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Barkley Forum | 2 | Cyprus Bay JS | Rob Gormisky |
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Barkley Forum | 3 | West Des Moines Valley GS | Matt Dunay |
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Barkley Forum | Doubles | University SJ | Nick Montecalvo, Zachary Schuyler, Clay Stewart |
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Barkley Forum | 5 | Lexington PC | Naria Kretchmer |
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Berekeley | 5 | Miramonte AB | Bryan Chiou |
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Berekeley | Triples | Dougherty Valley SZi | Chris Bentley Tim Alderete Jonathan McGuire |
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Colleyville | Octas | Woodlands College Prep VM | Becker, Arnett, J Melin |
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Coppell | Semis | Flowermound JS | Tyler Levy, Joseph Reyes, Shallott Cecchini |
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Coppell | Octas | North Crowley AR | Shallott |
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Glenbrooks | 5 | Harvard Westlake CE | Avi Jayaraman |
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McMillen | 2 | Garland RR | Don Ross |
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Meadows | 2 | Miramonte TK | Adam Torson |
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TFA | 1 | NA | NA |
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1AR Condo BadTournament: Colleyville | Round: Octas | Opponent: Woodlands College Prep VM | Judge: Becker, Arnett, J Melin A: Interpretation: the negative must read counterplans and disad's as conditional or dispositional.B: Violation: he said his K is conditionalC: Standards1 Strat Skew2 ClashAdvocacy SkillsDrop the Debater | 2/1/14 |
1AR Disclosure TheoryTournament: Barkley Forum | Round: Doubles | Opponent: University SJ | Judge: Nick Montecalvo, Zachary Schuyler, Clay Stewart A: Interp: All debaters must, under their proper school name, disclose tag lines and citations, as well as the first three and last three words of the cards on the NDCA wiki at least one hour before the round.B: Violation: I debated Saahil earlier in the tournament and his aff isn't on the wiki-I can provide screen shots if necessary.StandardsArgument QualityElement of Surprise Evidence EthicsPreparation Asymmetry
ImplicationsTheory is a question of competing interps, that means you vote the debater down because it's a question of what we justify. direct abuseDeterrenceRole of the Judge | 1/25/14 |
JANFEB 1AR - Whiteness K- Berkeley TripsTournament: Berekeley | Round: Triples | Opponent: Dougherty Valley SZi | Judge: Chris Bentley Tim Alderete Jonathan McGuire Link: The negatives attempts to preclude the 1AC and avoid the conversation that I attempt to begin are rooted in white privilege; He refuses to acknowledge and discuss these arguments. Issues that threaten the white identity are denied and unresolved.McCright and Dulap 11 - (, Associate Professor of Sociology in Lyman Briggs College, Department of Sociology, and Environmental Science and Policy Program at Michigan State University, Dulap, Regents Professor of Psychological Sciences, Sociology. In addition to his empirical work, Dr. Dunlap regularly writes assessments of theoretical developments in the field of environmental sociology, 2011.( Aaron M., Riley E., “Cool Dudes: The Denial of Climate Change Among Conservative White Males in the United States,” Global Environmental Change, Volume 21, October 2011, Pages 1163-1172, SJH) YOU AS A JUDGE MUST REJECT THIS EPISTEMOLOGY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE REALITY OF OPPRESSION---THAT’S A VOTING ISSUEZeus Leonardo 02, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies, Diversity, and Ethnic Issues, University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Education, "The Souls of White Folk: critical pedagogy, whiteness studies, and globalization discourse", Race, Ethnicity and Education, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2002. RFK | 2/18/14 |
JANFEB 1AR Development K- Berkeley r5Tournament: Berekeley | Round: 5 | Opponent: Miramonte AB | Judge: Bryan Chiou The argumentation and methodology of the 1NC has shifted the role of the judge- your job as the educator has become to reward the debater who’s performance and discourse does not perpetuate the oppression of people. We must question what our discourse in round justifies.Vincent 13 – (Christopher Debate Coach, former college NDT debater “Re-Conceptualizing Our Performances: Accountability In Lincoln Douglas Debate” http://victorybriefs.com/vbd/2013/10/re-conceptualizing-our-performances-accountability-in-lincoln-douglas-debate) GHSGB AND The negative attempts to create a distinction between western developed countries and underdeveloped countries. This development rhetoric is inherently connected to the cultural enslavement of other peoples.Esteva 93 – (Gustavo Gustavo Esteva is a Mexican activist, "deprofessionalized intellectual" and founder of the Universidad de la Tierra in the Mexican city of Oaxaca. He is one of the best known advocates of Post-Development. Wikipedia “The Development Dictionary”, p.9, 1993) GHSGB Alt: Reject the development discourse. Rejecting development discourse is a prerequisite to imagine alternatives and stop colonization.Escobar 95, - (Arturo Arturo Escobar is a Colombian-American anthropologist primarily known for his contribution to postdevelopment theory and political ecology. “Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World) GHSGB | 2/18/14 |
JANFEB Arctic 1AC - Barkley Forum R2Tournament: Barkley Forum | Round: 2 | Opponent: Cyprus Bay JS | Judge: Rob Gormisky Development is an ongoing process that no country has completed; this era of globalization requires that we redefine the term of art that is “developing”. Development is a process, not a destination.Tony Payne 13 Tony Payne joined the Scheffield department of Politics in 1985 and was promoted to Professor in 1993. He was Chairman of the Department between 1992 and 1995 and again between 1998 and 2001. He was the Director of the Political Economy Research Centre (PERC) from 1996 to 1999 and Co-Director from 2002 to 2004. He was Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Social Sciences from June 2008 until August 2012. He is now co-director (with Colin Hay) of the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI)., “We are all developing countries now!”, The University of Scheffield, 7 Jan 2013, BE FrameworkI value morality because we should do moral things.The value of the environment is infinite – A utilitarian environmental ethic is the best because it is non-anthropocentric and values nature as an end in itself.Wolff 09 - (Brian G. M.S. in Environmental Biology from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and a Ph.D. in Conservation Biology from the University of Minnesota. He has been teaching biology, environmental biology, and ecology at the University of Minnesota and Normandale Community College since 1994. "Environmental Studies and Utilitarian Ethics" http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ889705.pdf) GHSGB In context in of the environment, state-of-affairs questions are necessary – moral abstractions are insufficient.Elliot 03 – (Herschel Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Florida “The Revolutionary Import of Garrett Hardin's Work” http://www.garretthardinsociety.org/tributes/tr_elliot_2003jul.html) GHSGB Plan: Developing countries will prioritize environmental protection over resource extraction by halting offshore arctic drilling.Arctic Drilling just startedThe Nation 13 - (A newspaper citing what the Russians have said "Russia pumping oil at Arctic rig")GHSGB Advantage 1: SpillsIf drilling continues in the Arctic, a spill is a dead certain—experts agree.Harvey and Walker 13 – (Fiona Fiona Harvey is an award-winning environment journalist for the Guardian. Prior to this, she worked for the Financial Times for more than a decade. She has reported on every major environmental issue, from as far afield as the Arctic and the Amazon, and her wide range of interviewees include Ban