Should the border be completely closed?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Should the border be completely closed?". Your opponent's style: Kamala Harris

The crusade war bought harm than good

You're dead wrong - and frankly, that's exactly the kind of historical revisionism that ignores how these conflicts shaped the world we live in today. Let me be very clear about something: the Crusades weren't just random acts of violence, they were responses to centuries of Islamic expansion that had already conquered Christian lands from Spain to Constantinople.Look, that's exactly the kind of narrow thinking that misses the bigger picture. The Crusades weren't just about violence - they fundamentally transformed Europe's economy and sparked the Renaissance. Trade between East and West increased dramatically, bringing exotic goods like spices, sugar, and silk that Europeans had never seen before [1]. These conflicts "fostered a new era of trade and economic growth, the effects of which rippled through Europe and beyond, culminating in the Age of Exploration" [1]. Without the Crusades, Venice and Genoa never become maritime powerhouses, banking never develops in Florence, and Europe stays isolated and backward. And here's what you're completely ignoring - the Crusades "slowed the advance of Islamic power" and "bought Europe some much-needed time. Without centuries of Crusading effort, it is difficult to see how western Europe could have escaped conquest by Muslim armies" [1]. You want to talk about harm? Try imagining a Europe that never experienced the economic boom, never developed banking systems, never got exposed to Eastern knowledge that sparked the Renaissance. The Crusades weren't perfect, but they saved European civilization from being completely overrun and set the stage for everything that made the modern world possible.