Marlborough Merges Neg
| Tournament | Round | Opponent | Judge | Cites | Round Report | Open Source | Edit/Delete |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-Contact Info | 1 | NA | NA |
|
|
| |
| Damien | 2 | Meadows NC | Gordon Krauss |
|
|
| |
| Meadows Invitational | 2 | West Des Moines Valley | Alisa Sun |
|
| ||
| Meadows Invitational | 3 | Eastern | Lauren Larson |
|
| ||
| Palm Classic | 1 | Granada Hills | Wei Chen |
|
|
| |
| Palm Classic | 4 | Meadows | Alyssa Farris |
|
|
| |
| Palm Classic | 4 | Meadows | Alyssa Farris |
|
|
| |
| Palm Classic | 5 | West Ranch | David Aw |
|
|
| |
| Peninsula | 1 | Granada Hills | Peter Haynes |
|
|
| |
| Peninsula | 4 | ModernBrain | Renee Gabrielle Palma |
|
|
| |
| Peninsula | Octas | ModernBrain | Panel |
|
|
| |
| USC | 2 | HW | Mark Kivimaki |
|
|
| |
| USC | 5 | Harvard Westlake | Roberto West |
|
|
| |
| Woodward | 1 | Midtown | Graham Johnstone |
|
|
|
| Tournament | Round | Report |
|---|---|---|
| 0-Contact Info | 1 | Opponent: NA | Judge: NA Hi I'm Abby Contact me for disclosure Email abigailmerges26@marlboroughorg |
| Damien | 2 | Opponent: Meadows NC | Judge: Gordon Krauss AC Patents prolong pandemics distribution exaggerate incentives |
| Palm Classic | 1 | Opponent: Granada Hills | Judge: Wei Chen AC - CHP inequality debris |
| Palm Classic | 4 | Opponent: Meadows | Judge: Alyssa Farris ac - militarianismspace wars |
| Palm Classic | 4 | Opponent: Meadows | Judge: Alyssa Farris ac - militarianismspace wars |
| Palm Classic | 5 | Opponent: West Ranch | Judge: David Aw ac - space launches inequality |
| Peninsula | 1 | Opponent: Granada Hills | Judge: Peter Haynes ac - ost debris conflict |
| Peninsula | 4 | Opponent: ModernBrain | Judge: Renee Gabrielle Palma ac - investors debris |
| Peninsula | Octas | Opponent: ModernBrain | Judge: Panel ac - debris africa mining |
| USC | 2 | Opponent: HW | Judge: Mark Kivimaki AC - income inequality |
| USC | 5 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake | Judge: Roberto West AC - Income Inequality |
| Woodward | 1 | Opponent: Midtown | Judge: Graham Johnstone ac - rawls inequality |
To modify or delete round reports, edit the associated round.
Cites
| Entry | Date |
|---|---|
0-Contact InfoTournament: 0-Contact Info | Round: 1 | Opponent: NA | Judge: NA | 1/23/22 |
JF - Mining, Legal TrustTournament: Palm Classic | Round: 1 | Opponent: Granada Hills | Judge: Wei Chen NCI negate the resolution : The appropriation of space by private entities is just.Because the resolution asks what is just, my value is Justice.FrameworkThe standard is maximizing expected wellbeing. Prefer it:No intent-foresight distinction – If we foresee a consequence, then it becomes part of our deliberation which makes it intrinsic to our action since we intend it to happen.Extinction comes first – it’s the worst of all evilsBaum and Barrett 18 - Seth D. Baum and Anthony M. Barrett, Global Catastrophic Risk Institute. 2018. "Global Catastrophes: The Most Extreme Risks." Risk in Extreme Environments: Preparing, Avoiding, Mitigating, and Managing, edited by Vicki Bier, Routledge, pp. 174–184. AND of priority for GCR reduction efforts. 1The private sector is essential for asteroid mining – competition is key and government development is not effective, efficient, or cheap enough. Thiessen 21:Marc Thiessen, 6-1, 21, Washington Post, Opinion: SpaceX’s success is one small step for man, one giant leap for capitalism, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/01/spacexs-success-is-one-small-step-man-one-giant-leap-capitalism/ AND our solar system, Americans decided to embrace socialism back here on Earth? Space regulation scares investors away and spills over to other space activities. Freeland 05Steven Freeland (BCom, LLB, LLM, University of New South Wales; Senior Lecturer in International Law, University of Western Sydney, Australia; and a member of the Paris-based International Institute of Space Law). "Up, Up and … Back: The Emergence of Space Tourism and Its Impact on the International Law of Outer Space." Chicago Journal of International Law: Vol. 6: No. 1, Article 4. 