Ki-moon, Tony Blair, Al Gore and Jeff Immelt Shaun Shaun Walker is Moscow Correspondent for the Guardian. He has lived in Russia for several years and was previously Moscow Correspondent for The Independent. “Arctic oil spill is certain if drilling goes ahead, says top scientist” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/19/arctic-oil-drilling-russia) GHSGB Drilling in the arctic is the most dangerous form of drilling any where on earth; we don’t know how to clean up a spill. This spill destroys biodiversity.Banerjee 12 – (Subhankar Subhankar Banerjee is an artist, educator and activist whose images of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other Alaskan wild lands have captured international attention “Walking the Waters: How to Bring the Major Oil Companies Ashore and Halt the Destruction of Our Oceans” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/subhankar-banerjee/shell-arctic-drilling_b_1732835.html) GHSGB The spill disrupts the balance of the ocean—it causes tension between the tectonic plates which causes tsunamis and it releases mamolithic amounts of methane.Young 10 –( Elizabeth M Bachelors Degree with Honors in Sociology: University Of California, Berkeley “How the BP Oil Spill Disaster could trigger a future mass-extinction”, http://www.helium.com/items/1906371-how-the-bp-oil-spill-disaster-could-trigger-a-future-mass-extinction)GHS//GB¶ The aftermath of Tsunami’s cause the spread of disease.Isidore et al 12, Alijunid, Kamigaki, Hammad, Oshitani – (Kouadio Dr. Kouadio Koffi Isidore is a Postdoctoral Fellow at United Nations University International Institute for Global Health Syed Dr. Syed Aljunid is a Professor of Health Economics and Senior Research Fellow at UNU International Institute for Global Health. Taro Dr. Taro Kamigaki is an Assistant Professor, at the Department of Virology of Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, in Sendai, Japan. Karen Karen Hammad is an Australian emergency nurse and Lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Flinders University, South Australia. Hitoshi Dr. Hitoshi Oshitani is a Professor of Virology at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, in Sendai Japan. Between 1999 and 2005 he was a regional advisor for Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response at the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office in Manila, the Philippines. “Preventing and controlling infectious diseases after natural disasters” http://unu.edu/publications/articles/preventing-and-controlling-infectious-diseases-after-natural-disasters.html#) GHSGB Diseases spread and cause extinction—especially diseases that are from insects.Daswani 96 – (Kavita, Reporter for the LA times, “Leading the way to a cure for AIDS,” South China Morning Post, January 4) GHSGB Advantage 2: WarmingDrilling for oil in the Arctic causes arctic sea ice to melt and global warmingBanerjee 13 – (Subhankar Subhankar Banerjee is an artist, educator and activist whose images of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other Alaskan wild lands have captured international attention “Destabilization of Arctic Sea Ice Would Be Game Over for Climate” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/subhankar-banerjee/destabilization-of-arctic_b_4000445.html) GHSGB Melting of the ice causes positive feedbacks—these cause extinctionBrandenburg and Paxson’99 John and Monica (Phds), Dead Mars, Dying Earth, p. 232 Arctic Ice melting causes an Ice Age—this endangers our entire planet.RSE 07 Religion, Science and the Environment, Symposium VII: ‘The Arctic: Mirror of Life’, RSE Symposium, http://www.rsesymposia.org/more.php?catid=170andpcatid=162 Advantage 3: MilitarismDrilling in the Arctic is starting US-Russia conflict; the Arctic countries are militarizing and preparing for war.Macalister 11 – (Terry Terry Macalister is energy editor of the Guardian. He has been employed at the paper and website for 12 years and previously worked for the Independent and other national titles “US and Russia stir up political tensions over Arctic” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/06/us-russia-political-tensions-arctic)GHS//GB Any Russian conflict or instability carries a large risk of nuclear conflict or large epidemics that affect all of EurasiaOliker and Charlick-Paley 02 Olga and Tanya, (RAND Analysts) Assessing Russia’s Decline, RAND Books, p. online wyo-tjc Russia nuke use causes US-Russia War- it is the only war scenario for human extinctionBostrom 02 Nick, PhD and Professor at Oxford University, “Existential Risks: Analyzing Human Extinction Scenarios and Related Hazards,” March A: interpretation: the affirmative may specify the affirmative advocacy and not defend the resolution on balance if it is stable and has a clear advocacy text, and that it is disclosed once broken.B: I meet- I have a clear plan text and it either A. Disclosed or B. This is the first time I’ve read it.C: Standards1 Equitable debate2 Depth of discussion | 1/24/14 |
JANFEB Arctic 1AC - Barkley Forum R3Tournament: Barkley Forum | Round: 3 | Opponent: West Des Moines Valley GS | Judge: Matt Dunay Development is an ongoing process that no country has completed; this era of globalization requires that we redefine the term of art that is "developing". Development is a process, not a destination.Tony Payne 13 Tony Payne joined the Scheffield department of Politics in 1985 and was promoted to Professor in 1993. He was Chairman of the Department between 1992 and 1995 and again between 1998 and 2001. He was the Director of the Political Economy Research Centre (PERC) from 1996 to 1999 and Co-Director from 2002 to 2004. He was Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Social Sciences from June 2008 until August 2012. He is now co-director (with Colin Hay) of the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI)., “We are all developing countries now!”, The University of Scheffield, 7 Jan 2013, BE FrameworkI value morality because we should do moral things.The value of the environment is infinite – A utilitarian environmental ethic is the best because it is non-anthropocentric and values nature as an end in itself.Wolff 09 - (Brian G. ~M.S. in Environmental Biology from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and a Ph.D. in Conservation Biology from the University of Minnesota. He has been teaching biology, environmental biology, and ecology at the University of Minnesota and Normandale Community College since 1994.~ "Environmental Studies and Utilitarian Ethics" http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ889705.pdf) GHSGB In context in of the environment, state-of-affairs questions are necessary – moral abstractions are insufficient.Elliot 03 – (Herschel ~Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Florida~ "The Revolutionary Import of Garrett Hardin’s Work" http://www.garretthardinsociety.org/tributes/tr_elliot_2003jul.html) GHSGB Plan text: The eight arctic littoral countries- the United States, Russia, Norway, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Iceland will halt all on and offshore drilling in the Arctic.OR Plan text: All developing countries in the world will prioritize environmental protection over resource extraction by halting all offshore drilling in the Arctic.OR Plan: Developing countries will prioritize environmental protection over resource extraction by halting offshore arctic drilling.Drilling just startedThe Nation 13 - (~A newspaper citing what the Russians have said~ "Russia pumping oil at Arctic rig")GHSGB Advantage 1: Spills (1:40)If drilling continues in the Arctic, a spill is a dead certain—experts agree.Harvey and Walker 13 – (Fiona ~Fiona Harvey is an award-winning environment journalist for the Guardian. Prior to this, she worked for the Financial Times for more than a decade. She has reported on every major environmental issue, from as far afield as the Arctic and the Amazon, and her wide range of interviewees include Ban Ki-moon, Tony Blair, Al Gore and Jeff Immelt~ Shaun ~Shaun Walker is Moscow Correspondent for the Guardian. He has lived in Russia for several years and was previously Moscow Correspondent for The Independent.