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| Colleyville | 2 | Opponent: Coppell RM | Judge: Arnold, Kristen AC- Baudrillard |
| Colleyville | 3 | Opponent: Harrison TB | Judge: Wofford, Joseph AC- Racial Cap |
| Colleyville | Quarters | Opponent: Dulles TY | Judge: Broussard, Austin, Hernandez, Devin, Arnold, Kristen AC- Stock |
| Colleyville | Semis | Opponent: Southlake Carroll PK | Judge: Dylan Jones Devin Hernandez Rodrigo Paramo AC- Megaconstellations |
| Emory | 3 | Opponent: Presentation AB | Judge: Larson, Sam AC- Policy Whole Rez |
| Emory | 4 | Opponent: Lake Highland Prep AB | Judge: Anderson, Devin AC- Luxury Communism |
| Emory | 5 | Opponent: Scripps Ranch AS | Judge: McGinnis, David AC- Lacan |
| Glenbrooks | 3 | Opponent: Peninsula AL | Judge: Bernard Medeiros AC- Hospitals |
| Glenbrooks | 5 | Opponent: Lake Highland AV | Judge: Raunak Dua AC- Civic Republicanism |
| Glenbrooks | 7 | Opponent: Westlake AK | Judge: Sam Larson AC- Badiou |
| Glenbrooks | 1 | Opponent: Peninsula CS | Judge: Rivera, Alex AC- Hungary |
| Grapevine | 1 | Opponent: Southlake Carroll SD | Judge: Quisenberry, Jack AC- COVID |
| Grapevine | 4 | Opponent: Westwood VL | Judge: Samantha McLoughlin AC- Biopiracy |
| Grapevine | Triples | Opponent: St Agnes EH | Judge: Chris Castillo AC- COVID TRIPs |
| Grapevine | Doubles | Opponent: Southlake Carroll AS | Judge: Thode, Micah Choi, Jeong-Wan Castillo, Chris AC- Marijuana |
| Harvard RR | 2 | Opponent: Lexington AG | Judge: Sam Anderson, Jonathan Jeong AC- Moon Treaty |
| Loyola | 1 | Opponent: Westwood BJ | Judge: JP Stuckert AC - Whole REz plan text but Evergreening advantage |
| Loyola | 3 | Opponent: Dulles NJ | Judge: Arjan Kang AC- Kant |
| Loyola | 5 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JW | Judge: Asher Towner AC- Pandemics |
| Loyola | Doubles | Opponent: Plano East AW | Judge: Hatfield, Wyatt Sanjrani, Aashir Stuckert, James AC- Evergreening |
| Strake | 1 | Opponent: Carnegie Vanguard SR | Judge: Angela Zhong AC- Nailbomb |
| Strake | 4 | Opponent: Southlake Carroll SD | Judge: Datel, Amadea AC- Mining |
| Strake | 6 | Opponent: Northern Valley JS | Judge: Larson, Sam AC- Contracts |
| Strake | Quarters | Opponent: Westlake MR | Judge: Plat, Breigh Quisenberry, Jack Chao, Isaac AC- PTD |
| Strake | Finals | Opponent: Southlake Carroll PK | Judge: Plat, Breigh Jones, Dylan Chao, Isaac AC- PTD |
| UH | 1 | Opponent: Ardsley LL | Judge: Tom, Neville 1AC- Transhumanism |
| UH | 4 | Opponent: Clear Lake AA | Judge: Robinson, Tajaih AC- Racial Cap |
| UH | Octas | Opponent: Westside SY | Judge: jones, dylan Botsch-McGuinn, Sarah Bukowsky, Holden AC- Baudrillard |
| UH | Quarters | Opponent: Strake Jesuit VM | Judge: Yoakum, Alexander Pittman, Phoenix Bukowsky, Holden 1AC- Stock |
| UT | 1 | Opponent: Austin SFA Prax Faloon | Judge: Hatfield, Wyatt AC- Confucianism |
| UT | 4 | Opponent: Westwood Pranav Medikonduru | Judge: Georges, Joseph AC- Egypt |
| UT | 5 | Opponent: Westwood Anoop Rachakonda | Judge: Plat, Breigh AC- Egypt |
| UT | Octas | Opponent: San Mateo YR | Judge: Gera, Nevin Le, Truman Lugo, Jacob AC- China |
| Yale | 2 | Opponent: Dr Phillips AD | Judge: Sandhiparthi, Arshita AC- Kant |
| Yale | 4 | Opponent: Mission San Jose SR | Judge: Maher, TJ AC- Virtue Ethics |
| Yale | 6 | Opponent: Stuyvesant MZ | Judge: Tran, Nathaniel AC- Prag |
| Yale | Doubles | Opponent: West Des Moines Valley SJ | Judge: Smith, Justin Wang, Annie Lee, Andrew AC- Jaeggie |
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Cites
| Entry | Date |
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0- Contact InfoTournament: Any | Round: 1 | Opponent: Any | Judge: Any | 2/5/22 |
0- NavigationTournament: Any | Round: 1 | Opponent: Any | Judge: Any | 2/5/22 |
0- Tournament NamesTournament: Any | Round: 1 | Opponent: Any | Judge: Any | 2/5/22 |
1- Baudrillard Author IndictTournament: Colleyville | Round: 2 | Opponent: Coppell RM | Judge: Arnold, Kristen | 2/5/22 |
1- CSATournament: UT | Round: 4 | Opponent: Westwood Pranav Medikonduru | Judge: Georges, Joseph
| 12/4/21 |
1- CX Checks BadTournament: Yale | Round: 4 | Opponent: Mission San Jose SR | Judge: Maher, TJ | 9/18/21 |
1- Calc Indicts Extinction First Spec BadTournament: UT | Round: 5 | Opponent: Westwood Anoop Rachakonda | Judge: Plat, Breigh | 12/4/21 |
1- Cant Ask for InterpsTournament: UH | Round: 4 | Opponent: Clear Lake AA | Judge: Robinson, Tajaih | 1/15/22 |
1- Cant Deny AnalyticsTournament: Yale | Round: 4 | Opponent: Mission San Jose SR | Judge: Maher, TJ | 9/18/21 |
1- Cite BoxTournament: Grapevine | Round: 4 | Opponent: Westwood VL | Judge: Samantha McLoughlin | 9/11/21 |
1- Combo ShellTournament: Loyola | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Plano East AW | Judge: Hatfield, Wyatt Sanjrani, Aashir Stuckert, James | 9/6/21 |
1- Comic SansTournament: UT | Round: 1 | Opponent: Austin SFA Prax Faloon | Judge: Hatfield, Wyatt | 12/4/21 |
1- Content WarningTournament: UH | Round: 4 | Opponent: Clear Lake AA | Judge: Robinson, Tajaih | 1/15/22 |
1- Contradictions Affirm BadTournament: Loyola | Round: 3 | Opponent: Dulles NJ | Judge: Arjan Kang Interp debaters may not start the claim that contradictions affirmViolation they didInfinite abuseTopic ed | 9/4/21 |
1- DisabilityTournament: Yale | Round: Doubles | Opponent: West Des Moines Valley SJ | Judge: Smith, Justin Wang, Annie Lee, Andrew | 9/19/21 |
1- Disclose ChangesTournament: Grapevine | Round: 1 | Opponent: Southlake Carroll SD | Judge: Quisenberry, Jack | 9/10/21 |
1- Disclose Contact InfoTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: Peninsula AL | Judge: Bernard Medeiros Interpretation: Debaters must, on the page with their name and the school they attend, disclose their contact informationViolation: They didn'tPrefer1~ Inclusion – Novices would have a way to contact you about your positions and learn from them and debaters would tell you before round about triggering positions that you've read before. Independent voter because inclusion is a gateway issue for debate to occur in the first place2~ Prep Skew- Pre-round disclosure can't happen if you don't have a preferable means of contact because I would never know the aff.They'll say they contacted us but that's only because we had contact info and if they didn't reach out no disclosure would have ever happened.Fairness – its constitutive to debate as competitive activity that requires objective evaluationEducation – it's the only portable impact to debateCI – a) brightlines are arbitrary and self-serving which doesn't set good norms b) it collapses since weighing between brightlines rely on offense defenseDOD – a) it's the only way to may up for time spent on theory b) it's the only way to deter future abuseNo RVI's- a) clash – people go all in on theory which decks substance engagement b) chilling effect – people will be too scared to read theory because RVI's encourage baiting theory | 11/20/21 |
1- Disclose InterpsTournament: UT | Round: 4 | Opponent: Westwood Pranav Medikonduru | Judge: Georges, Joseph | 12/4/21 |
1- ExileTournament: UH | Round: 4 | Opponent: Clear Lake AA | Judge: Robinson, Tajaih | 1/15/22 |
1- ExtinctionTournament: UT | Round: Octas | Opponent: San Mateo YR | Judge: Gera, Nevin Le, Truman Lugo, Jacob The best estimate is there are 210 million current alien civilizationsLichfield 16 – Gideon Lichfield, Editor-in-Chief of MIT Technology Review, Senior Editor at Quartz, Fellow at the Data and Society Research Institute, MSc in the Philosophy of Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science, BSc in Physics and Philosophy from the University of Bristol, Former Adjunct Professor in the Global Journalism Program at New York University, "There Have Probably Been Trillions Of Alien Civilizations, And Yet We May Still Never See One", Quartz, 6-11, https://qz.com/704687/there-have-probably-been-trillions-of-alien-civilizations-and-yet-we-may-still-never-see-one/ Universe destruction outweighs human extinction—-earth is insignificant.Hughes 18 ~Dr. Nick Hughes, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University College Dublin, PhD in Philosophy from University of St Andrews and University of Olso, and Dr. Guy Kahane, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, D. Phil. in Philosophy from Oxford University, "Our Cosmic Insignificance", 7-6, http://www.unariunwisdom.com/our-cosmic-insignificance/~~ Alien lives should be valued as equal to humans—-anything else is arbitrary and a logic of devaluation that is at the root of violencePacker 7 – Joe Packer, then MA in Communication from Wake Forest University, now PhD in Communication from the University of Pittsburgh and Professor of Communication at Central Michigan University, Alien Life in Search of Acknowledgment, p. 62-63 Extinction ends human-caused suffering and death of non-human animals—-this outweighs any value to humanity—-AND we access it even if the process is slow, because societal breakdown ends this suffering in the short termMay 18 – Dr. Todd May, Professor of Philosophy at Clemson University, PhD in Philosophy from Penn State University, MA in Psychology from Duquesne University, "Would Human Extinction Be a Tragedy?", The New York Times, 12-17, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/17/opinion/human-extinction-climate-change.html Cosmogenesis is inevitableMerali 17 – Dr. Zeeya Merali, PhD in Cosmology from Brown University, Master's in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, Freelance Journalist and Author Whose Work Has Appeared in Scientific American, Nature, New Scientist, and Discover, and on the BBC, "Scientists Want to Create a Universe in a Lab, And They Actually Could", Futurism, 10-20, https://futurism.com/scientists-may-create-universe-actually-could | 12/5/21 |
1- GCBTournament: Loyola | Round: 1 | Opponent: Westwood BJ | Judge: JP Stuckert The Greatest Conceivable Being exists and determines morality! GCB Hijacks Util – a not following the GCB’s will causes infinite pain in the hellish afterlife b the GCB exists beyond human rationality so it can arbitrarily exacerbate the aff’s impacts without sufficient reason c even 1 risk of infinite violence as a result of contradicting the GCB’s will hijacks all their extinction first argument | 9/4/21 |
1- IFDTournament: UT | Round: 4 | Opponent: Westwood Pranav Medikonduru | Judge: Georges, Joseph The standard is intending to maximize expected well-being. Morality must be binding else it can’t be enforced so there’s no reason to follow moral codes and it can’t be called an obligation nor guide action. Next, util relies on intentions to be coherent – I negate and defned the squo – they say states don’t have intentions during cx becas eof cofclit hgins which makes affirming impssoib | 12/4/21 |
