Tournament: X | Round: 3 | Opponent: X | Judge: Y
Prioritize means
Cambridge University Press; http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/american-english/prioritize
to arrange in...before the others

Developing countries need to focus on strengthening their economies before serious environmental threats can be addressed. Venables:
Ploeg, Rick Van Der, and Tony Venables. "How Developing Countries Rich In Natural Resources Should Harness The Revenues For Growth." Royal Economic Society. N.p., Mar. 2011. Web. 04 Dec. 2013.
Developing countries that...case be richer.

Developing countries need to expand their economies before they can focus on environmental concerns.
Walter, Ingo. Ugelow, Judith L.“Environmental Policies in Developing Countries” Ambio Vol. 8, No. 2/3, Technology, Development and Environmental Impact (1979), pp. 102-109 Published by: Springer on behalf of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The available evidence...the foreseeable future (10).

Environmental reforms must be subsidiary to efforts at economic restructuring policy; otherwise, even the accomplishments of environmental policy will be insignificant  
R. David Simpson, Senior Fellow in the Energy and Natural Resources Division of Resources for the Future (RFF), and Michael A. Toman, Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy and Natural Resources Division at RFF, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN A TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS IN RUSSIA, The Georgetown Public Policy Review, 2000, p. 139.
Our review of...at best tangential.

International law recognizes the goal of environmental protection as secondary to economic development for pollution-emitting developing countries. McArthur:
Santa Clara Journal of International Law Volume 10 | Issue 2 Article 9 5-24-2013 International Environmental Law: Can it Overcome its Weaknesses to Create an Effective Remedy for Global Warming? John Burrit McArthur
The legal source...in developing countries.165

Economic growth solves environmental degradation in the developing world—creates incentives for more efficient use of natural resources.
James K. Glassman. “The Earth Time Johannesburg Summit Moving on from "Sustainablity".” American Enterprise Institute. Web. 7 December 2013. http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.14186,filter.all/pub_detail.asp.
“Let me offer...It creeps on.”

The returns to resource extraction far outweigh the costs. Gelb:
How Much Does Natural Resource Extraction Really Diminish National Wealth? The Implications of Discovery - Working Paper 290 3/14/12 Alan Gelb, Kai Kaiser, and Lorena Viñuela
The paper considers...resource-based development.

This is empirically proven. Gelb:
As outlined above...relative to costs.

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harrison DD | Judge: Halli Tripe

1. Positive incentives increase performance and engagement
   Incentive Research Foundation; “Incentives, Motivation and Workplace Performance: Research and Best Practices” http://theirf.org/research/content/6000065/incentives-motivation-and-workplace-performance-research-and-best-practices/
   The meta-analysis of...by 26 percent.

2. Positive incentives key to change
Pearson, Jenny. “How to work with incentives to stimulate change.” 2011. http://www.lencd.org/group/learning-package/document/how-work-incentives-stimulate-change
Incentives are one...more positive ones.

3. Positive incentives vs. Negative incentives
Zyga, Lisa. “To build a cooperative society, is it better to punish or reward.” Apr. 19, 2010. http://phys.org/news190872056.html
As the researchers...to be swayed.

Compulsory voting is coercive
Bevege, Lydia. "Should Voting Be Compulsory?" Http://ipa.org.au/. Institute of Public Affairs, n.d. Web. 12 June 2012. http://ipa.org.au/sectors/ideas-liberty/news/2681/should-voting-be-compulsory-
The biggest myth...much about politics.

Coercion restricts rights and destroys individual agency.
Blake, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Washington, 01
(Michael Blake, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Washington, Summer 2001, Distributive Justice, State Coercion, and Autonomy, Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Summer, 2001), pp. 257-296, JSTOR)
There is much...agency of another.

Coercion makes us into mere tools of the state.
Hayek, Nobel Prize winner for Economics, 60
(F.A. Hayek, Nobel Prize winner for Economics, 1960, The Constitution of Liberty, p.20)

By “coercion” we...by the other.

Impact:
DEHUMANIZATION IS WORSE THAN NUCLEAR WAR
Montagu and Matson, Author and Professor of American at the University of Hawaii, 1983 (Ashley and Floyd, THE DEHUMANIZATION OF MAN, preface)
It neither kills...course, is dehumanization.

