Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Churchill ZZ | Judge: Barnes
Part One is Framing
Both sides must debate within the realm of a democracy because the resolution says “In a democracy.” And the negative must only defend voluntary voting as opposed to compulsory voting because voluntary voting is the status quo in democracies if they lack compulsory systems.Prefer this because A) Clash. Links to advocacy skills. B) Affirmative framing choice. This links to fairness.

Part two is the impacts
Democracy allows for absolute tyranny by allowing the majority to rule over the minority, with all minority voice being lost
Marlinspike and Hart (1)
(Moxie, Windy. “An Anarchist Critique of Democracy.” November 1, 2005. http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/moxie-marlinspike-and-windy-hart-audio-anarchy-radio-an-anarchist-critique-of-democracy.)
"By always accepting ... majority opinion"

And,this means currently we are in the state of exception and the Homo Sacer.
Agamben (1) explains
(Giorgio Agamben. Professor of philosophy at university of Verona, Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life. Stanford University Press Stanford California 1998. Translated by Daniel Heller-Roazen.)
"This sphere is ...not sacrificed: homo sacer."

And, the the state of exception was the same mindset which justified concentration camps, and allows the sovereign to self-justify any action
Agamben (2)
"The camp is...biopolitical space ever."

And, Not all state policies expand state power; some can combat state power.
Dickinson (Edward Ross, Associate Professor of History at the University of California-Davis, “ Biopolitics, Fascism, Democracy: Some Reflections on Our Discourse about "Modernity"”, in  Central European History, Vol. 37, No. 1 (2004), pg 32.)
"the right to health ...inclusion and tolerance. "

Thus the standard is Minimizing Exclusion Between Politics and Society

Part Three is the Link
First-The current system of voluntary voting reinforces the socio-economic difference between the privileged and less privileged, which gives more power to political institutions denying the existence of people who don’t vote
Engelen (1)
(Bart,Research Assistant of the Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders (Belgium), Centre for Economics and Ethics – Institute of Philosophy (K.U.Leuven), Centre for Economics and Ethics – K.U.Leuven, Naamsestraat 69, Leuven B – 3000, Belgium. E-mail: bart.engelen@econ.kuleuven.be, “Why Compulsory Voting Can Enhance Democracy” Acta Politica, 2007, 42, (23–39), https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/123456789/135547/1/article..”
"The more citizens ...notion of democracy. "

Second-Lower-voter turnout and abstaining from voting creates the separation of politics and the people
Engelen (2)
"The current decline ...citizens and politics."

Part Four is the Alternative
Voting affirmative lessens the impacts in three ways
First-Compulsory voting addresses the dichotomy between politicians and citizens by engaging in politics
Engelen (3)
"In addition, proponents ...easier to interpret."

And, compulsory voting increases high voter-turnout
Engelen (5)
"to compare turnout ...of 45.6. "

Third-By voting affirmative we reject the negative’s mindset which reinforces the state of exception  (Analytic)

Tournament: Stony PointCedar Ridge Swing | Round: 1 | Opponent: Person | Judge: Person
PART ONE IS FRAMING
Business Dictionary defines environmental protection as
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/environmental-protection.html
Policies and procedures aimed at conserving the natural resources, preserving the current state of natural environment and, where possible, reversing its degradation.
This means that any alteration to the environment is resource extraction, even taking animals away from their homes. And, prefer this definition because:
A) Predictable
B) Term of art
C) Afc
D) One interp enough

And, the only impacts that matter in this round are the one’s that link to the aff advocacy.
A) Res says "when in conflict"
B)Still prove under one interp
C)AFC again

And the world is shaped through discursively correcting injustices
Chia, 00 – Robert, University of Essex (“Discourse Analysis as Organizational Analysis,” Organization, Vol. 7, No. 3, 200, http://geocities.ws/visisto/Biblioteca/Chia_Discourse.pdf)
"The question of discourse...reality is systematically constructed."
Thus the standard is discursively fixing problems associated with whales. 

Thus the standard is discursively fixing problems associated with whales. 

Connor explains that whales are autonomous beings like humans, thus deserve the same rights
(STEVE CONNOR, “Whales and dolphins are so intelligent they deserve same rights as humans, say experts”Tuesday 21 February 2012http:www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/whales-and-dolphins-are-so-intelligent-they-deserve-same-rights-as-humans-say-experts-7237448.html)
"Research into the complex ...terms, the whole framework shifts," 

And whales are smarter than humans, having a bigger brain-to-body ratio
Mind Matters
(Mind Matters, “Are Whales Smarter Than We Are?” Jan 15, 2008 06:04 PMhttp://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=are-whales-smarter-than-we-are)
"A closer look ...lifestyle of these predators. "

PART TWO IS THE ADVOCACY
Text: Developing countries should discursively object and resist whaling. 

PART THREE IS OFFENSE
All sub-points are independent reasons to affirm under the framework as they are discursive objections to whaling
A) Marching and letter-writing are discursive ways to oppose the extraction of whales
Epstein (1)
(Charlotte Epstein, “The Power of Words in International Relations: Birth of an Anti-Whaling Discourse” 2008 http://mitpress.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.7551/mitpress/9780262050920.001.0001/upso-9780262050920-chapter-7)
"The anti-whaling campaign carved...discourse on the ground."

B) Information Politics. . Activists bring up unreported whalings to bring up the issue to object whaling
Epstein (3)
"By systematically providing otherwise...the official whaling regime."

C) Boundaries. The rhetoric of what is illegal and legal can be changed, if we oppose certain rhetoric.
Epstein (4)
" activists were able to...IWC table including Peru. "

I might run this prefiat and say that the AC is an act of discursive correction so vote me up

Tournament: StMarks | Round: 1 | Opponent: NA | Judge: NA
A Interpretation Negative topicality arguments must be disclosed at least 30 minutes before the round
B They run T
C
First Strategy Skew
Second Ex post facto

Tournament: Stony Point-Cedar Ridge swing | Round: 1 | Opponent: NA | Judge: NA
West Papua is a territory in Indonesia.
The plan text is: Indonesia will prioritize environmental protection by halting mining and initiatives related to resource extraction and grant West Papua greater autonomy. 

The solvency advocate is Trajano.

Julius Caesar Trajano has a Master of Arts in Asian Studies at the University of the Philippines. The article was published in the Journal of Peace, Conflict and Development, an interdisciplinary journal published by Bradford University. Ethnic Nationalism and Separatism in West Papau, Indonesia. November 2010. http://www.bradford.ac.uk/ssis/peace-conflict-and-development/issue-16/etthnicpapua.pdf

There's multiple versions of the Aff, so the impacts will be different. Some include pre-fiat arguments. I probably won't run pre-fiat args in this aff