1- LacanTournament: Emory | Round: 4 | Opponent: Lake Highland Prep AB | Judge: Anderson, Devin The 1AC is an ideological fantasy constructed by relentless planning at the expense of scapegoated identities, all for recognition from the Other in an attempt to fill the lack.Gunder 05 Michael Gunder, 2005, "The Production of Desirous Space: Mere Fantasies of the Utopian City?" Planning Theory 2005 4: 173, DOI: 10.1177/1473095205054604, all brackets were in the original text, SJBE The misrecognition of desire is the root cause of accumulation and capitalism- they try to destroy the symptoms of desire but we control the root cause- desire will always manifest itself.McGowan~Todd McGowan (Professor in the Department of English at the University of Vermont). "Enjoying What We Don't Have: The Political Project of Psychoanalysis." Symploke Studies in Contemporary Theory. Pg 59-60. 2013. Accessed 1/30/20. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1ddr7nv// Xu~ Their political fantasy is doomed to failure —They reestablish the master narrative by posing their utopic vision as the ultimate societal goal and paper over the lack that structurally determines the structure they critiqueStavrakakis ~Yannis Stavrakakis(Professor in Department of Political Science at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki). "Lacan and The Political" Routledge, 1999. Accessed 2/13/20. https://www.routledge.com/Lacan-and-the-Political/Stavrakakis/p/book/9780415171878~~ Negate to engage in the death drive- the aff's attempt to fill the loss will perpetually fail. Instead, enjoy the lost object and to reproduce the loss.McGowan ~Todd McGowan (Professor in the Department of English at the University of Vermont). "Enjoying What We Don't Have: The Political Project of Psychoanalysis." Symploke Studies in Contemporary Theory. Pg 13-14. 2013. Accessed 1/30/20. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1ddr7nv// Xu~ The rob is to vote for best debater – anything else is self serving and arbitrary | 1/29/22 |
1- MisdisclosureTournament: Grapevine | Round: Triples | Opponent: St Agnes EH | Judge: Chris Castillo engagibitliy evidence ethics | 9/12/21 |
1- Must Have ActorTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 7 | Opponent: Westlake AK | Judge: Sam Larson Interp – the affirmative must have an actor that does the resolution.Violaiotn – the plan text is vote aff to affirm an unconditional right of workers to strike – theres no actor – even if they say vanguard party they dotn have a world that looks like after the revolution happensPrefer –1~ procedural fairness - not defending an actor encourages shiftiness and destroys neg ground since disad links are predicated on how the aff is done, and encourages the aff to skrt out of specific links by obscuring how the aff is done - also a reason to vote neg on presumption since absent an actor the aff remains solely an ideology with no material basis2~ Movement Lawyering Skills – contingent, focused debates around locus points of difference are key to develop activists skills for political justice.Archer 18, Deborah N. "Political Lawyering for the 21st Century." Denv. L. Rev. 96 (2018): 399. (Associate Professor of Clinical Law at NYU School of Law)Elmer 3~ their refusal to have a metric of organizoan turns caseEscalante '19 Fairness is good and priorA~ debate's a game that requires effective competition and negation, which makes their offense inevitable, it internal link turns clash and engagement.B~ Probability – ballots can't shape our subjectivity or create broad political change but can rectify in-round skews.C~ Can't weigh the aff—it's just as likely that they're winning it because we weren't able to effectively prepare to defeat it.D~ Inescapable – the AC conforms to every norm of debate – speed, speech times, ballots – proves they value playing the game and isolating T as the one bad rule is arbitrary.No impact turns or RVIs – A~ Substance – if T's bad then we should try debating on substance – impact turns force me to go for T since I need to defend my position. B~ Dead end – strategy guides debates so they'll desire that people read T to beat them on the impact turn – that proves their strategy is reactive and can't solve since they rely on the structures they critique.Drop the Debater – 1AR restarts force late-developing debates that favor the aff since they get a 7-6 time skew and ensure surface-level clash.Competing interp – offense defense paradigm is the best method for evaluation since you can compare benefits under both interps easier. | 11/21/21 |
1- Must Have SourcesTournament: UH | Round: 4 | Opponent: Clear Lake AA | Judge: Robinson, Tajaih | 1/15/22 |
1- New Affs BadTournament: Loyola | Round: 1 | Opponent: Westwood BJ | Judge: JP Stuckert | 9/4/21 |
1- OS DisclosureTournament: UH | Round: Octas | Opponent: Westside SY | Judge: jones, dylan Botsch-McGuinn, Sarah Bukowsky, Holden Interp – debaters must open source disclose all documents they read on the NDCA LD wiki 30 minutes after the round has ended.Violation – screenshots from 9PM last night shows NOTHING IS disclosed and when I asked, they only sent cites 1~ inequities—it's the only way to truly level the playing field for students such as novices in under-privileged programs and can't cut mass amounts of cards2~ Evidence ethics – open source is the only way to verify before round that cards aren't miscut – pairings don't give enough time but disclosing ASAP solves. That's a voter – we should be able to verify you didn't cheat3~ clash – allows debaters to come up with more nuanced researched objections to their opponents evidence before the round at a much faster rate | 1/16/22 |
1- OpacityTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 7 | Opponent: Westlake AK | Judge: Sam Larson CP Text – ????The 1AC's semiotic coherence within the world is sutured through a western model of scriptocentrism that is exclusionary and violent towards racialized bodiesConquergood, Dwight. Cultural struggles: Performance, ethnography, praxis. University of Michigan Press, 2013. (a professor of anthropology and performance studies at Northwestern University)Elmer Opacity is a sequencing question to the capitalist functioning and disrupting economic performance.Gill 10 ~Stephen Gill (Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto). "American Transparency Capitalism and Human Security: A Contradiction in Terms?" Pages 9-25. Published online: 19 Aug 2010. Accessed 12/1/20. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0951274032000044496 Houston Memorial DX~ | 11/21/21 |
1- PDFTournament: Loyola | Round: 3 | Opponent: Dulles NJ | Judge: Arjan Kang Interp: Debaters must send speech docs in PDF format.Violation – they use WordPrefer –1~ PDFs are better for file exchanges – you don't know how ~your computer/Gmail filter/speechdrop/etc~ could've changed the format of the docs which means all their arguments are suspect and precedes your offense.Solid Documents ND ~Solid Documents. "PDF vs DOC: When to Use Each". No Date. Accessed 7/2/21. https://www.soliddocuments.com/pdf/_word_format/170/1?id=170andtag=1 Xu~ 2~ Inclusion – not everyone has access to Word licenses, which often costs hundreds of dollars and excludes low resource debaters which o/w cuz it's a litmus test to determining whether you are accessible and is an impact multiplier for other votersSolid Documents 2 ~Solid Documents. "PDF vs DOC: When to Use Each". No Date. Accessed 7/2/21. https://www.soliddocuments.com/pdf/_word_format/170/1?id=170andtag=1 Xu~ Fairness – its constitutive to debate as competitive activity that requires objective evaluationEducation – it's the only portable impact to debateCI – a) brightlines are arbitrary and self-serving which doesn't set good norms b) it collapses since weighing between brightlines rely on offense defenseNeg theory is drop the debater – a) Prep skew – aff's infinite prep means they can frontline every shell marginally enough to be efficient at DA and skew substance enough to deflate theory and win b) 1AR Flex – It's key to check 1ar flexibility since you can moot all 6 min of my offense and restart the debate on unpredictable layers while kicking the arguments that were abusive.No rvi~a~ Baiting—they'll bait the theory debate and prep it out—justifies infinite abuse since they'll get away with unacceptable practices every time.~b~ 1AR all-outs—they'll collapse entirely to theory which crowds out substance and kills education.~c~ Chilling effect—people will be scared to read theory since they can lose off of it, so no one will check abuse.~d~ Norm-setting—I shouldn't be forced to keep advocating for a bad norm if I realize it's bad in the middle of the round. Then bad norms would be spread.~e~ Flex—RVIs make theory uncondo so I always have to go for that route to the ballot, but both debaters should get multiple relevant layers and collapse options. Otherwise tiny mistakes cost me the debate which isn't a holistic test of skill.~f~ Illogical—doesn't make sense to win just for being fair.Neg abuse outweighs Aff abuse – 1~ Infinite prep time before round to frontline 2~ 2AR judge psychology and 1st and last speech 3~ Infinite perms and uplayering in the 1AR.1NC theory first - 1~ Abuse was self-inflicted- They started the chain of abuse and forced me down this strategy 2~ Norming- We have more speeches to norm over whether it's a good idea since the shell was read earlierNo new 1ar theory paradigm issues- A~ the 1NC has already occurred with current paradigm issues in mind so new 1ar paradigms moot any theoretical offense B~ introducing them in the aff allows for them to be more rigorously tested which o/w's on time frame since we can set higher quality norms.Evaluate 1AR Voting issues after the 2NR- It's key to reciprocity since it means we both get 1 speech each instead of them getting a 2ar to blow them up | 9/4/21 |
1- Potential Disclosure InterpsTournament: Any | Round: 1 | Opponent: Any | Judge: Any Interpretation: For each position on their corresponding 2021-22 NDCA LD wiki page, debaters must disclose a summary of each analytic argument in their cases. Interpretation: Debaters must disclose all possible disclosure theory interps on the 2021-22 NDCA LD wiki at least 30 minutes before the round. Interpretation: Debaters must disclose all constructive positions in cite boxes on the 2021-22 NDCA LD wiki. To clarify, they can’t put “see open source.” Interp: Debaters must disclose round reports that say which positions (AC, NC, K, T, Theory, etc.) were read/gone for in every speech. Interpretation: All disclosed analytics must be at minimum a complete sentence containing an explanation of the warrant of the argument. To clarify, you can’t disclose single-word previews of analytics. Interpretation: If debaters disclose positions in cite boxes, they must not post the full text of the cards in the cite box but instead use the wikify function in verbatim. Interpretation: Debaters must, on the page with their name and the school they attend, disclose their contact information. Interpretation: Debaters must delineate on their wiki, if they do, who they prep with if the individual(s) are from a different school. | 2/5/22 |