Tournament: Berkeley | Round: 1 | Opponent: X | Judge: X
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Tournament: berkeley | Round: 1 | Opponent: X | Judge: X
(Either util framework, or used it as offense under opponent's framework)

Demining is considered resource extraction. Literally mining mines.
Lu, Xiaoxuan (Student ASLA, Graduate, Harvard Graduate School of Design). “Mining as Demining.” 2012 American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Student Awards.  
The project poses...the hazardous ground.

Demining does conflict with Environmental protection
Paktian, Faiz Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining. “Mine Action and the Environment.” Journal of Mine Action. 2008. http://www.jmu.edu/cisr/journal/11.2/feature/paktian/paktian.shtml
Demining operations have...damage the environment. 

Landmines are instruments of indiscriminate terrorism and kill thousands of civilians each year. UN:
United Nations, “Demining”, N.D. http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/demining/
Every year, landmines...on 4 April.

Demining creates safe land for agriculture
UNDP.“Cambodia: Demining transforms former battleground into field of hope.” http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/ourwork/crisispreventionandrecovery/successstories/cambodia~-~-demining-transforms-former-battleground-into-field-of-/
She has lived...much less fear.

Demining has saved hundreds of lives and produced space for a flourishing community for rural families who depend on cultivable land
UNDP.“Cambodia: Demining transforms former battleground into field of hope.” http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/ourwork/crisispreventionandrecovery/successstories/cambodia~-~-demining-transforms-former-battleground-into-field-of-/
UNDP also worked...Millennium Development Goal.

Land mines can be reused, providing value once mined
Matus, Morgana. “Saught Upcycles Cambodian Landmines into Hauntingly Beautiful Jewelry.” Ecouterre.  Nov. 29, 2012. http://www.ecouterre.com/saught-upcycles-cambodian-landmines-into-hauntingly-beautiful-jewelry/
It is an...have experienced conflict.

Tournament: Berkeley | Round: 1 | Opponent: Northland Christian SH | Judge: Brill
Mangrove wood is key to local subsistence and minimizing poverty. Walters 08
Bradley B. Walters a,*, Patrik Ro¨nnba¨ck b, John M. Kovacs c, Beatrice Crona b, Syed Ainul Hussain d, Ruchi Badola d, Jurgenne H. Primavera e, Edward Barbier f, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas. “Ethnobiology, socio-economics and management of mangrove forests: A review”. Aquatic Botany 89. 2008. http://www.pumpsea.icat.fc.ul.pt/downloads/Waltersetal_2008_AquatBot.pdf  
Non-timber forest ...girders and mine timbers (Walsh, 1977; Mainoya et al., 1986; Adegbehin, 1993; Bandaranayake, 1998; Primavera et al., 2004; Lopez-Hoffman et al., 2006).  

Non timber forest products are key to fighting poverty AND their extraction is sustainable. Stanley 12 Stanley, Denise, Robert Voeks, and Leaa Short. "Is Non-Timber Forest Product Harvest Sustainable in the Less Developed World? A Systematic Review of the Recent Economic and Ecological Literature." Ethnobiology and Conservation 1. 2012
http://ethnobioconservation.com/index.php/ebc/article/view/19/20
Assessment of recent...against USD$5.62 per day in Africa. 

Empirics confirm. López-Feldman 07
López-Feldman, Alejandro, Jorge Mora, and J. Edward Taylor. "Does natural resource extraction mitigate poverty and inequality? Evidence from rural Mexico and a Lacandona Rainforest Community." Environment and Development Economics 12.02 (2007)
Our findings highlight...coefficient by 0.36 and 0.11, respectively. 

Poverty causes nuclear war. Caldwell 03
Joseph George Caldwell, PhD, The End of the World, and the New World Order, updae of an article published 10/26/00, March 6, 2003, www.foundation.bw/TheEndOfTheWorld.htm.
It would appear...to higher levels.

And, Nuke war causes extinction. Hogan 94
Michael Hogan, The Nuclear Freeze Campaign (1994), p. 52.
In the fall...number of scientists.”

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harrison DD | Judge: Halli Tripe
Consistent with the unity of action
Laurence, Ben. "An Anscombean Approach to Collective Action."Philosophy.uchicago.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. http://philosophy.uchicago.edu/faculty/files/laurence/Laurence20Collective20Action20forthcoming20in20HUP20on20Anscombe20Intention.pdf
Expanding on an...action they serve. 

