South Dakotat will debate two of the following topics during the 2010-2011 season. One in November-December and the other in January-February. Four students will debate one of these at the 2011 NFL National Tournament. Please leave comments about the pros and cons of each resolution.
Resolved: When forced to choose, a just government ought to prioritize universal human rights over its national interest.
Resolved: The abuse of illegal drugs ought to be treated as a matter of public health, not of criminal justice.
Resolved: In political campaigns within the United States, corporations ought to be afforded the same First Amendment free speech protections as individuals.
Resolved: The United States is justified in using private military firms abroad to pursue its military objectives.
Resolved: On balance, internet neutrality is desirable.
Resolved: Progressive income taxes are just.
Resolved: Justice requires the recognition of animal rights.
Resolved: In the United States, juveniles charged with violent felonies ought to be treated as adults in the criminal justice system.
Resolved: The constitutions of democratic governments ought to include procedures for secession.
Resolved: Secular ethics ought to be prioritized over religious ethics in the legislative process.
6 comments:
The secession issue is fresh -- unless I've been out of debate too long. That one is really interesting to me. I'd like to see how it plays out.
I'll just go down the list:
1) This is basically we should force China to follow human rights before we trade with them right? That was my first thought anyway...
2) This one would be pretty good I think - I don't remember this one, but I haven't focused a lot on LD lately...
3) I can honestly say that I would have a hard time voting AFF on this one...just saying
4) No - the biggest example will be that one company (blackwater???) and that's about it
5) I'm still not sure what internet neutrality is, but how is it even debatable? I just don't see it being very good debate
6) I like this one - you can argue a lot of things on both pro and con - problem is that it might lend itself towards policy (which is better and why...we solve for poor, etc) but I think also traditional values like equality, fairness, etc can also be used
7) This is quite possibly the worst one I've seen - and that is saying a lot
8) I think this has been around before, but I kind of like it - lots to argue here regarding Justice and if it is right (we're one of the few who put teenagers to death)
9) I agree with BeHappy - this is an interesting topic and I think it would be a lot of fun to debate!
10) I think this could be a great debate, but at the novice level I think it could be a horrible debate - hopefully I'll just judge mostly varsity if this is the topic - but I do like it
This Badlands Blue tweet indicates some people are talking about the succession topic.
Good God help us all if this # increases: 12% See Secession Attempt as Very Likely in Next 25 Years Or So http://ht.ly/23mRk
Yes they are...which is scary isn't it!
I have made the executive decision to have students at SDSU LD camp do preliminary work on the following resolutions. I don't think they're necessarily the best, but I think that they're the ones we have the best chance of debating. I may be wrong, but it's an educated guess.
1. Resolved: When forced to choose, a just government ought to prioritize universal human rights over its national interest.
2. Resolved: The abuse of illegal drugs ought to be treated as a matter of public health, not of criminal justice.
3. Resolved: In political campaigns within the United States, corporations ought to be afforded the same First Amendment free speech protections as individuals.
4. Resolved: The United States is justified in using private military firms abroad to pursue its military objectives.
5. Resolved: Secular ethics ought to be prioritized over religious ethics in the legislative process.
We will be debating Resolved: In the United States, juveniles charged with violent felonies ought to be treated as adults in the criminal justice system.
Going down the list:
Resolved: When forced to choose, a just government ought to prioritize universal human rights over its national interest.
(This one is okay. It is not that new and I disagree with Dahle because it is not focused on US and includes countries like Burma and Iran)
Resolved: The abuse of illegal drugs ought to be treated as a matter of public health, not of criminal justice.
(This one is interesting. I think that it is new. Not something I remember seeing and I think that it would bring about some interesting discussions)
Resolved: In political campaigns within the United States, corporations ought to be afforded the same First Amendment free speech protections as individuals.
(This makes a better PF topic than anything else. Not a big fan of it.)
Resolved: The United States is justified in using private military firms abroad to pursue its military objectives. (This screams plan cases and I don't like that! This is on the bottom of my list)
Resolved: On balance, internet neutrality is desirable.
(Once again, I think that this would make a great PF topic, but I don't know if I want to go into this from an LD view)
Resolved: Progressive income taxes are just.
(Not real exciting. Okay)
Resolved: Justice requires the recognition of animal rights.
(I think I threw up in my mouth a little upon reading this one.)
Resolved: In the United States, juveniles charged with violent felonies ought to be treated as adults in the criminal justice system.
(I see this one getting heavy in science and could be interesting.)
Resolved: The constitutions of democratic governments ought to include procedures for secession.
(I don't know about this one. Sounds fun, but how much Quebec sources can we find?)
Resolved: Secular ethics ought to be prioritized over religious ethics in the legislative process.
(I also like this one. There are a lot of issues that can be brought up from US politics to France to Turkey)
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