Current LD topic

==NC== v: Justice --> No link to the resolution. XA definition of justified. --> No warrant as to why we need justice in a democratic society. VC: Reject Affirmative --> Abusive framework. Frameworks are created sooth can potentially link in to make the ground of the debate fair. Fairness is a voter because one cannot have a substantive and good debate if the ground is skewed. Debate is a competitive activity. Fairness is necessary. Vote against my opponent as punishment for violating fairness. --> No link to justice Obs. 1 --> LD is a value debate, but that doesnt exclude empirical evidence. If its proven that the value and empirical evidence is intertwined then empirical evidence isnt precluded from the round obs. 2 --> Negation theory doesnt exist in LD. LD is exclusively reciprocal burdens. If necessary we can reference the LD Rules guideline from the NFL website. Obs. 3 --> Yes, values are important, but contentions are necessary to impact back to the value structure. The value seperate from any impact analysis is void of any meaning. ==AC== 1. He says global stability isnt a value. --> A value according to conceptions of LD is what the resolution asks what is important in the resolutional question. It does not have to be an ideal or inward belief. An end CAN be a value. Just like national security and safety are highly used values in debate. 2. GS begs the question --> All values beg the question. How can we know when we achieve the ideal of justice? we cant. However, thats the purpose of the criterion. The criterion gives us the ability to effectively weigh and analysis the value o a "maximization" period. 3. VC is poor weighing mechanism --> This is non-responsive. Hegemony and GS are intertwined. XA Kagan Evidence 4. No value to guide criterion --> Um, that would make the value structure an infinite progressive stage. You would need a value and VC for every value and VC. 5. Kagan = Terrorism --> true Kagan refers to terrorism as a drive for global instability, which is a case in a lot of instances. However, terrorism is only one link Kagan isolates. He also isolates the Korean Peninsula, other Arab States, Pakistan and India, and others. Moreover he isolates the benefits of free trade and cooperation. This is known as Hegemonic Stability Theory. The Hegemon is the driving force behind free trade which increases cooperation. --> He then says backlash, and these terrorists are fulfilling their religious doctrine. This does not negate he criterion at all. Just because they think they are doing something good doesnt mean that the externality of increased global instability is negated. 6. Relativity --> It is coming from a US standpoint, but that doesnt negate the warrant that U.S. Hegemony leads to global stability. Remember the value s "global STABILITY," not like "Global Perspectives" or "opinions" 7. Contention is empirical --> XA answer to Ob. 1 ==Drops/Extensions== 1.The five warrants for G.S. This means G.S. has a DIRECT link to the resolution, much moreso than the vauge, unwarranted and unlinked value of justice *1A* Dont let him warrant or link his V in the next speech, its new info. 2. The isolated links in Kagan, hghlighted above. This means U.S. Hegemony does directly link to G.S. 3. Rakowsky - PMFs necessary for miltiary readiness, and isolated link to Iraq and Afghanistan 4. Stanger and Williams - PMFs needed for specialized operations 5. Rich - the only military airpower industries are PMFs. 6. Hazdra - Air power is necessary for war effectiveness. Airpower necessary in U.S. hegemonic operations 7. Melinger - Airpower is the U.S. unique hegemonic ability. Airpower is key to maintain heg. *Dont let him warrant or link anything in the next speech. Unfair, and 2nd speech* *Dont let him respond to the specific extensions highlighted above*