Freedom to make decisions is of the utmost priority. Jointly Authored by the Inter-Parliamentary Union. “Democracy: It’s Principles and Achievement.” Inter-Parliamentary Union. 1998. Web. 17 Aug. 2013. http://books.google.com/books id=NZSkdQwckxIC
“If the starting...freedoms for others.”

Only non-aggregating standards like autonomy can respect morality. Herbert:
If a human...of mutual recognition.
 
First, compulsory voting disrespects the equal moral status of individuals.
Lever, Annabelle. “Compulsory Voting: A Critical Perspective.” British Journal of Political Science. October 2010. Web. 17 Aug 2013. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40930591. ?“Forcing people to...compulsory voting collapses.”

Tournament: X | Round: 2 | Opponent: X | Judge: Y
Observation 1—Framework:
QUESTIONS OF LANGUAGE AND RHETORIC ARE PREQUISITE TO THE MORAL THEORIZING EMPLOYED BY THE 1AC BECAUSE LANGUAGE SHAPES REALITY. MY ARGUMENT IS THAT MORAL THEORIZING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT RHETORIC, AND AS SUCH, YOU SHOULD EVALUATE RHETORIC BEFORE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE RESOLUTION AS ADVOCATED BY THE 1AC. Farmer 95
(David John Farmer, 1995, "The Language of Public Administration Bureaucracy, Modernity, and Postmodernity", p. 1)
A language is...of the world.

RHETORIC IS THE ROOT OF ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND COMMUNICATION INSOFAR AS IT REFLECTS AN INDIVIDUAL’S SUBJECTIVE VIEW OF REALITY. FIAT IS ILLUSORY, THE EDUCATION THAT WE GARNER THROUGH COMPETING DISCOURSE IS THE ONLY BENEFIT OF DEBATE. I CONTEND THAT DEBATE IS THUS AN ACADEMIC ACTIVITY WHEREBY THE CRITIC SHOULD PREFER THE MOST POSTIVELY IMPACTFUL RHETORIC. Butler 90
(Judith Butler, "Gender Trouble", 1990, p. 20-21)
The very notion...to be sought. 

Links:
A) THE 1AC links because its offense is predicated on “solving a conflict.”  

B)  Affirmed the resolution without reservation.  Conflict rhetoric is inherently violent, which perpetuates and guarantees violence.

As stated by Environment and Conflict Project’s Stephan Libiszewski (researcher and scientist) (1992) http://www.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Publications/Detail/?id=236) defines conflict as:
“encompassing a broad...war between states.” 

Implications:
A) Every use of violence worsens the cycle of violence and causes inevitable violence. Wink squared  
Stephen Wink, Associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton, and Walter Wink, Professor of Biblical Interpretation, Auburn Theological Seminary; Saint Louis University Law Journal, Winter, 1993-1994
Moreover, the discontented...hopes of escape.

B)When violence fights violence, violence wins. Peace is impossible through violent means.
MLK, Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., The Trumpet Of Conscience, 1967, p. 70-71
Now let me...about constructive ends.

C. THE 1AC’s WILLING PARTICIPATION IN A CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF VIOLENT APPARATUSES WILL CAUSE EXTINCTION. SUMMY 98
Ralph Summy is the Director of the Matsunaga Institute for Peace, University of Hawaii. He formerly headed the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at the University of Queensland, Australia. ”Nonviolent Speech” Peace Review, 10402659, Dec98, Vol. 10, Issue
A second major...a durable peace.

Observation 4: Alternative and Solvency:
A) Text: Vote negative to critically interrogate and refuse the violence embodied and justified within the affirmative’s justification of conflict rhetoric.
B) This round and your localized refusal is key. Debate is the best way to advocate Non Violence
Brian Martin, STS @ U of Wollongong 2001”Nonviolence Versus Capitalism” http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/01nvc/nvcall.html
The professionalisation of...feminism is irrelevant.

C)My alternativee opens a space for understanding the will to violence that traditional analyses of what we ought to do, such as the 1AC will inevitably fail.  
Susanne Kappeler, Associate Prof @ Al-Akhawayn University, The Will to Violence: The Politics of Personal Behavior, 1995, pg. 258
If we nevertheless...a non-violent society.