Topicality is an issue that asks whether the affirmative plan supports the resolution. On the other hand, if the affirmative advocated that the United States change its fishing programs with Mexico-this would not support the resolution and hence would not be topical.
Topicality is also sometimes an issue when the negative advances a counterplan.
As a result, the negative may need to argue that their counterplan is not topical. Thanks to Jigar Desai for asking this question. Copyright West Coast Publishing 1998 Please contact Jim Hanson if you wish to duplicate this information.