2005. JDN. https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1269andcontext=cjil AND the experiments undertaken by Mark Shuttleworth when he was onboard the ISS.46 Asteroid mining can happen with private sector innovation and is key to solve climate change, economic decline and asteroid collisions. Taylor 19Chris Taylor ~journalist~, 19 - ("How asteroid mining will save the Earth — and mint trillionaires," Mashable, 2019, accessed 12-13-2021, https://mashable.com/feature/asteroid-mining-space-economy)//ML AND , Mark Watney from The Martian, those potatoes would probably kill you.) Global warming can lead to extinction, which outweighs all the affirmative impacts.Miller-McDonald, 18 – (Samuel, Master of Environmental Management at Yale University studying energy politics and grassroots innovations in the US. 5-2-2018. "Extinction vs. Collapse." Resilience. https://www.resilience.org/stories/2018-05-02/extinction-vs-collapse/) AND , there’s no excuse to stop fighting for a world that sustains life. An asteroid collision would ensure extinction – would fundamentally alter the biosphere, don’t underestimate its risk. Hudson 19Wesley Hudson ’19, news reporter for Express, "Asteroid alert: NASA warning as kilometre long space rock set to skim Earth at 25,000mph", 8/28/19, Express, https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1170826/asteroid-news-NASA-latest-space-rock-asteroid-1998-HL1-earth-danger-apocalypse AND A big rock will hit Earth eventually and we currently have no defence." 2TEXT: The Outer Space Treaty ought to be amended to establish an international legal trust system governing outer space.Finoa 21 ~Ivan Finoa (Department of Law University of Turin), "Building a New Legal Model for Settlements on Mars," A. Froehlich (ed.), Assessing a Mars Agreement Including Human Settlements, Studies in Space Policy 30, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65013-1'7~~CT AND improve its living standard and space faring nations would rely on property rights. The legal trust would incentivize investment in space while preventing conflict and ensuring sustainable development and the equitable distributions of resources.Finoa ’20 – Ivan Finoa ~Department of Law, University of Turin~, "An international legal trust system to deal with the new space era," 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC) – The CyberSpace Edition, (12-14 October 2020). https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/66728932/'IAC'20'E7.VP.8.x58518'An'international'legal'trust'system'to'deal'with'the'new'space'era'BY'IVAN'FINO-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1642044926andSignature=asvt6StaK5n9UnpXuJIlo4ziI839WzFYjDZy37bm70ObGy3vFJyHwWNGxhn2beze4QzYDPPX0pVEXAwYvDaINVNxN01Ify8YwG5loNRddlat-grf3iawic7KvwqPowxFe2GuemVvbB-KW8ZVBxigwS-gelSKIVy4KYR9UgiDrM6e6deEBnUTcULSwmsH-JdHNg13ytZ3vNVMMlxZW2MPOCRuB2WlOHdCLoC86VqafSoMwuec-d~~Aisbgyt5F2vO-GjvI60bR7h2MSp0iT6P7apIDUUpHUsDGbvcdxp22HSxXdlvr7lSqtLnL5rKxujGDYq~~R9B~~WuGiorVL2hn74UQ''andKey-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZACT AND DON’T NEED THE OST. IT LIMITS PROV APPROPRIATION, WHICH WE NEED. CapitalismCapitalism will expand elsewhere if not in spaceShamas and Holden, 2019, Victor Shamas and, Oslo Metropolitan University, Work Research Institute (AFI), Oslo, Norway; Thomas Holden, Independent scholar, Oslo, Norway, 2019, Palgrave Communications, One giant leap for capitalistkind: private enterprise in outer space, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0218-9 AND or productive outlet were it not for the expansion of capital into space. Governments solve the excesses of capitalism in space. Fernolz 19Tim Fernolz, 2019, How to build a space economy that avoids the mistakes of terrestrial capitalism, https://qz.com/work/1767415/can-nasa-build-a-space-economy-that-leaves-capitalisms-problems-behind/ AND Namely, can the orbital economy be structured better than its terrestrial