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Harms: Is there a big problem in the status quo? (Includes developing or future problems in the status quo.)Arguments to the right of another argument are responses.In some cases these arguments are phrased explicitly as responses. That's good.In other cases, I've placed them there because they make sense as responses.Ideally, these "chains" of response to response become quite long, as the debaters refine broader arguments and approach the truth.Debate is a search for the truth. We have debates because we believe that a group of people considering an issue will arrive at a better decision than a single person deciding alone. In other words, the flag and the pledge isn't just debate pretense in this event. In fact, it's the practice of a core belief of the founders that ordinary people can be trusted to decide together how best to live together.
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FD: UN asked for more troops.
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I abandoned flowing and ballots while I talliedpoints for my ballotsbut I continued to assign points based on arguments that were made.
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Solvency: Will the legislation solve the problem?
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NS: Without getting Uganda out, plan won't work.
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Advantanges of adopting the plan. Solved harms are Advantages, but there might be others on the side.
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JE: Would create dependence.
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Alternative ways of solving the problem better than the plan.
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JE: Microloans!
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NS: Go with multilat instead of unilat. Use politlcal talks instead (Moon, no date or source, but seems like something he'd say)
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What I think about this bill. So I'm guessing this is another one where no one on the AFF will have expert solvency evidence. So that's a clean sweep--every bill.
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FD--So invading a country will save lives? In the middle of a civil war? Does any side in the conflict call for US armed intervention? I need to hear it. I just don't get the parallel to Benghazi. We could have mounted a massive armed defense of the consulate/CIA base, but the wise thing to do would have been to get everyone out, which I assume we've done in South Sudan.JE--You're killing me with both your use and mispronunciation of "hegemon". But it's late and I'm a little grumpy. So again this is a generic 'Aid=bad' brief, where we end up talking about MIcronesia, which is on the other side of the world. Your fluency is so great, if a little fast. Oh, so that's microfinance fitting in. You need South Sudan specific evidence to gain credibility. Other debate events recycle stock points mercilessly, but not Congress. ML: Robert Mueller? Isn't he actually the CIA director? Maybe it's a different Mueller? Practice and speak with confidence.SH: You have to muscle through the restarts. You may find yourself wandering off you intended sentence as you speak, but mentally re-write the sentence so that your current syntax makes sense based on the words you've already spoken. That's easier if you speak more slowly. You are committed to every word you speak whether you like it or not, and you can't erase any of them. That's the missing element for you. S.Sudan civil war is too dangerous is an obvious point that has gone unstated until you pick it up. It's exactly what needs to be said, and it's why this is a non-starter politically. TR: "Making a grab" for South Sudan. What does this mean? How do you grab a country that's in a civil war? Direct quotation, please. Pronunciation of Sudan/Sudanese. You need more recent evidence than Christmas about Americans still at risk. Are there any still there? Seems unlikely to me. Don't say US policy is to seek hegemony. That's like saying we seek to dominate Africa. It may be true, but no congressman would say it. (I hope!)NS: Oh, the joke was you spelled your name backward. No one got that.PK: Go slower to maximize fluency. Slips and restarts are difficult at the end of the day. Has the UN called for US military action? I think we'd have all heard.BK: Many African countries don't trust Africom. Good. That's the key--no one has asked for this "help"! Why does it take so long to get here? Why haven't you asked this question? (Like five times?) YI: Too fast for you to maintain fluency. General points on China in Africa. We won't commit military force based on general importance of Africa. Need to be specific to S. Sudan.JP: You don't need to say obvious things so bluntly--"putting American lives ahead of those of South Sudan." Take a step toward politlcal language. Too short.AM: More scolding. Why? Good to use both ethnic names and identify characteristics and recent evidence, but if therte's a ceasefire, doesn't that argue against invasion. Address the major objections: no one there has asked us to do this and there's no one there to evacuate.MH: Just because there's violence in South Sudan doesn't mean it's genocide. Your card is about the North, which has been resolved, IIRC, but isn't what we're talking about.
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