1- Prefiat BadTournament: UT | Round: 1 | Opponent: Austin SFA Prax Faloon | Judge: Hatfield, Wyatt | 12/4/21 |
1- ROB SpecTournament: UH | Round: 4 | Opponent: Clear Lake AA | Judge: Robinson, Tajaih
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1- Record SpeechesTournament: UH | Round: Quarters | Opponent: Strake Jesuit VM | Judge: Yoakum, Alexander Pittman, Phoenix Bukowsky, Holden | 1/28/22 |
1- Round ReportsTournament: Grapevine | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Southlake Carroll AS | Judge: Thode, Micah Choi, Jeong-Wan Castillo, Chris | 9/12/21 |
1- SSpecTournament: Grapevine | Round: 4 | Opponent: Westwood VL | Judge: Samantha McLoughlin Ambiguity is a tool for settlers to define the terms of engagement with tribes. The liberal intentions of the 1AC don’t matter—absent defined standards, the policies will reproduce colonial domination. Fairness is a voter and comes first – | 9/11/21 |
1- SearleTournament: Strake | Round: 6 | Opponent: Northern Valley JS | Judge: Larson, Sam | 12/18/21 |
1- Solvency AdvocateTournament: Loyola | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Plano East AW | Judge: Hatfield, Wyatt Sanjrani, Aashir Stuckert, James | 9/6/21 |
1- SteinhoffTournament: UH | Round: 1 | Opponent: Ardsley LL | Judge: Tom, Neville | 1/14/22 |
1- TFWTournament: UH | Round: Octas | Opponent: Westside SY | Judge: jones, dylan Botsch-McGuinn, Sarah Bukowsky, Holden The aff must defend the implementation of a policy action should determine aff and neg ground – hold the line, CX and the 1AC prove there's no I-meet."Resolved" means to enact a policy by law.Words and Phrases 64 (Words and Phrases; 1964; Permanent Edition) 1~ predictable limits – radically re-contextualizing the resolution lets them defend any method tangentially related to the topic, which erases neg ground via perms and renders research burdens untenable.Fair engagement is good and prior –A~ An absence of constant refinement dooms revolutionary potential by disregarding iterative testing and effective engagementB~ Cutting negs to every possible aff wrecks small schools, which has a disparate impact on under-resourced and minority debaters.C~ Can't weigh the aff—it's just as likely that they're winning it because we weren't able to effectively prepare to defeat it.2~ Advocacy Skills –Branson '07 (Josh Branson, Former Northwestern Debater and NDT Champion, "Reflections about debate and policymaking", http://edebate.ndtceda.narkive.com/tDdAQukx/reflections-about-debate-and-policymaking~~#post1, wcp)
TVA –A~ by passionately playing the game, we can effectively parody the System.Gerry Coulter 7, sociology at Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Canada. He is the founding editor of the International Journal of Baudrillard Studies, '7 "Jean Baudrillard And The Definitive Ambivalence Of Gaming," Games and Culture, October 2007, Vol. 2, No. 4, p. 358-365, http://insomnia.ac/essays/baudrillard_on_gaming/ SLHS-RR Recut CHO B~ Analyze how private space entities use hyperreal images to justify wars – causes critical interrogation.Stockwell 20 ~Brackets Original. Samuel Stockwell (Research Project Manager, the Annenberg Institute at Brown University). "Legal 'Black Holes' in Outer Space: The Regulation of Private Space Companies". E-International Relations. Jul 20 2020. Accessed 12/7/21. https://www.e-ir.info/2020/07/20/legal-black-holes-in-outer-space-the-regulation-of-private-space-companies/ Xu~ SSD – key to demonstrate that dogmatism is good and the uselessness of information by advocating for contradicting sidesDrop the Debater – 1AR restarts force late-developing debates that favor the aff since they get a 7-6 time skew and ensure surface-level clash.No impact turns or RVIs –A~ Substance – if T's bad then we should try debating on substance – impact turns force me to go for T since I need to defend my position.B~ Dead end – strategy guides debates so they'll desire that people read T to beat them on the impact turn – that proves their strategy is reactive and can't solve since they rely on the structures they critique.C~ LogicD~ modelsCompeting interp – offense defense paradigm is the best method for evaluation since you can compare benefits under both interps easier. | 1/16/22 |
1- UtilTournament: Yale | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dr Phillips AD | Judge: Sandhiparthi, Arshita The standard is maximizing expected wellbeing – that means act hedonism.1~ Util is key to debates about IP.Kar 19 ~Mohit; Writer at the Original Position; "Utilitarianism in the Context of Intellectual Property," The Original Position; 9/18/19; https://originalpositionnluj.wordpress.com/2019/09/18/utilitarianism-in-the-context-of-intellectual-property/~~ Justin Outweighs –A~ Most articles about IP are written through util – means other frameworks can never engage with core questions of the lit and decks predictability – equal topic lit means fair ground.B~ TJFs first – substance begs the question of a framework being good for debate – fairness is a gateway issue to deciding the winner and education is the reason schools fund debate.2~ Lexical pre-requisite: preventing death is a prior question to all other ethical theories.Craig Paterson (2003, Department of Philosophy, Providence College, Rhode Island. "A Life Not Worth Living?", Studies in Christian Ethics, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15000090/) 3~ Only pleasure and pain are intrinsically valuable – all other frameworks collapse.Moen 16 ~Ole Martin Moen, Research Fellow in Philosophy at University of Oslo "An Argument for Hedonism" Journal of Value Inquiry (Springer), 50 (2) 2016: 267–281~ 4~ Extinction first –A~ Forecloses future improvement – we can never improve society because our impact is irreversibleB~ Turns suffering – mass death causes suffering because people can't get access to resources and basic necessitiesC~ Moral obligation – allowing people to die is unethical and should be prevented because it creates ethics towards other peopleD~ Objectivity – body count is the most objective way to calculate impacts because comparing suffering is unethicalE~ Moral uncertainty – if we're unsure about which interpretation of the world is true – we ought to preserve the world to keep debating about it5~ No intent-foresight distinction for states.Enoch 07 Enoch, D ~The Faculty of Law, The Hebrew Unviersity, Mount Scopus Campus, Jersusalem~. (2007). INTENDING, FORESEEING, AND THE STATE. Legal Theory, 13(02). doi:10.1017/s1352325207070048 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/legal-theory/article/intending-foreseeing-and-the-state/76B18896B94D5490ED0512D8E8DC54B2 6~ States must use util – they seek practical benefits for constituents and aren't unified agents so they don't have intentions. No calc indicts since states use util successfully all the time and they just prove util's hard to use not impossible.7~ Physicalism is true and is a side constraint on ethics.Papineau 8, David, "Naturalism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2009 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2009/entries/naturalism/. | 9/17/21 |
1- WSpecTournament: Strake | Round: Quarters | Opponent: Westlake MR | Judge: Plat, Breigh Quisenberry, Jack Chao, Isaac
| 12/19/21 |
JF- AstropolTournament: Harvard RR | Round: 2 | Opponent: Lexington AG | Judge: Sam Anderson, Jonathan Jeong Outer space policy has always been of militarization – debates between civilian and military use are two sides of the same coin that affectively polices society, culminating in total war.Craven 19 ~Brackets Original. Matt Craven (Professor of International Law, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom). "'Other Spaces': Constructing the Legal Architecture of a Cold War Commons and the Scientific-Technical Imaginary of Outer Space". European Journal of International Law, Volume 30, Issue 2, May 2019, Pages 547–572, Accessed 1/12/22. https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article/30/2/547/5536739 Xu~ The 1AC is a misdiagnosis of debris – wargames and coverups whitewashes militarism's recreation of debris.Reno 20 ~Joshua O. Reno (Associate Professor of Anthropology at Binghamton University). February 2020. Accessed 1/15/22. "Military Waste: The Unexpected Consequences of Permanent War Readiness". UC Press. https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520316027/military-waste Xu~ US-Russian cooperation is a unique form of empire—-leverages political weight to exacerbate inequality and block the interests of developing countriesHaris Durrani 19, JD/PhD candidate at Columbia Law School and Princeton University, winner of the Sacknoff Prize for Space History, 7/19/19, "Is Spaceflight Colonialism?" https://www.thenation.com/article/apollo-space-lunar-rockets-colonialism/ The Moon Treaty's project of a "common heritage" is a trojan horse for instilling militaristic control – this managerial lens renders nature and humanity fungible.Craven 19 ~Matt Craven (Professor of International Law, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom). "'Other Spaces': Constructing the Legal Architecture of a Cold War Commons and the Scientific-Technical Imaginary of Outer Space". European Journal of International Law, Volume 30, Issue 2, May 2019, Pages 547–572, Accessed 1/12/22. https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article/30/2/547/5536739 Xu~ Scientific innovation via satellites is conscripted as a tool to further militaristic ends.Craven 19 ~Matt Craven (Professor of International Law, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom). "'Other Spaces': Constructing the Legal Architecture of a Cold War Commons and the Scientific-Technical Imaginary of Outer Space". European Journal of International Law, Volume 30, Issue 2, May 2019, Pages 547–572, Accessed 1/12/22. https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article/30/2/547/5536739 Xu~ The impact is unending war and environmental catastrophe.Craven 19 ~Matt Craven (Professor of International Law, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom). "'Other Spaces': Constructing the Legal Architecture of a Cold War Commons and the Scientific-Technical Imaginary of Outer Space". European Journal of International Law, Volume 30, Issue 2, May 2019, Pages 547–572, Accessed 1/12/22. https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article/30/2/547/5536739 Xu~ The alternative is Worldism – the refusal of international relations dictated by militarism in favor of interventions into space as ungoverned.Agathangelou and Ling 09 Anna M. Agathangelou is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Political Science and Women's Studies at York University, Canada and co-director of the Global Change Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus, L.H.M. Ling is an Associate Professor in the Graduate Program in Inter- national Affairs at The New School, New York, USA., Transforming World Politics: From empire to multiple worlds, The New International Relations Series, 2009. | 2/18/22 |
