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| Berkeley | 1 | Opponent: Mission San Jose AD | Judge: Arjun Garg 1AC |
| Berkeley | 3 | Opponent: Peninsula AB | Judge: Akshay Manglik 1AC |
| Berkeley | 6 | Opponent: Nova 42 PT | Judge: Brayan Loayza 1AC |
| Berkeley | Doubles | Opponent: Monta Vista RD | Judge: panel 1AC |
| CSU Long Beach | 2 | Opponent: Modern Brain JO | Judge: Diana Alvarez went for t implementation |
| CSU Long Beach | 6 | Opponent: Canyon Crest AK | Judge: Srinidhi Yerraguntala Went for the cp and da bc of the net benefit answered the ar condo |
| CSU Long Beach | 4 | Opponent: Westwood AP | Judge: Anish Ramireddy went for cap k |
| DebateLA | 1 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart JL | Judge: Joseph Barquin, Chris Theis v china aff 2nr went for the k |
| DebateLA | 3 | Opponent: Marlborough WR | Judge: Kristiana Baez, Margaret Strong 1AC global commons went for Fem |
| DebateLA | 5 | Opponent: Northland Christian LB | Judge: Brendon Morris, Quinten Clark China AC read heg bad and fem ir went for fem in 2nr |
| Gbx | 2 | Opponent: Westlake MR | Judge: Lena Mizrahi went for t |
| Meadows | 4 | Opponent: San Mateo YR | Judge: Donald Fagan Went for cap ! ) |
| Meadows | 1 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart AW | Judge: Joseph Barquin read innovation and cap went for cap |
| Palm | 2 | Opponent: Little Rock Central MG | Judge: Jared Burke 1AC |
| Palm | 3 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart EL | Judge: Aryan Jasani 1AC |
| Palm | 6 | Opponent: Marlborough GA | Judge: Serena Lu 1AC |
| Peninsula | 1 | Opponent: Able2Shine MC | Judge: Kwudjwa Osei 1AC was a set col k aff |
| Peninsula | 3 | Opponent: Marlborough MS | Judge: Jonathan Meza 1AC was global commons |
| Peninsula | Doubles | Opponent: Monta Vista RD | Judge: panel 1AC |
| Peninsula | 6 | Opponent: Iowa City West FZ | Judge: Shikhar Srivastava 1AC |
| St Marx | 3 | Opponent: Marlborough MS | Judge: David Dosch Went for cp and da |
| St Marx | 5 | Opponent: Strake VJ | Judge: Jack Quisenberry Went for Vax Dip cp |
| St Marx | 1 | Opponent: Southlake Carroll PK | Judge: Lindsey Williams 1NC |
| USC | 2 | Opponent: Mission San Jose AA | Judge: Andrew Halverson went for cap they went for the grammar da on t condo () |
| USC | 4 | Opponent: Marlborough PS | Judge: Nae Edwards read nebel cap |
| USC | 5 | Opponent: Marlborough MJ | Judge: Ben Cortez went for cap |
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Contact InfoTournament: Contact info | Round: Finals | Opponent: you | Judge: me *note -- a lot of my old cites/osource went missing, I don't really think it's an issue b/c it's a new topic but if you want anything lmk | 2/21/22 |
JF -- Africa Mining DATournament: Peninsula | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Monta Vista RD | Judge: panel AND dollar question is, what will become of the mining activities in Africa? African underdevelopment causes civil wars. AND and Buhaug (2015) identified a similar scenario at the local level. | 1/24/22 |
JF -- Cap v AlienationTournament: Palm | Round: 2 | Opponent: Little Rock Central MG | Judge: Jared Burke Three specific links to their 1AC A. Historical Amnesia- their historiography totally ignores that class was the central element, historical, of the ascriptive hierarchies that marginalize Asian identity and experience B. Intertextuality- their focus on linguistic critique/spoken word reinforces a postmodern strategy of obscuring materiality C. Personal experience- individual oppression as a lens occludes class struggle AND its effects, is what is occluded in Takaki’s narrative (see Nakanishi). The aff’s focus on ridding racism against Asian American serves to exacerbate the oppression of capitalism—the alt is a prerequisite—only by addressing the issues of capitalism and class stratification can we engage racism as a whole AND capitalist78 and in the working conditions of an undocumented Asian American restaurant worker. Capitalism is the root cause of the model minority myth – it explains the criteria we use and Why white society views Asians that way. AND which does much to explain why we see them as a model minority.) Focus on rhetoric as a locus of reform is ivory tower theorizing that sanitizes material neoliberal exploitation. AND in that kind of culture that people need to hear such obvious truths. The neoliberal system feeds on transgression and their symbolic rupture. The aff’s politics creates feedback loops which fuel interventionism and the dead-end politics of debate AND and the role of non-resilient women of color in MRWaSP visualization. The alternative is to affirm the model of the Communist Party – only party organizing can provide effective accountability mechanisms to correct chauvinist tendencies, educate and mobilize marginalized communities, and connect local struggles to a movement for global liberation. AND debates will be crucial to ensuring that this rapidly growing movement can succeed. K First - There is no material world that we can separate from the lens through which we view it. Deconstructing the AFF scholarship is a prior question that has material effects. Therefore the ROB is one of deconstruction – vote for the side which best challenges neoliberal scholarship AND In changing our minds then, so too might we change the world. | 2/14/22 |