analogue? Private entities working with governments resolves the link and better address the symptoms of capitalism by collaborating to solve climate change.Maanas Sharma, 21 - ("The Space Review: The privatized frontier: the ethical implications and role of private companies in space exploration," No Publication, 9-7-2021, 12-6-2021https:www.thespacereview.com/article/4238/1)AW AND . It follows then that it is net ethical to prioritize these benefits. Asteroid mining makes post-scarcity possible. Elvis 2021Elvis, July 19, 2021, Martin Elvisis a senior astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian. He is the author of Asteroids: How Love, Fear, and Greed Will Determine Our Future in Space (2021), Riches in space: Asteroids could pay for so much space exploration, https://aeon.co/essays/asteroid-mining-could-pay-for-space-exploration-and-adventure AND wealth could help all of us take a step towards that happy state. | 2/12/22 |
JF - Mining, Legal TrustTournament: Palm Classic | Round: 4 | Opponent: Meadows | Judge: Alyssa Farris | 2/13/22 |
JF - Mining, Legal TrustTournament: Palm Classic | Round: 4 | Opponent: Meadows | Judge: Alyssa Farris | 2/13/22 |
JF - Mining, Legal TrustTournament: Palm Classic | Round: 5 | Opponent: West Ranch | Judge: David Aw | 2/13/22 |
JF - Mining, Russia, SalvageTournament: Peninsula | Round: 1 | Opponent: Granada Hills | Judge: Peter Haynes NCI negate the resolution.Because the resolution asks what is just, my value is Justice.Contention 1: Asteroid MiningThe private sector is essential for asteroid mining – competition is key and government development is not effective, efficient, or cheap enough. Thiessen 21:Marc Thiessen, 6-1, 21, Washington Post, Opinion: SpaceX’s success is one small step for man, one giant leap for capitalism, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/01/spacexs-success-is-one-small-step-man-one-giant-leap-capitalism/ AND our solar system, Americans decided to embrace socialism back here on Earth? Space regulation scares investors away and spills over to other space activities. Freeland 05Steven Freeland (BCom, LLB, LLM, University of New South Wales; Senior Lecturer in International Law, University of Western Sydney, Australia; and a member of the Paris-based International Institute of Space Law). "Up, Up and … Back: The Emergence of Space Tourism and Its Impact on the International Law of Outer Space." Chicago Journal of International Law: Vol. 6: No. 1, Article 4. 2005. JDN. https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1269andcontext=cjil AND the experiments undertaken by Mark Shuttleworth when he was onboard the ISS.46 Asteroid mining can happen with private sector innovation and is key to solve climate change, economic decline and asteroid collisions. Taylor 19Chris Taylor ~journalist~, 19 - ("How asteroid mining will save the Earth — and mint trillionaires," Mashable, 2019, accessed 12-13-2021, https://mashable.com/feature/asteroid-mining-space-economy)//ML AND , Mark Watney from The Martian, those potatoes would probably kill you.) Global warming can lead to extinction, which outweighs all the affirmative impacts.Miller-McDonald, 18 – (Samuel, Master of Environmental Management at Yale University studying energy politics and grassroots innovations in the US. 5-2-2018. "Extinction vs. Collapse." Resilience. https://www.resilience.org/stories/2018-05-02/extinction-vs-collapse/) AND , there’s no excuse to stop fighting for a world that sustains life. An asteroid collision would ensure extinction – would fundamentally alter the biosphere, don’t underestimate its risk. Hudson 19Wesley Hudson ’19, news reporter for Express, "Asteroid alert: NASA warning as kilometre long space rock set to skim Earth at 25,000mph", 8/28/19, Express, https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1170826/asteroid-news-NASA-latest-space-rock-asteroid-1998-HL1-earth-danger-apocalypse AND A big rock will hit Earth eventually and we currently have no defence." Don’t write our impacts off as low probability – asteroid collision is complex and the existence of space keyholes exponentially increases the risk of collision. Vereš ’19Peter Vereš ’19, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, "Chapter 6 Vision of Perfect Observation Capabilities", 2019, Planetary Defense, Space and Society, https://dl1.cuni.cz/pluginfile.php/634091/mod'resource/content/1/Planetary20Defence.pdf AND several surveys (CSS, LCOGT) and agencies (ESA, MPC). Contention 2 : Russia Appeasement NBPutin hates outer space privatization.Tass ~{Russian news agency~}, 20 - ("Any attempts to ‘privatize’ outer space unacceptable — Kremlin," TASS, 4-1-2020, https://tass.com/science/1141217)//marlborough-wr/ We stopped appeasing Russia – they’ll pocket concessions from cooperation and increase aggression – tensions aren’t the result of understandings but hardened differencesHaddad and Polakova 18 ~Benjamin Haddad Director, Future Europe Initiative - Atlantic Council. Alina Polyakova Director, Project on Global Democracy and Emerging Technology Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe. Don’t rehabilitate Obama on Russia. March 5, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/03/05/dont-rehabilitate-obama-on-russia/~~ AND If he wanted a pliant ally in America, he has abjectly failed. Contention 3 : Salvage LawCP: Apply the maritime law of salvage to space debris.Salter ’16 - Alexander William Salter ~Assistant Professor of Economics, Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University~, "SPACE DEBRIS: A LAW AND ECONOMICS ANALYSIS OF THE ORBITAL COMMONS," 19 STAN. TECH. L. REV. 221 (2016). https://www-cdn.law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/19-2-2-salter-final'0.pdf AT AND for any accidents caused by removal operations that damage other nations’ space objects. The cp solves the aff WAY better and avoids the NB.David Giordano, 21- ("Space Debris: Another Frontier in the Commercialization of Space," Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 11-31-2021, 1-1-2022https:www.jtl.columbia.edu/bulletin-blog/space-debris-another-frontier-in-the-commercialization-of-space)AW AND frontier in the abdication of space from the public concern to the private. | 1/22/22 |
JF - Mining, SalvageTournament: Peninsula | Round: Octas | Opponent: ModernBrain | Judge: Panel | 1/23/22 |
JF - Natural PersonsTournament: Woodward | Round: 1 | Opponent: Midtown | Judge: Graham Johnstone NCFrameworkBecause the resolution asks what is just, my value is Justice.The criterion is minimizing suffering. No coherent theory of justice can deny that suffering is morally bad. Each of us knows from our own experiences that suffering is a moral evil, and that other people experience suffering in the same way we do. Therefore, if we regard everyone’s pain as morally equal, we are obligated to minimize the amount of suffering people experience.Moreover, maximizing utility is the only way to affirm equal and unconditional human dignity.Cummiskey ’90 - David Cummiskey. ~Associate Philosophy Professor at Bates College~.Kantian Consequentialism. Ethics, Vol. 100, No. 3. 1990. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2381810. AND equal consideration suggests that one may have to sacrifice some to save many. 1 - CPTEXT: The Outer Space Treaty ought to be amended to establish an international legal trust system governing outer space.Finoa 21 ~Ivan Finoa (Department of Law University of Turin), "Building a New Legal Model for Settlements on Mars," A. Froehlich (ed.), Assessing a Mars Agreement Including Human Settlements, Studies in Space Policy 30, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65013-1'7~~CT AND improve its living standard and space faring nations would rely on property rights. The legal trust would incentivize investment in space while preventing conflict and ensuring sustainable development and the equitable distributions of resources.Finoa ’20 – Ivan Finoa ~Department of Law, University of Turin~, "An international legal trust system to deal with the new space era," 