JF- BaudrillardTournament: Emory | Round: 3 | Opponent: Presentation AB | Judge: Larson, Sam ” is a trojan horse for instilling militaristic control – this managerial lens renders nature and humanity fungible. This is part and parcel with a global system of fractal policing – the will to peace produces endless violence through shadow forms of engagement that are located beyond the cognitive maps of their conception of space policy as a solely material process | 1/28/22 |
JF- ESpecTournament: Harvard RR | Round: 2 | Opponent: Lexington AG | Judge: Sam Anderson, Jonathan Jeong Interp – the affirmative must specify their epistemology of approaching outer space within a delineated text in the 1AC.Epistemology is flexible – squo debates further dogma by smokescreening ideological differences.Schwartz and Milligan summarize in 21 ~Dr. James S.J. Schwartz (Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Wichita State University and author of The Value of Science in Space Exploration) and Dr. Tony Milligan (Senior Researcher in the Cosmic Visionaries Project, a member of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London). '"Space ethics" according to space ethicists'. The Space Review. February 1, 2021. Accessed 1/23/2022. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4117/1 Xu~ Violation – they didn'tPrefer –1~ Stable Advocacy – they can shift out in the 1AR to reclarify their orientation on things like state-based policies, IR relations, or space control good which kills high-quality engagement, but we force them to defend the entirety of the 1AC instead of just a six second plan text – triggers presumption since their epistemology influences effective policy and is a prior question to the passing of the plan.2~ Real World – policy makers aren't born from the judge's referendum on a hypothetical plan, but real-world movements are influenced by the subjectivity and scholarship introduced in debate.ESpec isn't regressive – its core topic lit for implementation, and you had infinite prep to choose your epistemology. | 2/18/22 |
JF- Father SkyTournament: Colleyville | Round: 3 | Opponent: Harrison TB | Judge: Wofford, Joseph | 2/5/22 |
JF- HegTournament: UH | Round: Octas | Opponent: Westside SY | Judge: jones, dylan Botsch-McGuinn, Sarah Bukowsky, Holden Commercial Space Race favors American Companies – losing green-lights Chinese DominanceAutry and Kwast 19 Greg Autry and Steve Kwast 8-22-2019 "America Is Losing the Second Space Race to China" (Greg Autry, a clinical professor of space leadership, policy, and business at Arizona State University's Thunderbird School of Global Management, and Steve Kwast)Elmer Pomo undermines heg – they said will to transparentcy is the wewst in cx they linikHandler 92 Extinction.Ikenberry 20 John Ikenberry 6-9-2020 "The Next Liberal Order: The Age of Contagion Demands More Internationalism, Not Less" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-06-09/next-liberal-order (Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and Global Eminence Scholar at Kyung Hee University, in South Korea)Elmer Transition Wars.Khalizad 16 Zalmay Khalizad 3-23-2016 "4 Lessons about America's Role in the World" http://nationalinterest.org/feature/4-lessons-about-americas-role-the-world-15574?page=show (former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, counselor at the CSIS)Elmer Nuke war causes extinctionChecked Extinction o/w under Baudy1~ future improvement2~ material conditions3~ prereq to VTl | 1/16/22 |
JF- KantTournament: UH | Round: Octas | Opponent: Westside SY | Judge: jones, dylan Botsch-McGuinn, Sarah Bukowsky, Holden Ethics must be derived from the a priori world –1~ External Worlds Skepticism –Chapman summarizes 14 ~Andrew Chapman (lecturer in philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder). "External World Skepticism". 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology. 6 FEBRUARY 2014. Accessed 12/11/21. https://1000wordphilosophy.com/2014/02/06/external-world-skepticism/ Xu~ 2~ Paradox of inductionBlack's quotes Hume ~Brackets Original. David Hume (Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian and essayist). "The Paradox of Induction". Black's Academy. No Date. Accessed 12/18/21. https://www.blacksacademy.net/pages/px-015-pxqekj-paradox-induction.php Xu~ 3~ Is-Ought Gap –Gray 11 ~James W. Gray (MA in philosophy from San Jose State University). "The Is/Ought Gap: How Do We Get "Ought" from "Is?"" Ethical Realism. N.p., 19 July 2011. Web. 28 Oct. 2015. Massa~ 4~ Empirical Models are impossible – Bonini's pardox.Wikipedia summarizes Dutton and Starbuck ~Brackets Original. John M. Dutton (He enrolled in Harvard Business School in 1955, graduated with an M.B.A. in 1957, and embarked on an academic career that culminated as professor of business administration. He stayed on at Harvard as a research associate and taught at Northeastern University. He taught at Purdue University Krannert School of Industrial Engineering in Lafayette, IN from 1960 to 1968. His research included organizational behavior, computer simulation of human behavior, history of business technology, progress-principal studies, and strategic changes in the energy industry. He was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was the Lucas Visiting Professor at the University of Birmingham in England from 1963 to 1964. He went on to teach at Southern Methodist University Business School in Dallas, TX from 1968 to 1971. In 1971 he moved to Manhattan where he taught and was Associate Dean at New York University, Stern Graduate School of Business Administration retiring in 1998. While at NYU he helped develop and teach the executive M.B.A. programs in France and Japan). William Haynes Starbuck (graduated from Harvard University and the Carnegie Institute of Technology. He is an organizational scientist who has held professorships in social relations, sociology, business administration, and management). "Bonini's paradox". Wikipedia. No Date. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonini27s_paradox Houston Memorial DX~ Only practical reason is a priori.Korsgaard ~Korsgaard, Christine (Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University). "Creating The Kingdom of Ends: Reciprocity and Responsibility in Personal Relations." (p. 317-318). https://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~~korsgaar/CMK.CKE.Essay.pdf~~ O/W –A~ Infinite Regress – certainty must answer "why" because it would otherwise allow agents to infinitely question why it's true – other frameworks allow agents to question every part of it, but questioning reason concedes its authority which proves its inescapable.That justifies universal laws of morality – there's no distinction between practical reasoners – its incoherent to claim that 1+12 just for me. ==== Thus, the standard is consistency with universalizable maxims – actions are ethical insofar as willing it doesn't infringe on the ability to will it.1~ Performativity – when you enter debate, you presume that you will be free to set and pursue ends in the round because of a system of reciprocally enforced constraints.2~ Ideal Theory Good – a~ end point – we'd constantly be fixing injustices as a precondition to ethical action so we never get to the bottom of what is actually ethical b~ relevance – every society has different injustices that occur – the resolution is a universal values statement which means you cannot universalize any theory under nonideal theory.Negate –1~ not defending the topic is non-universalizable b/c if nobody defended the topic than a topic wouldn't have even been created in the first place which is a contradiction.2~ Space appropriation and exploration originates from private companies such as Space X and Blue Origin. Preventing such is a restriction on the ability of companies to set and pursue their ends and these companies gain contracts with the government for projects which turns promise breaking offense. | 1/16/22 |
JF- MonismTournament: UH | Round: Quarters | Opponent: Strake Jesuit VM | Judge: Yoakum, Alexander Pittman, Phoenix Bukowsky, Holden | 1/28/22 |
JF- NIBsTournament: UH | Round: 1 | Opponent: Ardsley LL | Judge: Tom, Neville | 1/14/22 |
JF- OST CredTournament: UH | Round: Quarters | Opponent: Strake Jesuit VM | Judge: Yoakum, Alexander Pittman, Phoenix Bukowsky, Holden | 1/28/22 |
JF- OSpecTournament: UH | Round: 1 | Opponent: Ardsley LL | Judge: Tom, Neville | 1/14/22 |
JF- PSpecTournament: Strake | Round: 4 | Opponent: Southlake Carroll SD | Judge: Datel, Amadea Interp: The affirmative must define "private entities" in a delimited text in the 1AC."Private Entities" are flexible and has too many interps – normal means shows no consensus and makes the round irresolvable since the judge doesn't know how to compare between types of offense and o/w since it's a side constraint on decision making.UpCounsel ND ~"Private Entity: Everything You Need to Know". UpCounsel (interactive online service that makes it faster and easier for businesses to find and hire legal help). No Date. Accessed 12/17/21. https://www.upcounsel.com/private-entity Xu~ Violation – you don't.Prefer –1~ Stable Advocacy – they can redefine in the 1AR to wriggle out of DA's which kills high-quality engagement. We lose access to Tech Race DA's, Asteroid DA's, basic case turns, and core process counter plans that have different definitions and 1NC pre-round prep.2~ Real World – Policy makers will always define the entity that they are recognizing. It also means zero solvency, absent spec, private entities can circumvent since there is no delineated way to enforce the aff and means their solvency can't actualize.OSspec isn't regressive or arbitrary – its core topic lit for what happens when the aff is implemented and cannot be discounted from policies that require enforcement to function. | 12/18/21 |