~ "Arctic oil spill is certain if drilling goes ahead, says top scientist" http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/19/arctic-oil-drilling-russia) GHSGB Drilling in the arctic is the most dangerous form of drilling any where on earth; we don’t know how to clean up a spill. This spill destroys biodiversity.Banerjee 12 – (Subhankar ~Subhankar Banerjee is an artist, educator and activist whose images of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other Alaskan wild lands have captured international attention~ "Walking the Waters: How to Bring the Major Oil Companies Ashore and Halt the Destruction of Our Oceans" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/subhankar-banerjee/shell-arctic-drilling_b_1732835.html) GHSGB The spill disrupts the balance of the ocean—it causes tension between the tectonic plates which causes tsunamis and it releases mamolithic amounts of methane.Young 10 –( Elizabeth M ~Bachelors Degree with Honors in Sociology: University Of California, Berkeley~ "How the BP Oil Spill Disaster could trigger a future mass-extinction", http://www.helium.com/items/1906371-how-the-bp-oil-spill-disaster-could-trigger-a-future-mass-extinction)GHS//GB¶ The aftermath of Tsunami’s cause the spread of disease.Isidore et al 12, Alijunid, Kamigaki, Hammad, Oshitani – (Kouadio ~Dr. Kouadio Koffi Isidore is a Postdoctoral Fellow at United Nations University International Institute for Global Health~ Syed ~Dr. Syed Aljunid is a Professor of Health Economics and Senior Research Fellow at UNU International Institute for Global Health.~ Taro ~Dr. Taro Kamigaki is an Assistant Professor, at the Department of Virology of Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, in Sendai, Japan.~ Karen ~Karen Hammad is an Australian emergency nurse and Lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Flinders University, South Australia.~ Hitoshi ~Dr. Hitoshi Oshitani is a Professor of Virology at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, in Sendai Japan. Between 1999 and 2005 he was a regional advisor for Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response at the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office in Manila, the Philippines.~ "Preventing and controlling infectious diseases after natural disasters" http://unu.edu/publications/articles/preventing-and-controlling-infectious-diseases-after-natural-disasters.html~~23) GHSGB Diseases spread and cause extinction—especially diseases that are from insects.Daswani 96 – (Kavita, ~Reporter for the LA times~, "Leading the way to a cure for AIDS," South China Morning Post, January 4) GHSGB Advantage 2: Warming (1:10)Drilling for oil in the Arctic causes arctic sea ice to melt and global warmingBanerjee 13 – (Subhankar ~Subhankar Banerjee is an artist, educator and activist whose images of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other Alaskan wild lands have captured international attention~ "Destabilization of Arctic Sea Ice Would Be Game Over for Climate" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/subhankar-banerjee/destabilization-of-arctic_b_4000445.html) GHSGB Melting of the ice causes positive feedbacks—these cause extinctionBrandenburg 26 Paxson’99 ~John 26 Monica (Phds), Dead Mars, Dying Earth, p. 232 ~ Arctic Ice melting causes an Ice Age—this endangers our entire planet.RSE 07 ~Religion, Science and the Environment, Symposium VII: ’The Arctic: Mirror of Life’, RSE Symposium, http://www.rsesymposia.org/more.php?catid=17026pcatid=162~~ Advantage 3: Militarism (1:10)Drilling in the Arctic is starting US-Russia conflict; the Arctic countries are militarizing and preparing for war.Macalister 11 – (Terry ~Terry Macalister is energy editor of the Guardian. He has been employed at the paper and website for 12 years and previously worked for the Independent and other national titles~ "US and Russia stir up political tensions over Arctic" http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/06/us-russia-political-tensions-arctic)GHS//GB Any Russian conflict or instability carries a large risk of nuclear conflict or large epidemics that affect all of EurasiaOliker and Charlick-Paley 02 ~Olga 26 Tanya, (RAND Analysts) Assessing Russia’s Decline, RAND Books, p. online wyo-tjc~ Russia nuke use causes US-Russia War- it is the only war scenario for human extinctionBostrom 02 ~Nick, PhD and Professor at Oxford University, "Existential Risks: Analyzing Human Extinction Scenarios and Related Hazards," March~ | 1/25/14 |
JANFEB Arctic 1AC - Barkley Forum R5-DubsTournament: Barkley Forum | Round: 5 | Opponent: Lexington PC | Judge: Naria Kretchmer Emory V. 2Arctic oil extraction has threatened human civilization. Because environmental protection repudiates these harms, I affirm.Development is an ongoing process that no country has completed; this era of globalization requires that we redefine the term of art that is "developing". Development is a process, not a destination.Tony Payne 13 Tony Payne joined the Scheffield department of Politics in 1985 and was promoted to Professor in 1993. He was Chairman of the Department between 1992 and 1995 and again between 1998 and 2001. He was the Director of the Political Economy Research Centre (PERC) from 1996 to 1999 and Co-Director from 2002 to 2004. He was Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Social Sciences from June 2008 until August 2012. He is now co-director (with Colin Hay) of the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI)., “We are all developing countries now!”, The University of Scheffield, 7 Jan 2013, BE One of the puzzles (to me at least) of much contemporary comment about FrameworkAn utilitarian ethic is the best environmental ethic because it is non-anthropocentric and values nature as an end in itself.Wolff 09 - (Brian G. ~M.S. in Environmental Biology from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and a Ph.D. in Conservation Biology from the University of Minnesota. He has been teaching biology, environmental biology, and ecology at the University of Minnesota and Normandale Community College since 1994.~ "Environmental Studies and Utilitarian Ethics" http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ889705.pdf) GHSGB In context in of the environment, state-of-affairs questions are necessary – moral abstractions are insufficient.Elliot 03 – (Herschel ~Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Florida~ "The Revolutionary Import of Garrett Hardin’s Work" http://www.garretthardinsociety.org/tributes/tr_elliot_2003jul.html) GHSGB Plan: Developing countries will prioritize environmental protection over resource extraction by halting offshore arctic drilling.Drilling just startedThe Nation 13 - (~A newspaper citing what the Russians have said~ "Russia pumping oil at Arctic rig")GHSGB Advantage 1: Spills (1:40)If drilling continues in the Arctic, a spill is a dead certain—experts agree.Harvey and Walker 13 – (Fiona ~Fiona Harvey is an award-winning environment journalist for the Guardian. Prior to this, she worked for the Financial Times for more than a decade. She has reported on every major environmental issue, from as far afield as the Arctic and the Amazon, and her wide range of interviewees include Ban Ki-moon, Tony Blair, Al Gore and Jeff Immelt~ Shaun ~Shaun Walker is Moscow Correspondent for the Guardian. He has lived in Russia for several years and was previously Moscow Correspondent for The Independent.~ "Arctic oil spill is certain if drilling goes ahead, says top scientist" http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/19/arctic-oil-drilling-russia) GHSGB Drilling in the arctic is the most dangerous form of drilling any where on earth; we don’t know how to clean up a spill. This spill destroys biodiversity.Banerjee 12 – (Subhankar ~Subhankar Banerjee is an artist, educator and activist whose images of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other Alaskan wild lands have captured international attention~ "Walking the Waters: How to Bring the Major Oil Companies Ashore and Halt the Destruction of Our Oceans" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/subhankar-banerjee/shell-arctic-drilling_b_1732835.html) GHSGB The spill disrupts the balance of the ocean—it causes tension between the tectonic plates which causes tsunamis and it releases mamolithic amounts of methane.Young 10 –( Elizabeth M ~Bachelors Degree with Honors in Sociology: University Of California, Berkeley~ "How the BP Oil Spill Disaster could trigger a future mass-extinction", http://www.helium.com/items/1906371-how-the-bp-oil-spill-disaster-could-trigger-a-future-mass-extinction)GHS//GB¶ The aftermath of Tsunami’s cause the spread of disease.Isidore et al 12, Alijunid, Kamigaki, Hammad, Oshitani – (Kouadio ~Dr. Kouadio Koffi Isidore is a Postdoctoral Fellow at United Nations University International Institute for Global Health~ Syed ~Dr. Syed Aljunid is a Professor of Health Economics and Senior Research Fellow at UNU International Institute for Global Health.