that member before he go because if that member go to police officer he will
reveal some information. So we think that publication will never have power to deter that
terrorism. Secondly, we think that its really ridiculous, when you see that your friend die and
finally you want to be corporate with someone who has killed your friend. What will happen is,
that Taliban will even more repressive and will revenge that government. In other complex
scenario, we also think that Taliban tend to create more victims because they’re being mad with
society who are really happy because of Taliban execution. On that point, we claim that it will
only put society in more dangerous situation.

So what we’ve proven to you in the side of opposition. We say that televised Taliban execution
will never deter terrorist, will never educate society, even worse we only put more innocent in
more dangerous situation. We find no justice in proposition proposal, we find no betterment in
proposition. All we find is only fear, chaos, and endless casualties. That’s why we’re proud to
oppose.

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