JF -- Fem IRTournament: DebateLA | Round: 1 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart JL | Judge: Joseph Barquin, Chris Theis 1 Realism assumes the perspective of a neutral, rational calculator divorced from the gendered nature of nationalism and international relations – their account of state behavior is ahistorical and props up hegemonic masculinities. AND in part) a product of structural gender hierarchy in the international arena. The aff’s drive to prevent extinction is a form of masculine survivalism where gendered bodies become the unwilling tools to sustain humanity. You should refuse their obsession with patriarchal reproduction. AND myriad cultural, political, aesthetic, sensual and other dimensions of reproduction. Their method of international lawmaking exacerbates suffering caused by existing hierarchies and allows states to use “one-size-fits-all” policy solutions. Only a feminist analysis can de-center states and increase accountability to break down gendered biases and create specific laws that can combat discrimination. AND methodology could off er alternative perspectives that illuminate pathways to doing law differently. The impact is hypermasculine war-making- claims of objectivity are patently flawed because they are based in gendered decision-making AND war languages, which produce (and reproduce) gendered cycles of violence. The alternative is to reject the aff in favor of an ontological revisionism that deconstructs the myth of the masculine western subject. This is a politics that destabilizes the masculine subject by revealing how its false universality underwrites gender violence globally AND power and influence in collective (most significantly state) and individual forms. The K comes first - policies are constituted by and produce subjects, not blanket assessments of outcomes and impacts. The ROB is to interrogate the gendered nature of the 1AC as a research project. AND issue? And how does it produce them as particular kinds of subjects? case Heg structurally causes interventions that create more instability, prolif, and terror. AND world’s policeman and savior, we will remain stuck in the intervention trap. By every standard American primacy has failed – causes great power competition and hastens multipolarity. AND to understanding the failures of America’s current grand strategy are three contemporary problems. Heg leads to endless war, prolif, terror, and authoritarianism. AND economic intercourse, and creating international institutions—they would not produce peace. No solvency – China’s ASAT program is a venture of China’s General Armaments Department AND . The ABM mission might be another for a potential PLA Space Force. No solvency – Chinese-Russian space alliance is based on state capabilities and lots of alt causes to partnership AND still maintaining forces in the Middle East to deter terrorist groups and Iran. | 1/13/22 |
JF -- Fem IR v2Tournament: DebateLA | Round: 5 | Opponent: Northland Christian LB | Judge: Brendon Morris, Quinten Clark 1 Realism assumes the perspective of a neutral, rational calculator divorced from the gendered nature of nationalism and international relations – their account of state behavior is ahistorical and props up hegemonic masculinities. AND in part) a product of structural gender hierarchy in the international arena. Defensive realism can’t explain Chinese international actions like land reclamation- only feminist international relations can effectively analyze China’s masculine policies. AND may hope to see a South China Sea characterized by tranquility and cooperation. The aff’s drive to prevent extinction is a form of masculine survivalism where gendered bodies become the unwilling tools to sustain humanity. You should refuse their obsession with patriarchal reproduction. AND myriad cultural, political, aesthetic, sensual and other dimensions of reproduction. The impact is hypermasculine war-making- claims of objectivity are patently flawed because they are based in gendered decision-making AND war languages, which produce (and reproduce) gendered cycles of violence. The alternative is to reject the aff in favor of an ontological revisionism that deconstructs the myth of the masculine western subject. This is a politics that destabilizes the masculine subject by revealing how its false universality underwrites gender violence globally AND power and influence in collective (most significantly state) and individual forms. The K comes first - policies are constituted by and produce subjects, not blanket assessments of outcomes and impacts. The ROB is to interrogate the gendered nature of the 1AC as a research project. AND issue? And how does it produce them as particular kinds of subjects? case Heg structurally causes interventions that create more instability, prolif, and terror. AND world’s policeman and savior, we will remain stuck in the intervention trap. By every standard American primacy has failed – causes great power competition and hastens multipolarity. AND to understanding the failures of America’s current grand strategy are three contemporary problems. Heg leads to endless war, prolif, terror, and authoritarianism. AND economic intercourse, and creating international institutions—they would not produce peace. No solvency – China’s ASAT program is a venture of China’s General Armaments Department AND . The ABM mission might be another for a potential PLA Space Force. No solvency – Chinese-Russian space alliance is based on state capabilities and lots of alt causes to partnership AND still maintaining forces in the Middle East to deter terrorist groups and Iran. | 1/14/22 |
JF -- Fem IR v3Tournament: Peninsula | Round: 3 | Opponent: Marlborough MS | Judge: Jonathan Meza | 1/22/22 |
