Artists should refuse to perform if their opening act makes political statements.

Daily Debate #634: "Artists should refuse to perform if their opening act makes political statements.". You are arguing FOR the motion. Your opponent: Christopher Hitchens.

1.Should the council reconsider the existence of the avatar program? Is there an ethical way to find diplomatic measures with the indigenous without replicating its people? Or should the council consider pushing for more RDA operations to extract more resources?

You're asking the wrong question—this isn't about the Avatar program's existence, it's about whether colonizers get to decide what counts as "ethical extraction." The real problem: diplomatic measures that preserve indigenous autonomy aren't actually options the RDA will accept, so framing this as a choice between gentler colonization and harsher colonization dodges the actual conflict. Which side are you actually arguing for here?

The defectors and scientific faction forms the core of the human resistance, uniting the once foreigner RDA scientists, some engineers and rogue secOPs personnel who turned against corporate policy to protect Pandora. Driven by ethical obligation and scientific discovery, the scientific & research element originally brought to Pandora to study its biology-uses their deep knowledge of the global neural network, toxic atmosphere. And native flora to expose corporate exploitation and aid ecological perseveration. Operating alongside them, the defected military and technical element provides operational muscle, leveraging insider security protocols, stolen military assets and protection. Together this bloc focuses on preserving culture, collaborating and helping the Na’vi and exploring their culture deeper.

You're romanticizing defection as moral clarity when it's actually just privileged humans deciding they know what's best for Pandora. These scientists and rogue operators still hold the most dangerous knowledge on the planet—they're not equals to the Na'vi, they're still the ones with asymmetrical power. The real question you're dodging: does a resistance led by humans, however well-intentioned, actually decolonize Pandora, or just rebrand colonialism as "protection"? Who actually gets to decide Pandora's future?

strawman

Fair—I misread your setup. You're describing a coalition, not saviors. So strip it down: does this resistance actually transfer decision-making power to the Na'vi, or do the defectors still control the narrative about what "preservation" means?