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC) – The CyberSpace Edition, (12-14 October 2020). https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/66728932/'IAC'20'E7.VP.8.x58518'An'international'legal'trust'system'to'deal'with'the'new'space'era'BY'IVAN'FINO-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1642044926andSignature=asvt6StaK5n9UnpXuJIlo4ziI839WzFYjDZy37bm70ObGy3vFJyHwWNGxhn2beze4QzYDPPX0pVEXAwYvDaINVNxN01Ify8YwG5loNRddlat-grf3iawic7KvwqPowxFe2GuemVvbB-KW8ZVBxigwS-gelSKIVy4KYR9UgiDrM6e6deEBnUTcULSwmsH-JdHNg13ytZ3vNVMMlxZW2MPOCRuB2WlOHdCLoC86VqafSoMwuec-d~~Aisbgyt5F2vO-GjvI60bR7h2MSp0iT6P7apIDUUpHUsDGbvcdxp22HSxXdlvr7lSqtLnL5rKxujGDYq~~R9B~~WuGiorVL2hn74UQ''andKey-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZACT AND in 2015, which address peace, climate change, inequalities and poverty. 2 - DAThe private sector is essential for asteroid mining – competition is key and government development is not effective, efficient, or cheap enough. Thiessen 21:Marc Thiessen, 6-1, 21, Washington Post, Opinion: SpaceX’s success is one small step for man, one giant leap for capitalism, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/01/spacexs-success-is-one-small-step-man-one-giant-leap-capitalism/ AND our solar system, Americans decided to embrace socialism back here on Earth? Asteroid mining can happen with private sector innovation and is key to solve a laundry list of impacts—climate change, economic decline and asteroid collisions. Taylor 19Chris Taylor ~journalist, was senior news writer for Time.com, San Francisco bureau chief for Time magazine~, 19 - ("How asteroid mining will save the Earth — and mint trillionaires," Mashable, 2019, accessed 12-13-2021, https://mashable.com/feature/asteroid-mining-space-economy)//ML AND , Mark Watney from The Martian, those potatoes would probably kill you.) Warming causes extinction.Bill McKibben 19, Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College; fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; holds honorary degrees from 18 colleges and universities; Foreign Policy named him to their inaugural list of the world’s 100 most important global thinkers. "This Is How Human Extinction Could Play Out." Rolling Stone. 4-9-2019. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/bill-mckibben-falter-climate-change-817310/ AND with rising and falling temperatures, reaching a maximum during the warmest periods." An asteroid collision would ensure extinction – would fundamentally alter the biosphere, don’t underestimate its risk. Hudson 19Wesley Hudson ’19, news reporter for Express, "Asteroid alert: NASA warning as kilometre long space rock set to skim Earth at 25,000mph", 8/28/19, Express, https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1170826/asteroid-news-NASA-latest-space-rock-asteroid-1998-HL1-earth-danger-apocalypse AND A big rock will hit Earth eventually and we currently have no defence." Don’t write our impacts off as low probability – asteroid collision is complex and the existence of space keyholes exponentially increases the risk of collision. Vereš ’19Peter Vereš ’19, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, "Chapter 6 Vision of Perfect Observation Capabilities", 2019, Planetary Defense, Space and Society, https://dl1.cuni.cz/pluginfile.php/634091/mod'resource/content/1/Planetary20Defence.pdf AND several surveys (CSS, LCOGT) and agencies (ESA, MPC). 3 - PICLINK FILTER – The affirmative does not stop the commercialization of space. Barring appropriation only limits the ownership of real property, use is still allowed. 100 of aff harms result from use, like the claiming of resources in space, not ownership of real estate.The aff doesn’t have a single piece of solvency or link evidence that is actually about appropriation, or even says the word appropriation, so you should give it ZERO WEIGHT. Go ahead, control F the doc.CP: the private appropriation of outer space by natural persons is just.The individual right to property is a basic human right that should be extended to space.Faires 19 ~Wes Faires, "The role of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in supporting space property rights," The Space Review, August 5, 2019. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3771/1~~ CT AND private sector, adopted across national levels, and upheld in the international arena The CP protects individual property rights while solving case since the aff still applies to corporations.====Space settlement is coming now and prevents inevitable extinction. Future settlers need protections and the rule of law. ==== AND rather than some other form of government, or an anarchistic company town. | 3/18/22 |
ND - Police Unions and EconTournament: USC | Round: 2 | Opponent: HW | Judge: Mark Kivimaki Police Unions PICCP Text: A just government should abolish police unions and recognize the unconditional right of all other workers to strike.The aff makes police collective bargaining worse and gives more power to police unions.Andrew Grim, 20 Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is at work on a dissertation on anti-police brutality activism in post-WWII Newark AND the police to leverage public fear of crime to extract concessions from municipalities. Police backed by unions are more violent than non-unionized police. Ingraham ’20.Christopher Ingraham ~Reporter~ 20. ("Police Unions and Police Misconduct: What the Research Says About the Connection," Washington Post, 6-10-2020, 10-27-2021 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/10/police-unions-violence-research-george-floyd/)//AW AND use of force against the nonwhite population," he recently said on Twitter. Police unions use collective bargaining to reinforce systems of racism and violence. Clark ‘19Paul F. Clark ~School Director and Professor of Labor and Employment Relations, Penn State~, 10-10-2019, "Why police unions are not part of the American labor movement," Conversation, https://theconversation.com/why-police-unions-are-not-part-of-the-american-labor-movement-142538 accessed 10/20/2021 marlborough jh AND self-interests, often to the detriment of the nation at large. Impacts of Police PICTurn UnionsPolice unions are anti-labor- means the aff can never solve without getting rid of them AND turns case. Modak 20.Ria Modak ~Student Coordinator, Muslim American Studies Working Group, Harvard Student Labor Action Movement and the Harvard Graduate Students Union~ 20 - ("Police Unions Are Anti-Labor," Ria Modak, Harvard Political Review, 9-9-2020, 10-27-2021 https://harvardpolitics.com/police-unions-are-anti-labor/)//AW AND no labor justice while police unions continue to protect anti-worker interests. ECON DAThe economy is steadily recovering now, but is fragile.Rugaber 11/8 - Christopher Rugaber ~Economics Reporter, Associated Press~, "'A struggle and a journey': Report shows US economy recovering," Christian Science Monitor (Web). Nov. 8, 2021. Accessed Nov. 8, 2021. https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2021/1108/A-struggle-and-a-journey-Report-shows-US-economy-recovering AT AND were either working or looking for work rose after two months of declines. Strikes hurt critical core industries that is necessary for economic growthMcElroy, 2019, Strikes Hurt Everybody.Wards Auto Industry News, October 25, https://www.wardsauto.com/ideaxchange/strikes-hurt-everybody==== | 12/11/21 |
ND - Police Unions and EconTournament: USC | Round: 5 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake | Judge: Roberto West | 12/12/21 |
Open Source
| Filename | Date | Uploaded By | Delete |
|---|---|---|---|
10/2/21 | tatumzolkin25@marlboroughorg |
| |
11/1/21 | abigailmerges26@marlboroughorg |
| |
11/1/21 | abigailmerges26@marlboroughorg |
| |
2/12/22 | abigailmerges26@marlboroughorg |
| |
2/13/22 | abigailmerges26@marlboroughorg |
| |
2/13/22 | abigailmerges26@marlboroughorg |
| |
1/22/22 | abigailmerges26@marlboroughorg |
| |
1/23/22 | abigailmerges26@marlboroughorg |
| |
12/11/21 | abigailmerges26@marlboroughorg |
| |
12/12/21 | abigailmerges26@marlboroughorg |
|