JF -- Fem v Set ColTournament: Peninsula | Round: 1 | Opponent: Able2Shine MC | Judge: Kwudjwa Osei AND this process may only serve to solidify and institutionalize colonial understandings of gender. Their gender-neutral approach to decolonization maintains the masculine privilege which sustains colonialism. AND be approached as gendered in order to take up anti-oppressive politics. Gender violence should be understood as being constitutive of the hegemonic projects that underwrite the aff AND an understanding that places the constitutive function of gender violence at the forefront. That means framework is a new link- the call for a neutral point of deliberation is an attempt to androgynize our argument AND in thought and goal-oriented in action (Seidler 1989: 12). The alternative is to reject the aff in favor of an ontological revisionism that deconstructs the myth of the masculine western subject. This is a politics that destabilizes the masculine subject by revealing how its false universality underwrites gender violence globally AND power and influence in collective (most significantly state) and individual forms. case Counter-Interpretation: The 1AC is an object of research. The role of the neg should be to disprove the various meanings of that object. They should be responsible for the way their knowledge is constructed and used because that produces the best model for activism and ethics in the context of the topic since representations affect policy implementation which is a unique educational net benefit to our interpretation Any link is sufficient to win: framework means prioritize gender violence and ethical subject formation - the only real benefit of debate is we learn about issues that remain at the margins of public discourse and become effective advocates. Our links prove the aff sustains masculinity that allow gender violence Their land studies fail – they reify the binary between native and non-indigenous, create fatalism, displace indigenous scholarship and resistance, and ignore co-constituents. AND Is settler colonialism “largely invisible”, as Barker (2012) claims? | 1/22/22 |
JF -- Hypersonic DATournament: Berkeley | Round: 1 | Opponent: Mission San Jose AD | Judge: Arjun Garg AND stability that has been in place since the end of the Cold War.” Private military tracking satellites are key to missile defense AND supplier. The satellites should be ready by the end of fiscal 2022. That’s crucial to stop hypersonic attacks from Russia/China AND defense contracting by moving faster than ever on such a large government project. Current hotspots will go nuclear. Current response systems will be insufficient to prevent nuclear devastation. AND realization of its dangers, there is plenty of opportunity to use them. | 2/19/22 |
JF -- Lagrange PICTournament: Palm | Round: 6 | Opponent: Marlborough GA | Judge: Serena Lu Only Earth-Moon lagrange points should be treated as a global commons, not all of space The counterplan limits private companies from interfering or developing lagrange points, but still gives them the ability to develop in other parts of outer space like low earth orbits or other parts of cislunar space between Earth and the Moon. That’s competitive
3. Governmental focus on key orbits in cislunar space is crucial – CP is a key starting point to create better space stewardship to solve debris AND even see “aggregation of space structures into industrial parks,” Aerospace finds. Debris triggers accidental nuclear miscalc AND salvo in a nuclear attack, driving the threat of a wider conflagration. Specifically, unanticipated collisions cause US-China miscalc and nuclear war AND CCP’s mandate to rule and externally to legitimize China as a regional leader. | 2/14/22 |
JF -- T cant specTournament: Peninsula | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Monta Vista RD | Judge: panel Interp and violation: Affirmatives may not defend only specific instances of outer space appropriation by private entities as unjust. "The" can either indicate a definite generic or definite description Moral statements are generic normative principles – necessitates the generic interpretation AND private entities is generally unjust" doesn’t substantially change the meaning of the res B Violation – they only defend asteroid mining . We’ll insert a noncomprehensive list of some others -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_spaceflight C Vote neg— 1 Semantics outweigh -- A Topicality is a constitutive rule of the activity and a basic aff burden, they agreed to debate the topic when they came to the tournament B It’s the only stasis point we know before the round so it controls the internal link to engagement, and there’s no way to use ground if debaters aren’t prepared to defend it. 2 Limits: A Quantitative – the topic is literally too big to count – every specific type of thing a private entity could do from asteroid mining to launching satellites – unlimited topics incentivize obscure affs that negs won’t have prep on – limits are key to reciprocal prep burden B Qualitative – spec kills unified generics like the innovation DA D Paradigm Issues – 1 T is DTD – their abusive advocacy skewed the debate from the start 2 Comes before 1AR theory -- A If we had to be abusive it’s because it was impossible to engage their aff B T outweighs on scope because their abuse affected every speech that came after the 1AC C Topic norms outweigh on urgency – we only have a few months to set them 3 Use competing interps on T – A topicality is a yes/no question, you can’t be reasonably topical B reasonability invites arbitrary judge intervention and a race to the bottom of questionable argumentation 4 No RVIs – A Forcing the 1NC to go all in on the shell kills substance education and neg strat B discourages checking real abuse C Encourages baiting – outweighs because if the shell is frivolous, they can beat it quickly | 1/24/22 |
JF -- T frameworkTournament: Palm | Round: 2 | Opponent: Little Rock Central MG | Judge: Jared Burke A the aff must implement a plan B Violation – Resolved means a policy AND ,” which is defined by Bouvier as meaning “to establish by law”. C. Fairness-