JF- PlatoTournament: Strake | Round: 4 | Opponent: Southlake Carroll SD | Judge: Datel, Amadea The role of the ballot is to evaluate the desirability of resolutional action under the best normative framework. Prefer: (a) AC / NC is structurally reciprocal since both sides have access to two routes to the ballot (b) it's key to framework clash and phil ed is the only reason LD debate exists. c~ reject new 1AR rob – 1~ time skew 2~ clashPresumption and permissibility negates – a) more often false than true since I can prove something false in infinite ways b) real world policies require positive justification before being adopted – there's alwahys an institutional DA to going through Congress c) resolved indicates "firmly determined" which means they proactively did something, to negate that means that they aren't resolvedThe litmus test for ethics is certainty and non-arbitrariness – blurry guidelines for ethics allows agents to inconsistently understand morality or arbitrarily opt out which renders ethics useless since it can't serve as a guide to action.Thus, ethics is transcendental, not empirical –1~ Cartesian Skepticism – perceptions of the external world are fundamentally incoherent – the possibility of a dream world, simulation, or a hallucination makes empiricism unreliable.2~ Causal Determinism – the physical world removes culpability from the agent – agential action occurs because of an antecedent NOT their will – only the transcendental world assumes an agent not subject to physical side constraints.3~ Hume's Guillotine – descriptive claims cannot prescribe action – "arsenic is poison" doesn't mean "one ought not drink arsenic" because it doesn't ought to be that way. Only the transcendental can form ought statements.Thus, the standard is consistency with the forms of objects – the essence of the world that transcend space and time.Wilber 19 ~Jennifer Wilber (ESL instructor, substitute teacher, and freelance writer, B.A. in Creative Writing and English). "An Introduction to Plato's Theory of Forms". Owlcation. JUL 8, 2019. Accessed 12/21/20. https://owlcation.com/humanities/An-Introduction-to-Platos-Theory-of-Forms Xu~ Prefer –1~ Sequencing –A~ Understanding the form of objects is a prerequisite to the empiricalCohen 15 ~S. Marc Cohen- "Phaedo" https://faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/phaedo.htm Last updated 7/24/2015~ UT AI B~ Bindingness – even if exceptions exist to an ethic, it proves empirical inconsistencies exist that only the transcendental can universally apply and reasonably guide action.2~ Performativity – a) all appeals to the good attempt to reference an ultimate form of the good and define it in the material world b) thoughts and ideas can only exist insofar as the theory of the form is true since it is what defines our ability to generate those thoughts in the first place.3~ Ideal Theory Good – a~ end point – we'd constantly be fixing injustices as a precondition to ethical action so we never get to the bottom of what is actually ethical b~ relevance – every society has different injustices that occur – the resolution is a universal values statement which means you cannot universalize any theory under nonideal theory.4~ Epistemic Confidence – a~ modesty is arbitrary in calculating ethical value which can't serve as a guide to action b~ self-defeating – you wouldn't take two different pills because a doctor recommended one and a stranger another.I defend the squo and negate –First, the rez is indexed to private entities – by identifies "identifying the agent performing an action" and is specific to appropriation through private entities.Second, "A private entity relies on a small group of chosen investors in order to grow and fund their business. This could be employees, colleagues, friends, family, or even large institutional investors. Interested parties are able to support the private entity in order to help the company grow."That's QT Company 20 ~"What Are Private Entities?". Quest Trust Company (custodian of self-directed IRAs located in Houston, Austin, and Dallas, Texas with clients Nationwide. Quest Trust Company, is the leading provider of self-directed retirement account administration services. Quest Trust Company has been in business since 2003 with over $2 Billion in assets under management. As a neutral party, Quest Trust Company does not offer any investments and therefore has no conflicts of interest with what our clients want to do with their IRAs). September 28, 2020. Accessed 12/17/21. https://www.questtrustcompany.com/2020/09/28/what-are-private-entities/ Xu~ Appropriation means "incorporation by joining or uniting" which is consistent with the form of private entities.That's Vocabulary.com ~"appropriation". Vocabulary.com. No Date. Accessed 12/17/21. https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/appropriation Xu~ | 12/18/21 |
JF- PragTournament: Emory | Round: 5 | Opponent: Scripps Ranch AS | Judge: McGinnis, David The role of the ballot is to evaluate the desirability of resolutional action under the best normative framework. Prefer: (a) AC / NC is structurally reciprocal since both sides have access to two routes to the ballot (b) it's key to framework clash and phil ed is the only reason LD debate exists.Constructive empiricism is a litmus test – observable phenomenon ensures ethical statements are grounded in verifiable truths.A~ Tangibility- it's the only thing that affects us tangibly and we recognizably prove causal linkages because we see external forces affecting us which O/w on verifiability.B~ Actualization- the only way to verify or actualize internal motivation is via action with the external world which means only external forces can guide actionC~ Pre-requisite- external objects and markers influence internal drives i.e. me seeing ice cream in the external world prompts me to have an internal desire to eat itThus, ethics must be revisionary – theories cannot be grounded in unmovable principles because we are in a constant state of learning. Historical moral progress proves we radically shift our norms but only theories that are adaptable can withstand the test of time. Survivability underlies ethics – if rules don't exist, then they aren't action guiding.Constructivism is true –1~ Temporality – moral questions take time to answer. It is not possible to construct perfect theories because they're debunked by the future when we realize it doesn't perfectly fit our way of life; however, endorsing a process of perpetual addition circumvents restarting from scratch.2~ Epistemology – meta-ethics should not just be concerned with the process of creating rules, but rather the ways that we think. Formulating correct theories requires that we understand the mind and how subjects cohere moral knowledge which means the construction of knowledge over time is valuable.3~ Subject Formation – experiences shape identity because we construct our personalities and attitudes based on how we feel about particular things. Schemas are formed and modified through experience.University at Buffalo Center for Educational Innovation (U@Buffalo CEI). (2020, December 08). Constructivism. Retrieved April 14, 2021, from http://www.buffalo.edu/ubcei/enhance/learning/constructivism.html This commits us to practical deliberation as the method of moral inquiry | 1/29/22 |
JF- T ImplementationTournament: Harvard RR | Round: 2 | Opponent: Lexington AG | Judge: Sam Anderson, Jonathan Jeong Is means is Definition of is (Entry 1 of 4) present tense third-person singular of BE dialectal present tense first-person and third-person singular of BE dialectal present tense plural of BEWebster ND Definition of IS," Merriam Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/is IS Dialectical present tense means logical coherence which implies no implementationYour Dictionary ND, "Dialectical Meaning," No Publication, https://www.yourdictionary.com/dialectical Cho "BE" is a linking verb, not an action verb so implementation is incoherentGrammar Monster ND "Linking Verbs," Grammar Monster, https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/linking_verbs.htm CHO Violation: They defend "_" as the actor and implement an which isn't resolutional OR they are extra T1~ Limits and Ground - justifies infinite unpredictable aff advantage ground and extra topical enforcement mechanisms which wreck research burdens while spiking core generics.2~ Semantics o/w –a~ Precision – they can arbitrarily jettison words which decks ground and preparation because there is no stasis pointb~ Jurisdiction – the judge doesn't have the authority to vote aff if it wasn't legitimatec~ Durability – grammatical correctness makes debaters effective academics and professionalsd~ Legal ed –Heath 06 Brad, reporter at USA Today. "Small mistakes cause big problems" November 21, 2006. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-11-20-typo-problems_x.htm IB 3~ Phil Ed – creates better ethical subjectivity and critical thinking that o/ws on uniqueness to LD, switch to policy and LARP on the water topic – solves all your offenseTVA: Read a phil aff that affirms that private appropriation is unjust with a util FW and don't defend implementationFairness – it's a prereq to judge evaluation and substantive engagementEducation – it's the only portable impact and why schools fund debateCI – a) brightlines are arbitrary and self-serving which doesn't set good norms b) it collapses since weighing between brightlines rely on offense defenseDTD – its key to deter future abuse and the abuse has already occurredNo RVI's- a) chilling effect – people will be too scared to read theory because RVI's encourage baiting theory b) clash – people go all in on theory which decks substance engagement c~ Norm-setting—I shouldn't be forced to keep advocating for a bad norm d~ Illogical—doesn't make sense to win just for being fair | 2/18/22 |
JF- T Space MiningTournament: Strake | Round: 4 | Opponent: Southlake Carroll SD | Judge: Datel, Amadea Interp – space mining isn't appropriation – its not permanent and OST consensus.Hofmann and Bergamasco 19 ~Mahulena Hofmann (SES Chair in Space, SatCom and Media Law at the University of Luxembourg) and Federico Bergamasco (PhD Researcher in aviation, telecommunication and space law University of Luxembourg). "Space resources activities from the perspective of sustainability: legal aspects". Global Sustainability. 9 December 2019. Accessed 12/18/21. https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/DF153F4A77970AC9E12444EC2B001F8A/S2059479819000279a.pdf/div-class-title-space-resources-activities-from-the-perspective-of-sustainability-legal-aspects-div.pdf Xu~ OST is the standard for space law.Wikipedia No Date ~Wikipedia. "Outer Space Treaty." No Date. Accessed 12/18/21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty Xu~ Semantics o/w –a~ Precision – they can arbitrarily jettison words which decks ground and preparation because there is no stasis pointb~ Jurisdiction – the judge doesn't have the authority to vote aff if it wasn't legitimateVote for predictable limits – their aff explodes the object of the resolution to include random space activities from tourism to research to satellite surveillance – that allows them to cherry-pick the best aff with no neg ground – also kills predictable advocacies which decks prepared engagement. | 12/18/21 |
