Resolved: in a democratic society felons ought to retain the right to vote

This may be rushed as well as I also have a tourney tomorrow... I will First attack the affirmative case and move to fortify my own case then crystallize and offer my voters. CV: My Core value of justice was not refuted allowing it to stand as the Core Value for this debate VC: This was also not disputed so the social contract must be seen as the Value criterion for this debate 1st contention:TO start I would like to point out the definition of democratic according to the Princeton dictionary--Democracy: the belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by elected representatives or directly by the people themselves. The Democratic philosophy works for a republic system as well because the people vote on the representative which is known as a indirect democracy but a democracy nonetheless. So this point is irrelevant because if we are debating an impossible society why would we be debating a situation such as this?? The resolution applies to all democracies representative. or otherwise. 2nd contention: My opponent argued in defense of this contention that a felony is a quality. However this person chose to commit a felony. So they made an active choice to disregard society so it is a choice not a quality. so you are not oppressing them based on who they are, you are not oppressing them at all in fact, they are meeting justice. Also they are being punished for what they did not who they are. 3rd contention: First off all the rebuilding of this was a mis-quote of my point so I ask that you, as the reader and judge, look back to my response to the original point. Also a society cannot survice if it allows children to vote because then candidates would play towards children who would very obviously vote out of self intrest on points like "eliminating homework" This society would quickly die out. Moving on to my own case CV: unanswered VC: Unanswered seen as accepted. 1st: my opponent contend that John Locke was also a firm believer in liberty and Equality. and so he would not advocate removal of rights. However if you will read the "Treatise of Two Governments" Locke says that the social contract is only valid as long as it is a mutual agreement. So the felons violated their part so they have voided the contract between them. Because Voting is a privilege of society(since you can't vote without a society) it is taken upon violation. 2nd: My opponent says that disenfranchisement is an unequal idea because they have already received punishment. However if Felons,who have broken the social contract, are given equal rights to those who have not we are creating an unequal society. If the rest of society has the same rights as a felon then those felons who have violated the contract, through such things as voter fraud, insurrection, Murder and terrorism are then elivated because they can commit a crime and still have the rights of everybody who has not. Now to crystallize this debate and offer the voting issues. As I can see it this debate has boiled down to four main issues which are my voting issues for this debate. 1st the idea of whether of not a democracy actually exists. 2nd whether or not the social contract advocated deprivation 3rd impact of democracy 4th social equality Now the first of these can be seen to stand in my favor as I have fully refuted this point by saying a republic is a form of democracy therefore invalidating it. The second, as i said earlier also falls in my favor, because John Lockes idea on violation of the social contract, also without a social contract man shall turn to right man and NO RIGHTS SHALL BE PRESERVED so a social contract MUST exist and it advocates deprivation of rights after breaking and removal from society. The third falls quite clearly in my favor due to the fact my opponent would advocate allowing children to vote under his own case which would destroy society. For the fourth we must look to my second contention. Here I quite clearly prove that allowing felons to vote is unequalk and therefore does not fulfill the Core value of my opponent as well as my own. Thank you all (just a note this is my last speech the last speech in the last round I will Just post a congratulations or something of the sorts)