保護者はコンサートに赤ちゃんを連れて行くのを許されるべきだ。賛成？反対？
When was the last time that you went to a concert? Any concerts, such as classical music, chorus, solo lives, summer FES, bring our life so much joy. Especially when we consider the fact that more and more concerts are beginning to open their doors to audience, it is exciting as well as fortunate to have these opportunities.
When it comes to enjoying concerts, I personally care how other people behave around myself at a concert venue. I strongly hope that they do not distract me by being on their phones, opening their legs so wide, and eating food loudly. Stop it, please! And I'm not always brave enough to point that out.
Last week, a famous TV writer Matt Forde had a show in the UK, and there was somebody with a crying baby in the audience. On Twitter, he said he was not completely comfortable with that and asked people, "please, don't bring babies to adult shows. It's always a problem."
You are probably thinking like, "Wow, nobody can tweet like this in Japan," and yet, it has caused a heated debate in the world anyway.
In order to make this debate more applicable and easier to imagine in Japanese settings, here are some conditions for it. Please note:
The debate topic is: parents should be allowed to bring their babies to a classical music concert. Do you agree or disagree?
We only consider the case of classical music concerts.
We only consider the case of concerts for adults. There are some concerts for small children, but we do not include them this time.
We assume that there are no clear restrictions about bringing babies, so please do not argue like "We should make a rule about it." or "The concert hall must create a rule." We don't need a suggestion for a debate. To be more accurate, please think if parents should be allowed to bring their babies to concerts when there is no rules about it.
We assume that we are not sure whether babies cry every time when they are taken to concerts.
We assume that parents take their babies and leave their seats if they cry during the concert, and that they cannot come back until their babies stop crying.
I recommend that you build your argument deep enough. If you are thinking like, for example, "Parents should not bring their babies to concerts because it is against a manner," this is not deep enough. You must describe why it is not good to go against a manner if you are trying this way. There is no punishment for breaking a manner, but we are supposed to keep it…and why is that? In short, you cannot say, "It's not good because it's bad."
Eventually, this debate topic is going to compare "individual freedom" and "group happiness". Of course, everyone can do anything as long as there is no law against it. However, it cannot be too much, especially when we think about other people. And it gets much complicated with unwritten rules. Therefore, I expect you to craft your argument that shows which one is more valuable to keep over the other for this debate topic.
There are a few English online article to check if you have more time.
Look at this face….! Oh no…!↑
英語ディベートにもっと強くなりたい！という方は、Yoshiのメンバーシップ「ENGLISH BOOSTER」がおすすめです。英語ディベートのヒントや限定動画だけでなく、実際のディベートのお手本も限定公開されます。この機会にぜひ登録を！