JF- T-MegaconstellationsTournament: Emory | Round: 3 | Opponent: Presentation AB | Judge: Larson, Sam | 1/28/22 |
ND- BBBTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: Peninsula AL | Judge: Bernard Medeiros Biden's continued PC is key to pass Build Back Better next week – despite inflation concernsBarrón-López 11-11 (Laura Barrón-López, White House Correspondent for Politico, formerly covered Congress for the Washington Examiner, HuffPost and The Hill, BA political science, California State University, Fullerton, "Dems to White House: The only prescription is more Biden," Politico, 11-11-2021, https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/11/dems-white-house-biden-520946)//re-cut by Elmer Empirics proves Pro-Labor and Pro-Union policies sap PC.Leon 21 Luis Feliz Leon 1-6-2021 "If we want it, we're going to have to fight like hell for it" - Labor faces an uphill battle to pass the PRO Act" https://www.thestrikewave.com/original-content/labor-faces-uphill-battle-to-pass-pro-act (Organizer and journalist)Elmer ====BBB wins the US the Tech Competition Race.==== Losing causes extinction - uncontrolled risks from emerging tech cause rapid shifts in strategic stability and misuse - American dominance is key.Jain '20 ~Ash; 2020; Senior fellow with the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security; Strategic Studies Quarterly; "Present at the Re-Creation: A Global Strategy for Revitalizing, Adapting, and Defending a Rules-Based International System," https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Present-at-the-Recreation.pdf~~ The system must also be adapted to deal with | 11/20/21 |
ND- Cant Spec GovTournament: UT | Round: 4 | Opponent: Westwood Pranav Medikonduru | Judge: Georges, Joseph Fairness – a) you conceded the judge will fairly evaluate your argument b) its constitutive to debate as competitive activity that requires objective evaluation | 12/4/21 |
ND- HobbesTournament: UT | Round: 5 | Opponent: Westwood Anoop Rachakonda | Judge: Plat, Breigh | 12/4/21 |
ND- Hospital ReformTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: Peninsula AL | Judge: Bernard Medeiros CP text: A just government ought to- reduce workloads that promote better mental health- allocate resources for efficient task completion- adequate infrastructure- fill all vacant posts- Offer better renumeration packages and incentives- provide opportunities for rank advancement- improve communication between management and staff- create environment conducive to high quality careZodwa M. Manyisaa and Elsie J. van Aswegen, 17 ~Zodwa M .Manyisaa, (Doctor of Philosophy: Department of Health Studies University of South Africa) Elsie J. van Aswegen (Professor at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University)~. "Factors affecting working conditions in public hospitals: A literature review." Accessed 11-20-2021. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214139117300082 duongie That sovles case – nothing in the 1AC is specific to why strikes are uniquely key to reforms | 11/20/21 |
ND- JSpecTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 1 | Opponent: Peninsula CS | Judge: Rivera, Alex Interp: The affirmative must specify the jurisdiction the right to strike is recognized within a delimited text in the 1AC.Jurisdiction is flexible and has too many interps– normal means shows no consensus.Leyton Garcia 17 ~Jorge Andrés Leyton García (Postgraduate Research Student / Assistant Teacher en University of Bristol). "THE RIGHT TO STRIKE AS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT: RECOGNITION AND LIMITATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW". Revista Chilena de Derecho, vol. 44, núm. 3, 2017, pp. 781-804. Accessed 6/24/21. https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/1770/177054481008.pdf Xu~ Violation – you don't.Prefer –1~ Stable Advocacy – they can redefine in the 1AR to wriggle out of DA's which kills high-quality engagement. We lose access to Readiness DA's, Unions DA's, basic case turns, and core process counter plans that have different definitions and 1NC pre-round prep.2~ Real World – Policy makers will always define the entity that they are recognizing which proves its core topic literatyureJSpec isn't regressive or arbitrary – its core topic lit for what happens when the aff is implemented and cannot be discounted from recognition policies that require enforcement to function. | 11/23/21 |
ND- NIBsTournament: UT | Round: 1 | Opponent: Austin SFA Prax Faloon | Judge: Hatfield, Wyatt | 12/4/21 |
ND- NebelTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: Peninsula AL | Judge: Bernard Medeiros Interp – The affirmative may not specify workers.Upward entailment and adverb of quantification determine whether a bare plural's existential.Leslie 16 ~Sarah-Jane Leslie (Ph.D., Princeton, 2007) is the Dean of the Graduate School and Class of 1943 Professor of Philosophy. She has previously served as the Vice Dean for Faculty Development in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, Director of the Program in Linguistics, and Founding Director of the Program in Cognitive Science at Princeton University. She is also affiliated faculty in the Department of Psychology, the University Center for Human Values, the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies and the Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science and Public Policy. She is the author of numerous articles in philosophy and psychology, published in journals such as Science, PNAS, Philosophical Review, and Noûs.~ "Generic Generalizations" Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy April 24, 2016. DOA: 12/11/19, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/generics/ SLHS-RR Outweighs1~ Controls internal link – people base prep off the rez – no stasis point for arguments.2~ Jurisdiction – judge is contracted to vote inside the rez and they don't have the authority to vote on the affViolation –Prefer –1~ Limits – infinite combination of affs from agricultural to hospital to manual laborers. Explodes aff ground – you cherry-pick affs with no neg ground and I must prep all affs while they prep one which pigeonholes me to generics.2~ TVA – read this aff as an advantage – we still get discussion on their aff. | 11/20/21 |
ND- Racial CapitalismTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 1 | Opponent: Peninsula CS | Judge: Rivera, Alex All Capitalism is Racial Capitalism – the modern system of labor cannot sustain itself without disposable populations.Burden-Stelly 20 ~Bracketed for women to womxn. Footnote 14 is inserted below the paragraph it's cited in, other footnotes excluded for readability. Charisse Burden-Stelly (Visiting Scholar in the Race and Capitalism Project at the University of Chicago. She is currently an African-American Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Carleton College). "Modern U.S. Racial Capitalism: Some Theoretical Insights". The Monthly Review, Volume 72, Number 3. 7/1/20. Accessed 11/3/21. https://monthlyreview.org/2020/07/01/modern-u-s-racial-capitalism/ Xu~ The simulation of policymaking is the logistical appropriation of synaptic labor into Racial Capitalism – they can't actualize their skills before the impact happens.Harney 14 ~Note – I do not support the ableist language used in the evidence. Stefano Harney (Professor of Strategic Management at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University). "HAPTICALITY IN THE UNDERCOMMONS, OR FROM OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT TO BLACK OPS". CUMMA PAPERS ~#9. 2014. Accessed 11/13/21. https://cummastudies.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/cumma-papers-9.pdf Xu~ They don't spread democracy, they spread the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie – their call for democratic engagement belies a subtext of American imperialism that makes true political engagement impossible and cements instabilityGurukkal 18 The utilization of strikes is a reformist smokescreen that reinforces capitalist labor-relations – cx proves.IP 16 ~Note – the website cntrl c+v is really weird so there might be a misspelled word (like "down" to "clown") or a misplaced comma or period. I'm not sure how to fix it but please let me know if you do! Internationalist Perspective (left-communist publication defending Marxism as a living theory and critiquing left-communist theory). "Trade unions: pillars of capitalism - Internationalist Perspective". LibCom. 1/5/16. Accessed 11/12/21. https://libcom.org/library/trade-unions-pillars-capitalism-internationalist-perspective Recut Xu from Majeed~ Resource competition and wealth extraction under Racial Capitalism produces fascism, endless war and environmental destructionRobinson 14 (William I., Prof. of Sociology, Global and International Studies, and Latin American Studies, @ UC-Santa Barbara, "Global Capitalism: Crisis of Humanity and the Specter of 21st Century Fascism" The World Financial Review) The alt is central planning - Red Innovation solve everythingNieto and Mateo 20 ~Maxi Nieto is a PhD is sociology from the University of Elche and writer for Ciber Comunismo and Juan Pablo Mateo is a visiting scholar in the department of Economics at The New School, New York and economics professor at the University of Valladolid (Spain). January 2020, "Dynamic Efficiency in a Planned Economy: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Without Markets", Science and Society, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338327276_Dynamic_Efficiency_in_a_Planned_Economy_Innovation_and_Entrepreneurship_Without_Markets gbs jacobs and majeed~ Black Ball technology produced by capitalism produces extinction – try or die for Leninist tech regulationBostrom 19 ~Nick Bostrom (philosopher at Oxford and founding director of the Future of Humanity Institute). The Vulnerable World Hypothesis". Global Policy Volume 10. Issue 4. November 2019. Accessed 11/1/8/21. https://www.nickbostrom.com/papers/vulnerable.pdf Recut Xu from EM~ Interp – the 1AC is an object of research - the role of the neg is to refuse that object. I meet 3 tier politics – I forwarded a form of scientific Maoist analysis, forwarded a model of debate that forces debates over methods to achieve radical change and done extensive research outside of the round.Williams 18 ~Carine, 7/30/18, "Why Black People Need Maoism in 2018", The Hampton Institute, http://www.hamptoninstitution.org/why-black-people-need-maoism.html~~#.XWwv7ZNKh0s KZaidi~ about these strange and slightly scary subjects? | 11/23/21 |
