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TOPIC: ISSUE144 - "It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value."
*a person who evaluates works of art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc.
WORDS: 454          TIME: 00:45:00          DATE: 2010-8-1 12:00:17
There are always many discussions over the issue that whether it is the artist or the critic that brings the society something of lasting value. Although it appears that the artist contributes more than the critic in creating works of art of lasting values as the speaker claims, the function of the critic cannot yet be ignored in that to a certain extent, the critic plays a motivate role in the progress of artical creation.

Admittedly, those invaluable arts are the results of numerous highly creative artists' effort; they derives from the artists' passion of life, insight of their contemporary society and spirits of pursuing something beautiful. Both of the societal and the artical values these masterpieces produce are of great significance to the mankind. Prominent German talented musician, "the father of western music", Bach produced a new type of music by combining Italian, Germany and Roman music style together which greatly promoted the development of the modern western music. In addition, the Chiese antient gardens, which reflect the harmony between human and nature are admired by people all over the world and make Chinese splendid culture of more than 5000 year known widly to the world. Even nowadays, the most popular Oscar films are related closely to the talented artists. Their creations bring about not only ethetic effect but also impulse the economic growth.

Despite the efforts and talents of the artists, without critic, many invaluable masterpieces would not be pervasive as it is today. If the artists are the producer of products, then the roles of the critic amount to the advertisement. As is known that good products affecting the entire society must be published effectively and the critic is just the man who help propaganda the pieces of artical work. It is widly accepted that valuable arts are rarely understandable to most people so the expertize of the critic can make it possible that the profound meaning and beauty of the arts can affect more people. For example, the movies "Lust Caution" and "Brokemoutain" are hardly well understood by the general people and therefore the meaning behind what we can see should be transmitted by the critic. What's more, Schumann, as a critic, who strugled against the stale, conservative, and vulgar musical culture of his time promoted classic music significantly, which produce profound impacts on the contemporary culture. The new music magzine desiged by him become the media of promoting new music thought. In short, the critic function equally with the artists in creating something of lasting value.

All in all, the artists are the creator of valuable works while the critics are the promoter of these works, either of whom plays extremely roles in giving society something of lasting value.

TOPIC: ARGUMENT202 - Humans arrived in the Kaliko Islands about 7,000 years ago, and within 3,000 years most of the large mammal species that had lived in the forests of the Kaliko Islands had become extinct. Yet humans cannot have been a factor in the species' extinctions, because there is no evidence that the humans had any significant contact with the mammals. Further, archaeologists have discovered numerous sites where the bones of fish had been discarded, but they found no such areas containing the bones of large mammals, so the humans cannot have hunted the mammals. Therefore, some climate change or other environmental factor must have caused the species' extinctions.
WORDS: 393          TIME: 00:30:00          DATE: 2010-8-1 12:00:17
The argument is questionable for the following reasons. First, whether the humans had contact with the mamals or not should not be referred as a reason that the humans are not responsible for the extinction of those mammals. Second, the lack of discovery of bones of mammals cannot be seen as an evidence. Finally, it is unfair to claim that the climate change or other environmental factor is the cause of extinction because the humans are not the factor.

To begin with, to affecting the mammals is not necessarily through direct contact with them. Effects can also occur through human's actions to the habitats of the mammals or the food of those mammal. Perhaps, due to humans over hunting for other animals like rabbits, sheep or others which are also the mammal's food sources, the food supply for them become sharply decreased so that they can support themselves. Or perhaps people in the areas near the mammals' habitat conducted deforestration or some other destruction and therefore their natural home was detrimented thoroughly which endanger their survivals. In a nutshell, lack of contact is insufficient to reach the conclusion that the humans are not a factor of the extinction.

In addition, the argument arrives at a inference that the humans had not hunted them via lake of discovery of mammal's bones, which is ridiculous. Common sense tells us archaeologists cannot be able to discover all evidences they want to justify an assumption. After all, thousands years have been past. Thus, this lack of evidence cannot be seen as an evidence. Furthermore, even it is true that mammals' bones do not exist as the argument claims, it does not necessarily imply that the humans had not hunted the mammals. It is just as likely that the bones had been all made into decorations by the antients. Anyway, there is no credibility to use the lack of evidence as an evidence.
Finally, it is presumed that if the humans are not a factor then the climate change or other environmental factor are the reason. However, there is absolute not proof to illustrate this assumption is reasonalbe. After all, there are many other explanations for the extinction- adaptability, competition or something others. In short, the conclusion in this argument is too hastily reached.

All in all, the argument is unpersuasive before more evidece is given. First, the

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