2. Not defending the topic is not fair A. Preparation- altering the topic gives the aff a huge edge, they can prepare for half a year on an issue that catches us by surprise. Preparation is better than thinking on your feet- research demonstrates pedagogical humility and research skills are the only portable debate training B. Limits- there are a finite amount of government restrictions, but an infinite number of non topical affs. Consider this our “library disad”- not debating the topic allows someone to specialize in one area of the library for 4 years giving them a huge edge over people who switch research focus ever 2 months. C. Causality- debating the resolution forces the affirmative to defend a cause and effect relationship, the state doing x results in y. Non topical affs establish their own barometer “I think x is good for me” that aren’t negateable. Only the neg promotes switch side debate. D. Exclusionary rule- you can’t vote on the case outweighs T because lack of preparation prevents rigorous testing of the AC claims and inflates the credence of their arguments. If we win fairness we don’t have to “outweigh” other impacts | 2/14/22 |
JF -- T implementationTournament: Peninsula | Round: 1 | Opponent: Able2Shine MC | Judge: Kwudjwa Osei 1 A the aff must implement a plan B Violation – Resolved means a policy AND ,” which is defined by Bouvier as meaning “to establish by law”. C. Fairness-
2. Not defending the topic is not fair A. Preparation- altering the topic gives the aff a huge edge, they can prepare for half a year on an issue that catches us by surprise. Preparation is better than thinking on your feet- research demonstrates pedagogical humility and research skills are the only portable debate training B. Limits- there are a finite amount of government restrictions, but an infinite number of non topical affs. Consider this our “library disad”- not debating the topic allows someone to specialize in one area of the library for 4 years giving them a huge edge over people who switch research focus ever 2 months. C. Causality- debating the resolution forces the affirmative to defend a cause and effect relationship, the state doing x results in y. Non topical affs establish their own barometer “I think x is good for me” that aren’t negateable. Only the neg promotes switch side debate. D. Exclusionary rule- you can’t vote on the case outweighs T because lack of preparation prevents rigorous testing of the AC claims and inflates the credence of their arguments. If we win fairness we don’t have to “outweigh” other impacts | 1/22/22 |
ND -- Cap KTournament: USC | Round: 2 | Opponent: Mission San Jose AA | Judge: Andrew Halverson INTERPRETATION - the aff can't defend that one country ought to recognize a right to strike. The article “a” implies a nonspecific or generic reading of “a just government” AND singular countable noun that is not specific. It could be any apple. Violation – they only defend the US Vote neg— 1 Semantics outweigh: a Topicality is a constitutive rule of the activity and a basic aff burden, they agreed to debate the topic when they came to the tournament b Jurisdiction -- you can’t vote affirmative if they haven’t affirmed c It’s the only stasis point we know before the round so it controls the internal link to engagement, and there’s no way to use ground if debaters aren’t prepared to defend it. 2 Limits: a Education – they overexplode the topic making it impossible to negate and we need ground for us to prep – their interpretation allows them to basically cherry pick out of any resolution – skirts the topic from core to the fringes of the literature which kills topic education b Fairness – we would have to prep for over 195 affs + more subsets which kills fairness because there’s infinite affs it’s literally impossible to prep for everything 3 TVA solves – read the aff as advantage Paradigm Issues – 1 T is DTD a their abusive advocacy skewed the debate from the start b DTA is incoherent because we indict their advocacy 2 Comes before 1AR theory – a If we had to be abusive it’s because it was impossible to engage their aff b T outweighs on scope because their abuse affected every speech that came after the 1AC c Topic norms outweigh on urgency – we only have a few months to set them 3 Use competing interps on T – a topicality is a yes/no question, you can’t be reasonably topical b only our interp sets norms -- reasonability is arbitrary and invites judge intervention c reasonability causes a race to the bottom of questionable argumentation 4 No RVIs – a Forcing the 1NC to go all in on the shell kills substance education and neg strat b discourages checking real abuse c Encourages baiting – outweighs because if the shell is frivolous, they can beat it quickly K The aff’s strike-focused politics privatizes and atomizes worker struggle – it channels it towards specific employers rather than class domination as a whole while ensuring the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie by privileging alternative modes of settlement outside and in spite of the specifics of the law itself. AND of legal settings, transecting the doctrinal categorizations that abound in labor law. Strikes cause worker atomization – decks class consciousness AND be rather less of a threat to capitalist hegemony than is sometimes thought. Class consciousness is the single and easiest possible solution to inequality and insatiable consumption under capitalism AND of history —capable of providing for the needs of all of its inhabitants Our critique independently outweighs the case - neoliberalism causes extinction and massive social inequalities – the affs single issue legalistic solution is the exact kind of politics neolib wants us to engage in so the root cause goes unquestioned. Farbod 15 AND enhancing natural and social systems will soon reach a point of no return. The alternative is to affirm the model of the Communist Party – only party organizing can provide effective accountability mechanisms to correct chauvinist tendencies, educate and mobilize marginalized communities, and connect local struggles to a movement for global liberation. AND debates will be crucial to ensuring that this rapidly growing movement can succeed. K First - There is no material world that we can separate from the lens through which we view it. Deconstructing the AFF scholarship is a prior question that has material effects. Therefore the ROB is one of deconstruction – vote for the side which best challenges neoliberal scholarship AND In changing our minds then, so too might we change the world. case US Existing committees represented by workers monitor and combat inequality in the squo Convention 87, addressing freedom of association and protection of the right to organize, 33 was promulgated by the ILO in 1948. Unlike other U.N. specialized agencies, the ILO has a tripartite governing structure. Each of the 187 Member States is represented not only by governments but also by organizations of employers and of workers (referred to as “social partners”). Their right of participation as representatives includes the right to vote; the standard ratio of representation is 2:1:1, or two government, one employer, and one worker. 