ND- RecognitionTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 7 | Opponent: Westlake AK | Judge: Sam Larson CP Text – A Just Government ought to not crack-down on worker strikes.Yes they link – a right requires " a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way."Legally recognizing the right to strike renders it ineffective by de-radicalizing movements, decks solvency and turns case.White 18 (, A., 2018. Its Own Dubious Battle: The Impossible Defense of an Effective Right to Strike. ~online~ Colorado Law Scholarly Commons. Available at: https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/articles/1261/ ~Accessed 7 November 2021~ Ahmed White is the Nicholas Rosenbaum Professor of Law. Before arriving at the University of Colorado, he was a visitor at Northwestern University in 1999. He has also taught at Villanova Law School. Earlier in his career, Professor White's research focused heavily on the fate of rule of law norms and the rule of law concept in capitalist society, and on the role of criminal law and punishment as mechanisms of social control of the working class. More recently, Professor White's scholarship has taken a more definite historical turn. Much of his work concerns the history of law and labor relations from the early Twentieth Century through the New Deal period, as well as the viability of a functional system of labor rights in liberal society. The subjects of many of his articles over the last decade or so, these themes are central to his recent, acclaimed book, The Last Great Strike: Little Steel, the CIO, and the Struggle for Labor Rights in New Deal America (Oakland: University of California, 2016). They also feature in his second book, tentatively titled The Romance and the Suffering: Law, Violence, and the Tragic Fate of Radical Industrial Unionism in Twentieth Century America, which will be published by the University of California Press in 2021.)-rahulpenu | 11/21/21 |
ND- UnjustTournament: UT | Round: 4 | Opponent: Westwood Pranav Medikonduru | Judge: Georges, Joseph | 12/4/21 |
ND- WSpecTournament: UT | Round: Octas | Opponent: San Mateo YR | Judge: Gera, Nevin Le, Truman Lugo, Jacob Interp – The affirmative must specify "workers" within a delimited text in the 1AC."Workers" is flexible and has too many interps– normal means shows no consensus and makes the round irresolvable since the judge doesn't know how to compare between types of offense and OW since it's a side constraint on decision making.Work Smart No Date ~Work Smart (job advice app; new service backed by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and Britain's trade unions. With over 5 million members working in all sectors of our economy, their support gives us the experience and the connections to help everyone get a better working life). "Am I a worker, an employee or self-employed?". No Date. Accessed 11/7/21. https://worksmart.org.uk/work-rights/pay-and-contracts/contract-terminology/am-i-worker-employee-or-self-employed Xu~ Independently turns case.Sandefur 10 ~Timothy Sandefur (principal attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation. He wrote a friend of the Court brief in Skilling v. United States on behalf of the Pacific Legal Foundation and the Cato Institute. His book The Right to Earn A Living will be published in September by the Cato Institute). "Get Rid Of Vague Laws". Mar 30, 2010. Accessed 11/7/21. https://www.forbes.com/2010/03/30/vague-laws-economy-government-opinions-contributors-timothy-sandefur.html?sh=2f4ac139d6ce Xu~ Violation – you don't – that was cxPrefer –1~ Stable Advocacy – they can redefine in the 1AR to wriggle out of DA's which kills high-quality engagement and becomes two ships passing in the night – triggers presumption since the aff wasn't subject to well researched scrutiny. We lose access to Big Tech DA's, Unions DA's, basic case turns, and core process counter plans that have different definitions and 1NC pre-round prep.2~ Ground – not defining hurts my strategy since they can shift out as I ask DA questions, so I err on the side of caution and read generics which get destroyed by AC frontlines.3~ Real World – Policy makers will always define the entity that they are recognizing. It also means zero solvency, absent spec, governments can circumvent since there is no delineated way to enforce the aff and means their solvency can't actualize.WSpec isn't regressive or arbitrary – its core topic lit for what happens when the aff is implemented and cannot be discounted from recognition policies that require enforcement to function. | 12/5/21 |
SO- BioterrorTournament: Yale | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dr Phillips AD | Judge: Sandhiparthi, Arshita IP protections are the only limit on proliferating dual-use biotech – losing patents puts financial pressure on companies to outsource RandD, which skyrockets bioterror acquisition.Finlay 10 ~Brian Finlay (President and Chief Executive Officer of the Stimson Center, M.A. from the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, a graduate diploma from the School of Advanced International Studies, the Johns Hopkins University and an honors B.A. from Western University in Canada). "The Bioterror Pipeline: Big Pharma, Patent Expirations, and New Challenges to Global Security". The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs. Vol. 34, No. 2 (Summer 2010), pp. 51-64. https://www.jstor.org/stable/45289504?seq=1~~#metadata_info_tab_contents Xu~ COVID resulted in mass on-shoring of RandD – only price incentives can convince them to stay.Mullin 20 Rick Mullin 4-27-2020 "COVID-19 is reshaping the pharmaceutical supply chain" https://cen.acs.org/business/outsourcing/COVID-19-reshaping-pharmaceutical-supply/98/i16 (BA English Literature, Drew University, 1980. Business journalist covering engergy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and information technology for various publications including Chemical Week since 1983)Elmer Bioterrorism causes Extinction – overcomes any conventional defense.Walsh 19, Bryan. End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World. Hachette Books, 2019. (Future Correspondent for Axios, Editor of the Science and Technology Publication OneZero, Former Senior and International Editor at Time Magazine, BA from Princeton University)Elmer | 9/17/21 |
SO- DSpecTournament: Loyola | Round: 5 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JW | Judge: Asher Towner Interp – the aff must specify the duration of a pandemic. 1AC Young and Potts-Szeliga says "ending when widespread vaccination and immunity goals are achieved".No normal means for either COVID or between diseases – no international consensus makes the round irresolvable since the judge doesn't know how to compare between types of offense and OW since it's a side constraint on decision making.Erzurum 5/5 ~Serpil Erzurum (MD, Chair of the Lerner Research Institute). "How Much of the Population Will Need to Be Vaccinated Until the Pandemic Is Over?". Cleveland Clinic. May 5, 2021. Accessed 9/5/21. https://health.clevelandclinic.org/how-much-of-the-population-will-need-to-be-vaccinated-until-the-pandemic-is-over/ Violation – they don'tVote neg for shiftiness – they can shift out of DA's which kills high-quality engagement and becomes two ships passing in the night. We lose access to Innovation DA's, BioTech Race DA's, basic case turns, and core process counter plans that have different definitions and 1NC pre-round prep.DSpec isn't regressive or arbitrary – its core topic lit for what implements the aff and cannot be discounted from policies that require enforcement to function. | 9/5/21 |
SO- DSpec vMarijuanaTournament: Grapevine | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Southlake Carroll AS | Judge: Thode, Micah Choi, Jeong-Wan Castillo, Chris | 9/12/21 |
SO- ESpecTournament: Loyola | Round: 3 | Opponent: Dulles NJ | Judge: Arjan Kang Interp – the aff must have a delineated definition of exclusivity in the 1AC.Exclusivity is flexible and has too many interps – normal means shows no consensus and makes the round irresolvable since the judge doesn't know how to compare between types of offense and OW since it's a side constraint on decision making.Hennebry PhD 18 ~Sarah Hennebry (BA, BSc (Hons), PhD, MIP Law). "When a 20 year patent term just isn't enough: Market and data exclusivity". FPA Patent Attorneys. 2018-01-31. Accessed 8/31/21. https://www.fpapatents.com/resource?id=483 Xu~ Violation – you don't – exclusivity matters for Evergreening – Feldman 3 references exclusivity.Prefer –1~ Stable Advocacy – they can redefine in the 1AR to wriggle out of DA's which kills high-quality engagement and becomes two ships passing in the night – triggers presumption since the aff wasn't subject to well researched scrutiny. We lose access to nuclear deterrence DA's, Innovation DA's, basic case turns, and core process counter plans that have different definitions and 1NC pre-round prep.2~ Ground – not defining hurts my strategy since they can shift out as I ask DA questions, so I err on the side of caution and read generics which get destroyed by AC frontlines.3~ Real World – policy makers will always define the entity that they are prohibiting. It also means zero solvency, absent spec, actors circumvent since there's no specific object of the plan and means their solvency can't actualize.Espec isn't regressive or arbitrary – its core topic lit for what happens when the aff is implemented and cannot be discounted from prohibition policies that require enforcement to function. | 9/4/21 |
SO- HobbesTournament: Loyola | Round: 5 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JW | Judge: Asher Towner Conceding TJFs first – that was in the 1AC FW so don't let them shift – prefer additionally –a~ Frameworks are essentially T debates about the word ought which proves the better model of debate is what matters. | 9/5/21 |
