Tournament: NSD | Round: 2 | Opponent: GedSie AG | Judge: Ben Waldman
The article "a" implies a nonspecific or generic reading of the word "government".
Walden 16Grammar: Articles, Walden University, Feb 8, 2016 https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/articles
What is an article? Articles ("a," "an," and "the
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exist, the way they are used may be different than in English.
Leslie 12 Leslie, Sarah-Jane. "Generics." In Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Language, edited by Gillian Russell and Delia Fara, 355–366. Routledge, 2012. https://www.princeton.edu/~~sjleslie/RoutledgeHandbookEntryGenerics.pdf SM recut SHS KS
GENERICS VS. EXISTENTIALS The interpretation of sentences containing bare plurals, indefinite singulars,
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", the adverb "sometimes" is perhaps better used than "usually".)
Violation – they only defend ''' . I Inserted a list of governments here and their types.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List'of'forms'of'government
Vote neg—
1~ Precision o/w – anything else justifies the aff arbitrarily jettisoning words in the resolution at their whim which decks negative ground and preparation because the aff is no longer bounded by the resolution.
Drop the debater – a) they have a 7-6 rebuttal advantage and the 2ar to make args I can’t respond to, b) it deters future abuse and sets a positive norm.
No RVIs – a) illogical – you shouldn’t win for being fair – it’s a litmus test for engaging in substance, b) norming – I can’t concede the counterinterp if I realize I’m wrong which forces me to argue for bad norms, c) chilling effect – forces you to split your 2AR so you can’t collapse and misconstrue the 2NR, d) topic ed – prevents 1AR blipstorm scripts and allows us to get back to substance after resolving theory