~ Taro ~Dr. Taro Kamigaki is an Assistant Professor, at the Department of Virology of Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, in Sendai, Japan.~ Karen ~Karen Hammad is an Australian emergency nurse and Lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Flinders University, South Australia.~ Hitoshi ~Dr. Hitoshi Oshitani is a Professor of Virology at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, in Sendai Japan. Between 1999 and 2005 he was a regional advisor for Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response at the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office in Manila, the Philippines.~ "Preventing and controlling infectious diseases after natural disasters" http://unu.edu/publications/articles/preventing-and-controlling-infectious-diseases-after-natural-disasters.html~~23) GHSGB Diseases spread and cause extinction—especially diseases that are from insects.Daswani 96 – (Kavita, ~Reporter for the LA times~, "Leading the way to a cure for AIDS," South China Morning Post, January 4) GHSGB Ethical theories are incomplete without an understanding of how we relate to nature- we must expand our moral considerations to nature.Henning 09 (Brian; Associate Professor of Philosophy at Gonzaga University; "Trusting in the ’Efficacy of Beauty: A Kalocentric Approach to Moral Philosophy"; Ethics 26 the Environment- Volume 14, Number 1)RSW Advantage 2: Warming (1:10)Drilling for oil in the Arctic causes arctic sea ice to melt and global warmingBanerjee 13 – (Subhankar ~Subhankar Banerjee is an artist, educator and activist whose images of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other Alaskan wild lands have captured international attention~ "Destabilization of Arctic Sea Ice Would Be Game Over for Climate" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/subhankar-banerjee/destabilization-of-arctic_b_4000445.html) GHSGB Melting of the ice causes positive feedbacks—these cause extinctionBrandenburg 26 Paxson’99 ~John 26 Monica (Phds), Dead Mars, Dying Earth, p. 232 ~ Arctic Ice melting causes an Ice Age—this endangers our entire planet.RSE 07 ~Religion, Science and the Environment, Symposium VII: ’The Arctic: Mirror of Life’, RSE Symposium, http://www.rsesymposia.org/more.php?catid=17026pcatid=162~~ Advantage 3: Militarism (1:10)Drilling in the Arctic is starting US-Russia conflict; the Arctic countries are militarizing and preparing for war.Macalister 11 – (Terry ~Terry Macalister is energy editor of the Guardian. He has been employed at the paper and website for 12 years and previously worked for the Independent and other national titles~ "US and Russia stir up political tensions over Arctic" http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/06/us-russia-political-tensions-arctic)GHS//GB Any Russian conflict or instability carries a large risk of nuclear conflict or large epidemics that affect all of EurasiaOliker and Charlick-Paley 02 ~Olga 26 Tanya, (RAND Analysts) Assessing Russia’s Decline, RAND Books, p. online wyo-tjc~ Russia nuke use causes US-Russia War- it is the only war scenario for human extinctionBostrom 02 ~Nick, PhD and Professor at Oxford University, "Existential Risks: Analyzing Human Extinction Scenarios and Related Hazards," March~ | 1/27/14 |
JANFEB Arctic 1AC - Colleyville octosTournament: Colleyville | Round: Octas | Opponent: Woodlands College Prep VM | Judge: Becker, Arnett, J Melin Development is an ongoing process that no country has completed; this era of globalization requires that we redefine the term of art that is “developing”. Development is a process, not a destination. The value of the environment is infinite – A utilitarian environmental ethic is the best because it is non-anthropocentric and values nature as an end in itself.Wolff 09 - (Brian G. M.S. in Environmental Biology from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and a Ph.D. in Conservation Biology from the University of Minnesota. He has been teaching biology, environmental biology, and ecology at the University of Minnesota and Normandale Community College since 1994. "Environmental Studies and Utilitarian Ethics" http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ889705.pdf) GHSGB In context in of the environment, state-of-affairs questions are necessary – moral abstractions are insufficient.Elliot 03 – (Herschel Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Florida “The Revolutionary Import of Garrett Hardin's Work” http://www.garretthardinsociety.org/tributes/tr_elliot_2003jul.html) GHSGB Plan: Developing countries will prioritize environmental protection over resource extraction by halting offshore arctic drilling.Drilling started in December 2013The Nation 13 - (A newspaper citing what the Russians have said "Russia pumping oil at Arctic rig")GHSGB Advantage 1: SpillsIf drilling continues in the Arctic, a spill is a dead certain—experts agree.Harvey and Walker 13 – (Fiona Fiona Harvey is an award-winning environment journalist for the Guardian. Prior to this, she worked for the Financial Times for more than a decade. She has reported on every major environmental issue, from as far afield as the Arctic and the Amazon, and her wide range of interviewees include Ban Ki-moon, Tony Blair, Al Gore and Jeff Immelt Shaun Shaun Walker is Moscow Correspondent for the Guardian. He has lived in Russia for several years and was previously Moscow Correspondent for The Independent. “Arctic oil spill is certain if drilling goes ahead, says top scientist” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/19/arctic-oil-drilling-russia) GHSGB Drilling in the arctic is the most dangerous form of drilling any where on earth; we don’t know how to clean up a spill. This spill destroys biodiversity.Banerjee 12 – (Subhankar Subhankar Banerjee is an artist, educator and activist whose images of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other Alaskan wild lands have captured international attention “Walking the Waters: How to Bring the Major Oil Companies Ashore and Halt the Destruction of Our Oceans” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/subhankar-banerjee/shell-arctic-drilling_b_1732835.html) GHSGB The spill disrupts the balance of the ocean—it causes tension between the tectonic plates which causes tsunamis and it releases mamolithic amounts of methane.Young 10 –( Elizabeth M Bachelors Degree with Honors in Sociology: University Of California, Berkeley “How the BP Oil Spill Disaster could trigger a future mass-extinction”, http://www.helium.com/items/1906371-how-the-bp-oil-spill-disaster-could-trigger-a-future-mass-extinction)GHS//GB¶ The aftermath of Tsunami’s cause the spread of disease.Isidore et al 12, Alijunid, Kamigaki, Hammad, Oshitani – (Kouadio Dr. Kouadio Koffi Isidore is a Postdoctoral Fellow at United Nations University International Institute for Global Health Syed Dr. Syed Aljunid is a Professor of Health Economics and Senior Research Fellow at UNU International Institute for Global Health. Taro Dr. Taro Kamigaki is an Assistant Professor, at the Department of Virology of Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, in Sendai, Japan. Karen Karen Hammad is an Australian emergency nurse and Lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Flinders University, South Australia. Hitoshi Dr. Hitoshi Oshitani is a Professor of Virology at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, in Sendai Japan. Between 1999 and 2005 he was a