34 In the absence of an express provision on strikes in Convention 87, two leading ILO supervisory bodies have developed over many decades recognition for the right to strike as an essential component of FOA. The independent CEACR was established in 1926; it is charged with making impartial observations that address questions or concerns regarding a country’s progress toward compliance with ratified conventions in law and practice.35 The tripartite CFA was established in 1951, based on recognition that the principles of FOA and the rights to organize and engage in collective bargaining required a dedicated supervisory procedure to monitor compliance even in countries that had not ratified Conventions 87 and 98.36 turnz Strikes hurt innocent bystanders and cause more layoffs than union victories. AND be a better way to get workers a raise without torching the countryside. Strikes are symbolic gestures that are accessible only to privileged workers—there are more concrete ways to solve workplace conditions on a structural level. AND a misdirected strike that can hurt the very women organizers seek to support. | 12/12/21 |
ND -- nebel TTournament: USC | Round: 4 | Opponent: Marlborough PS | Judge: Nae Edwards T INTERPRETATION - the aff can't defend that one country ought to recognize a right to strike. The article “a” implies a nonspecific or generic reading of “a just government” AND singular countable noun that is not specific. It could be any apple. Violation – they only defend the US Vote neg— 1 Semantics outweigh: a Topicality is a constitutive rule of the activity and a basic aff burden, they agreed to debate the topic when they came to the tournament b Jurisdiction -- you can’t vote affirmative if they haven’t affirmed c It’s the only stasis point we know before the round so it controls the internal link to engagement, and there’s no way to use ground if debaters aren’t prepared to defend it. 2 Limits: a Education – they overexplode the topic – skirts from core to fringes of lit which kills education b Fairness – we would have to prep for infinite affs it’s literally impossible to prep for everything 3 TVA solves – read the aff as advantage Topicality is a voting issue for predictable limits – the debate is irreparably skewed. It should be evaluated through competing interpretations- it’s not what you do it’s what you justify. K The aff’s strike-focused politics privatizes and atomizes worker struggle – it channels it towards specific employers rather than class domination as a whole while ensuring the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie by privileging alternative modes of settlement outside and in spite of the specifics of the law itself. AND of legal settings, transecting the doctrinal categorizations that abound in labor law. Their focus on prison labor as a part of the prison industrial complex is a diversionary tactic that normalizes broader forms of population control utilized by neoliberal governments. This is not a semantic point – this mindset informs of how they view non-prison labor and replicates class based racism. AND movement and the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Our critique independently outweighs the case - neoliberalism causes extinction and massive social inequalities – the affs single issue legalistic solution is the exact kind of politics neolib wants us to engage in so the root cause goes unquestioned. Farbod 15 AND enhancing natural and social systems will soon reach a point of no return. The alternative is to affirm the model of the Communist Party – only party organizing can provide effective accountability mechanisms to correct chauvinist tendencies, educate and mobilize marginalized communities, and connect local struggles to a movement for global liberation. AND debates will be crucial to ensuring that this rapidly growing movement can succeed. Fiat is illusory – K First - There is no material world that we can separate from the lens through which we view it. Deconstructing the AFF scholarship is a prior question that has material effects. Therefore the ROB is one of deconstruction – vote for the side which best challenges neoliberal scholarship AND In changing our minds then, so too might we change the world. Case Solvency Top-level be skeptical of the aff-
3. No inherency – Congress is already addressing prison labor issues – NAA, LEAP and PIECP programs AND to the effectiveness of programs that provide inmates with paid, valuable work. turnz Prison strikes lead to more violence and worse conditions for prisoners EVEN if they are peaceful AND Nelson Rockefeller ordered state police to regain control of the Attica Correctional Facility. Prison strikes don’t work – they just give the incarcerated a false sense of hope until they’re met with even more violence AND left there until they decided to relocate me again. Racism is institutionalized in the creation of Unions and in turn striking – It creates a Catch 22 and stonewalls Black workers, so they feel the lack of accessibility to unions is their own fault rather than the racist institution. AND frustrated, rather than seeing the mechanisms at work that produced this outcome. | 12/12/21 |
