Wichita East Halabi Aff
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| 1 - kci | Finals | appleton north mu | kevin krouse, parker hopkins, matthew wilkinson |
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| 1 - kci | 1 | valley mm | matt hornack |
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| 1 - kci | 4 | hayden sm | aryana booth |
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| 1 - kci | 6 | westford aw | michael depasquale |
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| 1 - kci | Octas | olathe sl | michael waggoner, zach kauffman, samuel cade |
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| 1 - kci | Finals | Opponent: appleton north mu | Judge: kevin krouse, parker hopkins, matthew wilkinson ac - blank space |
| 1 - kci | 1 | Opponent: valley mm | Judge: matt hornack ac - blank space v1 |
| 1 - kci | 4 | Opponent: hayden sm | Judge: aryana booth ac - blank space v2 |
| 1 - kci | 6 | Opponent: westford aw | Judge: michael depasquale ac - blank space v2 |
| 1 - kci | Octas | Opponent: olathe sl | Judge: michael waggoner, zach kauffman, samuel cade ac - blank space v2 |
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0 - contact infoTournament: 0 | Round: Semis | Opponent: 0 | Judge: 0 | 1/20/22 |
blank space v1Tournament: 1 - kci | Round: 1 | Opponent: valley mm | Judge: matt hornack fwobservation 1 – because the resolution uses "ought", which denotes moral obligation, justice must be considered the highest value in today's debateIn order to evaluate justice, we should use the criterion of the veil of ignorance.Justice is a prerequisite to every other valueBurns 89 (Robert P. Burns, Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW , Fall 1988 / Winter 1989, p. 238) observation 2 - to better understand the resolution, forwarding definitions important to the debate is keyJustice is defined as fairness, best measured through the veil of ignoranceKilcullen 99 – Ph.D., honorary fellow at Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Sydney, Australia (R.J. Kilcullen, 3 Oct 1999, "RAWLS: THE ORIGINAL POSITION," POL264 Modern Political Theory, Macquarie University, http://web.archive.org/web/20010305220127/http:/www.humanities.mq.edu.au/Ockham/y64l13.html)//kh contention 1contention 1 is exploitationSpace is the new spatial fix for capitalistkind – capitalism's inherent expansionist nature means that space development perpetuates capitalism by allowing a new site for surplus capital and innovation to avoid terrestrial economic crises. Profit-first solutions ensures exhaustion and colonization of Blank Space.Shammas and Holen 19 (Victor L. Shammas and Tomas B. Holen, 1-29-2019, "One giant leap for capitalistkind: private enterprise in outer space," Nature, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0218-9)//kh Private space exploration fuels expansion of inequalityWard 19 (Peter Ward, master's in business journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, "The unintended consequences of privatising space", Science Focus, 11/6/19, https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/the-unintended-consequences-of-privatising-space/) el That exploitation makes social equality impossibleKlein 21 (Lauren Klein, Spring contributor, "The billionaire space race showcases the failures of capitalism", Spring, 7/23/21, https://springmag.ca/the-billionaire-space-race-showcases-the-failures-of-capitalism) el Corporate space exploration is the harbinger of the latest stage of spectacle capitalism that justifies the flattening of humanity in favor of silly space-rock profits!!!Shammas and Holen 19 (Victor L. Shammas and Tomas B. Holen, 1-29-2019, "One giant leap for capitalistkind: private enterprise in outer space," Nature, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0218-9)//kh Capitalism is unsustainable and causes existential environmental obliteration, global structural violence, and imperial expansion.Robinson 18 (William, Prof. of Sociology, Global and International Studies, and Latin American Studies, @ UC-Santa Barbara, "Accumulation Crisis and Global Police State," 2018, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0896920518757054) contention 2contention 2 is the environmentcommercial space tourism vehicles cause massive pollutionHeilweil 21 (Rebecca Heilweil, reporter for Open Sourced covering emerging technologies artificial intelligence and logistics, "How bad is space tourism for the environment? And other space travel questions, answered", Recode Vox, 7/25/21, https://www.vox.com/recode/22589197/space-travel-tourism-bezos-branson-rockets-blue-origin-virgin-galactic-spacex~~#:~~:text=The20emissions20of20a20flight,space20tourism20becomes20more20popular.) el That hurts marginalized communities disproportionatelyUnited Nations 17 (United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, "Climate Change and Social Inequality", 10/17, https://www.un.org/esa/desa/papers/2017/wp152_2017.pdf) el | 1/31/22 |