regional advisor for Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response at the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office in Manila, the Philippines. “Preventing and controlling infectious diseases after natural disasters” http://unu.edu/publications/articles/preventing-and-controlling-infectious-diseases-after-natural-disasters.html#) GHSGB Diseases spread and cause extinction—especially diseases that are from insects.Daswani 96 – (Kavita, Reporter for the LA times, “Leading the way to a cure for AIDS,” South China Morning Post, January 4) GHSGB Advantage 2: Warming (1:10)Drilling for oil in the Arctic causes arctic sea ice to melt and global warmingBanerjee 13 – (Subhankar Subhankar Banerjee is an artist, educator and activist whose images of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other Alaskan wild lands have captured international attention “Destabilization of Arctic Sea Ice Would Be Game Over for Climate” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/subhankar-banerjee/destabilization-of-arctic_b_4000445.html) GHSGB Melting of the ice causes positive feedbacks—these cause extinctionBrandenburg and Paxson’99 John and Monica (Phds), Dead Mars, Dying Earth, p. 232 Arctic Ice melting causes an Ice Age—this endangers our entire planet.RSE 07 Religion, Science and the Environment, Symposium VII: ‘The Arctic: Mirror of Life’, RSE Symposium, http://www.rsesymposia.org/more.php?catid=170andpcatid=162 Advantage 3: MilitarismDrilling in the Arctic is starting US-Russia conflict; the Arctic countries are militarizing and preparing for war.Macalister 11 – (Terry Terry Macalister is energy editor of the Guardian. He has been employed at the paper and website for 12 years and previously worked for the Independent and other national titles “US and Russia stir up political tensions over Arctic” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/06/us-russia-political-tensions-arctic)GHS//GB Any Russian conflict or instability carries a large risk of nuclear conflict or large epidemics that affect all of EurasiaOliker and Charlick-Paley 02 Olga and Tanya, (RAND Analysts) Assessing Russia’s Decline, RAND Books, p. online wyo-tjc Russia nuke use causes US-Russia War- it is the only war scenario for human extinctionBostrom 02 Nick, PhD and Professor at Oxford University, “Existential Risks: Analyzing Human Extinction Scenarios and Related Hazards,” March UnderviewHe defines developing as a term of art like it is in the resolution, not a specific definition that separates countries into developed and not developed.Tony Payne is a professor of Politics at Scheffield University which means he is an author from a country they define as “developed” who articulates all countries are developing. | 2/1/14 |
JANFEB Biofuels 1ACTournament: McMillen | Round: 2 | Opponent: Garland RR | Judge: Don Ross I value morality. Agent neutrality means util. Darwall 86 S – Maximizing expected well-being 2 Governments are util. Goodin 90 3 No act-omission distinction. Rachels 05 Links 1 Palm oil growth in Indonesia and Malaysia is really really bad. Fitzherbert et al. 09 2 Biofuels erode topsoil, pollute oceans, kill biodiversity, and aid warming. Impacts 1 Biodiversity loss means extinction. Noss 09 2 Global warming means extinction. Flournoy 12 3 Ocean destruction means extinction. Craig 03 Solvency PLAN: Malaysia and Indonesia will prioritize environmental protection over resource extraction by stopping the growth of all biofuel plants. Oil palm grows in tropical rainforests in Malaysia and Indonesia; there is a direct relationship between the growth of oil palm and deforestation. There’s no disadvantage to getting rid of biofuels. Dizikes 13 | 1/3/14 |
JANFEB Biofuels Add-onTournament: Coppell | Round: Octas | Opponent: North Crowley AR | Judge: Shallott The development of biofuels evicts millions and creates immense poverty; this development destroys the locals way of life.Schott 09 – (Christina Christina Schott graduated in German literature, journalism and psychology from Hamburg University before completing her professional training at the Henri-Nannen School of Journalism. "Socio-economic dynamics of biofuel development in Asia Pacific" pg. 5) GHSGB Worker’s on oil palm plantations live in near slave-like conditions; these plantations allow for and perpetuate gender violence and oppression against women.Schott 09 – (Christina Christina Schott graduated in German literature, journalism and psychology from Hamburg University before completing her professional training at the Henri-Nannen School of Journalism. "Socio-economic dynamics of biofuel development in Asia Pacific" pg. 14-16) GHSGB | 1/12/14 |
JANFEB Coppell OctosTournament: Coppell | Round: Octas | Opponent: North Crowley AR | Judge: Shallott A: Interp: Aff must be allowed to choose interps for the resolution.Standards1 Strat Skew2 Time SkewVoter: FairnessDrop the DebaterI Value MoralityThe standard is maximizing the greatest good.Prefer this standard for 4 more reasons.1 Non-natural moral facts are epistemology inaccessible. What this means is that we can only sense things through our bodies etc, which means that ethical systems can only deal with what we can feel.Papineau 07 – (David David Papineau is an academic philosopher. He works as Professor of Philosophy of Science at King's College London, having previously taught for several years at Cambridge University and been a fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge, “Naturalism”. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/naturalism/ 2007) GHSGB Our cognitive systems tell us pain is bad and pleasure is good.Thomas Nagel 86, The View From Nowhere, HUP, 1986: 156-168. BE 2 Util is the only moral system available to policy-makers.Goodin 90 – (Robert fellow in philosophy, Australian National Defense University, “THE UTILITARIAN RESPONSE”, 1990, p. 141-2) GHSGB 3 There’s no act-omission distinction.Gewirth 82 – (Alan (Department of Philosophy, Univ. of Chicago) “Human Rights: Essays on Justification and Applications” 1982, pg 183) GHSGB 1 Palm oil growth leads to deforestation, which in turn causes a loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, release of herbicides and pesticides, global warming, and ocean pollution.Fitzherbert et al 09, Struebig, Morel, Danielsen, Brühl, Donald, Phalan – (Emily Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Matthew Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Alexandra School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Finn Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Carsten NORDECO Paul Institute for Environmental Sciences Ben Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge “How will oil palm expansion affect biodiversity?” Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2009, vol. 23, no. 10, pp 529-588) GHSGB 2 Creation of oil palm plantations kills biodiversity and are home to globally significant carbon reserves.Andriani et al 11, Andrianto, Komarudin and Obidzinski – (Rubeta Forests and Governance Programme, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Agus Forests and Governance Programme, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR),Heru Forests and Governance Programme, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Krystof Forests and Governance Programme, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) “Environmental and Social Impacts from Palm based Biofuel Development in Indonesia” http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/bitstream/handle/10535/7364/323.pdf) GHSGB 1 Biodiversity- Loss of biodiversity causes global extinction – every species is important.Powell 2k (Corey S. COREY S. POWELL is a science writer and a Senior Editor at Discover magazine “20 Ways the World Could End Swept away” http://www.ldolphin.org/twentyways.html oct 2000loghry)GHSGB 2 Rising Co2 Levels Will Collapse Society—Threatens the BiosphereRaeburn 95 – (Paul Scientific writer, who has been the science editor and chief science correspondent for The Assiociated Press. He was also the president of the national association of science writers. “The Last Harvest: The Genetic Gamble that Threatens to Destroy American Agriculture”) GHSGB 3 The impact is OceansCraig ’03 Associate Prof Law, Indiana U School Law, 2003¶ (McGeorge Law Review, 34 McGeorge L. Rev. 155 Lexis) Plan text: Malaysia and Indonesia will prioritize environmental protection over resource extraction by stopping the growth of all biofuel plants.Oil palm grows in tropical rainforests in Malaysia and Indonesia; there is a direct relationship between the growth of oil palm and deforestation.WWF 13 – (WWF The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment “Palm oil and forest conversion” http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/agriculture/palm_oil/environmental_impacts/forest_conversion/) GHSGB | 1/12/14 |