SO- IP SpecTournament: Grapevine | Round: 1 | Opponent: Southlake Carroll SD | Judge: Quisenberry, Jack Interp – affs must specify intellectual property in a delineated text in the 1AC. To clarify, you can defend whole rez but you just have to specify what IP is.IP is flexible and has too many interps – normal means shows no consensus and makes the round irresolvable since the judge doesn't know how to compare between types of offense and OW since it's a side constraint on decision making.Saha and Bhattacharya 11 ~Chandra Nath Saha (Quality Assurance Department, Claris Lifesciences Ltd) and Sanjib Bhattacharya (Pharmacognosy Division, Bengal School of Technology, A College of Pharmacy). "Intellectual property rights: An overview and implications in pharmaceutical industry". Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology Research. 2011 Apr-Jun; 2(2): 88–93. Accessed 7/30/21. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3217699/ Xu~ Violation – you don't.Prefer –1~ Stable Advocacy – they can redefine in the 1AR to wriggle out of DA's which kills high-quality engagement and becomes two ships passing in the night – triggers presumption since the aff wasn't subject to well researched scrutiny. We lose access to nuclear deterrence DA's, Innovation DA's, basic case turns, and core process counter plans that have different definitions and 1NC pre-round prep.2~ Real World – policy makers will always define the entity that they are prohibiting. It also means zero solvency, absent spec, actors circumvent since there's no specific object of the plan and means their solvency can't actualize.IP spec isn't regressive or arbitrary – its core topic lit for what happens when the aff is implemented and cannot be discounted from prohibition policies that require enforcement to function.Fairness – its constitutive to debate as competitive activity that requires objective evaluationEducation –it's the only portable impact to debateCI – a) brightlines are arbitrary and self-serving which doesn't set good norms b) it collapses since weighing between brightlines rely on offense defenseNo RVI's- a) logic – you shouldn't win for being fair b) clash – people go all in on theory which decks substance engagement c) chilling effect – people will be too scared to read theory because RVI's encourage baiting theoryNeg theory is drop the debater – a) Prep skew – aff's infinite prep means they can frontline every shell marginally enough to be efficient at DA and skew substance enough to deflate theory and win b) 1AR Flex – It's key to check 1ar flexibility since you can moot all 6 min of my offense and restart the debate on unpredictable layers while kicking the arguments that were abusive.1NC theory first - 1~ Abuse was self-inflicted- They started the chain of abuse and forced me down this strategy 2~ Norming- We have more speeches to norm over whether it's a good idea since the shell was read earlier. | 9/10/21 |
SO- InfraTournament: Loyola | Round: 5 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JW | Judge: Asher Towner Infra will pass through reconciliation but absolute Dem Unity is key.Turns Structural Violence Democrat Senators in Big Pharma's pocket derails the Plan.Sirota 8-23 David Sirota 8-23-2021 "Dem Obstructionists Are Bankrolled By Pharma And Oil" https://www.dailyposter.com/dem-obstructionists-are-bankrolled-by-pharma-and-oil/ (an American journalist, columnist at The Guardian, and editor for Jacobin. He is also a political commentator and radio host based in Denver. He is a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, political spokesperson, and blogger)Elmer They choose Infrastructure as backlash – they bill costs Pharma millions – lobbyists can derail the Agenda.Brennan 8-2 Zachary Brennan 8-2-2021 "How the biopharma industry is helping to pay for the bipartisan infrastructure bill" https://endpts.com/how-the-biopharma-industry-is-helping-to-pay-for-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill/ (Senior Editor at Endpoint News)Elmer Infrastructure solves existential climate change – spill-over.USA Today 7-20 ~7-20-2021 "Climate change is at 'code red' status for the planet, and inaction is no longer an option". Editorial Board @ USA Today. Accessed 8/30/21. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2021/07/20/climate-change-biden-infrastructure-bill-good-start/7877118002/ Recut Xu from Elmer~ | 9/5/21 |
SO- IntuitionsTournament: Yale | Round: 4 | Opponent: Mission San Jose SR | Judge: Maher, TJ | 9/18/21 |
SO- JSpecTournament: Loyola | Round: 1 | Opponent: Westwood BJ | Judge: JP Stuckert | 9/4/21 |
SO- KantTournament: Grapevine | Round: 1 | Opponent: Southlake Carroll SD | Judge: Quisenberry, Jack Ethics must be derived from practical reason –1~ Action Theory – any action can be divided into infinite parts. Any other theory is incoherent because there are infinite ends to look to. Prefer reason because it's the only thing unifying all those actions.2~ Is-Ought Gap – descriptive claims cannot prescribe action – "arsenic is poison" doesn't mean "one ought not drink arsenic" because it doesn't ought to be that way. Only a nonnatural a priori premise can form ought statements.3~ Infinite Regress – We can ask why for any other framework but to ask why for reasons concedes the authority of reasons which means they are inescapable and binding and outweighs because they are the only ones that can guide action which is the purpose of ethics.4~ External Worlds Fallacy- the only thing constitutive to subjectivity is reason. I could be a brain in a vat but so all other forms of knowledge are unreliable and doubtful.5~ Culpability – ethics assumes the agential ability for self-reflection – otherwise we could never determine whether someone was responsible for their actions meaning it's the only way to generate a normative force.Reason is universal and applies to everyone – it doesn't make sense to say 2+24 for me but not for anyone else.==== The standard is consistency with universalizable maxims –1~ Performativity – when you enter debate, you presume that you will be free to set and pursue ends in the round because of a system of reciprocally enforced constraints.2~ Ideal Theory Good –a~ end point – we'd constantly be fixing injustices as a precondition to ethical action so we never get to the bottom of what is actually ethicalb~ relevance – every society has different injustices that occur – the resolution is a universal values statement which means you cannot universalize any theory under nonideal theory3~ TJF –A~ phil edB~ resource disparatiesNegate –1~ IP rights are necessary for subject formation – creators are isolated and properly conceived under IP which is a sequencing question to understanding the function of agency.Kanning 12 ~Michael A. Kanning (Graduate School at University of South Florida). "A Philosophical Analysis of Intellectual Property: In Defense of Instrumentalism". A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Department of Philosophy College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida. January 2012. Accessed 8/22/21. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=andhttpsredir=1andarticle=5290andcontext=etd Xu~ 2~ IPR is well established under iLaw – it overwhelmingly negates.Osei-Tutu 17 ~Bracketed for G-Lang. Julia Janewa Osei-Tutu (she is the current Editor in Chief of the African Journal of Legal Studies, and one of the founding directors of the Center for International Law and Policy in Africa, Ghanaian-Canadian, Associate Professor of Law @ Florida International University, LL.M. from McGill University, J.D. from Queen's University, B.A. from the University of Toronto. "Humanizing Intellectual Property: Moving Beyond the Natural Rights Property Focus". Florida International University College of Law. 2017. Accessed 8/24/21. https://ecollections.law.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1353andcontext=faculty_publications Xu~ Two impacts –A~ cosmopolitanismB~ promise breaking | 9/10/21 |
SO- LiberalismTournament: Yale | Round: 6 | Opponent: Stuyvesant MZ | Judge: Tran, Nathaniel | 9/18/21 |
SO- MSpecTournament: Yale | Round: Doubles | Opponent: West Des Moines Valley SJ | Judge: Smith, Justin Wang, Annie Lee, Andrew | 9/19/21 |
SO- NIBsTournament: Loyola | Round: 1 | Opponent: Westwood BJ | Judge: JP Stuckert | 9/4/21 |
SO- ReduceTournament: Loyola | Round: 5 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JW | Judge: Asher Towner Interp - Reduce means permanent reduction – it's distinct from "waive" or "suspend."Reynolds 59 (Judge (In the Matter of Doris A. Montesani, Petitioner, v. Arthur Levitt, as Comptroller of the State of New York, et al., Respondents ~NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL~ Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Third Department 9 A.D.2d 51; 189 N.Y.S.2d 695; 1959 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7391 August 13, 1959, lexis) Semantics first –a~ Precision – they can arbitrarily jettison words which decks ground and preparation because there is no stasis pointb~ Jurisdiction – the judge doesn't have the authority to vote aff if it wasn't legitimateViolation – their plan text isn't permanent – its only during pandemicsVote neg for limits – re-instatement under any infinite number of conditions doubles aff ground – every plan becomes either temporary or permanent – you cherry-pick the best criteria and I must prep every aff while they avoid core topic discussions like reduction-based DAs which decks generics like Pharma Innovation and Bio-Tech.TVA solves – permanently reduce patents.Fairness – it's a sequencing question to engaging in the debate spaceEducation – it's the only portable impact to debateCI – a) brightlines are arbitrary and self-serving which doesn't set good norms b) it collapses since weighing between brightlines rely on offense defenseNeg theory is drop the debater – a~ Prep skew – they can frontline every shell marginally enough to be efficient at DA and skew substance enough to deflate theory and win b~ T and Spec indict their advocacyNo rvi~a~ Baiting—they'll bait the theory debate and prep it out—justifies infinite abuse since they'll get away with unacceptable practices every time.~b~ 1AR all-outs—they'll collapse entirely to theory which crowds out substance and kills education.~c~ Chilling effect—people will be scared to read theory since they can lose off of it, so no one will check abuse.1NC theory first - 1~ Abuse was self-inflicted- They started the chain of abuse and forced me down this strategy 2~ Norming- We have more speeches to norm over whether it's a good idea since the shell was read earlierNeg abuse outweighs Aff abuse – 1~ Infinite prep time before round to frontline 2~ 2AR judge psychology and 1st and last speech 3~ Infinite perms and uplayering in the 1AR. | 9/5/21 |
SO- Reduce CancelTournament: Grapevine | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Southlake Carroll AS | Judge: Thode, Micah Choi, Jeong-Wan Castillo, Chris | 9/12/21 |
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