SO -- Cap KTournament: CSU Long Beach | Round: 4 | Opponent: Westwood AP | Judge: Anish Ramireddy L: The aff’s faith in market logics allows for rampant international austerity and privatization of healthcare – this is a tradeoff DA that outweighs and turns case. AND as powerful and often dominant logics operating in and influencing that governance system. L: The WTO is inevitably a tool of accumulation for capitalist imperialism – international institutional monopoly capitalism overdetermines the plan’s move to peace – causes war, environmental degradation, and extinction. AND that maintains the existence of capitalism and adapts it to new historical conditions. L: Securitizing biological risks ties health to the protection of global capitalism. ‘Disease as threat’ narratives militarize responsibility for public health, replicating past colonial structures to secure neoliberalism. AND forms of governance because of the paradoxes of networked flows in neoliberal governance. I: Our critique independently outweighs the case - neoliberalism causes extinction and massive social inequalities – the affs single issue legalistic solution is the exact kind of politics neolib wants us to engage in so the root cause goes unquestioned. Farbod 15 AND enhancing natural and social systems will soon reach a point of no return. I: Capitalism causes inevitable crises, inequality, and dehumanization—the alternative is a class-based critique of the system—pedagogical spaces are the crucial staging ground for keeping socialism on the horizon AND memories. Its potential remains untapped and its promise needs to be redeemed. A: The alternative is to affirm the model of the Communist Party – only party organizing can provide effective accountability mechanisms to correct chauvinist tendencies, educate and mobilize marginalized communities, and connect local struggles to a movement for global liberation. AND debates will be crucial to ensuring that this rapidly growing movement can succeed. case innovation Striking a balance is K2 innovation – development won’t be financially viable without protections AND get the expected financial returns thereby weakening any incentive to develop new products. Strong IP protections encourage private sector cooperation, investments and research AND challenge. It’s just another reason to support strong IP protections for all. 1 reject the marjority of the aff offense – their cards are all too old to be in the correct context of the pandemic IP protections incentivize innovation – our pandemic response would be hindered without innovation through strong IP systems AND countries around the world – without sacrificing safety or endangering production supply chains. t/l solvency Reducing IP rights aren’t quick enough to help the pandemic – legal battles slow the process – experts agree AND their arms in the fastest and most efficient way possible," he said. Negotiations on a waiver will take too long AND effort to rapidly increase access to lifesaving vaccines and treatments around the world. | 11/20/21 |
SO -- Pharma DATournament: CSU Long Beach | Round: 6 | Opponent: Canyon Crest AK | Judge: Srinidhi Yerraguntala 1NC – Disease Pharma profits are up from COVID vaccines, patent waivers threaten this AND almost $428 million accrued in the first nine months of the year. Strong IP protection spurs innovation by encouraging risk-taking and incentivizing knowledge sharing—prefer statistical analysis of multiple studies AND direct investment which in turn also leads to economic growth.”56 Biopharmaceutical innovation is key to prevent future pandemics and bioterror AND such public health threats to an even greater extent under improved innovation conditions. Pharmaceutical profits are key to innovation against emerging disease threats AND profit in medicine and especially in the pharmaceutical and medical-device industries. That causes extinction, which outweighs. AND and Japan using plague to cause an epidemic in China during WWII.27 cp Text: The People’s Republic of China should offer Chinese developed vaccines and medical technology related to COVID-19 to the world for free. The CP massively ramps up Chinese “vaccine diplomacy” which solves the case AND production, boosting fair distribution, and licensing local production in more countries. Successful vaccine diplomacy is key to overall Chinese Soft Power AND . In reality, Chinese vaccines are often priced higher than $10. Chinese leadership solves extinction. AND change and public hygiene by debt forgiveness and assistance. case innovation Striking a balance is K2 innovation – development won’t be financially viable without protections AND get the expected financial returns thereby weakening any incentive to develop new products. Strong IP protections encourage private sector cooperation, investments and research AND challenge. It’s just another reason to support strong IP protections for all. IP protections incentivize innovation – our pandemic response would be hindered without innovation through strong IP systems AND countries around the world – without sacrificing safety or endangering production supply chains. t/l solvency Reducing IP rights aren’t quick enough to help the pandemic – legal battles slow the process – experts agree AND their arms in the fastest and most efficient way possible," he said. Negotiations on a waiver will take too long AND effort to rapidly increase access to lifesaving vaccines and treatments around the world. Debate over vaccines is inconsequential to WTO collapse- prefer other factors such as developed members avoiding obligations, the dysfunctional Appellate Body, and an inability to monitor trade AND cases of noncompliance, such as loss of privileges to chair WTO bodies. | 11/20/21 |
