by Harrison Durland | Mar 28, 2018 | Disadvantages, Strategy
Nuclear war usually appears in debate rounds about as often as Hitler: with absurd frequency. In this post, Harrison finishes discussing another technique for responding to nuclear disadvantages. Read part one here. The arguments are generally wrong/invalid This...
by Joshua Hu | Mar 24, 2018 | Parliamentary, Research Tips, The Parli Station
Collegiate British Parliamentary (BP) debate has been a new experience for me. No electronic resources, no consulting outside help is allowed. Only your mind, your partner, and perhaps some printed materials (like a copy of The Economist, some fact sheets, or an...
by Harrison Durland | Mar 21, 2018 | Disadvantages, Negative, Strategy
Earlier this year, I ventured back out into the forbidding lands of public school policy debate, to help judge. Once again, I was sorely let down by what I saw. In all of the rounds I watched, there was excessive speed and spread, generic evidence, and, perhaps worst...
by Noah Farley | Feb 24, 2018 | Parliamentary
There are a lot of things you shouldn’t do in Parli. Point of Ordering an opponent nineteen times is one. Counterplanning to build the Death Star is another. And so is running burdens for a metaphor resolution based on a Taylor Swift song. People I know have...
by Harrison Durland | Feb 14, 2018 | Counterplans, Negative
This post is a continuation of last week’s discussion on Alternate Actor Counterplans. Read Part 1 here. You can also find differing views on Counterplan theory here. Why not just “no fiating the object”? Ethos has explained the “object fiat” concept in more...
by Harrison Durland | Feb 10, 2018 | Counterplans, Negative
Editor’s Note: There are a variety of views on the issue of Alt-Actor Counterplans. Check out some of our other posts dealing with counterplans for more information. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just snap our fingers and other people would do our work for us?...