JANFEB Coppell SemisTournament: Coppell | Round: Semis | Opponent: Flowermound JS | Judge: Tyler Levy, Joseph Reyes, Shallott Cecchini I affirmI value morality, because we only make decision off what we should do.My advocacy is that a utilitarian system should be used in debate- 2 warrants.1~ Util key to topic education.Baldwin 04 – (Jason ~Jason Baldwin is a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. A nationally successful debater and coach, he has directed the LD curriculum of the Kentucky National Debate Institute since 1997~ "Logic in LD; Part II: Casing Applications." https://www.nflonline.org/Rostrum/Ld1104Baldwin) GHSGB Education is valuable because:1~ it helps us succeed in life and makes society better as a whole by increasing society’s ability to function. The impacts garnered from education are lasting, and impact our real lives, as well as the lives of those around us.2~ Education is the primary goal of debate: the skills that debate measures – like critical thinking and research skills – are educational, meaning that it is undeniable that debate has an educational element.3~ We are given a topic so that we can debate about this; this implicitly concedes that discussions of the topic are important than discussions of theory or generic philosophy.2~ Policy making-Role playing as a policy maker is the most important thing that debate can give us.Shaw 04 - (Carolyn ~Professor at Wichita State University~ "Using Role-Play Scenarios in the IR Classroom: An Examination of Exercises on Peacekeeping Operations and Foreign Policy Decision Making" Pedagogy In International Studies International Studies Perspectives (2004) 5, 1–22. Util is the best moral system for policy makers to use available to policy-makers.Goodin 90 – (Robert ~fellow in philosophy, Australian National Defense University~, "THE UTILITARIAN RESPONSE", 1990, p. 141-2) GHSGB Thus, the standard is maximizing the greatest good.First, the Link:1~ Palm oil growth leads to deforestation, which in turn causes a loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, release of herbicides and pesticides, global warming, and ocean pollution.Fitzherbert et al 09, Struebig, Morel, Danielsen, Brühl, Donald, 23, no. 10, pp 529-588) GHSGB 1~ Biodiversity- Loss of biodiversity causes global extinction – every species is important.Powell 2k (Corey S. ~COREY S. POWELL is a science writer and a Senior Editor at Discover magazine~ "20 Ways the World Could End Swept away" http://www.ldolphin.org/twentyways.html oct 2000loghry)GHSGB 2~ Rising Co2 Levels Will Collapse Society—Threatens the BiosphereRaeburn 95 – (Paul ~Scientific writer, who has been the science editor and chief science correspondent for The Assiociated Press. He was also the president of the national association of science writers.~ "The Last Harvest: The Genetic Gamble that Threatens to Destroy American Agriculture") GHSGB Fakhri A. Bazzaz of Harvard University maintains a small cluster of greenhouses on the Plan text: IN Malaysia and Indonesia will prioritize environmental protection over resource extraction by stopping the growth of all biofuel plants.Oil palm grows in tropical rainforests in Malaysia and Indonesia; there is a direct relationship between the growth of oil palm and deforestation.WWF 13 – (WWF ~The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment~ "Palm oil 26 forest conversion" http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/agriculture/palm_oil/environmental_impacts/forest_conversion/) GHSGB UnderviewThe development of biofuels evicts millions and creates immense poverty; this development destroys the locals way of life.Schott 09 – (Christina ~Christina Schott graduated in German literature, journalism and psychology from Hamburg University before completing her professional training at the Henri-Nannen School of Journalism.~ "Socio-economic dynamics of biofuel development in Asia Pacific" pg. 5) GHSGB Worker’s on oil palm plantations live in near slave-like conditions; these plantations allow for and perpetuate gender violence and oppression against women.Schott 09 – (Christina ~Christina Schott graduated in German literature, journalism and psychology from Hamburg University before completing her professional training at the Henri-Nannen School of Journalism.~ "Socio-economic dynamics of biofuel development in Asia Pacific" pg. 14-16) GHSGB Underview 2A: Counter- Interpretation: Debater’s are allowed to run plans that are specific to a singular, stable advocacy, are unconditional, and have been disclosed on the NDCA wiki after they are broken.B:.C: Standards1. Policy Making2. Depth and Breath3. Stable Ground4. Fair | 1/12/14 |
JANFEB Diamonds 1AC - Berkeley TripsTournament: Berekeley | Round: Triples | Opponent: Dougherty Valley SZi | Judge: Chris Bentley Tim Alderete Jonathan McGuire Environmental DestructionDiamond mining legitimizes debt bondage and spreading war and violence. While we enjoy the benefits of diamonds on our fingers, the hidden story of violence remains invisible – at every phase of the process of diamond mining, oppressed people are sacrificed for privilege.Part 1 is the Story of the SlaveResource Extraction in developing countries is just a capitalist guise for a modern day version of slavery — environmental destruction, debt bondage, and child slavery keeps countries in Africa IN THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE FOREVER. Resource extraction MAINTAIN structures of privilege and cause Africa to be turned into a zone of sacrifice.Darren Kazemi 13 ~International News Reporter~ Extractive World Order: Plundering Planet Earth, Seizing Resources and Erasing Cultures" 2013-12-21 http://news-beacon-ireland.info/?p=15356-http://news-beacon-ireland.info/?p=15356 ghsVA YOU AS A JUDGE ARE THE GATEKEEPER TO OUR ACTIVITY. THE ROLE OF THE JUDGE IS to cohere to the demand of the oppressed and dedicate your ballot to resist structural oppression. This question of knowledge production has to come first.Tim Wise 08 (Race Relations Specialist, Activst, Orator), White Like Me, 2008 96 - 97 ghsVA The role of the ballot is to evaluate who best methodologically reduces structural violence.Having a values debate before recognizing the importance of structural violence is moot because structural violence forces us to divide others into categories that are worthy and unworthy of our values, making them meaningless. A prerequisite to those debates is recognizing those in the shadows.Winter and Leighton 99 |Deborah DuNann Winter and Dana C. Leighton. Winter|~Psychologist that specializes in Social Psych, Counseling Psych, Historical and Contemporary Issues, Peace Psychology. Leighton: PhD graduate student in the Psychology Department at the University of Arkansas. Knowledgable in the fields of social psychology, peace psychology, and ustice and intergroup responses to transgressions of justice~ "Peace, conflict, and violence: Peace psychology in the 21st century." Pg 4-5 ghsVA Questions of agency and structural inequalities must come first, no other value is accessible while structural violence occurs.Vincent Brown 09 ~professor of history and of African and African American Studies specializing in Atlantic Slavery~ "Social Death and Political Life in the Study of Slavery" http://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/faculty/documents/brown-socialdeath.pdf-http://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/faculty/documents/brown-socialdeath.pdf ghsVA Our investigation of structures of power and privilege must begin with the way we socially construct