SO -- Pharma DA CRISPRTournament: Meadows | Round: 1 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart AW | Judge: Joseph Barquin Pharma profits are up from COVID vaccines, patent waivers threaten this AND almost $428 million accrued in the first nine months of the year. Strong IP protection spurs innovation by encouraging risk-taking and incentivizing knowledge sharing—prefer statistical analysis of multiple studies AND for foreign direct investment which in turn also leads to economic growth.”56 CRISPR tech K2 biopharma profits—recent developments in CRISPR have made biotech pharma companies’ stocks soar. AND ? Consider higher-margin pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) companies instead. CRISPR K2 pharma research and RandD for future drugs and medicines—pharma already knows and is investing in CRISPR infrastructure already. AND patients may no longer be just an idea, but a distinct reality. Biopharmaceutical innovation is key to prevent future pandemics and bioterror AND such public health threats to an even greater extent under improved innovation conditions. Pharmaceutical profits are key to innovation against emerging disease threats AND profit in medicine and especially in the pharmaceutical and medical-device industries. That causes extinction, which outweighs. AND and Japan using plague to cause an epidemic in China during WWII.27 | 11/20/21 |
SO -- T PluralTournament: St Marx | Round: 1 | Opponent: Southlake Carroll PK | Judge: Lindsey Williams 1ncT pluralA. Interpretation: the aff must defend more than one nation reducing IP protections for medicinesUniversity of Houston Clear Lake Writing Center 15 AND botany texts. 3. The United Nations had many diplomats’ contracts voided. ‘Nations’ is pluralWordHippoac B. Violation – the aff only defends one state.C. Reasons to prefer1. The affirmative interpretation is unreasonable - it creates a race to the bottom of smallest possible changes to dodge links and effectively makes the WTO aspect of the topic irrelevant. These interpretations may be pragmatically appealing but are not grammatical – that outweighs because you only have the jurisdiction to vote on topical affs because they haven’t met the burden of affirming and the words in the resolution are the only stasis for prep.2. The negative interpretation is superior- it provides a limit on the topic because affirmatives must find unifying advantages to beat PICs.3. Multiple words support our interpretation meaning it has resolutional synergism: words gain meaning in context, a "hot dog" is not a warm puppy – absent specific definitions of all words we defined you should vote neg.D. Topicality is a voting issue for predictable limits- it tells the negative what they do and do not have to prepare for. It should be evaluated through competing interpretations – reasonability is arbitrary and causes a race to the bottom based on questionable argumentation and you can’t be reasonably topical.cap kL: The aff’s faith in market logics allows for rampant international austerity and privatization of healthcare – this is a tradeoff DA that outweighs and turns case.Sell and Williams, 20 AND as powerful and often dominant logics operating in and influencing that governance system. L: Securitizing biological risks ties health to the protection of global capitalism. ‘Disease as threat’ narratives militarize responsibility for public health, replicating past colonial structures to secure neoliberalism.Mohan J. DUTTA, 15. Professor and Head of the Department of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore, Adjunct Professor of Communication at the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University. Neoliberal Health Organizing, 2015, p. 167-169. AND forms of governance because of the paradoxes of networked flows in neoliberal governance. I: Our critique independently outweighs the case - neoliberalism causes extinction and massive social inequalities – the affs single issue legalistic solution is the exact kind of politics neolib wants us to engage in so the root cause goes unquestioned. Farbod 15 ( Faramarz Farbod , PhD Candidate @ Rutgers, Prof @ Moravian College, Monthly Review, http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2015/farbod020615.html, 6-2) AND enhancing natural and social systems will soon reach a point of no return. I: Capitalism causes inevitable crises, inequality, and dehumanization—the alternative is a class-based critique of the system—pedagogical spaces are the crucial staging ground for keeping socialism on the horizonMcLaren, Distinguished Fellow – Critical Studies @ Chapman U and UCLA urban schooling prof, and Scatamburlo-D’Annibale, associate professor of Communication – U Windsor, ‘4 AND memories. Its potential remains untapped and its promise needs to be redeemed. A: The alternative is to affirm the model of the Communist Party – only party organizing can provide effective accountability mechanisms to correct chauvinist tendencies, educate and mobilize marginalized communities, and connect local struggles to a movement for global liberation.Escalante, Philosophy @ UOregon, 18 AND debates will be crucial to ensuring that this rapidly growing movement can succeed. I/F: The role of the ballot is to resist neoliberal ideology – filter negative arguments through an epistemological dismantling of neoliberalism.HAY and ROSAMUND, PhDs, 2002 (Colin and Ben, Journal of European Public Policy Volume 9, Issue 2, 2002 p. 3-5) AND then the content of such ideas is likely to affect significantly political dynamics. | 11/20/21 |
SO -- T implementationTournament: CSU Long Beach | Round: 2 | Opponent: Modern Brain JO | Judge: Diana Alvarez t implementation A the aff must implement a plan B Violation – Resolved means a policy AND ,” which is defined by Bouvier as meaning “to establish by law”. C. Fairness-