blank space v2Tournament: 1 - kci | Round: 4 | Opponent: hayden sm | Judge: aryana booth ac – blank spaceframeworkMorality should be the highest value in today's debate, measured through the criterion of utilitarianism.The most moral course of action is preventing extinction at all costSeth D. Baum and Anthony M. Barrett 18. 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. advantage 1 is capitalism badSpace is the new spatial fix for capitalistkind – capitalism's inherent expansionist nature means that space development perpetuates capitalism by allowing a new site for surplus capital and innovation to avoid terrestrial economic crises. Profit-first solutions ensures exhaustion and colonization of Blank Space.Shammas and Holen 19 (Victor L. Shammas and Tomas B. Holen, 1-29-2019, "One giant leap for capitalistkind: private enterprise in outer space," Nature, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0218-9)//kh Corporate space exploration is the harbinger of the latest stage of spectacle capitalism that justifies the flattening of humanity in favor of silly space-rock profits!!!Shammas and Holen 19 (Victor L. Shammas and Tomas B. Holen, 1-29-2019, "One giant leap for capitalistkind: private enterprise in outer space," Nature, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0218-9)//kh Capitalism is unsustainable and causes existential environmental obliteration, global structural violence, and imperial expansion.Robinson 18 (William, Prof. of Sociology, Global and International Studies, and Latin American Studies, @ UC-Santa Barbara, "Accumulation Crisis and Global Police State," 2018, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0896920518757054) advantage 2 is china war.New Space threatens to upset the precarious, rivalry-filled balance in outer space nowPrazak 21 (J. Pražák, 2021, "Dual-use conundrum: Towards the weaponization of outer space?" Acta Astronautica, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.12.051)//kh Escalation via fights for space hegemony is imminent and spans across space, collapsing deterrence on Earth hotspots– further investment and commercialization only fails against China's economic prowessZhen 19 (Liu Zhen, 6-17-2019, "Are China and US racing towards confrontation in outer space?" South China Morning Post, https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3014692/are-china-and-us-racing-towards-inevitable-military)//kh US deterrence is critical in the SCS – Beijing's revanchism ensures lash-out in the next decade to preserve legitimacy, escalating to global conflictBeckley and Brands 21 – Michael Beckley is a Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where his research focuses on U.S.-China competition, and is an associate professor at Tufts University. Hal Brands is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he studies US foreign policy and defense strategy, and is the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (Michael, Hal, 11-1-2021, "What Will Drive China to War?," Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/us-china-war/620571/)//kh Chinese tech advancements embolden China and escalate to nuclear confrontationKroenig 21 – professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University and the director of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative at the Atlantic Council (Matthew, Winter 2021, "Will Emerging Technology Cause Nuclear War?: Bringing Geopolitics Back In," Strategic Studies Quarterly, Air University, https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/SSQ/documents/Volume-15_Issue-4/D-Kroenig.pdf)//kh That causes nuclear winterWittner 12 — Dr. Lawrence Wittner (Professor of History emeritus at SUNY/Albany), 1-30-2012, "Is a Nuclear War With China Possible?" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nuclear-war-china_b_1116556) advantage 3 is SPACE WAR!scenario 1 is venus civil warSpace colonization causes existential wars – secessionist movements, reactionist colonies, and inter-colonial conflict outweigh every terrestrial war in history.Kovic '21 ~Marko; February 2021; independent researcher and PhD at Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich; Futures, "Risks of space colonization," vol. 126; kp~ Outweighs on scope and magnitude – space weapons wipe out all life in the universe.Torres '18 ~Phil; April 20; Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, and founder of the X-Risks Institute; Futures, "Space Colonization and Suffering Risks: Reassessing the 'Maxipok Rule'," vol. 100 p. 74-85; kp~ scenario 2 is microbes!Space colonization destroys microbial life – that outweighs.Kovic '21 ~Marko; February 2021; independent researcher and PhD at Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich; Futures, "Risks of space colonization," vol. 126; kp~ scenario 3 is s-risksMultiplies S-risks – humanity draws scars around the stars!Kovic '21 ~Marko; February 2021; independent researcher and PhD at Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich; Futures, "Risks of space colonization," vol. 126; kp~ S-risks outweigh extinction.Daniel '17 ~Max Daniel, Executive Director of the Foundational Research Institute, Senior Research Scholar at the Future of Humanity Institute, MS in Mathematics from Heidelberg University, "S-Risks: Why They Are The Worst Existential Risks, And How To Prevent Them", Foundational Research Institute, https://foundational-research.org/s-risks-talk-eag-boston-2017/~~ theoryCondo's bad – skews the 1ar making it impossible for us to read our best offense and lowers the threshold for argumentative introduction at no cost incentivizing ink chasing for clash – causes late breaking debates – reject the debater to remedy the damage – dispo solves their offense giving the aff choiceyes 1ar theory – otherwise no check on neg abuse – infinite time skew in ld means you err aff on the question to preserve fairness | 1/31/22 |
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