zones of sacrifice and the institutional mechanisms which allow them to be maintained. Ignoring these questions of exclusion and discrimination reinforces western power structures.Sylvia Wynter 03 ("Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom: Towards the Human, After Man, Its Overrepresentation—An Argument," CR: The New Centennial Review, Volume 3, Number 3,257-337) ghsVA Part 2 are the Zones of SacrificeDiamond Mining allows Africa to be a zone of sacrifice — this is the primary example of how the imperialist class MANIPULATES STRUCTURES OF THE STATUS QUO TO PRIVILEGE THEMSELVES AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS.Penny Hess 12 ~Apart of the African People’s Solidarity Committee, organizer who speaks throughout the U.S. and Europe in an effort to educate people that white society everywhere owes its affluence and democracy to the enslavement and colonization of African and oppressed, wrote The Culture of Violence in 1991 and an updated edition, Overturning the Culture of Violence in 2000~ "HARD TRUTH: ALL DIAMONDS ARE CONFLICT DIAMONDS" http://www.guerrillafunk.com/thoughts/doc002012conflictdiamonds.html-http://www.guerrillafunk.com/thoughts/doc002012conflictdiamonds.html ghsVA Pretending to present diamond mining as anything but destructive ignores the material reality of those who have to live through it on a daily basis- it causes environmental destitution and destroys any potential for a future a country may have creating a PERMANENT ZONES OF SACRIFICE and chaos.Taline Khansa 13 ~wonprofit peace education organization called Childrens International Summer Villages, study Aerospace Engineering and spent six years working in the industry. While she gained professional experience in manufacturing and engineering, she continued to follow global affairs~ "The Curse of Diamond Mining in Sierra Leone" May 2, 2013 http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/fellowsblog/2013/05/02/the-curse-of-diamond-mining-in-sierra-leone-http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/fellowsblog/2013/05/02/the-curse-of-diamond-mining-in-sierra-leone ghsVA AND — Diamond mining perpetuates poverty and exploits children allowing the industry to REST UPON THEIR BACKS. Diamond mining condemns people to SLAVERY AND SPREADS DESTITUTION EVERYWHERE.Beth Gerstein and Eric Grossberg 13 (Brilliant Earth: Ethical Origin of Fine Jewelry) ~Organization intent on informing the world about conflict diamonds. Advocates for the use of synthetic diamonds. Has writers with PHD’s from Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, and more writing about these issues~ "Conflict Diamonds: Labor 26 Community" http://www.brilliantearth.com/conflict-diamond-child-labor/http://www.brilliantearth.com/confict-diamond-trade/-http://www.brilliantearth.com/confict-diamond-trade/ ghsVA AND — Diamonds are key to maintaining zones of sacrifice. The rarity element in diamonds is simply a myth maintained through SLAVE LABOR, EXECUTION, AND GENOCIDE. Diamonds are the KEY CURRENCY.BLAINE HARDEN 2k ~Journalism awards include the Ernie Pyle Award for coverage of the siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War, the American Society of Newspaper Editors Award for Nondeadline Writing (stories about Africa), and the Livingston Award for International Reporting (stories about Africa). Written multiple award winning books and has been internationally published~ "Africa’s Gems: Warfare’s Best Friend" http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/africa/040600africa-diamonds-article1.html-http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/africa/040600africa-diamonds-article1.html ghsVA The impact to this conflict is unspeakable — THE RAPE OF WOMEN AS THEY ARE DRAGGED AROUND IN THE BACK OF TRUCKS TO BE USED AS SEX SLAVES THE MUTILATIONS CAUSED BY GREED AND THE TERRORIZATION ISN’T WORTH A USELESS PIECE OF ROCK.Eric Johnson 02 ~Attended Stanford majored in political sciences~ "Blood Diamonds: The Conflict in Sierra Leone" Dec. 6, 2002 http://www.stanford.edu/class/e297a/Conflict20in20Sierra20Leone.htm-http://www.stanford.edu/class/e297a/Conflict in Sierra Leone.htm ghsVA Part 3 is ending the TradePlan: Developing countries should prioritize environmental protection over resource extraction by banning the mining of diamonds.Only the AC’s method can truly end this war on the people of Africa and the environmental destruction involved. No restrictions can stop it only an all-out rejection of diamonds. It’s time we RECLAIM THE LAND and end the zones of sacrifice- it’s time we JUST SAY NO.ASC 13 (African Studies Center) ~Fill in cites later~ "Diamonds and Warfare: The Africa Connection" http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/students/events/diamondwar.php-http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/students/events/diamondwar.php ghsVA International attempts to regulate the trade for diamonds will be ineffective — activists must look for different liberation strategies to end the injustices that diamond mining create.Teri Schure 12 ~Fill In cites later~ "Blood Diamonds" April 15, 2012 http://worldpress.org/Africa/3903.cfm-http://worldpress.org/Africa/3903.cfm ghsVA Diamonds are worth absolutely nothing — restrictions don’t solve because enforcement is nearly impossible. You have to destroy the hydra that is the diamond trade cutting off one head only incentivizes organizations like the DeBeers cartel two create to more ways to sustain the diamond trade.Vivienne Walt 06 ~award-winning foreign correspondent, based in Paris, who has written for TIME Magazine since 2003. published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, BusinessWeek, Fortune, and others.won the ASTMH Media Excellence award for her investigation into maternal mortality in Africa, and she was twice nominated for the Pulitzer for her work on Africa while a staff writer for Newsday. She is a regular guest on CNN, NPR, WGBH "The World" and France 24~ "Diamonds aren’t forever" December 7 2006 http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/12/11/8395442/-http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/12/11/8395442/ ghsVA | 2/18/14 |
JANFEB Util FWTournament: McMillen | Round: 2 | Opponent: Garland RR | Judge: Don Ross I value moralityAgent neutrality is how we make moral decisions.Donald H. Regan 83, “Against Evaluator Relativity: A Response to Sen” Philosophy and Public Affairs”, 12:2 (Spring, 1983), pp. 93-112: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2265308 GHSGB Agent neutrality means util.Stephen Darwall 86 professor of philosophy, Yale university, “Agent-Centered Restrictions from the inside out” Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic¶ Tradition, Vol. 50, No. 3, Symposium on Rationality and Moral Values (Nov., 1986), pp. 291-¶ 319 GHSGB The standard is maximizing the greatest good: 4 warrants1 Non-natural moral facts are epistemology inaccessible. What this means is that we can only sense things through our bodies etc, which means that ethical systems can only deal with what we can feel.Papineau 07 – (David David Papineau is an academic philosopher. He works as Professor of Philosophy of Science at King's College London, having previously taught for several years at Cambridge University and been a fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge, “Naturalism”. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/naturalism/ 2007) GHSGB Our cognitive systems tell us pain is bad and pleasure is good.Thomas Nagel 86, The View From Nowhere, HUP, 1986: 156-168. BE 2 Util is the only moral system available to policy-makers.Goodin 90 – (Robert fellow in philosophy, Australian National Defense University, “THE UTILITARIAN RESPONSE”, 1990, p. 141-2) GHSGB 3 There’s no act-omission distinction.Gewirth 82 – (Alan (Department of Philosophy, Univ. of Chicago) “Human Rights: Essays on Justification and Applications” 1982, pg 183) GHSGB | 1/12/14 |