2. Not defending the topic is not fair A. Preparation- altering the topic gives the aff a huge edge, they can prepare for half a year on an issue that catches us by surprise. Preparation is better than thinking on your feet- research demonstrates pedagogical humility and research skills are the only portable debate training B. Limits- there are a finite amount of government restrictions, but an infinite number of non topical affs. Consider this our “library disad”- not debating the topic allows someone to specialize in one area of the library for 4 years giving them a huge edge over people who switch research focus ever 2 months. C. Causality- debating the resolution forces the affirmative to defend a cause and effect relationship, the state doing x results in y. Non topical affs establish their own barometer “I think x is good for me” that aren’t negateable. Only the neg promotes switch side debate. D. Exclusionary rule- you can’t vote on the case outweighs T because lack of preparation prevents rigorous testing of the AC claims and inflates the credence of their arguments. If we win fairness we don’t have to “outweigh” other impacts
AND by the principles of recognition and respect that underpin democratic institutions and practices. 2. The topic, like all social movements, is an imperfect starting point. Arguments about exclusion miss the point- no beginning can ever be perfectly inclusive, the work of politics is asymptotically pursuing perfection. This is crucial to building real world activism skills Aruzza, PhD Rome Tor Vergata, 17 AND populations, including those outside the formal labor market, in our struggles. t reduce Interp: the aff plan must reduce IP protections for medicines Violation: elimination isn’t the same as delaying Reduce excludes eliminate AND Sklar, 74 N.E. 595, 188 Mass. 363. Smaller in size/amount AND 2) procedural legal techniques and measures. They can be discussed hereunder. Reduce means decrease – excludes the possibility or result of increasing AND be interpreted, as CUNA would treat it, to mean "increase." Reduce means to diminish to a smaller number Standards: 1 Limits – the aff is underlimited – the aff doesn’t fit within the definitions or topic lit; reducing is fundamentally different from eliminnating so they’re able to use any plan that pertains to wto ip protections and overexplodes the topic making neg prep impossible 2 Ground – defending elimination means we lose ground on generic positions like innovation da or econ because we lose links; it’s skirted from the core so we are forced to read positions on the fringes of the lit which destroys topic edu and clash Paradigm Issues: 1 Drop the debater – a The 1AC set up the entire round so we already felt their abuse b Deterrence – DTD actually prevents people from reading abusive / nontopical aff plans in the future c Topicality DTA means dropping the aff so vote neg on presumption 2 Competing Interps – a C/I is better for norm setting and prevents arbitrary and subjective judge intervention – it’s the best model to ensure faireness b Topicality is a yes/no question, you can’t be reasonably topical 3 No RVIs – a The aff burden is to be topical so they shouldn’t win for meeting the bare minimum, you don’t win for being fair b Encourages theory baiting and substance crowdout c Discourages checking real abuse if people can just win for reading friv theory cp Text:
2. The following 164 countries listed in the speech doc ought to independently and without influence from the wto AND its leading institutions, the World Trade Organization. We should abolish it. Heg Bad Eliminating the WTO ends U.S. global hegemony AND the pace of technological and industrial development in the rest of the world. Primacy causes endless war, terror, authoritarianism, prolif, and Russia-China aggression. AND War–era strategies better suited to an era of bipolar superpower competition. Colonialism The WTO as an institution is unethical and perpetuates colonialism AND world – were living on less than $5.50 a day. The CP is competitive because it doesn’t include WTO action and is mutually exclusive to the 1AC plan. The aff only gets one perm for each CP and it must be in the speech doc – we only get one CP and allowing infinite aff advocacies all with their own details and net benefits makes the NR impossible. Multiple short perms are impossible to flow and exact language is important for solvency and competition. the cp solves for the alt but better – because it’s actually in the topic literature case Innovation Striking a balance is K2 innovation – development won’t be financially viable without protections AND get the expected financial returns thereby weakening any incentive to develop new products. Strong IP protections encourage private sector cooperation, investments and research AND challenge. It’s just another reason to support strong IP protections for all. IP protections incentivize innovation – our pandemic response would be hindered without innovation through strong IP systems AND countries around the world – without sacrificing safety or endangering production supply chains. at health Western healthcare isn’t mutually exclusive with traditional care - the alt forces Natives to choose, which is worse AND , but often use them in tandem (Pappas et al., 2007). Proven by Navajo patients who integrate traditional and Western care AND but most facilities have not, which begs the question: should they? And, that’s consistent with decolonization. AND rid of (something). | 11/20/21 |
SO -- Vax Dip CPTournament: CSU Long Beach | Round: 4 | Opponent: Westwood AP | Judge: Anish Ramireddy cp Text: The People’s Republic of China should offer Chinese developed vaccines and medical technology related to COVID-19 to the world for free. The CP massively ramps up Chinese “vaccine diplomacy” which solves the case AND production, boosting fair distribution, and licensing local production in more countries. Successful vaccine diplomacy is key to overall Chinese Soft Power AND . In reality, Chinese vaccines are often priced higher than $10. Chinese leadership solves extinction. AND , refugees, climate change and public hygiene by debt forgiveness and assistance. | 11/20/21 |
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