Centennial HS Roswell, GA
Without using the Neg or any DA’s, point out some major analytical problems with the Legal Services Aff. Look at Links, Uniqueness, and Impact arguments.
Give me at least TWO well structures refutations against the Legal Services Aff. Due by Sept 5th 8AM.
This new topic brings up all sorts of ideas on loss, money, identity, and individuality. In fact, I think this will be one of the few debates in which we see less nuke+war and more deconstructive and philosophical views of what creates American identity. After all, this country is supposed to be the one place where anyone can succeed. There are many who argue that this absolutely untrue, especially with the growing divide and the dissolving middle class.
Should we? Could we?
The question becomes– what makes a viable form 
of government assistance for people to “pull themselves
up from the bootstraps” so to speak. Or is there even
such a program in existence? Depending on how you view this topic, government assistance can be seen as either a faucet that gives you fresh water in a land of polluted drinking sources, or a river that continuously flows, drowning mankind’s desire to achieve on one’s own. So what do we do? Where do we draw the line? Can we ever with clear conscience turn to our fellow man and say, “No, you can not have food, shelter, clothing, safety, and education.”
Philospohical Side Step
Perhaps, in stead we need to stop thinking in a linear fashion and just destroy that falsified notion of monetary imbalance altogether. Perhaps the idea that poverty is a static state is false. Instead, what if we were to truly examine the average “middle class” income. Considering the amount of debt the average household carries, wouldn’t it be plausiable to argue that the “middle class” itself is also in poverty. After all, we have seen from the current economic crises, most people do not save as much as they should and one job loss can lead a family to the path of economic collapse within a few months. If that is the case, how on earth do we classify “poverty?” On the other hand, those who are classified as “impoverished” in the US would not be deemed so in other countries. By providing welfare, family and children’s services, and free education, these people receive services that many well-off people in other nations do not receive. So what IS poverty? If I only eat once a day–is that poverty? a week? If I only have 3 sets of clothes–is that poverty? Systematically- how define and then AFFECT poverty. Even with these systems in place those in “poverty” are unable to free themselves from the cyclic lifestyle. Why? Where has the system failed, if it has failed at all.
This year’s topic is going to be worrisome for many of you. That is good. We are going to have to look at things you will not be comfortable with including race, education, fiscal responsibility, and capital vs socialism.
Please keep an open mind. Remember: debate and deliberation is the soul of democracy.
New Team Calendar is up.
Go to Calendar page to see it.
Updates:
Ways to convince your parents debate is important here. (Lots of outside web-linked research. Good stuff).
Planetebate.com has new free files. Go, see. discuss.
General Poverty data HERE
Tubs and Timers:
This is for current team members. RSVP HERE
You bring nothing but you, a timer, and a paint pen (color of your choice). Come to G65 @ 4 on Tuesday 8/11/2009.
(Coach has the pizza and bevs covered peeps)
What would be helpful? Well, obviously tubs, timers, and paper.
Also-
highlighters/ gnomes/ blues and dues/ colored paper for K
Be ready for SPAR debates on policy/ LD topics!
(Them’s fightin’ words!!)
Any alum. that get this and aren’t already off at college, please stop by! We’d love to see you again.
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Taken from Cross-x.com but I LOVE this idea:
Digital Divide Debate for policy:
• Telemedicine. The literature on ITC for health is pretty sweet. And we know that impact space is pretty big as well. (if you get modeling, you can even get to a readiness story with AIDS)
• Also I wonder if the cards exist that telemedicine can help solve the nursing crisis.
• You can also get into interesting debates on identity (the internet’s role in identity formation + transformation–this is actually a K argument)
• I’m curious what the individual impacts for solving rural poverty vs. inner city poverty in terms of the digital divide might be.
• the possibilities of random arguments like deschooling and the internet as resistance to power + hierarchy. also makes direct democracy (although the refs. c/p arguably might solve better–short term vs. long term)
• the implications of Health 2.0 and Government 2.0 (or rather democracy 2.0)
• Irony (gloablalization + mcDonaldization + technoligization good)
Various Negative Arguments and Strategies:
• Counterplans (insert the word “ITC for …..” in google to solve individual advantages)
• Counterplans: can Verizon or Bill Gates do the aff?
• Information Overload K (this gets into a critique of modernity, the banking model of education, and the very idea of what a “useful education” is)
(MY FAVE)
• Internet Panacea/Tech Panacea K (with Heidegger like impacts possible, but not necessary)
• One Lap Top Per Child K (there is a little bit of criticm of one lap top per child which applies to this aff. its all based on globalization bad–in fact its globalization bad in drag. Although, I think you can make a very nuanced argument that you aren’t taking a stance on globalization–but rather the absolute free spread of information. You could also make the “free internet culture bad for children, kids” argument.)
• Fake Communities K-digital communities are fake
Finally, there are a couple internet bad arguments based on the works of…
• Nicholas Carr (the big switch: rewiring the world from edison to google)
• Andrew Keen (the cult of the amateur)
• and more general discussion of the effects of technology by authors that are referecing Marshall McLuhan.
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Party on, Wayne.
What is this class? This course is designed for the student who is interested in public speaking and argumentation. The course will mainly stress two types of debate (Lincoln-Douglas Debate & Cross-Examination Debate). However, other types of debate will be examined to help students strengthen speech and rhetorical skills including Public Forum, Parliamentary, and Individual Events. Debate I will include analysis of current controversial issues, methods & materials of research, evidence, applied logic and reasoning, construction of debate cases, audience analysis, and the use of strategy in debate. We will begin with basic speech/presentation skills, and then we will progress to argumentation. Research and preparation will focus around the current high school debate topic, as materials are readily available from a variety of sources. Competition and tournament participation will allow students to practice their skills. ________________________________________________________________
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