MARAPR Cuba 1ACTournament: TFA | Round: 1 | Opponent: NA | Judge: NA YOU AS A JUDGE ARE THE GATEKEEPER TO OUR ACTIVITY. THE ROLE OF THE JUDGE IS to cohere to the demand of the oppressed and dedicate your ballot to resist structural oppression. This question of knowledge production has to come first.Tim Wise 08 (Race Relations Specialist, Activst, Orator), White Like Me, 2008 96 - 97 ghsVA The role of the ballot is to evaluate who best methodologically reduces structural violence.All ethical theories assume some form of meritocracy between people, but structural violence places people into in-and-out groups, leaving some outside of our moral circles, making the ethical systems broken. Our conversation of structural violence has to come first; we must recognize who are in the shadows.Winter and Leighton 99 |Deborah DuNann Winter and Dana C. Leighton. Winter|Psychologist that specializes in Social Psych, Counseling Psych, Historical and Contemporary Issues, Peace Psychology. Leighton: PhD graduate student in the Psychology Department at the University of Arkansas. Knowledgable in the fields of social psychology, peace psychology, and ustice and intergroup responses to transgressions of justice “Peace, conflict, and violence: Peace psychology in the 21st century.” Pg 4-5 ghsVA Our study of knowledge has practical historical effects. This is a key site for the opening up of practical space to challenge colonial powerMignolo 2k (Walter Professor of Literature in Duke University, Joint Appointments in Cultural Anthropology and Romance Studies “Local Histories/Global Designs”, pg. 11-13) GHSGB -AND- Colonialism perpetuates dehumanization and legitimizes human exploitation—it is the most insidious form of structural violence.Floyd W. Hayes96 III Coordinator of Programs and Undergraduate Studies in the Center for Africana Studies; Senior lecturer in the Department of political science at Johns Hopkins University, “Oppression and Resentment: The Black Experience in the United States,” Fanon: A Critical Reader, Oxford, Blackwell Publishers (1996): 11-23, GHSMM Plan: The United States Federal Government should remove political conditions from humanitarian aid by discontinuing section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act to remove Cuba from the “State Sponsors of Terrorism” list.A Inherency- There are no plans for removing Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorismHaven 13 - (Paul Paul Haven has been appointed The Associated Press chief of bureau in Havana, Cuba, following three years of leading the cooperative's news operations in Spain and Portugal as Madrid bureau chief. "US keeps Cuba on state sponsors of terrorism list" http://news.yahoo.com/us-keeps-cuba-state-sponsors-terrorism-list-203504903.html) GHSGB B Topicality- The Terror list is a political condition placed on humanitarian aid; being on it restricts or stops the aid a country can receiveSullivan 05 – (Mark USFG Specialist in Latin American Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division “Cuba and the State Sponsors ¶ of Terrorism List”, CRS Report for Congress, http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/47003.pdf) GHSGB Part 2: Demarcation of CubaImperialist sentiments persist into the present day via Cuba’s inclusion on the US State Sponsors of Terrorism list, a distinction which both delegitimizes Cuba’s government and validates violent intervention from the USBolender 13- ( Keith research fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) and author of Voices from the Other Side, An Oral History of Terrorism against Cuba and Cuba Under Siege, “The Terror List, and Terrorism as Practiced Against Cuba”, http://www.coha.org/22355/) GHSGB This demarcation of Cuba as a rogue state is not a neutral gesture – rather, Cuba’s exclusion illuminates a broader matrix of sovereignty wherein any country that deviates from the path laid out by Western imperialism is divested of nationhood and sentenced to die. The designation constructs Cuba as a foil for a fantasy of American innocence and benevolence. Locating blame for terrorism in foreign “others” like Cuba is designed to play to racist predispositions and sanitize brutal American foreign policyGrosscup 2k – (Beau International Relations Professor at CSU-Chico “Terrorism-at-a-Distance: The Imagery That Serves US Power”, GLOBAL DIALOGUE, Volume 2, Number 4) GHSGB Part 3: Just Saying NoCuba is a crucial starting point. It strikes an unnerving chord because of its persistent, decades-long confrontation with imperialism and potential to set an example of resistance for the global South.Whitney 13 – (W.T Cuba solidarity activist and member of Veterans for Peace “Reflections on Anti-Cuban Terror”, http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2013/whitney080513.html) GHSGB | 3/13/14 |
NOVDEC Anthro ACTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 5 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake CE | Judge: Avi Jayaraman Ought = State of affairs We must reject epistemologies that don't see us in context of nature. Henning 09 (Brian; Associate Professor of Philosophy at Gonzaga University; “Trusting in the 'Efficacy of Beauty: A Kalocentric Approach to Moral Philosophy”; Ethics and the Environment- Volume 14, Number 1)RSW Restricting the spheres to solely humans denies moral considerations to animals and nature. Nature must be included – animals have interests as well. Ethics come before knowledge Standard: Preventing Environmental destruction Mobil oil corp hid stuff through ACP More stuff about ACP and escalation of threats Pollution = extinction Have caused loss of bioD Plan: No ACP for violations of RCRA act Alan Knauf 10 – He is the past Chairperson of the Environmental Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, and has been Chair of the Section's Petroleum Spills, Toxic Torts, and Internet Committees. Mr. Knauf has been the Chair of the Real Estate Section, and was the founding Chair of the Environmental Law Committee of the Monroe County Bar Association. He is also the former Chairman of the Center for Environmental Information, Inc. Mr. Knauf is listed by Best Lawyers in America and Superlawyers in the fields of Environmental Law and Land Use and Zoning Law. He has been a professor of Environmental Law at both the University of Rochester and RIT, and is a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education seminars. Mr. Knauf earned a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from MIT, and is a graduate of University of Michigan Law School. “Should I report my clients Spill” http://www.nyenvlaw.com/Data/Documents/Should20I20Report.pdf) GHSGB Rule 1.6 doesn't work | 11/27/13 |
NOVDEC Cycles of Violence 1ACTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 5 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake CE | Judge: Avi Jayaraman Part 1 are the cycles of violence Child abuse is uniquely damaging because children are the most vulnerable members of society. AND —- Child abuse perpetuates cycles of violence. For two reasons 2 It’s proven neurologically that children who experience abuse develop more violent behaviors as they grow up engendering them in a cycle of criminality and abuse. Part 2 is the locked door A historical example proves that attorney client privilege has been USED to prevent truth seeking investigations in cases of child abuse. THE ABA DOESN’T ALLOW DISCLOSURE. Part 3 PLAN: In the United States Criminal Justice System, all relevant jurisdiction levels should adopt a mandatory reporting statue governing instances of child abuse that prioritizes truth seeking over attorney client privilege. 2 Only mandating that lawyers disclose and break attorney client privilege can uncover truth. Our Plan makes failing to disclose child abuse a criminal offense. | 11/27/13 |
NOVDEC Hazard ACTournament: Meadows | Round: 2 | Opponent: Miramonte TK | Judge: Adam Torson Even under non-util FW's Extinction first analytics Squo sucks
Pollution means global warming, loss of bio D, spill of pestisides A1: BioD loss means extinction A2: Global Warming- Extinction A3: Destruction of the oceans leads to extinction Plan: In the United States Criminal Justice System, truth seeking ought to take precedence over attorney client privilege in cases where a violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act has occurred. Lawyer's should disclose in face of RCRA violations Attorney's should disclose spill | 3/13/14 |
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