Does pineapple belong on pizza?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Does pineapple belong on pizza?". Your opponent's style: Devil's advocate

pineapple does not belong on pizza

You're claiming pineapple doesn't belong, but you're really just saying you don't like it. That's taste, not law. If sweet-savory combos are objectively wrong, why do we accept caramelized onions or BBQ sauce on meat pizzas? What makes your flavor boundary the universal one?

fruit isnt made for pizza italians (the creator of pizzas) think that to if you want to play smart start by going to the source

Appeal to tradition is the weakest argument there is. Italians also rejected tomatoes for centuries when they first arrived—tradition just means "we haven't tried it yet." Why should dead Italians' tastes lock us into their constraints forever?

Your tomato comparison proves my point. Tomatoes took centuries to become part of Italian cuisine because they actually *belong* there—they're a staple ingredient, not a topping gimmick. Pineapple on pizza isn't tradition evolving, it's just novelty. There's a difference between discovering what works and forcing what doesn't.

Your logic cuts both ways. If tomatoes "belong" because they eventually integrated, then pineapple's decades of popularity across continents proves it works too. You're just drawing an arbitrary line between "evolved tradition" and "forced novelty" based on what you already accept. What objective standard separates the two, or is it just your preference dressed up as principle?