How do I oppose this moot in a debate? Be it resolved: "Human beings are magnificent"?

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I am puzzled as to how my team mates and I are to oppose this moot in a debate. The moot is, Be it resolved: Human Beings are magnificent". Really from what view point, what way, how can we oppose this?
 
Twain: humans are the only animals that blush, or need to.

humans are the only animals that kill for sport.

humans are the only animals that have sex over the objection of the female.

humans are the only animals that kill each other over territory they can not use.

humans are the only animals that torture.

humans are the only animals that have caused other species to become extinct.

humans are not the fastest, biggest, smallest, slowest, nor prettiest animals on the planet.

if humans were magnificent there would be no room for the angels or for a deity.

5,000 years of recorded history and humans still can not protect the planet nor live in peace with each other.
 
take it as if it were saying ALL human beings are..... and argue that they aren't all magnificent, there for if they aren't all then as a collective group they can not be either.
ie murders, rapist, democrats (oops did i say that) lol
 
Talk about their flaws. Talk about how much they don't know about their own world and history. Talk about how they are constantly trying to destroy other cultures throughout history.
 
You start with the definition of the word:

Main Entry: mag·nif·i·cent
Pronunciation: \-s?nt\
Function: adjective
Date: 15th century

1 : great in deed or exalted in place —used only of former famous rulers <Lorenzo the Magnificent>
2 : marked by stately grandeur and lavishness <a magnificent way of life>
3 : sumptuous in structure and adornment <a magnificent cathedral>; broadly : strikingly beautiful or impressive <a magnificent physique>
4 : impressive to the mind or spirit : sublime <magnificent prose>
5 : exceptionally fine <a magnificent day>


Talk about all the horrible things human beings have done to each other over the course of history. The 20th century alone should provide you with plenty of material
 
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