Finally, we present an argument by Roland Bleiker that poetry is the ideal way to deconstruct the flawed discourse of international relations theory and the debate world as a whole. Poetry is not simple. It inherently questions, tantalizes, confuses, and more. It abandons the need for a strict one to one understanding of the world in favor of a much more inclusive interpretation where new dialects can be allowed. It is a way to come to terms with history.
Poetry is a way to use the language against itself.
It can articulate an argument without being trapped in the dominant mode of discourse. And thus we present a poem by Thomas Sackeville about debate and its relations to war. It personifies war and relates it to the debate world we engage in. It criticizes risk analysis, the weighing and adding up of human lives, and the toxic actions of debate's over-reliance on rationality. I figured people might be interested, so here, for your viewing pleasure is a COPY OF OUR 1AC as I am reading it now.